A new ITV drama on the phone-hacking scandal, featuring @arusbridger.bsky.social played by Toby Jones, shows us journalism at its worst, but also how reporting can make real change.

Robert Redford, me, Toby Jones - and a reporter who found corruption in his own backyard. Thoughts on the coming ITV drama, The Hack www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

Listen to this and weep for who we have lost. Just before he died the great Conor Gearty spoke with learning & passion about what his friend K Starmer must do to defend democracy. Try from about 35’ in if you’re pressed for time - but the whole episode is worth it open.spotify.com/episode/27xX...

I promised to do 3 years at @prospectmagazine.co.uk . That's stretched into more than 4 & I'm delighted that Phillip Collins will be taking over in the new year. It's been a blast. Phil inherits a brilliant team. And now for new adventures.... www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/press-room/7...

Is a Times sub deploying clumsy typography to signal what they really think of the story?

In the middle of this devastating news cycle, I got to meet my journo hero: @arusbridger.bsky.social, now @prospectmagazine.co.uk, ex @theguardian.com, always fearless. We had a great conversation, with sharp @lionelbarber.bsky.social joining us online. Give it a listen 👉 shorturl.at/P2FtG

Prospect Magazine. Did Keir Starmer momentarily confuse Peter Mandelson with the Dalai Lama or Mother Teresa? @arusbridger.bsky.social asks: was there nothing in the much-cited “due process” that made him pause for a moment?

Did Keir Starmer momentarily confuse Peter Mandelson with the Dalai Lama or Mother Teresa? @arusbridger.bsky.social asks: was there nothing in the much-cited “due process” that made him pause for a moment?

Could someone please introduce Keir Starmer to a nifty little tool called “Google”? It allows you to search someone’s ups and downs before appointing them to key positions www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/710...

Devastating to hear the news of Conor Gearty’s untimely death. He was wise, warm, open, sharp - and often helplessly funny. One of the best legal minds of our age. Thoughts very much with his family.

🎧: On Media Confidential, @arusbridger and @LionelBarber talk to @glukianoff.bsky.social, the lawyer, author and president of @thefireorg.bsky.social about Trump’s effect on free speech and more.

It is not only Israel’s enemies who are demanding sanctions: it’s their friends. It's the moderates who have turned—and all the signs are that they, too, will be ignored, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.

Re previous tweets, the piece is good

The Austrian music festival Schubertiade has been going strong for decades. But a slight revamp may be needed, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.

A thoughtful, useful and frankly urgent discussion in which @arusbridger.bsky.social and @aloner.bsky.social get answers from @daverich1.bsky.social and Jo Glanville www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/religi...

Even moderate supporters of Israel are now comparing it to apartheid South Africa and are calling for sanctions. But is anyone listening ? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...

It's more than a decade since the Snowden revelations - but the themes of state surveillance and privacy are as relevant as ever. @janinegibson.ft.com and I are discussing the story and why it matters at an event in aid of QCCA, a community centre in Camden. Do come!

As the annual Schubertiade festival in Austria celebrates its 50th birthday, does it need to change in order to stay the same? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/the-...

The latest issue of Prospect is out today. A month’s worth of absorbing reads. Plus - to celebrate the magazine’s 30th birthday - we’re lifting the paywall for a couple of days. Feast yourself !

is anyone aware of audience figures for classical music concerts in the UK? I'm looking for what percentage of capacity (eg85% ) music promoters can expect

In parliament, the monarchy is treated as if it were a piece of delicate porcelain. The rules preventing parliamentary scrutiny should be changed, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.

MPs tamely go along with a 19th C convention not to discuss the royal family. Which is a shame, because there's lots to discuss www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/monarc...

ICYMI. Alan Rusbridger. Matthew Goodwin could - who knows? - be Home Secretary in a Reform Government. @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social looks into his journey from studying the far right to joining it. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philos...

Politicians wade in on all manner of issues. But there’s one glaring exception—the monarchy, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social. Indeed, the parliamentary rules prevent them from discussing it...

Here’s 10 questions MPs might ask about the royal family - if only they were allowed to www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/monarc...

Here’s National Treasure Toby Jones and David Tennant in the upcoming ITV drama based on the Guardian’s reporting of phone-hacking. Tin hats on ! youtu.be/AShPTasA7eI?...

has anyone else had @scrivenerapp.bsky.social crash on them and gone to scrievenerbackups to find no versions have apparently been saved? does that mean everything is lost? 🫣

Andrew – by looking so bad – could make the top ranks of royalty look good. Alternatively, he’s a reminder that the whole show relies on the rest of us not looking too closely. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/monarc...

“Never mind free speech, it is difficult to imagine a bigger waste of stretched police time than deploying thousands of officers to haul harmless old people off the streets,” writes @arusbridger.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...

It’s a funny old world when Margaret Thatcher seems to have had a better sense of protecting individual liberties than Keir Starmer www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/fre...

Letter of the day (in the Times)

“Civil disobedience on conscientious grounds has a long and honourable history in this country” -a law Lord jn a case defended by Keir Starmer in 2006. Now look. app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/70319/...

Really enjoyed this conversation with the peerless @arusbridger.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2RH...

🎥: Were safety concerns ignored at Tesla? Sönke Iwersen, co-author of The Tesla Files, joins Media Confidential with @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social to discuss his explosive investigation. prospectmagazine.sub...

🎧: As authorities anticipate a summer of anti-immigrant protests, is the media responsible for fanning the flames of hatred? @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social discuss. www.prospectmagazine...

Early production still of the great Toby Jones playing yours truly in forthcoming ITV series. Completely unrealistic. My desk was NEVER that tidy 😂

“For more than 50 years Rupert Murdoch has loomed like a media shaman over British politics. Installing one of his executives to preside as truth-teller in chief over the machinery of government feels like magical thinking.” www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

Why Labour would pick this former Sun editor to be truth-teller-in-chief in charge of government communications is a mystery. While editor David Dinsmore did his best to destroy Labour — and much more www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

🎧: Investigative journalist Sönke Iwersen joins @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social on Media Confidential to discuss his book The Tesla Files. When serious safety concerns were exposed, how did the richest man in the world react? www.prospectmagazine...

🎧: In this week’s Q&A episode, @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social discuss Mehdi Hasan’s viral debate against far right Republicans. Plus, how much do an editor’s personal opinions affect their outlet’s coverage? www.prospectmagazine...

Matthew Goodwin could - who knows? - be Home Secretary in a Reform Government. @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social looks into his journey from studying the far right to joining it. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philos...

Richard Rusbridger, a leading psychoanalyst and the best brother anyone could hope for, died earlier this month. Here's his obituary www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

The US vice-president is coming to the British countryside for a summer break. If he wants to fit in, he should follow @arusbridger.bsky.social’s advice... www.prospectmagazine...

🎧: In this week’s Q&A episode, @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social discuss Mehdi Hasan’s viral debate against far right Republicans. Plus, how much do an editor’s personal opinions affect their outlet’s coverage? www.prospectmagazine...

The Times serves up a headline straight from the 1920’s. And they say deference is dead

JD Vance is coming to the British countryside for a summer break. It makes sense. After all, Jeremy Clarkson is his kinda guy: a petrolhead, anti-woke, salt of the earth multi-millionaire, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...

From Kaleb to the Chipping Norton Set: what JD Vance needs to understand about the Cotswolds www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/society/7070...

How long will @ofcom.bsky.social allow Nigel Farage to have his own show three nights a week? Plus the BBC’s succession problem. With Stewart Purvis and Lionel Barber mediaconfidential.lnk.to/podcastAh