Things that will interest Bluesky; Misha Glenny, author of McMafia, replaces Melvyn Bragg as host of In Our Time.

Ordinarily I am team tank, but the QBs in this draft are going to suck, and the Jets need culture building wins like this for Aaron Glenn

I have absolutely zero sympathy for Glasner on this point - brilliant though he has been. Palace have several good players available and he simply isnt using them. Why would the board invest in depth for a coach who wants to operate without rotation?

We shed as we pick up, like travellers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those behind. The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march. But there is nothing outside the march so nothing can be lost to it.

I cannot inagine how it feels to be this boy’s parents. What on earth are we doing, with everything we know about the ways unregulated social media have changed us, letting it happen all over again but worse with chatbots? www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...

BREAKING: THE NEW YORK JETS WON A FOOTBALL GAME.

Musicians can sometimes be the government's most vocal critics. Who could forget Stormzy calling out Theresa May over Grenfell or Elton John calling Keir Starmer’s government “absolute losers”? On Westminster Insider, host @saschaosullivan.bsky.social digs deeper:

A new BBC Radio 4 podcast reveals that the future of the Manchester and Leeds legs of HS2 remains “under consultation” according to the Department for Transport. podcastingtoday.co.uk/bbc-podcast-...

HS2 is - everyone admits - a mess right now. A big idea with cross-party support, it's become a decade long embarassment. Controvery, scandal and taxpayer cash are leaking out at pace, with no apparent way to stop the flow. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Kate Lamble investigates the extraordinary inside story of Britain's most ambitious and controversial rail project. Listen first on BBC Sounds from Monday 14 July 2025 #HS2

This is a really excellent podcast.

2️⃣ Hot Money: "Agent of Chaos". Brilliantly produced story of how @financialtimes.com reporter @samgadjones.bsky.social investigated former Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek - who turned out to be a Russian spy.

I’m no expert but I would’ve got a person to do it.

What is the charge? Walking a path? A succulent salt path?

In this, Winn publishes several letters from clinicians to back up the claims relating to her husbands condition, but the timeline of those letters will raise further questions about the original book.

Outstanding Archive On Four by the ever thoughtful @johnkampfner.bsky.social about Mein Kampf. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Next Saturday on BBC R4 I'm presenting a doc on Mein Kampf to mark its centenary. I'll say more as TX approaches - I'm also writing one or two newspaper pieces around it - but, suffice to say, it was a huge challenge. Thanks @thetimes.com for making it pick of day www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...

As one of the people in the middle of the Jets Fans - Crystal Palace fans Venn diagram, this is a pretty rough day. (If reports about Woody Johnson completing his purchase of shares in Crystal Palace are to be believed).

SOS Josimar. Football officials need to be held accountable. Subscribe. Share. Keep us alive. josimarfootball.com/2025/06/12/3...

Reform UK is sending its Elon Musk-style DOGE team into its new councils to assess “wasteful spending.” Meanwhile, in Westminster, a whole host of copycat DOGEs have started popping up too. 🎧 This week on Westminster Insider, Patrick Baker investigates these Muskian plans: ow.ly/qel150W5iJo

Made a beef wellington tonight. The meat was delicious, but I didn't enjoy chewing through the thick rubber boot to get to it.

The rumour that Glasner is considering leaving #cpfc for Leipzig doesn't surprise me. Big losses to the squad coming, and with Freedman gone, much more uncertain how well we'll recruit. Glasner has done brilliantly, but it's hard to argue the club will be in a position to kick on next year.

Loved making this doc: Britain's biggest carbon offset player sold itself as a boutique option but fell foul of problems with fair pay and quality seen across the market

Enormously proud of this latest investigation for @bbcradio4.bsky.social Plan Vivo are a niche but influential player in the Voluntary Carbon Offset Market; but they now face questions as to the robustness of their certification process. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Personal news yay radiotoday.co.uk/2025/03/robe...

This podcast with @jerrybrotton.bsky.social and particularly this episode with @sathnam.bsky.social was a great find. I listened to 3 episodes on a hike today - the first with @willdalrymple.bsky.social and finishing with the most recent with Matthew Edney. Highly recommended!

Objectivity. It's a contested word in journalism. There are those who think, correctly, that human's can't be truly objective. We all come with our own biases and perspectives baked in. And there are those who think (also correctly, imo), that trying for objectivity is essential for what we do.

Hello 12th place my old friend #cpfc

Thread: Today, Radio 4 put out what I hope is an important documentary about diplomatic and security power and how Vladimir Putin rules through ‘divide and conquer’. Link: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 1/x

It was @nickwallis.bsky.social's compelling, moving radio series The Great Post Office Trial which brought the shocking ##PostOfficeScandal to my attention. A new episode tonight is a must-listen.

Just arrived in Florence - and very keen to meet interesting audio, journalism and acadaemia folks in Italy who might be interested in discussing ideas for radio documentaries and series that I can help get sold and made.

Post Office scandal victims' fight for justice recognised in New Years Honours list www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

This is an important finding and a major milestone for crucial anti-SLAPP efforts in the UK. Good on Dan Neidle for calling this out. I have definitely read legal letters sent in regard of my programmes and thought - this can't be ethical.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha by Julia Masli at the Soho theatre is the best hour of comedy I've seen in absolutely ages. Go and it will solve your problems

Extraordinary and courageous reporting from my friend Max de Haldevang for OCCRP. Huge questions for some enormous multinationals. www.occrp.org/en/feature/b...

I'm on BBC Radio 4 right now! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Really pleased to announce that a documentary I've presented and co-produced is going to be on BBC Radio 4. It's a shocking story of the state interfering in lesbians' home lives. Missing Pieces: The Lesbian Mothers Scandal will be live on Sunday 8th December at 1.30pm www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

We all have a little devil don't we? This is a heart-filled indie show to warm you up as the weather gets colder Loving Jasmin's probing and playful interview style so far

FIFA has dumped its World Cup bid evaluation report for Saudi Arabia after midnight on Friday. Wonder why? Saudi, according to FIFA’s evaluation, is a great candidate to host World Cup. Human rights issues, it suggests, will be improved by giving Saudi World Cup digitalhub.fifa.com/m/51d8a13714...

The product of me and my wife becoming obsessed with keeping our cat warm as the Berlin winter set in

Abusive legal threats can weaponise the British courts against anyone who dares raise their voice. Following yesterday's debate, the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition has launched this petition calling on the public to join the call to #stopSLAPPs www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...

Really sad that Short Cuts is ending - a show that gave many their start, and inspired even more with its extraordinary openness and imagination. A huge legacy in audio.

John Textor, borrowed to the hilt to acquire Lyon at a price that made little sense. Lyon now listing, drowning in acquisition debt and warned it will be relegated because of that. This dude allowed to buy clubs with borrowed cash elsewhere too. Contagion risk that football bodies allowed to happen

The one hill I will die on is that the singular form of "sheeple" is "shperson"