Sam Wollaston
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Feature writer at the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/samwollaston
Is it Reformy to wish these guys would fuck off? Purely hypothetical…
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I met some good people doing good things on Tyneside
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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‘People will listen’: turning anger into community pride in North Shields
A tour of local ‘wins’ shows how the charity Citizens UK is working with residents to build a better, fairer society
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/13/people-listen-turning-anger-community-pride-north-shields-citizens-uk?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
3 days ago
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Spotted at King’s Cross. Ku klux traffic cones?
4 days ago
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love the fox and otter having a night out in Lincoln together in this. Someone needs to write the children's book about them
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4 days ago
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Bloody hell, See No Evil, the Ch4 doc about John Smyth... reeling after that one.
5 days ago
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...or too many people in Bonnie Blue?
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5 days ago
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such a welcome return for the best eyebrows football
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1. P Morgan 2. O bin Laden 3. H Kane
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8 days ago
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feeling for the community in which JB has been ordered to do 200 hours work in
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8 days ago
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funny how the t in fillet is now often not pronounced. Not because of pretentiousness, I think it's because of McDonald's
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Otto English
13 days ago
2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.
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I went wallaby hunting…
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘It moved … it was hopping!’ One man’s search for a wild wallaby in the UK
Reports of escaped wallabies are on the rise, especially in southern England. But how easy is it to spot these strange and charismatic marsupials – and why would a quintessentially Australian creature...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/one-man-search-wild-wallaby-uk?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
12 days ago
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not sure I'd want to take a risk, even with a "vast majority" fixed
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14 days ago
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my favourite thing about this story is that Thiago Silva's sons are called Isago Silva and Iago Silva
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Chelsea: Thiago Silva's son, Isago, signs first professional contract with club
Isago Silva, son of ex-Brazil defender Thiago Silva, has signed his first professional contract with his father's former club Chelsea.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c0l90zx5x9po
15 days ago
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I'd never even heard of the billionaire Brim Amid Al Shakeup
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19 days ago
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possible not the most important takeaway, but you wouldn't get very far with an audiobook read by Rachel Reeves
#Budget
20 days ago
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going to rewatch The Harder They Come tonight. Jimmy Cliff, what a legend, RIP
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22 days ago
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Bárbara Scarambone 🇵🇸
22 days ago
rip jimmy cliff
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gonna be a movie
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about 1 month ago
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Stephen Lambert on Today programme (yet again), but Nick Robinson didn't ask him about dodgy editing. SL famously resigned for an edit that made the Queen look as if she'd done something she hadn't
about 1 month ago
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I spoke to some nice footy fans…
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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‘We could be winning or losing – it doesn’t matter as long as we’re together’: the friendships forged on football terraces
It starts with singing, banter or enthusiastic goal celebrations – and leads to so much more. Six groups of fan friends share how they met
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/08/friendships-forged-football-terraces-fans?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
about 1 month ago
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Cold War Steve
about 1 month ago
Even I thought this was one of mine!
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Nice piece. And spot on
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He deserves to go down in history! How Alan Carr pulled off that gobsmacking Celebrity Traitors victory
The heartstopping finale was so brazen it almost felt like performance art – but it certainly showed the charm and chutzpah of a true champion
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/nov/07/celebrity-traitors-alan-carr-winner-bbc-iplayer
about 1 month ago
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hahaha
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about 1 month ago
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Ian Dunt
about 1 month ago
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
https://news.sky.com/story/the-x-effect-how-elon-musk-is-boosting-the-british-right-13464487#
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Otter AI really struggling with a Brummie accent
about 2 months ago
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went for a walk with Terry Gilliam...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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‘I said goodbye to Heath Ledger at this urinal’: a stroll round Terry Gilliam’s pivotal places
The studio where he crashed the Life of Brian spaceship, the stage where he put on a Faust that caused fights, the pub where he last spoke to Heath Ledger … the ex-Python takes a hilarious and evocati...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/21/terry-gilliam-life-of-brian-heath-ledger-faust
about 2 months ago
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One advantage of sharing a name with someone famous: more people read about you when you die. Sue sounds amazing RIP
about 2 months ago
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Simon Pegg
about 2 months ago
"Parking is such sweet sorrow"
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perhaps this one should have also been called something different?
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2 months ago
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no one understands the China spy story do they?
2 months ago
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This is devastating
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2 months ago
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God this is so sad
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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Survivor of 7 October Nova festival attack in Israel found dead
Roei Shalev, 30, whose girlfriend and best friend were killed in front of him at festival, took his own life on Friday night
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/12/roei-shalev-survivor-of-7-october-nova-festival-attack-in-israel-found-dead?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
2 months ago
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maybe don't take any boat trips off the coast in the near future Maria...
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2 months ago
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👏👏 to the headline writer
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You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned
Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/10/you-wont-believe-what-degrading-practice-the-pope-just-condemned
2 months ago
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The golf fans who shout “GET IN HOLE” and “USA USA” are so cool
3 months ago
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have the Palestinians not suffered enough?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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Washington backing plan for Tony Blair to head transitional Gaza authority
Reported proposal for international body to oversee Gaza for up to five years counters UN-backed plan for faster transition to Palestinian rule
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/25/washington-backing-plan-for-tony-blair-to-head-transitional-gaza-authority
3 months ago
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Aditya is right. Again
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3 months ago
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Cycle to work today seems to have taken me through the Serengeti
3 months ago
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pleased with that
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3 months ago
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Jon Henley
3 months ago
Free speech latest
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Jimmy Kimmel Live! suspended indefinitely after host’s Charlie Kirk comments
ABC says late-night show will not air for foreseeable future after Kimmel accused Republicans of ‘doing everything they can to score political points’ from Kirk’s killing
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/sep/18/jimmy-kimmel-live-suspended-indefinitely-after-hosts-charlie-kirk-comments?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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No one murders a foreign name quite like Glenn Hoddle does
3 months ago
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Donald Stump?
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Doctor's chilling amputation warning over condition Donald Trump suffers from
Fears have risen over the health of US President Donald Trump after images emerged of his swollen ankles and he has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/donald-trumps-health-condition-can-35817109
3 months ago
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I have been offered an exclusive interview with Schiphol Airport's head of baggage
3 months ago
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hahaha
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3 months ago
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Flickytwit
3 months ago
The finest response I've seen so far.
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This is lovely
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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A moment that changed me: I bumped into my ex-boyfriend in the bar where we’d met 12 years before
At 16, I fell for Giacomo when I was on holiday in Italy. Our young love didn’t survive my move home to Scotland, but years later, quite unexpectedly, we found each other again
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/sep/03/a-moment-that-changed-me-i-bumped-into-my-ex-boyfriend-in-the-bar-where-wed-met-12-years-before?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
3 months ago
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Sounds good. Hope the book's sales don't suffer from its title being easily misread as Mr Name is Starmer
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4 months ago
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Starmer-ball! Ouch, that hurts. Probably because it's true
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4 months ago
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Andy Parmo 🎄
4 months ago
Your mam shouts at hotels and your dad paints roundabouts
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