Sam Wollaston
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Feature writer at the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/samwollaston
perhaps this one should have also been called something different?
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about 23 hours ago
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no one understands the China spy story do they?
1 day ago
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This is devastating
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2 days 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
6 days ago
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maybe don't take any boat trips off the coast in the near future Maria...
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8 days ago
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👏👏 to the headline writer
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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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
8 days ago
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The golf fans who shout “GET IN HOLE” and “USA USA” are so cool
21 days 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
22 days ago
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Aditya is right. Again
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23 days ago
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Cycle to work today seems to have taken me through the Serengeti
25 days ago
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pleased with that
#WhenTaken
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WhenTaken
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25 days ago
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Jon Henley
30 days 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
about 1 month ago
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Donald Stump?
www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...
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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
about 1 month ago
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I have been offered an exclusive interview with Schiphol Airport's head of baggage
about 1 month ago
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hahaha
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about 1 month ago
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Flickytwit
about 1 month 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
about 1 month 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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about 2 months ago
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Starmer-ball! Ouch, that hurts. Probably because it's true
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about 2 months ago
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Andy Parmo
about 2 months ago
Your mam shouts at hotels and your dad paints roundabouts
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you'd never guess, just by looking at him, that this dude was a Reform councillor
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about 2 months ago
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make sure no one forgets we’re… French?
about 2 months ago
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Armando Iannucci
about 2 months ago
It’s important that dental health treatment addresses the roof of the mouth as well as gums and teeth, with more resources targeted at West London. Which is why I’m proud to
#SupportPalateTimeActon
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My favourite documentary from the time I was TV critic was a Storyville film called The English Surgeon, about Henry Marsh in Ukraine. V much looking forward to this one
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Confessions of a Brain Surgeon review – life-changingly exquisite television
Medically astounding and emotionally piercing, this look at the man who had the hardest job on Earth is exceptional viewing. Then he has a stunningly frank encounter with a woman who has hated him for...
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/aug/18/confessions-of-a-brain-surgeon-review-life-changingly-exquisite-television
about 2 months ago
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Posting my 1st ever sex tape…
#pigeonporn
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2 months ago
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my wood pigeons are so loved up
2 months ago
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not convinced by the timing of this marketing email I just got, for heated fleece gilets...
2 months ago
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Surprised that Darren Fletcher and Ally McCoist, in discussing Ekitike and pallindromes, didn't mention that Eze is also on the pitch
2 months ago
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The Guardian
3 months ago
‘They ate my ex’s furniture!’: people on their drastic divorce decisions, from training huskies to getting plastic surgery
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‘They ate my ex’s furniture!’: people on their drastic divorce decisions, from training huskies to getting plastic surgery
Whether it’s quitting a job and hitting the road, selling precious gems or jumping out of a plane, the agony of a breakup can spark huge changes – for better or worse …
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/aug/03/drastic-divorce-decisions-training-huskies-plastic-surgery?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1754219943
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Hilarious obvs, but also moving
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3 months ago
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The Guardian
3 months ago
Coffee, tea or … yaupon? Will Trump’s tariffs force Americans back to their home-grown brew?
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Coffee, tea or … yaupon? Will Trump’s tariffs force Americans back to their home-grown brew?
North America’s only native caffeinated plant was big among beverages in the 18th century. Is Ilex vomitoria about to make a comeback?
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/jul/15/yaupon-trump-tariffs-tea?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1752595440
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you wouldn't want to be the person responsible for that data breach
3 months ago
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love these
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3 months ago
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He clearly just asked Reece where he learned to speak English so well, and that's thrown Cole
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3 months ago
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Hope Trump asks Reece James where he learnt his English
3 months ago
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Cole Palmer with… Trump. Too weird
3 months ago
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the Observer seems v keen to be seen as the anti Salt Path newspaper. Going for it with a terrier like tenacity
3 months ago
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Olaf Falafel
3 months ago
Another day, another revelation…
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Reread the interview, and in my defence I did say, of Moth: " He looks much better than I was expecting"
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3 months ago
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I have questions for the girl's mother
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3 months ago
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relieved to see that none of my favourite beaches are on this
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3 months ago
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Vicky gone shopping, but forgot the list. Hope she remembers everything
3 months ago
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Bloody hell. As someone who has interviewed Raynor and Moth I feel both foolish and a bit dirty
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3 months ago
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@audreygillan.bsky.social
Audrey! Help! Please…Where shall we - me and the missus - stay in Lisbon? Hotel, not posh, not too £££, but lovely, character, charm, you know… Thank you!
3 months ago
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Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen
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4 months ago
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Fran Singh
4 months ago
I need to know what skincare Rachel Reeves has used overnight
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the man from Del Monte he say... bankrupt
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4 months ago
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Joined for breakfast by an elephant hawk moth. I think,
@patrickbarkham.bsky.social
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4 months ago
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lucky it wasn't an Antarctic cruise
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4 months ago
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