Looking for any roadkill enthusiasts out there for a Times feature... message me!

A master at dissection, if he found a dead deer or muntjac on the side of the road he would put it in his boot, hang, skin and butcher it at home and pop it into the freezer. Sometimes dinner was a pigeon he had shot with an airgun.👇 www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...

I wonder if all us Gen Z non smokers are missing out on something

"Finding the body is always the worst, especially if it’s been a long time undiscovered. Bluebottles lay their eggs quite quickly, anywhere — in the mouth, up the nose. Then they turn into maggots." 👇 🦴 www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...

He was a tough, difficult working class lad from Deptford with a healthy distrust of authority - a natural activist www.thetimes.com/article/a50d...

My piece in the Spectator - why another Prince Andrew drama... and another... thespectator.com/book-and-art...

Something I wrote on why Spotify has changed the way we listen to music (read on for a fight between a monkey and a Russian volleyball team) www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

The key to a good costume, said Phyllis Dalton, is that no one should take any notice of it. It should be like a fish in water: natural, slick and so subtle as to be almost invisible >> obit I wrote on this costume designer Queen www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...

This has been the toughest day of reporting I've ever done, with so many grim details of these poor little girls' murders read out in court and the myriad ways their killer should have been stopped. The composure of the families in the face of it all was awe-inspiring.

I write a weekly 'new reader' column in the Times on babies; if anyone's interested in being featured message me!

If you'd like to hear about my crackers family gatherings please do give this a read... www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

Trying to make someone fly before the dawn of CGI was like learning to ride a penny farthing — a process of trial and error. 👇 www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...

I wrote this obit about the scion of a Hollywood dynasty who pulled Coppola out of a financial quagmire 👇

I wrote this column about the deluge of phalluses (phalli?) in Naples www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

I reviewed the News Agents live at the Royal Albert Hall. I really struggled to understand the appeal. The political analysis did not strike me as original or insightful at all and the jokes (Liz Truss is an idiot etc) all seemed quite obvious. www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...

"While Silicon Valley has always wielded influence in American politics, what's emerging now is different – a world where the interests of select technology companies become indistinguishable from US government policy" www.techpolicy.press/on-the-comin...

I wrote this piece about how I’ve stopped drinking over the last few months - and how you can still have fun sober 💀 www.thetimes.com/article/ee8c...

spoke today on radio with @hugorifkind.bsky.social about Patricia Johanson, an environmental artist way ahead of her time. She made art out of sewage systems/swamps etc in the 80s 👇 listen on catchup! www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...

An important read from Alice Thomson 👇 www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...

🗞️ More and more Times and Sunday Times journalists and staff are joining BlueSky. We’ll be updating this starter kit as they do so, you should give them a follow 👇

A fascinating read. I grew up in Germany with Angela Merkel as chancellor. Although I didn’t always agree with her, I felt like the country was in good hands. Maybe that’s why they called her Mutti

When asked by an interviewer when he had started dancing, Shklyarov replied: “I’ve suffered since childhood.” When asked why, he said, “Because I was forced to.” check out this obit I wrote of the Russian ballet dancer who "fell" from a balcony >> www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...

Barbara Taylor Bradford, the Yorkshire-born-and-bred author of some 40 international bestselling novels, has died aged 91 after a short illness

There's lots of parallels to make at the new 80s photography exhibition at the Tate ... far right riots, class divides, cost of living, docs. But do we still kiss like this?! I hope not...

Hello Bluesky! I'm covering the environment and clean energy at the Times so am looking to connect with climate people as they move over to here from the other place. Always on the lookout for stories about the mess we're in and how to get out of it, so do feel free to DM with tips!

just finished Death and the Penguin by Kurkov - about an obits writer who accidentally orchestrates his subjects' deaths. Not getting any ideas... though perhaps he is right - autumn is ripe for the picking. ps: his pet penguin is one of the best non-human characters ever to have been written.

I reviewed Jordan Peterson's new book. Never read anything like it. Really quite deranged. www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

The ICC news came just as we were recording the latest Unholy. Yonit and I get into that, plus a conversation with Tom Friedman on what Trump might do on Israel - and a spellbinding address from Ilana Dayan open.spotify.com/episode/68MS...

Two days ago I wrote about this fascinating geneticist in soviet Russia who speared an experiment which 'turned foxes into dogs' - basically fast-tracking the evolutionary process. Genetics was branded a "fascist science" and it was nearly shut down. www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...

good mooorgen on this frosty one! introducing myself since I'm new here (and was never a Twitter presence, really, Musk aside). I write obits for the Times, a monthly column and the odd feature. Will be posting some stuff I've written here but will try and be less boring/ self-promotional 🍉