Simon Fellowes
@simonfspeak.bsky.social
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Paperback writer. Former singer.
Aldous Huxley talking about the power of technology decades before Social Media & AI.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/videos/c77rn8zylglo
1 day ago
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Itās clear now that Boris Johnson did indeed destroy the Conservatives. Question now is whether Blair will do the same to Labour.
1 day ago
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Reads like a Conservative speech to me.
https://institute.global/insights/politics-and-governance/the-labour-party-is-playing-with-fire-over-its-future-and-the-future-of-the-country
1 day ago
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Two Weeks in August cleverly found its entire cast on Queens Parkās Lonsdale Road.
3 days ago
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BBC News listing all the stuff Murrell bought. Itās like the conveyor belt on the Generation Game!
3 days ago
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Regents Park looking fab this afternoon. Full of cricket games, picnics, and early summer romance.
5 days ago
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One of the most satisfying aspects to the celebrations of Arsenalās PL win was the positive and ecstatic representation of successful British multiculturalism.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/22/keir-starmer-arsenal-politics-premier-league
5 days ago
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This is worth a watch. In some ways Berlusconi was the blueprint for Trump, though I still believe Trumpās downfall will be more like Mussoliniās, fast and dramatic.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002vzg8/berlusconi-condemned-to-win
5 days ago
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While we are concerned with GB newsā¦
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260518-french-cinema-faces-reckoning-as-media-mogul-bollor%C3%A9-blacklists-stars-for-daring-to-challenge-him
6 days ago
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New blog post:
simonfspeak.substack.com/p/data
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How, like Keir Starmer, we've become nothing more than crunch points.
https://simonfspeak.substack.com/p/data
12 days ago
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Interesting point made on R4 Front Row last night. While the show Rivals is happy to skewer 80s retrogressive attitudes towards women and gay people, it steers well clear of Race. A decision by the programmeās creator or a directive from Disney?
13 days ago
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People saying the UK as politically chaotic as Italy used to be. Well it looks like we might be getting our own Berlusconi. What a shitshow.
17 days ago
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Reform have a quandary. Challenge Burnham when he runs thus destabilizing Labour further, at the same time potentially gaining another MP. Or give him a free run hoping the unpopular Starmer is more useful to them than a strengthened Labour under a new leader.
17 days ago
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Without stating as such, Starmer couldnāt have been clearer, weāre going back in. Thank god.
#EU
17 days ago
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Weird watching the BAFTAs and realising Iāve watched nothing on British TV since Adolescence.
18 days ago
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Kinda wish there was dedicated channel where all the MPs and political commentators could argue amongst themselves over leadership bids etc Leave the news sites for stuff that actually matters.
18 days ago
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Farage is beginning to remind me of the fraudster Allen Stanford - the guy who helicoptered into Lords cricket ground with a big perspex box purportedly containing £20m. It was later revealed beneath the top layer of notes were bundles of blank paper.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_S...
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Allen Stanford - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Stanford
19 days ago
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Right wing commentators livid this morning that despite all their efforts they havenāt managed to oust a Labour Prime Minister.
19 days ago
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If Farage is taken down because of his dodgy bungs itāll be interesting to see if Reform survives without its cult leader.
19 days ago
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Brexit, which turbocharged a rise in English Nationalism, could well result, as people warned, in a breaking up of the Union. England could end up a minor European outpost. Very weird.
19 days ago
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Okay, this is now officially insane.
abcnews.com/Sports/wireS...
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FIFA triples price to $32,970 for its best available tickets to the World Cup final
FIFA tripled the price of its best available tickets to the World Cup final, making $32,970 seats available for the July 19 match at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey
https://abcnews.com/Sports/wireStory/fifa-triples-price-32970-best-tickets-world-cup-132768461
20 days ago
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Worth keeping an eye on the Far Right across Europe because that it seems is where we in the UK are headed.
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/18/europes-patriots-rally-in-milan-against-immigration-while-salvini-backs-russian-oil
20 days ago
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Yesterday I heard Andrew Neil banging on about Britain being 'a maritime nation'. Mate, we don't even have a fishing industry.
22 days ago
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So depressing how Reform supporters seem unable to look across the Atlantic to see how badly their MAGA colleagues are being shafted.
22 days ago
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Iād love these new Stones songs to be better but hey, you canāt always getā¦
23 days ago
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Bowie just scored against Juve. Never thought Iād write that.
25 days ago
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Seems to me the only way to convince people a populist leader is disastrous for the country is by handing them the keys to Number 10 then watch them prove their lack of capability, leave in disgrace, taking their party with them. Exhausting for the rest of us but there you go.
25 days ago
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A splendid addition to the London landscape.
27 days ago
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New blog piece:
open.substack.com/pub/simonfsp...
28 days ago
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Vile anti semitic attacks will only increase if Trump goes ahead and targets Iranās domestic infrastructure.
28 days ago
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People talks about Tracy Eminās bed. They rarely mention the chained up suitcases behind the bed.
29 days ago
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FYI This Friday May 1st I'll be reading some stuff out loud at this event in Richmond. So will Simon G. First time we'll be on the same stage (albeit at different times) in a hell of a lot of years. Come along.
shorturl.at/6WhCq
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Poetry Open Mic Night
Join us for an evening of open mic poetry!
https://shorturl.at/6WhCq
29 days ago
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When in Rome.
johnfante.org/en/
about 1 month ago
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Enjoyed Grayson Perryās C4 zip through the state of AI. But references to Zuckerberg and Altman notably absent. āBad actorsā were spoken about but without fingers being pointed. Also slightly sneery about the UKās involvement without mentioning Demis Hassabis at Deepmind.
about 1 month ago
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50 years ago today.
about 1 month ago
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An actually satisfying series for once. Recommended :
https://www.hbo.com/content/dtf-st-louis
about 1 month ago
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This Starmer, Mandelson, McSweeney, Robbins situation reeks.
about 1 month ago
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When right wing commentators try to tell you Mileiās Argentina is a success story :
https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-04-12/argentinas-milei-is-struggling-with-the-economy-and-losing-popularity.html
about 1 month ago
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New blog post.
open.substack.com/pub/simonfsp...
about 2 months ago
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Great. Authorsā work is now being flagged up as A.I. Generated even when itās not.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/books/shy-girl-ai-publishing.html
about 2 months ago
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Catch this if you can. A proper return to form for Sorrentino.
https://youtu.be/zvQn44a_IHo?si=FwKlHaNuup-SqAyJ
about 2 months ago
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Simply donāt understand how we can spend so much time discussing a space flight to the other side of the moon and back when a madman in the White House is threatening to blow up the world economy 24 hours from now.
#r4today
about 2 months ago
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Any propaganda win after rescuing the US pilot has been totally blown apart by Trumpās Truth Social post.
about 2 months ago
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Problem is Trumpās White House has lied and exaggerated so many times itās impossible to know in this fog of war whatās really going on in Iran, especially regarding this ārescuedā airman. Frustratingly most Western Media outlets will parrot the WH line without a thought.
about 2 months ago
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Love watching The Big Match Revisited and noting how many goals would have been chalked off through VAR.
about 2 months ago
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Compare the amount of coverage being given to the US Pilot shot down and the 175 Iranian schoolgirls killed by an American missile attack.
#r4today
about 2 months ago
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Wish we could find an island or a desert when all the leaders of the shit regimes could just go and kick the living hell out of each other and leave the rest of us in peace.
about 2 months ago
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Not sure this Artemis mission is really working as a distraction. A rocket goes up, it doesn't blow up, and is quickly reduced to a white dot in the sky before quickly disappearing. There won't be anything more to see until it splashes down.
about 2 months ago
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Why Brexiteers are still defending their misbegotten project baffles me. They now have the perfect out . āIt would have worked had it not been for Trump.ā Take the opportunity you dumbkopfs.
about 2 months ago
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America can now see how Trump managed to bankrupt all his casinos. The fact that it is now their livelihoods at stake must be extremely worrying. Only the MAGA cult are still sticking by him, that 30% of brainwashed devotees who always will.
about 2 months ago
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