New! It sat on the shelf for three years, it got no promotion and binheads review-bombed it because 'woke' - she isn't - but even despite all that and 'superhero fatigue', critics went WILD for it. @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social joins me for a look at Ironheart. timworthington.org/2025/11/04/i...

NEW | Keeping an eye on the usual suspects… ON A TERRIBLE TRACK After this weekend's knife attacks on a train in Huntingdon, the media is filled with voices out to exploit the horror. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/on-a-terri...

“Goodwin has no better idea of what caused the events on Saturday evening than anyone else but that doesn’t matter to him because it feeds into his narrative that the reason Britain is broken is down to immigrants.” - @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/brokenbo...

NEW | Keeping an eye on the usual suspects… ON A TERRIBLE TRACK After this weekend's knife attacks on a train in Huntingdon, the media is filled with voices out to exploit the horror. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/on-a-terri...

Apple bobbing success.

Here’s my alternative Halloween playlist should you need one… open.spotify.com/playlist/62C...

Pretty much every Culture Secretary we've had since the post was created has reinforced my impression that our frontline politicians simply do not know or care about culture.

"While Prince Andrew serves as a deserving piñata, the rest of the rotten outfit is served by almost reflexive propaganda."

Norfolk doesn’t want Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Stick him on a rock somewhere.

@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social Mark Lewisohn is circulating an op-ed he has written about the BBC's restrictions on access to the Written Archives Centre. I would be grateful if you could repost it: cstonline.net/defending-th...

Someone I know is going through a profound mental health crisis — they are in a safe place — and here’s Facebook suggesting some messages I might post to them.

NEW | I went back in time to unpick a piece of royal propaganda… PRINCE ANDREW AND THE ANATOMY OF A FAWNING CELEBRITY PROFILE Let's dive back 25 years through the mists of time to see how Tatler presented the now-disgraced royal as he turned 40. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/prince-and...

🎙️ "If this government really cares about working class heritage, they would care about cooling towers, they would care about the sites that those buildings represent" Me as C20 President on this& why the Stirling Prize win is like Mr Benn: The Brief podcast by @OpenCity_UK open-city.org.uk/podcast

NEW | I went back in time to unpick a piece of royal propaganda… PRINCE ANDREW AND THE ANATOMY OF A FAWNING CELEBRITY PROFILE Let's dive back 25 years through the mists of time to see how Tatler presented the now-disgraced royal as he turned 40. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/prince-and...

An excellent criticism of the sycophants of the monarchy in the UK press and I absolutely loved this phrase describing the current incarnation of 'the Telegraph, the British press’s most unhinged fanzine dedicated to privilege and power.

oh sure, we just have to find a candidate who’s “perfect” and “has never done anything wrong” and “isn’t serving consecutive life sentences for a string of brutal murders” do you hear yourself right now? grow up

This morning on Radio 4’s Thought For The Day… the 6-7 meme. Apparently John Wesley wouldn’t have been a fan.

“Take a look at the detail of those agreements & you might conclude that all that soft power is too soft by half.” Despite Prince Andrew, the British press is still pumping out the Royal Family's propaganda - @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/brokenbo...

NEW | The machine is working overdrive… Despite Prince Andrew, the British press is still pumping out the Royal Family's propaganda The Windsor mafia are happy to imply the disgraced ex-Duke of York is an outlie; the media is co-operating with that lie brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/despite-pr...

The latest instalment of my Bad Press Awards column for @bylinetimes.bsky.social is out. This month… a ridiculous effort from William Sitwell is under the microscope.

‘Surprising’

“I’m not sure if that’s a worse nightmare than Nigel Farage at the head of a Reform government filled with unrestrained brownshirts, but it’s up there…” Clarkson's Parliament? - @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/brokenbo...

If you build it, they will come. www.bbc.com/news/article...

A blog post from October 2008...

NEW | CLARKSON’S PARLIAMENT Jeremy Clarkson's hint that he might stand against Ed Miliband at the next election has got the right-wing press excited. Unfortunately, it's not such a ludicrous idea. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/clarksons-...

Looks like @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social is off Around The World With Willy Fog... but what *really* confused him about the anthropomorphic animals? Find out here! timworthington.org/2024/10/24/t...

Watch with @estelleh.bsky.social on No. 73, @scriblit.bsky.social on Press Gang, @jonnymorris.bsky.social on Crackerjack!, @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social on Around The World With Willy Fog and @invaderace2000.bsky.social on Trap Door. timworthington.org/2024/10/24/t...

My 15yo child, unexpectedly: “Yeah, I have at least 3 LinkedIn accounts. All fake. I use them to check on my teachers’ qualifications. I keep getting job offers because I ticked something that said I used to work in middle management for Asda.”

“This isn’t reporting, it’s vibes-based storytelling, & the vibe they’re aiming for is fear.” The kink in the Times' position on universities & free speech... - @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/brokenbo...

Mic Wright (@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social) joins me for a chat about Rocko's Modern Life, Party Animals, the Tazo craze, Cargo by Men At Work and Solitary Fitness - an exercise guide by Britain's most notorious prisoner Charles Bronson... timworthington.org/2024/11/13/l...

This is a really beautiful piece of writing. www.vulture.com/article/wedn...

NEW | On the latest story about students (and sex): THE KINK IN THE TIMES’ POSITION ON UNIVERSITIES AND FREE SPEECH Why is a national newspaper obsessing about student societies and quoting extreme pressure groups? I think we all know the answer... brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-kink-i...

NEW | On the latest story about students (and sex): THE KINK IN THE TIMES’ POSITION ON UNIVERSITIES AND FREE SPEECH Why is a national newspaper obsessing about student societies and quoting extreme pressure groups? I think we all know the answer... brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-kink-i...

📜 From the Archives Alert 📜 Seeing how the transphobe charter is now running one of the biggest newsrooms left in America, we invite you to brush up with this old episode we did on Bari Weiss with @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social E190 - Weiss Pride www.podbean.com/ea/pb-4zzbs-...

This is not just about me or my book. This is about respecting and valuing actual journalism. Our ideas, our contacts, our ethics, our reputations, our hard work – that’s how stories like those in my book first come to light. If you don’t respect or value any of that, what do you respect and value?

The process is the thing. I find it infuriating that people don't understand that. The point of summarising something isn't just to produce an object called a summary, it's to drive your own understanding, and apply your values to the information you're summarising.

Joanne Sheppard joins me for a chat about Go For It!, What-A-Mess, My Pretty Pony, The Water Babies, The Magnificent Race, Amazon Adventure by Willard Price, Snapper Crocodiles and lots more... including Danny Kendall? timworthington.org/2024/04/02/l...

The irony of AI mimicking a 'Leger' painting to illustrate the point. 🤦 Here's "Dans L'Usine" from 1918, where people become machines:

This is a list of ways to do a really shoddy job as a journalist. As a friend just said to me, if you get AI to summarise a big report you’re almost guaranteed to miss any story that might be lurking in the detail. www.journalism.co.uk/news/how-can...

Walked past a pub tonight where a band of young guys where hacking their way through It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock’N’Roll) and it was a truly glorious thing. You’ve got to especially appreciate how they stuff way too many syllables into a line.

How the Boat Race became another chance to bash the BBC - @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/brokenbo...

She was my friend and this is an absolutely disgusting comparison to make.

Shame on you for publishing this @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Systems failing ordinary people are now a feature not a bug.

I’ve long been fascinated by how employment tribunal awards are reported in the mainstream press. This is a brilliant investigation into how the system is utterly failing people.

“And now, with five minutes left of the Today programme, we’re going to discuss the nature of the self and whether we have free will…”

Starmer on Tuesday: "We must stand against racism" Starmer on Wednesday: "Human rights laws are stopping us sending people to face torture so we need to rethink them." Labour on Tuesday: "Labour is the party of working people" Labour on Wednesday: "If your boss mistreats you, tough shit"