Will Coldwell

"osteopath course"

‘She was a bitch in the best possible way’: the life and mysterious death of drag queen Heklina The performer was found dead in ‘unexpected’ circumstances in her London flat in 2023. Why are her loved ones still waiting for an explanation?

Great reporting by @tomfaber91.bsky.social on this tragic case, badly fumbled by the Met

www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

The rise of Fafo parenting: is this the end of gentle child rearing? Mothers on social media are advocating a tough, no-nonsense approach to parenting. Does this teach children important lessons – or just make them feel isolated and ashamed?

Hey parents check it out a new style just dropped

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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I’m really quite surprised at the BBC website today. ‘Here is a video, some people say it does not show what it very obviously shows’ is not how you report this.

Alex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimony Pair testify that Pretti did not hold weapon and was trying to help woman federal agents had shoved to the ground

“I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me, and I don’t feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don’t know what the agents will do when they find me.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Amazon vouchers to fill school places Plus: How engineers installed phone signal on the London Underground, how many freemasons can you fit in a police force, and the house with a swimming pool in the middle of the living room.

There's too many primary school places in London for not enough kids. So schools are competing to stay alive, copying private school marketing tactics with Instagram ad campaigns — and in one case offering a £50 Amazon voucher referral scheme for parents. www.londoncentric.media/i/184437718/...

(not an article, but I was expecting something deep...)

Yeah, mad! I started watching the netflix doc and it was...awful...just a series of interviews with journalists...

'They saw them on their dishes when eating': The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions.

"Lilliputian hallucinations" is my thought of the day

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

I had just no idea it was possible...!

Victoria Beckham owns trademarks to all her children’s names Documents show the fashion designer’s rights to the names of Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and Harper cover massage oils, sunglasses, shoes and much more

This is the element of Beckhamgate that I'm most intrigued by...

www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...

The march of the Pink Ladies Groups of pink-clad women protesting outside asylum hotels say they are standing against sexual violence by asylum seekers

Excellent reporting by @emilylawford.bsky.social on the movement changing the anti-immigration agenda from an argument about "state capacity and fairness to the threat of violence to women":

We now have a full-blown European-American crisis, and for no reason that the president is able to articulate

Thanks for having me 🙏

Thank you, will take a look!

Where should I eat in Paris?

Trump Is Briefed on Options for Striking Iran as Protests Continue

“I’ve made the statement very strongly that if they start killing people like they have in the past, we will get involved..."

Meanwhile, in Minneapolis...

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/u...

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

Heartbreaking and disturbing beyond belief

First person charged under new small boat Channel crossing law - BBC News Aman Naseri, 18, denies endangering 46 people during a boat crossing to the UK on 5 January.

Smugglers often force people to pilot boats, using threats against them or their families. Prosecuting an Afghan 18 year old seeking asylum for this is twisted and shows how Labour is more interested in playing to Reform than ensuring people are provided with safety.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

On ‘The Pitt,’ E.R. Doctors Try to Fix This Broken World

Obsessed with this show, even moreso after this illuminating profile of Noah Wyle

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/m...

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“The bee handler gave me a piece of advice, he said: ‘Human beings run faster than bees fly.’ I was like, ‘but I’m 10. How fast do you think I am?’”

Jamie Lee Curtis asked My Girl studio to put trigger warning on poster over Macaulay Culkin bee sting Actor told Columbia’s head of marketing that the film’s scene showing the death of Culkin, then 10, was going to freak out every child in the US

“They actually released thousands of bees on me, imagine that! I’m not joking, those are real bees. That would not fly today.”

Wtaf

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...

Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors

A brilliant, much needed investigation into the free birth movement - absolutely heartbreaking stories

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Brill (albeit depressing) piece by @nickhunebrown.bsky.social

Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.

"If Stephen Glass, Jayson Blair and the other late 20th century fakers were looking for the prestige and power that came with journalism in that moment, then this generation’s internet scammers are scavenging in the wreckage of a degraded media environment."

thelocal.to/investigatin...

Inside the BBC’s Gaza Fiasco • EQUATOR How the world’s most trusted media organisation fell apart

I spoke to two dozen BBC journalists, from frontline reporters to senior staff, about how the BBC came to symbolise the West's failure to prevent genocide in Gaza - and how the row over its coverage fed directly into its current meltdown.
www.equator.org/articles/ins...