Juliet Riddell

Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:

One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.

Happy birthday!!

YouTube video by Financial Times FT Drama starring Stephen Fry - is AI going to change who we really are?

Stephen Fry #CelebrityTraitors- who is telling the truth? Stephen Fry in FT drama about who is telling the truth.
Watch this and see if you can spot what's real and not real...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ztA...

YouTube video by Financial Times FT Drama starring Stephen Fry - is AI going to change who we really are?

Stephen Fry in Celebrity Traitors- who is telling the truth? Stephen Fry in FT drama about who is telling the truth.
Watch this and see if you can spot what's real and not real...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ztA...

Yes, Stephen Fry walking backwards with 3 bowls of tinned spaghetti @tomhannen.ft.com knows all about it.

Also I can confirm that AI video generation is very much not at the 'just type it in and get what you want' stage. Getting this sort of thing back was the norm, not the exception #recallmemaybe

As US investment in AI is in the spotlight- what does this mean for truth? We have been working on a drama for many months about AI, memory, what we believe to be true and how to protect it. It's here to watch now.

the film won't be vertical - just the trailer on bluesky, I will share the youtube link tomorrow

A sneak peak of our powerful new FT drama starring Stephen Fry and directed by @realbaddiel.bsky.social. Out tomorrow in FT Edit!

What will become of the truth? The latest FT drama is publishing 18th September. I really can't wait to share it, it's been about 2 years in the making.

Happy Birthday x

The FT View: The longer it has continued, the more it has borne the hallmarks of a vengeful assault by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government to destroy the very fabric of Palestinian society. https://on.ft.com/3UBv3Us

ICE’s child catching in charts Are the kids really alright?

And here is a free link to the article on.ft.com/4lMyALz ICE’s child catching in charts

London night bus - salsa King’s Cross 😍

YouTube video by Financial Times The fight to save Filipino chocolate | FT Film Standpoint

Chocolate is melting away but we can make constructive changes to protect the cocoa crops from climate change. @financialtimes.com teamed up with @oneworldmedia.bsky.social and @pulitzercenter.bsky.social to share this extra tasty film and animation by Breech Asher Harani.

youtu.be/aoXJ842fpYg?...

‘We can’t invent hope. But we can find a way to live without faking it, to forge something good out of this anger, and this love. In that determination, we can create the fertile soil for hope to take root when it decides to arrive.’

Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...

My contribution to our charticle on Trump's tumultuous first 100 days.

It's not uncommon for presidents to use exec orders to roll back previous admin's ones, but Trump has taken it to extremes

enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/64949...

quite a minute's television

Excuse me! Heat pumps heat pumps all day long. I just love talking about heat pumps. Watch this space… some good chat coming soon.

What’s the crack!? FT’s finest and funniest - watch tonight!!

Are we on the brink of a nuclear revival? New @financialtimes.com film made with @pilitaclark.bsky.social featuring @dalevince.com, Marco Visscher & MV Ramana. Watch in full for free on YouTube or FT www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXhk...

Bear Market

Humpty Trumpty

‘It’s not the parents’ fault’: digital rights campaigner Beeban Kidron The film director turned crossbench peer on battling Big Tech to safeguard children and how losing her voice gave her an insight into power

The risk is that we let “Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg be Mum and Dad”.
www.ft.com/content/aa55...

Vacancies

The always excellent @oneworldmedia.bsky.social are recruiting for a Head of Partnerships and Fundraising, closing date 21 April 2025:

oneworldmedia.org.uk/vacancies/

I loved Heartstopper- as a mum of teens extra love

LRN No. 44: why the woman who cared for my kids is locked up in the USA Bring Becky Burke home

Becky has been locked up for 16 days now. British tourists headed to the USA, take note. open.substack.com/pub/jennykle...

YouTube video by Financial Times The long walk: towards gender equality in politics | FT

International Women’s Day- 2 minutes worth your time

youtu.be/fzUKEpW1unc

Benny Box - Danish Motion Design Studio. We're not your average design studio – we're a creative powerhouse specializing in motion design and animation. With our clients as our playmates, we whip up captivating projects fueled by the magic o...

These are the brilliant animators bennybox.dk the music is by Rhiannon Giddens and you can see the whole film here youtu.be/fzUKEpW1unc