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Matthew Sweet

@drmatthewsweet.bsky.social

Writer, broadcaster, Barbara Cartland fan

11,797 Followers  |  679 Following  |  823 Posts  |  Joined: 23.11.2023  |  2.0561

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You’re right about that tail of course…

22.11.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Remembering that time the late Queen set off from the Shire to take a ring to Mordor.

21.11.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 205    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reading Antiquities of Athens & Attica Vol. 2 - my fav book @porticolibrary.bsky.social as part of a movement workshop.

22.11.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Daily Mail owner DMGT has just signed a deal to buy the Telegraph, which would unite the UK’s two strongest right-wing papers under one owner.

It will almost certainly trigger a competition probe. Another major moment coming for Lisa Nandy as culture secretary.

22.11.2025 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 5

Clueless is so great. Why didn't they make a 90s version of every Jane Austen novel? Persuasion would be perfect, Louisa could be injured skysurfing

22.11.2025 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Declinists younger than policemen these days

22.11.2025 09:28 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am curious about his relationship with anti-vaxxers. He was one of the few MPs who attended when Andrew Bridgen invited Aseem Malhotra to the Commons. And Reform has said Malhotra helped write their health policy. Would bear a bit of investigation.

22.11.2025 08:53 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

lmao, but aside from that: πŸ‘Œ

21.11.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 184    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
1969: Marty Feldman - What is Comedy? | One Pair of Eyes | Comedy Icons | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive 1969: Marty Feldman - What is Comedy? | One Pair of Eyes | Comedy Icons | BBC Archive

Hello. This is marvellous x

21.11.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 4

This whole series is magnificent. There’s one about Kenneth Tynan on Oxford with child versions of Michael Rosen and Gyles Brandreth. That man giving Marty his award here is Dr Who’s first script editor.

22.11.2025 07:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, Rocks How can earth sciences like geology transform our understanding of history and society?

On Free Thinking: geology considered as one of the humanities and everything you wanted to know about Object Oriented Ontology but were afraid to ask. With Rosemary Hill, Sarah Jackson, @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social @peterfrankopan.bsky.social @objectoriented.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

21.11.2025 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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New: Major UK retailers are selling tuna from fisheries where crews say they endure beatings, gruelling hours and inadequate food. Some spend years at sea without visiting port.

Our latest visual investigation by @upyorkshire.ft.com, Dan Clark and @inari-ta.bsky.social

πŸ‘‰ ig.ft.com/supermarket-...

21.11.2025 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Sound of Cinema - A place for ideas - BBC Sounds Matthew Sweet's weekly look at music for the screen.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Only 3 days left on BBC Sounds to catch @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social last ever edition of Sound of Cinema. A love letter to the movies and to the joy of looking deeper, of complexity.
There are fewer and fewer programmes of this depth on R3 so grab it while you can.

21.11.2025 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself

it is also free to read

youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...

21.11.2025 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1325    πŸ” 361    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 102
A cute lizard with four frog-like claws and a squat tail. The skin is patterned with small white dots and larger brownish patches.

A cute lizard with four frog-like claws and a squat tail. The skin is patterned with small white dots and larger brownish patches.

Unpacking after getting home from Vietnam and Hong Kong and there was a stowaway! I think he (or she) is a four-clawed gecko (and therefore not rare or endangered). Does anyone have any ideas what to do for this appealing little creature?

21.11.2025 09:11 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 5

may Andrew Wakefield be paid back exactly what he has put into the world... multiplied by seven

20.11.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

X is in clear + systemic breach of its legal duties in the UK to remove unlawful content from its platform.

Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.

A new thread documenting this.

13.11.2025 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 617    πŸ” 230    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 17
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Debbie's Story - The Menopause Charity Debbie's story shares how her experiences have shaped her sense of self, and how openness, talking therapy and friendship have helped her.

Thought alot about doing this but ultimately glad I did share my menopause story: themenopausecharity.org/debbies-meno...

19.11.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is one of the clearest examples of a disordered counterpublic capturing an institution I've seen. It's nice to have your work proven on a regular basis, but also very bad.

demos.co.uk/research/ver...

20.11.2025 07:03 β€” πŸ‘ 274    πŸ” 117    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

It’s the nearest the British sitcom movie got to Eric Rohmer

19.11.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Vocal frying tonight

19.11.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

done

19.11.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWe all know why,” says Matt Goodwin.

And we do! It’s because the methodology for estimating emigration changed! I’m sure that’s what Matt is getting at here, right?

19.11.2025 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 372    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 2

I adore Flash Gordon in all its major incarnations but especially love how Mike Hodges transmuted its 30s orientalism & racial essentialism into pervy Fellini opera for kids.

19.11.2025 09:35 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

And a Catholic midwife … or whatever role we’re assigning to Anthony Coburn …

19.11.2025 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Also: Sil in Dr Who.

19.11.2025 08:32 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think β€œconspiracy group”is a fair description of Together UK. One of its leading members has harassed grieving widows at the National Covid Memorial Wall and published it online.

19.11.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Yuja Wang’s VR concert is a retrofuturist spectacle β€” Ravel would have approved β€˜Playing with Fire’ at Paris’s MusΓ©e de la musique places the pianist inside a volcano, beneath the sea and on an ice floe

Went to Paris for some immersive Ravel. on.ft.com/3XEmgTa Yuja Wang’s VR concert is a retrofuturist spectacle β€” Ravel would have approved

18.11.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

It’s great. So are her Munch and Strindberg!

16.11.2025 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely to see that the Choral is a prequel to A Cream Cracker Under the Settee.

15.11.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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