Rebecca Rideal

Both what? Video and narrative driven?

I’m not a fan of video podcasts. Maybe it’s because it only suits one genre (interview / 2 hosts discussing a topic).

Podcasts can be so much more than this! Narrative-driven and well produced, with storytelling and beautiful sound design, etc.

Are healthcare serial killers rare? Yes, but they do exist - Beverley Allitt, Charles Cullen, Kristen Gilbert, Harold Shipman, Michael Swango

True

There are also career-ending challenges for the people who blow the whistle. We need to reform how these cases are reported and investigated.

Proving the culpability of a healthcare serial killer is notoriously difficult - they use drugs that fade or are naturally occurring in the body, and they operate within a community dedicated to care.

I’ve been producing a series about a very similar case in the States. The perpetrator was guilty.

According to the latest food security analysis, 2 out of the 3 famine thresholds have now been breached in parts of #Gaza.

Everyone is experiencing Emergency levels of hunger or worse. ⬇️ Read more ⬇️

The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in

The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

British warship sunk in 1703 storm gives up its secrets three centuries on Archaeologists in race to study HMS Northumberland as shifting sands expose part of well-preserved wreck

British warship sunk in 1703 storm gives up its secrets three centuries on www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350 years Prof Michele Dougherty is the first woman to be appointed to the influential post.

About time, you might say!

BBC News - UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350 years
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thank you x

Thank you for these words x

Photo of me and my best friend Steph

Photo of me and my best friend Steph

Photo of me and my best friend Steph

Photo of me and my best friend Steph

Literally no words to describe losing someone so dear. What a privilege to know you Steph. How lucky I was.

So sorry I couldn’t be there, but it sounds like it was a hoot! X

So chuffed for you. Congratulations!!

Okay so I have some massive news:

This 👇👇👇 is Victoria’s Secret.

Huge thanks to @hackblackburn.bsky.social for breaking this story, and if you want to scrutinise my evidence, preorder Victoria’s Secret NOW: linktr.ee/VictoriasSecretBook and tune into Channel 4 on Thursday July 31st @ 9 pm

Victoria’s Secret: The Private Passion of a Queen | British Library Fern Riddell, in conversation with Matthew Sweet, challenges what we thought we knew about Queen Victoria.

👑 WHAT’S VICTORIA’S SECRET? 👑

Join us at the British Library tonight as Dr Fern Riddell shares her fascinating new research into Queen Victoria and John Brown! Chaired by Dr Matthew Sweet.

▪️7pm, Thurs 24 July
▪️book now (£6-£12) events.bl.uk/events/victo...

Photo of oxford, in the rain

Oxford, I was expecting better weather

Argh. Their loss

So, on the subject of #Emmys. Thanos and player 139 DESERVE best supporting acting nods for Squid Game.

Also, Patrick Schwarzenegger should’ve been nominated for White Lotus. Excepting Aimee Lou Wood, he was the best.

Event poster. Victoria's Secret: The Private Passion of a Queen Thursday 24 July, 19.00 At the Library

👑 VICTORIA’S SECRET 👑

With @drfernriddell.bsky.social

From the moment John Brown arrived as a servant to Queen Victoria’s household, he became known across the land as her loyal companion. But what if there was more to their relationship than we know?

Book now events.bl.uk/events/victo...

Photo of Liverpool crowd holding a banner up to remember Diogo Jota

Gosh, that was moving

Portrait of a young lady; beautiful and elegant later work (c. 1560) by Catharina van Hemessen of Antwerp, whose day is today.

Hope everyone was alright at the Battle of the Boyne today

Look at the moon!

Indeed. Sorry I missed drinks. In Oxford soon!

TV people. Do I know anyone who has trained to be a director in their 40s? I have been a producer in various ways for nearly 2 decades, but I’d love to try directing. Would love to hear from people who have made the switch

Haha! I still love John Taylor - even if he would probably vote Reform if alive today

Jon Healey and Rebecca Rideal sit in front of an audience, with bookshelves behind them

"He's amazing ... He's a d**k" – going from character-assassinating John Taylor to mocking Archbishop Laud's height at @jonathanhealey.bsky.social's launch of 'The Blood in Winter', hosted by @rebeccarideal.bsky.social

I’ve only seen bad ones so far?