Joshua Thorpe

Joshua Thorpe

@joshthorpebbc.bsky.social

Senior business journalist at BBC News. French and British.

338 Followers 234 Following 10 Posts Joined Dec 2023
2 days ago

A chicken burger is great but it's no sandwich Américain...

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9 months ago

Yeah also Madrid has that vibe - all the European youth congregating together, a real buzz in the air, they can afford to go out. Something London has lost sadly...

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1 year ago

It's the kind of thing you get so used to you don't notice it until you do and then it drives you mad. Just pointless noise pollution from a bygone era of overzealous and poorly thought through 'elf n safety regulations

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1 year ago

These automated messages at train stations that say "please hold onto the handrail and take care" on repeat, how is it still a thing?!

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1 year ago

I got Zero and I'm a massive Millenial!

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1 year ago

Finally tried that little salad bag they give you with takeaway curries and it was revelatory, adds a great crunch and freshness!

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1 year ago
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Is this...? Could it possibly be...?

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1 year ago

Hard to disagree with any of that really! Apart from chestnuts, nothing wrong with chestnuts! In the Cévennes we're practically weaned on them!

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1 year ago

One thing that's bugging me on here - how do we know if accounts belong to the real person/organisation? (i.e the issue with Kemi Badenoch over the week-end...) incidentally I see there are already a few fake BBC News accounts...

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1 year ago

Ça décolle un peu en France aussi Bluesky? Qui est-ce qu'il faut follower?

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