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welsh person. freelance arts journalist. ex TV and Radio Editor at The Telegraph. ex TV and theatre for The Times. mainly nonsense on here.

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Johnny Vegas: ‘In show business, I’m seen as a rescue dog that might bite you’ Interview: Ahead of his documentary, the comedian discusses ADHD, his home town and ‘coming out’ as an artist

One of the most fascinating interviews I've done. All hail Johnny Vegas. www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2025/08/0...

06.08.2025 08:23 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Johnny Vegas: ‘In show business, I’m seen as a rescue dog that might bite you’ Interview: Ahead of his documentary, the comedian discusses ADHD, his home town and ‘coming out’ as an artist

One of the most fascinating interviews I've done. All hail Johnny Vegas. www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2025/08/0...

06.08.2025 08:23 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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King of the Hill’s long-awaited return shows us how much even Texas has changed Back after 15 years, the sitcom’s conservative Texan protagonist has become a fascinating figure through which to view modern America

Should the King of the Hill revival work? Nope. Does the King of the Hill revival work? Yep (with caveats). www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/king-of...

04.08.2025 09:49 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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King of the Hill’s long-awaited return shows us how much even Texas has changed Back after 15 years, the sitcom’s conservative Texan protagonist has become a fascinating figure through which to view modern America

Should the King of the Hill revival work? Nope. Does the King of the Hill revival work? Yep (with caveats). www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/king-of...

04.08.2025 09:49 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

What Jason said

01.08.2025 08:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ah it's a lovely thing when the books that defined your early childhood also define your children's

31.07.2025 16:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The future of Alien, without Sigourney Weaver The Alien franchise is given another twist in Noah Hawley’s upcoming ­Disney+ TV series, Alien: Earth

Alien: Earth is a blast. I had a nice chat with my new pals Noah, Syd et al www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2025/07/2...

29.07.2025 08:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I can’t believe that tonight will be the last ever edition of the Tour de France highlights on @itvx.com. Another crown jewel of global sport lost to terrestrial TV. Thank you Gary Imlach and team for a wonderful show. Summers will not be the same again

27.07.2025 19:55 — 👍 79    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 1
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Went to the pub

24.07.2025 09:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My play has a cast and a handsome bunch they are too

17.07.2025 08:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

what if the Sycamore Gap tree supported Palestine Action

16.07.2025 08:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A very powerful essay by Holocaust scholar Omer Bartov, arguing that:
a) Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, and
b) denying this threatens to "undermine everything that Holocaust scholarship and commemoration have stood for."

Do read the whole thing www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

15.07.2025 09:21 — 👍 980    🔁 421    💬 9    📌 19
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do not ggo ggentle into that ggood nigght
old agge should burn and rave at close of day
ragge, ragge aggainst the fryingg of an eggg

08.07.2025 19:59 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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cant believe that this response from a sitting member of Congress from Florida, to one of his Dem colleagues, is real

09.07.2025 17:33 — 👍 11144    🔁 2727    💬 1015    📌 577
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do not ggo ggentle into that ggood nigght
old agge should burn and rave at close of day
ragge, ragge aggainst the fryingg of an eggg

08.07.2025 19:59 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Hell of a photo in this article showcasing the dangers of these large SUVs

07.07.2025 14:08 — 👍 314    🔁 102    💬 7    📌 7

Actual journalism. Love to see it.

06.07.2025 17:12 — 👍 151    🔁 63    💬 2    📌 8

oh boy

06.07.2025 12:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

holy moly

04.07.2025 20:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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oh well if fan says it

04.07.2025 17:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Indiana Jones and the Tentpole of Doom

03.07.2025 09:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The first two paragraphs:

"Today, a hot day when 22 Palestinians (including journalists) sat in a seafront café were murdered by one Israeli bomb, various national media outlets have contacted us (again) to ask our view of something a musician said.

For 636 days now, unprecedented & insufferable horror has been recorded by the brutalised communities of Gaza and shown to us on our phone and television screens. It will not stop. No one, it seems, will stop it."

The first two paragraphs: "Today, a hot day when 22 Palestinians (including journalists) sat in a seafront café were murdered by one Israeli bomb, various national media outlets have contacted us (again) to ask our view of something a musician said. For 636 days now, unprecedented & insufferable horror has been recorded by the brutalised communities of Gaza and shown to us on our phone and television screens. It will not stop. No one, it seems, will stop it."

The last two paragraphs (in part):

"As we all watch on aghast, every single day, shouting or typing into an echo chamber of complicity...

Given the total ban by Israel on international journalists reporting from Gaza, and the simultaneous murder of hundreds of journalists in Gaza by Israeli forces, Massive Attack would urge the BBC and other media outlets to redirect their considerable news resource to reporting the truth of what is happening, daily, to the people of Gaza, and critically, to explaining the corresponding inaction of western governments (such as the UK) to their viewers.”

The last two paragraphs (in part): "As we all watch on aghast, every single day, shouting or typing into an echo chamber of complicity... Given the total ban by Israel on international journalists reporting from Gaza, and the simultaneous murder of hundreds of journalists in Gaza by Israeli forces, Massive Attack would urge the BBC and other media outlets to redirect their considerable news resource to reporting the truth of what is happening, daily, to the people of Gaza, and critically, to explaining the corresponding inaction of western governments (such as the UK) to their viewers.”

Massive Attack via Instagram.

02.07.2025 07:07 — 👍 1175    🔁 460    💬 3    📌 8
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Are you also a grumpy old man? This radio show is for you As Ed Reardon’s Week on Radio 4 commences on its 16th series, you might now be ready to fall for its charms

I knew one day Ed Reardon would come for me. Lo, he is here. www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/what-t...

02.07.2025 08:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

what a daft country

30.06.2025 16:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I will never eggslutshame

29.06.2025 21:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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London is over

29.06.2025 17:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

They made me stop watching Pulp and put Tarzan on. Phil Collins beats Jarvis Cocker.

28.06.2025 18:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My children just described Tarzan as "really good at parcours"

28.06.2025 18:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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BBC Wimbledon’s Andrew Castle: ‘You have to know when to shut up!’ Former tennis pro on Strictly, Emma Raducanu and his career from court to commentary box

I spoke to Andrew "Wimbledon" Castle about the art of sports commentary, Nick Kyrgios, Gary Lineker and why he left LBC www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2025/06/2...

28.06.2025 10:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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