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UK correspondent for the Washington Post

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JD Vance becomes the latest affluent American to fall for the Cotswolds Ellen DeGeneres, Kourtney Kardashian and the family of Vice President JD Vance are just a few of the Americans to fall under the spell of England’s storybook vacation spot.

I greatly enjoyed @karlaadam.bsky.social mildly unleashing the snark in this piece on the lure of the Cotswolds for Americans (including, apparently to universal dismay, JD Vance). I hope you do too. Gift link.

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13.08.2025 21:50 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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Even at Starmer’s favorite pub, U.K. prime minister is a ‘beige’ mystery In the London neighborhood that Keir Starmer has represented in Parliament for more than a decade, people are still trying to figure out what his leadership stands for — as, it seems, is the country a...

Keir Starmer is a year into his premiership. To mark the occasion, I went to his favorite pub, the Pineapple, and asked locals one question: “What is Starmerism?” Come for the answers, stay for the excellent pub photos.
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22.07.2025 18:32 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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In London, theatergoers reenact storming of the U.S. Capitol In the interactive game “Fight for America,” audience members on Team Blue and Team Red reenact the Jan. 6 riot, an exercise intended to force reflection on mob mentality.

In London, theatergoers reenact storming of the U.S. Capitol: In the interactive game “Fight for America,” audience members on Team Blue and Team Red reenact the Jan. 6 riot, an exercise intended to force reflection on mob mentality.
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12.07.2025 06:07 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Most new cars in Norway are EVs. How a freezing country beat range anxiety. A visit to the northernmost region in Europe’s northernmost country offers a window into how to make electric vehicles the car of choice.

97 percent of all new cars sold in Norway are EVs. @salwangeorges.bsky.social and I visited Finnmark – the northernmost region in Europe’s northernmost country – to see how Norway became the EV capital of the world wapo.st/4mDXhL6

30.05.2025 11:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Stern-Bryan Fellowship | City, University of London Every year, a British journalist gets the chance to spend three months at the Washington Post.

Former @sternbryanfellow.bsky.social winners who did this early in their career...Could *you* be the next @leloveluck.bsky.social @gabrielpogrund.bsky.social @sebastianepayne.bsky.social @billykenber.bsky.social? Apply here: city.ac.uk/prospective-students/finance/funding/stern-bryan-fellowship

10.02.2025 19:18 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
Stern-Bryan Fellowship | City, University of London Every year, a British journalist gets the chance to spend three months at the Washington Post.

Attention early career UK journos: We are thrilled to announce applications are now open for our annual Stern-Bryan Fellowship. It’s a fantastic opportunity to work for @washingtonpost.com More details here www.city.ac.uk/prospective-...

04.02.2025 20:56 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Prince Harry settles with Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids, gets long-sought apology News Group Newspapers offered a “full and unequivocal apology” to Harry for the “serious intrusion” into his private life by the Sun between 1996 and 2011.

And after all that, Prince Harry settles with Murdoch’s tabloids and gets a “substantial” sum and apology. Read the backstory here from @karlaadam.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

22.01.2025 14:01 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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The right to die Podcast Episode · Today, Explained · 12/17/2024 · 27m

Today, Explained Podcast w/ Noel King "The right to die" Karla( @karlaadam.bsky.social )Adam, Marin Cogan, @vox.com podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

18.12.2024 21:24 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Women’s soccer/football is thriving. Over 78,000 in attendance tonight for #ENGUSA friendly at #WEMBLEY

30.11.2024 20:18 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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