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Culture, Arts & Books Editor of The Times and The Sunday Times - and cyclist, Millwall

London
Joined April 2010
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The 100 best British TV shows of the 21st century thetimes.com/article/a4fac4d…
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Iga Swiatek, there’s everything to like about the new Wimbledon champion, on and off the court thetimes.com/article/e0cc4de…
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Bruce Springsteen, a fascinating, truly insightful interview by Will Hodgkinson: ‘I’m not the best company inside my head’ thetimes.com/article/e3bafb5…
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He’s one of our own … #Millwall fans and Esse applaud each other
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Joy Crookes' London is everything you'd hope it would be thetimes.com/uk/london/artic…
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Brave, poignant and powerful… Southport families: We’re looking for light in the darkness thetimes.com/article/8f5e3f1…
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woop woop! it’s books of the year thetimes.com/culture/books/a…
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Ahead of the BOYBANDS FOREVER documentary, I spoke to Ritchie from Five, Lee from 911, Andrez from Damage and Duncan from Blue about the highs and horrors of life in the pop machine thetimes.com/article/9f6b6b7…
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Where did Trump voters get their news? 📰 Yes, there's social and partisan sites, but there is another influential strategy that isn't getting enough attention: Manipulated, pay-to-play and all out fake news sites I've been covering a mix of those for years. Here's a primer 🧵
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What investigative journalism is about - royal bombshell in my paper today by ⁦@JCalvertST⁩ ⁦@Arbuthnott⁩ ⁦@KatieTarrant_⁩ and ⁦@TomHCalver⁩ and his data supremos thetimes.com/uk/royal-family…
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REVEALED: The King and Prince William are funding their private lifestyles by secretly levying millions of pounds a year of charges from the armed forces, the NHS, state schools, charities, mining companies and the general public. thetimes.com/uk/royal-family…
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Replying to @VictoriaPeckham
This was an excellent article, and I finally subscribed to The Times today in order to get more of the same without having to use paywall dodgers. Trad media has incurred crushing collateral damage from gender ideology and is barely worth bothering with anymore.
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Revealed: the property empires that make Charles and William millions thetimes.com/article/40de6e1…
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Aigul Akhmetshina scoops the Times Breakthrough Award #skyartsawards ✊
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