Alex Walters
@alexwalters.bsky.social
Crime writer among other strange things.
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A new law has just passed that (and I know it's hard to believe) dictates that you have to share the post i've attached.
Now look. I was as surprised as you are that they chose this one, but what can I do?
I've reposted it myself, just to be on the safe side.
Now look. I was as surprised as you are that they chose this one, but what can I do?
I've reposted it myself, just to be on the safe side.
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Please share.
I'm doing a raffle.
Tickets are just £2 each!
You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend.
More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for two amazing schools.
TWO POUNDS.
More here.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
Please share.
December 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A new law has just passed that (and I know it's hard to believe) dictates that you have to share the post i've attached.
Now look. I was as surprised as you are that they chose this one, but what can I do?
I've reposted it myself, just to be on the safe side.
Now look. I was as surprised as you are that they chose this one, but what can I do?
I've reposted it myself, just to be on the safe side.
Yeah. That’ll do it. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Yeah. That’ll do it. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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That time in 2014 when the BBC daytime soap 'Doctors' adapted M.R. James's short story 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jQO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jQO...
BBC Doctors: Whistle... (adapted from M.R. James' Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad)
YouTube video by JR Southall
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
That time in 2014 when the BBC daytime soap 'Doctors' adapted M.R. James's short story 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jQO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jQO...
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social absolutely sensational on Question Time. Actually made it feel like I'd gained something from watching it for once (although admittedly that may be because I put it on 2x speed whenever Zia Yusuf started talking).
December 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social absolutely sensational on Question Time. Actually made it feel like I'd gained something from watching it for once (although admittedly that may be because I put it on 2x speed whenever Zia Yusuf started talking).
When a child’s body is found, DCI Kenny Murrain uncovers buried secrets and a killer ready to strike again.
A tense crime thriller where the past won’t stay buried.
Out today!
www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Corners...
A tense crime thriller where the past won’t stay buried.
Out today!
www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Corners...
www.amazon.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
When a child’s body is found, DCI Kenny Murrain uncovers buried secrets and a killer ready to strike again.
A tense crime thriller where the past won’t stay buried.
Out today!
www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Corners...
A tense crime thriller where the past won’t stay buried.
Out today!
www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Corners...
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This is a really good point.
Forget today's view of this. Farage was making these comments only 30 years after the holocaust. Well within living memory.
No one, no one at all, was doing "gas the jews" jokes on TV.
Forget today's view of this. Farage was making these comments only 30 years after the holocaust. Well within living memory.
No one, no one at all, was doing "gas the jews" jokes on TV.
Anyone of a similar age to Farage will know that antisemitic remarks played no part in 1970s banter.
Nazis were universally hated. Farages abusive behaviour would have made a strong impression. I have no doubt that Farage’s classmates remember him perfectly.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nazis were universally hated. Farages abusive behaviour would have made a strong impression. I have no doubt that Farage’s classmates remember him perfectly.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage turns on broadcasters over racism allegations as number of claims hits 28
Reform leader suggests he would boycott BBC, saying he has had letter from Dulwich pupils defending him
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This is a really good point.
Forget today's view of this. Farage was making these comments only 30 years after the holocaust. Well within living memory.
No one, no one at all, was doing "gas the jews" jokes on TV.
Forget today's view of this. Farage was making these comments only 30 years after the holocaust. Well within living memory.
No one, no one at all, was doing "gas the jews" jokes on TV.
I don’t think that’s the problem. www.thenational.scot/news/2566874...
BrewDog announces recipe shake-up of flagship beer amid plummeting sales
BREWDOG has announced it has shaken up its flagship beer in an attempt to turn around dwindling sales ...
www.thenational.scot
December 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I don’t think that’s the problem. www.thenational.scot/news/2566874...
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It's true! Here's Burgess doing 'The Burial of the Dead'. He had an extraordinary memory for poetry. We also have a tape of him reciting all of GM Hopkins's The Wreck of the Deutschland. Someone who was there when it was recorded says he reeled it off from memory.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRfg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRfg...
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It's true! Here's Burgess doing 'The Burial of the Dead'. He had an extraordinary memory for poetry. We also have a tape of him reciting all of GM Hopkins's The Wreck of the Deutschland. Someone who was there when it was recorded says he reeled it off from memory.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRfg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRfg...
Excellent thread.
Now I've started listening to all these songs again.
Willow's Song
YouTube video by Paul Giovanni - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Excellent thread.
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This is sad news, he played on so many of my favourite records RIP
Steve Cropper, Legendary Guitarist for Booker T. & the MG’s, Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, Dies at 84
Steve Cropper, guitarist for Booker T. & the MG's, Otis Redding, the Blues Brothers and many more, has died. He was 84.
variety.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This is sad news, he played on so many of my favourite records RIP
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So it turns out the content-stealing Politics UK Twitter account is actually 50% owned by a former Tory MP turned lobbyist and charged thousands of pounds for posting pro-China posts on its own feed democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
December 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
So it turns out the content-stealing Politics UK Twitter account is actually 50% owned by a former Tory MP turned lobbyist and charged thousands of pounds for posting pro-China posts on its own feed democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
Out tomorrow. Pre-order now for a mere £1.99 so it can magically pop on to your Kindle on the stroke of midnight.
When a child’s body is found, DCI Kenny Murrain uncovers buried secrets and a killer ready to strike again.
A tense crime thriller where the past won’t stay buried.
Available now for pre-order.
www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Corners...
A tense crime thriller where the past won’t stay buried.
Available now for pre-order.
www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Corners...
December 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Out tomorrow. Pre-order now for a mere £1.99 so it can magically pop on to your Kindle on the stroke of midnight.
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We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
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This is a borderline psychotic thing to put in a newspaper.
This is the point where the anti-Reeves stories tip into madness. Criticise her performance all you like but what the hell is this?
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is a borderline psychotic thing to put in a newspaper.
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Farage usually denies he is considering this. Why would he say this now? Is it to change the subject (from allegations and testimonies of his bullying and racism at school)? He must expect/want it to be revealed that he said it
FT Exclusive: The Reform UK leader told donors he expects a deal or merger between his party and the Conservatives ahead of the next general election, suggesting he does not believe he can sweep to power alone. on.ft.com/44xlHi0
December 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Farage usually denies he is considering this. Why would he say this now? Is it to change the subject (from allegations and testimonies of his bullying and racism at school)? He must expect/want it to be revealed that he said it
Ordered a new washing machine from a company who claimed I could track the delivery time on the day. Woke to message saying delivery from 7-9am. It’s now past 11 and the tracking app has been updating every 5 mins since 7.30 promising me delivery in the next hour. It’ll be right eventually, I hope.
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Ordered a new washing machine from a company who claimed I could track the delivery time on the day. Woke to message saying delivery from 7-9am. It’s now past 11 and the tracking app has been updating every 5 mins since 7.30 promising me delivery in the next hour. It’ll be right eventually, I hope.
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I wish more people were aware of this. Considering the scale of the threat, the media's near-silence is both remarkable and culpable.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I wish more people were aware of this. Considering the scale of the threat, the media's near-silence is both remarkable and culpable.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I assume they’re working on the wheel. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Accenture dubs 800,000 staff ‘reinventors’ amid shift to AI
Consultancy’s move to embrace artificial intelligence follows Disney’s use of the term ‘imagineers’
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I assume they’re working on the wheel. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Indeed. This is not the BBC's job and to make it worse, in the same piece, Chris Mason again lurches into opinion and gives government carte blanche when he absolutely should not have!
No that's not *your* on *our behalf*. Your job is to report the story, presenting all sides fairly and then *we* call it. What Mason is saying here is fundamentally not what the bbc is for!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Indeed. This is not the BBC's job and to make it worse, in the same piece, Chris Mason again lurches into opinion and gives government carte blanche when he absolutely should not have!
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If you would like to know the actual problems with the budget I set it all out in detail here.
As Stephen says the problem is the headroom isn't really there. Not that Reeves had loads of spare cash...
samf.substack.com/p/survival-f...
As Stephen says the problem is the headroom isn't really there. Not that Reeves had loads of spare cash...
samf.substack.com/p/survival-f...
December 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
If you would like to know the actual problems with the budget I set it all out in detail here.
As Stephen says the problem is the headroom isn't really there. Not that Reeves had loads of spare cash...
samf.substack.com/p/survival-f...
As Stephen says the problem is the headroom isn't really there. Not that Reeves had loads of spare cash...
samf.substack.com/p/survival-f...
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It was the most botched budget briefing since Truss… but this is increasingly wild. It is not an unsubstantiated “claim” that the OBR priced the productivity downgrade at £16bn in foregone revenue!
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
It was the most botched budget briefing since Truss… but this is increasingly wild. It is not an unsubstantiated “claim” that the OBR priced the productivity downgrade at £16bn in foregone revenue!
Dog bites man. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ex Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform UK
Jonathan Gullis, a former education minister, lost his Stoke-on-Trent North seat in 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Dog bites man. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A validation of this marvellous piece from @igmansfield.bsky.social about what Reeves should have done:
November 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
A validation of this marvellous piece from @igmansfield.bsky.social about what Reeves should have done: