Clair Woodward
@clairywoowoo.bsky.social
Writer, ideas person, loather of people who think you like their dog as much as you do. Audio previewer for Sunday Times Culture; comment for The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/author/clair-woodward
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Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
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I’m not doing Black Friday this year.
I’d rather be honest with you than try to compete with big brands.
Every purchase genuinely makes a difference to my tiny business.
Shop independent this Christmas.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
I’d rather be honest with you than try to compete with big brands.
Every purchase genuinely makes a difference to my tiny business.
Shop independent this Christmas.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I’m not doing Black Friday this year.
I’d rather be honest with you than try to compete with big brands.
Every purchase genuinely makes a difference to my tiny business.
Shop independent this Christmas.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
I’d rather be honest with you than try to compete with big brands.
Every purchase genuinely makes a difference to my tiny business.
Shop independent this Christmas.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
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Thousands of rare American recordings — some 100 years old — go online for all to enjoy
laist.com/news/arts-an...
laist.com/news/arts-an...
Thousands of rare American recordings — some 100 years old — go online for all to enjoy
The project, which will include some 50,000 songs from private record collections, is a collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and the Dust-to-Digital Foundation.
laist.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Thousands of rare American recordings — some 100 years old — go online for all to enjoy
laist.com/news/arts-an...
laist.com/news/arts-an...
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Looking for good xmas presents for the Berlinophile in your life? We’ve got you covered…
Berlin Typography and Plattenbau Berlin (both from Prestel Verlag) and the Berlin Type Map (from Blue Crow Media) are available wherever good books (and maps) are sold.
Berlin Typography and Plattenbau Berlin (both from Prestel Verlag) and the Berlin Type Map (from Blue Crow Media) are available wherever good books (and maps) are sold.
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Looking for good xmas presents for the Berlinophile in your life? We’ve got you covered…
Berlin Typography and Plattenbau Berlin (both from Prestel Verlag) and the Berlin Type Map (from Blue Crow Media) are available wherever good books (and maps) are sold.
Berlin Typography and Plattenbau Berlin (both from Prestel Verlag) and the Berlin Type Map (from Blue Crow Media) are available wherever good books (and maps) are sold.
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This technique also works in job interviews
November 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This technique also works in job interviews
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NEW! #FirstLastAnything Episode 34: As a big fan of the album Pearlies by Emma Anderson (@emmaandersonmusic.bsky.social), I was delighted that Emma joined me on my music textcast to discuss it, her career in Lush and Sing-Sing, and some favourite recordings. firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/11/23/f...
FLA 34: Emma Anderson (23/11/2025)
As a first-year university student, one of the first songs of the 1990s I cherished was ‘De-Luxe’ by the London-based quartet Lush, who were signed to the independent record label 4AD. I was in the…
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November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
NEW! #FirstLastAnything Episode 34: As a big fan of the album Pearlies by Emma Anderson (@emmaandersonmusic.bsky.social), I was delighted that Emma joined me on my music textcast to discuss it, her career in Lush and Sing-Sing, and some favourite recordings. firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/11/23/f...
A movie that takes place where you're from. And the only one. And I'm so old, I remember that the supermarket was Maypole Stores. youtu.be/rQfgDybnEuA?...
Here we Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1967) - Jamie and his one track mind
YouTube video by Paul Thompson
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November 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from. And the only one. And I'm so old, I remember that the supermarket was Maypole Stores. youtu.be/rQfgDybnEuA?...
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Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: Because it saw someone from work on a Saturday.
A: Because it saw someone from work on a Saturday.
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: Because it saw someone from work on a Saturday.
A: Because it saw someone from work on a Saturday.
"In recent years, Steve Lillywhite has made KFC the biggest music chain in Indonesia."
Steve Lillywhite - This Charming Man
Meet Steve Lillywhite, the producer of U2, the Rolling Stones, Morrissey and dozens of other top-selling artists.
indonesiaexpat.id
November 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
"In recent years, Steve Lillywhite has made KFC the biggest music chain in Indonesia."
Hugely unfair. www.thetimes.com/money/pensio...
Why the retirement wealth gap is about to get wider
For every £1 saved, public sector workers get £7 more in retirement than those in the private sector, finds Megan Harwood-Baynes
www.thetimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Hugely unfair. www.thetimes.com/money/pensio...
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Two perfectly normal ads in the perfectly normal city of San Francisco.
November 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Two perfectly normal ads in the perfectly normal city of San Francisco.
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 238. This is an important one with lots of big stories that haven’t gotten nearly enough attention today. Here is everything that happened. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Today in Politics, Bulletin 238. 10/28/25
… A new report shows that the Trump family has made $864 million off their crypto scam so far this year.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Today in Politics, Bulletin 238. This is an important one with lots of big stories that haven’t gotten nearly enough attention today. Here is everything that happened. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Achtung! Niche thread ahead. Been thinking about my favourite books on post-war Germany. How do you rebuild a country, physically and mentally?
www.penguin.co.uk/books/441592...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/441592...
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November 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Achtung! Niche thread ahead. Been thinking about my favourite books on post-war Germany. How do you rebuild a country, physically and mentally?
www.penguin.co.uk/books/441592...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/441592...
So, on the last ep of Berlin Station. I can still barely understand the ins and outs, but it's been great seeing the city.
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
So, on the last ep of Berlin Station. I can still barely understand the ins and outs, but it's been great seeing the city.
Worth 27bn and worried about inheritance tax. What a world. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Lakshmi Mittal, one of Britain’s richest men, quits UK
The ArcelorMittal founder, worth £15.4 billion who topped the Rich List eight times, has joined a wave of the super-rich relocating overseas
www.thetimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Worth 27bn and worried about inheritance tax. What a world. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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An absolutely harrowing investigation into the “free birth” and “wild pregnancy” movement, appalling, lethal, social media-fuelled woo woo grift. The poor families duped into this, unthinkable.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
An absolutely harrowing investigation into the “free birth” and “wild pregnancy” movement, appalling, lethal, social media-fuelled woo woo grift. The poor families duped into this, unthinkable.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
If anyone's under the assumption that older people are rolling in it, I've got £1.16 in my bank account and I want to cry.
November 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If anyone's under the assumption that older people are rolling in it, I've got £1.16 in my bank account and I want to cry.
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France has added Musk’s Grok to an ongoing cybercrime investigation after it produced French-language posts echoing Holocaust denial about Auschwitz.
November 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
France has added Musk’s Grok to an ongoing cybercrime investigation after it produced French-language posts echoing Holocaust denial about Auschwitz.
I am avoiding important tasks, so can't make my mind up whether to finish watching Berln station or start a series about Hitler with @guywalters.bsky.social that I haven't seen before.
November 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I am avoiding important tasks, so can't make my mind up whether to finish watching Berln station or start a series about Hitler with @guywalters.bsky.social that I haven't seen before.
Is it because they're assholes?
Why do cyclists go through red lights? We asked them
More than 70 cyclists were spotted running one red light in London in just one hour this week — many on Lime hire bikes. They are now facing a crackdown
www.thetimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Is it because they're assholes?
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A fantastic selection of subjects.
Christmas is looming. Books make great gifts. If there is anyone in your life who might enjoy a signed/dedicated copy of one/some/all of these paperbacks (even if that person is you) drop me a line.
November 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A fantastic selection of subjects.
DMGT Chairman Lord Rothermere said: 'I have long admired the Daily Telegraph. My family and I have an enduring love of money...er, newspapers and for the journalists who make them. But not for much longer, obviously".
Owner of the Daily Mail strikes £500 million deal to buy The Telegraph
The owner of the Daily Mail has struck a £500 million deal to buy The Daily Telegraph, with the aim of securing the future of one of the world's most prestigious media brands.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
DMGT Chairman Lord Rothermere said: 'I have long admired the Daily Telegraph. My family and I have an enduring love of money...er, newspapers and for the journalists who make them. But not for much longer, obviously".
Back from MT's funeral. I am a mess. This - what a way to end the best of services for a very good man. youtu.be/6nx3oG3LQqM?...
The Dream Goes On Forever - Todd Rundgren | The Midnight Special
YouTube video by The Midnight Special
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November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Back from MT's funeral. I am a mess. This - what a way to end the best of services for a very good man. youtu.be/6nx3oG3LQqM?...
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It's a good thing President Obama killed Osama Bin Laden because otherwise Trump would be inviting him to the White House for some goddamn hors d'oeuvres
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
It's a good thing President Obama killed Osama Bin Laden because otherwise Trump would be inviting him to the White House for some goddamn hors d'oeuvres