David Stubbs
@davidstubbs.bsky.social
Writer. Mr Agreeable in a previous life. Author of, among others, Fear Of Music: Why People Get Rothko But Don’t Get Stockhausen (Zero) and Different Times: A History Of British Comedy (Faber)
He has a racist present. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Twenty people allege he has a racist past. He denies it. Who’s telling the truth about Farage’s schooldays?
Reform UK’s leader refuses to answer questions about his abusive behaviour, claiming there’s ‘no evidence’. We talk to victims and witnesses
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November 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
He has a racist present. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Calvin and Hobbes were formative for my sense of humour, and I still dip in and out of Watterson’s strips today. Fantastic article by Luke.
November 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Calvin and Hobbes were formative for my sense of humour, and I still dip in and out of Watterson’s strips today. Fantastic article by Luke.
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If we don’t signal our virtue every now and again - then so many believe they are utterly alone - “virtue signalling” is not there to say “aren’t I good” but “there are more of us than you might imagine” and “fuck you for demanding that only the brutal and the bullies may speak”
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
If we don’t signal our virtue every now and again - then so many believe they are utterly alone - “virtue signalling” is not there to say “aren’t I good” but “there are more of us than you might imagine” and “fuck you for demanding that only the brutal and the bullies may speak”
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Glad to hear that Samir Zitouni has left hospital. Twenty years as a train worker in Britain, he was an onboard caterer who stepped up heroically to resist a stabbing attack, saving many lives and risking his own.
Prayers and good wishes for the recovery ahead.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Prayers and good wishes for the recovery ahead.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Train worker who protected passengers in Huntingdon attack leaves hospital
LNER’s Samir Zitouni, known as Sam, was seriously injured in mass stabbing and is credited with saving multiple lives
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November 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Glad to hear that Samir Zitouni has left hospital. Twenty years as a train worker in Britain, he was an onboard caterer who stepped up heroically to resist a stabbing attack, saving many lives and risking his own.
Prayers and good wishes for the recovery ahead.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Prayers and good wishes for the recovery ahead.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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it's here
Robyn - Dopamine (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Robyn
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November 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
it's here
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The best review I have ever read of Ricky Gervais's mean spirited, ego project, After Life. Bless you Will from London.
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The best review I have ever read of Ricky Gervais's mean spirited, ego project, After Life. Bless you Will from London.
Bloody hell, Streeting? I'd as soon keep Starmer.
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Bloody hell, Streeting? I'd as soon keep Starmer.
I'll defend BBC News against the accusation that they are hostile to the far right. I'm sure Nigel Farage will give thanks to BBC News for building the platform for his career when no one else would give him, a no one with no voter base, the time of day. The BBC saw his potential. It paid dividends.
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I'll defend BBC News against the accusation that they are hostile to the far right. I'm sure Nigel Farage will give thanks to BBC News for building the platform for his career when no one else would give him, a no one with no voter base, the time of day. The BBC saw his potential. It paid dividends.
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While testing a top secret aircraft design during WWII, pilot Jack Woolams wore a gorilla suit and a bowler hat so that any witnesses who reported back would not be believed.
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
While testing a top secret aircraft design during WWII, pilot Jack Woolams wore a gorilla suit and a bowler hat so that any witnesses who reported back would not be believed.
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New York can finally say they’ve had a new worst day ever.
Jimmy Fallon, James Corden croon Sinatra, Bennett standards for gobsmacked guests in NYC
Jimmy Fallon, James Corden croon Sinatra, Bennett standards for gobsmacked guests in NYC
A source said, "The Eric Newman Jazz Band was playing, and before long, Fallon and Corden were up onstage trading Sinatra and Tony Bennett tunes!"
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November 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
New York can finally say they’ve had a new worst day ever.
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it doesn’t get any clearer that america’s betrothal to fossil fuels is about letting energy companies pick our pockets to prop up their obsolete industry
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
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Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
it doesn’t get any clearer that america’s betrothal to fossil fuels is about letting energy companies pick our pockets to prop up their obsolete industry
Get well soon, Samir Zitouri. The best of us. Go fuck yourselves with rolled up copies of your shit stirring speeches Farage, Goodwin. You are the worst of us. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Cambridgeshire stabbing attack: ‘heroic’ train worker praised for saving passengers’ lives
LNER employee Samir Zitouni, who was hospitalised after Saturday’s incident, hailed by police and transport secretary for ‘bravery beyond measure’
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November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Get well soon, Samir Zitouri. The best of us. Go fuck yourselves with rolled up copies of your shit stirring speeches Farage, Goodwin. You are the worst of us. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Jonathan Liew is now one of The Guardian's best and most conscientious voices. Which is more than can be said for one or two of his unpleasant colleagues on The Guardian's sports section. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Say what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong | Jonathan Liew
To rightwing populists, places of fluidity and freedom will always be the enemy, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
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November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Jonathan Liew is now one of The Guardian's best and most conscientious voices. Which is more than can be said for one or two of his unpleasant colleagues on The Guardian's sports section. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
From The Office to degenerating into the nasty, punchdown, scoffing, comedically clueless, transphobic patron saint of wankers you are today. James Acaster called you out for the worse than worthless "edgelord" that you are. But you're too remote, too doubledown, too stupid to take that on board.
November 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
From The Office to degenerating into the nasty, punchdown, scoffing, comedically clueless, transphobic patron saint of wankers you are today. James Acaster called you out for the worse than worthless "edgelord" that you are. But you're too remote, too doubledown, too stupid to take that on board.
in the extremely unlikely event that this were remotely true, it would improve New York immeasurably.
"Ooh I'm ready to flee! Chase me!"
Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor — possibly igniting mass exodus: poll
November 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
in the extremely unlikely event that this were remotely true, it would improve New York immeasurably.
Straight up evil is always with us, sometimes victorious, ultimately defeated, never extinguished. The battle goes on, never conclusively won, never comprehensively lost. The human condition.
November 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Straight up evil is always with us, sometimes victorious, ultimately defeated, never extinguished. The battle goes on, never conclusively won, never comprehensively lost. The human condition.
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I did not know of this earlier version. Amazing.
The Front Page. This sharp, fast-paced comedy redefined journalism films and set the tone for decades of Hollywood wit. Starring Pat O’Brien and Adolphe Menjou.
Watch on #YouTube ⬇️
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or #Rumble
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Watch on #YouTube ⬇️
youtu.be/XgsHGa2dKgU
or #Rumble
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The Front Page (1931) - Lewis Milestone's Screwball Comedy Masterpiece
YouTube video by Retro Cinema Wood
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November 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I did not know of this earlier version. Amazing.
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The people of Little Village showed the nation what courage looks like: standing unarmed, united, ＆ unafraid in the face of ICE’s tear gas ＆ violence. They protected their neighbors, not with weapons, but with peaceful ＆ fierce solidarity.
November 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The people of Little Village showed the nation what courage looks like: standing unarmed, united, ＆ unafraid in the face of ICE’s tear gas ＆ violence. They protected their neighbors, not with weapons, but with peaceful ＆ fierce solidarity.
i feature in this, now up on YouTube. It was a pleasure and an honour to talk to Stephan Plank about his Dad and his legacy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQJT...
The Greatest Producer You Never Knew: The Genius of Conny Plank | Full 70s Rock Documentary
YouTube video by Amplified - Classic Rock & Music History
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November 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
i feature in this, now up on YouTube. It was a pleasure and an honour to talk to Stephan Plank about his Dad and his legacy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQJT...
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Siegfried Sassoon (1917)
November 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Siegfried Sassoon (1917)
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TAKENtv @ 1234 festival...interviews... Dele Fadele
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October 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Three against one . . .
So why does the BBC label the academic and economist Faiza Shaheen an "activist" but refuse to do the same for the former academic, turned anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin?
October 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Three against one . . .
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Sharks absolutely get cancer, and people claiming otherwise are pseudoscientific grifters preying on the desperate.
Even if sharks did not get cancer, eating shark would not cure your cancer any more than eating LeBron James would make you better at basketball.
Even if sharks did not get cancer, eating shark would not cure your cancer any more than eating LeBron James would make you better at basketball.
October 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Sharks absolutely get cancer, and people claiming otherwise are pseudoscientific grifters preying on the desperate.
Even if sharks did not get cancer, eating shark would not cure your cancer any more than eating LeBron James would make you better at basketball.
Even if sharks did not get cancer, eating shark would not cure your cancer any more than eating LeBron James would make you better at basketball.
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@davidstubbs.bsky.social Mark Lewisohn is circulating an op-ed he has written about the BBC's restrictions on access to the Written Archives Centre. I would be grateful if you could repost it: cstonline.net/defending-th...
DEFENDING THE WAC: MARK LEWISOHN LOOKS AT WHY RENEWED APPRECIATION IS URGENTLY REQUIRED
I was asked to write an op-ed piece saying why I think the BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is a unique and brilliant resource, which I can do because it’s both – and why, therefore…
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October 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
@davidstubbs.bsky.social Mark Lewisohn is circulating an op-ed he has written about the BBC's restrictions on access to the Written Archives Centre. I would be grateful if you could repost it: cstonline.net/defending-th...