Ian Leslie
@ianleslie.bsky.social
Author. Latest book: 'John & Paul: A Love Story In Songs'. Available now: https://www.ian-leslie.com/p/introducing-john-and-paul-a-love
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Tomorrow, at 7 pm, we will be giving thanks for one of the most beautiful, productive, inspiring friendships… And all the music it produced. Free and open to all!
@ianleslie.bsky.social
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@ianleslie.bsky.social
@faberbooks.bsky.social
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November 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Tomorrow, at 7 pm, we will be giving thanks for one of the most beautiful, productive, inspiring friendships… And all the music it produced. Free and open to all!
@ianleslie.bsky.social
@faberbooks.bsky.social
www.shakespeareandcompany.com/events/ian-l...
@ianleslie.bsky.social
@faberbooks.bsky.social
www.shakespeareandcompany.com/events/ian-l...
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If y'all are stuck for Christmas presents this year, consider @ianleslie.bsky.social's "John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs". Such a brilliant and wonderful read, even if you're not a Beatles fan (and you probably will be by the end anyway) - my pick for the year...
on.ft.com/4ofz1yK
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Best books of 2025: Roula Khalaf, Jay Rayner and other FT journalists pick their favourites
[FREE TO READ] FT editors, columnists and specialists share the titles that have inspired them
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November 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
If y'all are stuck for Christmas presents this year, consider @ianleslie.bsky.social's "John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs". Such a brilliant and wonderful read, even if you're not a Beatles fan (and you probably will be by the end anyway) - my pick for the year...
on.ft.com/4ofz1yK
on.ft.com/4ofz1yK
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A lovely essay. Saw Paul in Paris about a year ago and all of this rings true. Also highly recommend @ianleslie.bsky.social’s John & Paul, which he’ll be discussing at the bookshop this week…
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A lovely essay. Saw Paul in Paris about a year ago and all of this rings true. Also highly recommend @ianleslie.bsky.social’s John & Paul, which he’ll be discussing at the bookshop this week…
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The Ruffian has LANDED. This week, on community vs tribe. ianleslie.substack.com/p/from-commu...
From Community To Tribe
When Real World Networks Are Replaced By Digital Ones
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November 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The Ruffian has LANDED. This week, on community vs tribe. ianleslie.substack.com/p/from-commu...
The Ruffian has LANDED. This week, on community vs tribe. ianleslie.substack.com/p/from-commu...
From Community To Tribe
When Real World Networks Are Replaced By Digital Ones
ianleslie.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The Ruffian has LANDED. This week, on community vs tribe. ianleslie.substack.com/p/from-commu...
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This week in The Ruffian: On populism and the problem with centrists www.ian-leslie.com/p/why-tiktok...
November 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This week in The Ruffian: On populism and the problem with centrists www.ian-leslie.com/p/why-tiktok...
For your Sunday reading: The Ruffian on the rise of populism and whether 'centrists' bear responsibility for it. ianleslie.substack.com/p/why-tiktok...
November 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
For your Sunday reading: The Ruffian on the rise of populism and whether 'centrists' bear responsibility for it. ianleslie.substack.com/p/why-tiktok...
This week in The Ruffian: On populism and the problem with centrists www.ian-leslie.com/p/why-tiktok...
November 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This week in The Ruffian: On populism and the problem with centrists www.ian-leslie.com/p/why-tiktok...
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New from The Ruffian: on why centrists are to blame for populism ianleslie.substack.com/p/why-tiktok...
Why TikTok Can't Take All the Blame For Populism
The Problem of Hollow Centrism
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November 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
New from The Ruffian: on why centrists are to blame for populism ianleslie.substack.com/p/why-tiktok...
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Beautiful piece by @TimAdamsWrites on the brilliant Observer journalist Rachel Cooke who could write wonderfully about anything, has died tragically young and will be hugely, hugely missed by so many people.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
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November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Beautiful piece by @TimAdamsWrites on the brilliant Observer journalist Rachel Cooke who could write wonderfully about anything, has died tragically young and will be hugely, hugely missed by so many people.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
New from The Ruffian: on why centrists are to blame for populism ianleslie.substack.com/p/why-tiktok...
Why TikTok Can't Take All the Blame For Populism
The Problem of Hollow Centrism
ianleslie.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
New from The Ruffian: on why centrists are to blame for populism ianleslie.substack.com/p/why-tiktok...
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Love this by @ianleslie.bsky.social, taking a nodalong thesis about “populism” and then – plot twist – realising what is wrong with it www.ian-leslie.com/p/why-tiktok...
Why TikTok Can't Take All the Blame For Populism
The Problem of Hollow Centrism
www.ian-leslie.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Love this by @ianleslie.bsky.social, taking a nodalong thesis about “populism” and then – plot twist – realising what is wrong with it www.ian-leslie.com/p/why-tiktok...
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Great piece from Ian Leslie @ianleslie.bsky.social for The Guardian @theguardian.com on the new Wings oral history, WINGS: THE TRUE STORY OF A BAND ON THE RUN.
I'm reading the book right now and it's the perfect counterbalance to, well, everything else.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
I'm reading the book right now and it's the perfect counterbalance to, well, everything else.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Wings by Paul McCartney review – a brilliant story of post-Beatles revival
A compelling oral history traces the rise one of the most successful bands of the 70s from the ashes of a creative breakup
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Great piece from Ian Leslie @ianleslie.bsky.social for The Guardian @theguardian.com on the new Wings oral history, WINGS: THE TRUE STORY OF A BAND ON THE RUN.
I'm reading the book right now and it's the perfect counterbalance to, well, everything else.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
I'm reading the book right now and it's the perfect counterbalance to, well, everything else.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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Two very good and quite different pieces on the BBC's latest own goals:
1. From @ianleslie.bsky.social
www.ian-leslie.com/p/the-bbcs-f...
1. From @ianleslie.bsky.social
www.ian-leslie.com/p/the-bbcs-f...
The BBC's Friends Can Be Its Worst Enemies
On the Wild and Self-Destructive Over-Reaction To Prescott
www.ian-leslie.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Two very good and quite different pieces on the BBC's latest own goals:
1. From @ianleslie.bsky.social
www.ian-leslie.com/p/the-bbcs-f...
1. From @ianleslie.bsky.social
www.ian-leslie.com/p/the-bbcs-f...
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Worth a read for a different take on the BBC issues, even if (like me) you won't agree with all of it.
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New from me on the BBC scandal, in which I basically ask, why has everyone gone crazy? ianleslie.substack.com/p/the-bbcs-f...
The BBC's Friends Can Be Its Worst Enemies
On the Wild and Self-Destructive Over-Reaction To Prescott
ianleslie.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Worth a read for a different take on the BBC issues, even if (like me) you won't agree with all of it.
bsky.app/profile/ianl...
bsky.app/profile/ianl...
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New from me on the BBC scandal, in which I basically ask, why has everyone gone crazy? ianleslie.substack.com/p/the-bbcs-f...
The BBC's Friends Can Be Its Worst Enemies
On the Wild and Self-Destructive Over-Reaction To Prescott
ianleslie.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
New from me on the BBC scandal, in which I basically ask, why has everyone gone crazy? ianleslie.substack.com/p/the-bbcs-f...
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I agree with @ianleslie.bsky.social re the BBC open.substack.com/pub/ianlesli...
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I agree with @ianleslie.bsky.social re the BBC open.substack.com/pub/ianlesli...
New from me on the BBC scandal, in which I basically ask, why has everyone gone crazy? ianleslie.substack.com/p/the-bbcs-f...
The BBC's Friends Can Be Its Worst Enemies
On the Wild and Self-Destructive Over-Reaction To Prescott
ianleslie.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
New from me on the BBC scandal, in which I basically ask, why has everyone gone crazy? ianleslie.substack.com/p/the-bbcs-f...
Completely mad
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Completely mad
"Well I haven't noticed any bias, the BBC is great, rah rah carry on". Not helpful. bsky.app/profile/robe...
Very much enjoyed Mark Damazer reassuring the nation that he is not smug.
November 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
"Well I haven't noticed any bias, the BBC is great, rah rah carry on". Not helpful. bsky.app/profile/robe...
‘Exposing a wider truth’ - that logic is fatal to journalistic integrity
Hutton report — The last time two BBC leaders resigned for warped editorialising on a point of detail in exposing a wider truth
After the Chilcot report some years later, it became tough to recall exactly which claim about “sexing up” the dossier had been wrong
After the Chilcot report some years later, it became tough to recall exactly which claim about “sexing up” the dossier had been wrong
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
‘Exposing a wider truth’ - that logic is fatal to journalistic integrity
What a beautiful piece, up there with the best of Lunch w/t FT bsky.app/profile/jani...
Wishing only continued excellent health to inspirational 94 year old artist Bridget Riley on.ft.com/43ZrQTM
Bridget Riley: ‘I want my paintings to make people feel alive’
[FREE TO READ] The 94-year-old doyenne of British abstract art on influences from Seurat to Mondrian, her wartime childhood in Cornwall — and ‘the healing power of looking’
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November 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
What a beautiful piece, up there with the best of Lunch w/t FT bsky.app/profile/jani...
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For your Sunday reading: The Ruffian on that John Lewis ad and why parents are spending too much time with their children ianleslie.substack.com/p/are-parent...
Are Parents Too Close To Their Children?
A Question Inspired by the New John Lewis Christmas Ad
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November 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
For your Sunday reading: The Ruffian on that John Lewis ad and why parents are spending too much time with their children ianleslie.substack.com/p/are-parent...
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"...a portal into a more eccentric age of pop, a fable about the tension between celebrity and creativity, and a story with elements of Spinal Tap and Wacky Races." - Ian Leslie @ianleslie.bsky.social
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Wings by Paul McCartney review – a brilliant story of post-Beatles revival
A compelling oral history traces the rise one of the most successful bands of the 70s from the ashes of a creative breakup
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"...a portal into a more eccentric age of pop, a fable about the tension between celebrity and creativity, and a story with elements of Spinal Tap and Wacky Races." - Ian Leslie @ianleslie.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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For your Sunday reading: The Ruffian on that John Lewis ad and why parents are spending too much time with their children ianleslie.substack.com/p/are-parent...
Are Parents Too Close To Their Children?
A Question Inspired by the New John Lewis Christmas Ad
ianleslie.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
For your Sunday reading: The Ruffian on that John Lewis ad and why parents are spending too much time with their children ianleslie.substack.com/p/are-parent...