Jacob Furedi
@jacobfuredi.bsky.social
editor of a new magazine called DISPATCH | www.dispatch-media.com
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"Politics is my work, for sure."
A few weeks before Martin Parr died, he sat down with Dispatch to discuss his legacy.
Read the interview below:
A few weeks before Martin Parr died, he sat down with Dispatch to discuss his legacy.
Read the interview below:
December 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"Politics is my work, for sure."
A few weeks before Martin Parr died, he sat down with Dispatch to discuss his legacy.
Read the interview below:
A few weeks before Martin Parr died, he sat down with Dispatch to discuss his legacy.
Read the interview below:
Ahead of Thatcher's centenery, I travelled across the UK to speak to those still living in her Britain.
I interviewed dozens of people — including an IRA bomber, a Toxteth rioter, and a Scottish miner who celebrated her death.
You can read the result in @dispatchmedia.bsky.social.
I interviewed dozens of people — including an IRA bomber, a Toxteth rioter, and a Scottish miner who celebrated her death.
You can read the result in @dispatchmedia.bsky.social.
October 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Ahead of Thatcher's centenery, I travelled across the UK to speak to those still living in her Britain.
I interviewed dozens of people — including an IRA bomber, a Toxteth rioter, and a Scottish miner who celebrated her death.
You can read the result in @dispatchmedia.bsky.social.
I interviewed dozens of people — including an IRA bomber, a Toxteth rioter, and a Scottish miner who celebrated her death.
You can read the result in @dispatchmedia.bsky.social.
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An IRA bomber, a Scottish miner, a Toxteth rioter, a Welsh 'lout'.
How are they faring today?
Ahead of her centenary, @jacobfuredi.bsky.social reports from the frontlines of Thatcher's Britain:
How are they faring today?
Ahead of her centenary, @jacobfuredi.bsky.social reports from the frontlines of Thatcher's Britain:
October 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
An IRA bomber, a Scottish miner, a Toxteth rioter, a Welsh 'lout'.
How are they faring today?
Ahead of her centenary, @jacobfuredi.bsky.social reports from the frontlines of Thatcher's Britain:
How are they faring today?
Ahead of her centenary, @jacobfuredi.bsky.social reports from the frontlines of Thatcher's Britain:
Vividly remember reading this for the first time. A deeply unsettling experience. Well worth 10 minutes of your time.
"It turns you into a loner, that’s the problem with this job."
María Sonia Cristoff returns to Patagonia's ghost towns — where she finds a oil man imprisoned by solitude.
María Sonia Cristoff returns to Patagonia's ghost towns — where she finds a oil man imprisoned by solitude.
October 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Vividly remember reading this for the first time. A deeply unsettling experience. Well worth 10 minutes of your time.
With Trump touching down in the UK today, spare a thought for the Suffolk villagers forced to live next to an American airbase stuffed with nuclear weapons.
Even better, make some time for this very classy long-read from Jonathan McAloon:
dispatch-media.com/american-nuk...
Even better, make some time for this very classy long-read from Jonathan McAloon:
dispatch-media.com/american-nuk...
American nukes in an English village
A top-secret airbase • In sleepy Suffolk • Locals go to war
dispatch-media.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
With Trump touching down in the UK today, spare a thought for the Suffolk villagers forced to live next to an American airbase stuffed with nuclear weapons.
Even better, make some time for this very classy long-read from Jonathan McAloon:
dispatch-media.com/american-nuk...
Even better, make some time for this very classy long-read from Jonathan McAloon:
dispatch-media.com/american-nuk...
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"Will Dispatch ever serve up AI slop to its readers?"
Listen to @jacobfuredi.bsky.social's response on Radio 4's The Media Show this week.
Listen to @jacobfuredi.bsky.social's response on Radio 4's The Media Show this week.
August 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
"Will Dispatch ever serve up AI slop to its readers?"
Listen to @jacobfuredi.bsky.social's response on Radio 4's The Media Show this week.
Listen to @jacobfuredi.bsky.social's response on Radio 4's The Media Show this week.
Who is Margaux Blanchard? Margaux Blanchard net worth? How old is Margaux Blanchard? Is Margaux Blanchard married?
Tbh, I don't know. But today I wrote about how @dispatchmedia.bsky.social exposed her — and why she matters:
dispatch-media.com/margaux-blan...
Tbh, I don't know. But today I wrote about how @dispatchmedia.bsky.social exposed her — and why she matters:
dispatch-media.com/margaux-blan...
Margaux Blanchard, the journalist who didn't exist
Dispatch rumbles AI fraud • The power of reporting • Introducing the Blanchard offer
dispatch-media.com
August 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Who is Margaux Blanchard? Margaux Blanchard net worth? How old is Margaux Blanchard? Is Margaux Blanchard married?
Tbh, I don't know. But today I wrote about how @dispatchmedia.bsky.social exposed her — and why she matters:
dispatch-media.com/margaux-blan...
Tbh, I don't know. But today I wrote about how @dispatchmedia.bsky.social exposed her — and why she matters:
dispatch-media.com/margaux-blan...
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Bravo @jacobfuredi.bsky.social and @pressgazette.co.uk @charlottetobitt.bsky.social for rumbling this. Doesn't reflect brilliantly on the magazine industry, sadly.
pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
Wired and Business Insider remove 'AI-written' freelance articles
Wired and Business Insider have removed freelance articles over concerns they were written by AI under a fake name.
pressgazette.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Bravo @jacobfuredi.bsky.social and @pressgazette.co.uk @charlottetobitt.bsky.social for rumbling this. Doesn't reflect brilliantly on the magazine industry, sadly.
pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
Very cool to see Dispatch publish its first Grammy winner.
Somehow, Jon Cleary writes as arrestingly as he plays piano...
Somehow, Jon Cleary writes as arrestingly as he plays piano...
"Twenty years ago this month, a hurricane named Katrina showed up to the party, uninvited, and tore our playhouse down."
Jon Cleary on New Orleans:
Jon Cleary on New Orleans:
August 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Very cool to see Dispatch publish its first Grammy winner.
Somehow, Jon Cleary writes as arrestingly as he plays piano...
Somehow, Jon Cleary writes as arrestingly as he plays piano...
With journalists barred and misinformation rife, covering the war in Gaza can feel impossible.
On Dispatch today, read Hasan Jber’s extraordinary diary of life in a refugee camp. It's as strong a tonic as any to your usual op-eds and armchair analysis.
On Dispatch today, read Hasan Jber’s extraordinary diary of life in a refugee camp. It's as strong a tonic as any to your usual op-eds and armchair analysis.
"Life in Gaza is measured not in days or weeks, but in litres of water."
Hasan Jber's diary of daily life in the al-Bureij refugee camp is free to read:
Hasan Jber's diary of daily life in the al-Bureij refugee camp is free to read:
August 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
With journalists barred and misinformation rife, covering the war in Gaza can feel impossible.
On Dispatch today, read Hasan Jber’s extraordinary diary of life in a refugee camp. It's as strong a tonic as any to your usual op-eds and armchair analysis.
On Dispatch today, read Hasan Jber’s extraordinary diary of life in a refugee camp. It's as strong a tonic as any to your usual op-eds and armchair analysis.
Two weeks ago, four people fell to their deaths from Whitby’s cliffs in four days.
Within hours, wild serial-killer rumours went viral on TikTok — a grim example of how the “content” economy rewards ghoulish voyeurism.
My report for @dispatchmedia.bsky.social is below:
Within hours, wild serial-killer rumours went viral on TikTok — a grim example of how the “content” economy rewards ghoulish voyeurism.
My report for @dispatchmedia.bsky.social is below:
August 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Two weeks ago, four people fell to their deaths from Whitby’s cliffs in four days.
Within hours, wild serial-killer rumours went viral on TikTok — a grim example of how the “content” economy rewards ghoulish voyeurism.
My report for @dispatchmedia.bsky.social is below:
Within hours, wild serial-killer rumours went viral on TikTok — a grim example of how the “content” economy rewards ghoulish voyeurism.
My report for @dispatchmedia.bsky.social is below:
Spies, strip clubs and suspicious Grandmasters...
A cracking read, in which Euan makes a compelling pitch for Dispatch's much-coveted 'Chess Correspondent' role.
A cracking read, in which Euan makes a compelling pitch for Dispatch's much-coveted 'Chess Correspondent' role.
In Latvia, Russian-speaking citizens are branded spies and saboteurs.
In response, they play chess.
Euan Dawtrey reports:
In response, they play chess.
Euan Dawtrey reports:
August 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Spies, strip clubs and suspicious Grandmasters...
A cracking read, in which Euan makes a compelling pitch for Dispatch's much-coveted 'Chess Correspondent' role.
A cracking read, in which Euan makes a compelling pitch for Dispatch's much-coveted 'Chess Correspondent' role.
Obviously I'm biased — but this feels like important work by @petercarlyon.bsky.social on Britain's measles crisis.
Uncovering the human stories behind a very important (and unreported) datapoint:
Uncovering the human stories behind a very important (and unreported) datapoint:
There's been a surge in measles cases across the UK — but after crunching the data, one borough sticks out.
@petercarlyon.bsky.social reports from Hackney, east London:
@petercarlyon.bsky.social reports from Hackney, east London:
July 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Obviously I'm biased — but this feels like important work by @petercarlyon.bsky.social on Britain's measles crisis.
Uncovering the human stories behind a very important (and unreported) datapoint:
Uncovering the human stories behind a very important (and unreported) datapoint:
Well this is exciting
On the site today: an interview with @irvinewelsh.bsky.social on Leith, romance and Men in Love.
dispatch-media.com/irvine-welsh...
dispatch-media.com/irvine-welsh...
July 24, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Well this is exciting
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This is a fascinating essay on Paul Ray, the founder of the EDL – a strange and troubled sounding bloke @dispatchmedia.bsky.social
dispatch-media.com/the-forgotte...
dispatch-media.com/the-forgotte...
The forgotten founder of the EDL
Paul Ray lit the fuse • Then disappeared • From Luton to Ukraine
dispatch-media.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is a fascinating essay on Paul Ray, the founder of the EDL – a strange and troubled sounding bloke @dispatchmedia.bsky.social
dispatch-media.com/the-forgotte...
dispatch-media.com/the-forgotte...
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Tommy Robinson is widely considered the founder of the EDL — but he wasn’t.
That dubious honour goes to Paul Ray, a “counter-Jihad” blogger from Luton who disappeared shortly after its launch.
What happened to him?
@jacobfuredi.bsky.social found him in Ukraine: dispatch-media.com/the-forgotte...
That dubious honour goes to Paul Ray, a “counter-Jihad” blogger from Luton who disappeared shortly after its launch.
What happened to him?
@jacobfuredi.bsky.social found him in Ukraine: dispatch-media.com/the-forgotte...
July 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Tommy Robinson is widely considered the founder of the EDL — but he wasn’t.
That dubious honour goes to Paul Ray, a “counter-Jihad” blogger from Luton who disappeared shortly after its launch.
What happened to him?
@jacobfuredi.bsky.social found him in Ukraine: dispatch-media.com/the-forgotte...
That dubious honour goes to Paul Ray, a “counter-Jihad” blogger from Luton who disappeared shortly after its launch.
What happened to him?
@jacobfuredi.bsky.social found him in Ukraine: dispatch-media.com/the-forgotte...
Once the most divisive comedian in Britain, Roy 'Chubby' Brown is still performing at 80.
But who’s showing up to watch him?
I went to Blackpool to find out, for @dispatchmedia.bsky.social.
dispatch-media.com/an-evening-w...
But who’s showing up to watch him?
I went to Blackpool to find out, for @dispatchmedia.bsky.social.
dispatch-media.com/an-evening-w...
An evening with Britain's most offensive comedian
Is Roy 'Chubby' Brown still alive? • Yes • Good evening, Blackpool
dispatch-media.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Once the most divisive comedian in Britain, Roy 'Chubby' Brown is still performing at 80.
But who’s showing up to watch him?
I went to Blackpool to find out, for @dispatchmedia.bsky.social.
dispatch-media.com/an-evening-w...
But who’s showing up to watch him?
I went to Blackpool to find out, for @dispatchmedia.bsky.social.
dispatch-media.com/an-evening-w...
Meet the Sovereign Project — a group of a fringe eccentrics who believe Britain's laws and taxes are a form of slavery.
Earlier this month, Fred Sculthorp went to the pub with them.
Read in @dispatchmedia.bsky.social: dispatch-media.com/inside-the-k...
Earlier this month, Fred Sculthorp went to the pub with them.
Read in @dispatchmedia.bsky.social: dispatch-media.com/inside-the-k...
Inside the Kingdom of the Sovereigns
The Brits who don't pay tax • Meet the Sovereign Project • Pete has a plan
dispatch-media.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Meet the Sovereign Project — a group of a fringe eccentrics who believe Britain's laws and taxes are a form of slavery.
Earlier this month, Fred Sculthorp went to the pub with them.
Read in @dispatchmedia.bsky.social: dispatch-media.com/inside-the-k...
Earlier this month, Fred Sculthorp went to the pub with them.
Read in @dispatchmedia.bsky.social: dispatch-media.com/inside-the-k...
It's sports week at @dispatchmedia.bsky.social
— and who better to kick things off than @roisinlanigan.bsky.social?
On pigeon racing, the King and a retired builder called Terry.
dispatch-media.com/the-men-who-...
— and who better to kick things off than @roisinlanigan.bsky.social?
On pigeon racing, the King and a retired builder called Terry.
dispatch-media.com/the-men-who-...
The men who race pigeons
A King's betrayal • Athletes of the sky • Don't tell PETA
dispatch-media.com
May 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
It's sports week at @dispatchmedia.bsky.social
— and who better to kick things off than @roisinlanigan.bsky.social?
On pigeon racing, the King and a retired builder called Terry.
dispatch-media.com/the-men-who-...
— and who better to kick things off than @roisinlanigan.bsky.social?
On pigeon racing, the King and a retired builder called Terry.
dispatch-media.com/the-men-who-...
Next week, two men will go on trial at Newcastle Crown Court for... chopping down a tree.
Some locals have accused them of "treason"; others have called for them to serve life sentences.
Why?
Jonnie McAloon reports from the Sycamore Gap: www.dispatch-media.com/the-trials-o...
Some locals have accused them of "treason"; others have called for them to serve life sentences.
Why?
Jonnie McAloon reports from the Sycamore Gap: www.dispatch-media.com/the-trials-o...
The trials of the Sycamore Gap
A tree has fallen • The North remembers • Pint?
www.dispatch-media.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Next week, two men will go on trial at Newcastle Crown Court for... chopping down a tree.
Some locals have accused them of "treason"; others have called for them to serve life sentences.
Why?
Jonnie McAloon reports from the Sycamore Gap: www.dispatch-media.com/the-trials-o...
Some locals have accused them of "treason"; others have called for them to serve life sentences.
Why?
Jonnie McAloon reports from the Sycamore Gap: www.dispatch-media.com/the-trials-o...
So delighted I finally get to share this piece by Rachel Dec in @dispatchmedia.bsky.social.
One beautiful paragraph after another. On San Fracnisco's 'utopia'.
dispatch-media.com/slouching-to...
One beautiful paragraph after another. On San Fracnisco's 'utopia'.
dispatch-media.com/slouching-to...
Slouching towards San Francisco
Big Tech's party scene • An earthquake is coming • Champagne and McNuggets
dispatch-media.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
So delighted I finally get to share this piece by Rachel Dec in @dispatchmedia.bsky.social.
One beautiful paragraph after another. On San Fracnisco's 'utopia'.
dispatch-media.com/slouching-to...
One beautiful paragraph after another. On San Fracnisco's 'utopia'.
dispatch-media.com/slouching-to...
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"Blaiklock goes on to describe Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a 'Nazi'... But her real fury is reserved for Farage."
Read Michael Crick on the forgotten woman who created Reform UK: dispatch-media.com/the-woman-wh...
Read Michael Crick on the forgotten woman who created Reform UK: dispatch-media.com/the-woman-wh...
The woman who made Reform UK
Catherine Blaiklock wants revenge • She's called the police • A barefoot interview
dispatch-media.com
April 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
"Blaiklock goes on to describe Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a 'Nazi'... But her real fury is reserved for Farage."
Read Michael Crick on the forgotten woman who created Reform UK: dispatch-media.com/the-woman-wh...
Read Michael Crick on the forgotten woman who created Reform UK: dispatch-media.com/the-woman-wh...
Cornwall is a strange place: both a middle-class playground and a region scarred by rural poverty.
@natashacarthew.bsky.social knows all about the latter. Here she is on the allure of opioids — in @dispatchmedia.bsky.social today: dispatch-media.com/cornwalls-pe...
@natashacarthew.bsky.social knows all about the latter. Here she is on the allure of opioids — in @dispatchmedia.bsky.social today: dispatch-media.com/cornwalls-pe...
Cornwall's perfect storm
Locals feel lost • Opioids arrive • The skies darken
dispatch-media.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Cornwall is a strange place: both a middle-class playground and a region scarred by rural poverty.
@natashacarthew.bsky.social knows all about the latter. Here she is on the allure of opioids — in @dispatchmedia.bsky.social today: dispatch-media.com/cornwalls-pe...
@natashacarthew.bsky.social knows all about the latter. Here she is on the allure of opioids — in @dispatchmedia.bsky.social today: dispatch-media.com/cornwalls-pe...
Delighted to see @dispatchmedia.bsky.social's opioid investigation featured on the cover of this week's Spectator and inside the New Statesman.
April 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Delighted to see @dispatchmedia.bsky.social's opioid investigation featured on the cover of this week's Spectator and inside the New Statesman.