Rob Fearn
@robfearn.bsky.social
Assistant editor, The Guardian Saturday magazine. Gradually weaning myself off The Bad Place
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Morning! This is an exclusive extract from my new book Maybe I'm Amazed, about my autistic son James & how music became our shared language. Wait for the Velvet Underground bit at the end www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘He nails it on the first take’: how the Beatles helped my autistic son find his voice
After John Harris’s son was diagnosed, conversation always seemed focused on the things he would struggle with. But a shared passion for playing music grew into something James could do – brilliantly
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March 15, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Morning! This is an exclusive extract from my new book Maybe I'm Amazed, about my autistic son James & how music became our shared language. Wait for the Velvet Underground bit at the end www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Love, fear - and Beatle suits … our extract from John Harris’s new memoir about his son’s autism. Such a moving, thoughtful read.
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‘He nails it on the first take’: how the Beatles helped my autistic son find his voice
After John Harris’s son was diagnosed, conversation always seemed focused on the things he would struggle with. But a shared passion for playing music grew into something James could do – brilliantly
www.theguardian.com
March 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Love, fear - and Beatle suits … our extract from John Harris’s new memoir about his son’s autism. Such a moving, thoughtful read.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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I travelled to Arizona to meet the first ever human recipient of Musk’s Neuralink brain implant. I watched Noland Arbaugh operate a computer using only the power of his mind. It was wonderful - and terrifying
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Elon Musk put a chip in this paralysed man’s brain. Now he can move things with his mind. Should we be amazed - or terrified?
An accident left Noland Arbaugh paralysed, but Musk’s Neuralink brain implant allows him to control computers with his thoughts. Is it a life-changing innovation that could help millions – or the star...
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February 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I travelled to Arizona to meet the first ever human recipient of Musk’s Neuralink brain implant. I watched Noland Arbaugh operate a computer using only the power of his mind. It was wonderful - and terrifying
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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If the only criterion for something’s success is that it’s the most financially profitable use of a space, we’re going to have a pretty shitty world. You can always make more money out of something by squeezing it differently. The question is: is that all there is?
#SaveThePCC
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat!
We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If the only criterion for something’s success is that it’s the most financially profitable use of a space, we’re going to have a pretty shitty world. You can always make more money out of something by squeezing it differently. The question is: is that all there is?
Another must-read from this week’s magazine: Simon Hattenstone talks to Shari Franke - daughter of mommy vlogger Ruby, who was jailed for child abuse
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‘The nice version of her was manufactured for YouTube’: my mum, the family vlogger who became a child abuser
Ruby Franke was a social media star who made viral videos about her six children and perfect-seeming life – until she was jailed for child abuse. Now her eldest daughter Shari is telling her side of t...
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January 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Another must-read from this week’s magazine: Simon Hattenstone talks to Shari Franke - daughter of mommy vlogger Ruby, who was jailed for child abuse
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
A really lively conversation with Self Esteem about “going a bit mad” after the success of Prioritise Pleasure, by the ace Rebecca Nicholson
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
‘Everything I wanted was offered to me. But I felt nothing’: singer Self Esteem on stardom, self-doubt, and making it in a man’s world
Her dreams came true when she went from indie land to lauded pop star. But Self Esteem – aka Rebecca Lucy Taylor – only ended up feeling ‘miserable, depressed and crazy’. Now she’s back with a new loo...
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January 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A really lively conversation with Self Esteem about “going a bit mad” after the success of Prioritise Pleasure, by the ace Rebecca Nicholson
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
The one Stephen pitched as being about “Jools’ Hootananny of lies” …
December 29, 2024 at 12:08 AM
The one Stephen pitched as being about “Jools’ Hootananny of lies” …
Spare a thought for Angela Perron and her husband who in 1998 upped sticks to a remote Scottish cottage to await a global hi-tech apocalypse that never happened … #Y2Kbug
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‘All people could do was hope the nerds would fix it’: the global panic over the millennium bug, 25 years on | Y2K bug | The Guardian
Planes were going to drop out of the sky, nuclear reactors would explode. But then … nothing. What really happened with Y2K? People still disagree …
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December 28, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Spare a thought for Angela Perron and her husband who in 1998 upped sticks to a remote Scottish cottage to await a global hi-tech apocalypse that never happened … #Y2Kbug
theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com/technology/2...
ICYMI, this is a very smart piece by Jess Cartner-Morley on how “vibes” came to rule our lives. theguardian.com/culture/2024...
‘It’s game over for facts’: how vibes came to rule everything from pop to politics
From voters picking up ‘bad vibes’ to the Brat girl summer, vague instincts now make the world go round. Does this represent a crisis of seriousness or has it always been feelings that make us human?
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December 15, 2024 at 3:53 PM
ICYMI, this is a very smart piece by Jess Cartner-Morley on how “vibes” came to rule our lives. theguardian.com/culture/2024...
A chilling look at the growing threat from 3D printed guns, by @samirashackle.bsky.social
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‘Gun control is dead, and we killed it’: the growing threat of firearms that can be made at home
One far-right cell wanted to use 3D-printed guns to cause ‘maximum confusion and fear’ on the streets of Finland. Could the police intercept them in time?
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December 7, 2024 at 2:21 PM
A chilling look at the growing threat from 3D printed guns, by @samirashackle.bsky.social
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‘It’s all bollocks. BOLLOCKS’ The great Brian Cox talks religion, Keir Starmer and his love of smoking weed with our Simon Hattenstone. www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...
‘I feel I’ve upset a few people over the years’: actor Brian Cox on overrated co-stars, charmless politicians and the joy of smoking weed
He’s famed for grumpy roles and outspoken views, but don’t be fooled – the Succession star is a pussycat at heart. He talks about growing up in poverty, falling in love with his wife – and out of love...
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December 7, 2024 at 9:20 AM
‘It’s all bollocks. BOLLOCKS’ The great Brian Cox talks religion, Keir Starmer and his love of smoking weed with our Simon Hattenstone. www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...
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I wrote about fentanyl, homelessness, mental health care, Portland, Oregon and my friend Evan B Harris, for @theguardian.com amp.theguardian.com/society/2024...
My friend was a popular, promising artist - how did he end up on the streets of Portland, addicted and dangerous? | Drugs | The Guardian
When I first met Evan B Harris he was fizzing with talent and kindness. So I was shocked to hear he had become homeless and out of control. What happened to him is a story playing out in cities across...
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November 30, 2024 at 1:56 PM
I wrote about fentanyl, homelessness, mental health care, Portland, Oregon and my friend Evan B Harris, for @theguardian.com amp.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Took the 16 year old to Caterham History Festival - an incredible bargain (£6/free for students), and unlike most literary festivals 50% attended by young people. The rock star historian Richard J Evans was a highlight, on the people working under Hitler and their claim to “make Germany great again”
November 18, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Took the 16 year old to Caterham History Festival - an incredible bargain (£6/free for students), and unlike most literary festivals 50% attended by young people. The rock star historian Richard J Evans was a highlight, on the people working under Hitler and their claim to “make Germany great again”