Sali Hughes
@salihughes.bsky.social
Journalist & Author.
Bang in to clothes, films, cults.
Bang in to clothes, films, cults.
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Nancy Banks-Smith meets Dennis Potter.
April 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Nancy Banks-Smith meets Dennis Potter.
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val kilmer’s turn in TOP SECRET is one of the single best comedy performances ever committed to film, both in terms of comic precision and mechanical virtuosity. just watch this whole clip in its entirety; it’s stunning
April 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
val kilmer’s turn in TOP SECRET is one of the single best comedy performances ever committed to film, both in terms of comic precision and mechanical virtuosity. just watch this whole clip in its entirety; it’s stunning
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Can’t make this up.
March 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Can’t make this up.
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I needed this today
March 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I needed this today
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Gut-punch power! Staggering performances! A vital call to action for parents and their teens! I wrote about why #Adolescence is the TV drama of 2025 so far - and such powerful TV that it could save lives www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘Unnervingly on-the-nose’: why Adolescence is such powerful TV that it could save lives
The Netflix four-parter has touched many a nerve with its gut-punch power and staggering performances – but it’s also a vital call to action for parents and their teens
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Gut-punch power! Staggering performances! A vital call to action for parents and their teens! I wrote about why #Adolescence is the TV drama of 2025 so far - and such powerful TV that it could save lives www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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A teacher in Idaho has been told to remove posters reading "Everyone is welcome here" - specifically because it features different skin tones. As I wrote last week, this is a global political movement that has explicitly set the goal of eradicating the very concept of equality.
West Ada teacher stands firm after she’s told to remove ‘Everyone is welcome here’ signs
Sarah Inama said she was told by administrators that her signs “don’t allow people to express differing opinions.”
www.idahostatesman.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A teacher in Idaho has been told to remove posters reading "Everyone is welcome here" - specifically because it features different skin tones. As I wrote last week, this is a global political movement that has explicitly set the goal of eradicating the very concept of equality.
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Kind of awful, but I expect no less from this administration. It’s almost as if our mere existence irks them. They need to erase us so they can feel better about themselves.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Black Medal of Honor recipient removed from US department of defense website
Page honoring Charles C Rogers for his Vietnam war service is now defunct with letters “DEI” added to website address
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Kind of awful, but I expect no less from this administration. It’s almost as if our mere existence irks them. They need to erase us so they can feel better about themselves.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Things Liz Truss is responsible for destroying: the British economy. Things Liz Truss is not responsible for destroying: the marriage of a grown man with free will and cognisance of what will surely happen if he pumps someone else.
March 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Things Liz Truss is responsible for destroying: the British economy. Things Liz Truss is not responsible for destroying: the marriage of a grown man with free will and cognisance of what will surely happen if he pumps someone else.
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This feels like a trap.
March 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This feels like a trap.
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The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights was slashed in half on Tuesday as part of President Trump’s aggressive push to dismantle the agency.
Trump Firings Gut Education Department’s Civil Rights Division
Many of the office’s cases over the decades have served as a catalyst for broader policy change and social reforms.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights was slashed in half on Tuesday as part of President Trump’s aggressive push to dismantle the agency.
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NEW EPISODE.
Ian is very much up for revenge on supermarket shelf-stacking producers.
Join @ianmartin.bsky.social @quantick.bsky.social and @salihughes.bsky.social for this week's OLD FOOLS PODCAST
Ian is very much up for revenge on supermarket shelf-stacking producers.
Join @ianmartin.bsky.social @quantick.bsky.social and @salihughes.bsky.social for this week's OLD FOOLS PODCAST
March 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
NEW EPISODE.
Ian is very much up for revenge on supermarket shelf-stacking producers.
Join @ianmartin.bsky.social @quantick.bsky.social and @salihughes.bsky.social for this week's OLD FOOLS PODCAST
Ian is very much up for revenge on supermarket shelf-stacking producers.
Join @ianmartin.bsky.social @quantick.bsky.social and @salihughes.bsky.social for this week's OLD FOOLS PODCAST
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Seeing Marjorie Taylor Greene’s snivelling shit of a boyfriend have a pop at Zelenskyy for not wearing a suit a few days after Musk was druggily guffawing in the same building while wearing a T-shirt and baseball cap has caused me to run amok with a hammer and cause untold damage to my own property
February 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Seeing Marjorie Taylor Greene’s snivelling shit of a boyfriend have a pop at Zelenskyy for not wearing a suit a few days after Musk was druggily guffawing in the same building while wearing a T-shirt and baseball cap has caused me to run amok with a hammer and cause untold damage to my own property
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BREAKING: US voted against Ukraine's UN resolution which branded Russia the "aggressor" & demanded withdrawal of its troops.
US on list of 18 nations also incl Russia, Iran and North Korea to vote against.
UK & most European nations among 93 states to back Ukrainian resolution. China abstained.
US on list of 18 nations also incl Russia, Iran and North Korea to vote against.
UK & most European nations among 93 states to back Ukrainian resolution. China abstained.
February 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
BREAKING: US voted against Ukraine's UN resolution which branded Russia the "aggressor" & demanded withdrawal of its troops.
US on list of 18 nations also incl Russia, Iran and North Korea to vote against.
UK & most European nations among 93 states to back Ukrainian resolution. China abstained.
US on list of 18 nations also incl Russia, Iran and North Korea to vote against.
UK & most European nations among 93 states to back Ukrainian resolution. China abstained.
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this interview - Lynn Barber on Marianne Faithfull - is the sort of brilliant, bonkers thing nobody writes anymore. It reads like a meeting of fabulous monsters
www.theguardian.com/film/2001/ju...
www.theguardian.com/film/2001/ju...
Marianne Faithfull: 'You know, I'm not everybody's cup of tea!'
Late, rude and unapologetic... and then the interview goes from bad to worse. But after some prompting and wine, Marianne Faithfull talks to Lynn Barber about finding a new lover at last, what she rea...
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:03 AM
this interview - Lynn Barber on Marianne Faithfull - is the sort of brilliant, bonkers thing nobody writes anymore. It reads like a meeting of fabulous monsters
www.theguardian.com/film/2001/ju...
www.theguardian.com/film/2001/ju...
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Just in from mammoth interview session to two bits of news. One that a DV perp got locked up because of something I did and that a vulnerable constituent had a a massive wrongful debt written off after our intervention. This is why I came to politics, this is why I'll just keep cracking on.
January 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Just in from mammoth interview session to two bits of news. One that a DV perp got locked up because of something I did and that a vulnerable constituent had a a massive wrongful debt written off after our intervention. This is why I came to politics, this is why I'll just keep cracking on.
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Word of the day is most definitely ‘hurkle-durkling’ (19th-century Scots): to linger in bed long after it’s time to get up.
December 30, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Word of the day is most definitely ‘hurkle-durkling’ (19th-century Scots): to linger in bed long after it’s time to get up.
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It’s likely that you’ll have some bits of card or paper knocking about after Christmas, and here’s a great way to use up some of it: simply trim a piece to the right size and stick it on your screen to block out Google’s “AI Overview” results
December 29, 2024 at 4:20 PM
It’s likely that you’ll have some bits of card or paper knocking about after Christmas, and here’s a great way to use up some of it: simply trim a piece to the right size and stick it on your screen to block out Google’s “AI Overview” results
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A few years ago I established that the words for the Manics "A Design For Life" work better in "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen" than they do in "A Design For Life", and the same was true of "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" and "Hark The Herald Angels Sing", and thankfully there is video proof
December 21, 2024 at 12:04 PM
A few years ago I established that the words for the Manics "A Design For Life" work better in "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen" than they do in "A Design For Life", and the same was true of "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" and "Hark The Herald Angels Sing", and thankfully there is video proof
Some quality #duvetknowitschristmas posts. It’s taken to Bluesky like a duck to water.
December 24, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Some quality #duvetknowitschristmas posts. It’s taken to Bluesky like a duck to water.
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A full house tonight has relegated me to… the utility room. But handy if I need an ice cream in the night. #duvetknowitschristmas
December 24, 2024 at 8:28 PM
A full house tonight has relegated me to… the utility room. But handy if I need an ice cream in the night. #duvetknowitschristmas
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This is the level to which we all aspire – peak #DuvetKnowItsChristmas
My 10 year old nephew has kindly vacated his room, so tonight I am sharing with 500 empty Prime bottles. And a hamster. #duvetknowitschristmas
December 24, 2024 at 8:06 PM
This is the level to which we all aspire – peak #DuvetKnowItsChristmas