John Brewin
@brewin.bsky.social
Freelance journalist, semi-regular at Guardian Sport, columnist at Straits Times, from Macclesfield, Cheshire in London, England. https://www.theguardian.com/profile/john-brewin
Collected writings from the distant past at https://johnbrewin.substack.com/
Collected writings from the distant past at https://johnbrewin.substack.com/
Now, Willie was a jockey but he’s also Willie Mullins, the master jumps trainer of the 21st century. From the BBC’s Melbourne Cup report.
November 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Now, Willie was a jockey but he’s also Willie Mullins, the master jumps trainer of the 21st century. From the BBC’s Melbourne Cup report.
Watching Sinead O’Connor’s brilliant Letterman performance of Mandinka and Coogan’s Paul Calf is on bass.
October 12, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Watching Sinead O’Connor’s brilliant Letterman performance of Mandinka and Coogan’s Paul Calf is on bass.
Rich people do crap drug shocker.
August 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Rich people do crap drug shocker.
As it’s Oasis week/summer, here’s my written piece from 2018, for the Blizzard magazine, on the Gallaghers - and the Neville brothers. open.substack.com/pub/johnbrew...
July 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
As it’s Oasis week/summer, here’s my written piece from 2018, for the Blizzard magazine, on the Gallaghers - and the Neville brothers. open.substack.com/pub/johnbrew...
These people terrify me.
June 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
These people terrify me.
Saw Hawkwind play on Monday.
May 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Saw Hawkwind play on Monday.
There’s clickbait and there’s this.
May 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
There’s clickbait and there’s this.
Was this ever in any doubt?
May 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Was this ever in any doubt?
House Of All at Oslo, Hackney. Two original Fall members flank the longest serving member other than MES. And yet they have their own sound. Great Friday night.
March 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
House Of All at Oslo, Hackney. Two original Fall members flank the longest serving member other than MES. And yet they have their own sound. Great Friday night.
What a ridiculous question.
March 16, 2025 at 7:29 AM
What a ridiculous question.
“Tell him he’s Jannik Vestergaard. “
March 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“Tell him he’s Jannik Vestergaard. “
Arsenal’s terse communiques continue.
February 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Arsenal’s terse communiques continue.
Keep receiving these increasingly anxious emails from Arsenal Football Club.
February 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Keep receiving these increasingly anxious emails from Arsenal Football Club.
The people who cringed themselves to death.
February 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The people who cringed themselves to death.
When you see the VAR screen come up.
February 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
When you see the VAR screen come up.
Trump and Musk in the Oval Office.
February 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Trump and Musk in the Oval Office.
“Deep Research….42?”
February 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“Deep Research….42?”
“Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."
January 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."