Giles Wilson
@gillis49.bsky.social
Editor at longform/immersive specialist harpoon.productions. Creator of BBC News Magazine in days of yore. Chair @wansteadfringe.bsky.social “One of the most impressive beards I've ever seen” - forensic psychologist Sohom Das
Good line from this Obs leader: "Davie and Turness were Faithfuls." observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Good line from this Obs leader: "Davie and Turness were Faithfuls." observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
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Everything on our news agenda is being driven by a corrupted disinformation machine, run by a billionaire who sponsors Tommy Robinson and who keeps trying to foment civil war in the UK.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Everything on our news agenda is being driven by a corrupted disinformation machine, run by a billionaire who sponsors Tommy Robinson and who keeps trying to foment civil war in the UK.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
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The alternative Ode to Joy lyrics @billybragg.bsky.social mentioned on Jools’ @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social programme www.reddit.com/r/europe/com...
"Though by history divided, reconciled in Unison" - Billy Bragg's lyrics to Ode to Joy makes a powerful european anthem.
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May 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The alternative Ode to Joy lyrics @billybragg.bsky.social mentioned on Jools’ @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social programme www.reddit.com/r/europe/com...
He’s incredibly destructive for someone who calls themselves a builder
November 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
He’s incredibly destructive for someone who calls themselves a builder
Hey BBC News pals. You know Traitors isn’t actually the news, right?
October 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Hey BBC News pals. You know Traitors isn’t actually the news, right?
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Excellent beard action!
September 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Excellent beard action!
The best party of the 2025 @wansteadfringe.bsky.social book festival was chatting with the great @alanconnor.bsky.social about crosswords, quizzing, Monty Python, Bach, suits, and 100 other things.
September 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The best party of the 2025 @wansteadfringe.bsky.social book festival was chatting with the great @alanconnor.bsky.social about crosswords, quizzing, Monty Python, Bach, suits, and 100 other things.
The finale of the @wansteadfringe.bsky.social book festival — an uncommonly pleasant evening talking Bazball with @nickhoultcricket.bsky.social and @boothcricket.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The finale of the @wansteadfringe.bsky.social book festival — an uncommonly pleasant evening talking Bazball with @nickhoultcricket.bsky.social and @boothcricket.bsky.social
@billybragg.bsky.social Thanks for Saturday night Billy, was very moving —and a magical moment when BBC News flashed above your head. Best ever Great Leap Forwards. Regards from Wanstead.
September 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
@billybragg.bsky.social Thanks for Saturday night Billy, was very moving —and a magical moment when BBC News flashed above your head. Best ever Great Leap Forwards. Regards from Wanstead.
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Went for a walk to where the fires raged this summer in Wanstead Flats. Happy to see new growth: toadflax, ragwort and yarrow, which together sound like a line from an olde English fairy tale.
#wansteadflats #afterthefires #regeneration #toadflax #ragwort #yarrow #autumn #transition
#wansteadflats #afterthefires #regeneration #toadflax #ragwort #yarrow #autumn #transition
September 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Went for a walk to where the fires raged this summer in Wanstead Flats. Happy to see new growth: toadflax, ragwort and yarrow, which together sound like a line from an olde English fairy tale.
#wansteadflats #afterthefires #regeneration #toadflax #ragwort #yarrow #autumn #transition
#wansteadflats #afterthefires #regeneration #toadflax #ragwort #yarrow #autumn #transition
Excellent to spend the evening with my old friend @rorycj.bsky.social for @wansteadfringe.bsky.social chatting about #sophiefromromania, Parkinson’s, and that other place
September 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Excellent to spend the evening with my old friend @rorycj.bsky.social for @wansteadfringe.bsky.social chatting about #sophiefromromania, Parkinson’s, and that other place
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This!
“You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.”
“You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.”
Look the @theguardian.com and @nytimes.com are far from perfect but if like me you can afford to get a subscription and were too cheapskate to do it, now is the time… Political speech is still free but journalism costs money…
September 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This!
“You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.”
“You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.”
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CHANGE OF VENUE FOR WANSTEAD BOOK FESTIVAL EVENT!
I will be in conversation with the wonderful writer, film-maker, walker John Rogers @thelostbyway.bsky.social upstairs at the Bull at 129 Wanstead High Street (close to Wanstead underground station) this Sunday.
I will be in conversation with the wonderful writer, film-maker, walker John Rogers @thelostbyway.bsky.social upstairs at the Bull at 129 Wanstead High Street (close to Wanstead underground station) this Sunday.
Wanstead Book Festival presents: Joanna Pocock in conversation with John Rogers – WANSTEAD FRINGE
wansteadfringe.org
September 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
CHANGE OF VENUE FOR WANSTEAD BOOK FESTIVAL EVENT!
I will be in conversation with the wonderful writer, film-maker, walker John Rogers @thelostbyway.bsky.social upstairs at the Bull at 129 Wanstead High Street (close to Wanstead underground station) this Sunday.
I will be in conversation with the wonderful writer, film-maker, walker John Rogers @thelostbyway.bsky.social upstairs at the Bull at 129 Wanstead High Street (close to Wanstead underground station) this Sunday.
Just read VJ Day as JD Vance
August 15, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Just read VJ Day as JD Vance
I’ve only just realised the Oval Invincibles logo is an oval.
August 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I’ve only just realised the Oval Invincibles logo is an oval.
@stephencollins.bsky.social Hey Collilo thank you for today’s Guardian cartoon. It’s a new tyranny.
August 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
@stephencollins.bsky.social Hey Collilo thank you for today’s Guardian cartoon. It’s a new tyranny.
Read the room, Brewdog
July 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Read the room, Brewdog
Weird, huh (for UK readers): a week dominated by Maxwell and Murdoch.
July 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Weird, huh (for UK readers): a week dominated by Maxwell and Murdoch.
Amazing. Every word counts.
Heil to the chief! It's Donald Trump's vanity parade.
My latest filing for the PNG Courier.
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
My latest filing for the PNG Courier.
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
The PNG Courier on Donald Trump's vanity parade
Heil to the chief
open.substack.com
June 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Amazing. Every word counts.
@dauntbooks.bsky.social Got to love a bookshop that files this under Italy :
June 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
@dauntbooks.bsky.social Got to love a bookshop that files this under Italy :
What a weekend for old Baxters. Stanley, still with us at 99. And Biddy, 92 tomorrow.
May 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
What a weekend for old Baxters. Stanley, still with us at 99. And Biddy, 92 tomorrow.
The alternative Ode to Joy lyrics @billybragg.bsky.social mentioned on Jools’ @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social programme www.reddit.com/r/europe/com...
"Though by history divided, reconciled in Unison" - Billy Bragg's lyrics to Ode to Joy makes a powerful european anthem.
www.reddit.com
May 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The alternative Ode to Joy lyrics @billybragg.bsky.social mentioned on Jools’ @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social programme www.reddit.com/r/europe/com...
Fantastically curt advice from Alan Titchmarsh in today’s @thetimes.com
May 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Fantastically curt advice from Alan Titchmarsh in today’s @thetimes.com