Nick Clay
@nickclay.bsky.social
11+ failure, frustrated musician, actual criminal defence lawyer.
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
"Siri! Define: 'Sociopath'."
November 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"Siri! Define: 'Sociopath'."
I mean, just how worried should I be?
(I am the person in the right-hand photograph)
(I am the person in the right-hand photograph)
October 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I mean, just how worried should I be?
(I am the person in the right-hand photograph)
(I am the person in the right-hand photograph)
That Joke Isn't Funny Aviemore
#McMorrissey
#McMorrissey
October 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
That Joke Isn't Funny Aviemore
#McMorrissey
#McMorrissey
I think I can see why West Ham are having so much trouble this season. Playing Arsenal and Manchester Utd away *at the same time* is a stretch too far.
October 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I think I can see why West Ham are having so much trouble this season. Playing Arsenal and Manchester Utd away *at the same time* is a stretch too far.
Starmer’s white-hot heat of barcode technology
September 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Starmer’s white-hot heat of barcode technology
I see Primark are using The Slits’ version of Heard It Through The Grapevine in their new advert.
I wonder how far Shoplifting got in the selection shortlist?
#DoARunner
I wonder how far Shoplifting got in the selection shortlist?
#DoARunner
September 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I see Primark are using The Slits’ version of Heard It Through The Grapevine in their new advert.
I wonder how far Shoplifting got in the selection shortlist?
#DoARunner
I wonder how far Shoplifting got in the selection shortlist?
#DoARunner
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[being murdered]
murderer: (murdering) what are you doing on your phone
me: (putting away phone) my bad what's up what's going on
murderer: (murdering) what are you doing on your phone
me: (putting away phone) my bad what's up what's going on
August 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
[being murdered]
murderer: (murdering) what are you doing on your phone
me: (putting away phone) my bad what's up what's going on
murderer: (murdering) what are you doing on your phone
me: (putting away phone) my bad what's up what's going on
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Your mam shouts at hotels and your dad paints roundabouts
August 29, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Your mam shouts at hotels and your dad paints roundabouts
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Always the ones you most expect
August 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Always the ones you most expect
I saw this blue plaque in Whitefriargate today. I had not noticed it before, and was briefly taken aback until the joke dawned on me.
When I got back to my office I found this HDM piece from June 24. Is it possible that nobody at the paper had a similar period of reflection?
When I got back to my office I found this HDM piece from June 24. Is it possible that nobody at the paper had a similar period of reflection?
June 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I saw this blue plaque in Whitefriargate today. I had not noticed it before, and was briefly taken aback until the joke dawned on me.
When I got back to my office I found this HDM piece from June 24. Is it possible that nobody at the paper had a similar period of reflection?
When I got back to my office I found this HDM piece from June 24. Is it possible that nobody at the paper had a similar period of reflection?
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How much stuff have you got? What will happen to it when you die? A morbid thought but one I often think about. I have even written #poetry about it. Rather that than actually get rid of any of it.
35. Stuff
... being a consideration of our relationship to material possessions.
zoomburst.substack.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:52 AM
How much stuff have you got? What will happen to it when you die? A morbid thought but one I often think about. I have even written #poetry about it. Rather that than actually get rid of any of it.
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Don't forget to rinse out every jar and tin you finish, guys x
June 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Don't forget to rinse out every jar and tin you finish, guys x
FFS, not now giant asteroid
June 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
FFS, not now giant asteroid
June 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Oh, it looks as if the Connections compiler from @nytimes.com is from Wigan!
June 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Oh, it looks as if the Connections compiler from @nytimes.com is from Wigan!
Want to feel hopelessly emasculated (over and above normal base levels)?
Go to get tyre repair unit in a suit and be unable to find locking wheel nut anywhere. Find binoculars, pac-a-mac, walking shoes and half a dozen shopping bags with ease instead.
Go to get tyre repair unit in a suit and be unable to find locking wheel nut anywhere. Find binoculars, pac-a-mac, walking shoes and half a dozen shopping bags with ease instead.
June 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Want to feel hopelessly emasculated (over and above normal base levels)?
Go to get tyre repair unit in a suit and be unable to find locking wheel nut anywhere. Find binoculars, pac-a-mac, walking shoes and half a dozen shopping bags with ease instead.
Go to get tyre repair unit in a suit and be unable to find locking wheel nut anywhere. Find binoculars, pac-a-mac, walking shoes and half a dozen shopping bags with ease instead.
C’mon brain. That’s enough of this tune now…
June 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
C’mon brain. That’s enough of this tune now…
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Oooh, you mean it's OK to leave, realise it's a mistake, then rejoin? 😉
June 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Oooh, you mean it's OK to leave, realise it's a mistake, then rejoin? 😉
Don’t forget to raise a glass to the late, great Eddie Smith on what would have been his 62nd birthday.
Here he is, expressing surprise at his beat-combo, The Gargoyles, winning the Scunthorpe Rock Open competition in 1986.
Here he is, expressing surprise at his beat-combo, The Gargoyles, winning the Scunthorpe Rock Open competition in 1986.
May 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Don’t forget to raise a glass to the late, great Eddie Smith on what would have been his 62nd birthday.
Here he is, expressing surprise at his beat-combo, The Gargoyles, winning the Scunthorpe Rock Open competition in 1986.
Here he is, expressing surprise at his beat-combo, The Gargoyles, winning the Scunthorpe Rock Open competition in 1986.
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