Robert Wright
@reporterrwright.ft.com
Newsroom reporter at the Financial Times, clergy spouse, rider of bicycles.
"I just wanted to see something new every day and tell a story with it": Gus Haynes.
"I just wanted to see something new every day and tell a story with it": Gus Haynes.
The view from the roof of @financialtimes.com’s Bracken House HQ right now. #LondonSnow
January 6, 2026 at 12:25 PM
The view from the roof of @financialtimes.com’s Bracken House HQ right now. #LondonSnow
Burton Marsh, on the England-Wales border, during my somewhat treacherous bike ride this morning from Neston to Chester station:
January 2, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Burton Marsh, on the England-Wales border, during my somewhat treacherous bike ride this morning from Neston to Chester station:
The Today programme tries to find out who drummed up all the media interest in Alaa Abd El-Fatah.
January 2, 2026 at 8:07 AM
The Today programme tries to find out who drummed up all the media interest in Alaa Abd El-Fatah.
Barmaid tremendously unamused when I point to this and ask, “You serve dog?”
December 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Barmaid tremendously unamused when I point to this and ask, “You serve dog?”
Our goose earlier, cooked (prior to eating):
December 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Our goose earlier, cooked (prior to eating):
St Barnabas’ Dulwich was looking magnificent in today’s wjnter sunshine. Happy Christmas, everyone.
December 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
St Barnabas’ Dulwich was looking magnificent in today’s wjnter sunshine. Happy Christmas, everyone.
Huge BREAKING news: in his letter to our family, Father Christmas announces a fundamental political realignment. He says the Ho-ho-hoverton window has shifted:
December 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Huge BREAKING news: in his letter to our family, Father Christmas announces a fundamental political realignment. He says the Ho-ho-hoverton window has shifted:
Merry Christmas from Christ’s Chapel, Dulwich.
December 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Merry Christmas from Christ’s Chapel, Dulwich.
I've just got off a train to London from north-east England. On it, I heard someone talking about people going out to the pub tonight on "black eye Friday".
December 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I've just got off a train to London from north-east England. On it, I heard someone talking about people going out to the pub tonight on "black eye Friday".
I’ve got to say I’m very sceptical about this saying. On the three occasions in life when I’ve been in really serious pain, I’ve found morphine-based pain relief vastly more effective.
December 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I’ve got to say I’m very sceptical about this saying. On the three occasions in life when I’ve been in really serious pain, I’ve found morphine-based pain relief vastly more effective.
A beautiful scene of festive merriment is playing out below my office window.
December 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A beautiful scene of festive merriment is playing out below my office window.
This trophy looks like it's a vehicle for the hands to drag recipients down to the underworld:
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This trophy looks like it's a vehicle for the hands to drag recipients down to the underworld:
Waiting for a train back to London from Ipswich last night, I had the odd experience of seeing a locomotive named after someone I know - former Rail editor Nigel Harris.
December 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Waiting for a train back to London from Ipswich last night, I had the odd experience of seeing a locomotive named after someone I know - former Rail editor Nigel Harris.
A nearly annual ritual completed, earlier than sometimes: I brought home our #ChristmasTreeByBike
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A nearly annual ritual completed, earlier than sometimes: I brought home our #ChristmasTreeByBike
On the one hand it was a bit miserable. On the other hand, here’s how I looked around that time:
December 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
On the one hand it was a bit miserable. On the other hand, here’s how I looked around that time:
[email protected]’s workplace was looking beautiful this morning.
November 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
[email protected]’s workplace was looking beautiful this morning.
Sorry, self checkout voice. It’s worse than you think. I crave approval constantly, not just when I pay.
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Sorry, self checkout voice. It’s worse than you think. I crave approval constantly, not just when I pay.
This is my son being sworn in (a decade ago) as a "junior park ranger" of the Rocky Mountain National Park. On that trip, we visited three US national parks. Those fees might have stopped us.
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This is my son being sworn in (a decade ago) as a "junior park ranger" of the Rocky Mountain National Park. On that trip, we visited three US national parks. Those fees might have stopped us.
This lost item hanging by the Roehampton Gate of Richmond Park suggests that somewhere is starting its employees unhealthily young.
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This lost item hanging by the Roehampton Gate of Richmond Park suggests that somewhere is starting its employees unhealthily young.
It’s funny, isn’t it, the casual lies we grow used to accepting:
November 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
It’s funny, isn’t it, the casual lies we grow used to accepting:
It’s my birthday and my son has elected to illustrate my age transition in model railway locomotives.
November 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It’s my birthday and my son has elected to illustrate my age transition in model railway locomotives.
Incidentally, Alpha Wong, quoted at the top of the piece, yesterday sent me a couple of adverts put out in Hong Kong to promote the BNO passport before the handover. One can see why people thought they were a guarantee:
October 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Incidentally, Alpha Wong, quoted at the top of the piece, yesterday sent me a couple of adverts put out in Hong Kong to promote the BNO passport before the handover. One can see why people thought they were a guarantee: