Richard Courtice
@richardcourtice.bsky.social
Broadcast and Sound Engineering to earn a crust. Theatre and sailing to spend that crust. Find much of the world inexplicable.
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I don't doubt that some women feel unsafe walking in the dark, but this article would have been much improved if the writer had included the information that most violence against women is committed by people we know and not by randoms on the street.
'Dark winter nights feel like an unspoken curfew for women'
Women in the north west of England speak of how they have to be more cautious as nights turn dark.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I don't doubt that some women feel unsafe walking in the dark, but this article would have been much improved if the writer had included the information that most violence against women is committed by people we know and not by randoms on the street.
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if the telegraph can’t find a new buyer maybe it should just be towed out into the north sea and sunk
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
if the telegraph can’t find a new buyer maybe it should just be towed out into the north sea and sunk
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This stuff really boils my piss.
It's a long time since I had my kids but the range of things that can go wrong in childbirth is very very large. Why you'd go down this route is a total mystery to me
It's a long time since I had my kids but the range of things that can go wrong in childbirth is very very large. Why you'd go down this route is a total mystery to me
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This stuff really boils my piss.
It's a long time since I had my kids but the range of things that can go wrong in childbirth is very very large. Why you'd go down this route is a total mystery to me
It's a long time since I had my kids but the range of things that can go wrong in childbirth is very very large. Why you'd go down this route is a total mystery to me
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Of course>>> Football not part of government ticket crackdown www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Ticket resale laws: Football not part of government ticket crackdown
The government has announced legislation to outlaw the sale of tickets to sports events at inflated prices - but it will not cover football.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Of course>>> Football not part of government ticket crackdown www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
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• bbc audio drama award winner
• british podcast awards finalist
• new york radio festival awards finalist
• totally independent
• supported by our listeners
… give sound heap a try, we promise it’s good
• british podcast awards finalist
• new york radio festival awards finalist
• totally independent
• supported by our listeners
… give sound heap a try, we promise it’s good
Sound Heap series five kicks off with an episode of listener suggestions, so thank to them you’ll hear podcasts like:
• PlatyPlus (which discusses which features would be good to add to a platypus)
• Plague Doctor Fashion Slapdown
• Counting Paperclips Until I Run Out Of Paperclips
…and more!
• PlatyPlus (which discusses which features would be good to add to a platypus)
• Plague Doctor Fashion Slapdown
• Counting Paperclips Until I Run Out Of Paperclips
…and more!
Sound Heap with John-Luke Roberts
John-Luke Roberts, the CEO and Fun Captain of Sound Heap, Inc., welcomes you to the Sound Heap podcast – the podcast of podcasts. It will give you a taste of shows from across the Sound Heap network, ...
Podfollow.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
• bbc audio drama award winner
• british podcast awards finalist
• new york radio festival awards finalist
• totally independent
• supported by our listeners
… give sound heap a try, we promise it’s good
• british podcast awards finalist
• new york radio festival awards finalist
• totally independent
• supported by our listeners
… give sound heap a try, we promise it’s good
I think this pairing of Neil Pearson with Lee Ingleby as Morse and Lewis works really well. Terrific cast all round. It's a shame only a couple were made. Decide for yourself on 4 Extra tomorrow and Sounds afterwards. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Morse - In the Shallows
An Oxford don dead in the river, a student out of his depth. Morse is on the case.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I think this pairing of Neil Pearson with Lee Ingleby as Morse and Lewis works really well. Terrific cast all round. It's a shame only a couple were made. Decide for yourself on 4 Extra tomorrow and Sounds afterwards. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
I'm guilty as charged 😁
November 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I'm guilty as charged 😁
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let’s all acknowledge that slopaganda is an excellent word for this sort of thing
November 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
let’s all acknowledge that slopaganda is an excellent word for this sort of thing
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To mark the day the government announced that our beloved @covidmemorialwall.bsky.social was to be made permanent, I treated myself to this bauble. ❤️
November 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
To mark the day the government announced that our beloved @covidmemorialwall.bsky.social was to be made permanent, I treated myself to this bauble. ❤️
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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It’s already started - the BBC allows Newsmax boss to opine about bias, suggest some of the Jan 6 mob were merely innocent tourists visiting Congress, without pushback
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
It’s already started - the BBC allows Newsmax boss to opine about bias, suggest some of the Jan 6 mob were merely innocent tourists visiting Congress, without pushback
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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...
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I agree with @arusbridger.bsky.social about BBC governance. Although v hesitant about another rearrangement, the single corporate-style board is massively flawed, not least because there needs to be some distance for the governors/board members from editorial decisions
Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I agree with @arusbridger.bsky.social about BBC governance. Although v hesitant about another rearrangement, the single corporate-style board is massively flawed, not least because there needs to be some distance for the governors/board members from editorial decisions
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any rival media org celebrating the defenestration of tim davie should delete all its traitors content, just to prove how much they disapprove of the bbc
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
any rival media org celebrating the defenestration of tim davie should delete all its traitors content, just to prove how much they disapprove of the bbc
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Saying Brexit harms our economy is quite an abstract statement. Let me make it real.
Small Scale DAB in the UK works because we buy reasonably priced equipment from reasonably good quality suppliers, who are based in the EU. There isn't anyone in the UK who makes the equipment we need.
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Small Scale DAB in the UK works because we buy reasonably priced equipment from reasonably good quality suppliers, who are based in the EU. There isn't anyone in the UK who makes the equipment we need.
1/x
November 8, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Saying Brexit harms our economy is quite an abstract statement. Let me make it real.
Small Scale DAB in the UK works because we buy reasonably priced equipment from reasonably good quality suppliers, who are based in the EU. There isn't anyone in the UK who makes the equipment we need.
1/x
Small Scale DAB in the UK works because we buy reasonably priced equipment from reasonably good quality suppliers, who are based in the EU. There isn't anyone in the UK who makes the equipment we need.
1/x
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My mum just said to me "You should be hung like a horse". When I challenged her over saying such a thing, it transpires she thought it was a punishment horses got. Turns out she's been incorrectly using the phrase since the 90s in various settings
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My mum just said to me "You should be hung like a horse". When I challenged her over saying such a thing, it transpires she thought it was a punishment horses got. Turns out she's been incorrectly using the phrase since the 90s in various settings
A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif
November 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif
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This is beyond grotesque. Another young journalism who treats the lives of minorities as a game. I know plenty of people who still hang out with this guy – I can't respect that as a decision when he's publicly gloating about further stigmatising disabled people.
October 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is beyond grotesque. Another young journalism who treats the lives of minorities as a game. I know plenty of people who still hang out with this guy – I can't respect that as a decision when he's publicly gloating about further stigmatising disabled people.
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"Dear Sir, Your good name has been bought to my attention as a trustworthy man and a believer in God. I am the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. My mother left me forty-five million pounds and the city of York but I am unable ..."
October 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Dear Sir, Your good name has been bought to my attention as a trustworthy man and a believer in God. I am the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. My mother left me forty-five million pounds and the city of York but I am unable ..."
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
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Producer confession: sometimes, when you hear a show go out you think “yes, that was fine… but we could have added something”.
Tonight’s broadcast of The Abergele Files made me smile and be proud and happy to hear it again.
Tonight’s broadcast of The Abergele Files made me smile and be proud and happy to hear it again.
October 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Producer confession: sometimes, when you hear a show go out you think “yes, that was fine… but we could have added something”.
Tonight’s broadcast of The Abergele Files made me smile and be proud and happy to hear it again.
Tonight’s broadcast of The Abergele Files made me smile and be proud and happy to hear it again.
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For 61 years the #BBCWorldService has been broadcasting the latest in science via its weekly Science in Action programme. That dies in the next half hour, with this final edition, reflecting on the fall in trust in expertise driven by malign interests over recent years.
October 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
For 61 years the #BBCWorldService has been broadcasting the latest in science via its weekly Science in Action programme. That dies in the next half hour, with this final edition, reflecting on the fall in trust in expertise driven by malign interests over recent years.
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it’s the time of year again!
once again it is time for the daily telegraph to run one opinion piece a day about how the national trust has been hijacked by woke extremists right up until the point their preferred candidates get shellacked in the vote and they go quiet for the next ten months before doing it all over again
Voting has opened for the National Trust's annual elections & members' resolutions. Deadline is 11:59 pm on Friday 25 October. As in past years, so-called 'Restore Trust' is running candidates, identified in the banner on their website. Quick-vote is a quick way to vote against RT, if so minded.
October 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
it’s the time of year again!