Sophia Deboick
@sophialdeboick.bsky.social
Freelance writer https://authory.com/SophiaDeboick
Will the horrors never cease?
December 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Will the horrors never cease?
The real scandal at the BBC - spending licence fee-payers' money on this for 40 years www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Pam St Clement to return to EastEnders as Pat Butcher in dementia episode
The beloved character, played by Pam St Clement, returns next month in Nigel's memories from the 90s.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:40 AM
The real scandal at the BBC - spending licence fee-payers' money on this for 40 years www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Britain, 2025. Beyond belief. chng.it/ZYbw9gSRqT
Stop the torture of women with cancer at HMP Bronzefield
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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August 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Britain, 2025. Beyond belief. chng.it/ZYbw9gSRqT
We found this letter (complete with badge still in situ) in our attic when we moved in. That was over 50 years after it plopped on to the doormat and was opened by a no doubt thrilled Kenneth. It's now framed in our hall. #BiddyBaxter
August 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
We found this letter (complete with badge still in situ) in our attic when we moved in. That was over 50 years after it plopped on to the doormat and was opened by a no doubt thrilled Kenneth. It's now framed in our hall. #BiddyBaxter
The Baby's Catalogue had such progressive depictions of parenthood for the early 1980s - hands-on dads, working mums. The knackered dad carrying the baby on the back flyleaf has always killed me.
August 1, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The Baby's Catalogue had such progressive depictions of parenthood for the early 1980s - hands-on dads, working mums. The knackered dad carrying the baby on the back flyleaf has always killed me.
Alice Cooper - the band, not the man - are back after half a century to remind us exactly what they are all about. Me on their peerless run of early '70s albums, dark subversion of American popular culture & securing of a legacy www.thenewworld.co.uk/sophia-deboi... @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
The revenge of Alice Cooper
As Ozzy Osbourne bows out, rock’s other shock legend returns to his roots – and reminds us who did it first
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July 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Alice Cooper - the band, not the man - are back after half a century to remind us exactly what they are all about. Me on their peerless run of early '70s albums, dark subversion of American popular culture & securing of a legacy www.thenewworld.co.uk/sophia-deboi... @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
When LA's Watts neighbourhood erupted in riots in the summer of 1965, the Californian idyll of the Beach Boys' songs was exposed as a myth. 60 years later, Brian Wilson has died as LA is again in turmoil. What future for both the real and imagined Golden State?
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Brian Wilson, the president and the end of California
The Beach Boy is gone - and as Trump’s troops stalk LA, the state’s sun-drenched dream is over too
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June 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
When LA's Watts neighbourhood erupted in riots in the summer of 1965, the Californian idyll of the Beach Boys' songs was exposed as a myth. 60 years later, Brian Wilson has died as LA is again in turmoil. What future for both the real and imagined Golden State?
www.thenewworld.co.uk/sophia-deboi...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/sophia-deboi...
The latest skirmish in the long ideological battle over children's play... www.thenewworld.co.uk/adventurous-...
June 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The latest skirmish in the long ideological battle over children's play... www.thenewworld.co.uk/adventurous-...
Touch of the Klaus Nomis about that winner. I approve.
May 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Touch of the Klaus Nomis about that winner. I approve.
Tommy Cash for Estonia coming in THIRD! Now go and have a lot of fun on his YouTube channel... www.theneweuropean.co.uk/sophia-deboi... #eurovision
The Eurovision troll contest
Estonian Tommy Cash’s Espresso Macchiato mocks Italians. Is he a prankster, or a racist?
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May 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Tommy Cash for Estonia coming in THIRD! Now go and have a lot of fun on his YouTube channel... www.theneweuropean.co.uk/sophia-deboi... #eurovision
That coffee-themed Estonian entry and Cha Cha Cha share the same writer/ producer, btw. Cha Cha Cha was the televote winner in 2023 and widely felt to have been robbed by Loreen. Just saying... #eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
That coffee-themed Estonian entry and Cha Cha Cha share the same writer/ producer, btw. Cha Cha Cha was the televote winner in 2023 and widely felt to have been robbed by Loreen. Just saying... #eurovision
Kaarija vs Baby Lasagne?! This is the stuff.
May 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Kaarija vs Baby Lasagne?! This is the stuff.
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Estonian Tommy Cash’s Espresso Macchiato mocks Italians. Is he a prankster, or a racist?
The Eurovision troll contest
Estonian Tommy Cash’s Espresso Macchiato mocks Italians. Is he a prankster, or a racist?
www.theneweuropean.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Estonian Tommy Cash’s Espresso Macchiato mocks Italians. Is he a prankster, or a racist?
Tip for #Eurovision tonight - Tommy Cash for Estonia with 'Espresso Macchiato', which has annoyed Italian nationalists and been the first controversy out of the traps for this year's Contest. Piece on him coming out soon... Here he reflects on his post-Soviet youth: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qoo...
TOMMY CASH - LEAVE ME ALONE (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
YouTube video by TOMMY CASH
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May 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Tip for #Eurovision tonight - Tommy Cash for Estonia with 'Espresso Macchiato', which has annoyed Italian nationalists and been the first controversy out of the traps for this year's Contest. Piece on him coming out soon... Here he reflects on his post-Soviet youth: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qoo...
'Island of strangers'. Eek.
May 12, 2025 at 11:15 AM
'Island of strangers'. Eek.
In this week's @theneweuropean.bsky.social, the Spanish balladeer who brought Jesus Christ Superstar to Spain during the death throes of Francoism and became one of the Spanish-speaking world's most adored singers www.theneweuropean.co.uk/sophia-deboi... On newsstands now #CamiloSesto
Camilo Sesto, the singer who ushered Spain into a new age
A new museum in Alicante celebrates the Jesus of Madrid
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May 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
In this week's @theneweuropean.bsky.social, the Spanish balladeer who brought Jesus Christ Superstar to Spain during the death throes of Francoism and became one of the Spanish-speaking world's most adored singers www.theneweuropean.co.uk/sophia-deboi... On newsstands now #CamiloSesto
If you were ever under the impression the UK is a civilised country...
The Ministry of Justice has announced the introduction of PAVA spray for use against children in prison. The Howard League will take whatever steps necessary, including legal action, to challenge this decision.
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Stop the use of PAVA spray on children in prison
The Howard League is a national charity campaigning for less crime, safer communities and fewer people in prison.
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April 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If you were ever under the impression the UK is a civilised country...
ITV missing a trick here - Mickey Rourke doing 'Respect and Inclusion training' is what they should have televised. Basis of a sitcom.
April 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
ITV missing a trick here - Mickey Rourke doing 'Respect and Inclusion training' is what they should have televised. Basis of a sitcom.
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Iconic. So long.
a man with long hair and a fur coat is waving
ALT: a man with long hair and a fur coat is waving
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April 2, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Iconic. So long.
I was 6 when Willow came out - I remember going to see it at the Southend Cannon. Val Kilmer's role in the formation of my psyche cannot be overstated.
April 2, 2025 at 6:34 AM
I was 6 when Willow came out - I remember going to see it at the Southend Cannon. Val Kilmer's role in the formation of my psyche cannot be overstated.