Steph
@ste-c.bsky.social
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producer of ‘meet the writers’, 'monocle on culture' + ‘konfekt korner' | studio director at monocle radio | book hoarder | creative | chronically online | magician’s assistant
email: [email protected]
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producer of ‘meet the writers’, 'monocle on culture' + ‘konfekt korner' | studio director at monocle radio | book hoarder | creative | chronically online | magician’s assistant
email: [email protected]
ste_c__ on the 🐦 app
It's Christmas Eve, which means it's been six months and a couple of days since former Zambian President Edgar Lungu died and no, he's still not been buried.
December 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
It's Christmas Eve, which means it's been six months and a couple of days since former Zambian President Edgar Lungu died and no, he's still not been buried.
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I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.
New ep of #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com - The incredible John Lloyd (the man behind Blackadder, Not the Nine O'Clock News, Spitting Image, QI, etc) joins @georginagodwin.bsky.social - discussing "The Meaning of Liff" and it's 42nd Anniversary!
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John Lloyd and ‘The Meaning of Liff’ - Monocle
Georgina Godwin meets John Lloyd, one of the men behind ‘The Meaning of Liff’. He shares insight on working with...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
New ep of #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com - The incredible John Lloyd (the man behind Blackadder, Not the Nine O'Clock News, Spitting Image, QI, etc) joins @georginagodwin.bsky.social - discussing "The Meaning of Liff" and it's 42nd Anniversary!
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I have work to do but it's Christmas so I'll just lie here
December 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I have work to do but it's Christmas so I'll just lie here
*manifesting that Kimmel cusses out Trump and Starmer on British TV on Christmas Day 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾*
December 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
*manifesting that Kimmel cusses out Trump and Starmer on British TV on Christmas Day 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾*
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To everyone on Bluesky finding out about Walliams and despairing at the fact that "I read those books to my kids" I just want to reassure them that it's OK. He didn't write them.
December 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
To everyone on Bluesky finding out about Walliams and despairing at the fact that "I read those books to my kids" I just want to reassure them that it's OK. He didn't write them.
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BREAKING: Gaza has averted the spread of famine but the situation remains critical, experts say.
Spread of Gaza famine has been averted yet strip still faces starvation, experts say
The world’s leading authority on food crises says the spread of famine’s been averted in Gaza yet the situation remains critical with the entire strip facing starvation.
bit.ly
December 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
BREAKING: Gaza has averted the spread of famine but the situation remains critical, experts say.
How do I tell the family that I have no desire to watch a film about a Ping Pong player starring a actor who is pissed he doesn't have an Oscar yet?
December 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
How do I tell the family that I have no desire to watch a film about a Ping Pong player starring a actor who is pissed he doesn't have an Oscar yet?
Do... do they think Pres. Kennedy is still alive... or...?
December 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Do... do they think Pres. Kennedy is still alive... or...?
New episode of #MeetTheWriters on
Monocle.com - Delighted to have THEE Michael Palin in studio with @georginagodwin.bsky.social sharing stories of his career - from #MontyPython to #PalininVenezuela!
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Monocle.com - Delighted to have THEE Michael Palin in studio with @georginagodwin.bsky.social sharing stories of his career - from #MontyPython to #PalininVenezuela!
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Sir Michael Palin on his travels, decades-long career and finding laughter - Monocle
Georgina Godwin sits down with Sir Michael Palin, who shares insight into his upbringing, his start in comedy with Monty...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New episode of #MeetTheWriters on
Monocle.com - Delighted to have THEE Michael Palin in studio with @georginagodwin.bsky.social sharing stories of his career - from #MontyPython to #PalininVenezuela!
monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Monocle.com - Delighted to have THEE Michael Palin in studio with @georginagodwin.bsky.social sharing stories of his career - from #MontyPython to #PalininVenezuela!
monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Colleen Ballinger and her flipping ukelele 😭
Years ago, my colleagues at Business Insider and I tracked YouTuber “cancellation” arcs. What we found is that for many entertainers, “cancellation” actually sets the stage for a redemption arc, one that can raise their profile higher than ever. It wasn’t career-ending. It was fuel.
November 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Colleen Ballinger and her flipping ukelele 😭
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Our Hay Festival Book of the Year 2025 is... A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland.
A tender and resonant love story, the novel was one of the most talked about books at Hay Festival 2025.
Dive in! www.hayfestival.org/book-of-the-...
A tender and resonant love story, the novel was one of the most talked about books at Hay Festival 2025.
Dive in! www.hayfestival.org/book-of-the-...
November 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Our Hay Festival Book of the Year 2025 is... A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland.
A tender and resonant love story, the novel was one of the most talked about books at Hay Festival 2025.
Dive in! www.hayfestival.org/book-of-the-...
A tender and resonant love story, the novel was one of the most talked about books at Hay Festival 2025.
Dive in! www.hayfestival.org/book-of-the-...
New episode of #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com - @georginagodwin.bsky.social meets the 2025 @thebookerprizes.com winner David Szalay at #Charleston Literary Festival! They discuss his upbringing, winning the prize and the reaction to 'Flesh'(@jonathancape.bsky.social)
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The winner of the 2025 Booker Prize: David Szalay - Monocle
Georgina Godwin meets David Szalay, winner of the 2025 Booker Prize, at Charleston Literary Festival. They discuss his winning novel,...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
New episode of #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com - @georginagodwin.bsky.social meets the 2025 @thebookerprizes.com winner David Szalay at #Charleston Literary Festival! They discuss his upbringing, winning the prize and the reaction to 'Flesh'(@jonathancape.bsky.social)
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Me at the LRB blog on the atrocious refugee policy of Mahmood and Starmer
Christopher Bertram | ‘Core Protection’
Refugeehood is not supposed to be like this. The ideal envisaged by the Refugee Convention is that refugee status should...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Me at the LRB blog on the atrocious refugee policy of Mahmood and Starmer
And this ends the most chaotic (kidding!) time of the year…
Thanks to @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @dauntbookspub.bsky.social @readingjuniper.bsky.social and @canongate.co.uk for the invites to preview some of the new titles for 2026 🙇🏾♀️📚
Thanks to @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @dauntbookspub.bsky.social @readingjuniper.bsky.social and @canongate.co.uk for the invites to preview some of the new titles for 2026 🙇🏾♀️📚
November 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
And this ends the most chaotic (kidding!) time of the year…
Thanks to @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @dauntbookspub.bsky.social @readingjuniper.bsky.social and @canongate.co.uk for the invites to preview some of the new titles for 2026 🙇🏾♀️📚
Thanks to @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @dauntbookspub.bsky.social @readingjuniper.bsky.social and @canongate.co.uk for the invites to preview some of the new titles for 2026 🙇🏾♀️📚
New Episode of #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com -
Kiran Desai returns with "The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny" (via Hamish Hamilton/ @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social) - She discusses with @georginagodwin.bsky.social on the themes and publishing a novel after two decades monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Kiran Desai returns with "The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny" (via Hamish Hamilton/ @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social) - She discusses with @georginagodwin.bsky.social on the themes and publishing a novel after two decades monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Kiran Desai on loneliness, legacy and the curse of rewriting - Monocle
Georgina Godwin is joined by Kiran Desai, whose novel ‘The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny’ was shortlisted for the 2025...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
New Episode of #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com -
Kiran Desai returns with "The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny" (via Hamish Hamilton/ @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social) - She discusses with @georginagodwin.bsky.social on the themes and publishing a novel after two decades monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Kiran Desai returns with "The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny" (via Hamish Hamilton/ @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social) - She discusses with @georginagodwin.bsky.social on the themes and publishing a novel after two decades monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Yesterday's midday programme "The Briefing" on monocle.com had @franceskalbs.bsky.social, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories (unhcr.org)
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The UN’s Francesca Albanese on Palestinian self-determination and the winter issue of ‘Konfekt’ hits newsstands - Monocle
United Nations special rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Francesca Albanese, outlines her report on the systemic violation of Palestinian...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Yesterday's midday programme "The Briefing" on monocle.com had @franceskalbs.bsky.social, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories (unhcr.org)
monocle.com/radio/shows/...
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The Puerto Rican superstar had never won any of the major prizes — album, song or record of the year — until last night. Other winners included Karol G and Alejandro Sanz. n.pr/3JYWhTo
Bad Bunny wins album of the year at 2025 Latin Grammys
The Puerto Rican superstar had never won any of the major prizes — album, song or record of the year — until last night. Other winners included Karol G and Alejandro Sanz.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The Puerto Rican superstar had never won any of the major prizes — album, song or record of the year — until last night. Other winners included Karol G and Alejandro Sanz. n.pr/3JYWhTo
I’m still very much on the “Emerald Fennell needs to diversify her friendship groups and stop having yes men in her life telling her another Wuthering Heights adaptation is the greatest thing ever” camp.
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I’m still very much on the “Emerald Fennell needs to diversify her friendship groups and stop having yes men in her life telling her another Wuthering Heights adaptation is the greatest thing ever” camp.
This week's guest on #MeetTheWriters is the winner of this year's @bailliegifford.bsky.social Prize for Non-Fiction: Helen Garner. She speaks to @georginagodwin.bsky.social on "How to End a Story" - the first diary to win the prize (via @wnbooks.bsky.social) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This week's guest on #MeetTheWriters is the winner of this year's @bailliegifford.bsky.social Prize for Non-Fiction: Helen Garner. She speaks to @georginagodwin.bsky.social on "How to End a Story" - the first diary to win the prize (via @wnbooks.bsky.social) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
The name is Mamdani. M A M D A N I. 🎉
November 5, 2025 at 6:33 AM
The name is Mamdani. M A M D A N I. 🎉
Friend of Monocle Richard Lloyd Parry (@dicklp.bsky.social) is this week’s guest on #MeetTheWriters with @georginagodwin.bsky.social on monocle.com
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October 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Friend of Monocle Richard Lloyd Parry (@dicklp.bsky.social) is this week’s guest on #MeetTheWriters with @georginagodwin.bsky.social on monocle.com
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