Sus Richards
@susannarichards.bsky.social
Absolutely, fundamentally disagree
As he says, the PM certainly seems to have lost the electorate
January 18, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Absolutely, fundamentally disagree
This by Patrick Smith is the loveliest thing I've read all week. Gleeson is full of such wisdom, and the best writers know how to sit and listen and let their subject elaborate, digress, inspire. A compelling piece www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Brendan Gleeson: ‘I am tired of the trope of the toxic father’
The Oscar-nominated star of ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ talks to Patrick Smith about ‘H Is for Hawk’, the Irish attitude to death, toxic scripts, the dangers of overenthusiastic parenting, and actors ...
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January 18, 2026 at 8:22 AM
This by Patrick Smith is the loveliest thing I've read all week. Gleeson is full of such wisdom, and the best writers know how to sit and listen and let their subject elaborate, digress, inspire. A compelling piece www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Not too impressed with autistic Barbie tbh. I know they tried but it seems to be based on some fundamental misconceptions. Sensory issues are real, but loose clothing? Never come across that before. They could give her one set of clothes that she wears all the time I guess, or maybe that's just me
January 12, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Not too impressed with autistic Barbie tbh. I know they tried but it seems to be based on some fundamental misconceptions. Sensory issues are real, but loose clothing? Never come across that before. They could give her one set of clothes that she wears all the time I guess, or maybe that's just me
I do wish people would get the hang of the difference between neurodivergent and neurodiverse. Frustrating to read well-meaning coverage that gets them muddled up.
January 10, 2026 at 10:17 PM
I do wish people would get the hang of the difference between neurodivergent and neurodiverse. Frustrating to read well-meaning coverage that gets them muddled up.
I rate Janan but I tend to think the voters haven't given most recent PMS much of a chance. Except Boris because they liked him because he was funny. How on earth is Starmer meant to have turned around 14yrs of tory ethos in a year? He's made a start
Janan Ganesh on the myth of “mindset” over talent www.ft.com/content/fc9b...
January 10, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I rate Janan but I tend to think the voters haven't given most recent PMS much of a chance. Except Boris because they liked him because he was funny. How on earth is Starmer meant to have turned around 14yrs of tory ethos in a year? He's made a start
Tl;dr: marshmallow
Scientists start to solve mystery of what’s inside Mexico’s ‘majestic’ giant volcano
Scientists start to solve mystery of what’s inside Mexico’s ‘majestic’ giant volcano
Scientists start to solve mystery of what’s inside Mexico’s ‘majestic’ giant volcano
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December 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Tl;dr: marshmallow
Is it wrong that I had to stop watching Knives Out because D Craig accent is so appalling? Literally couldn't listen to it a moment longer. You can't suspend your disbelief when something like that cuts right through the rope
December 30, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Is it wrong that I had to stop watching Knives Out because D Craig accent is so appalling? Literally couldn't listen to it a moment longer. You can't suspend your disbelief when something like that cuts right through the rope
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Susannah York refused to give me her autograph at a performance of a play she wrote when I was about nine. I was trying to explain that we had the same name. She wasn't interested. It was a terrible play though
Please quote this with the time you didn’t interact with someone famous - eg one time I was in Cardiff the same weekend as Willem Dafoe (but I didn’t see him or even know he was there until he appeared on the telly later)
Please quote this with your major interactions with massive celebrities. eg “I was married to the pope for fifteen years”
December 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Susannah York refused to give me her autograph at a performance of a play she wrote when I was about nine. I was trying to explain that we had the same name. She wasn't interested. It was a terrible play though
I think I do it because
1. I'm still processing every interaction
2. I don't like being on my own, and I'm the only person around to reassure myself (hypervigilance)
3. It makes it less likely I'll wake up for the day at 3am when it's still night
1. I'm still processing every interaction
2. I don't like being on my own, and I'm the only person around to reassure myself (hypervigilance)
3. It makes it less likely I'll wake up for the day at 3am when it's still night
The autistic tendency to stay up late because:
- nighttime is when the world finally slows down (quieter, fewer demands, less sensory input)
- you’ve been randomly hyperfocusing
- “do not perceive me”
- SPECIAL INTERESTS! ❤️
- transitioning to bedtime can be hard
- your circadian rhythm is chaos 🫠
- nighttime is when the world finally slows down (quieter, fewer demands, less sensory input)
- you’ve been randomly hyperfocusing
- “do not perceive me”
- SPECIAL INTERESTS! ❤️
- transitioning to bedtime can be hard
- your circadian rhythm is chaos 🫠
December 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I think I do it because
1. I'm still processing every interaction
2. I don't like being on my own, and I'm the only person around to reassure myself (hypervigilance)
3. It makes it less likely I'll wake up for the day at 3am when it's still night
1. I'm still processing every interaction
2. I don't like being on my own, and I'm the only person around to reassure myself (hypervigilance)
3. It makes it less likely I'll wake up for the day at 3am when it's still night
Very cool interview with Babylon’s Diego Calva now starring in The Night Manager www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta... by Patrick HJ Smith
Babylon’s Diego Calva on playing a villain in The Night Manager: ‘I’m the rookie’
The Golden Globe-nominated Mexican actor talks to Patrick Smith about not forgetting his roots, learning from Brad Pitt and Tom Hiddleston, and his early love for Pete Tong’s ‘Essential Mix’
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December 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Very cool interview with Babylon’s Diego Calva now starring in The Night Manager www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta... by Patrick HJ Smith
Two very good books that are helping me understand some of the people I've shared my life with
December 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Two very good books that are helping me understand some of the people I've shared my life with
In which Pierce Brosnan tells Patrick Smith how he had 20 minutes to invoke an Irish brogue for his role in MobLand, and what he really thinks about Daniel Craig's Bond www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Pierce Brosnan: ‘A seventysomething Bond? They know where to find me’
The Irish star, who cut a suave figure as the 007 of the new millennium, has traded spy gadgets for OAP crime-solving in ‘The Thursday Murder Club’. He speaks to Patrick Smith about getting older, the...
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August 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
In which Pierce Brosnan tells Patrick Smith how he had 20 minutes to invoke an Irish brogue for his role in MobLand, and what he really thinks about Daniel Craig's Bond www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
I don't know anyone else who can write like this. Some writers you just feel like there's nothing you can do to improve their work. You don't need me at all www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
The Maccabees on reuniting: ‘There were years when it was like a stranger messaging’
The indie stars talk to Patrick Smith about the celebrity wedding that led to them reforming for Glastonbury and All Points East, rebuilding trust, and why new bands have it so much harder now
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August 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I don't know anyone else who can write like this. Some writers you just feel like there's nothing you can do to improve their work. You don't need me at all www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Sean O'Grady on YP: 'Corbyn would be the elder statesman: experienced, lost two elections in a row, that sort of thing. Sultana, on the other hand, would represent youth, hope, optimism, and the certainty of losing many more general elections in future' www.independent.co.uk/voices/corby...
Could Jeremy Corbyn’s new party actually come to Starmer’s rescue?
The chaotic launch of Your Party suggests it will be anything but a slick, well-oiled political machine – and hiving off Labour’s hard left might prove beneficial to the government, says Sean O’Grady
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July 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Sean O'Grady on YP: 'Corbyn would be the elder statesman: experienced, lost two elections in a row, that sort of thing. Sultana, on the other hand, would represent youth, hope, optimism, and the certainty of losing many more general elections in future' www.independent.co.uk/voices/corby...
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The column has run since December 2000, originally as Mea Culpa, then as Errors & Omissions; I reverted to Mea Culpa when I took over in 2016 www.independent.co.uk/news/media/p...
Errors and Omissions - A comedy of errors
Eleven years ago, Guy Keleny began the column that would become Errors and Omissions. Now, 600 editions down the line, John Rentoul presents a selection of his finest pedantry.
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June 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The column has run since December 2000, originally as Mea Culpa, then as Errors & Omissions; I reverted to Mea Culpa when I took over in 2016 www.independent.co.uk/news/media/p...
Very funny as ever. But I will say one thing: I think most people underestimate Starmer. And even when he does something brilliant, with no fuss, each time they still say "Oh but *apart* from that.. ". I think people take him for granted.
Keir Starmer by @jonnelledge.bsky.social, via @ianleslie.bsky.social: “A man who moves through politics like a Roomba moves through your living room: without a plan, capable of mapping the territory only when he bangs into things and has to reverse” jonn.substack.com/p/why-is-kei...
Why is Keir Starmer Like A Roomba, And Other Questions
This week: fine, I will think about British politics again if I must. Also: the partition of Germany that never was; and Charley goes to New Town.
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July 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Very funny as ever. But I will say one thing: I think most people underestimate Starmer. And even when he does something brilliant, with no fuss, each time they still say "Oh but *apart* from that.. ". I think people take him for granted.
This was the last one. The column has been decommissioned now, and I don't know how to write about anything else, so that's that. I hope it made some of you smile on occasion. www.independent.co.uk/news/correct...
Mea Culpa: It’s about time
Susanna Richards adjusts the frequency in this week’s Independent
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July 12, 2025 at 6:31 AM
This was the last one. The column has been decommissioned now, and I don't know how to write about anything else, so that's that. I hope it made some of you smile on occasion. www.independent.co.uk/news/correct...
Beautiful interview with Michael Shannon by Patrick Smith, the most perceptive writer I know www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Michael Shannon: ‘I’ve had a career that’s all over the shop’
The admired actor talks to Patrick Smith about the painful truths of Eugene O’Neill, the treatment of Zack Snyder, and his issue with autograph hunters
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July 12, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Beautiful interview with Michael Shannon by Patrick Smith, the most perceptive writer I know www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
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Hamas’s youngest Israeli hostage Kfir Bibas, brother and mother confirmed dead
Hamas’s youngest Israeli hostage Kfir Bibas, brother and mother confirmed dead
Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel were kidnapped by Hamas on 7 October 2023
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February 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Hamas’s youngest Israeli hostage Kfir Bibas, brother and mother confirmed dead
Very nice interview by Helen Coffey www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Harriet Walter on Margaret Thatcher: ‘I shifted to seeing her as a human being’
The star of new docudrama ‘Brian and Maggie’ sits down with Helen Coffey to talk modern politics, playing ‘horrible’ women, and why the roots of misogyny are set to dictate what we see on screen for a...
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January 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Very nice interview by Helen Coffey www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Top colleague @rentouljohn.bsky.social on good form, and there are muppets in it too www.independent.co.uk/voices/rache...
Reeves’s Scrooge-like epiphany on British growth is unconvincing
Reeves has gone from being accused of talking the country down to sounding as if gripped by starry-eyed fantasy. She needs to be careful about her mood swinging too far the other way, writes John Rent...
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January 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Top colleague @rentouljohn.bsky.social on good form, and there are muppets in it too www.independent.co.uk/voices/rache...
Some more columnism www.independent.co.uk/news/correct...
Mea Culpa: Gale warning
Susanna Richards wishes everyone would calm down in last week’s Independent
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January 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Some more columnism www.independent.co.uk/news/correct...
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A Real Pain is superb in every possible way. Not a moment wasted. That is all
January 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A Real Pain is superb in every possible way. Not a moment wasted. That is all