Broadcaster š» Working with @audioalways @TheTimes @BBCNews and more. New pod series The Surgeon of St Helena: pod.link/1766068544
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New podcast series, new British island, new problems...
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Spoke to @shattawalegh about being on @Beyonce ās #TheGiftAlbum
Plusss @yasminkadimusic on Afrobeat going mainstream š» @BBCOS @BBCSounds
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07hc6ā¦
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John Kerry stuck on one side of the street closure.
Passer-by Glaswegian to the copper; āitās John Kerry let him throughā.
Copper: āIāll askā
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Today I learned the reason e-passport gates never work with me....
There is an international arrest warrant out for a āLuke Jonesā so as a precaution we all get pulled over š¤¦āāļø
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š» On @BBCWorldatOne I'm talking to this single mother with four children (eldest with severe autism) who is living in a 'shipping container home' provided by the council....
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0007qdā¦
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šš» Off on a research flight....the longest ever commercial flight. London to Sydney nonstop. Tests are being done on us to see what itās puts passengers and crew through. @BBCNews
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16th December - positive Covid test, his lawyers say.
17th December.... this?
An honor to receive my very own Serbian stamp. Thank you to my generous country for this rare gift! Iām humbled!! Excited to share weāll partner with the Serbian National Postal Service on @novakfoundation projects for every child to have the opportunity to attend preschool šš¼
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Me still saying 4OD instead of All4 is my generationās version of saying GMTV instead of GMB.
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After 2 years at @TimesRadio, around 1,300 hours of live broadcasting, and a lot of breaking news, Iām off to pastures new! Thanks to the wonderful team and brilliant listeners.
First stop: presenting and exec-producing a new show for Sky Arts starting Monday at 10pm!
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Steven Moffat tells me Una Stubbs in Sherlock was ālimited screen time, maximum impact...a scene stealer - a great way to make a livingā.
āProbably the most popular person on that setā.
@TimesRadio
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The only policy on my mayoral manifesto would be to permanently pedestrianize most of Soho. Discuss.
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Just had a fantastic chat with a Luke Jones.
He was deleting his Instagram and wanted to know if I wanted the ālukejonesā handle (much coveted amongst Luke Jonses).
I did.
We did an orderly transition.
Nice internet.
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For reasons I donāt understand one of our Radio 4 tellys in London is showing Breakfast TVās autocue from Salford... š¤·š¼āāļø
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BBC Radio: 35m listeners a week.
Guardian readership: 150k a day.
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Fifty years after the radio revolution, are the BBCās stations now irrelevant? d.gu.com/Pq1T6m
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āYour mum and I are going laser questing with next door. Would you like to join?ā
#ABBAVoyage
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Ealing Council told us in a statement that the containers āoffer a stable, comfortable environment for vulnerable homeless familiesā. They blame the introduction of the benefits cap and housing benefit freeze.
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I have turned into my dad, finishing my evening by āfilling the kettle and leaving mugs out ready for the morningā
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Remember if you donāt normally tweet about football, thereās no pressure on you to start today. Thank you.
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Is the criticism of @RosieDuffield1 misogyny?
@jessphillips :
āOne hundred percentā
āWomen have their views policed all the time and it becomes very very very misogynistic very very quicklyā
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Just finished a week of 36 hours of live broadcasting @TimesRadio
I shall now sleep until Thursday. Donāt wake me if anything happens.
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Completed. On time and under budget.
For the sake of my relationship, today I start cramming 5 series worth of @Line_of_duty before the 6th one starts in 3 weeks time.
Donāt call me a hero.
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On @BBCPM after 5:30, US Presidential candidate @DrJillStein on why she's raising money for election recounts.
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If you werenāt bored by the tweets, here are 1,500 words of nice glassware and headaches...
thetimes.co.uk/article/1726aā¦
@thetimes
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Train guard did announcement, then didnāt turn microphone off and has been chatting to his colleague over the tannoy for 5 minutes.
āWhat do you think about these split tickets, then?ā
āAbsolute nightmareā
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Most sinister picture of the morning courtesy of @thesundaytimes ....
A couple breaking the ice at Redbrook reservoir in West Yorkshire.
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FAO Brits live tweeting all this DC news....weāre reading the same tweets as you. Thanks but no thanks.
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. @jessphillips on @timesradio on @RosieDuffield1 trans row;
āReally frightening for the idea that people might want to put their head above the parapet.ā
Trans debate is āheated and unhelpfulā and is ānot helping progress for the communities that itās intending to serveā.
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. @theJeremyVine and I at a pub on @timesradio right now. On his novel, the BBC, pandemic broadcasting and interrupted by pub brawls and his fans.
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#BeyoncĆ©'s 'love letter to Africa' spawns #ShattaYonce hashtag - a nod to one of the collabo tracks with #Ghanaās @shattawalegh bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-afā¦
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28hours of breakfast news radio done this week.
What a cracking first 6months of @TimesRadio
šš» I shall see you all back weellll into January š“
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Scores of teenagers outside Broadcasting House early this morning, waiting to hear @BBCWorldatOne
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This thread is outstanding. @MooseAllain vibes
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For what itās worth...we had a plumber on @TimesRadio earlier who said leaks are more likely to happen if youāve had refurbishment work done.
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Minister Victoria Atkins telling me on @timesradio the PM is āfully aware of his responsibilitiesā on national security after his phone number appeared online.
Criticises the BBC āa national broadcasterā for drawing attention to it.
Public ānot interestedā
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Diane Abbott on the Year Of Kier tells @ayeshahazarika and I she rates Starmer 9/10 for commons performance āheās a QCā but 5/10 for āparty unityā
When I pointed out Kate Green earlier gave him 10/10 on the show.....āWell thatās why sheās in the shadow cabinetā
@TimesRadio
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Iām continuing my TerryJonesathanon and realise that Holy Grail - in term of sheer jokeage - is better than Brian.
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I'm reminded tonight that television existed where Jodie Marsh talked about orgies with Dennis Rodman and George Galloway...and that I was watching this aged 13......
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FAO fellow people in their twenties:
Go to your local vaccination centre before closing time. They have leftovers they would love to stick in you.
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Caught a preview of what will be a big @nationaltheatre hit, Jack Absolute Flies Again.
Iām not reviewing it, but Richard Bean and Oliver Chris (of One Man Two Guvnors fame) are *back* with a restoration comedy turned WW2 caper. Book the hell out of it.
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Boring tweet, but going into the kitchen during a tape to make some toast and hearing a live radio programme you are midway through presenting is a cheap dangerous thrill Iād like more of.
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.@timesradio will be in your face from 6am on Monday.
You can listen FOR ACTUAL FREE
š» on your DAB radio
š» on the Times Radio app
š» on your smart speaker
š» or if youāre good and promise to keep yourself to yourself you can sit quietly in the corner of the studio.
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For the sake of my relationship, today I start cramming 5 series worth of @Line_of_duty before the 6th one starts in 3 weeks time.
Donāt call me a hero.
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Forget #DryJanuary.
Try Martini Month: wet, dry and everything in between...šø
thetimes.co.uk/article/forgeā¦
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Iād be game for ministers taking the press conference approach of US Housing Secretary Marcia Fudge...
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NEW: @StephenFarryMP tells me on @TimesRadio that the PM's message on the violence in Belfast is "platitudes" and not "good enough".
"Brexit has set the tone...which has destabilised Northern Ireland very badly".
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The @bbcipm programme I do on Radio 4 is being cancelled/chopped/julienned/lovingly disposed of at the end of the month. It's been GREAT fun harvesting stories from R4 listeners and Iāll miss it.
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Morning policy thought.
If you open at 9am or later you shouldnāt legally be allowed to call yourself āa bakeryā.
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Ken Clarke on @timesradio just now.... āa parliamentary majority doesnāt mean you can do whatever you want. You canāt just say weāre going to behead red-headed menā
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NEW: @jamieklingler tells me on @TimesRadio ....
āLambeth police had been amazingā but then āScotland Yard shut us downā
āI feel silencedā
The vigil for Sarah Everard has been cancelled.
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Instead of #DryJanuary Iām doing Martini Month.
One Martini a day....of all shades, styles and varities. If you can reccomend a interesting one or a place to drink one...please do.
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When guests walk off on question one..... šš¼
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My now annual reminder for you to shun #DryJanuary and do a full martini month insteadā¦..
thetimes.co.uk/article/forgeā¦
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āTinkety tonk old fruit & down with the Nazisā
theatlantic.com/internationaā¦
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