not to be all man-who-has-just-read-Lonesome-Dove but why aren't all books more like Lonesome Dove

i forgot I had bluesky but thank you, Matt! glad you enjoyed it mate

There's no getting past Virgil van Dijk As Liverpool’s captain clinches his second Premier League title – one that nobody saw coming – he’s not thinking about retiring. But he is thinking about legacy

i had the pleasure of profiling Virgil van Dijk for @gqmagazine.bsky.social

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oh fucking hell

yet to meet a single person with a solitary nice thing to say about Emilia Perez

with great shame, i am struggling to fill the Vanderpump Rules-shaped void left in my life

thanks, Andrew! glad you’ve enjoyed it mate

The English Disease by @samdiss.bsky.social explores violence not as tabloid mythology, but a prism for understanding how football's darker subcultures emerge from societal fault lines. A profound meditation on belonging, identity and the ghosts of working-class experience. Essential listening

The race to make the greatest Christmas ad [FREE TO READ] How British retailers became obsessed with winning the nation’s hearts

A fantastic piece from @stuartmcgurk who went inside Sainsbury's Christmas ad campaign to tell the story of the ad execs that spend the whole year working out how to make the nation cry. Its ... joyful? on.ft.com/3Bv9y1I

immensely enjoyed this piece. it even managed to alleviate my hangover. thank you for sharing.

How Omari Hutchinson graduated from the footballer style starter pack In Match Fits, GQ links up with the most fashion-forward stars in the Premier League. This month: the Ipswich playmaker who found his feet with Rick Owens

i had a lovely time taking Omari Hutchinson to the Marshes with GQ for a chat about being a celebrity at 12, jaded by 15, and still wearing shoes that don’t quite fit you at 22. www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/omar...

Started listening today. Well worth checking out.

Insightful cultural criticism without the sneery cynicism you get from those who are disconnected from working class culture.

thank you mate, really appreciate the kind word

a repulsive festive treat!

we have finally evolved past the need for The Rock and he will be looked upon by future scholars as a kind of folksy curiosity, like the Lindy Hop or a dog who was once made the deputy sheriff of a midsize Minnesotan town

thank you!

i think some of this is just Ridley Scott being bad and old but also that self-referential humour and “call backs” of 2010s TV was metabolised on a industrial scale by the MCU to created an irresistible template and now “how many of these things can you recognise?” is the only metric that matters

best pub in hackney? @jimmymcintosh.bsky.social

i prefer the Old China Hand or - in a past life - the Wilmo, but i do have fond memories of drinking Guinness topped up with port in this pub in here so i’ll allow it

great to see The Hare in here, a lovely pub with a good pool table. massive Hackney underrepresentation, however: The Gun, The Kenton, Prince Arthur, Prince George, The Chesham Arms, Biddle Bros…

thank you mate! and yeah, well it’s always good to have something to work towards innit

this is very good. also the framing of the shots is so deliberate and well done. curry’s have been lowkey smashing it on this stuff

should hopefully have an update in the next few weeks

they’ve got me bang to rights there

been really enjoying listening to the episodes even without ever reading the book

for a whole year, we worked on The English Disease and the response has been amazing. i don’t use Apple Podcasts but when i saw they had review functionality, i have become morbidly fascinated by the spectrum of reaction.

jet lagged, i went to watch Paterson in a cinema in Kyoto and fell asleep before the film came on and woke up as the credits rolled. i felt great.

if you think about “meetings” as just “hanging out” then your whole day becomes far less stressful.

The English Disease | Legacy Documentary Podcast · 2 Seasons · Series

Loved this podcast. Thoughtful and compelling. Particularly the episode about female football fans. Great work @samdiss.bsky.social

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i do not think i am the man who gets to decide these things but i think testing the waters with some Cummings-related banter will be looked upon without animus