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Giles Wilson

@gillis49.bsky.social
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Editor @harpoon.productions. Chair @wansteadfringe.bsky.social. Hinde Street. “One of the most impressive beards I've ever seen” - forensic psychologist Sohom Das

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wansteadium.bsky.social @wansteadium.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
John Davies found a box in an Estonian bookshop. It turned out to be incredibly detailed unknown maps of the UK, drawn up by Soviet mapmakers. He tells Wanstead’s favourite psychogeographer John Rogers @thelostbyway.bsky.social about his find on Tuesday night at the @wansteadfringe.bsky.social
John Davies, author of the Red Atlas
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A real pleasure to host @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and Victor Adebowale at the @wansteadcurtain.bsky.social - the first author event of this year’s @wansteadfringe.bsky.social
Lord Adebowale and Peter Geoghegan on stage at the Wanstead CurtainLord Adebowale and Peter Geoghegan on stage at the Wanstead Curtain, with me introducing
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I didn’t write this blurb for my talk at the Wanstead book festival this coming Monday I promise!! My step kids saw it and have taken to calling me ‘the man of the moment’ 😂
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Did Mark Wood say Jordan Cox dissected the fielders? #bbccricket
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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Sam Billings for England Captain. 🏏
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Westfield Stratford, Saturday 11.15am. This is all the newspapers on sale at “TGJones”. I wonder why they decided to buy WHSmith if they weren’t interested in selling *newspapers*…
Newspaper rack with about 10 copies of tatty tabloids
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Ha! Not so Invincible now. Go Rockets #cricket
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
It really does feel like BP is returning to be part of the problem after years when it was at least attempting to be part of the solution
FT story about BP selling off its solar power division
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
And another thing. The new IPL-Hundred team logos are a complete fail. Absolutely impossible to distinguish what they are.
MI London logoManchester Super Risers (maybe)Leeds Sunvincibles
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Ooh a great result at Lord’s for one random group of players who beat another random group. #cricket #thehundred
Lord’s tonight
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Or, alternatively, Guess What Team I”m Playing For? (now that team names, strips, logos, and player line-ups have been effectively randomised) #thehundred #cricket
BBC Sport quiz “who am I? Guess the  hundred star“
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Becky @beckydoggett.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Opening day of the controversial #cricket tournament that is even more controversial this year... normally I'd be really excited but this year I'm just... not. #TheHundred
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Things that are better about the new #thehundred 1. The TV graphics now match the colour of the team strip 2. Literally nothing else. It’s now an incoherent mess. Add it to the list of things the ECB has cocked up.
TV screen of The Hundred showing on-screen graphics where team score is the same colour as the team strip
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 12/07/2026
He didn’t pass away. HE DIED.
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aidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Alright, listen up - here's what's happened Donald Trump described Keir Starmer as a tough negotiator & his friend Then Putin texted "Agent Krasnov" like "WTF are u doing Help bring him down, u bubonic paedophile" & so began a series of unhinged, factless posts about Chagos, Iran & Free Speech...
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
@theobserveruk.bsky.social great paper today
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Absolutely right. Do not feed the monster. Do not fuel the machine. You will feel happier, freer, wiser and better for it.
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TezMondTuTu @tezmondtutu.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I’ve been listening to Radio 3 since the 2019 GE for precisely this reason
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The Multitudes show at the #SouthbankCentre tonight was probably the worst I’ve ever seen anywhere. The orchestra was obscured by a projection of 90 minutes of high definition AI slop, fictional images of environmental destruction. The irony. (Last week’s Turangalîla by contrast was amazeballs)
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
@edcaesar.bsky.social for one minute I thought the Today programme might just invite you on… www.penguin.co.uk/books/186803...
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Two Hours
Two hours to cover twenty-six miles and 385 yards. An exceptional feat of speed, mental strength and endurance. The sub-two-hour marathon is running's Everest, a feat once seen as impossible for the h...
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Oooh. White whale …. Walter White
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The day just got better - a story from the marvellous Jeff Maysh in the FT. @janinegibson.ft.com
Cover of the FT Weekend Magazine for a Jeff Maysh banger. Get on Bluesky Jeff.
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Hisaishi to Fauré - very smooth @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
@secondmentions.bsky.social small green pickles
Guardian story : “an unexpected shortage of cornichons has caused consternation in sandwich shops across the country as cafes scramble to get their hands on jars of the small green pickles.”
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
@adammacqueen.bsky.social can I DM you re Hobbe’s Folly?
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Sean Coughlan @seanjcoughlan.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I don’t remember writing it, but a lot of digital ink has passed under the bridge since then. But looking back, the Magazine was really ahead of its time.
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Adam @adamcobb.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
BBC News’ decision to remove anything fun or with a sense of community (Eddie Mair style PM, Adrian Chiles style working lunch, the Daily Politics to Politics Live switch), in favour of a multi format news sludge has been incredibly damaging. I loved the Magazine.
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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 03/04/2026
The BBC News (online) magazine was such a great product. Amazing feature writing, strong sense of its reader community. High standards. I miss it.
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
TFW you look something up and find @BBCNewsMagazine got there first. We did a good thing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-m...
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Who, What, Why: Why is Good Friday called Good Friday?
It is the day when Christians commemorate Jesus Christ's crucifixion. So why is it called Good Friday?
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Gee Americans talk well. This Tiger Woods press conference copper is so fluent.
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Two excellent journalists have a fascinating discussion about technology and... [cough]... the BBC News Magazine... Great work fellas @stokel.bsky.social and Alex Hudson open.spotify.com/episode/4HTW...
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Instagram and YouTube do damage teenagers' mental health
Spotify video
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
“Gregor Mendel - Creepy Pioneer of Genetics” in the current @vizcomic.bsky.social is a work of genius
Picture of Viz comic
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
music.apple.com/gb/album/the... Maybe it’s just me but I think this is @billybragg.bsky.social ‘s finest. As true today as it was in 1991.
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The Few by Billy Bragg on Apple Music
Song · 1991 · Duration 3:27
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Yeah just a normal Friday evening watching American Psycho in Islington with Tarantino. You?
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
@markradcliffe.bsky.social ooh. Radio 3.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
“But you’re the only one with a tomahawk” From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Bold
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Ohhhhhh. Tom Allen …. Kenneth Williams. That’s why it works.
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
@outonbluesix.bsky.social Can I DM you Tim?
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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Tonight is your last chance to respond to the public consultation about BBC Charter Review www.gov.uk/government/c...
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Britain’s Story: The Next Chapter - the BBC Royal Charter Review, Green Paper and public consultation
The government is consulting the public to aid decision-making on the terms for the BBC Charter’s renewal and any changes needed to help the BBC to continue to serve the public.
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
An observation test for your inner 8-year-old. Can you spot 12 deliberate mistakes? From Treasure magazine, 1965 Official answers coming soon (Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
A monochrome ‘spot the mistake’ scene featuring a postman cycling along a lane besides a half timbered thatched cottage
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Wordlebot flunked it today. Not seen that before.
Wordlebot score shows unsolved puzzle
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I’ve been one of the biggest fans of the Hundred. I was at the first game. I love it, and I don’t care what anyone says about that. But I feel a boycott coming on. #boycottthehundred
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Oh well *done* ECB. You really played a blinder there.
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Cricinfo @cricinfo.com · 05/03/2026
Both Oval Invincibles captains from the 2025 season have said that they were released back into the auction pool without any contact from the franchise’s new ownership, with the team now rebranded to MI London srkl.in/63324BAFGzQ
Sam Billings: I didn’t even get a text message from the Oval 
Lauren Winfield-Hill: It’s quite savage, really. There’s been no communication whatsoever
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Life follows art Wordle 1,716 2/6* ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
A Clive James phrase to remember: ‘the end of the sentence was slower to arrive than a school holiday’
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Another Polanski where the environment isn’t mentioned. #r4today
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Oof. Page 18 of today’s @theguardian.com causing spluttering this morning for 100 brand people.
Advert showing dozens of brand logos madly squished together.
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Giles Wilson @gillis49.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
My stress dream last night — I was somehow in another remake of The Producers but I couldn’t see the point, which did not go down well.
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