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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

This is the most joyful thing I think I've seen all year. There is hope for the future www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBtG...

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Meet The Next Generation of New York City Skateboarding

YouTube video by jenkemmag

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Moog @andytoots.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Nigel Farage walking, but with the St Trinian's Flash Harry music added. 👌🏻

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Jessica Kiang @jessicakiang.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

For most of my life, my pinnacle (as yet unfulfilled) relationship goal has been to have my hair washed on the deck of a boat like in DEAD CALM. RIP to the wonderful Sam Neill who played bad guys and good guys, but who had a specialist talent for making decency the sexier option, even vs Billy Zane.

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

For this, I rewatched Mario Bava's ultra-sweaty, claustrophobic 70s slice of Eurotrash nihilism... in the middle of a heatwave. Frankly, I think I deserve a medal. thesteal.substack.com/p/the-steal-...

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The Steal 021: RABID DOGS (1974)

It's a cruel summer

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

If he was really smart, Andy Burnham would have got the tube to Westminster.

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

In this video there are: 4,340 Hand Animated Frames 108 Ad Rocks 95 MCAs 84 Mike Ds 5 DJ Hurricanes 41 Blue Cop Cars 177 Pairs of Little Sunglasses In this video there isn’t: A.I. What absolute joy www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgXS...

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Stop Motion Sabotage - A Stop Motion Recreation of Beastie Boys "Sabotage" video

YouTube video by Corduroy Frames

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Turning a 3D printed octopus into a bottle stopper. robhinchcliffe.co.uk/blog/posts/d...

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DIY-ish project #2 - Octopus bottle stopper

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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 17/03/2026

RIP Len Deighton, author and illustrator of LEN DEIGHTON’S ACTION COOK BOOK and other works

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Full marks to the Noble Rot writer who came up with this headline for their Jarvis Cocker interview 🍷

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

What is it about the political class that they somehow they weed anyone out who has a genuine, natural sense of humour and charm; so when we find one (ONE!) with those qualities it's like glimpsing a unicorn?

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

“Stick these in your kisser and go suck on ‘em.” In the latest issue of our heist movie newsletter, The Steal, @sizemore.bsky.social takes on Richard Fleischer’s Violent Saturday, from 1955. thesteal.substack.com/p/the-steal-...

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The Steal 012

Violent Saturday (1955)

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Looks like there's a special guest at the Prince Charles cinema this weekend.

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Erik Satie sounds like a bit of a dude.

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Issue 11 of mine and @sizemore.bsky.social's heist film newsletter features Muppets, cheese butties, nudists, and a one-legged miner…. And one of the most influential British heist films of the 60s. Fasten your seatbelts, we’re about to run over a lollypop man thesteal.substack.com/p/the-steal-...

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The Steal 011

Robbery (1967)

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I'm ghoulishly fascianted by the slow inevitable demise of The Evening Standard. But I'm not gleeful about it, just angry and a bit sad that a paper can be destroyed like this. pressgazette.co.uk/news/indepen...

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Independent set to take over running Standard website

Editorial and commercial staff on the Standard website have been told they could be transferred to the owner of The Independent.

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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama. Us: Across your entire career? Reiner: In a 6 year period. Us: That sounds- Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.

Extract from Rob Reiner's Wikipedia

Filmography
1986 - Stand By zme
1987 - The Princess Bride
1989 - When Harry Met Sally
1990 - Misery
1992 - A Few Good Men

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The Steal @thesteal.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Issue 8 is out! @hinchcliffe.bsky.social jumps in to the joyously absurd BLIND RAGE ("Let’s begin by synchronising your Braille watches!") and @sizemore.bsky.social puts the soundtrack to the Italian Job over the Bourne Identity, to make a point about... cinema? open.substack.com/pub/thesteal...

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

6) Art is, in the end, a way of taking a feeling out of my head and trying to jam it into yours from across space and time. There may be some tasty junk food made by AI eventually, but without intention, our appetites to make will be unmet, and we will eventually move on. 6/6

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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Periodically I’m like, “we should all restart nice simple blogs and RSS feeds and start again and do it better this time”.

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I joined my local library (all part of my ongoing mission to extricate myself from Amazon) but they didn't have any adult library cards left 😂

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

“I wouldn’t provoke him, Paul. He doesn’t get a chance to shoot a Cabinet Minister every day!” They don't make them like this anymore...

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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 22/11/2025

Huge news in the world of London restaurants, niche i admit. But perhaps the most influential restaurateurs of their generation are done and they talk to Tim Hayward about their decision on.ft.com/48b0GLb

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St John’s founders are stepping back. What comes next for the trailblazing nose-to-tail restaurant?

[FREE TO READ] Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver are retiring from day-to-day operations after 31 years

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

"I am not an animal! I am a human being."

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

This is such a mess of a film, but also weirdly enjoyable and fascinating...

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

The Steal is mine and @sizemore.bsky.social's newsletter about the beauty and brilliance of heist films, a genre we're a little too obsessed by...

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 07/10/2025

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

A separate music streaming service that only has AI-generated stuff on it? And we can call it Sloppify... No? Okay, fine.

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

The new issue of mine and @sizemore.bsky.social's heist film newsletter is out. This time it's Mike on 1968's THE SPLIT . open.substack.com/pub/thesteal...

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Does anyone want to join me in a whip round for an animatronic dinosaur? gizmodo.com/new-jersey-t...

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New Jersey Theme Park Puts Animatronic Dinosaurs on Facebook Marketplace as It Shuts Down

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Patrick 'Empire of Pain' Radden Keefe has written a book about the death of Zac Brettler... And that's all you should need to know really. bookshop.org/p/books/lond...

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London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth

A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

subsequent to the orange man shooting his mouth off about London, I did the second part of my 100 things I love in London. because I mean, really: open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...

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43 more things I love in London

still just filled to the brim with wonder

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

US: "So taking Tylenol is, uhhh, not good." UK: "So, yeah, we can treat Huntington's now."

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

The second episode of The Steal is up. It's me writing about one of my favourite movies from the 80s, and I think one of my favourite ever feel-good comedies: the brilliant, Malcolm... thesteal.substack.com/p/the-steal-...

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Malcolm (1986)

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Had polio as a child, "drifted aimlessly" in high school, was arrested for “borrowing an automobile that had stolen jewellery in its trunk,” ... and then became Robert Fucking Redford.

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Coming out of social media retirement because me and @sizemore.bsky.social just launched this. If you like heist moves then you'll like this... thesteal.substack.com/p/the-steal-...

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 24/11/2022

Someone just subscribed to @londoninbits who also reads "597 other Substacks". I'm not really sure what that says about the way we consume media today, but it definitely says something.

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 18/11/2022

I joined twitter almost exactly 16 years ago (November 22, 2006). I'm user number 15,573 (think it was @tomcoates that invited me - thanks Tom). My only claim to fame is inviting @sizemore in like some beardy vampire.

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 10/11/2022

Pretty sure @substack are just trolling Elon with these new 'bestseller badges'. But I am here for it. t.co/ydf2Xkyytq

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 05/11/2022

My copy of @ian_livingstone's Dice Men arrived so if I accidentally spend a couple of hundred quid buying Blood Bowl on eBay later, it's not my fault. t.co/a2LLIVYZ7n

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 02/11/2022

Really sad. I remember reading Julie Powell and being amazed at this new 'blog' format. Such a great writer. t.co/lk9Y24wzMm

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 20/10/2022

Does the lettuce become PM now? Is that how it works?

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Rob Hinchcliffe @hinchcliffe.bsky.social · 20/10/2022

I suspect the sign language guy on BBC News knows what's going to happen. t.co/neQYX3wbQq

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