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Louis Staples

@louisstaples.bsky.social
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Journalist: The Guardian, New York Times, NYMag, BBC, Vogue, GQ, Rolling Stone. Rep'd by United Agents 📚 ✉️: louis-staples@hotmail.com

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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Did she say anything about hyaluronic acid
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
and crucially: you never quite know whether a British character is good or evil 😌
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The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
It’s drivel
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
my brain read this as Theil and I was like whaaaaaaat 😵‍💫
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
If the pub has those tiles you know it slaps
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
51%… yikes
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
You’ll always be piggie Phil to me
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
so weird that they call you Philip
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
clean hob oh she’s taking it
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
this is the most millennial startup thing ever omg 😭
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
🔥 so good!
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Thank you!
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
for @rollingstone.com, I wrote about Meghan’s Netflix show – a pivot that has a lot of potential. Visually, the show looks pristine. But narrative-wise, like most things she does, it’s a confusing mess of annoying contradictions www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
rollingstone.com
Meghan Markle Is Just a Girl, Standing in Front of Fans, Asking Them to Love Her
Duchess of Sussex is attempting a rebrand with her Netflix cooking and lifestyle series, but seems unwilling to show her real self.
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I wrote about my fave girls on The White Lotus and how, actually, most of us are two-faced bitches too! www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film...
harpersbazaar.com
Feeling Triggered by the Toxic Trio in 'The White Lotus'? You're Not the Only One.
Mike White has perfected the art of creating characters who we’re supposed to loathe — even if we’re not entirely unlike them.
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
ur kidding right
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I feel like there is a real case for shortening awards season… I am over it!!!
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
It’s cuz whenever you pitch literally anything it’s like what’s the HOOK is it a NETFLIX SHOW
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I think it’s just one? A year is suspended right?
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
congratulations king!
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Kind of wild how they’re all just openly admitting they’re dependent on America, too? That definitely feels new
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
10/10 title!
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
and even worse: intolerant of dissent when they were just publishing straight-up great replacement theory?!
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
and also by writing about something only a handful of freaks on Twitter were saying he’s just further legitimising the view 🤡
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I love “married MP” like that would be more acceptable if he was single lol
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
lol I meant in the sense that you don't have to do anything for Valentine's Day because it's your anniversary... chill out
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
you can’t hide the fuck ass austerity bob
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
that man’s grifting skills! Whew
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
I feel like they just mean “southern hemisphere” but that has zero ring to it lol
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
I also feel like being a *good* listener and also becoming a practical problem solver - really looking into how things work, options etc - are becoming much bigger friendship skills that I didn't have to use as much before
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
this is so true and makes me so sad! but I feel it. I sometimes feel taken over by a "what's the point?" feeling and it's so difficult to shake
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Wrote about why The Apprentice fucking sucks! (Even though I’m still watching… for some reason) www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
theguardian.com
The Apprentice at 20: how Trump and Alan Sugar’s reality TV baby became little more than ritual humiliation
The entrepreneurial reality show has just turned 20 … and it’s never been worse. It’s almost impossible to believe any of the bragging, soundbite-spewing chancers are even good at business
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
the way it’s actually a slay…
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Pudding is just a catch-all name for the dessert course in the UK - it doesn’t always mean an actual pudding
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
My article about Elon Musk’s sudden (scary!) fascination with the UK is in today’s New York Times paper if you’re able to pick up a copy! 🇬🇧
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
For @nytimes.com, I wrote about Elon Musk’s obsession with the UK, where he has trolled his way into dominating the news cycle For months, Musk has been deriding Britain and testing which of its right-wing leaders are willing to be his mouthpiece. What does he want? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | Elon Musk’s Bizarre, Frightening Obsession With Britain
The billionaire’s interest goes beyond trolling.
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
is yours “Alb 👁️ no”
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Loooooll wait what’s weird about this 😭
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
wasn't he....... a rapist
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
smart!
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
It's the final week of #TheTraitorsUK! I wrote about the secret of the show's success: combining reality TV's founding principles with a totally new, much more challenging set of moral codes www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
theguardian.com
‘Oh my god, I’m a psychopath!’ How The Traitors revolutionised reality TV – for the secretly evil
The wildly popular gameshow has torn up its genre’s rulebook to become one of the best things on television. Its secret? Letting us indulge our fantasies of treachery
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Unfortunately the solution to this is to not fall behind by a week on a fast-moving reality show!
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
I think it’s more that he is a teacher - everyone has had a teacher who acts above their station, like the principal of the school. And we’ve all worked with someone who talks over people, takes credit for things and thinks they’re the boss of you. It’s the way he wields his authority that jars
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
ffs
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
it’s insane! They’re acting like there weren’t millions of people saying this stuff at the time and literally taking the streets
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
not you becoming a data scientist
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I’m always saying this
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Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
it’s giving Into.more
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