Sam Diss @samdiss.bsky.social · 22/09/2025not to be all man-who-has-just-read-Lonesome-Dove but why aren't all books more like Lonesome Dove 000
Sam Diss @samdiss.bsky.social · 22/09/2025i forgot I had bluesky but thank you, Matt! glad you enjoyed it mate 010
Sam Diss @samdiss.bsky.social · 01/05/2025i had the pleasure of profiling Virgil van Dijk for @gqmagazine.bsky.social www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/virg...gq-magazine.co.ukThere's no getting past Virgil van DijkAs 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 141
Sam Diss @samdiss.bsky.social · 23/01/2025yet to meet a single person with a solitary nice thing to say about Emilia Perez 020
Sam Diss @samdiss.bsky.social · 09/01/2025with great shame, i am struggling to fill the Vanderpump Rules-shaped void left in my life 010
Reposted by Sam DissAndrew Christie @thatandrewc.bsky.social · 05/01/2025The 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 253
Reposted by Sam DissCordelia Jenkins @cordeliajenkins.bsky.social · 14/12/2024A 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/3Bv9y1Ion.ft.comThe race to make the greatest Christmas ad[FREE TO READ] How British retailers became obsessed with winning the nation’s hearts 544
Sam Diss @samdiss.bsky.social · 14/12/2024immensely enjoyed this piece. it even managed to alleviate my hangover. thank you for sharing. 000
Sam Diss @samdiss.bsky.social · 11/12/2024i 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...gq-magazine.co.ukHow Omari Hutchinson graduated from the footballer style starter packIn 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 021
Reposted by Sam DissJonathan Rimmer @jonathanrimmer.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Started listening today. Well worth checking out. Insightful cultural criticism without the sneery cynicism you get from those who are disconnected from working class culture. 121
Sam Diss @samdiss.bsky.social · 26/11/2024we 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 050
Sam Diss @samdiss.bsky.social · 25/11/2024i 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 130
Sam Diss @samdiss.bsky.social · 25/11/2024i 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 010
Sam Diss @samdiss.bsky.social · 25/11/2024great 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… 360
Sam Diss @samdiss.bsky.social · 24/11/2024thank you mate! and yeah, well it’s always good to have something to work towards innit 000
Sam Diss @samdiss.bsky.social · 24/11/2024this 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 010
Sam Diss @samdiss.bsky.social · 24/11/2024been really enjoying listening to the episodes even without ever reading the book 110
Sam Diss @samdiss.bsky.social · 24/11/2024for 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. 2110
Sam Diss @samdiss.bsky.social · 21/11/2024jet 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. 020
Sam Diss @samdiss.bsky.social · 21/11/2024if you think about “meetings” as just “hanging out” then your whole day becomes far less stressful. 150
Reposted by Sam DissClare Pearson @chpearson.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Loved this podcast. Thoughtful and compelling. Particularly the episode about female football fans. Great work @samdiss.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comThe English Disease | LegacyDocumentary Podcast · 2 Seasons · Series 052
Sam Diss @samdiss.bsky.social · 18/11/2024i 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 000
Sam Diss @samdiss.bsky.social · 18/11/2024i am refusing to pander to the “Andrew Edmunds is better than the French House” crowd and i don’t care what it costs me 120
Sam Diss @samdiss.bsky.social · 18/11/2024really torn between doing my already-late VAT return, and watching The Apartment. one of those moments in life that leaves you at a real crossroads. 020
Reposted by Sam DissRobbosleftpeg @robbosleftpeg.bsky.social · 17/11/2024 Listening to Season 2 very interesting podcast.. @samdiss.bsky.social Doesn't glamorise the violence but I think tries to frame it in today's terms. Dr Lisa Mackenzie brings direct opinions... from Sutton In Ashfield now at University of Bedford pca.st/episode/b1fe...pca.stEpisode 1: Kicking Off - The English Disease | LegacyFootball hooliganism is a dirty phrase in England. Say it and people will think of the 80s – the dark old days. Today, those terraces look very different. But the stories – of organised fights, of pub... 012
Reposted by Sam DissGenevieve @genevieveredgrave.bsky.social · 15/11/2024My recommendation this morning is for 'The English Disease' podcast, looking at why people got into football hooliganism and what this has morphed into. Particularly relevant given the riots over the summer. big fan @samdiss.bsky.social lnk.to/englishdiseaselnk.toThe English Disease | Legacy‘Football hooliganism’ is a dirty phrase in England. Say it and people will think of the 80s – the dark old days. Today, those terraces look very different. But the stories – of organised fights, of... 022
Sam Diss @samdiss.bsky.social · 15/11/2024who do i have to become drunkenly boisterous with to get my podcast nominated for some awards then 020
