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Sam Wollaston

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Feature writer at the Guardian www.theguardian.com/profile/samwoll…

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/09/2026
Dining across the divide: ‘Every rightwing person should have a woke friend and vice versa’
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Dining across the divide: ‘Every rightwing person should have a woke friend and vice versa’
How did a solicitor who is the leader of the English Democrats and a Norwegian national fare on Brexit, surveillance and Ukraine?
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Has his dog left him? He seems to be throwing a ball to himself
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
such a great story, even better when Sabah beat Man U tonight
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
love this @shattenstone.bsky.social interview with Mr T. it's like listening in on it www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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‘I don’t chase the dollar. I never did’: the astonishing hidden life of Mr T
He grew up in the ghetto, became a global superstar – then gave it all up. Why did he step away from the spotlight?
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
More reasons not to shop there..
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Respect to the setter for the top row 👏👏
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Passport patrol dude got himself a Big Mac
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Kim Willsher @kimwillsher.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
As a rule, I don't believe any death should be celebrated. Having seen first hand in Bosnia the evil this man did, I will make an exception here. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, dies aged 84
Bosnian Serb commander responsible for Srebrenica massacre dies in prison while serving life sentence for genocide
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Stop considering it. Just ban them. Do it now. Disposable barbecues are (a) useless as BBQs, take ages, food often still raw in middle, (b) environmentally horrible, (c) incredibly good at starting massive fires. There is no good argument for them. Bin them off www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Burnham to consider ban on disposable barbecues as wildfires rage in UK
PM to look at imposing restriction in public spaces, though campaigners fear it does not go far enough
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Here tonight was all about Bonnie Tyler
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Colander method
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
loads of hummingbird hawk moths in NW London this year
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Co op tortelloni not so great
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Tulisa so impressive on Newsagents
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/08/2026
Dining across the divide: ‘He didn’t change my mind on anything – but he did give me a lift to my car’
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Dining across the divide: ‘He didn’t change my mind on anything – but he did give me a lift to my car’
A prospective Restore Britain voter and a Green-supporting Chinese immigrant found some common ground over small-boat crossings, but where did they land on foxhunting?
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Arsenal got way more
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
or even Burnham-on-Crouch
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SussexEpic @sussexepic.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Interesting but no surprise that the Argentinian football robot goes for the Spanish robot's shins rather than the ball. AI was clearly watching last night's game
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
sandwich looks rubbish, I'm sending it back
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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
His mother, María Arthuer, crossed the Sahara Desert barefoot in 1994. She climbed over Melilla’s border fence penniless and pregnant with Iñaki. Today, her son is a world champion. #respect
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The Battle of the Peasants, by M.D. Hout, 17th c
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Come back Gareth?
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
“there’ll be no fucking rowing in New York” is the best chant
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Thomas Penny @thomaswpenny.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
My allotment harvest this morning. A tribute to TS Eliot.
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Marmite on toast ice cream - you’ll hate it
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Lucas S Diamond @monkeydoctor.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Spare a thought for Trump during the Spain v Belgium game Friday, he won't know who to have shafted by Infantino in his next corruption call
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Brian Larkin @derrymanc.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Colombia v Switzerland being referred to as Charlie v The Chocolate Factory.
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Balogun's going to score the winner isn't he
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
v bored of norway rowing now. shut up, yr not vikings, you work in the oil industry
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
make the BBC games more exciting by taking bets on the number of times Alan Shearer says "pace" and "space"
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
you either love 'em or hate 'em
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Nice piece about Burnham and how politics and literature don't have to be mutually exclusive. Shame the novels of N Dorries didn't get a mention tho... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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At a poet’s memorial, I saw how Andy Burnham could be a different kind of prime minister | Blake Morrison
The putative PM-to-be explained how one of Tony Harrison’s poems gave him a new outlook, says poet and author Blake Morrison
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Wish they’d also sent off the Turkish guy when he mimed what Almiron did
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
@dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social Hi Dawn, I know it's an important issue for you, so I hope you're getting behind the campaign to stop yet another gambling place in Brent? In the old Lloyds bank in Willesden (don't save your money, lose it!) Thank you, Sam (Dollis Hill)
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
"a great artist and a great human" - lovely piece by Jonathan Jones www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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‘David Hockney caught the look of the modern world’: a tribute to the artist whose work was a feast of visual pleasure
He was subversive and bold, yet also playful and accepting – putting the fun into pop art and finding freedom and fulfilment amid the blue skies and pools of California. David Hockney, who has died ag...
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
We always pay to sit away from our children
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I did something about a house www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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It was Britain’s most expensive house. Why is its only resident a homeless man who lives on the porch?
2-8A Rutland Gate had jewel-encrusted bathroom suites and gold wastepaper bins in its 45 rooms, but has lain empty for years. With many people desperate for secure housing, what does the abandonment o...
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
YES! Cape Verde in the office sweepstake. Cmon you… Blue Sharks!
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
if my calculations (asking AI) are right, the earliest USA and Iran can meet at the World Cup is in the 1st knockout round on July 3 🙏
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
good
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Blue tits fledged from the nest box. Some joyous flight practice (with me shoeing off magpies and cats), now they're gone, and the garden is silent. Bereft.
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
neighbour just came round to warn he was hosting a drumming workshop this weekend....
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
4/20 ☹️ www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
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The 100 best novels of all time
A countdown of the greatest literature ever published in English, as voted for by authors, critics and academics worldwide. How many have you read?
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
brilliant, obvs www.theguardian.com/football/pic...
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David Squires on … Arsenal, West Ham and a Royal Rumble for the ages
Our cartoonist on the Premier League title potentially being decided by a lengthy VAR check after goalmouth grappling
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
a 40,000 acre data centre in Utah - I think that would make it bigger than Liechtenstein edition.cnn.com/2026/05/09/t...
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Why Utah residents are protesting a massive AI data center project backed by Kevin O’Leary | CNN Business
A group of rural Utah residents wants a chance to vote in November to oppose a massive AI data center development — the latest example of Americans resisting new data center projects over fears they’l...
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Esther Addley @estheraddley.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Ah, the days when people bought newspapers to get a free copy of an interview with Francis Bacon from 1963
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
this is surprisingly difficult, apart from Reform candidates which are unsurprisingly easy guesstheparty.co.uk
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Guess the Party — Can you tell a UK councillor's party from their face?
A UK political face-guessing game. 2,000+ real councillor photos, live stats from millions of guesses. Can you pick Labour from Reform on sight alone?
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Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I went to a pub www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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‘Now the village is dead. It’s awful’: why was one of Britain’s best pubs forced to close?
For 400 years, The Hare and Hounds in Bowland Bridge offered a warm welcome to locals and travellers. Then the rent doubled. With two pubs a day closing in England and Wales, can the community save th...
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