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Will Coldwell

@willcoldwell.bsky.social
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Freelance journalist. Words in The Guardian, GQ, FT Mag, Wired, 1843 Magazine, Prospect, The Observer and beyond Get in touch: w.coldwell@gmail.com willcoldwell.com

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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 17h
Do any of my followers have contacts who work as yachties/ yacht stews? Do let me know if so!
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Joel Chan @kjoules.org · 26/09/2026
A heartbreaking story by @samirashackle.bsky.social of Luna Wong, a young Hongkonger whose parents hoped that by sending her to boarding school in the UK she could recover from her mental health problems. She took her own life less than a year later www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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‘They accepted the money but didn’t take care of my child’: what Luna Wong’s death reveals about the treatment of international students in the UK
When her parents waved her off to study in England they hoped it would be a fresh start the 16-year-old needed after struggling with her mental health in Hong Kong. Instead, 10 months later, she was d...
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There are so many crimes in this thread you have to wonder what the police and Home Secretary think they are doing at this point.
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Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
As a non-practising Jew, I find this line of questioning utterly abhorrent. I also fully support Miliband's position. Jews are not a homogeneous bloc and should not be treated as such, it's dehumanising.
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"That simple question — how do you feel? — guides most runners in the area....The simplicity is in some ways born out of circumstance. Most athletes here can’t afford the watches, carbon-plated super shoes or electrolyte gels that many privileged runners rely on." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/w...
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Aiming for My Fastest Marathon, I Turned to Distance Running’s Mecca
A New York Times reporter’s quest to beat the personal best he set 14 years ago took him to a Kenyan village, where the biggest benefit he got was not what he expected.
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Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
in retrospect, just quite a weird politician www.economist.com/britain/2026...
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Happy to admit that I don't follow football, but I know a lot of you out there do (and apparently there's a big competition on at the moment!?) Anyway, I have a question: who benefits the most politically if England win the World Cup?
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Lol what? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Buckingham Palace says Harry can no longer stay at royal residence on UK visit
Fresh row erupts over Duke of Sussex’s trip, the buildup to which has been overshadowed by security dispute
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Jeez www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Man arrested after boy injured in zoo crocodile enclosure
A 30-year-old man has been arrested after a child ended up in a crocodile enclosure at a farm zoo.
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The average terror suspect arrested in England and Wales is now a white woman in her 50s as a result of the Palestine Action ban Almost 2,800 arrests were made for supporting the group in 6 months - surpassing the number of terror suspects detained in the previous decade inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Palestine Action terror ban remains in place after Home Office wins appeal
Government's decision to proscribe group 'struck a fair balance', Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr tells Court of Appeal
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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This is what a pogrom looks like: men in masks coming to drive you from your home. This is a collective failure of our political and media class because we did not have the courage to say no, and because too many were allowed to embrace this without shame
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Russia is openly waging a form of hybrid warfare against us and this is part of it.
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
But would he spend 900 more? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
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'I spent 900 hours making a model of Lavenham's Crooked House'
He has handbuilt four scale buildings - two in Suffolk and two in Essex.
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Ed Jennings @edjennings.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
It's all kicking off in Canterbury.
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Josh Spero @joshspero.ft.com · 18/05/2026
Terrific journalism from actually looking at the money flows as.ft.com/r/1e5fba60-4...
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Nigel Farage’s accounts challenge claim that he paid for £1.4mn house with TV fee
Reform UK leader has said he did not use £5mn gift from crypto billionaire to buy Surrey property
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
One good thing you can say about the UK is that we're spoilt for metaphors
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
New idea. Next time we publish a report on a politician, I’ll keep the politician’s name blanked out for a week, and let everyone take positions before they find out who it is.
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Let the lady in the blue house be! www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/wh...
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‘Why am I being picked on?’ Council tells pensioner to repaint blue house
A pensioner says she is being picked on after a council ordered her to repaint her blue home following a single complaint.
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Me trying to express the very particular combination of fear and shame I've been feeling (free to read, the @prospectmagazine.co.uk paywall is down until 11 May) www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/argument/731...
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In Britain, Jews are demonised—and too few care
The recent antisemitic attacks make plain what many already feared: Jews have become dehumanised as symbols of Israel’s actions
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Wild that Joanna Newsom isn't on this www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/p...
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The 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I cannot overstate how completely insane this story is
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Reform's plans for a new school curriculum sounds like it is essentially designed to put a whole generation of students off learning history.
Reform said that, under its revised curriculum, students would be taught “the true story of these isles including all of our successes, failures and turning points”.

The party warned that at the moment Britain’s history was often being taught “through a progressive lens, with events framed to suit modern narratives”.

And it pledged to change the curriculum to one that “reflects a patriotic history of the British Isles instead of one that has been retrofitted to justify mass immigration”.Under the plans, schools would have to teach major events including the signing of the Magna Carta, the Wars of the Roses, the English Civil War, the Glorious Revolution, the Act of Union, the Enlightenment, and Victorian Britain.

At least 60 per cent of history lessons would have to focus on British events and exams would be weighted “based on patriotic national content”.

The education secretary would be given new powers to intervene in any schools which refused to adopt, or failed to stick to, the new curriculum.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars. We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director. Please stand by for more.
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Wild! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/p...
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Unmasking the Creator of Bitcoin
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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 10/04/2026
Cliftonville (Kent) Council By-Election Result: 🌍 GRN: 38.8% (+26.7) ➡️ RFM: 33.1% (-7.0) 🌳 CON: 15.2% (-4.5) 🌹 LAB: 10.4% (-11.6) 🙋 Ind: 1.3% (New) 🔶 LDM: 1.2% (-1.9) No Ind (-3.0) as previous. Green GAIN from Reform UK. Changes w/ 2025.
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I'm looking for a journalist/researcher in Belgium who could help me get in touch with someone – anyone on here who might be able to help?
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Albert Douglas, a British businessman, was imprisoned in Dubai for five years over debts incurred by his son's company. Many others like him remain behind bars. My latest for the @theguardian.com Saturday Magazine www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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‘I was beaten and tortured’: how a British father and son made a fortune in Dubai then became wanted men
As the Middle East is drawn into war, expats and influencers are under pressure to only share the positive side of the UAE. In reality many are at risk of being put behind bars, and often find the UK ...
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Hasn't banned dogs though 🤔 www.timeout.com/london/news/...
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One of Hackney’s greatest pubs is completely banning children
The trendy east London boozer now has a no-under-18s policy.
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Thrilled (and flattered) to be invited to this year's International Journalism Festival
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
"Trouble was, the Yorks couldn’t stop saying yes to the odd thousand quid here and there, because, like many addicts, they loved the hit of the low-rent encounter, the scaggy thrill of amping it up." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Andrew O’Hagan · Stay Classy: Mummy’s Favourite
With some people, money and sex are the only truths. It’s the ultimate delinquency to believe that gratification...
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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Update on our libel case 🚨 - the businessman suing us didn’t turn up to the high court for the first hearing. Judge was unimpressed with his medical evidence. Fighting these threats to journalism in the UK is frustrating and expensive but we will win. www.the-londoner.co.uk/that-busines...
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That businessman who’s suing us for £250,000 didn’t turn up to court
Two Italian doctor’s notes and ‘unsatisfactory’ conduct from Claudio Di Giovanni
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
A tax barrister sued me personally for £8m for libel after we linked him to a tax avoidance scheme. Today the High Court struck out the claim, granted summary judgment, and ruled it was a SLAPP. The judgment is highly critical.
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 10/03/2026
‘The gift of Andy and Fergie, which comes at too high a price, has been to bring the antiseptic of daylight to the culture of royal privilege.’ Andrew O’Hagan on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, online early from the next issue. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Andrew O’Hagan · Stay Classy: Mummy’s Favourite
The late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the...
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Still the only story I can think about at the moment www-aljazeera-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.alja...
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Al Jazeera investigation: Iran girls’ school targeting likely ‘deliberate’
Al Jazeera investigation raises questions over deadliest single attack of war that killed 165 schoolgirls and staff.
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Peter Ricketts @lordrickettsp.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Savour the irony here. For a year the Trump administration have browbeaten Zelensky as a loser with no cards. Now they turn to him for anti-drone defences. Perhaps they will now recognise that Ukraine is a valuable, battle-hardened ally.
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Very "Black Doves"
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
This is the only story you need to read right now if you want to understand the values of the US and Israel www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/w...
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Strike on Girls’ School Kills at Least 175, Iranian State Media Says
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
This is precisely why I never bring a faberge egg to the pub www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Met on Fabergé egg hunt after items worth £2m poached from Soho pub
Enzo Conticello admits theft as judge says ‘I expect we’re going to find out’ what he did with egg and luxury watch
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Josephine Moulds @josephinemoulds.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I keep hearing that the rise of the populist right is one of the biggest threats to the climate. Watching Trump’s second term it’s hard to disagree So @tbij.bsky.social looked at what councils controlled by Reform UK are doing on climate What we found was pretty shocking
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Reform’s local councils are bringing climate denial into the…
Top polling party’s moves to ‘undeclare’ the climate emergency and scrap net zero targets could be a sign of things to come
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Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647. open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
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Prince Andrew's Arrest
Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
😬 www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
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Louvre Faces €10M Loss After Decades-Long Ticket Fraud Busted
French authorities have busted a longstanding ticket fraud scheme at the Louvre.
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Great interview on the Epstein Files with Julie K Brown, an inspiring journalist www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
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The Recently Released Epstein Files Reveal What Trump Knew
A newly released F.B.I. report shows that Donald Trump contacted the police about Epstein’s crimes as early as 2006. The Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown discusses the revelations.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
The legacy of populist parties is rich in stories of embezzlement and graft, because their leaders have a strong drive for self-enrichment and little interest in actual governance. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform-run Kent council accused of fabricating £40m net zero savings
Exclusive: Disclosures show figures cited by council leader rested on unfunded ideas listed briefly in budget papers
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Lovely interview www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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‘Regrets? Number one: smoking. Number two: taking it up the wrong hole’: Tracey Emin on reputation, radical honesty – and Reform
She scandalised the art world in the 1990s with her unmade bed, partied hard in the 2000s – then a brush with death turned the artist’s life upside down. Now she’s as frank as ever
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
"if it’s a Fitzcarraldo, I’m more likely to match regardless of whether I’ve read it or not.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
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‘His favourite book was by Jordan Peterson, which was a massive ick’: how books perform on dating apps
Mentions of reading in Tinder bios are up 29% in the last year. But is searching for a fellow fan of one’s favourite author really a shortcut to compatibility?
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Willing to bet that by next year this will be the plot of a Netflix romcom called "Off piste" www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
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Norwegian biathlete wins Winter Olympics bronze and then tells TV interview of affair
Sturla Holm Lægreid broke down in tears after winning bronze in the men’s 20km biathlon and apologised for having an affair
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Da da da da daaaa da da da da da daaa who's Mandelson? www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Peter Mandelson sought advice from Jeffrey Epstein on setting up his advisory firm, Global Counsel, including how to target potential new clients such as the Chinese government. www.ft.com/content/13d2...
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Peter Mandelson sought help from Jeffrey Epstein on setting up advisory firm
Emails from 2010 show former UK minister asking child sex offender how to win political and corporate clients
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Miranda Green @mirandagreen.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
As real journalists from The Washington Post, the AP and elsewhere are getting laid off, pink-slime news sites are stepping in to fill the void. 🧵
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Will Coldwell @willcoldwell.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Watched the Netflix Lucy Letby doc and kinda speechless at what appeas to be the use of AI to "digitally anonymise" interviewees
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