Happy New Year, you lovely bunch.
Alex Andreou
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Actor, writer, broadcaster, and #UKpolitics nut. Host of the #BunkerPodcast and #OhGodWhatNow. Progressive, #proEU, #LGBT, conceiver of #recipes, planter of #garden things, and lover of #opera.
I want you to understand the massive risk I am taking, by writing this. But the time for being meek is over.
The Mail, Sun, and GBNews have warned me: I will be persecuted, even arrested for this, but I feel so strongly that I just have to say it:
Merry Christmas, you rascals!
Seventy hours of interviews behind Nelson Mandela’s epic memoir The Long Walk To Freedom are out now as the podcast Mandela: The Lost Tapes.
I could not have wished for a funnier, more humble, or warmer chat on which to end the year, than Rick Stengel - the ‘ghost’ writer who spent a year interviewing Mandela (and then was editor of TIME and then under-secretary for Obama).
I hope you’ll be as uplifted by this faith-restoring encounter as I was.
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The Nelson Mandela no-one knew – with Richard Stengel
The interviews behind Nelson Mandela’s epic memoir The Long Walk To Freedom are out now as the podcast Mandela: The Lost Tapes. Here, South Africa’s first Black president explains himself in his own words – always inspiring, often funny too. Co-writer Richard Stengel, former Time editor and Obama Undersecretary of State, tells Alex Andreou of his affection for Mandela, how they came to collaborate on books and more, the charm of Mandela’s secretly oversized ego, and what it’s like to work with a giant of history. Hear Mandela: The Lost Tapes exclusively on Audible: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Mandela-The-Lost-Tapes-Podcast/B0BKMQ8GX8 “This took me back 30 years. I felt like I was back in the room with Mandela again.” “Mandela was very good at flattery. And people who are good at it are susceptible to it…” “He was an incredibly charming, sunny man and the listener can now feel a little of that.” Written and presented by Alex Andreou. Producer Jet Gerburtson. Assistant producer Kasia Tomasiewicz. Lead producer Jacob Jarvis. Bunker music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Group Editor Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
‘Barbarian’ is the best horror film I’ve seen this year, by a country mile, and may well be the best film I’ve seen this year. Gruesome, complex, smart storytelling at its absolute best. What a thing Zach Cregger has made. It will stay with me for a while.
A migrant who was unwell, was released from hospital to Manston, where there are no facilities or even beds, inadequate hygiene and rampant disease. He was unlawfully detained there FOR A WEEK, while his condition worsened, before being sent back to hospital - too late. He died of organ failure.
Braverman must be sacked.
Brexit is now so far in the past that we must stop 'relitigating' it, and simultaneously too recent to judge.
We were told that any notion of a downturn was ‘project fear’, that we'd be better off, they need us more than we need them, we'd be ‘unshackled’, and have dozens of deals by midnight when we left.
Now, it *might* all come good, in ten, 20, 50 years. Although zero evidence is supplied on HOW this trajectory of decline might be reversed.
And the grift goes on.
I am so incredibly grateful to all the people here. New migrants like me have been nothing but hopeful and existing accounts nothing but helpful.
Best thing of all, by reinforcing the idea of social media as a shared space, it’s put me in listening, rather than just transmit mode, and made me a lot more mindful of why, how, and what I post across ALL platforms. #mastodon #fediverse #community
Kenny WastellOk then... #FollowFriday time. Theme again: people I've followed on Bird site (not ALL fully active on here yet).
@chrischirp
@profbriancox
@Bazlyons
@natt
@bifobear
@jessphillips
@joeltaylorhack
@RoryCJ
@acjimbo 👀
@zoesqwilliams
@okwonga
@rozenberg
@GuitarMoog
@iamamro
@Haggis
@jon
@DeeeDoc
@SturdyAlex
#FF
@chrischirp
@profbriancox
@Bazlyons
@natt
@bifobear
@jessphillips
@joeltaylorhack
@RoryCJ
@acjimbo 👀
@zoesqwilliams
@okwonga
@rozenberg
@GuitarMoog
@iamamro
@Haggis
@jon
@DeeeDoc
@SturdyAlex
#FF