Mic Wright
@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social
I write and report things, and I have a newsletter that some people like. “Do you know what the sad part is…? I’m a very good tailor.” brokenbottleboy.substack.com
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My first book, Breaking: How the Media Works, When it Doesn’t, and Why it Matters, is out June 12. Here’s the cover!
It’s a guide to what doesn’t work in the media and how we might fix it. Pre-order here geni.us/BreakingMicW...
It’s a guide to what doesn’t work in the media and how we might fix it. Pre-order here geni.us/BreakingMicW...
Is Pras Michel the only person to appear on Top of the Pops *and* be sentenced to a long stretch for illegal political lobbying and corruption? Or was there a member of Herman’s Hermits who also had a wild sideline? #totp
November 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Is Pras Michel the only person to appear on Top of the Pops *and* be sentenced to a long stretch for illegal political lobbying and corruption? Or was there a member of Herman’s Hermits who also had a wild sideline? #totp
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Carole Lombard had a smart dog, he was a snappy dresser too.
November 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Carole Lombard had a smart dog, he was a snappy dresser too.
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A trip through the archives with the very first Looks Unfamiliar - featuring Pyramint, Star Wars: Droids, the Platoon ZX Spectrum game and more - and features you may have missed on The Beach Boys, Charity Shops and bad sitcoms with good theme tunes.
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Through The Square Window: Surf’s Up, Satire And Pyramint
A trip through the archives with a look back at features on That Was The Week That Was, The Beach Boys, Star Wars: Droids and more…
timworthington.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A trip through the archives with the very first Looks Unfamiliar - featuring Pyramint, Star Wars: Droids, the Platoon ZX Spectrum game and more - and features you may have missed on The Beach Boys, Charity Shops and bad sitcoms with good theme tunes.
timworthington.org/2024/05/05/t...
timworthington.org/2024/05/05/t...
For years, I have had the phrase, “if dog so smart, why doesn’t he drive car?” in my head. Is this from something or just a thing my brain has created?
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
For years, I have had the phrase, “if dog so smart, why doesn’t he drive car?” in my head. Is this from something or just a thing my brain has created?
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“It’s about focussing people’s anger on benefits claimants, not billionaires.
The ultra-rich remain insulated, & the proprietors who dominate British media ownership are among their number.”
- @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social
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The ultra-rich remain insulated, & the proprietors who dominate British media ownership are among their number.”
- @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-budget...
The budget, the British press, and the long shadow of Benefits Street
Why a TV show from 2014 is still easy shorthand for creating division.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“It’s about focussing people’s anger on benefits claimants, not billionaires.
The ultra-rich remain insulated, & the proprietors who dominate British media ownership are among their number.”
- @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-budget...
The ultra-rich remain insulated, & the proprietors who dominate British media ownership are among their number.”
- @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-budget...
The Times’ reporting on employment tribunals is routinely awful. The headlines are clickbait claims which the body copy often contradicts. In this case the issue was not the use of the word “fireman” but failing to challenge a campaign of persistent offensive behaviour. And he wasn’t fired. He left
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The Times’ reporting on employment tribunals is routinely awful. The headlines are clickbait claims which the body copy often contradicts. In this case the issue was not the use of the word “fireman” but failing to challenge a campaign of persistent offensive behaviour. And he wasn’t fired. He left
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NEW | Wading through coverage of the Budget…
THE BUDGET, THE BRITISH PRESS, AND THE LONG SHADOW OF BENEFITS STREET
Why a TV show from 2014 is still easy shorthand for creating division.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-budget...
THE BUDGET, THE BRITISH PRESS, AND THE LONG SHADOW OF BENEFITS STREET
Why a TV show from 2014 is still easy shorthand for creating division.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-budget...
The budget, the British press, and the long shadow of Benefits Street
Why a TV show from 2014 is still easy shorthand for creating division.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
NEW | Wading through coverage of the Budget…
THE BUDGET, THE BRITISH PRESS, AND THE LONG SHADOW OF BENEFITS STREET
Why a TV show from 2014 is still easy shorthand for creating division.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-budget...
THE BUDGET, THE BRITISH PRESS, AND THE LONG SHADOW OF BENEFITS STREET
Why a TV show from 2014 is still easy shorthand for creating division.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-budget...
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Incidentally, shortly after the Brexit referendum, BBC Radio 4's Today Programme ran a regular feature called "Brexit Street" in which a journalist would visit working class areas of Northern Industrial towns and ask people why they voted leave.
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Incidentally, shortly after the Brexit referendum, BBC Radio 4's Today Programme ran a regular feature called "Brexit Street" in which a journalist would visit working class areas of Northern Industrial towns and ask people why they voted leave.
NEW | Wading through coverage of the Budget…
THE BUDGET, THE BRITISH PRESS, AND THE LONG SHADOW OF BENEFITS STREET
Why a TV show from 2014 is still easy shorthand for creating division.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-budget...
THE BUDGET, THE BRITISH PRESS, AND THE LONG SHADOW OF BENEFITS STREET
Why a TV show from 2014 is still easy shorthand for creating division.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-budget...
The budget, the British press, and the long shadow of Benefits Street
Why a TV show from 2014 is still easy shorthand for creating division.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
NEW | Wading through coverage of the Budget…
THE BUDGET, THE BRITISH PRESS, AND THE LONG SHADOW OF BENEFITS STREET
Why a TV show from 2014 is still easy shorthand for creating division.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-budget...
THE BUDGET, THE BRITISH PRESS, AND THE LONG SHADOW OF BENEFITS STREET
Why a TV show from 2014 is still easy shorthand for creating division.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-budget...
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Rage-bait articles about people angry they’re getting free money are the real inheritance tax - @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social
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Rage-bait articles about people angry they're getting free money are the real inheritance tax...
Is the future of British newspapers just endless stories of well-off people pretending to be victims?
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Rage-bait articles about people angry they’re getting free money are the real inheritance tax - @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/rage-bait-...
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/rage-bait-...
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Another clean, lemony fresh victory for Betteridge’s law.
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Another clean, lemony fresh victory for Betteridge’s law.
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I'M 'SCIENTISTS', YOU GUYS, AND I'M SAYING "IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE IF IT *FEELS* REAL BUT IT'S NOT. ACTUALLY. REAL."
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I'M 'SCIENTISTS', YOU GUYS, AND I'M SAYING "IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE IF IT *FEELS* REAL BUT IT'S NOT. ACTUALLY. REAL."
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Exclusive: The BBC has issued an apology after one of its presenters failed to challenge a climate-sceptic lobbyist who runs a group that has received funding from fossil-fuel interests
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
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BBC Apologises for Failing to Challenge 'Dark Money' Climate-Denial Lobbyist
EXCLUSIVE: BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford 'fell below usual standards'
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Exclusive: The BBC has issued an apology after one of its presenters failed to challenge a climate-sceptic lobbyist who runs a group that has received funding from fossil-fuel interests
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
No, ChatGPT is not conscious. Are the journalists who keep writing these fucking articles?
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
No, ChatGPT is not conscious. Are the journalists who keep writing these fucking articles?
NEW | Analysing a pre-budget blood pressure raiser:
Rage-bait articles about people angry they're getting free money are the real inheritance tax….
Is the future of British newspapers just endless stories of well-off people pretending to be victims?
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/rage-bait-...
Rage-bait articles about people angry they're getting free money are the real inheritance tax….
Is the future of British newspapers just endless stories of well-off people pretending to be victims?
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/rage-bait-...
Rage-bait articles about people angry they're getting free money are the real inheritance tax...
Is the future of British newspapers just endless stories of well-off people pretending to be victims?
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
NEW | Analysing a pre-budget blood pressure raiser:
Rage-bait articles about people angry they're getting free money are the real inheritance tax….
Is the future of British newspapers just endless stories of well-off people pretending to be victims?
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/rage-bait-...
Rage-bait articles about people angry they're getting free money are the real inheritance tax….
Is the future of British newspapers just endless stories of well-off people pretending to be victims?
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/rage-bait-...
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If you’re looking for a Christmas present for a relative who spends far too much time believing what the newspapers say, my book is half-price on Amazon* right now www.amazon.co.uk/Breaking-Med...
Breaking: How the Media Works, When it Doesn't and Why it Matters
Buy Breaking: How the Media Works, When it Doesn't and Why it Matters by Wright, Mic (ISBN: 9781785121364) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
If you’re looking for a Christmas present for a relative who spends far too much time believing what the newspapers say, my book is half-price on Amazon* right now www.amazon.co.uk/Breaking-Med...
If you’re looking for a Christmas present for a relative who spends far too much time believing what the newspapers say, my book is half-price on Amazon* right now www.amazon.co.uk/Breaking-Med...
Breaking: How the Media Works, When it Doesn't and Why it Matters
Buy Breaking: How the Media Works, When it Doesn't and Why it Matters by Wright, Mic (ISBN: 9781785121364) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
www.amazon.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
If you’re looking for a Christmas present for a relative who spends far too much time believing what the newspapers say, my book is half-price on Amazon* right now www.amazon.co.uk/Breaking-Med...
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The New Mutants was supposed to come out in 2017, but... didn't. Instead, it eventually sneaked out almost unnoticed at the height of lockdown. Is it really as bad as the attempts at hiding it might suggest? Here's what me and @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social thought.
timworthington.org/2025/02/12/i...
timworthington.org/2025/02/12/i...
It’s Good, Except It Sucks: The New Mutants With Mic Wright
Mic Wright joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Iliyana Rasputin more or less deciding that her homework is probably the more interesting option after all in The New Mutants.
timworthington.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The New Mutants was supposed to come out in 2017, but... didn't. Instead, it eventually sneaked out almost unnoticed at the height of lockdown. Is it really as bad as the attempts at hiding it might suggest? Here's what me and @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social thought.
timworthington.org/2025/02/12/i...
timworthington.org/2025/02/12/i...
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NEW | The Daily Telegraph, anti-immigrant rhetoric, and some very weird Winnie the Pooh fan fiction...
A column from Allison Pearson shows how Labour's attitude to asylum seekers will never be cruel enough for the Right.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-daily-...
A column from Allison Pearson shows how Labour's attitude to asylum seekers will never be cruel enough for the Right.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-daily-...
The Daily Telegraph, anti-immigrant rhetoric, and some very weird Winnie the Pooh fan fiction...
A column from Allison Pearson shows how Labour's attitude to asylum seekers will never be cruel enough for the Right.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
NEW | The Daily Telegraph, anti-immigrant rhetoric, and some very weird Winnie the Pooh fan fiction...
A column from Allison Pearson shows how Labour's attitude to asylum seekers will never be cruel enough for the Right.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-daily-...
A column from Allison Pearson shows how Labour's attitude to asylum seekers will never be cruel enough for the Right.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-daily-...
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BILL MAHER: seems like everywhere you look these days women are saying sir we asked you to leave
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
BILL MAHER: seems like everywhere you look these days women are saying sir we asked you to leave
“I went home with the waitress/the way I always do/how was I to know she was with the Russians too?” is one of the all time great openings.
Warren Zevon was so brilliant at writing songs that were like three minute short stories.
Warren Zevon was so brilliant at writing songs that were like three minute short stories.
November 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
“I went home with the waitress/the way I always do/how was I to know she was with the Russians too?” is one of the all time great openings.
Warren Zevon was so brilliant at writing songs that were like three minute short stories.
Warren Zevon was so brilliant at writing songs that were like three minute short stories.
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If you want to know why Reform is coming, read this typically incisive dissection of Alison Pearson's latest column by the indispensable Mic Wright.
NEW | The Daily Telegraph, anti-immigrant rhetoric, and some very weird Winnie the Pooh fan fiction...
A column from Allison Pearson shows how Labour's attitude to asylum seekers will never be cruel enough for the Right.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-daily-...
A column from Allison Pearson shows how Labour's attitude to asylum seekers will never be cruel enough for the Right.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-daily-...
The Daily Telegraph, anti-immigrant rhetoric, and some very weird Winnie the Pooh fan fiction...
A column from Allison Pearson shows how Labour's attitude to asylum seekers will never be cruel enough for the Right.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you want to know why Reform is coming, read this typically incisive dissection of Alison Pearson's latest column by the indispensable Mic Wright.
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“As ever, the idea that stripping human rights law from the statute books might be a net negative for everyone doesn’t get a look in.”
The Daily Telegraph, anti-immigrant rhetoric, & some very weird Winnie the Pooh fan fiction - @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social
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The Daily Telegraph, anti-immigrant rhetoric, & some very weird Winnie the Pooh fan fiction - @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/brokenbo...
The Daily Telegraph, anti-immigrant rhetoric, and some very weird Winnie the Pooh fan fiction...
A column from Allison Pearson shows how Labour's attitude to asylum seekers will never be cruel enough for the Right.
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“As ever, the idea that stripping human rights law from the statute books might be a net negative for everyone doesn’t get a look in.”
The Daily Telegraph, anti-immigrant rhetoric, & some very weird Winnie the Pooh fan fiction - @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/brokenbo...
The Daily Telegraph, anti-immigrant rhetoric, & some very weird Winnie the Pooh fan fiction - @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/brokenbo...