Matthew Sweet
@drmatthewsweet.bsky.social
Writer, broadcaster, Barbara Cartland fan
Well deserved!
Huge congratulations to our brilliant producer @natalie-steed.bsky.social who’s been Gold-awarded at the #apas for her work on The Cockney Yiddish Podcast
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Absolutely thrilled to be awarded Gold in the Branded Content Category at the #apas for the splendid @cockneyyiddish.bsky.social Thank you to Prof Nadia Valman &Dr Vivi Lachs for trusting me with their ideas. What a joy!
November 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Well deserved!
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“Stop trying to make Fetch Priory happen.”
November 28, 2025 at 7:57 AM
“Stop trying to make Fetch Priory happen.”
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Silent movies are better than modern movies because they always shoot their shot. There's no namby-pamby saving the good stuff for the sequel(s). They have you there and they WILL entertain you with everything they have.
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Silent movies are better than modern movies because they always shoot their shot. There's no namby-pamby saving the good stuff for the sequel(s). They have you there and they WILL entertain you with everything they have.
events.bl.uk/events/frank... Hosting this at @britishlibrary.bsky.social: corpse reviver in the bar after I think.
Frankenstein: Guillermo del Toro in Conversation | British Library
The acclaimed films of Guillermo del Toro are inspired by his love and knowledge of classic gothic and mysterious literature, from Edgar Allan Poe and Daph
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November 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
events.bl.uk/events/frank... Hosting this at @britishlibrary.bsky.social: corpse reviver in the bar after I think.
Remember -
Net migration rises: The government has lost control of the borders
Net migration fails: The government has trashed the country so badly that no one wants to come here
Net migration rises: The government has lost control of the borders
Net migration fails: The government has trashed the country so badly that no one wants to come here
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Rupert Hine : The Shout
original soundtrack, electronics & effects
original soundtrack, electronics & effects
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Rupert Hine : The Shout
original soundtrack, electronics & effects
original soundtrack, electronics & effects
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
Watched Fassbinder's Third Generation tonight, to honour Udo. A Baader-Meinhof farce in which the protagonists have the same shagpile carpet as Petra von Kant and the action is punctuated by captions quoting dirty stuff found on toilet walls in west Berlin. An evening well spent.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Watched Fassbinder's Third Generation tonight, to honour Udo. A Baader-Meinhof farce in which the protagonists have the same shagpile carpet as Petra von Kant and the action is punctuated by captions quoting dirty stuff found on toilet walls in west Berlin. An evening well spent.
In 2018 I wrote about the conspiracy theorist Lyndon LaRouche going crazy and believing that Stephen Spender and Nelson Rockefeller had sent brainwashed assassins to kill him. This is like seeing your research subject come to life. www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant...
Candace Owens alleges assassination plot involving Macrons | The Jerusalem Post
Candace Owens claims the Macrons ordered an assassination plot against her, alleging Israeli involvement, though no evidence or official confirmation has been provided.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
In 2018 I wrote about the conspiracy theorist Lyndon LaRouche going crazy and believing that Stephen Spender and Nelson Rockefeller had sent brainwashed assassins to kill him. This is like seeing your research subject come to life. www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant...
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Ok, ok, ONE more
The original scripted ending for The Deadly Assassin, which would have ended with this BRILLIANT roller caption and they should have kept it in!
#doctorwhoday #doctorwho
The original scripted ending for The Deadly Assassin, which would have ended with this BRILLIANT roller caption and they should have kept it in!
#doctorwhoday #doctorwho
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Ok, ok, ONE more
The original scripted ending for The Deadly Assassin, which would have ended with this BRILLIANT roller caption and they should have kept it in!
#doctorwhoday #doctorwho
The original scripted ending for The Deadly Assassin, which would have ended with this BRILLIANT roller caption and they should have kept it in!
#doctorwhoday #doctorwho
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Become an indentured labourer?
Dubai on a budget: How to visit the winter sun destination for less
Dubai on a budget: How to visit the winter sun destination for less
Dubai on a budget: How to visit the winter sun destination for less
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November 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Become an indentured labourer?
Udo Kier - cinema’s fallen angel and an embodiment of the screen’s delicious power to corrupt - is gone. "I would live like the hero of Huysman's A Rebours,” he once told me. “Have no clocks, and hire two nuns to go by my window and pray at 12 o'clock each day."
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Udo Kier - cinema’s fallen angel and an embodiment of the screen’s delicious power to corrupt - is gone. "I would live like the hero of Huysman's A Rebours,” he once told me. “Have no clocks, and hire two nuns to go by my window and pray at 12 o'clock each day."
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Scary stuff - and well done @theguardian.com for exposing such a sordid, sad, dangerous business.
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Scary stuff - and well done @theguardian.com for exposing such a sordid, sad, dangerous business.
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As many of you know, I do a lot of volunteer work with asylum seekers and refugees. One thing that’s going on is that Labour’s hostility towards migrants and the counterbattery from Tories and Reform is causing horrific fear and anxiety among vulnerable people who deserve our protection.
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
As many of you know, I do a lot of volunteer work with asylum seekers and refugees. One thing that’s going on is that Labour’s hostility towards migrants and the counterbattery from Tories and Reform is causing horrific fear and anxiety among vulnerable people who deserve our protection.
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I do not use ChatGPT because I still remember when you had to go to your local at a specific time of day to listen to someone slurring conspiracy theories with utmost confidence and I will never allow Sam Altman to take that from me
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I do not use ChatGPT because I still remember when you had to go to your local at a specific time of day to listen to someone slurring conspiracy theories with utmost confidence and I will never allow Sam Altman to take that from me
And a K9 comput-aaaaa
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
And a K9 comput-aaaaa
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Remembering that time the late Queen set off from the Shire to take a ring to Mordor.
November 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Remembering that time the late Queen set off from the Shire to take a ring to Mordor.
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Reading Antiquities of Athens & Attica Vol. 2 - my fav book @porticolibrary.bsky.social as part of a movement workshop.
November 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Reading Antiquities of Athens & Attica Vol. 2 - my fav book @porticolibrary.bsky.social as part of a movement workshop.
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Daily Mail owner DMGT has just signed a deal to buy the Telegraph, which would unite the UK’s two strongest right-wing papers under one owner.
It will almost certainly trigger a competition probe. Another major moment coming for Lisa Nandy as culture secretary.
It will almost certainly trigger a competition probe. Another major moment coming for Lisa Nandy as culture secretary.
Daily Mail owner strikes £500mn deal for Telegraph on.ft.com/3JSdIFj
Daily Mail owner strikes £500mn deal for Telegraph
Tie-up would create one of the most powerful right-leaning media groups in Britain
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November 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Daily Mail owner DMGT has just signed a deal to buy the Telegraph, which would unite the UK’s two strongest right-wing papers under one owner.
It will almost certainly trigger a competition probe. Another major moment coming for Lisa Nandy as culture secretary.
It will almost certainly trigger a competition probe. Another major moment coming for Lisa Nandy as culture secretary.
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Clueless is so great. Why didn't they make a 90s version of every Jane Austen novel? Persuasion would be perfect, Louisa could be injured skysurfing
November 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Clueless is so great. Why didn't they make a 90s version of every Jane Austen novel? Persuasion would be perfect, Louisa could be injured skysurfing
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lmao, but aside from that: 👌
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
lmao, but aside from that: 👌
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Hello. This is marvellous x
1969: Marty Feldman - What is Comedy? | One Pair of Eyes | Comedy Icons | BBC Archive
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November 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Hello. This is marvellous x