Neil Drysdale
@neildrysdale.bsky.social
Aberdeen-based author, ghostwriter and crossword compiler. “Simmy”, the autobiography of Neil Simpson, will be published on May 11, 2026. Now looking for other book projects. [email protected]
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Zia Yusuf - the unelected multimillionaire policy chief of Reform - makes his fourth Question Time appearance tonight.
The party has five MPs
The party has five MPs
December 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Zia Yusuf - the unelected multimillionaire policy chief of Reform - makes his fourth Question Time appearance tonight.
The party has five MPs
The party has five MPs
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Who would have even heard of the spiv, Farage, if it wasn't for the Brexitory Broadcasting Cartel endlessly promoting him?
"Reform leader suggests he would boycott BBC"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"Reform leader suggests he would boycott BBC"
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Farage turns on broadcasters over racism allegations as number of claims hits 28
Reform leader suggests he would boycott BBC, saying he has had letter from Dulwich pupils defending him
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December 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Who would have even heard of the spiv, Farage, if it wasn't for the Brexitory Broadcasting Cartel endlessly promoting him?
"Reform leader suggests he would boycott BBC"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"Reform leader suggests he would boycott BBC"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
That woman who committed the abuse at Fornethy House should have been sent to prison. I don’t care if she is 77, what she did was abominable!
December 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
That woman who committed the abuse at Fornethy House should have been sent to prison. I don’t care if she is 77, what she did was abominable!
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I’d be worried if we got the Queens speech this Christmas ( these people walk amongst us)
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I’d be worried if we got the Queens speech this Christmas ( these people walk amongst us)
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I had to check whether the double S really appeared, as displayed in the image below. Yes, it really did!
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I had to check whether the double S really appeared, as displayed in the image below. Yes, it really did!
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Pleased to discover that slightly misnaming the national chess championship you won as a school child is a much more serious offence than repeatedly racially abusing your fellow pupils and telling them they should go to the gas chamber
December 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Pleased to discover that slightly misnaming the national chess championship you won as a school child is a much more serious offence than repeatedly racially abusing your fellow pupils and telling them they should go to the gas chamber
This is excellent news: a new multi-million-pound centre which will drastically reduce waiting times for many cancer patients in the north east and will open next June. Great work by charities UCAN and Friends of ANCHOR! www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6906...
Exclusive: Work to begin on new ARI centre for cancer patients which will slash waiting times
NHS Grampian has joined forces with UCAN and Friends of Anchor to create a new fast service for patients with urological cancers, designed to have patients get all their scans and diagnostic tests don...
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December 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This is excellent news: a new multi-million-pound centre which will drastically reduce waiting times for many cancer patients in the north east and will open next June. Great work by charities UCAN and Friends of ANCHOR! www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6906...
Vue Aberdeen cinema is closing next month, with the loss of 29 jobs. It’s another blow for the entertainment sector in the city, but Matt Buchanan, who is leading the campaign to reopen the Belmont, told me it won’t have any impact on his plans! www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6905...
New Belmont boss: 'My heart goes out to Vue staff but we're still all systems go for reopening'
The news of the closure of Vue has left Matt Buchanan 'gutted', but he insists it will have no impact on Belmont Filmhouse plans.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Vue Aberdeen cinema is closing next month, with the loss of 29 jobs. It’s another blow for the entertainment sector in the city, but Matt Buchanan, who is leading the campaign to reopen the Belmont, told me it won’t have any impact on his plans! www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6905...
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Was this really the only place Cove Rangers boss Paul Hartley could stand for this interview? Mind you, it did make me laugh at the end of a seriously depressing news programme!
December 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Was this really the only place Cove Rangers boss Paul Hartley could stand for this interview? Mind you, it did make me laugh at the end of a seriously depressing news programme!
Happy St Andrew’s Day to Scots, wherever you are in the world!
November 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Happy St Andrew’s Day to Scots, wherever you are in the world!
Then there is this. With the wonderful Patti Austin for company! youtu.be/a0TVgow_CVM
Moody's Mood
YouTube video by George Benson - Topic
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November 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Then there is this. With the wonderful Patti Austin for company! youtu.be/a0TVgow_CVM
The best version by a country mile. George Benson is so talented, as were the Count Basie band members who joined him on this joyous track! youtu.be/BlxsKYrbnns
George Benson – Beyond The Sea (La Mer)
YouTube video by Shpresina
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November 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The best version by a country mile. George Benson is so talented, as were the Count Basie band members who joined him on this joyous track! youtu.be/BlxsKYrbnns
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Three formidable women - Pamela Harriman, Virginia Hall and Clementine Churchill - have lived in my head for a decade. Now I hear that an amazing 1.2 million of you have bought these books in English alone! Plus many more in nearly 30 languages. I am astonished, thrilled and touched. Thank you all!!
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Three formidable women - Pamela Harriman, Virginia Hall and Clementine Churchill - have lived in my head for a decade. Now I hear that an amazing 1.2 million of you have bought these books in English alone! Plus many more in nearly 30 languages. I am astonished, thrilled and touched. Thank you all!!
I still remember when former Rangers manager Graeme Souness had a journalist thrown out of a press conference in the late 1980s and the rest of the media backed the writer in question. I know it’s a different matter when we’re talking about the US President, but it’s the same principle!
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I still remember when former Rangers manager Graeme Souness had a journalist thrown out of a press conference in the late 1980s and the rest of the media backed the writer in question. I know it’s a different matter when we’re talking about the US President, but it’s the same principle!
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I would call Pete Hegseth a war criminal, but we aren’t at war. He’s just a mass murderer.
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I would call Pete Hegseth a war criminal, but we aren’t at war. He’s just a mass murderer.
This is one of the privileges of working in journalism; the opportunity to talk to people with extraordinary stories. Erika Schulhof died just a few months after I made contact with her, but she never forgot her time in Aberdeen. I tried to do her justice! www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-time...
On my own: The remarkable story of Erika Schulhof's escape to Aberdeen from Nazi horror
She was the youngster who enjoyed a magical childhood in Austria before being forced to flee from the Nazis to a convent boarding school in Aberdeen.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This is one of the privileges of working in journalism; the opportunity to talk to people with extraordinary stories. Erika Schulhof died just a few months after I made contact with her, but she never forgot her time in Aberdeen. I tried to do her justice! www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-time...
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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When this is over I’ll enjoy watching Stephen Miller being held accountable the most.
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
When this is over I’ll enjoy watching Stephen Miller being held accountable the most.
Highland actor Jimmy Yuill has paid a warm tribute to his “Wycliffe” colleague Jack Shepherd, who died earlier this week. The “odd couple” didn’t just share a house for five years; Jack saved Jimmy’s life when the latter was stricken with meningitis! www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6903...
Wycliffe actor Jimmy Yuill pays tribute to late colleague Jack Shepherd: 'He saved my life'
The Golspie-based actor has talked about how his "Wycliffe" star intervened dramatically when he was diagnosed with meningitis.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Highland actor Jimmy Yuill has paid a warm tribute to his “Wycliffe” colleague Jack Shepherd, who died earlier this week. The “odd couple” didn’t just share a house for five years; Jack saved Jimmy’s life when the latter was stricken with meningitis! www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6903...
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Pam Hogg obituary
Pam Hogg obituary
Fashion designer whose idiosyncratic mix of glam and DIY couture was worn by Björk, Siouxsie Sioux and Taylor Swift
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November 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Pam Hogg obituary
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Never let it be said that the British press is out of touch
November 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Never let it be said that the British press is out of touch
I’ve watched the first episodes of two new TV series, based around Sherlock Holmes: “Mademoiselle Holmes”, which I liked, and “Watson”, which I’m more ambivalent about (though Robert Carlyle turns up later as Holmes). I wrote this about Arthur Conan Doyle! conandoyleestate.com/news/insight...
The Conan Doyle Estate, Arthur Conan Doyle's adventures as featured in The Press and Journal
We were contacted recently by a feature writer - Neil Drysdale of the Press and Journal, who was keen to write a piece about the 140th anniversary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?s journey on the whaling sh...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I’ve watched the first episodes of two new TV series, based around Sherlock Holmes: “Mademoiselle Holmes”, which I liked, and “Watson”, which I’m more ambivalent about (though Robert Carlyle turns up later as Holmes). I wrote this about Arthur Conan Doyle! conandoyleestate.com/news/insight...
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This is like when Kissinger got the Nobel Peace Prize
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
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Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is like when Kissinger got the Nobel Peace Prize
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