Andrew Craig
@andrewcraig.bsky.social
Co-editor of Head In The Clouds: The Best Stories From 50 Years of Free Flying. Get it from xcmag.com or your local bookshop. Paraglider pilot, cyclist. Krypton Factor champion 1992, twice Mastermind semifinalist, winner on The Chase. Former BBC journalist
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I’m quite enjoying the 180 turn on a six pence from “you’ve wrecked the economy and created a black hole” to “there was no black hole and this is even worse”.
November 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I’m quite enjoying the 180 turn on a six pence from “you’ve wrecked the economy and created a black hole” to “there was no black hole and this is even worse”.
Ridge Hopping
YouTube video by Nik Valiris
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November 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Yes! Buy all your friends a copy of Head In The Clouds for Christmas! They'll love it.
Cross Country paragliding gifts for 2025 – From speed bars to best-selling books like Mastering Paragliding or Advanced Paragliding we can help with what to buy the pilot in your life – xcmag.com?p=124902?utm...
Cross Country paragliding gifts for 2025
From speed bars to best-selling books like Mastering Paragliding or Advanced Paragliding we can help with what to buy the pilot in your life
xcmag.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Yes! Buy all your friends a copy of Head In The Clouds for Christmas! They'll love it.
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Cross Country paragliding gifts for 2025 – From speed bars to best-selling books like Mastering Paragliding or Advanced Paragliding we can help with what to buy the pilot in your life – xcmag.com?p=124902?utm...
Cross Country paragliding gifts for 2025
From speed bars to best-selling books like Mastering Paragliding or Advanced Paragliding we can help with what to buy the pilot in your life
xcmag.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Cross Country paragliding gifts for 2025 – From speed bars to best-selling books like Mastering Paragliding or Advanced Paragliding we can help with what to buy the pilot in your life – xcmag.com?p=124902?utm...
Drop you as a New Wave album cover here
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Drop you as a New Wave album cover here
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If you want to stop doom scrolling on an evening watch subtitled foreign TV programmes, often much better than a lot of the current English language dross being served up and reading the subs means you can't read your phone at the same time.
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
If you want to stop doom scrolling on an evening watch subtitled foreign TV programmes, often much better than a lot of the current English language dross being served up and reading the subs means you can't read your phone at the same time.
My friend Nik Valiris took this picture of me flying over the Alton Barnes white horse today. A beautiful autumn afternoon in the Vale of Pewsey.
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
My friend Nik Valiris took this picture of me flying over the Alton Barnes white horse today. A beautiful autumn afternoon in the Vale of Pewsey.
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The Treasury backed off imposing a new cap on transactions under the Cycle to Work scheme, something they'd previously told @pickardje.bsky.social they planned to do. Here's our story about cycle retailers' relief at being spared: www.ft.com/content/91cc...
Retailers ‘very pleased’ as Reeves backs off Cycle to Work scheme
Employee perk to continue after Treasury U-turn
www.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The Treasury backed off imposing a new cap on transactions under the Cycle to Work scheme, something they'd previously told @pickardje.bsky.social they planned to do. Here's our story about cycle retailers' relief at being spared: www.ft.com/content/91cc...
A pleasant, if chilly, afternoon's flying at Milk Hill White Horse, after a wait for the wind.
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A pleasant, if chilly, afternoon's flying at Milk Hill White Horse, after a wait for the wind.
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Good to hear that the male has since been disqualified and Andrea Thompson has been awarded her rightful title.
www.bbc.com/sport/weight...
www.bbc.com/sport/weight...
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Good to hear that the male has since been disqualified and Andrea Thompson has been awarded her rightful title.
www.bbc.com/sport/weight...
www.bbc.com/sport/weight...
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'In the late 2000s, a friend sent me a video of the then Ukip leader haranguing EU commissioners. The instant I saw Nigel Farage, my blood froze. All I could think of was his 13-year-old self sidling up to me, growling: "Hitler was right. Gas them. Ssssssssssss".'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
'In the late 2000s, a friend sent me a video of the then Ukip leader haranguing EU commissioners. The instant I saw Nigel Farage, my blood froze. All I could think of was his 13-year-old self sidling up to me, growling: "Hitler was right. Gas them. Ssssssssssss".'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Auntie In The Dock: my SKETCH of Today in People Who Love The BBC And Definitely Didn't Leak Anything To The Telegraph.
Auntie in the dock | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
“I have been defined by these two years at Number 10,” Robbie Gibb complained, sounding for all the world like the chap in the joke who only shagged one sheep. How dare anyone suggest that this…
thecritic.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Auntie In The Dock: my SKETCH of Today in People Who Love The BBC And Definitely Didn't Leak Anything To The Telegraph.
#mastermind What a contrast in special subjects - the French Revolution v a television series. One of them is worth knowing about.
November 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
#mastermind What a contrast in special subjects - the French Revolution v a television series. One of them is worth knowing about.
A movie that takes place where you're from.
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
A movie that takes place where you're from.
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
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Podrás revivir tu vuelo con Agerair Parapent.
Estas imágenes son un ejemplo del recuerdo que te llevarás si vuelas en parapente, en Àger, Lleida. ¡Una aventura inolvidable!
#agerair #parapent #volar #ager #agerairparapent
Estas imágenes son un ejemplo del recuerdo que te llevarás si vuelas en parapente, en Àger, Lleida. ¡Una aventura inolvidable!
#agerair #parapent #volar #ager #agerairparapent
November 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Podrás revivir tu vuelo con Agerair Parapent.
Estas imágenes son un ejemplo del recuerdo que te llevarás si vuelas en parapente, en Àger, Lleida. ¡Una aventura inolvidable!
#agerair #parapent #volar #ager #agerairparapent
Estas imágenes son un ejemplo del recuerdo que te llevarás si vuelas en parapente, en Àger, Lleida. ¡Una aventura inolvidable!
#agerair #parapent #volar #ager #agerairparapent
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YA SALAAM YA MCTIERNEY!
November 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
YA SALAAM YA MCTIERNEY!
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Fully expecting this btw
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Fully expecting this btw
Ooooooooooohhhhhh! DID YOU SEE THAT
November 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Ooooooooooohhhhhh! DID YOU SEE THAT
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FUCKING HELL MCTOMINAY!!!!
November 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
FUCKING HELL MCTOMINAY!!!!
@lairigghruver.bsky.social just followed you for the name. (I spent the first four days of 1984 stuck in the Corrour bothy on my own in a blizzard.)
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
@lairigghruver.bsky.social just followed you for the name. (I spent the first four days of 1984 stuck in the Corrour bothy on my own in a blizzard.)
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I’m not saying I won’t moan about it when the time comes to pay, but I think the Govt should raise my income tax because I am profoundly worried about the state of public services.
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I’m not saying I won’t moan about it when the time comes to pay, but I think the Govt should raise my income tax because I am profoundly worried about the state of public services.