Archie Bland
@archiebland.bsky.social
Editor of the Guardian’s First Edition newsletter.
Starting a new job as head of national news on Monday so this is my last newsletter. Scroll to the bottom to see my dog getting baked
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Friday briefing: Six lessons from three years of bringing you this newsletter
In today’s newsletter: After more than 450 early alarms, countless headlines and one rogue squirrel, it’s time for me to say goodbye. It’s been a privilege to share the biggest stories – and some ...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Starting a new job as head of national news on Monday so this is my last newsletter. Scroll to the bottom to see my dog getting baked
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First Edition is about how the extremely online right seeded the ‘Boriswave’ conversation, and why they’re basically the Miranda Priestlys of contemporary politics. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Tuesday briefing: The online origins of ‘Boriswave’, the right’s favourite new phrase
In today’s newsletter: How a term created by the extremely online right made it into the mainstream press – and a major speech by Nigel Farage
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September 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
First Edition is about how the extremely online right seeded the ‘Boriswave’ conversation, and why they’re basically the Miranda Priestlys of contemporary politics. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
I wrote about the Vylanising of the Gaza discourse, and what happens if you keep telling people things they can see aren’t true. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Gaza discourse has been Vylanised – but that diversionary strategy just doesn’t work any more | Archie Bland
Those appalled by Israel’s actions in Gaza, and the kind of media frenzy prompted by Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury appearance, are finding their voice, says Archie Bland, editor of the Guardian’s First Edit...
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July 5, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I wrote about the Vylanising of the Gaza discourse, and what happens if you keep telling people things they can see aren’t true. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Archie Bland
On today’s podcast, @archiebland.bsky.social talks about the day his son, Max, stopped breathing, and learning to advocate for a disabled child. This episode brims with love as well as rage at an ableist world and it was an honour to be trusted with Max’s story www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
My son Max, the boy who came back to life - podcast
Guardian journalist Archie Bland describes the day his seven-week-old son stopped breathing, and the life he has led in the two years since
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May 26, 2025 at 7:28 AM
On today’s podcast, @archiebland.bsky.social talks about the day his son, Max, stopped breathing, and learning to advocate for a disabled child. This episode brims with love as well as rage at an ableist world and it was an honour to be trusted with Max’s story www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
The great Today In Focus team of @helenpidd.bsky.social @alexatack.bsky.social and @samikent.bsky.social made an episode about Max and did him proud. You can listen to it here:
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
My son Max, the boy who came back to life - podcast
Guardian journalist Archie Bland describes the day his seven-week-old son stopped breathing, and the life he has led in the two years since
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The great Today In Focus team of @helenpidd.bsky.social @alexatack.bsky.social and @samikent.bsky.social made an episode about Max and did him proud. You can listen to it here:
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes after the first bit.
Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
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Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
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The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max
It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life
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May 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes after the first bit.
Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
You may have seen the recent fury over
@Motability
: how ‘sickfluencers’ are helping ‘bedwetting boy racers’ get ‘50-grand Mercs’ for free. This is basically a myth, and its laundering into the mainstream is an object lesson in How Things Work Now. Thread follows.
@Motability
: how ‘sickfluencers’ are helping ‘bedwetting boy racers’ get ‘50-grand Mercs’ for free. This is basically a myth, and its laundering into the mainstream is an object lesson in How Things Work Now. Thread follows.
March 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
You may have seen the recent fury over
@Motability
: how ‘sickfluencers’ are helping ‘bedwetting boy racers’ get ‘50-grand Mercs’ for free. This is basically a myth, and its laundering into the mainstream is an object lesson in How Things Work Now. Thread follows.
@Motability
: how ‘sickfluencers’ are helping ‘bedwetting boy racers’ get ‘50-grand Mercs’ for free. This is basically a myth, and its laundering into the mainstream is an object lesson in How Things Work Now. Thread follows.