Harry Wallop
@harrywallop.co.uk
Consumer journalist | Feature writer | Columnist for Times Business | Make TV progs, chats on radio | Host conferences, panels etc.
Agent: Knight Ayton
Agent: Knight Ayton
Fascinating TFL journey data. Londoners are taking 20% fewer daily trips than 12yrs ago. It's not just WFH, it's fewer shopping trips, fewer evenings out.
Via (the always interesting @londoncentric.media).
Via (the always interesting @londoncentric.media).
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Fascinating TFL journey data. Londoners are taking 20% fewer daily trips than 12yrs ago. It's not just WFH, it's fewer shopping trips, fewer evenings out.
Via (the always interesting @londoncentric.media).
Via (the always interesting @londoncentric.media).
👅🐷 🎁 Aldi has made some lickable pigs-in-blanket wrapping paper. Why?
I don’t know. But I licked it so you don’t have to.
I don’t know. But I licked it so you don’t have to.
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
👅🐷 🎁 Aldi has made some lickable pigs-in-blanket wrapping paper. Why?
I don’t know. But I licked it so you don’t have to.
I don’t know. But I licked it so you don’t have to.
Can I congratulate the casting director of Prisoner 951 (BBC drama about Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe).
Richard Ratcliffe, played by Joseph Fiennes, and his father, played by Nicholas Farrell, look remarkably like father & son.
Richard Ratcliffe, played by Joseph Fiennes, and his father, played by Nicholas Farrell, look remarkably like father & son.
November 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Can I congratulate the casting director of Prisoner 951 (BBC drama about Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe).
Richard Ratcliffe, played by Joseph Fiennes, and his father, played by Nicholas Farrell, look remarkably like father & son.
Richard Ratcliffe, played by Joseph Fiennes, and his father, played by Nicholas Farrell, look remarkably like father & son.
Is this a warning…?
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Is this a warning…?
Times births column today
November 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Times births column today
It’s my birthday today. England’s dismal #Ashes performance has taken edge off celebrations. So I thought I’d treat myself to a free bun from Gail’s.
Wait! You now have to make a purchase to get your free treat?! When did Gail’s do this? Why does everything get worse?
Wait! You now have to make a purchase to get your free treat?! When did Gail’s do this? Why does everything get worse?
November 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
It’s my birthday today. England’s dismal #Ashes performance has taken edge off celebrations. So I thought I’d treat myself to a free bun from Gail’s.
Wait! You now have to make a purchase to get your free treat?! When did Gail’s do this? Why does everything get worse?
Wait! You now have to make a purchase to get your free treat?! When did Gail’s do this? Why does everything get worse?
So we need to farm it better. The Icelandic indoor farm says mortality rates are 3% or less. They can’t escape. The filters stop any pollution. The fish are healthier
Is it really the future. And are the fish happy indoors?
I investigated for the Sunday Times Magazine 5/🧵
Is it really the future. And are the fish happy indoors?
I investigated for the Sunday Times Magazine 5/🧵
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
So we need to farm it better. The Icelandic indoor farm says mortality rates are 3% or less. They can’t escape. The filters stop any pollution. The fish are healthier
Is it really the future. And are the fish happy indoors?
I investigated for the Sunday Times Magazine 5/🧵
Is it really the future. And are the fish happy indoors?
I investigated for the Sunday Times Magazine 5/🧵
Farmed salmon
a) can escape & breed with wild salmon – diluting wild 🐟 genes
b) cause pollution. Their 💩 damage lochs & fjords
c) on av. about 20% of farmed salmon die every year. On some farms it’s as high as 80%.
We could stop eating salmon. But it’s nutritious protein 3/🧵
a) can escape & breed with wild salmon – diluting wild 🐟 genes
b) cause pollution. Their 💩 damage lochs & fjords
c) on av. about 20% of farmed salmon die every year. On some farms it’s as high as 80%.
We could stop eating salmon. But it’s nutritious protein 3/🧵
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Farmed salmon
a) can escape & breed with wild salmon – diluting wild 🐟 genes
b) cause pollution. Their 💩 damage lochs & fjords
c) on av. about 20% of farmed salmon die every year. On some farms it’s as high as 80%.
We could stop eating salmon. But it’s nutritious protein 3/🧵
a) can escape & breed with wild salmon – diluting wild 🐟 genes
b) cause pollution. Their 💩 damage lochs & fjords
c) on av. about 20% of farmed salmon die every year. On some farms it’s as high as 80%.
We could stop eating salmon. But it’s nutritious protein 3/🧵
Why indoors? 1st Let’s look at the huge 📈 in salmon farming & consumption.
Salmon were 1st farmed commercially in early 1970s.
In 1974 av UK adult ate just 2g of salmon a week. Now it’s UK’s most popular fish. By far. We eat £1.5bn it p.a.
But it’s causing huge problems
2/6🧵
Salmon were 1st farmed commercially in early 1970s.
In 1974 av UK adult ate just 2g of salmon a week. Now it’s UK’s most popular fish. By far. We eat £1.5bn it p.a.
But it’s causing huge problems
2/6🧵
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Why indoors? 1st Let’s look at the huge 📈 in salmon farming & consumption.
Salmon were 1st farmed commercially in early 1970s.
In 1974 av UK adult ate just 2g of salmon a week. Now it’s UK’s most popular fish. By far. We eat £1.5bn it p.a.
But it’s causing huge problems
2/6🧵
Salmon were 1st farmed commercially in early 1970s.
In 1974 av UK adult ate just 2g of salmon a week. Now it’s UK’s most popular fish. By far. We eat £1.5bn it p.a.
But it’s causing huge problems
2/6🧵
🍣 🇮🇸 This is an indoor salmon farm in Iceland. A tank the size of x1.5 Olympic swimming pool.
It contains 60,000 adult salmon.
Indoor salmon farming is championed as the future. Better for fish & the environment.
I investigated these claims for Sunday Times Magazine…🧵1/6
It contains 60,000 adult salmon.
Indoor salmon farming is championed as the future. Better for fish & the environment.
I investigated these claims for Sunday Times Magazine…🧵1/6
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🍣 🇮🇸 This is an indoor salmon farm in Iceland. A tank the size of x1.5 Olympic swimming pool.
It contains 60,000 adult salmon.
Indoor salmon farming is championed as the future. Better for fish & the environment.
I investigated these claims for Sunday Times Magazine…🧵1/6
It contains 60,000 adult salmon.
Indoor salmon farming is championed as the future. Better for fish & the environment.
I investigated these claims for Sunday Times Magazine…🧵1/6
🏉👖🩳 Fabulous Joe Marler interview in @thetimes.com Including this gem about his hatred of trousers…
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🏉👖🩳 Fabulous Joe Marler interview in @thetimes.com Including this gem about his hatred of trousers…
🎄📺 I’ve been to see Waitrose’s Christmas advert. In a cinema.
I’m not allowed to say anything yet, but…
A) it’s genuinely very good & fun
B) if you search Wed TV schedules you’ll see they’ve paid for a broadcast slot.
You’ll have to wait to see if it’s worth this hoopla
I’m not allowed to say anything yet, but…
A) it’s genuinely very good & fun
B) if you search Wed TV schedules you’ll see they’ve paid for a broadcast slot.
You’ll have to wait to see if it’s worth this hoopla
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🎄📺 I’ve been to see Waitrose’s Christmas advert. In a cinema.
I’m not allowed to say anything yet, but…
A) it’s genuinely very good & fun
B) if you search Wed TV schedules you’ll see they’ve paid for a broadcast slot.
You’ll have to wait to see if it’s worth this hoopla
I’m not allowed to say anything yet, but…
A) it’s genuinely very good & fun
B) if you search Wed TV schedules you’ll see they’ve paid for a broadcast slot.
You’ll have to wait to see if it’s worth this hoopla
I regret to inform you that Wagamama has committed a Christmas crime. As bad as @sainsburys.bsky.social mince pie wrap? That would be hard.
But I give you the Wagamama chicken cranberry katsu...
But I give you the Wagamama chicken cranberry katsu...
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I regret to inform you that Wagamama has committed a Christmas crime. As bad as @sainsburys.bsky.social mince pie wrap? That would be hard.
But I give you the Wagamama chicken cranberry katsu...
But I give you the Wagamama chicken cranberry katsu...
📻 I’m back presenting @listentotimesradio.bsky.social 1pm-4pm today.
We’ll be chatting the amazing success of Siberian tigers being saved from brink of extinction, doctors strikes and much more.
Do tune in!
We’ll be chatting the amazing success of Siberian tigers being saved from brink of extinction, doctors strikes and much more.
Do tune in!
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 AM
📻 I’m back presenting @listentotimesradio.bsky.social 1pm-4pm today.
We’ll be chatting the amazing success of Siberian tigers being saved from brink of extinction, doctors strikes and much more.
Do tune in!
We’ll be chatting the amazing success of Siberian tigers being saved from brink of extinction, doctors strikes and much more.
Do tune in!
🍣🫑 🥒 🐓
In fact (after rice) the biggest ingredient isn’t even chicken – even though one of M&S’s most popular sushi lines is ‘Chicken Caesar dragon roll’.
Top ingredient at Ichiban? Peppers. Cheap and colourful.
🧵4/5
In fact (after rice) the biggest ingredient isn’t even chicken – even though one of M&S’s most popular sushi lines is ‘Chicken Caesar dragon roll’.
Top ingredient at Ichiban? Peppers. Cheap and colourful.
🧵4/5
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🍣🫑 🥒 🐓
In fact (after rice) the biggest ingredient isn’t even chicken – even though one of M&S’s most popular sushi lines is ‘Chicken Caesar dragon roll’.
Top ingredient at Ichiban? Peppers. Cheap and colourful.
🧵4/5
In fact (after rice) the biggest ingredient isn’t even chicken – even though one of M&S’s most popular sushi lines is ‘Chicken Caesar dragon roll’.
Top ingredient at Ichiban? Peppers. Cheap and colourful.
🧵4/5
🍣 But here’s another fascinating fact about UK supermarket sushi. Hardly any of it is raw. Nearly all salmon is either cured or smoked.
Why? It’s complicated. But most Brits don’t like raw fish.
The biggest ingredient by weight is chicken, not salmon 🧵3/5
Why? It’s complicated. But most Brits don’t like raw fish.
The biggest ingredient by weight is chicken, not salmon 🧵3/5
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🍣 But here’s another fascinating fact about UK supermarket sushi. Hardly any of it is raw. Nearly all salmon is either cured or smoked.
Why? It’s complicated. But most Brits don’t like raw fish.
The biggest ingredient by weight is chicken, not salmon 🧵3/5
Why? It’s complicated. But most Brits don’t like raw fish.
The biggest ingredient by weight is chicken, not salmon 🧵3/5
❄️🍣 All supermarket sushi salmon is frozen. Why?
A) food safety laws. Freezing kills pathogens
B) frozen fish is easier to cut.
Here’s the machine which ensures every salmon slice for nigiri is 7g 🧵2/5
A) food safety laws. Freezing kills pathogens
B) frozen fish is easier to cut.
Here’s the machine which ensures every salmon slice for nigiri is 7g 🧵2/5
November 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
❄️🍣 All supermarket sushi salmon is frozen. Why?
A) food safety laws. Freezing kills pathogens
B) frozen fish is easier to cut.
Here’s the machine which ensures every salmon slice for nigiri is 7g 🧵2/5
A) food safety laws. Freezing kills pathogens
B) frozen fish is easier to cut.
Here’s the machine which ensures every salmon slice for nigiri is 7g 🧵2/5
🍣 I visited the factory in Stowmarket, Suffolk which makes all of Tesco’s sushi.
And discovered some fascinating facts about UK supermarket sushi.
The biggest ingredient is obviously rice. But all of it comes from Australia. High quality & cheap 🇦🇺 🧵1/5
And discovered some fascinating facts about UK supermarket sushi.
The biggest ingredient is obviously rice. But all of it comes from Australia. High quality & cheap 🇦🇺 🧵1/5
November 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🍣 I visited the factory in Stowmarket, Suffolk which makes all of Tesco’s sushi.
And discovered some fascinating facts about UK supermarket sushi.
The biggest ingredient is obviously rice. But all of it comes from Australia. High quality & cheap 🇦🇺 🧵1/5
And discovered some fascinating facts about UK supermarket sushi.
The biggest ingredient is obviously rice. But all of it comes from Australia. High quality & cheap 🇦🇺 🧵1/5
My favourite bit of the v enjoyable #CelebrityTraitors final – the use of Nicholas Brittell’s superb score from ‘Succession’
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
My favourite bit of the v enjoyable #CelebrityTraitors final – the use of Nicholas Brittell’s superb score from ‘Succession’
…but the Waitrose Angela Hartnett morbidi – soft almond pillows of joy – are addictively good.
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
…but the Waitrose Angela Hartnett morbidi – soft almond pillows of joy – are addictively good.
Waitrose has launched a range of packaged food with Angela Hartnett. Which I was a bit sceptical about – great chef, but is she as *destination* as Ottolenghi?
Whose range at Waitrose has been a big hit, but…
Whose range at Waitrose has been a big hit, but…
November 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Waitrose has launched a range of packaged food with Angela Hartnett. Which I was a bit sceptical about – great chef, but is she as *destination* as Ottolenghi?
Whose range at Waitrose has been a big hit, but…
Whose range at Waitrose has been a big hit, but…
The John Lewis Christmas advert. More Adolescence than Monty the Penguin.
Yes, it's the first time John Lewis has featured a father-son relationship in 18 years. And it's all very anxiety-inducing.
My thoughts...
Yes, it's the first time John Lewis has featured a father-son relationship in 18 years. And it's all very anxiety-inducing.
My thoughts...
November 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The John Lewis Christmas advert. More Adolescence than Monty the Penguin.
Yes, it's the first time John Lewis has featured a father-son relationship in 18 years. And it's all very anxiety-inducing.
My thoughts...
Yes, it's the first time John Lewis has featured a father-son relationship in 18 years. And it's all very anxiety-inducing.
My thoughts...
That's just Jolyon Maugham KC, happily reposting a fake image of Hitler, that's been widely acknowledged to be photoshopped, to suggest Trump staged his assination attempt...🙄
www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
November 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
That's just Jolyon Maugham KC, happily reposting a fake image of Hitler, that's been widely acknowledged to be photoshopped, to suggest Trump staged his assination attempt...🙄
www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
Such a good piece of old fashioned, proper journalism by the (increasingly must-read) @londoncentric.media.
About stolen mobile phones being hidden in a West End public park. And the police failing to do any investigating...
About stolen mobile phones being hidden in a West End public park. And the police failing to do any investigating...
November 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Such a good piece of old fashioned, proper journalism by the (increasingly must-read) @londoncentric.media.
About stolen mobile phones being hidden in a West End public park. And the police failing to do any investigating...
About stolen mobile phones being hidden in a West End public park. And the police failing to do any investigating...
And there’s a prom scene involving a stretch limo getting stuck in the road
November 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
And there’s a prom scene involving a stretch limo getting stuck in the road