Hywel Da
@hjd.bsky.social
Former producer/reporter at BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera. Shortlisted for the Emerging Author Dagger by the Crime Writers’ Association. Represented by Tom Cull at Cull & Co Literary Agency. Interests: politics, writing, travel, London, rugby and cricket.
Thanks for this - have already made one purchase, now looking at others....
December 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Thanks for this - have already made one purchase, now looking at others....
V nice - have bought some of the small bags - am sure will be greeted with appreciative delight on Christmas Day!
December 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
V nice - have bought some of the small bags - am sure will be greeted with appreciative delight on Christmas Day!
That 2015 match is among my favourite games - the Welsh team just would not be beaten that day. Incredible game.
December 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
That 2015 match is among my favourite games - the Welsh team just would not be beaten that day. Incredible game.
Lovely space - I presume it no longer exists?
December 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Lovely space - I presume it no longer exists?
$210 million for this, this Monstrosity! "The pinnacle of elegance and refinement," according to Sothebys.....
December 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
$210 million for this, this Monstrosity! "The pinnacle of elegance and refinement," according to Sothebys.....
The site is currently a scruffy recycling plant, with a few builders’ wholesale shops down the road! It’s not Knightsbridge…
December 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The site is currently a scruffy recycling plant, with a few builders’ wholesale shops down the road! It’s not Knightsbridge…
Sympathies to all the friends and relatives of irony at this sad time
December 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Sympathies to all the friends and relatives of irony at this sad time
Great work, fellow signers!
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Great work, fellow signers!
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Their failure to do anything about the media is suicidal. No Leveson 2, no action against X (to the contrary they still use it), no action to remove the Tory infestation at the BBC.
You cannot win elections in a country that is being strategically disinformed.
You cannot win elections in a country that is being strategically disinformed.
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Their failure to do anything about the media is suicidal. No Leveson 2, no action against X (to the contrary they still use it), no action to remove the Tory infestation at the BBC.
You cannot win elections in a country that is being strategically disinformed.
You cannot win elections in a country that is being strategically disinformed.
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Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.
Now up to almost 57,000 in less than an hour!
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Now up to almost 57,000 in less than an hour!
The Honourable Schoolboy with Gary Oldman as Smiley again.
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The Honourable Schoolboy with Gary Oldman as Smiley again.
Didn’t scroll down at first and wondered briefly why you were staging this in the Albert Hall where the Last Night of the Proms are held...
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Didn’t scroll down at first and wondered briefly why you were staging this in the Albert Hall where the Last Night of the Proms are held...
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We stand with Ukraine 💙💛🇺🇦🌟🇪🇺✊🏼✊🏽✊🏻💯SLAVA UKRAINI
November 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
We stand with Ukraine 💙💛🇺🇦🌟🇪🇺✊🏼✊🏽✊🏻💯SLAVA UKRAINI
Got the suit for his court appearance, I see.
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Got the suit for his court appearance, I see.
V welcome! Enjoy, well the session after tea, anyway!
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
V welcome! Enjoy, well the session after tea, anyway!