Leigh Jones
@leighsus.bsky.social
Freelance journalist. Investigations, writing, broadcast, newsreading, BBC Radio Newcastle etc
Editor, The Teesside Lead.
🔗 https://theteessidelead.substack.com
Used to work in music. Ex-Yorkshire Post Teesworks expert. Oh, and once I saw a blimp.
Editor, The Teesside Lead.
🔗 https://theteessidelead.substack.com
Used to work in music. Ex-Yorkshire Post Teesworks expert. Oh, and once I saw a blimp.
Phwooooaaaarrrrr etc.
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Phwooooaaaarrrrr etc.
I didn't know what to make of the Apollo Pavilion before I went to see it today, but I ended up spending 40 minutes just marvelling at it and taking photos.
November 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I didn't know what to make of the Apollo Pavilion before I went to see it today, but I ended up spending 40 minutes just marvelling at it and taking photos.
There's a guy who goes round non-league grounds and clips the mic onto a different object each time.
He had an oil-filled radiator for one video.
He had an oil-filled radiator for one video.
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
There's a guy who goes round non-league grounds and clips the mic onto a different object each time.
He had an oil-filled radiator for one video.
He had an oil-filled radiator for one video.
Conversations about the brain rot people are voluntarily exposing themselves to online are not happening with enough urgency.
We are already at the stage where the so-called paper of record is "just asking questions" about the validity of democracy.
We are already at the stage where the so-called paper of record is "just asking questions" about the validity of democracy.
November 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Conversations about the brain rot people are voluntarily exposing themselves to online are not happening with enough urgency.
We are already at the stage where the so-called paper of record is "just asking questions" about the validity of democracy.
We are already at the stage where the so-called paper of record is "just asking questions" about the validity of democracy.
It's just an avatar of me doing the same pose and smile, photoshopped onto different backgrounds.
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It's just an avatar of me doing the same pose and smile, photoshopped onto different backgrounds.
Got my Mexico photos developed.
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Got my Mexico photos developed.
Generally received wisdom, but doesn't make the song less fun. It's just the verse which sucks.
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Generally received wisdom, but doesn't make the song less fun. It's just the verse which sucks.
I mean if you can just sharezone the thing why not.
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I mean if you can just sharezone the thing why not.
GMCA have been using it, but this Guardian article cites the source as being Alamy.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
November 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
GMCA have been using it, but this Guardian article cites the source as being Alamy.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Amassing succulent vibes.
November 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Amassing succulent vibes.
Just a snippet of the hour-long Day of the Dead parade in Oaxaca last night.
November 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Just a snippet of the hour-long Day of the Dead parade in Oaxaca last night.
In Oaxaca for Day of the Dead.
Very hard to describe just how incredible the vibe is. Every corner you turn there's a band and a load of people blocking the road, dancing.
Children and adults alike dressed up and in make up.
Incredible.
Very hard to describe just how incredible the vibe is. Every corner you turn there's a band and a load of people blocking the road, dancing.
Children and adults alike dressed up and in make up.
Incredible.
October 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
In Oaxaca for Day of the Dead.
Very hard to describe just how incredible the vibe is. Every corner you turn there's a band and a load of people blocking the road, dancing.
Children and adults alike dressed up and in make up.
Incredible.
Very hard to describe just how incredible the vibe is. Every corner you turn there's a band and a load of people blocking the road, dancing.
Children and adults alike dressed up and in make up.
Incredible.
He was just playing but I could really do without having "Mexican dog bite" added to the anecdote repertoire.
October 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
He was just playing but I could really do without having "Mexican dog bite" added to the anecdote repertoire.
Here's how the Pacific is looking this morning.
(Moments later I was bitten by a dog)
(Moments later I was bitten by a dog)
October 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Here's how the Pacific is looking this morning.
(Moments later I was bitten by a dog)
(Moments later I was bitten by a dog)
There's no hyperbole when I say going to Arena Mexico tonigbt to watch lucha libre was bucket list stuff for me.
Bonus to see Hechicero (even though for some weird reason he was performing in Wolverhampton just six days ago).
Bonus to see Hechicero (even though for some weird reason he was performing in Wolverhampton just six days ago).
October 25, 2025 at 5:37 AM
There's no hyperbole when I say going to Arena Mexico tonigbt to watch lucha libre was bucket list stuff for me.
Bonus to see Hechicero (even though for some weird reason he was performing in Wolverhampton just six days ago).
Bonus to see Hechicero (even though for some weird reason he was performing in Wolverhampton just six days ago).
Just absolutely loving it all.
October 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Just absolutely loving it all.
If you are into Modernism and anti-colonial art, get yourself to Mexico.
October 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
If you are into Modernism and anti-colonial art, get yourself to Mexico.
This one did fine dining upstairs and is in the Michelin guide, and has a taco bar downstairs 🤤
October 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This one did fine dining upstairs and is in the Michelin guide, and has a taco bar downstairs 🤤
Here I am after 24 hours if travelling to get to Mexico City going straight out to get some tacos.
October 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Here I am after 24 hours if travelling to get to Mexico City going straight out to get some tacos.