Robert Rea
@robertrea.bsky.social
Ex-BBC News, now freelance journalist/sub-ed/media trainer/whatever. Reluctant runner, Chelsea fan, lover of shouty music. Went viral once about standing in a queue
Since everyone’s doing their Live Aid memories, I feel that I should share this from the pages of Just Seventeen - my wife’s experiences, umm, backstage, as it were…
July 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Since everyone’s doing their Live Aid memories, I feel that I should share this from the pages of Just Seventeen - my wife’s experiences, umm, backstage, as it were…
Just done the #saucony10k through central London. Love a 10k, love London. Don’t care what the haters say, it’s the best city in the world!
Added bonus - my wonderful stepdaughter Anna ran it too
Added bonus - my wonderful stepdaughter Anna ran it too
July 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Just done the #saucony10k through central London. Love a 10k, love London. Don’t care what the haters say, it’s the best city in the world!
Added bonus - my wonderful stepdaughter Anna ran it too
Added bonus - my wonderful stepdaughter Anna ran it too
Happy 13th birthday to this stripy terrorist. Many happy returns, Frodo
July 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Happy 13th birthday to this stripy terrorist. Many happy returns, Frodo
Pulp. Tonight in London. Still different class
June 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Pulp. Tonight in London. Still different class
I guess I’m not doing the crossword then..
May 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I guess I’m not doing the crossword then..
We bought our house 18 years ago, and a lot of the garden was overgrown with ivy. Last summer I cleared a whole load of it away, and found a very mature clematis underneath. This spring it’s flowered for what must be the first time in over 20 years, maybe 25. And it’s amazing!
April 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We bought our house 18 years ago, and a lot of the garden was overgrown with ivy. Last summer I cleared a whole load of it away, and found a very mature clematis underneath. This spring it’s flowered for what must be the first time in over 20 years, maybe 25. And it’s amazing!
The 700th Grovelands Parkrun. Loads of Enfield Chasers today. And the fastest time of the year so far for me
March 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The 700th Grovelands Parkrun. Loads of Enfield Chasers today. And the fastest time of the year so far for me
I… what? What does this even MEAN?
March 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I… what? What does this even MEAN?
“…Chat shit, get banged”
February 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
“…Chat shit, get banged”
Repost with the first album you bought with your own money
February 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Repost with the first album you bought with your own money
The drumming on this album - one of the best punk/new wave works ever released - is phenomenal. Controlled, powerful aggression. Rick Buckler was a genius. The Jam wouldn’t have been The Jam without him.
RIP Rick
RIP Rick
February 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The drumming on this album - one of the best punk/new wave works ever released - is phenomenal. Controlled, powerful aggression. Rick Buckler was a genius. The Jam wouldn’t have been The Jam without him.
RIP Rick
RIP Rick
Just awful news. Rick Buckler’s drums were the rhythm of the soundtrack of my teenage years. I have loved and adored The Jam all my life. Can’t begin to say how sad this makes me. RIP Rick
February 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Just awful news. Rick Buckler’s drums were the rhythm of the soundtrack of my teenage years. I have loved and adored The Jam all my life. Can’t begin to say how sad this makes me. RIP Rick
So… that’d be the way to Cochran’s then
January 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
So… that’d be the way to Cochran’s then
Turkey’s looking good
December 25, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Turkey’s looking good
Merry Christmas from the pub, ya filthy animals
December 25, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Merry Christmas from the pub, ya filthy animals
With my beautiful daughters in Brugge
December 11, 2024 at 4:51 PM
With my beautiful daughters in Brugge
Me explaining the expected goals concept to a fascinated audience
December 11, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Me explaining the expected goals concept to a fascinated audience
There are worse places in the world to spend (the day before) your birthday than Local and Co in Speightstown
November 27, 2024 at 8:59 PM
There are worse places in the world to spend (the day before) your birthday than Local and Co in Speightstown
Went on a sunset cruise from Bridgetown today, chaps. By the end I freely admit..
November 26, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Went on a sunset cruise from Bridgetown today, chaps. By the end I freely admit..
That’s my name. Who’s askin’…?
November 24, 2024 at 10:37 PM
That’s my name. Who’s askin’…?
From minus temperatures in London this morning, to basking in the tropical heat of Barbados with a Banks on my balcony looking over the sea. Bliss
November 23, 2024 at 12:32 AM
From minus temperatures in London this morning, to basking in the tropical heat of Barbados with a Banks on my balcony looking over the sea. Bliss
Agreed. But also..
November 19, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Agreed. But also..