Thornton Jones
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London: politics, prisons, road trips
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Well, now it turns out that it’s no longer enough for Russia for Ukraine to hand over what remains of Donbas without a fight, its strongest fortified region, so that “the war can end.”
February 9, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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I’ve worked at the Southbank Centre for over 8 years now.
In that time I’ve become desensitised to mad conversations that wouldn’t happen anywhere else. But in my first few years I noted down ‘overhead’ snippets that would be ridiculous in any other setting.
I’ve just found those notes. Strap in.
In that time I’ve become desensitised to mad conversations that wouldn’t happen anywhere else. But in my first few years I noted down ‘overhead’ snippets that would be ridiculous in any other setting.
I’ve just found those notes. Strap in.
December 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I’ve worked at the Southbank Centre for over 8 years now.
In that time I’ve become desensitised to mad conversations that wouldn’t happen anywhere else. But in my first few years I noted down ‘overhead’ snippets that would be ridiculous in any other setting.
I’ve just found those notes. Strap in.
In that time I’ve become desensitised to mad conversations that wouldn’t happen anywhere else. But in my first few years I noted down ‘overhead’ snippets that would be ridiculous in any other setting.
I’ve just found those notes. Strap in.
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Reform UK Treasurer kept contact with Epstein after sex conviction
The renewed scrutiny centres not simply on historical association, but on evidence suggesting that Candy had contacts connected to Jeffrey Epstein and his circle
searchlightmagazine.com/2026/02/refo...
The renewed scrutiny centres not simply on historical association, but on evidence suggesting that Candy had contacts connected to Jeffrey Epstein and his circle
searchlightmagazine.com/2026/02/refo...
Reform UK Treasurer kept contact with Epstein after sex conviction | Searchlight
Richard Tice welcomes Nick Candy to Reform UK The recent release of a further tranche of Epstein-related documents has once again dragged elite political an ...
searchlightmagazine.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Reform UK Treasurer kept contact with Epstein after sex conviction
The renewed scrutiny centres not simply on historical association, but on evidence suggesting that Candy had contacts connected to Jeffrey Epstein and his circle
searchlightmagazine.com/2026/02/refo...
The renewed scrutiny centres not simply on historical association, but on evidence suggesting that Candy had contacts connected to Jeffrey Epstein and his circle
searchlightmagazine.com/2026/02/refo...
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I'm choosing some socks for you in a minute after a quick one with Nora at the Caledonian Hotel.
February 8, 2026 at 2:42 PM
I'm choosing some socks for you in a minute after a quick one with Nora at the Caledonian Hotel.
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Extraordinary reporting. And a window on the two Londons - the one we live in and the phantom city of the online rage economy
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
February 8, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Extraordinary reporting. And a window on the two Londons - the one we live in and the phantom city of the online rage economy
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“Did you just call me bro?”
“Did you just call me bro?”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Cue the Sun!"
"Cue the Sun!"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Where are your citations?"
"Where are your citations?"
February 8, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“Did you just call me bro?”
“Did you just call me bro?”
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So on this day when one of the oligarchs of our digitized and dystopic world is emptying one of America's greatest newsrooms of trained and committed journalists, I thought I would regale you all with a wonderful little anecdote about our world to come. It involves two of the finest...
So on this day when one of the oligarchs of our digitized and dystopic world is emptying one of America's greatest newsrooms of trained and committed journalists, I thought I would regale you all with a wonderful little anecdote about our world to come. It involves two of the finest...
February 5, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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So on this day when one of the oligarchs of our digitized and dystopic world is emptying one of America's greatest newsrooms of trained and committed journalists, I thought I would regale you all with a wonderful little anecdote about our world to come. It involves two of the finest...
So on this day when one of the oligarchs of our digitized and dystopic world is emptying one of America's greatest newsrooms of trained and committed journalists, I thought I would regale you all with a wonderful little anecdote about our world to come. It involves two of the finest...
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I don't often wear political t-shirts, but I'm proudly sporting this one today.
I'm an immigrant.
I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.
I'm an immigrant.
I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.
February 4, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I don't often wear political t-shirts, but I'm proudly sporting this one today.
I'm an immigrant.
I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.
I'm an immigrant.
I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.
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That would be Will Lewis. Knighted, inevitably, by Boris Johnson.
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 6:54 PM
That would be Will Lewis. Knighted, inevitably, by Boris Johnson.
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Seems real bad that the end point of ~25 years of War on Terror architecture is an agency of thin-skinned goons who will send armed men to your house if you email the government asking for compassion on behalf of someone else.
newrepublic.com/post/206088/...
newrepublic.com/post/206088/...
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Seems real bad that the end point of ~25 years of War on Terror architecture is an agency of thin-skinned goons who will send armed men to your house if you email the government asking for compassion on behalf of someone else.
newrepublic.com/post/206088/...
newrepublic.com/post/206088/...
What an all-round creep - kudos to the staff at the club. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Vikas Nath caught spiking woman's drink in Annabel's, jury told
Vikas Nath is accused of trying to drug a woman at a Mayfair club in order to facilitate sex.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 5:32 AM
What an all-round creep - kudos to the staff at the club. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Troublemaker is my middle name.
February 1, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Troublemaker is my middle name.
Nice.
February 1, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Nice.
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Sometimes the greatest way to resist and expose fascist savagery is through compassion ❤️
February 1, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Sometimes the greatest way to resist and expose fascist savagery is through compassion ❤️
Now have image of Mandelson lounging around in his underpants, in a Beijing hotel room, sending sucky emails to JE, and JE stopping himself from saying — Sod off and sort out your own problems, dickhead.
NEW: Previously unreported Epstein emails show Peter Mandelson discussing a Panama-linked tax avoidance structure for a £750k Rio apartment - with Epstein as his "chief life adviser".
Exclusive Tax Policy Associates report:
Exclusive Tax Policy Associates report:
February 1, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Now have image of Mandelson lounging around in his underpants, in a Beijing hotel room, sending sucky emails to JE, and JE stopping himself from saying — Sod off and sort out your own problems, dickhead.
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Top photo: Jeffrey Epstein’s living room. Suddenly, it all makes sense.
January 31, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Top photo: Jeffrey Epstein’s living room. Suddenly, it all makes sense.
What I don’t understand is how powerful and - compared to the rest of us - wealthy people go sucking up to Epstein for cash. Mandelson and Sarah Ferguson. Have they no pride and self-respect? Do they not see how parasitic it is?
February 1, 2026 at 12:11 PM
What I don’t understand is how powerful and - compared to the rest of us - wealthy people go sucking up to Epstein for cash. Mandelson and Sarah Ferguson. Have they no pride and self-respect? Do they not see how parasitic it is?
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Fascinated by the School Prints, created for primary schools in the 1940s by famous artists inc Matisse, Lowry, Dufy, Henry Moore. I wonder how many schools still have these on their walls? Currently on show (and for sale) at Adam’s Gallery, Reigate www.adamsgallery.co.uk/the-school-p...
February 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Fascinated by the School Prints, created for primary schools in the 1940s by famous artists inc Matisse, Lowry, Dufy, Henry Moore. I wonder how many schools still have these on their walls? Currently on show (and for sale) at Adam’s Gallery, Reigate www.adamsgallery.co.uk/the-school-p...
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The Daily Rothno is a wall in a school gymnasium in Leiston
January 31, 2026 at 7:44 AM
The Daily Rothno is a wall in a school gymnasium in Leiston
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If they want balance it isn’t hard to find interesting conservative writers. But they want gobshites for viral clicks. No point in being a public service broadcaster in that case
January 30, 2026 at 9:04 PM
If they want balance it isn’t hard to find interesting conservative writers. But they want gobshites for viral clicks. No point in being a public service broadcaster in that case
Now I want a red hand-knitted hat with a tassel.
"In response to criticisms she's heard about the hat being 'performative,' Mashaal, the shop owner, said the thousands of dollars that have gone toward supporting their community speaks for itself."
A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community. n.pr/4thWiUr
January 31, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Now I want a red hand-knitted hat with a tassel.
Excellent stuff.
The Londoner is being sued by a holiday let grifter. We’re going to fight him in court
Mysterious emails, incessant demands and a fake lawyer — an editor’s note about a serious threat we’re facing
www.the-londoner.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Excellent stuff.
On point.
Matt Goodwin and the end of England: How one man's career explains our public life iandunt.substack.com/p/matt-goodw...
Matt Goodwin and the end of England
How one man's career explains our public life.
iandunt.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:00 AM
On point.