Matt Russell

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RT @forestfocuspod: 🏆 Exciting news as the podcast is nominated for a @radioacademy Aria award! Huge thanks to @duncantbarber who did all t…

The brilliant @KatieGunning2 makes her on mic debut this week for story about growth, net-zero and the kind of country we want the UK to be. And it is the story of an ordinary man who the Prime Minister believes is costing the country its future. https://t.co/OHBcJwpMje

Tortoise @tortoise

Earlier this year the Prime Minister wrote about a group of people he called zealots. And he identified one man in particular who was costing the country its future. This week's Slow Newscast tells the story of that man. Listen now: https://t.co/Te4S6rHSYt https://t.co/W79NTObNi1

RT @MattRussell3: There are roles for an Assistant Producer and Producer @tortoise live now. The Producer to work with me on our Slow Newsc…

This is a damning and brilliant piece, already beginning to ring true. The deconstruction of American democracy: https://t.co/KdjSaiOpnp

One of the first good pieces I read on Starmer was this by Martin Kettle: https://t.co/DxC8ExvKs4 A lot of the furore around Hermer seems entirely confected, and I wonder if it's because it challenges Starmer and his beliefs more directly

George Eaton @georgeeaton

Blue Labour founder Maurice Glasman on Attorney General Richard Hermer: "He's got to go, he is the absolute archetype of an arrogant progressive fool". Glasman also says Rachel Reeves is now "just a drone for the Treasury". https://t.co/EYgHuyiTKu

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RT @chloehadj: Interesting that Israel has not released prisoner Marwan Barghouti. The Palestinian Authority has also done what it can to k…

RT @tortoise: Four more women have accused Neil Gaiman of sexual misconduct in an article for New York Magazine. It follows reporting by T…

RT @pcaruanagalizia: Undeafen it by listening to @RachelSJohnson and my podcast, Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman, which broke t…

RT @pcaruanagalizia: Maybe @BloomsburyBooks will find something to say now?

RT @NYMag: Last July, Neil Gaiman, author of The Sandman and American Gods, was accused of sexual assault. Lila Shapiro goes deep on the al…

First Slow Newscast of the new year is, I'm afraid, all about men. That's what it might seem anyway, but of course that's not really the case. This is the story of one man, Jordan Peterson, and the strange places it might take us.

Tortoise @tortoise

Jordan Peterson is a controversial figure, but he is also a man with a long-standing appeal to a particular demographic. In this Slow Newscast, @SArmstrong1984 asks: what does his popularity tell us about a possible crisis in young men today? Listen: https://t.co/tcK9Xmhy7j https://t.co/6YjcmkeFbB