Ollie Cole

London, West Wales

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

Political Producer at Times Radio

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Articles

US peace negotiators taken in by Russian disinformation, MPs told

1 month ago | thetimes.com | Ollie Cole
Emma Bridgewater calls for Rachel Reeves to rethink tax rise

1 month ago | thetimes.com | Ollie Cole
Chinese firm 'will not bid' to run Essex nuclear plant

2 months ago | thetimes.com | Ollie Cole |Geraldine Scott
Diversity push is leaving working-class people behind

Mar 14, 2025 | thetimes.com | Ollie Cole |Cathy Newman
The universities raising mental health budgets by up to 600%

Jan 11, 2025 | thetimes.com | Kate McCann |Ollie Cole
Will there be more riots this weekend?

Aug 9, 2024 | thetimes.com | Ollie Cole |Emma Yeomans

The rallies and threatened attacks on the asylum system did not materialise on Wednesday and Thursday night but communities remain on edge at the prospect of further unrest. The past ten days have provided the worst scenes of far-right street violence in the UK since the 1970s. Politicians hope that heavy sentences for those involved in disorder last week will ensure that people stay at home and Sir Keir Starmer said it was “important that we don’t let up”.
Why did the riots fail? Thugs ‘scared off by conspiracy theories’

Aug 8, 2024 | thetimes.com | Ollie Cole

Shops were boarded up, staff sent home and communities poured onto the streets to protect their property. But when the witching hour of 8pm came, few anti-immigration protesters or members of the radical right had taken to the streets. So why did action that threatened 41 of the nation’s 43 police forces on Wednesday peter out?
On this day 30 years ago: Elliott Smith released his debut album Roman Candle | Hotpress

Jul 13, 2024 | hotpress.com | Ollie Cole

Elliott Smith was my favourite songwriter. He was a genius lyricist and a stupidly brilliant guitar player. The first time I ever heard his music it stopped my heart. I had never heard anything so honest and so beautiful. That was his record Either/Or. He had three records out at that time and over the next two weeks I bought the other two [1994's Roman Candle and 1995's Elliott Smith]. He became the bar for me, the songwriter I most envied and admired. He made me rethink how I wrote and why I wrote.
So, we find aliens. What happens next?

Mar 29, 2024 | metro.co.uk | Ollie Cole

We're definitely going to find aliens this year. That was the bold prediction of Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock on Jools Holland's popular New Year's Hootenanny. 'I think we're going to discover alien life next year [in 2024],' she said. 'There's definitely alien life out there. 'Such a bold prediction surely raised a few eyebrows, but coming from a well-known astronomer, on one of the biggest shows of the year, it may well have caused many to sit up and take notice.