@thethirdumpire

Duncan Steer. Journalism, cultural outreach, chanson. Live events: talk shows not 'talks'. Pre-show playlist: https://xitter.cf/t.co/GefboK8EEC

 Streatham SW16
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Joined December 2009
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You can always tell when something in Britain has been pedestrianised because the chat swaps from “if those feckless disabled scroungers can walk to the kitchen, they can get a job” to “what of the poor, ailing disabled who need to be driven directly to the shop doorstep?”
David Hutchins@DavidHu05137188Oct 26
Apparently if you are a plumber or a painter you won't be able to go shopping in Oxford Street anymore.
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Because our @carltonkirby show at #Jersey Arts Centre sold out so quickly, we now have a special, extra lunchtime show at 1pm on Tuesday 10 November, at The Hub in St Helier. @JsyArtsCentre tickettailor.com/events/radi…
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Looks pretty good. Obvs not great for all the many pensioners wanting to take a fridge freezer home on their roofrack every day but... omelette/eggs.
Tom Edwards@BBCTomEdwardsOct 26
Oxford Street now
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Danny Baker@prodnoseOct 24
Just started Alice Cooper's autobiography. Already I can tell its going to be excellent. This is NOT going to be the usual "wild men live crazy" rock & roll read.
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Just on sale: Carlton Kirby is coming to @thetradesclub #HebdenBridge for his last Tour de France talk show of 2026. Thursday 26 November. Always a great night at the Trades. Join us for a pre-pre-Christmas treat! @carltonkirby tickettailor.com/events/thet…
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Something a bit odd about the hysterical anti-Strictly reaction on here. A lot of 'I've never watched it but now they've ruined it'. As if looking for a stick to beat the BBC. Hmmm.
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Barry Malone
@malonebarryOct 4
It’s genuinely difficult to imagine professional journalists believing this is a balanced panel, or that this is in any way okay. I worked on a live panel show where, on one occasion, a guest dropped out at the last minute and we pulled the show rather than go out with something so askew.
BBC Politics
@BBCPoliticsOct 3
On the #BBCLauraK panel... Former Cabinet Minister Penny Mordaunt Editor-in-Chief of The Independent, Geordie Greig Telegraph Associate Comment Editor Poppy Coburn Sunday 9am @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer
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I wanted Amol Rajan to stay longer on #celebritytraitors so we could study his self-regard in greater detail
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Next Thurs, Oct 1 - Tour de France commentator Matt Rendell brings his brilliantly unpredictable talk show to #LymeRegis #Dorset - candid, revealing, thought-provoking, hilarious - everything you like. @mrendell marinetheatre.com/matt-rende…
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Now then: the Carlton Kirby Tour de France show in Jersey in November is now SOLD OUT and others are going the same way. So, if you're keen... @carltonkirby radiodaysevents.com/2026/08/…
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Gotta love when journalists leave massive corporation/platform in the very strong belief that their massive audience hitherto has been down entirely to their own amazingness and nothing to do with engrained audience loyalty to the platform.
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David__Osland
@David__OslandSep 14
Anyone know why a newspaper owned by the Fourth Lord Rothermere, who inherited a fortune from the Third Lord Rothermere, who inherited his money from the Second Lord Rothermere, who inherited it from the First Lord Rothermere, is so strongly opposed to inheritance tax?
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Yesterday, a pack of blackshirts turned up at the Mail’s offices & the police opened a criminal investigation into Farage’s funding. And this is the front page today. Honestly, so much of the British press is a busted flush. It’s just embarrassing.
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A virtual meet and greet with Amol Rajan for £999?! Surely he has overestimated his level of celebrity.
Francis Keogh
@HonestFrankSep 2
Intrigued to see how this pans out Amol Rajan has left BBC Radio 4 Today programme to join the ‘digital Narnia’ inc a YouTube channel & merchandise At ‘The Amol Rajan Connection’, you get a free newsletter or tiered access, from £10 (students) up to £999… #Digital #Media
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Tour de France nights with the don of the TNT/Eurosport cycling commentary box @carltonkirby - 12 seats left in #Jersey @JsyArtsCentre ; 4 in Lincoln; selling v fast @theatresevern #Shrewsbury; more dates tbc soon. radiodaysevents.com/2026/08/…
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.@BBCNewsnight has guests on who believe past decisions have no impact on/relevance to the present. That's the level. That's the actual level.
BBC Newsnight
@BBCNewsnightSep 1
"He's talking about things that are literally nearly half a century ago" The Telegraph's Camilla Tominey says Andy Burnham's political diagnosis is outdated - and that he's trying to "re-litigate the student politics of his youth." #Newsnight
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Louise Pepper@loupepperAug 24
Are cricketers the only people still going to nightclubs?
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Attention #Dorset cycling fans! Matt Rendell shares his Tour de France tales live at the lovely @marinetheatre , #LymeRegis on Thursday 1 October. Always a great night; illuminating, entertaining, funny, thought-provoking, unpredictable. @mrendell marinetheatre.com/matt-rende…
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Chłoddy@OfSymbolsAug 20
Nice of the BBC to have a chat about the Greens without anyone representing the Greens.
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Alex Taylor
@AlexTaylorNewsAug 16
Hello from actual "France" where our "glorious long holiday" has consisted of sweating through 40 degrees for the last three whole months - coming your way in the UK in about 3 years the way we're burning the planet up What inane idiots these climate change deniers are👇
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