Samira Ahmed (@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social)

@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 3:02 PM

Latest #BBCNewswatch discusses: allegations about BBCQT audience vetting/bias, calling Lord Archer a "criminal" and a "liar" in obit headlines & whether Celebrity Traitors is "news". Sat 745am BBC1 Breakfast or link from Fri midnight: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 5:03 PM

I even dug out the university magazine I edited in 1988 which featured an interview with the young Richard E Grant…

@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 5:01 PM

A starry haze around the divine Christine Baranski and Richard E Grant. Been talking Noel Coward’s Hay Fever, Cybill, and yes, Traitors for Monday’s #BBCFrontRow.

@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 11:26 AM

Congratulations to Anne Carson, but can I just say Margaret Atwood is right there.

@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 4:32 PMReposted by @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social

On tonight's #BBCFrontRow: Johnny Marr🎸, Booker nominee Rebecca Perry, Monet's letters & Jeffrey Archer remembered.. 715pm or link after: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 4:32 PM

On tonight's #BBCFrontRow: Johnny Marr🎸, Booker nominee Rebecca Perry, Monet's letters & Jeffrey Archer remembered.. 715pm or link after: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 12:55 PM

Events at Cheltenham and London Library now sold out. But chance to see A Hard Day's Night and talk about my book in Ilkley this Sunday October 11th www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/events/53-a-... and Liverpool NEXT Saturday October 17th www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/samira-ahm...

@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 12:38 PM

Johnny Marr is on tonight’s #BBCFrontRow… 715pm Radio 4 🎸

@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 10:02 AM

Morning!

@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 5:38 PMReposted by @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social

The Band Who Made Britain. Can you guess which band? #WimbledonBookFest fun with me and @stuartmaconie.bsky.social Sun Oct 25th 530pm.. www.wimbledonbookfest.org/events/samir... 📚🎸🎶🎞️

@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 7:32 PM

It felt like you were a man pushed over the edge..

@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 7:21 PM

I’ve got to ask, Andrew, what was the trigger for this declaration?

@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 5:38 PM

The Band Who Made Britain. Can you guess which band? #WimbledonBookFest fun with me and @stuartmaconie.bsky.social Sun Oct 25th 530pm.. www.wimbledonbookfest.org/events/samir... 📚🎸🎶🎞️

@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 5:20 PM

Rebellion on tonight's @BBCFrontRow: 715pm R4 or link after: Paul Greengrass on The Uprising, the British Museum's attempts to fix its ongoing Bayeux Tapestry visitor troubles, stars of TV sketch satire hit SNL UK, & Sarah Hall on radical nature writing. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

@rnrbook-club.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 9:54 AMReposted by @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social

10 November
Walthamstow
@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-hard-day...

@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 9:20 PMReposted by @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social

Encounter at @slapstickfest.bsky.social: Victorian v @c20society.bsky.social presidents face off..

@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 6:50 AM

Was so lovely to be a part of it x

@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 9:41 PM

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@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 9:32 PM

Thanks to everyone who came for this @slapstickfest.bsky.social fundraiser. Join us at the full festival in February…

@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 9:28 PM

Kung Fu Capers, Cunning Stunts & Funky Gibbons all covered…