Neil Brand (@neilkbrand.bsky.social)

@bestforbritain.org Oct 11, 2026, 12:04 PMReposted by @neilkbrand.bsky.social

Ofcom rules are clear: broadcasters cannot use politicians as newsreaders, interviewers or reporters in any news programmes. So why is Farage allowed to have his own show on GB News? Add your name to demand that Ofcom takes immediate action.

@ottoenglish.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 8:00 AMReposted by @neilkbrand.bsky.social

In the least surprising news of the century, vast majority of racist flag shaggers who go about brandishing crosses and saying that we're a Christian country... don't pray, or go to church or read the Bible

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

theguardian.comChristian nationalism in Britain driven by people who seldom go to church, says reportResearch challenges the notion that the growing visibility of crosses and other symbols reflects a revival of Christianity

@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 7:35 PMReposted by @neilkbrand.bsky.social

Zelenskyy issues a statement responding to Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions to purchase Russian oil and diesel.

@michaeldaly64.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 12:01 AMReposted by @neilkbrand.bsky.social

@jonathancoe.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 1:02 PMReposted by @neilkbrand.bsky.social

Tour dates for LESSONS IN HARMONY are now up on my website. I'll be visiting Birmingham, Manchester, York, Edinburgh, Bath, London, Oxford and Bristol. Come along!

(Backstory on November 9th is now sold out but I'll be at other London venues on the 10th and 24th.)

jonathancoewriter.com/events/

@jayrayner1.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 7:34 AMReposted by @neilkbrand.bsky.social

For today’s @ftweekend.com I am at the restaurant inside the high end Mayfair furniture shop RH London. And it’s chaos. Warm water. Can’t mix cocktails. Run out of hamburgers. Dull food for bored oligarchs who don’t eat. Have a few quotes and a pic of a £22 baked potato.

www.ft.com/content/5993...

Drift through its rooms admiring the oversized sculptures, the overstuffed seating and the passive-aggressive war on colour. I was tempted to give myself a quick nosebleed just to introduce a splash of red. While there, do take a look inside the utterly magnificent restaurant at the back of the ground floor, housed in what was once a banking hall. The cathedral-high ceilings are coated in gold leaf and dangle with giant golden chandeliers like crystal udders. There are pillars, acres of polished wood veneer and lots of soft curved seating, picked out by pools of light from dainty table lamps. Gawp at it. Gasp at it. But whatever you do, don’t book a table in it. On my recent visit, the whole operation was a bloody shambles.

It starts in the second-floor cocktail bar, designed by Anouska Hempel, where the £16 Margarita comes from a bottle of pre-mix with a hand-scribbled label, and they can’t make any classic cocktails which aren’t on the list. Ask them for a Daiquiri then watch the panic flicker in their eyes. Online, the cheapest bottle of wine offered up here is a Riesling at £68. When you arrive, it turns out to be £86.

Back downstairs in the restaurant a bottle of sparkling water is brought. It’s warm. We ask for ice. None comes. We ask again. None comes. Third time’s a charm. At least we get water quickly; the wait for food is interminable (if you don’t count the £56-worth of mini lobster rolls we didn’t order, that they tried to foist on us). We watch one of our dishes being offered to a nearby table. The diners look baffled. The waiter returns to the pass in the open kitchen where a row with the chef appears to ensue. He waves a ticket at her. Finally, 10 minutes later the plate comes to us. In a functioning restaurant you should be able to spot the person in charge immediately. There is no one in charge of this room. It’s chaos.

Our missing dish is the cutely named “Parisian petite potato”. I wanted to see what a £22 baked potato was like. Small, is the answer, and topped with the now obligatory caviar. Honestly, there’s so much caviar washing around London at the moment, I’m convinced there’s some bloke with a lock-up in Camberwell who has got hold of a surplus that fell off the back of a knackered old sturgeon. Now he’s pushing it out to W1. Anyway, it’s a baked potato with fish eggs. I’m not sure which bit of it is Parisian but it’s definitely petite, I’ll give it that.

@lollardfish.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 11:34 AMReposted by @neilkbrand.bsky.social

Jay does good alt text

@silentlondon.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 10:30 PMReposted by @neilkbrand.bsky.social

I have run out of words to describe Le Giornate del Cinema Muto so now I need some new ones silentlondon.co.uk/2026/10/08/l...

@britishpictures.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 6:23 AMReposted by @neilkbrand.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

@neilkbrand.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 3:38 PM

The petition United Kingdom to join the Creative Europe programme from 2027 is important to me! ✍️ Please also sign: openpetition.org/uk/ukjoince

@magslhalliday.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 7:24 AMReposted by @neilkbrand.bsky.social

Monica Coglan was cross-examined for 13 hours by Archer’s lawyers in the libel trial. She was frequently in tears as her entire life and character was attacked. She died in a car crash before Archer was found guilty of perjury in that trial. Before it was found she’d told the truth all along.

@swsilents.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 8:01 AMReposted by @neilkbrand.bsky.social

Head over to @www.johnbleasdale.com’s excellent Writers on Film Podcast to hear our very own @markfuller.bsky.social chat about everything #SilentFilm and Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto, #Pordenone. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

@tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 12:55 AMReposted by @neilkbrand.bsky.social

Trump and Netanyahu’s attack on Iran has now cost the world $3 Trillion. For what? So corrupt old white men can stay in power and deflect from their crimes.

@filmnoiruk.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 5:56 AMReposted by @neilkbrand.bsky.social

With thanks to @flicker-alley.bsky.social we have the UK PREMIERE of the new restoration of crime #SilentFilm The Racket (1928) as part of #FilmNoirFest. Live music by @neilkbrand.bsky.social

If you don’t have a #FilmNoir pass; tickets are now on sale: wsm.merlincinemas.co.uk/film/114331-...

@accordingtojond.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 7:17 PMReposted by @neilkbrand.bsky.social

Second time Amol’s been booted off a BBC show in the last few weeks.

@pamhutch.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 5:41 PMReposted by @neilkbrand.bsky.social

This was great fun. Thanks so much to @hippfest.bsky.social, the Young Programmers, @neilkbrand.bsky.social and @cineredis.bsky.social for a night to remember.

@a11who.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 3:03 PMReposted by @neilkbrand.bsky.social

Do the Batusi!
youtu.be/s7CVDxtJ_Zk?...

@paulmarvin.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 10:44 AMReposted by @neilkbrand.bsky.social

@davidjcourt.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 10:47 AMReposted by @neilkbrand.bsky.social

If you're unable to compose music, maybe it's not for you.

@a11who.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 10:58 AMReposted by @neilkbrand.bsky.social

Wagner's Ring-Tailed Lemurs.