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Rob Dex

@NewRobDex

Journalist. Ex-Evening Standard and Press Association, now HENI News. DMs open. [email protected]

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Joined July 2011
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The last daily Evening Standard went to print today. I’ll be hanging around for a few more weeks but the new look Standard will do just fine without an Arts Correspondent. It’s been an honour and a total delight for most of my almost decade in the job and I’ll miss it. 1/5
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Should probably re-read the original now
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pHiycrtyl@iycrtylphOct 30
Patrick Stewart was, like many of the greatest British artists of the 20th Century, a working class boy who became a world-class artist thanks to a public arts education made possible by Post War social democracy. He never forgot it.
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This is excellent on the internet’s weakness: not being able to give you what you didn’t know you wanted theguardian.com/commentisfre…
As a young man, magazines were my window to the world. That wonder will be lost when all the shops...

As a young man, magazines were my window to the world. That wonder will be lost when all the shops...

The closure of former WH Smith stores around the UK is sobering on many levels. The publications they sold were there to be perused, to broaden horizons, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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TFL bring out the worst of AI for the DLR? What’s your favourite “opportunity area” in London? 🤦‍♂️
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theguardian.com/lifeandstyle… I know the format doesn’t allow for follow up questions but I mean! “When I did ballet, my father, who was also really practical, used to take me down to the garage and pull out my big toenails with a pair of pliers because I wanted to get a better point”
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This reminds me of the time I got the lead story on the South London Press diary page when I was offered the latest Martin Amis in a rapidly gentrifying Battersea pub. Made a change from steak knives.
Kirby’s Scream Land (@hellothisisivan) profile pictureKirby’s Scream Land@hellothisisivanOct 15
“Yeah I can get you a Sally Rooney”
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Haven’t been to Camden in 10 years. Am in the Good Mixer and they’re playing Park Life.
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Away from the obvious this is also a good thing for those of us who still want a bit of scruffiness and rough edges in the prime real estate of central London.
Prince Charles Cinema (@ThePCCLondon) profile picturePrince Charles Cinema@ThePCCLondonOct 15
The Prince Charles Cinema Secures its Future The Prince Charles Cinema is thrilled to announce that we have signed a new 25-year lease with no break clause, ensuring our projectors will keep rolling for years to come. #YouSavedThePCC
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Incredible news ❤️ Not every single thing is for sale on this Earth.
Prince Charles Cinema (@ThePCCLondon) profile picturePrince Charles Cinema@ThePCCLondonOct 15
The Prince Charles Cinema Secures its Future The Prince Charles Cinema is thrilled to announce that we have signed a new 25-year lease with no break clause, ensuring our projectors will keep rolling for years to come. #YouSavedThePCC
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I had a brief stint as a crime fiction reviewer and started recycling proofs because I had so many of them
Guy Walters 🇺🇦 (@guywalters) profile pictureGuy Walters 🇺🇦@guywaltersOct 11
We have to get over the idea that books are precious. Throwing away a copy of a mass produced book is not sacrilege. It's just practical.
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Being a reporter for so long I was too poor to be a completist in books or music. But if I was going to be it would the books of Ross Thomas so delighted to have picked this limited edition oddity up cheaply.
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Isn’t the intro here that his own sister-in-law got herself admitted to a care home in order to track him down? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqy7…
Sir Ranulph Fiennes: Relatives tell BBC it's 'very painful' not being able to visit him

Sir Ranulph Fiennes: Relatives tell BBC it's 'very painful' not being able to visit him

It has been alleged that Sir Ranulph has been admitted to a number of care homes under assumed names.

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What a life!
Quentin Letts (@thequentinletts) profile pictureQuentin Letts@thequentinlettsSep 26
Ace reporter. thetimes.com/article/7587868…
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Annual reminder that Ofcom reckon 2.8 million people in the UK don’t have access to the internet. That’s 5% of the population
Michael Savage (@michaelsavage) profile pictureMichael Savage@michaelsavageSep 25
NEW: BBC Sport boss Alex Kay-Jelski has pushed analysis, club fandom & YouTube. With more cuts this week, he now faces internal concerns of leaving some viewers behind. How BBC Sport found itself at the centre of a BBC identity crisis: WARNING: Nuance. theguardian.com/media/2026/s…
BBC Sport’s digital revamp poses wider questions about purpose of the corporation

BBC Sport’s digital revamp poses wider questions about purpose of the corporation

Some staff fear digital approach will pull BBC towards commercial model built around football, leaving minority sports and older TV viewers behind

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Not saying I’m ahead of the curve but I had a pint at my seat at Arsenal Women’s match on Saturday
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Can’t imagine which DCMS minister would have said this 🤔
Quentin Letts (@thequentinletts) profile pictureQuentin Letts@thequentinlettsSep 22
A minister of the Crown sidles up and notes how perfick it would be if Spencer's book were outsold by the new biography of Dame Barbara Cartland (mother of Raine, to whom he was so beastly).
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I’m pretty sure there was a mayor in Spain who stayed holed up for 40 odd years until Franco died
Hassan I. Hassan (@hxhassan) profile pictureHassan I. Hassan
@hxhassanSep 22
An insane story of a man who spent 13 years hidden behind a wall in his own house in western Syria to avoid Assad's security forces. (We've had this for days and held it while we substantiated parts of it. @newlinesmag videographer @subhash_anagha)
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This was rather brilliant. A proper look into a world not often looked at
Max Daly (@Narcomania) profile pictureMax Daly@NarcomaniaSep 22
I wrote a long read for the Guardian about the evolution of the British trap house, focusing on the story of a friend of mine who was 'cuckooed' twice in London. The first time was grim, but the second cuckooing sparked a fascinating friendship. theguardian.com/news/ng-inte…
A tale of two trap houses: being cuckooed ruined my friend’s life – but did it then help save him?

A tale of two trap houses: being cuckooed ruined my friend’s life – but did it then help save him?

The long read: Drug gangs have moved off Britain’s streets and into vulnerable people’s homes. Addicts like my friend are easy targets, but the reality can be more complicated than it seems

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