Writer: Irregular Thoughts (https://nitter.cf/t.co/QRmKvUqtcJ) and I Learned to Write (https://nitter.cf/t.co/qc9MF0gh3o) - published 11 March 2025 https://nitter.cf/t.co/XpYrIrjRyR
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Seventy Up (and down): My take on the “Up” series of documentaries: anger and frustration at the approach adopted from 7 to 70.
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Work makes a comeback? Artificial Intelligence probably isn't taking away our jobs after all.
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Starmer rejects the status quo - except for the bit of the quo that is him.
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Sir Olly and the mitigation of Mandelson, a story in which "high concern" means "borderline" and a senior civil servant got sacked for withholding information he didn't have. Read the latest of my #IrregularThoughts
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Answer the question: Have politicians lost the ability to hold a proper debate?
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I wasn't going to write about the BBC's Panorama problems, but when I saw three directors give evidence to the Culture Select Committee, I couldn't hold back any longer.
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Does Keir Starmer know what spying is?
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Expert evidence can be crucial in a criminal trial. But there is a recurring pattern of defendants coming up with a counterargument only after the trial has resulted in a conviction.
The Lucy Letby trial tells us that something needs to change.
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Changes to the UK water industry: a time for hope or hype open.substack.com/pub/simonc…
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How ironic that it is the critics of a blatant power grab who find themselves likened to Germans in the 1930s!
Read the latest of my #IrregularThoughts: "Attorney General joins Lineker's team" at simoncarne.substack.com/p/at…
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The discount period starts today (Saturday 10 May) and runs for 7 days. Buy the book at amzn.eu/d/bivFsMy.
My book, I Learned to Write, went on sale in March and hit the top of Amazon's bestsellers in two charts. As a celebration, the e-book is being offered for one week only at the discounted price of 99p (usual price £2.99).
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The discount period starts this Saturday, 10 May 2025, and lasts for precisely seven days. Buy the book here: amzn.eu/d/bivFsMy.
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My book, I Learned to Write, went on sale in March and hit the top of Amazon's bestsellers in two charts. As a celebration, the e-book is being offered for one week only at the discounted price of 99p (usual price £2.99).
"Rage agAInst the machine", the latest of my #IrregularThoughts.
Is there any sense in creatives objecting to AI learning from their work?
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Five years ago, I launched a website to explain my writing techniques.
TODAY I launched the book of the website.
In time, it may go to video.
But I haven’t yet decided who’s going to play me.
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Yesterday, Amazon announced it had acquired James Bond. Today, it dumped Neighbours. Clearly, only enough room in the budget for one of them.
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Farmers should pay their fair share of tax, but the recent Budget wasn't remotely fair - or economically sensible. See my latest article: "Losing the Plot"
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