Tim de Lisle

#PaulMcCartney turns 80 tomorrow. Out of all the great tunes he has written, this is the one that now rings out most often. I told its story for The Guardian theguardian.com/music/2018/aug…

If Putin really said this, he was speaking for all of us

Every week, in a free newsletter, I try to make sense of #ManUnited. It's a lot more rewarding now that #MichaelCarrick is at the wheel

My take on #MUFC's first defeat under Michael Carrick: it shouldn't cost them much

Out today: a debut album from a pair of teenagers, dripping with adrenaline but also well crafted. My review for The Mail on Sunday @TMolotovs

A gobsmacked man writes

England have used six spinners today. Hope it turns out better than when they did the same thing in a Test espncricinfo.com/series/west-in…

The difficult second single: @TimdeLisle on what #DarrenFletcher got wrong, and right, against Brighton unitedwriting.substack.com/p/the-difficul… #MUFC #ManUnited #Dalot #Mainoo #Casemiro

Amorim special: the six reasons why he had to go, by @TimdeLisle unitedwriting.substack.com/p/amorim-was-l… #ManUnited #MUFC #Amorim

"The government have actively avoided looking for evidence Russia interfered." The Intelligence & Security Committee's Stewart Hosie said the government didn't investigate alleged Russian interference in the Brexit vote, and no one wanted to touch this "with a ten-foot pole". The fact is that Russian interference is staring us in plain sight. Russian TV hugely boosted Farage's public standing by giving him dozens of appearances, and without Farage, Brexit would not have happened. Brexit was the result of a successful Russian influence operation. Please repost if you want Starmer to set up an inquiry into Russian interference in the Brexit referendum.

If you're interested in becoming a journalist at (in my salmon-tinted view) the best place on earth to be one, try this job-boards.greenhouse.io/financialtimes…

"Does anybody know the Portuguese for 'better late than never'?" @TimdeLisle, who's been advocating for a back four for the past year, finds Ruben #Amorim agreeing (but only for an hour) #MUFC #ManUnited #Dorgu #backfive #backsix open.substack.com/pub/unitedwrit…

When punditry resembles sledging, it becomes bad punditry, because it loses its cool. When it parrots a sledge, it's even worse. Stokes had told his team to show some fight and that's what Archer was doing.

More pleasure than pain in my experience. If you're interested in #reviewing and you're anywhere near @GoldsmithsUoL tomorrow afternoon, do come along #critics #artspages #starsoutoffive

Touring batters in Australia, past 5 yrs, Test averages (min 2 Tests) Jonny Bairstow 48 (top) Rishabh Pant 28 #JoeRoot 27 Virat Kohli 23 Babar Azam 21 #ZakCrawley 20 #BenStokes 20 Shubman Gill 18 Rory Burns 12 Haseeb Hameed 10 Dean Elgar 9 Rohit 6 No great advert for orthodoxy.

The pleasures and pains of arts reviewing...am chairing a panel discussion of this star studded line up at Goldsmiths next Tuesday...all welcome. @eggsbened @TimdeLisle @UrsulaKenny gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=1…

The #Ashes feels like a local rivalry, but involves two countries so far apart that half the fans are fast asleep. In 2017 I wrote a memoir about the madness of nocturnal fandom. It turned into a celebration of the voices that had rung out down the decades thecricketmonthly.com/story/1126046/…

You can't sack #BillySloan. He's even a legend in England!

Draws are not enough: #Amorim has to do better on the road. @TimdeLisle analyses another missed opportunity, while identifying three characters who are getting it right and one who has yet to find his role #MUFC #Mbeumo #Casemiro #Lammens #Cunha open.substack.com/pub/unitedwrit…

The first big Premier League game of the weekend is #Spurs v #ManUnited. It can't be as boring as their Europa League final, can it? Do join me on the Guardian live blog #maincontent" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/football/live/…

#FlorenceAndTheMachine have just gone to No.1 in the UK with Everybody Scream. I review it here, along with three gigs from interesting characters who were big in the Eighties