Amelia Torode

This is a story about my mum who died from cancer in June 2017. It's a story about Britain, race, culture, identity & imagination. Born in Birmingham in 1939, weeks before start of WW2, to Abba, a doctor from India, & Gerda, daughter of a German Trade Unionist. THREAD (1)

Loved finding out about this news story from @Amelia_Torode and @writtenbysalma on @BBCRadioLondon this morning. Simple, clever, nudge. Using the hand-sanitiser infrastructure earns double-points for ingenuity. amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun…

Big brands – @Nike @adidasUK and now @ASICSUK – want to sell direct to consumer. And refuse to supply small independent shops. Really interesting snippet from @gilescoren on how the high street is being hit thetimes.co.uk/article/nike-a…

Live on @BBCRadioLondon at 7.35am doing the off best news stories of the day

She will be Lady Owen. She has not yet distinguished herself in any public service in any way whatsoever. She may yet do so but she should not be entering the House of Lords now. Something is wrong. Surely, this needs to be investigated.

If Carlsberg made lunch breaks…

I enjoyed this article around post- pandemic leadership wired.co.uk/bc/article/how… (@markrusselluk )

An HBO intern made a mistake. When HBO admitted the mistake lots of users admitted their own goof-ups with tweets beginning with "Dear Intern". Here are some of them. Go search for the term "Dear Intern" to find more of them. So heartwarming

George Miller on casting Tina Turner in MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME: "As a writing reference we kept on saying ‘Someone like Tina Turner, someone like Tina Turner.’ And then, when it came time to shooting the film, we thought, ‘Let’s ask Tina Turner if she really wants to do it.'"

Does anyone technical have the definite answer you can give people about whether anyone’s listening to their phone’s microphone and then targeting them with ads for the stuff they’re talking about?

@firedpath @Brockwell_Lido Yes!!

@Amelia_Torode @Brockwell_Lido Yes! Yes! Yes!!! Get yourself down there! It’s a glorrrrrrrrrrious morning ☀️

Big congrats to the people’s winner of #Eurovision2023 💚

Congratulations to Loreen and Sweden! Congrats also to Käärijä for finishing 2nd and making Finland proud! It was a stunning performance! Thank you to 🇺🇦🇬🇧 for being wonderful co-hosts! 🫲🟢🟢😎🟢🟢🫱 #Käärijä #ChaChaCha #Eurovision

So, I need to explain Croatia. The band, Let 3, are a famous Croatian left-wing punk group who have mocked the country's nationalism, supported Prides, and once got arrested for performing naked even though the band protested that they weren't cos they had corks in their butts.

When Dulwich Hamlet score.

Remembering John Smith MP, who died 29 years ago today. His quote: "The opportunity to serve our country, is all we ask" was made in a speech the night before he died. Our Centre is named after him and exists to make the positive case for politics and public service.

There will be rockets, soldiers and moustachioed men in their underpants lampooning Vladimir Putin as a “crocodile psychopath” – and that’s just the Croatian act. My preview of tonight’s #Eurovision grand final: theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

‘To complain would have been a sign of weakness.’ @Amelia_Torode in a fantastic @FT article about flexible working. 89% label flexible working as the key motivator that boosts their productivity. #futureofwork #flexiblework buff.ly/2MsqdE6

The People’s Nonce, there, dressed as the Woking branch of Hobbycraft