Sean Hamilton

RIP Jenni Murray. Giant of broadcasting. A defining voice from my childhood and throughout my life until her retirement. A meticulously prepared and superb interviewer. She made Woman’s Hour essential listening. 40% male audience when she was the main presenter.

I'm totally buying all Angine De Poitrine hype. @BBC6Music just played a full track. Annoyingly difficlt to obtain a ticket to a live UK show though. Lots of fun to be had here for music/showbiz press.

Fare thee well Andrew Ranken drummer of @poguesofficial. Fundamental and integral to the whole sound, feel and operation throughout. What a musical legacy though. RIP.

Another product lost to shitflation. Just sat down to a bowl of All Bran and thought it was strangely tasteless. Sure enough @KelloggCompany have ‘improved’ the recipe. The PR spin is that the new formula saves energy.

RIP Martin Townsend. One of the good guys of journalism (and in general) lost horribly young. He was so passionate about music, writing and politics amongst other things. I was lucky enough to work alongside him in recent years. We will miss you enormously.

Sad to be struck down hard by word ‘gotten’ sneaking on to BBC coverage in an otherwise excellent review! Urgh. bbc.com/news/articles/…

When did you last read a newspaper leader column? They’re harder to find online but a great source of free intelligence. A Sun editor once barked at me: “Read the leaders – they tell you everything.” I expain why in a @PRWeekUK piece (paywall): prweek.co.uk/article/192511…

Kim Jong-un: “the dumpy despot” @knobblymonsters

@TLRailUK @greateranglia Thank you. That is kind. It was worth a try! Thought there was a remote chance. I have filled the form out. Fingers crossed. I doubt anyone else wants my worn kit!

@hamiltonsean @greateranglia Hello Sean, I have just called Cambridge and the train has already departed for it's return journey. We would recommend filling in the lost property form here thameslinkrailway.com/help-and-suppo… ^HG

RIP Geoff Capes Strongman. What a life (and a decent Amstrad game). Some great obits today although no age.

@silvesterldn @thetimes Blindin'

Some professional news: Excited to join the incredible team @thetimes as London Editor from the end of this month. Cannot wait to get stuck in.

@anitathetweeter And then a weird feature about why premium airlines are better than budget airlines.

The new Standard is such a baffling product. Desperately wants to be a glossy magazine but is still printed on the same old paper. Almost zero mention of London. First thing you read is an interview with no connection to London, promoting a TV drama that isn't set in London

Dave Grohl seems to have given the ‘real life’ feature industry its biggest boost for decades. Mail in particular can’t get enough of it.

@terrychristian @Beathhigh As did Ken Loach, Larry Grayson and George Elliot!

@Beathhigh That may be a good as views get in Nuneaton 🤣 the band 'Eyeless In Gaza' ( Cherry Red - Pillows & Prayers compilation) came from Nuneaton

Good morning, Nuneaton! View from my hotel bedroom this morning.

Heard bits along the way but new @floatingpoints album Cascade is tremendous. Hope we get a @TapeNotes?

What is it with the word 'storied'. Had never heard of it until a few months ago. Now can't escape it. Read it twice today. Once to describe James Earl Jones in The Times. Then to describe The Spectator in the FT.

@TLRailUK Ashwell and Morden

@hamiltonsean Hi there, could you please confirm where you are looking to get to from Watton-on-Stone? ^Shawn

@dancairns123 @taylorswift13 🤯

Imagine if @taylorswift13 endorsed Kamala Harris…

Microsoft taking the traditional IT advice to a new level today with recommendation to turn Crowdstrike affected devices on and off FIFTEEN TIMES!! azure.status.microsoft/en-gb/status

@leedsjourno Is that a typewriter or a pen and paper?!

Scary to see a generation of journos (maybe two now) with such blind faith in networked technology that a failure like today's IT crash leaves them helpless. For the millionth time: anything networked is going to fail. Have local backup for *when* it happens ..ideally analogue.