Archie Bland
Editor of the Guardian’s First Edition newsletter.
- Starting a new job as head of national news on Monday so this is my last newsletter. Scroll to the bottom to see my dog getting baked www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
- First Edition is about how the extremely online right seeded the ‘Boriswave’ conversation, and why they’re basically the Miranda Priestlys of contemporary politics. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
- I wrote about the Vylanising of the Gaza discourse, and what happens if you keep telling people things they can see aren’t true. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Reposted by Archie BlandOn today’s podcast, @archiebland.bsky.social talks about the day his son, Max, stopped breathing, and learning to advocate for a disabled child. This episode brims with love as well as rage at an ableist world and it was an honour to be trusted with Max’s story www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...