Peter Watts
Journalist and author
- Not just a great sentiment but truly outstanding aim and pelvic floor muscle control.
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My all-time favourite house is for sale. Absolutely sickening. themodernhouse.com/sales-list/s... - Well done NYT Connections - you got me.
- ITV treating us to Ian Wright AND Lee Dixon, the GB News approach to balance.
- Three yellow card offences on Cucurella in 20 minutes that have been completely ignored…
- Wonder what minute of tonight's Chelsea game I'll be turning off in frustration. Might open a book on it. Will I make it past seven minutes this time?
- Reposted by Peter WattsBrixton Blog editor Alan Slingsby has died suddenly. The title says he "threw all his energy, skills and resources into building a unique and much-loved publication" brixtonblog.com/alan-slingsb...
- Reposted by Peter WattsHeartfelt thanks to Guy Garvey & to everyone who heard me on his show & responded so warmly to the announcement of our next two releases on Needle Mythology. The Musical Youth story is so extraordinary that we made a two part podcast all about it. Here's Part 1: shows.acast.com/697c8b74f1dd...
- Reposted by Peter WattsOne lesson of the last week is it's a bad idea to tell the FT politics team to fuck off.
- The way Arsenal fans have effortlessly pivoted from extolling the purity of Wenger’s prissy beauty to reconnect with George Graham/Don Howe-style pitiless efficiency is a great example of how football clubs having a specific soul or identity is marketing bullshit dressed up as woo-woo spiritualism.
- Darren bringing good knowledge to this issue. I feel I have learnt and forgotten this information a number of times.
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- Found my absolute favourite London sign at Chiswick flyover on Wednesday. 10/10 for everything.
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- Rough Trade, a London landmark, is 50 in 2026. I talked to Geoff Travis and Nigel House about the history of both shop and label, as well as hearing about their birthday plans. My latest for The Times. www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
- Reposted by Peter Watts🎢Very sad news just announced, that the historic Scenic Railway at Dreamland Margate is to permanently close. Built 1920, the Grade II* listed timber ride is of international importance as the oldest surviving rollercoaster in Britain, second oldest in Europe and among the five oldest in the world.
- Nick Cave becoming an enthusiastic wild swimmer must be among the ten most Guardian-coded things of all time.
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- Reposted by Peter WattsFascinating essay on *why* some cultures are terrified of reheating rice and others just...do it every day. The justification cycle - racialised thinking, call to science, appeal to long past and/or 'traditional' wisdom - seems universal for this sort of food story #histFood
- Anybody who thinks banning kids from social media will stop kids from using social media has never had, met or been a kid.
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- Arsenal are going to seriously injure a goalkeeper at one of their set pieces at some point.
- Reposted by Peter WattsIf you were going to be teleported there and back, and could only enter one place, I’d suggest Dennis Severs’ House, 18 Folgate Street, a Spitalfields row house refurbished to look and feel as if its 18th/19th century residents have only just stepped out for a moment. Extraordinarily experience.
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- Reposted by Peter Watts🚨 New on Substack, my post on Clay Cross's famous 1972 Rents Rebellion that resisted the Conservative Government's plans to raise council house rents: 'Clay Cross Council: ‘doing our job – and that’s to help the working class, the cream of the nation’ municipaldreams.substack.com/p/clay-cross...
- Reposted by Peter Wattswikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
- I thought Jenrick was already in Reform as it is quite hard to keep track of the defections.
- Reposted by Peter WattsIt was 30 years ago today that BBC Two transmitted the opening episode of Our Friends in the North - one of the greatest television dramas the BBC has ever made. For the anniversary, I've been down to Caversham to take a look through the show's files and explore some of the tales they tell...
- Got to love Adrian Chiles.
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- Reposted by Peter WattsYou wait several years for a book on British temperance history and two come along almost at once! I'm a big fan of Andrew Davison's work, so I'm pleased to see his book on temperance buildings published by Liverpool University Press. Looking forward to reading it heritagecalling.com/2026/01/08/t...
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- The Grant Museum of Zoology is doing a renovation and giving away their old signage - my daughter snagged this one.
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- I missed the recent death of Gerry Gable, founder of Searchlight and legendary London anti-fascist. Here's an excellent obituary. leadenskies.substack.com/p/gerry-gabl...
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- My first game was Watford away. We won 3-0 and went second. Six months later we became the only team to be relegated from the top flight via the play-offs.
- Last night I dreamed I was watching a YouTube show called Julian Cope’s Cooking With Grease in which the Archdrude made an array of deeply unhealthy fried breakfasts.
- Got to give this kid respect for his positioning and timing.
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- If winning two trophies and qualifying for the Champions League isn’t enough, good luck whoever follows. Still, lots of people got what they wanted so looking forward to them owning what comes next.
- I have seen two different types of responses to Brigitte Bardot’s death: she was a fascist, but she was hot, OR she was hot, but she was a fascist.
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- @daveyjenkins.bsky.social can’t believe I have been sitting behind your mum at Chelsea for the past god knows how many years.
