Ben Hewitt @LookHewittIs

Subeditor (Guardian) and freelance writer (Guardian, The Quietus, Pitchfork, Loud & Quiet) benhewitt.contently.com Southend-on-Sea Joined October 2012

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James B @piercepenniless

12 months ago

I don't know what to say about the images of the burning dead in Gaza this morning. The vocabulary of outrage and disgust is exhausted. Shame at the moral nihilism of my country's government and so much of its press.

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David Stubbs @sendvictorious

a year ago

RIP Steve Albini. Loved the new asshole he tore with Big Black; an overwhelming thing of ugly, amoral beauty. Rapeman sucked as a name. He'd later agree, describing it as "edgelord shit". I really admire the man, the decent, if still abrasive man he turned into. A real loss.

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Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall

2 years ago

Doctor interviewed on BBC News in Gaza. Says pregnant women haven’t been fed properly for four months. Babies all being born seriously underweight, with almost no hospital provision. A woman interviewed has nothing else to feed her baby but water.

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David Stubbs @sendvictorious

2 years ago

Here is the fundraiser I have set up for the late, great @KaptainKulk who left us far too soon, leaving behind family including two daughters. Please give, share if you can. x gofund.me/f0d23137

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Ben Hewitt @LookHewittIs

2 years ago

Such horrible news, all love to Neil's friends and family

Jude Rogers 💙 @juderogers

2 years ago

Such horrible news, all love to Neil's friends and family

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Ben Hewitt @LookHewittIs

2 years ago

I probably still listen to this album at least once a week and it remains a treat to do so, such a wonderful record

Sharon Van Etten @sharonvanetten

2 years ago

I probably still listen to this album at least once a week and it remains a treat to do so, such a wonderful record

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David Stubbs @sendvictorious

2 years ago

I've had very grave differences with Jess Phillips and I realise she has come under great pressure from her constituency but still, she has done the right thing here. People describing this issue as politically complex, nuanced; it's not. It's simple.

Jess Phillips @jessphillips

2 years ago

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Humza Yousaf @HumzaYousaf

2 years ago

Gaza is under intense bombing. Telecommunications have been cut. We can't get through to our family who have been trapped in this war zone for almost 3 weeks. We can only pray they survive the night. How many more children have to die before the world says enough?

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David Stubbs @sendvictorious

2 years ago

My book had a sensitivity read. It was no biggie. It was to winkle out any outmoded language to which old white male authors like myself, McEwan, might be prone. They suggested a few changes, I made them. McEwan's the one being "hysterical" here. theguardian.com/books/2023/oct…

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Isabella Silvers @izzymks

2 years ago

It is SO important to understand the rigorous investigation and reporting that goes into a story like these #RussellBrand allegations. Media has to abide by laws, and to get to this stage, there is solid evidence. Believe women

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Ben Hewitt @LookHewittIs

2 years ago

Feel like it's important to note that, despite what he claims here, Greenwood was not 'cleared of all charges' - the charges were dropped after witnesses withdrew cooperation, which is a very different thing.

Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano

2 years ago

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Ben Hewitt @LookHewittIs

2 years ago

This is such cowardly stuff from United. The onus shouldn't be on the women's team to take a stand.

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Rico Charges @NoChorus

2 years ago

just seen the much-vaunted morrissey Sinead take where he's "right for once". It contains both the phrases "she was crazed, yes, but..." and "record labels of artificially aroused diversity" and is transparently about himself. probably for the best not to get too excited about it

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tori amos @toriamos

2 years ago

Sinead was a force of nature. A brilliant songwriter & performer whose talent we will not see the like of again. Such passion, such intense presence & a beautiful soul, who battled her own personal demons courageously. Be at peace dear Sinead, you will forever be in our hearts. t

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Musa Okwonga @Okwonga

2 years ago

1/ I was asked yesterday by someone to give examples of men who represented healthy masculinity and I thought, "well, it's men who don't think that being a man ultimately involves dominance over everyone in your surroundings".

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JOHN NICOLSON 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 @MrJohnNicolson

2 years ago

Judges yesterday were sharply critical of the sinister ‘LGB Alliance’ over its history of abusive behaviour. I wrote to the Charity Commissioner for England asking how on earth the ‘Alliance’ could have met the tests required to become a charity.

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Ben Hewitt @LookHewittIs

2 years ago

Found the brief period where everyone else loved Wednesday quite unsettling, tbh, so strangely reassured to see we haven't lost our capacity for being complete boneheads that people can laugh at. (Good luck to Moore, he deserves better)