Jack (@TWCommentator) header
Jack (@TWCommentator) profile picture

Journalist/researcher

Joined July 2015
Photo by Jack (@TWCommentator)Photo by Jack (@TWCommentator)Photo by Jack (@TWCommentator)
Need something to power you through the end of the work week? Me and my pal Matt chat about the ups and downs of mental health and access to therapy/counselling on episode 15 of @CrazyTalk_pod anchor.fm/natasha-barrett1/e… #FridayThoughts #FridayFeeIing #MentalHealthAwareness #Podcast
I’m sure we can all agree that no worthwhile work is done by writers, artists, academics, dancers, poets, actors and musicians who earn less than £30,000 a year. Glad someone is doing something to relieve the burden this places on the cultural and intellectual life of our nation. – at Lewisham, London
15
130
8
516
About to loose control writing about this Brexit mess
1
9
“The Prime Minister offered me the position of Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. After careful consideration for three seconds, I have declined the offer”
432
10,175
669
28,973
An inspiring photography project by @JudeWacks about youth self harm that I covered for the @bktimes, This is the kind of maturity and engagement we need if we want to help our young people
We think these pictures of brave teenagers who have battled self-harm are really powerful bit.ly/2pTsD5v
1
3
6
Clapton flooding: Buddhist charity that bought Grade-II listed Old School House face battle to reopen it for community bit.ly/2pPbGcq
2
1
4 reasons for using #climatebreakdown, not climate change: 1. It better conveys the extent of the problem 2. People don't say "So what? The climate's always breaking down" 3. It makes an implicit connection with the impact on our minds 4. It suggests that we can fix it.
95
1,725
190
3,525
Apple's value hit $1 trillion. Here's how many companies you would have to combine to equal one Apple. nyti.ms/2KpoNsk
32
213
58
398
If you are watching the Cambridge Analytica story unfold, please please support our journalism. We’ve fought off 3 legal threats from CA & 1 from Facebook. It’s a whole year’s work & we gave it to @Channel4News & @nytimes for the greater good. We need you! support.theguardian.com
760
17,413
930
36,670
"Nearly every time the Olympics come to a city, they remind us how little human life and dignity are worth compared to the hardware required to pull them off." theatlantic.com/internationa…
Private Eye is what the Mail would be like if it had a sense of humour
63
1,037
79
2,428
Berlin wall stood for 10316 days, and tomorrow is 10316 days since it is gone.
949
62,101
2,522
164,689
Don’t make me find you and mic-drop on your ass.
1,403
22,878
1,905
90,649
Facebook announces major changes to news feed, promising a more even split between LadBible and Russian propaganda.
4
299
7
1,563
McDonald’s leader Ronald just stated he has a “burger on his desk at all times”. Will someone from his big shoed, red nosed regime inform him that I too have a burger on my desk, but mine is a box meal which is bigger and more powerful than his, and mine has gravy! #nuclearbutton
2,910
124,374
9,882
350,732