Kirsty Wark
@KirstyWark
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Joined August 2009
Please tell everyone you know to read this. Such courage to recall and to write. @HadleyFreeman
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.@BBCCarrie is an outstanding and principled journalist and I am proud to stand with her #bbcwomen #equalpay #istandwithcarrie.
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With the brains behind @PrivateEyeNews for tonight’s @BBCNewsnight on the occasion of the Eye reaching 60!!!! 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂
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Why didn’t anyone in the room call out #Trump over disinfectant? Why weren’t Republican politicians jumping up and down? @BBCRadio4 do listen to #starttheweek at 0900 on Monday for some answers about failure to act #bystandereffect.
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I am genetically incapable of saying T**** or T**** . The word is "guising" #halloween 🎃.
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Somehow #KirstyMacColl death is sadder with each passing year. She was a true joyous talent.
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Ok this is an extremely dull pic of an historic night. The last sleeper train of this era. Next week a new dawn. no more carpets up the walls. @CalSleeper
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@BBCCarrie is an outstanding and principled journalist and I am proud to stand with her #bbcwomen #equalpay #istandwithcarrie.
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I will watch this many times, so compelling and moving.
Tonight on @BBCNewsnight we have a special film from the Italian hospital whose doctors discovered the first recorded case of Covid-19 in Europe.
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I’m v excited that @thecharlatans #TimBurgess are playing on #Newsnight @BBCNewsnight tonight following the postponement of their 30th Anniversary Tour dates that were still to come.
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. @lilyallen shows great dignity & empathy hoping her stalker gets proper psychiatric care #newsnight tonight
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Statement from #bbcwomen . The DG must be in no doubt about how serious an issue equal and fair pay is for women across the organisation.
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No matter how much I admire different cooks and food writers @NigelSlater will always be my favourite.
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Trying to raise a smile travelling to London on @AvantiWestCoast on the floor between carriages. Worst it’s been! Cancellation/ eviction/ wrong info/ next train late/ no seats. it’s a lottery!
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Hard day at the office @BBCNewsnight - in the manner of Wes Anderson - our homage on tonight!
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So lovely to talk to Neil Hannon for tonight’s @BBCNewsnight he is a true talent, a creative giant xx.
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Looking for a great book? This is it but I warn you if you start don't plan anything else @sarabandebooks
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Looking forward to @BBCNewsnight after a six week post op lie-in! AND it’s the @RTS_media journalism awards tonight so go team go!.
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This is an earthquake. @BBCNewsnight I will be in Edinburgh live tonight for discussion about what happens next for Scotland.
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#Charles Kennedy was so talented. A fine orator, a strategist , a witty and warm man who never displayed any self importance.
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Tonight on @BBCNewsnight a rare interview with @nickcave He talks about the nature of grief & how the death of his teenage son, Arthur, changed him.He also discusses connection between art & the artist, specifically Kanye West & much more besides.10.30pm. Do watch.
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Hurtling back north to do @BBCNewsnight live from Holyrood on #nicolasturgeon resignation and what it means for the country and for Independence. Full line up planned politicians et all and in @valmcdermid - a voice we definitely want to hear! Do join us.
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Ok so I get on @thecaledoniansleeper after @BBCNewsnight for a quiet drink & some supper and there is a Burns Supper!!!!
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Do watch “The Trial of Alex Salmond” @BBCTwo Monday August 17th. 9pm. centre/proginfo/2020/33/the-trial-of-alex-Salmond.
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Thinking how much #MaryQuant influenced my teenage years. Her No2 white lipstick was perfect. I can recall the scent of it. She was a true star.
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These wonderful people speak from the heart about the impact of Covid on #michaelrosen on a special edition of #thereunion @BBCRadio4 tomorrow morning at 9am.
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With the wonderful #BridgetRiley. Speaking to her tonight on @BBCNewsnight in a rare TV interview ahead of the opening tomorrow of her latest exhibition @davidzwirner . 90 and an artist in her prime!
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Lordy have just watched three eps of @KillingEve. No wonder the wine bottle is almost drained. so am I #PhoebeWallerBridge Fantastic!.
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So unutterably sad to learn that @Jacqueline_Gold has died. A bunch of us made a @BBCTwo series in the pandemic, living in a house together & Jacqueline was one of the loveliest people I have met. A kind, modest, positive woman who adored her family.
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Glorious day for a sail to #Arran. Over to open Charlotte's new veterinary surgery in Brodick.
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Lovely @haveigotnews viewers, no disrespect to Welsh language intended I assure you. or my fellow Celts. 🏴.
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So thrilled with the jacket of my new novel #TheHousebytheLoch @TwoRoadsBooks out in June!
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@DrJessTaylor your contribution was invaluable. I am sure it will spark a million conversations! Thank you xx.
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I love writing in the kitchen at night. Peaceful and warm. Never take life for granted.
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About to make shortbread to take to @BBCNewsnight just caught by the sight of my mother's writing in her recipe book
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0715 this morning at Central Station Glasgow. I cannot reproduce the red glow but it is so moving #lest we forget
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Do watch the lovely #DavidByrne on great form on @BBCNewsnight tonight @NonesuchRecords talking the live concert experience of American Utopia, Fat Boy Slim, St Vincent, the Midterms, and what Home means to him.
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Just to be clear @lilyallen reported her stalker right from the beginning of her ordeal @BBCNewsnight.
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@neilhimself at least languishing on the @CalSleeper because of POINTS FAILURE gives me more time to enjoy Crowley & Aziraphale #GoodOmens before talking to Neil, David Tennant &Michael Sheen about dazzling new creation on Wed 29th #royalfestivalhall
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#SteveHewlett had such a generosity of spirit,hugely knowledgable, witty & always had a mischievous twinkle in his eye. He will be so missed.
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Two sources telling us SNP have swept Glasgow . Watching tables one after another after another #GE215.
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It Is unbearable to think of the #Glasgowschoolofart that wonderful place so beloved by all and such a cradle of creativity.
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So tonight on @BBCNewsnight Brexit, Railways. and @jed_mercurio on #Bodyguard that’s JEDMERCURIO . who wrote one of my favourite books Ascent but somehow I don’t think we’ll be talking about that tonight!.
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SO exciting #CalcuttaCup #TripleCrown at stake tomorrow. Watching Wales v Ireland to whet the appetite. Come on Scotland! @SixNationsRugby.
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I’m so proud to be supporting @BBCCiN’s 2020 Appeal Campaign - Together, we can help to make sure all children are loved by someone. Together, we can help change young lives facing a range of disadvantages of across the UK. Get involved at #ChildrenInNeed
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Just got in a Glasgow taxi. Driver says “you’ve lost some amount of weight.” I’m same weight as when he last picked me up. Got to love Glasgow taxi drivers.
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Tonight on @BBCNewsnight Brett Anderson #Suede in his only TV interview on the day his moving eloquent memoir #CoalBlackMorning is published. @LittleBrownUK
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No matter your political or cultural views get ready for an extraordinary five days which will change relationships in the UK for ever!!!.
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It’s a medieval jousting contest aka the elections Edinburgh studios @BBCNewsnight @BBCNews.
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So happy to have interviewed @aiww at the @DesignMuseum for @BBCNewsnight tonight before the opening of his wonderful and endlessly thought-provoking and moving show.
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Last day of filming for documentary on the incomparable #murielspark @bbcarts ready for her centenary on Feb 1st.
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Thank you to all the brave honest women & Nick(!) who took part in #TheMenopauseAndMe @BBCOne to make it better for others.
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@MarkUrban01 Your incredible knowledge, the respect you command in the Defence and Intelligence communities, your consummate communication skills, and your place at the heart of the Newsnight squad now and past have made the programme what it is. ❤️🙋🏻♀️❤️.
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Me and @steve_lamacq after a great hour of music and conversation for @BBC6Music SummerSoundClash this Wednesday at 6pm. I hope you enjoy the selection!
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So excited!!.
Andy Murray has confirmed he will play mixed doubles with Serena Williams at #Wimbledon! . Full story:
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Tonight @BBCNewsnight we do a deep dive into the analysis of and preparedness for, the Coronavirus. Separating fact from fiction and reviewing the best advice. Where stands the UK, and what is the international story. Doctors, a leading international public health epidemiologist.
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So good to talk to John Paul Gaultier about his life and Fashion Freak Show @BBCNewsnight tonight.
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On @BBCNewsnight tonight the star of @Netflix #AllQuietontheWesternFront , the talented, self-effacing thoughtful, Paul Baumer.
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#SueLloyd-Roberts an inspirational woman, & wonderful journalist will be so missed not least by those whose stories she told so fearlessly.
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Prepping for recording #TheReunion @BBCRadio4 on the publisher that changed what women read, thought, and did. @ViragoBooks
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This is fantastic! My cousin’s daughter and her husband have worked SO hard. @weerestaurant - under the Forth Bridge.
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Thank you for your tweets about @bbctwo #blurredlines.Amazing response to the documentary especially lovely to hear from young women & men.
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#ArethaFrankin @BBCNewsnight such sadnesss. Tonight Jesse Jackson, Estelle , Stuart Cosgrove and a live tribute in the studio from @SisterSledge_.
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Great to be in Belfast for @BBCNewsnight debate on what the general election looks like from here, soon to be the frontier with the EU.
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@Damian_Barr and I had a great time recording #ShelfIsolation @BBCScotland . On tomorrow night at 2200hrs and eternally on IPlayer. books, music, screen. It was a blast.
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Spent the morning in Edinburgh with @mattforde for @BBCNewsnight tonight before hurtling down the East Coast. It was a blast!
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Speaking to the US ambassador to Poland in Warsaw for tonight’s special edition of #newsnight
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#blurredlines. We, or I should say @BBC are working out whether the documentary can be made available for schools. Thank you for all tweets.
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Reflecting on Zaha Hadid's death. Our build world is immeasurably better for her immense talent. Our world is saddened without her.
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So sad to learn that the wonderful @#andrewfairlie has died. He will be remembered as a truly great chef but more than that, one if the kindest most generous hearted people I know.
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#BigLittleLies for me was fantastic & the best performance of Nicole Kidman's career. Desperate to say more but don't want to spoil @HBO.
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Filming in the sunshine. @royalacademy #SummerExhibition opening tonight. @BBCTwo documentary Saturday night
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