Penny Crook
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Comms for Bloomberg News. Previously The Telegraph & BBC’s International News Services. Londoner & former New Yorker. Owns too many cookery books. Views mine.
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Joined March 2009
So much change in print media readership but @RadioTimes Christmas issue is a festive institution. An honour to be in this year’s. Photos by Elisabeth Hoff and my interviewer was ** @shattenstone ** Out now 🎄
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Novelist Salman Rushdie tells Mishal Husain that book bans in the US are an attempt to "erase" diverse perspectives on American history Subscribe to The Mishal Husain Show wherever you get your podcasts https://t.co/UPQ2S2qCQD
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Exclusive: Recent intelligence assessments show Vladimir Putin still has no intention of reaching a peace deal with Ukraine, former MI6 chief Richard Moore says. “Under current conditions — I’m basing this on access I had a few weeks ago to our understanding of the intelligence
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Recent intelligence assessments show Vladimir Putin has no intention of reaching a peace deal with Ukraine, Britain’s former spy chief said, confirming a view underpinning a harder line from the US...
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This would be the biggest embassy in Europe. Richard Moore says he’s not justifying the size of this particular site but ‘there has to be a way through’, where China gets an ‘appropriate embassy’ and the U.K. gets to retain & develop its Beijing one https://t.co/ZCEoQGDh76
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Exclusive: Ex-MI6 chief Richard Moore says China “should get their embassy” in London “I’m sure there has to be a way through where they get an appropriate embassy and we are allowed to retain and develop our own excellent embassy in Beijing,” he says in a Bloomberg interview
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Richard Moore, who recently stepped down as head of Britain’s foreign intelligence service MI6, said the UK government should be able to find a solution that would let it approve China’s request for...
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Comcast, owner of the Sky pay-television business in Europe, is in talks to acquire ITV’s media and entertainment unit in a deal that would dramatically shake up the UK broadcasting landscape, people with knowledge of the matter said
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Comcast Corp., owner of the European pay-television service Sky, is in talks to buy ITV Plc’s media and entertainment arm in a deal that would dramatically shake up the UK broadcasting landscape.
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Spotted on the Tube .. Poss caption for the pic of Executive Producer @lewis_louisa: ‘Think I’m seeing quite enough of this woman already’ ?? Next episode, coming Friday, a deep dive into the women of Russia .. https://t.co/DaaLKL24dL
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Honoured to be on this shortlist, for these interviews @business: Elon Musk, May: https://t.co/DjB4Zyznh6 Keir Starmer, June: https://t.co/6vcnySKktw Shonda Rhimes, August https://t.co/2DicZ9pfEc
Congratulations to the 2025 British Journalism Awards finalists, sponsored by @StarlingBank. This is brave work those wielding careless power would rather see suppressed. Bravo to all involved 👏👏👏 https://t.co/QsQB96tXln
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‘The Mishal Husain Show’ - new episode is out 🔽 https://t.co/GDfOHZEffK
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Podcast Episode · The Mishal Husain Show · 24/10/2025 · 51m
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"I'm arguing for the lens that we look at issues [through] to, as far as possible, be equal and level." Bloomberg Weekend presenter Mishal Husain speaks to #R4Today about delivering Oxford University's annual Romanes Lecture on 'Empire, Identity and the Search for Reason’.
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My Executive Producer, lucky to have her on board!!
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The Mishal Husain Show · Episode
The brilliant @MishalHusain has her own podcast with @business #TheMishalHusainShow One essential conversation, every weekend. Proud to be the exec on this pod. Episodes out every Friday. Listen to the trailer and subscribe so you never miss out. https://t.co/ZjBez2wuE8
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NEW - curtain raiser for this has just dropped, first episode of these in-depth newsmaker and ideas conversations coming Friday. Please follow and share :) ⬇️
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Podcast Episode · The Mishal Husain Show · Trailer · 2m
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Make sense of the world with one essential conversation, every weekend. Subscribe to The Mishal Husain Show wherever you get your podcasts: https://t.co/CGvkLD6sLV
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London slips out of the world’s top 20 IPO markets as the third quarter ends, overtaken by Mexico
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London has slipped out of the world’s top 20 initial public offering markets as the third quarter ends, overtaken by Mexico and Singapore in a fresh blow to its standing as a global finance hub.
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NEW Morgan McSweeney under pressure after he: - personally pushed for Mandelson’s appointment as the UK’s ambassador to Washington - spent recent days defending him as pressure mounted over Mandelson’s ties to Epstein @SamCoatesSky reporting similar https://t.co/6AaW7cqSNo
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The ouster of the UK’s ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, raises fresh questions about Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, who people familiar with the matter said was...
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer tells @MishalHusain the UK has “grave concerns” about Iran’s nuclear program and backed Israel’s right to self-defense, while calling for de-escalation in a conflict that risks engulfing the Middle East https://t.co/K8kaGPdalf
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Keir Starmer’s first response to Israel-Iran strikes here >>>
Prime Minister Keir Starmer tells @MishalHusain the UK has “grave concerns” about Iran’s nuclear program and backed Israel’s right to self-defense, while calling for de-escalation in a conflict that risks engulfing the Middle East https://t.co/K8kaGPdalf
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EXCLUSIVE: Keir Starmer interview with @MishalHusain — says UK has “grave concerns” about Iran’s nuclear programme — “we absolutely recognise Israel’s right to self-defence” — calls for deescalation with Macron and Merz — PM will call Netanyahu later https://t.co/7mgo4JvhFM
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK has “grave concerns” about Iran’s nuclear program and backed Israel’s right to self-defense, while calling for de-escalation in a conflict that risks engulfing...
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For the last year, I’ve been working on an investigation that’s left me staggered. It’s a damning indictment of the UK’s care sector, & the migration system which has allowed millions of ££s to be plundered from communities in developing countries. Free:
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Recent changes to immigration policy won’t do anything for people who’ve been exploited while seeking jobs in the UK. But they may worsen the care-worker shortage.
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