Simon Hattenstone
@shattenstone
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Guardian features writer/interviewer. Ambassador. @encephalitis & proud Manc/Salfordian 🐝 Also @shattenstone.bsky.social
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Joined March 2010
Crumpsall is an amazing melting pot where so many cultures, classes and religions have lived peacefully alongside each other. That mustn't be forgotten amid the horror of the Heaton Park synagogue attack https://t.co/kRsf6kydrc
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Last week’s attack on the synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester, was also an assault on a model and diverse community, says Guardian features writer Simon Hattenstone
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@shattenstone This is the first time in my life when Ive ever felt really excited and energised about subscribing to a news/etc. source: I don't really know what the correct term is, but I'm thrilled to be supporting it.
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The legend @LionelRichie sits down with @shattenstone to discuss his new memoir TRULY @WmCollinsBooks
https://t.co/Z8tW2KSmY9
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He’s known for his ballads and winning smile – but the singer has also had a ringside seat to history, from the civil rights battles in his native Alabama to the rise and fall of pop’s biggest...
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And he’s back!! Sunday isn’t Sunday without Stewart Lee. We were so thrilled at @thenerve_news that Stewart came with us. His satirical columns for the Observer were some of our most-read content: funny, surreal, angry true. Essential weekend reading. https://t.co/u8gvcSNNI0
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We would like to say an enormous thank you to @FreeNazanin, @AkikoMHart from @libertyhq & @INQUEST_ORG for speaking on our panel about IPP sentences yesterday at the @UKLabour conference. Your voices add a huge amount of weight to the campaign for change.
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From inbox zero to client success stories, here’s a glimpse into what our military-spouse VAs actually do all day. Spoiler: it’s not just admin work, it’s impact work.
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My interview with Lionel Richie. He's got an amazing backstory (he's fantastic on civil rights movement) and his front story's pretty good too https://t.co/H660qvaY9u
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He’s known for his ballads and winning smile – but the singer has also had a ringside seat to history, from the civil rights battles in his native Alabama to the rise and fall of pop’s biggest...
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Congrats to all at The Nerve for a fantastically successful launch. May you go from strength to strength♥️🥂
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A beautiful moment in Manchester. Renee Black, 93, and Sadiq Patel, praying together in Albert Square. She is Jewish, he is Muslim.
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Right. A bit more about what we’re up to. Would love feedback, do stick a comment at the end. Link below (because of X’s anti-news bias.)
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Please read this piece by @patrick_barkham about his daughter Milly and Lyme Disease. It's important and impacts so many more people than most of us realise. Get well soon Milly ♥️
This is the story of my daughter Milly & Lyme Disease. There was no rash, no "summer flu", NHS blood tests negative. And she's been ill for a quarter of her life. https://t.co/PWMojtertr Thanks @UKLyme @LymeResourceCtr for raising UK awareness. NHS must take this more seriously.
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Here's Matty lad McConaughey on God, reefers, abuse, and political ambitions. It's kinda wide-ranging as we say in the business, and I'm obviously biased (I wrote it), but I think he's worth every cent you spend reading this https://t.co/YO7VLfW9U2
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He was once so stoned he missed his own birthday party, but the Oscar-winning actor has swapped pot for poetry. He reveals the trauma and triumph that taught him why it’s more important to be a good...
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Had a wonderful time at Pete Murray’s 100th birthday lunch today. Pete is a lovely man and one of my heroes who I used to work with on Radio One a few years ago now. Happy birthday Pete One
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19 September 1929 | A French Jewish boy, Georges Berger, was born in Saint-Ouen. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 28 August 1942 in a transport of Jews deported from #Drancy. After the selection he was murdered in a gas chamber.
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I've wanted to interview Bjorn Borg all my working life. I loved him when he was playing, and wanted to know why he quit so young, why he didn't return to Wimbledon for decades, and what the hell happened to him. Anyway, I finally got my chance to ask https://t.co/pgJfmfZj4O
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The sporting superstar walked away from success and adulation at 26 – much to everyone’s bemusement. He opens up about his secret life and the depression, cocaine, overdoses and aggressive cancer...
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Anyone at Labour conference should try to see both these events. IPP is a hugely important issue (even if not for Labour), and both Ungripp and Lung are brilliant
On 29th & 30th September, UNGRIPP have events at the Labour conference It’s another opportunity to raise IPP with MPs. If you have a Labour MP please send them this flyer & ask them to come by to find out about IPP & why more change is needed You can also tag them in this post
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Lovely tribute and huge applause for life-long blue Ricky Hatton at the start of the derby #RIPRickyHatton #CityvUtd
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Beautiful piece on the great Ricky Hatton by @donaldgmcrae
Only the memories of Mike Tyson at his most destructive in sparring can rival the vivid images I carry of the young Ricky Hatton training in an old hat factory. He was utterly lost in boxing. It was pure. Ricky was unforgettable then – and remains so now https://t.co/rXBWJwjeW9
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Rest in peace Ricky Hatton. You will be forever loved, always missed and never forgotten. Sending love to your family, friends and fans all over the world. #RickyHatton
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