Will Lloyd

Are we sleepwalking into World War III? ft.trib.al/nKtV5PD

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‘The whole operation was a bloody shambles’ — Jay Rayner reviews RH London, Mayfair ft.trib.al/BKm7ixR | opinion

Ringo Starr, encountering an earlier version of Jeffrey Archer in the 1960s, described him as “the kind of bloke who would bottle your piss and sell it”. www.ft.com/content/5235...

Karl Bushby has finally returned to the UK after a 28-year journey. Tap here for our story on the man who has been walking home since 1998, published just days before his return: ft.trib.al/zF4Xdw2

Fantastic Michael Crick episode of Panorama on Jeffrey Archer from 25 years ago. Really underscores just what a disservice it was to readers to use the lazy "led a colourful life" platitudes in many of the obituaries. youtu.be/z8E-aBGJ3tQ?...

Excellent comedy www.rollonfriday.com/news-content...

How resilient is Britain? Is it ready for war? Is it prepared for the threat of interstate conflict against the backdrop of a warming planet?  Will Lloyd investigates: ft.trib.al/oVoZyv2

How resilient is Britain? ft.trib.al/ip5Mhmv

The @ftweekend.com has a new senior writer and it is @willoyd.bsky.social, who has opened his account with this brilliantly written piece of reporting, examining the UK’s resilience (or complete lack of it) in the face of multiple challenges. It’s very bloody good. www.ft.com/content/ba80...

The Weekend FT debut of new feature writer Will Lloyd is a deeply reported and terrifying analysis of how prepared Britain is for omnipresent crisis. Alt headline "Why are we so screwed?" giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

“The central economic problem of resilience,” said Lang, “is that it asks capitalism to do what it doesn’t want to do at the moment.” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... @willoyd.bsky.social has started writing for the FT! this is good news. Nothing in this article is, though...

Wonderful FT debut from the great @willoyd.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/96a0200e-4...

Personal news: Today I am really thrilled to get started at the Financial Times as a Senior Writer for the FT Weekend.

🗓️So much to look forward to on Tuesday 25th August. The launch of the Cambridge Companion to Martin Amis, a keynote speech from Will Self, a live recording, and more! BOOK NOW! 🎟️🎟️TICKETS BELOW! 🎟️🎟️ 🔗 www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...

Prince Harry writes for the New Statesman this week, on Gaza and the rise of antisemitism in Britain www.newstatesman.com/comment/2026...

An x-rated episode of @willdunn.bsky.social and my weekend round-up on the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social Pod. Saucy stuff! (Plus a long-term view of social security spending ofc)

Beautiful writing from @willoyd.bsky.social: “Miliband’s story is really about the exhilaration of ideas: where they come from, why some of us fall in love with them, and what propels those ideas from the fringes of the debate to the fulcrum of an era.” www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

But look how happy he is

In case you missed it at the weekend! @willdunn.bsky.social and my @newstatesman1913.bsky.social pod weekly round-up of the politics stories you may have missed - from Orwellian trains to Chatham House chemsex:

Favourite detail in this profile by @willoyd.bsky.social: Ed Miliband has a poster on his wall of... RFK. The second Kennedy brother. Delightful.

Reading @willoyd.bsky.social’s excellent profile of Ed Miliband, which rightly stresses the influence on him of his father, reminded me of this piece about Miliband père that I wrote for the NS in 2010, during that year’s Labour leadership campaign www.newstatesman.com/uncategorize...

"When it came to climate policy, Miliband was in power without office under the Tory governments Gove served. All of them were enthusiastic Milibandites, too." Love this profile of Ed Miliband by @willoyd.bsky.social:

New @newstatesman1913.bsky.social pod episode! @willoyd.bsky.social chats to me about his profile of Ed Miliband, and the rise of Milibandism:

My take on SNL UK is that they should have had the triggernometry lads in the mix but in fairly minor and supporting roles

Excellent. #BBC’s James Naughtie asks, are we in a global war? What are links between+effects of #Ukraine/#Russia #US/#Iran/#Israel wars? Could route to de-escalation lie through #China as @nathalietocci.bsky.social suggests? With Huw Strachan, Flora Alexander, @willoyd.bsky.social Evelyn Farkas.

This week’s @newstatesman1913.bsky.social cover is a report from Ukraine, and whether or not we are living through the start of a new world war www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

This is one of the best descriptions of the Ukrainian drone war, and its significance for all of us, that I have read www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

My interview with Thomas Heatherwick on wanting to design Labour's new towns, the housing need for "boxes" - plus the revelation that no, he hasn't bought a "Stop Thomas Heatherwick" tshirt:

“My best friend wouldn’t share half a loaf of bread with me.” Fascinating and beautifully written on-the-ground dispatch from Ukraine, the every-war, by @willoyd.bsky.social:

A superbly written article by @willoyd.bsky.social of @newstatesman1913.bsky.social. As a veteran of an earlier (and simpler?) war, it brought back a lot of old feelings. Shame, too. Fair warning, if the headline doesn't make it obvious: it's a dark topic. www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

Polanski prepares to hard launch “Zackonomics” He will set out his vision in his first major economic address since becoming Green Party leader By @meganekenyon.bsky.social

Keir Starmer is struggling to keep his New Year's resolution. The Iran war is devastating his cost of living strategy. The Politics Column, with Ailbhe Rea

Great interview - and insight into Politics by Wetherspoon: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Farewell, @georgeeaton.bsky.social! A bonus episode with my now former colleague who I first chatted to on the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social podcast 12 years ago!

Fascinating anecdote from A.N. Wilson today in the Mail. 20 years ago the brother of the editor of the newspaper he worked for became a foreign ambassador. Then the late Queen & Prince Philip came to visit the country & left behind a pile of expenses for their official trip. HT @willoyd.bsky.social

Some personal news: after 17 wonderful years at the New Statesman I’ve decided it’s time for something new. Grateful to brilliant colleagues past and present. Here’s my farewell column from this week’s magazine. www.newstatesman.com/comment/2026...

Beautiful goodbye column from my ol' coll' @georgeeaton.bsky.social who is leaving after 17 years - the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social will never be the same without him!

Scathing exposè of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's moral unfitness to be trade envoy by @willoyd.bsky.social. It's possibly worse than you think. youtu.be/cXc9Yb5OPU4?...

This week’s @newstatesman1913.bsky.social cover

great piece that makes me almost nostalgic for years of hanging around on (non-royal) doorsteps in the rain with journalism's most world weary people, snappers

“They’re all sycophant, sycophant, sycophant on air, and then off air, ‘twat, twat, twat’.” Brilliant piece by @emilylawford.bsky.social on the royal media circus:

Discussing the Prince Andrew arrest - he denies everything! - and Prince William’s mental health crisis with Oli on the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social pod. Our monarchy and our politics are both trending towards the dustbin at speed. Apologies for the many many bad jokes. youtu.be/z826JA8zvr0?...

Wrote about the week where it felt like Queen Elizabeth II died all over again for @newstatesman1913.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

“You are wrong. I will prove you wrong. I am going to fight.” In his ace column in this week's @newstatesman1913.bsky.social, Andrew Marr bumps into Keir Starmer and tells him exactly what he thinks: