James Kenny

Journalist/Writer/Editor. Lover of Mexican food. Jack of all trades, master of few!

[Jim Waterson @jimwaterson]

When the London Overground was rebranded last year six names were chosen. But what about those that didn't make the cut? I've got hold of the list. 🧵

[Phil Clifton @philclifton]

This. Is. Phenomenal.

Corrie characters aghast at “London?”

[Stan's Account @tristandross]

dr oetker whacking a £3.50 rrp on all of his pizzas during a cost of living crisis is the exact moment i remember which side he was on during world war 2

[Godspeed You Black Tamperer (ft Maya) @twlldun]

Guys if Joe Biden called himself “English” and demanded a tour of a flat roofed pub in Essex and to meet bum flare guy, you’d be falling over yourselves to accommodate yourself give over, jealousy is never big or pretty

[Adolfo Arranz @adolfux]

Today marks ten years since this infographic back page about the Kowloon Walled City was published by South China Morning Post. I explained in a few lectures the ins and outs of this project, and now I will do it here. Long 🧵

[Frankie Bond @FrankieDotBond]

There’s a really touching bit in Spare where Harry ponders the sort of friends he might have had, were he granted a “normal” life. I found it genuinely moving.

[Jade Hayden @JadeHayden]

A Dublin spinoff of Ratatouille called Coddle but with a cod at the helm instead of a rat

[Ireland Radar @IrelandRadar]

Thread: The most important things Irish football fans learned in 2022 🇮🇪⚽️👊

I thought it would be good to end the year by sharing many of the key moments shared on this account over the last 12 months!

Have a read and maybe give a RT! 🇮🇪 (1/40)

[James Kenny @TheJKenny]

@JavierespFT Congrats! So is this your third Masters?!

[Adam Millington @AdamGMillington]

Melbourne, at 3am 🇦🇺 time. A big moment for football in the country.

[Miguel Delaney @MiguelDelaney]

Belgium reaching that point of my own five-a-side team when there are gentle enquiries about whether we should be looking at an over-35s league at this point.

"These lads are quite fast."

[Joe Barton @JoeBarton_]

I feel like there was a moment in time where everyone was going to move to Margate and then only a few people did and now they all regret it.

[Hannah Al-Othman @HannahAlOthman]

POV: you’re filing a story about trains in the morning, and meet a conductor in the pub, so whip the notebook out:

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney paid $2.5 million for the world's third-oldest football club.

But the team is in the 5th division of the English football pyramid and has almost no chance of making it to the Premier League.

Still, it was a genius move.

Here's why 👇

[Simon Tierney @tierneysimon]

The history of Irish ice pops, a thread:

The Wibbly Wobbly Wonder was launched by HB in Dublin in 1974 as a cost saving measure, because half of it was made up of jelly which was cheap to make. It cost just 3 pence. 1/5

[Ardal O'Hanlon @ardalsfolly]

Look what I found! The one thing I nicked from the Father Ted set 25 years ago (apart from my tank tops obviously).

[Emma Szewczak @EmmaSzewczak]

what is the end goal here