Bill Ridgers

Cricketer, musician and Economist’s Asia Digital Editor. Not necessarily in that order. Views clearly my own. Otherwise they would be a bit more cleverer.

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@RevDavidGreen @SpursOfficial How depressing. It’s noticeable that Spurs crowd is now predominantly old white guys (like me), plus a few Korean tourists. You are quite right that they will reap what they’ve sown. It’s especially short-sighted/greedy as tickets are an ever less important source of revenue

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@MapPornTweet That ain’t a 30 minute walk — though it is a very cool one. A coupla hours at least.

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@holland_tom @dcsandbrook apropos of your wonderful recent podcasts

[Ananyo Bhattacharya @Ananyo]

In case you had any doubts... yes, he WAS talking about Oppenheimer

[Economist Press @EconomistPress]

We’re thrilled to share that we’ve won two @sopasia’s awards for our journalism on Xi Jinping’s China. The Prince podcast won Excellence in Audio Reporting, and @1843mag won Excellence in Explanatory Reporting for “Xi Jinping: the making of a dictator” https://t.co/0dCXCmYQ4Y

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Hong Kong, the last place on earth with a mask mandate, wants to encourage tourists to return. It needs an honest slogan. How about: "Tourists: don't show your face in Hong Kong!"

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@jamesjamesbrown @nothingelseon @IrvineWelsh @derekridgers Hey James! Trust all’s well

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@Birmingham_81 Judging by this 1990 was a much worse year for albums than I would have guessed. Even artists who made some of the best albums of the era—Prince, PE, Lloyd Cole, Pixies—were clearly going through a shit stage.

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Tee-hee

[Vivian Wang @vwang3]

After police told people not to chant “no more lockdowns” they began chanting “more lockdowns” and “I want to do COVID tests”

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I mean I'm not much of Pirates of the Caribbean fan either #disney

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Geezer... https://t.co/o28q7YWwfm

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Oliver Shah "is one of the first foreign journalists to visit" Hong Kong. Most intrepid!

[The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes]

Asia’s world city has been battered by the pro-democracy protests of 2019, Beijing’s imposition of a sweeping national security law and tight Covid restrictions. As it slowly reopens, @olivershah is one of the first foreign journalists to visit
https://t.co/OxNY6pSkej

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Watching this with the sound muted is mesmerising. (Pretty bloody amazing with the sound on too, of course.)

[Ted Gioia @tedgioia]

He was one of a kind.

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Will always be a part of me that is sad I never got to experience this landing. Kai Tak is right across from my office. I could’ve spent all day staring across the harbour watching the jumbos weave through Kowloon on their approach.

[Aviation @xAviation]

Kai Tak approaches never disappoint us 🤌🏽

📸 Airboyd

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This feels like a truly remarkable line from The Telegraph https://t.co/ovW1M35iE9

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Two things that Changi airport has that Hong Kong doesn’t: 1) A butterfly house 2) passengers

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@lanegreene @duolingo I’ve been failing miserably to learn Cantonese. It is incredibly annoying that @duolingo doesn’t have a course, despite it being much more widely spoken that half the languages it offers. I’ve alway assumed this was for political reasons

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Reckon this might just be the most soulful thing you’ll hear all day

[bluesharp @bluezharp]

Skip James at The American Folk Blues Festival tour in Cologne, Germany, 1967. 🎶'Hard Times Killing Floor'

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@ItsRachelDobbs @tomstandage Nice!

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@Birdyword Treacle, or