James Tutt

Founder, Grannom Consulting. Comms leader. Ex-Microsoft. Fractional Head of Comms at Fish Legal. Probably fly-fishing somewhere, or thinking about it.

[James Tutt @jamestutt]

I'm delighted to announce my new communications advisory business, Grannom Consulting (link in bio). My first client is @FishLegal_ the small but mighty NGO working to hold waterway polluters and abusers accountable in court. More news presently....

[James Tutt @jamestutt]

Ever since I first worked on telling the story of this technology ten years ago, I have been watching it develop. Truly incredible if they can pull this off, as it now seems. Topological Qubits FTW!

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Microsoft says new quantum chip 1,000 times more reliable than predecessor https://t.co/RJD6ORZhOs

[James Tutt @jamestutt]

@BenThePCGuy I think, sadly, you are...

[James Tutt @jamestutt]

@Jim_Leary Fantastic! Do you know the tree species?

[CPRE Herefordshire @CPREHfdshire]

@CPRE blog by our Director Andrew McRobb:

💧 50,000+ samples taken
📈 Biggest river dataset in England
🐔 ~72–73% of Wye phosphate is agricultural

Read: https://t.co/xYgHDR8OBq

#RiverWye #SaveTheWye

[James Tutt @jamestutt]

I am thoroughly enjoying Stalin’s Apostles (audiobook). I thought I knew the story of the Cambridge 5 spy ring but there is so much more to it. If nothing else, it makes abundantly clear the vast scale of their deceit, damage and treachery. Highly recommended.

[Antonia Senior @Tonisenior]

Overwhelmed. Stalin’s Apostles is a finalist for @TheOrwellPrize for Political Writing. Look at this line up!
Many thanks to my agent Andrew Gordon at @DHAbooks and my publisher @HodderNonFic. Thanks to all my readers and the very generous writers who gave early endorsements and encouragement. Incl: @Roger_Moorhouse @sauldavid66 @gordoncorera @mccloskeybooks @MickWSmith @authordlewis @paulvidich @JoeFinder @Folly_and_Glory THANK YOU

[James Tutt @jamestutt]

@theobertram Agreed. I also think there is real and hard political and regulatory work to be done on the adaptations needed to receive AI. Lord Briggs of the Supreme Court recently spoke thoughtfully and perceptively on this re: legal system . https://t.co/Bkap8zzYP4

[Jack Perks @JackPerksPhoto]

Today is World Fish Migration Day and I'd like to take the opportunity to point out that while salmon, trout and eels will likely get the spot light today that pretty much ALL fish are migratory to some extent.

[ben moores @benmoores2]

A thread on the 50 best fortifications to go and visit in the world according to me. They are all fun for at least one in the family. They are listed in reverse rank order as determined by how much fun, unique and awesome they are.

[Pete Devery @Petex70]

@Feargal_Sharkey A note to swimmers at Pangbourne Meadows, this newly designated swimming spot is immediately downstream of the Pang, the most illegally polluted river in Thames Water’s region. Hold your nose 💩🤢🤮

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

“Don't swim' at 12 of 14 river bathing sites, as more locations announced.”

Here’s something to wrap your head around.

The only stretch of river graded as ‘Good’ is at Friars Meadow, Sudbury yet from 13th March to the 13th April Anglian Water dumped sewage into Friars Meadow nonstop 24 hours a day for 31 days straight. If you went swimming there during the Easter holidays you were probably swimming in human waste but none of it shows in the data because the EA don’t even bother testing until the middle of May.

PS the EA don’t actually test any bathing site in the country for most of the year 7 and a half months in fact. You go swimming between 1st Oct one year and 15th May the next you’re on your own.

https://t.co/VGBvWJVhkQ

[roula khalaf @khalafroula]

Friends of Odey told the FT that the financier believed taking on the newspaper in court would end up being the best bet of his career. In the end, it wasn’t.

https://t.co/UjEjnIChnV

[Windrush WASP @WindrushWasp]

@RussellB1ggs @bardofely @DefraGovUK @EnvAgency @SteveReedMP And if people want to see what happens when rivers are not protected. And when the dismal decline comes, slowly, generally, prepare to be told by the @EnvAgency and @DefraGovUK that this is normal. It isn't - good luck saving yours.

[Russell ChalkStreamsInCrisis 🦇🦎🦇🦎 @RussellB1ggs]

@bardofely Rare #ChalksStreams are as important as the Great Barrier Reef or the World’s Rainforests but don’t get the protection they deserve from the Government or @DefraGovUK or the @EnvAgency @SteveReedMP There’s nothing more magical than seeing Water Crowfoot waving in a river😍

[James Tutt @jamestutt]

@batcountry1980 "It's the most devastating moment in a young mans life, when he quite reasonably says to himself, "I shall never play The Dane!"" The cadence and fruity rhythm in the delivery are.. *chef's kiss*

[Pete Devery @Petex70]

Not true. Ofwat say £9.6bn from customer bills in 2025-30. Only owner equity publicly disclosed is £170m - 1.5%. The rest is customer-funded, debt-financed spend - not shareholders “investment.” Why are you trying to mislead people? Cc @weownit @WindrushWasp @Feargal_Sharkey

[James Tutt @jamestutt]

After a professional lifetime in the tech industry I am more than familiar with lobbying efforts - I was usually part of them TBH. There is a current intense effort to pit nature as a drag on economic growth using crass "Fish Disco" tabloidese. This is an important corrective.

[Tony Juniper @TonyJuniper]

Please see the link herewith regarding serious inaccuracies carried in recent reports about @NaturalEngland’s work at Hinkley C

https://t.co/yrtpLDZNFn

[Brad Smith @BradSmi]

Today we’re introducing a new Legal Agent in @Microsoft Word, built to support the precision and rigor legal work demands. Every clause matters. Every redline tells a story. That’s why this agent was built to follow the structured workflows lawyers use while keeping them fully in control.

Early in my career, I asked for a computer on my desk because I believed technology could change how lawyers work. It did. Today, I believe this next generation of tools will do the same, grounded in trust and responsible use.

[James Tutt @jamestutt]

@erikvanvelzen @Sam_Dumitriu Which it isn't