Simon Bates

Film, politics, marketing, dad jokes.

[Simon Bates @simon__bates]

The finest sports journalism. Núñez and Haaland are headline acts in Anfield cauldron https://t.co/wBNBGJC29a

[devon sawa @DevonESawa]

Show the greatest “I’m about to die” moment in cinema. I’ll start.

[All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies]

TRAINSPOTTING was released 28 years ago this week. Acclaimed as one of the great British movies and a generation-defining piece of pop culture, the behind the scenes story is as lacking in moral fibre as you’d probably expect…

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[Simon Bates @simon__bates]

Maybe it’s the injecting experimental drugs into their brains that is prompting the alcohol abuse.

[WIRED @WIRED]

NEW: Researchers found that an experimental gene therapy injected into the brains of monkeys dramatically curbed their drinking over the course of a year. This new approach could help those with alcohol abuse disorder. https://t.co/vWXFEWLGT7

[Simon Bates @simon__bates]

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[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

A female Tory MP shares her thoughts with our UK editor @sima_kotecha on her report into the "predatory culture” in Westminster.

She will have more on this developing story tonight at 22.30 on BBC2

#Newsnight I https://t.co/P0zxS1DNGF

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

My sincere congratulations to 🇺🇸 people on Independence Day! Thank you to President Joe Biden @POTUS, both houses of Congress, and all Americans for the unflagging support for 🇺🇦, the unwavering commitment to protecting our common ideals of freedom and democracy.

I wish peace and prosperity to your beautiful country. May the colors of the 🇺🇸 flag forever remain a symbol of freedom, courage and patriotism, inspiring all people of the free world.

Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇦🇺🇸

[Billy @MarkBilly22]

Axl Rose sounding exactly like this guy while butchering November Rain #GunsNRoses #axlrose #Glastonbury

[Simon Bates @simon__bates]

Do Slash’s guitars have their own plane? #GunsNRoses

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Turn the mic down again please #NovemberRain #GunsNRoses

[Simon Bates @simon__bates]

Stop it Slash. #CivilWar

[Michael Hogan @michaelhogan]

Under Slash’s top hat is a tiny Slash in a tiny top hat. And under his top hat is an even smaller Slash #GunsNRoses #Glastonbury

[Simon Bates @simon__bates]

@RufusTSuperfly “Get me a new angle on the sub story!”

[Simon Bates @simon__bates]

BBC daring to call out the B-word around inflation is a big moment.

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Is Brexit behind the UK's inflation shock? https://t.co/BgFaVF9cgf

[Dean Lines @deanlines]

HOLY. SHIT.

[Simon Bates @simon__bates]

@TSting18 What a scene.

[richard shotton @rshotton]

Tom Lichtenheld (the Fallon art director behind many of the great Porsche ads) on the advice he would give a creative starting out on their career today

Via interview with @davedyecom https://t.co/Rvsee70Y5V

[All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies]

THE UNTOUCHABLES was released 36 years ago today. One of the most acclaimed gangster films of the 1980s, the behind the scenes story is full of fascinating facts.

A THREAD
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[Simon Bates @simon__bates]

@Bursteardrum Is it any good? (Beyond the central performance)

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@RufusTSuperfly “You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread - oh.”