Simon Ward

Senior journalist, editor and creative | Content Director @RedwoodBBDO | Editor, Virgin TV Edit 📺 | Freelance writer @BigIssue et al | [email protected]

[Simon Ward @simonjward]

Still not over the @LondonMarathon this time last week 🫶 An incredible day. Thank you to everyone who helped me raise almost £3,400 for @StElizabethHosp (will be much more with Gift Aid). I finished in a sub-4hr time in my first ever marathon/running event. Bring on the next one

[Simon Ward @simonjward]

A rare return to this place to say that I really enjoyed #snluk. Sketch comedy should always be about play. Some things work, some things don’t, but if you hit more than you miss, you win the game - and that’s always been the secret sauce of the original. Well done to everyone

[Michael Cox @Zonal_Marking]

This trend of using made-up first-person quotes (explaining the whole interview in one sentence - "I worked on the farm with my dad and now I've notched 14 goals in League One") as a headline is just completely unreasonable. It's simply not how it works.
https://t.co/X1Va9KFoen

[Simon Ward @simonjward]

Looks like KDB is signing for Logan Roy as the new head of Waystar Royco

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨💣 BREAKING: Kevin De Bruyne signs in as new Napoli player! 🔵🇧🇪

[Simon Ward @simonjward]

It’s gutting when players you like leave - especially ones so tied to a club. But telling a guy from Crosby who has played for Liverpool since the age of 6 that he doesn’t understand the club, the city or what he’s giving up is an extraordinary level of social media hubris.

[Simon Ward @simonjward]

The “clowns in charge of the circus” metaphor now feels like it’s at breaking point as Manchester United announce they’re building a big top

[Simon Ward @simonjward]

Jesus Christ, that dance. That song 😭😭😭😭 #strictly #strictlycomedancing #strictlyfinal

[Simon Ward @simonjward]

HE DID THE MERRY CHRISTMAS #strictly #strictlyfinal #strictlycomedancingfinal

[Simon Ward @simonjward]

Just a ridiculously good final. Never thought the Danny Mac v Ore Oduba final would be topped, but this #StrictlyComeDancing final might be the best they’ve ever had #StrictlyFinal

[Simon Ward @simonjward]

@babbel Hi there, my wife bought a gift voucher for her dad’s 80th and we haven’t been sent it. We messaged your support but haven’t heard back. We’re leaving at lunchtime and was hoping to set it up for him before we left. Are you able to get back to us ASAP?

[Simon Ward @simonjward]

https://t.co/0UFFoNhlJJ and https://t.co/ttB9VDsy81

[Simon Ward @simonjward]

RIP @JaneyGodley. What a brilliant, funny, outrageous, authentic, warm and kind person. This world feels a little bit colder without her.

[Grace @graceyldn]

Nah sorry this is all I can think of and I can’t stop laughing

[Simon Ward @simonjward]

Few things shock me, but the wild abandonment and frankly carelessness in reporting every detail - live blogs, 911 transcripts, witness interviews, speculation, even photos on one site - is inhumane. It serves only clicks and algorithms. Everyone should take a beat.

[Simon Ward @simonjward]

There is a clear and important different between "in the public interest" and "what interests the public." When somebody dies, no matter who and how, we should all treat reporting it and talking about it with far more care. At its heart remains a person and a grieving family.

[Simon Ward @simonjward]

Few things shock me, but the wild abandonment and frankly carelessness in reporting every detail - live blogs, 911 transcripts, witness interviews, speculation, even photos on one site - is inhumane. It serves only clicks and algorithms. Everyone should take a beat.

[Simon Ward @simonjward]

@jamesrbuk Or even shirt

[Simon Ward @simonjward]

Did AI both write this madness and create that haunting image?

[Róisín Lanigan @rosielanners]

Hey so this is insane

[Simon Ward @simonjward]

Such a good article. I also write about film and TV and I’m similarly behind on so much. One of the most galling things about #KAOS is that I was purposely watching it slow to savour it, rather than greedily rushing through it. I watched episode 8 the day before it was cancelled

[Empire @empiremagazine]

"Streamers are over-feeding and starving their audiences at the same time – there’s way too much to watch, but none of it lasts."

As #KAOS joins The Acolyte and Lockwood on the streaming scrapheap, audiences are losing out, writes @BenSTravis.

READ MORE: https://t.co/0hmKz2jclL

[Nicola Austin @nicola_aus]

With Netflix potentially cancelling ANOTHER show after 1 series, Bill Hader totally hit the nail on the head with this scene in Barry. If it's true about Kaos, then it's so disappointing as streamers aren't giving shows any time to develop an audience.

[Simon Ward @simonjward]

If Kaos really has been cancelled (kancelled?) - as Variety are reporting - then it emphasises how Netflix's business model has shifted. One of the most brilliant and original TV shows of the year, and yet has been seemingly discarded. Is Netflix no longer a home for bold TV? ☹️