Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal the champions, wosoc. Wow! (center) Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepoliticshttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.social/post/3mu2u6oge522jOne of the things that really sticks out about the new Spider-Man film is through innovative tactics like “having a script written before filming starts”, what happens on screen is visually distinctive and not obviously CGI’d against a green screen. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2u6oge522jhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.social/post/3mu2mhtxtjs2uThe thing that continues to shock me is the people who, think themselves right-on, who believe that the industry who gave us “Michelle Remembers” (as Treblig says, a book that ruined people’s lives!) or “Misha and the Wolves” visibly can’t have published a memoir by a black fabulist without “DEI”. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2mhtxtjs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.social/post/3mu2fnulz7k2p'Essentially everyone in the book trade knows loads of memoirs are fake and there are near-zero checks' is one of those stories I keep expecting to tank that part of the industry, yet it never does. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2fnulz7k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.social/post/3mtz4fnoucc2jThe real world connection here is deeply odd, and feels somewhat exploitative. Only relevant really at the end, it felt oddly jarring given the film is wholly upbeat and we know, as @jayrayner1.bsky.social put it in this brilliant piece, “how it ended”: [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtz4fnoucc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.social/post/3mtyitfgwgk2qIt’s never comms. Literally most of the “comms operation” are the same people! [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyitfgwgk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.social/post/3mty7vjkzjs2c“What are they smoking at Warner Brothers?” latest: https://youtu.be/Ho10_4IX1jE?is=oVUDaMAyq6sldltE26 Aug 2026 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mty7vjkzjs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.social/post/3mty54ddk6k2cYour ADR scientists were too busy asking if they could they didn't ask if they should. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 10:34 +0000at://did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mty54ddk6k2c