Nick Hilton
@nickfthilton.bsky.social
Chief TV Critic: @theindependent Podcaster in Chief: @podotpods Other "chief" roles: tbc
One Hundred Years of Solitude is not an easy book to adapt for TV. Netflix has done a pretty impressive job, and yet something remains lost in translation.
The author of 100 Years of Solitude was right. His novel is unfilmable
Netflix series fails to capture the porous border between magic and reality, so brilliantly portrayed in Gabriel García Márquez’s 1967 novel
independent.co.uk
I want to go back in time and tell the child version of Elliot Anderson that in like a decade he will be sold in the same year, and for the same fee, as Argos.
Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 6d agoSainsbury's to sell Argos for £120m
My column for @theipaper.com on the Agatha Christie estate, and the extent to which her brand equity is being needlessly diluted. inews.co.uk/culture/book...
Agatha Christie's family are killing her reputation - I hope the cash is worth it
The crime writer's estate are making millions by flogging her work to death
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Fascinating how quickly you become inured to quite extreme temperatures. In the space of about two months, 30C has gone from “fuuuuuck” to “could be worse”. If only there were a metaphor for the sense that we’re being warmed, so slowly we don’t even notice, to our eventual oblivion…
I've written in today's @theipaper.com about Steven Bartlett, the most influential podcast in Britain. I'm still not entirely sure whether he's dangerously credulous or dangerously cynical, but either way, he's dangerous.
How Steven Bartlett fooled the world
His hit podcast that began with business tips has quietly evolved into a conduit for misinformation and some of the world's most controversial thinking. Yet, he remains insulated from censure
inews.co.uk
If you’ve ever doubted the quality of celebrity podcast interviewers, watch Amy Poehler delivering a masterclass in how to sound like you’re complimenting a movie without actually complimenting it.
I don’t really understand why people say “bless you” after you sneeze, but my baby, who hears it about 10 times a day, must be really like “what the fuck?”
I’m gonna call my parents and ask them if this is real or not, just so they learn how it feels…
The Odyssey is a fantastic film about a man making really bad decisions. Odysseus is basically an Ancient Greek Hannah Horvath.
Went to see The Odyssey. As a person with a 10-week-old baby, I found it a touching portrait of a man enjoying his alone time.
What is the opposite of "this is an amazing advert for football"?
It's a real shame that this game has to have a winner, because the World Cup final finishing 0-0 would be a lovely way of teaching the United States that no amount of boorish fanfare will stop football being football. Also, it might put them off ever hosting again.
This really doesn't feel like a World Cup final. Haven't seen such a desanguinated, anaemic footballing experience since watching West Ham and Walsall draw 0-0 in 2004.
The greatest sporting show on earth, happening inside a half-empty car park. I hope we never let America near football ever again.
One of the best voices for podcasting.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w agoWhat will Keir Starmer do next?
I would love someone to publish the listening figures for football podcasts published the day before England v Argentina, previewing the semi-final, versus episodes published the day after, reflecting on defeat. If my own listening habits are indicative, there must be a HUGE drop-off.
Huge loss for the Claudia Winklefans.
Claudia Winkleman ditching her own show is a startling move. How did this happen?
The ‘Traitors’ host has walked away from her very own primetime chat show after just seven episodes, writes Nick Hilton. This bold decision tells us something interesting about life in the spotlight, ...
independent.co.uk
Getting extremely bodied, 4 months later, in the comments on Substack.
Once again, England have lost a match thanks to (not in spite of) scoring first.
Nick Hilton@nickfthilton.bsky.social · 3w agoThat is a generationally traumatic defeat for English football because now, under a totally different manager, England have once again scored first in a World Cup semi and then totally lost control of the game. This is now a confirmed national psychological defect.
That is a generationally traumatic defeat for English football because now, under a totally different manager, England have once again scored first in a World Cup semi and then totally lost control of the game. This is now a confirmed national psychological defect.
"Why not take a break from the tension by renewing your TV license?" is the greatest line of commentary since "they think it's all over... it is now!"
Anyone here a Diary of a CEO/Steven Bartlett fan and up for talking about his appeal for a feature? 🙏
Bluesky is such a weird app - I get incessant medical updates in my timeline from people I don’t follow. Every day I see someone in a hospital gown or hooked up to an IV and I’m like “oh!”, only to realise I have no idea who they are and the algorithm clearly thinks I’m a ghoul.
When it’s 31° outside and McDonald’s say the milkshake machine is out of order.
