Freelance journalist, bylines @TIME @nytimes @guardian @NatGeo @BBCRadio4 @TimeOutLondon @BigIssue + more | PR @LostMap | Tips + commissions: [email protected]
Sweden / Scotland
Joined December 2008
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Malcolm Jack retweeted
I’m not even Scottish but what a moment a what a bit of iconic commentary
“Shoot, SHOOT!!” 😂😂
Malcolm Jack retweeted
Introducing Mustache Funk: The underground sounds that flourished in Soviet-controlled Ukraine. 🎶
@MBJack uncovers a 20th-century Ukrainian music scene that flourished in spite of the risks. ✍️ ⬇️
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Malcolm Jack retweeted
Scotland’s media so needs this. I for one totally support it. Get behind it any way you can. A simple RT would be a great start - 👇Further calls to Culture Secretary for a public interest journalism institute - The Edinburgh Reporter theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2…
Malcolm Jack retweeted
Calling all budding storytellers! @dundeechangehub are searching for two Community Journalists to join them for five months, working to identify, record and elevate the stories of two communities.
📅 Applications close: Wed 2 Oct
Find out more & apply: creativedundee.com/2024/09/o…
Malcolm Jack retweeted
🪩 PSA for anyone that likes to stay out past 2am...
I've built maps to show you every pub, bar and club that's open until a reasonable hour
They're free & interactive
London: datawrapper.dwcdn.net/mSomR/…
Manchester: datawrapper.dwcdn.net/gK29q/…
Edinburgh: datawrapper.dwcdn.net/T5jyc/…
ALT Map of every bar, pub and club open past 2am on a Friday in London
🚨 NEW: Where's the UK's worst night out?
London was once a world-class nightlife destination, but the data shows it's now the worst night out in Britain
@EdHalford1 and I decided to find the best places to party
Here's what we found 👇🧵
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Malcolm Jack retweeted
The BBC sound effects library is now completely free to access.
This is news.
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Malcolm Jack retweeted
EXCLUSIVE: Guardian Media Group is in exclusive talks to sell The Observer, the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, to Tortoise Media, a news start-up founded five years ago, in a deal which would further reshape the British national newspaper market. Full story on @SkyNews soon.
Malcolm Jack retweeted
🚨 Do you know any great journalists in Glasgow? Please share this job ad with them because there are just *six days left* to apply.
It's a staff writer position on our new Glasgow title, which is launching soon and will be brilliant. Please share.
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Malcolm Jack retweeted
HTFP Jobs: @joshi Mill Media is looking for a Staff Writer, based Glasgow. Job closes 07-Jul holdthefrontpage.co.uk/jobsb…
Malcolm Jack retweeted
This Is Memorial Device by Stephen Pastel and Gavin Thomson.
The soundtrack accompaniment to David Keenan's novel turned play. An ode to Airdrie and the people who made it.
Monorail exclusive LP + CD signed bundles here, including riso by Annabel Wright: monorailmusic.com/product/th…
Malcolm Jack retweeted
Founded on Eigg, a tiny Scottish island with a population of roughly 110, Lost Map Records isn't just a label; it's a community.
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Malcolm Jack retweeted
In the 00s, I was in the world's best and most forgotten indie punk band, We Are The Physics, and I've written a whole book about what it's like to be a massive international failure.
Unbelievably, it's being printed, and you can now pre-order it from @LNFGlasgow - link below.
Malcolm Jack retweeted
Masters of War is a muted, cerebral, gritty and authentic depiction of the endeavours of the Bloody Hundredth during WW2. 🛫
Author, Donald L Miller tells @MBJack about the long weekend he spent with the show’s “really great” exec producer, Tom Hanks. 📺
bigissue.com/culture/tv/mast…
Malcolm Jack retweeted
When times are tough and hope has faded, sometimes there’s only one thing left for a musician to do: break out the kid’s choir. 🎶
“It’s the most joyous sound you can hear,” Bill Ryder-Jones (@BRyderJones) tells @MBJack.
Read the full interview below 👇
bigissue.com/culture/music/b…
Malcolm Jack retweeted
‘We have a lot of cracks’: Swedes seek to save Vasa warship – again theguardian.com/world/2023/d…
Malcolm Jack retweeted
Anyway over in Sweden, Malmo have just won the Allsvenskan.
A massive pitch invasion at the end of the game - as they came back to deny Elfsborg their first league title 11 years.
Look at the production levels here - every single game is live on Discovery+ - this league decider was also live on Discovery-owned Kanal 5 - a FTA channel.
Malcolm Jack retweeted
A great month of shows, new EP just released on @LostMap and a fine recommendation from Cillian Murphy and @BBC6Music ...thank you all, next show is in London on Thurs Nov 30th at @Music_Halls
Tickets:
musichalls.org/event/?eid=13…
