James Leach
@jecleach
Writer and content marketing person. Write a newsletter about narrative, brand, messaging at
Your reminder that Reform clutch their pearls if someone is mean about them but Zia Yusuf can call people traitors to his heart’s content.
Ok this analogy from @edzitron.com to describe the stupidity of LLMs made me laugh so hard I nearly fell off my chair.
Loved this from @stephenkb.bsky.social in my inbox this morning. Racism and competence are often treated as two separate things. "Yeah Greens hate Israel, but at least I'll get a new garden waste bin" doesn't quite track. If you're racist, you lack decency, impulse control & common sense.
“I loved you in The X Files” “Well I loved YOU in the X Files” “I wasn’t in the X Files. You were, you’re Gillian Anderson.” “That’s just your imposter syndrome talking.”
I’m not insane right? This is one of the dumbest AI arguments? If you lose junior entry level jobs, managers and seniors are supposed to come from…where exactly? Do they grow on trees? Can someone like @edzitron.com or @emilymbender.bsky.social or @alexhanna.bsky.social confirm I’m not insane?
In the midst of all this ENDLESS NEWS, I have been writing about the fact that the major players in the run-up to the Wall Street had some great names. itsallstorytelling.substack.com/p/the-week-i...
I mean I know newsletter curation is a delicate art but I loved that the key takeaway of an interview with *Theresa May* on leadership is “well I guess you should be prepared for your meeting schedule to get really wacky”
Should probably mention I couldn't have written this piece on why Doctor Who feels like it needs to lie down in a dark room, without the insights from @jonnelledge.bsky.social 's Misadventures in Space and Time Substack - specifically his 'Rosa' review. Publishing tomorrow morning.
Really enjoyed “Still Thatcher’s Britain?” hosted by @robertsaunders.bsky.social at @mileendinstitute.bsky.social. My favourite, if sad observation of the night was @philipjcowley.bsky.social’s observation that we’re no longer in an era of policy detail, which was a hallmark of MT’s leadership.
@benjaminjriley.bsky.social funny you should reply - a colleague just forwarded this ebook to me and I thought of your Substack (which I'm enjoying greatly). Hope it doesn't make your blood boil too much
Ok so Hegseth purging references to 'Enola Gay' from Department of Defence archives is batshit crazy but on the plus side I managed to make a newsletter subject line out of it. itsallstorytelling.substack.com/p/the-week-i...
Feeling unduly smug that I managed to squeeze Grant Mitchell, Voyager 1 and the formal beauty of Middlemarch into the same newsletter open.substack.com/pub/itsallst...
New post on why Trump's fascism might not be cutting through. itsallstorytelling.substack.com/p/the-week-i...
Calls to ban under-18s from talent shows like X Factor are gaining momentum. But are we really willing to stop monetizing young talent and prioritising their mental health? open.substack.com/pub/itsallst... Latest Substack from me
Exactly this - a lot of the hype around AI currently rests on a vague narrative of 'efficiency' or 'innovation' with no real vision for how you make it happen. Blair is particularly guilty of this. Wrote about this back in August itsallstorytelling.substack.com/p/the-great-...
By all means write about how Downing Street is under-powered and over-stretched (like @samfr.bsky.social ) has done. But this is an article about the seating chart in Downing St and its deeper meaning for Starmer's project. Journalists have too much time on their hands.
New BBC drama 'The Way' doesn't make any sense. Here's why. itsallstorytelling.substack.com/p/the-week-i...