Kevin Maguire
@kevmag
Journalist. Sunderland Uni visiting prof. England's North East Riviera.
Durham Miners’ Gala. Bands, banners and 250,00 people crammed into a medieval city to celebrate working class solidarity. This is the banner of my dad’s and a brother’s pit. No better place to be today.
Pride tinged with fear when too many Sunderland players are in the World Cup shop window.
Starmer ahead of Truss(obvs) and Sunak on the PM longevity board at 43 of 58. Could overtake the Earl of Aberdeen if a Labour contest goes into September. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
The anti-Semitic stabbing of two men in North London is today's Daily Mirror main story. No wonder so many of Britain's relatively small Jewish community are frightened.
I adore the knitted hats and scarves put on the Conversation Piece 22 bronze figures by Juan Muñoz in South Shields. Keeps them warm when it’s windy on the seafront.
Derby day will be tasty on Sunday between Newcastle-Sunderland at St James’ Park but it really was blood and thunder here. The Colosseum is one of the few monuments I’ve visited more stunning inside than outside. Lovely Rome weather anarl.
What did they do and talk about with him? More questions for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson.
Roker pier in the sunlight over the waves from Whitburn looking premier league. You can’t beat a refreshing cliff top walk
The Labour mood has turned against Starmer in 2005 Pierce vs Maguire podcast
Decent start for a new podcast launched in the back end of 2025 but top 10 is the 2026 goal. @PierceVsMaguire
Loved a joyous, uplifting Kinky Boots musical at the magnificent Sunderland Empire but those Northampton workers in the Price & Son factory really need to join a trade union. Fighting, bullying, discrimination and sacking threats broke so many laws.
Will Reform and the Turquoise Tory Party do a cynical electoral deal? On this week’s Pierce vs Maguire podcast.
Must be rough in the local little Sainsbury’s when there’s a security tag on a bag of Revels. Not even the biggest packet anarl.
The Grinch that is King Charles III ended his mam’s tradition of giving royal workers a box of Christmas crackers. Let them pull gruel. (From The Year of the Dog by Sophia Money-Coutts, obvs)
Magnificent Versailles(10m visitors) is a much bigger attraction than Windsor Castle(1.5m) or Buckingham Palace(0.5m), proving you don’t need a royal family to attract tourists. And the extensive grounds are free. France showed the way forward for Britain
You are less likely to be a vicitm of violent crime in London than in the rest of England and Wales - Sadiq Khan. Lawless London garbage of the British and US reactionary Hard and Far Right is another con job.
The pot of gold at the end of this rainbow is a superb view on the way up Cat Bells from Keswick in the Lake District.
Cullercoats bay. Now. Heroic. Bloody freezing. No way am I joining them.
Delighted to support Show Racism the Red Card’s Wear Read Day to celebrate our vibrant, diverse country. Tomorrow I’ll watch Sunderland, a multicultural team rooted in a community loving players from around the world
The glory of Langdale in the Lake District. Gorgeous sunshine today after yesterday’s mist, rain and wind.
The Old Man of Coniston When you slog up the top of one of the Lake District’s highest peaks then find there isn’t a view 🌫️
How and why Angela Rayner will be back. From our latest Pierce vs Maguire podcast. linktr.ee/piercevsmagu...
