Weird World
Matt Le Tissier just had a furious row with an AI bot about chemtrails and as a snapshot of where we are now, it’s hard to beat
John Plunkett
Editor-in-chief, The Poke
John Plunkett
Editor-in-chief, The Poke
- John has spent three decades writing about TV, media and popular culture. As broadcasting correspondent of the Guardian he spent many happy years presenting the paper’s MediaTalk podcast, interviewing the likes of Matt Berry, Armando Iannucci and Charlie Brooker.
- A former chairman of the television critics association, the Broadcasting Press Guild, he presented their annual awards ceremony and has a whole bunch of photos of him standing next to A-list celebrities (pictures available on request).
- He has also hosted events for Bafta and the Edinburgh TV Festival, and chaired the press jury prize at the Rose d’Or entertainment festival in Montreux.
Experience
John spent nearly 20 years at the Guardian, first as a freelance and then as a staff member on the Media Guardian team, editing the paper’s Media Monkey diary column. He first started writing about the television business at Broadcast magazine, before joining Heat and (briefly) The Sun. He began his career in local newspapers at the Medway News in Kent and the Norwich Evening News. He has only done stand-up twice and on one of those occasions he was fortunate enough to share the bill with Greg Davies and Rhod Gilbert (before they were famous, obviously).Education
John has an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University.Twitter
Simply 27 hilarious times Scottish Twitter was on a whole different level to everyone else
Politics
Keir Starmer’s unintended Road Runner impression at the Dispatch Box is our new all-time favourite House of Commons moment
Politics
This MP channeled the spirit of Mrs Merton for this A++ takedown of Keir Starmer over Peter Mandelson and she totally nailed it
US
A New Yorker said Europeans had no idea of the joys of the ‘American lake summer’ and it all kicked off – 14 Europeans who begged to differ
Entertainment
This moment from the new series of Euphoria had anyone who’s actually had a job interview in, like, the last 20 years proper fumin’
US
This American has had it up to here with Europeans’ enthusiasm with walking at the World Cup and got owned to the moon and back (on foot, probably)
US
An American accused European football fans of dissing US ‘local culture’ ahead of the World Cup and the entirety of Europe responded as one
Life
This 20 y/o dad’s eye-opening self-care routine just went wildly viral and had women (and many men) everywhere spitting nails
Politics
Lee Anderson was asked what proof he had that Keir Starmer was lying and his ‘answer’ didn’t speak volumes about the Reform UK man, it bellowed them
Celebrity
Claudia Winkleman had a stern word for anyone who believes in star signs and it was so brutal she said she wouldn’t put it out (but she did)
US
An American asked to be ‘well versed in British insults’ and these magnificent homegrown responses will make you proud to be a Brit
US
Erika Kirk said America was so lucky it hadn’t ‘surrendered to third world criminals like Europe’ and was schooled so hard it’s embarrassing
Life
A Telegraph writer shared why her dream move to Italy was ‘just too frustrating to bear’ and it had the entire internet hollering into next week
US
An American questioned Europeans’ ability to walk in the heat and ended up burned to a crisp – 14 especially savage and on-point takedowns