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Stephen Castle

@_stephencastle

Correspondent in London bureau of New York Times, formerly IHT bureau chief in Brussels, ex-political editor Independent on Sunday

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The exec producer of Mr Bates vs The Post Office told his team before broadcast not to be downhearted if ratings were modest, given the competition. The next day he heard 3.5 million had watched Episode 1. Love this anecdote from Stephen Castle's story: nytimes.com/2024/01/10/wor…

The exec producer of Mr Bates vs The Post Office told his team before broadcast not to be downhearted if ratings were modest, given the competition.
The next day he heard 3.5 million had watched Episode 1.
Love this anecdote from <a href="/_StephenCastle/">Stephen Castle</a>'s story: nytimes.com/2024/01/10/wor…
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A Welshman is considered one of the founding fathers of bourbon. Now, after more than a century, Welsh whisky is back. nytimes.com/2024/01/14/wor…

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It was distilled in Wales from Welsh water and Welsh grain -- but it still wasn't Welsh enough. The growing pains of Wales's whisky revival nytimes.com/2024/01/14/wor…

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“One of the most successful election-winning forces in the history of democracy is yet again staring over the precipice and contemplating the abyss below," says Guto Harri. Mark Landler & Stephen Castle report on the Tories, divided: nytimes.com/2024/01/17/wor…

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Big day here in Belfast as Stormont gets back up & running today after a 2 year stalemate. Good primer here from my colleage Stephen Castle nytimes.com/2024/02/02/wor… and I’ll have news from the assembly later today, when Michelle O’Neill becomes Northern Ireland’s new first minister.

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“You can’t make a country safe just by saying it’s safe,” David Anderson tells Mark Landler & Stephen Castle, as Rishi Sunak finally pushes through his "Safety of Rwanda bill" through parliament. nytimes.com/2024/04/22/wor…

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The Tees Valley featured in the New York Times. Stephen Castle, NYT London correspondent, investigates how Houchen divides opinion in the region: nytimes.com/2024/05/01/wor…

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In 2019 former President Donald J. Trump called him a "stone cold loser." On Saturday Sadiq Khan became the first politician to win a third term as London mayor. nytimes.com/2024/05/04/wor…

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British universities are so far taking a v. different approach to campus protests than their U.S. peers. Stephen Castle visited the pro-Palestinian camps at Cambridge and Oxford & spoke to students, including Kendall Gardner, about their aims (gift link) nytimes.com/2024/05/11/wor…

British universities are so far taking a v. different approach to campus protests than their U.S. peers. <a href="/_StephenCastle/">Stephen Castle</a> visited the pro-Palestinian camps at Cambridge and Oxford &amp; spoke to students, including <a href="/KendallGardner/">Kendall Gardner</a>, about their aims (gift link)
 nytimes.com/2024/05/11/wor…
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“I try to speak in human. I am trying to speak in ways that the general public will understand,” says star pollster John Curtice to ⁦Stephen Castle⁩ nytimes.com/2024/06/04/wor…

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How the inimitable Sir John Curtice became a TV legend, by Stephen Castle. “I try to speak in human. I am trying to speak in ways that the general public will understand” nytimes.com/2024/06/04/wor…

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Meet the One Man Everyone Trusts on U.K. Election Nights. Nice profile of the invaluable John Curtice. by Stephen Castle nytimes.com/2024/06/04/wor…

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As traditional Conservative voters abandon the party, Jeremy Hunt, chancellor of the Exchequer, thinks he's the underdog in the fight for his seat nytimes.com/2024/06/14/wor…

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“If I didn’t know Jeremy, I would be in the mind-set of the country,” Craig Burke, a family friend of Britain's chancellor, tells Stephen Castle. “To have a change.” nytimes.com/2024/06/14/wor…

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“I think Farage coming here has inflamed a level of tension,” and used "dog whistle stuff" - says Labour's candidate in Clacton, where the Reform UK leader is running nytimes.com/2024/06/26/wor…

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Britain and the US used to one-up each other in political craziness. No longer: here's our profile of Keir Starmer, the low-key lawyer likely to be the next prime minister. W/⁦Stephen Castle⁩ nytimes.com/2024/07/02/wor…

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Keir Starmer will likely reverse the previous UK government's objections to ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu. That's part of a broader shift on Israel-Gaza in which Britain's new govt is diverging from the US. Story by Mark Landler & Stephen Castle 👇nytimes.com/2024/07/25/wor…

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Jag har just modererat Axess lunchseminarium med ⁦Stephen Castle⁩, Londonkorrespondent från ⁦The New York Times⁩! Han har lärt oss mer om aktuell brittisk politik och premiärminister Keir Starmer. Vad vill Labour egentligen? 🇬🇧 ⁦Axess Magasin & TV

Jag har just modererat Axess lunchseminarium med ⁦<a href="/_StephenCastle/">Stephen Castle</a>⁩, Londonkorrespondent från ⁦<a href="/nytimes/">The New York Times</a>⁩! Han har lärt oss mer om aktuell brittisk politik och premiärminister Keir Starmer. Vad vill Labour egentligen? 🇬🇧 ⁦<a href="/axesspublishing/">Axess Magasin & TV</a>⁩
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A sobering independent report on the current status of @NHS in England nytimes.com/2024/09/11/wor… by Stephen Castle Report: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66e1b49e… Summary by CF When I was involved with the NHS review 2018-2019, it was in far better shape topol.hee.nhs.uk

A sobering independent report on the current status of <a href="/NHS/">@NHS</a> in England 
nytimes.com/2024/09/11/wor…
by <a href="/_StephenCastle/">Stephen Castle</a>
Report: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66e1b49e…
Summary by <a href="/Carnall_Farrar/">CF</a> 
When I was involved with the NHS review 2018-2019, it was in far better shape  topol.hee.nhs.uk
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Nigel Farage, anti-immigration campaigner and ally of Donald Trump, wants to build his upstart party into a serious political force. But does he have the patience for that task? nytimes.com/2024/09/20/wor…