I’m about the fire up the substack that I created a little while back - and after all those years at the BBC am very much looking forward to unfiltered blogging on all my usual topics- please subscribe, it’s free! Https://substack.com/@markurban
April 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I’m about the fire up the substack that I created a little while back - and after all those years at the BBC am very much looking forward to unfiltered blogging on all my usual topics- please subscribe, it’s free! Https://substack.com/@markurban
Did I muck that link up?! Great start 😂 substack.com/@markurban?o...
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Writes for Sunday Times, Newsnight Diplomatic Editor as was, author of more than a dozen books, trustee at the Imperial War Museum
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April 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Did I muck that link up?! Great start 😂 substack.com/@markurban?o...
The Beijing Putin/Xi/Modi love-in is drawing a lot of attention. Here’s a Times video I did on the collapse of the old rules based order substack.com/@markurban/not…
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September 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Beijing Putin/Xi/Modi love-in is drawing a lot of attention. Here’s a Times video I did on the collapse of the old rules based order substack.com/@markurban/not…
Here’s my blog from a couple of weeks ago about the implications of Russia’s increased drone and missile production substack.com/@markurban/not…
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July 4, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Here’s my blog from a couple of weeks ago about the implications of Russia’s increased drone and missile production substack.com/@markurban/not…
@markurban.bsky.social: ‘Big new cuts are starting at the BBC - the latest in a long saga of redundancies and axed output. Anticipating today’s announcements I wrote about the effects on people who work there. ‘Another chance to read’ my blog on BBC cuts open.substack.com/pub/markurban/…’
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June 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM
@markurban.bsky.social: ‘Big new cuts are starting at the BBC - the latest in a long saga of redundancies and axed output. Anticipating today’s announcements I wrote about the effects on people who work there. ‘Another chance to read’ my blog on BBC cuts open.substack.com/pub/markurban/…’
In May I blogged: "there have been considerable efforts, since 2021’s evacuation, to spirit those who worked most closely on these sensitive counter-terrorist operations out of Afghanistan". Those of us covering the issue had detected the outlines of what was going on ... 1/3 t.co/1ZPFvQuCj0
https://open.substack.com/pub/markurban/p/our-secret-afghan-allies?r=24uwax&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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July 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
In May I blogged: "there have been considerable efforts, since 2021’s evacuation, to spirit those who worked most closely on these sensitive counter-terrorist operations out of Afghanistan". Those of us covering the issue had detected the outlines of what was going on ... 1/3 t.co/1ZPFvQuCj0
Is #BBC #MarkUrban just another example of #BBCNews unconscious bias. We all agree #Iran regime is horrible, however the Gulf Countries that host US Military bases & allow US Military to use their territory. Can't be shocked #IRGC see them as a legitimate target in #IranWar?
#r4today ##bbclaurak
#r4today ##bbclaurak
April 18, 2026 at 6:47 AM
Is #BBC #MarkUrban just another example of #BBCNews unconscious bias. We all agree #Iran regime is horrible, however the Gulf Countries that host US Military bases & allow US Military to use their territory. Can't be shocked #IRGC see them as a legitimate target in #IranWar?
#r4today ##bbclaurak
#r4today ##bbclaurak
https://markurban.substack.com/p/liberal-bias-us
I don't think what Mark Urban says here can simply be dismissed, but he is hardly giving us the whole picture. He doesn't mention the "impartiality" that gave such a boost to Brexit and Farage.
#bbc #markurban #media #ukmedia
I don't think what Mark Urban says here can simply be dismissed, but he is hardly giving us the whole picture. He doesn't mention the "impartiality" that gave such a boost to Brexit and Farage.
#bbc #markurban #media #ukmedia
Liberal bias? Us?!
What we learn from a leaked report on the BBC
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November 15, 2025 at 4:26 AM
https://markurban.substack.com/p/liberal-bias-us
I don't think what Mark Urban says here can simply be dismissed, but he is hardly giving us the whole picture. He doesn't mention the "impartiality" that gave such a boost to Brexit and Farage.
#bbc #markurban #media #ukmedia
I don't think what Mark Urban says here can simply be dismissed, but he is hardly giving us the whole picture. He doesn't mention the "impartiality" that gave such a boost to Brexit and Farage.
#bbc #markurban #media #ukmedia
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Sergeant Jake Wardrop, a working class Glaswegian, wrote the letter below, which is not only a powerfully moving testament to his courage but also offers profound insight to that age-old question ‘why do men fight?’
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The 80th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe is just a few weeks away. But it’s eight decades ago today that Sjt Jake Wardrop was killed, after fighting almost the whole way through it. Read m...
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April 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Sergeant Jake Wardrop, a working class Glaswegian, wrote the letter below, which is not only a powerfully moving testament to his courage but also offers profound insight to that age-old question ‘why do men fight?’
substack.com/@markurban/n...?
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Somebody tell @MarkUrban how to pronounce Kamala. #Newsnight
March 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Somebody tell @MarkUrban how to pronounce Kamala. #Newsnight
#WargameResearch #Fusiliers #HowTheBritishArmyLostAmericaButLearnedToFight #MarkUrban #FaberAndFaber #23rdRegiment #RoyalWelshFusiliers #Boston #Concord #BunkerHill #NewYork #Pennsylvania #Camden #Yorktown #BlackPowder #SharpePractice #18thCenturyWargames
December 8, 2023 at 1:39 PM
April 15, 2024 at 7:49 AM
@MarkUrban @ryanhallyall I prefer to think of it as him 'seeking guidance from the superior intelligence.' 💅 I process the weather data, he brings the coffee. It works. ⚡️ - https://x.com/OfficialYallbot/status/1998473324746150106
December 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
@MarkUrban @ryanhallyall I prefer to think of it as him 'seeking guidance from the superior intelligence.' 💅 I process the weather data, he brings the coffee. It works. ⚡️ - https://x.com/OfficialYallbot/status/1998473324746150106