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James Innes-Smith @jamesinnessmith

Journalist, author, Telegraph, Critic, Spectator, Mail on Sunday, iNewspaper spectator.co.uk/writer/james…

Joined August 2011
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Read my latest Telegraph piece about how nanny tech is ruining driving. I find 'lane-keeping assist' the most egregious. You? @TeleLifestyle @Telegraph #nannytech #driving #cars #AdvancedDriverAssistanceSystems #adas telegraph.co.uk/cars/comment…

EU-mandated ‘nanny tech’ is taking all the joy out of driving

So-called driver ‘assistance’ systems aim to improve safety, but do we really need a battery of technology monitoring our every move?

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Read my latest @Telegraph piece about the mad proliferation of traffic roundabouts. @TeleLifestyle #trafficcalming #TrafficAwerness #roundabouts #cars #driving #magicroundabout @sizewellc telegraph.co.uk/cars/comment…

Roundabouts drive me around the bend. They are dangerous and ugly

These ‘traffic-calming measures’ have the biggest misnomer in motoring, and seem designed to exasperate and enrage

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Read my latest Telegraph piece on why everything, including car design, has become so boringly generic. telegraph.co.uk/cars/classic… @Nissan @Ford @KiaUK #SUV #classiccar @Jaguar #cardesign @MINI @Fordcaprilovers

Why has car design become so generic?

Not so long ago you could tell cars apart, but now the serried ranks of grey SUVs look identical – and the lack of individuality is stifling

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Read my latest @Telegraph piece on driverless cars. For or against? Share your thoughts in the comments below. #driverlesscars @Waymo #autonomouscars @Tesla #driving #tech #cars telegraph.co.uk/cars/news/hu…

A human driver is simply too fallible. Self-driving cars can’t come quickly enough

Many of us are lazy, impatient and impetuous – autonomous vehicles have the potential to save us from ourselves

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Read my latest on the proliferation of road signs and street clutter ruining the public realm. Share examples from your own neighbourhood. @Telegraph #streetclutter @WestminsterCity @sidiqkhan #beauty telegraph.co.uk/cars/feature…

Britain’s roads have far too many signs. They need decluttering now

While town planners across Europe still take aesthetics seriously, we have let ugly utilitarianism prevail. Let’s be more street-smart

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Read my latest on Brutalism and the politicisation of architecture. #Brutalism @southbankcentre @BarbicanCentre #architecture #modernart spectator.com/article/no-the…

No, the Southbank Centre is not beautiful

Architecture has become a particularly divisive cultural lightning rod.

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Read my latest @Telegraph piece on the joy of American muscle cars. And they're not just for midlife men in a crisis. #musclecars @FordMustang @DodgeCarClub @Pontiac #midlifecrisis #americancars @Ford telegraph.co.uk/cars/advice/…

Midlife crisis? You need a big-engined American muscle car

Meet the British owners besotted with the raw power and presence of their high-performance US machines

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Read and comment on my latest piece about crazy US traffic laws @Telegraph. I'll be answering your questions in comments section for an hour or two. #trafficviolations #USAroadtrip #drivingrules #driving #cars telegraph.co.uk/cars/feature…

The bizarre US traffic laws that can catch you out

A driving holiday is the best way to savour the States, but curious regulations await unwary visitors

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Read my latest on the UK’s strange relationship with snow. Link below. #snow #stormgoretti #snowstorm #winter #winterweather #snowmen @dailyexpress express.co.uk/news/uk/215525…
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Read my latest about telephobia. 150 years since the first phone call, I reckon we're done with the blower and good riddance. #telephobia #phonecalls #mobilephone #smartphone express.co.uk/life-style/lif…
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Thanks @quaglinos for an excellent solo Christmas Day lunch. Happy memories and beautiful interior. A tonic for my adhd as written about in link below for London Standard #christmas #christmasdinner🎄 #solodining #adhd #adhdchristmas #neurodiverse standard.co.uk/lifestyle/adh…

ADHD at Christmas has left me feeling paranoid and unloved

Instead of suffering through it yet again, James Innes-Smith has decided to book a table for one at a top London restaurant

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If you have #adhd and are struggling with Christmas I hope my latest article in London Standard (link below) gives you some comfort. standard.co.uk/lifestyle/adh… #adhdwomen #adhdtips #neurodiverse #neurodivergent #adhdbrain #adhdlife #adhdsupport #adhdstruggles #adhdawareness

ADHD at Christmas has left me feeling paranoid and unloved

Instead of suffering through it yet again, James Innes-Smith has decided to book a table for one at a top London restaurant

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I’m becoming increasingly concerned about politicians making this sinister hand gesture. Trump also does it. Is it a Mason’s /Globalist gesture? Or am I being paranoid? @Kier_Starmer_PM @Keir_Starmer #globalist #masons #politics
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Read the steps! Paddington station. Why are we being treated like children? @networkrail @paddingtonstationpr #treatedlikefools #idiotic
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Read the steps! Paddington station. Why are the public being treated like children? So humiliating. @networkrail @paddingtonstationpr #treatedlikefools #idiotic
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Read my latest review of Radiohead in @spectator, fans might want to look away... @radiohead @coldplay @pinkfloyd #progrock #rockmusic spectator.co.uk/article/radi…

Radiohead are joyless

Radiohead’s O2 Arena shows prove that great musicians can still be painfully dull – a reflection on art-rock, ego and middle-aged cool.

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Read my latest @spectator piece on the cult of Bowie. Apologies to Bowie fans… #DavidBowie @DavidBowieReal #glamrock #glam @simplemindscom @suedeHQ spectator.co.uk/article/davi…

David Bowie was no starman

Almost ten years after his death, the cloying adulation for David Jones – could he have had a less cool name? – shows no sign of abating

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£5.15. Content 95%water. Do the maths. Clown prices. @CaffeNero_US #Coffee #ripoffbritain #CoffeeLover #CoffeeVibes
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Read my latest in @Telegraph about the fashion for updating classic cars from the 1970s. I argue that the new versions lack the charm of the originals. @Classiccars #fordcapri @forduk @MINI @renault_uk #ClassicCars #renault4 #renault5 telegraph.co.uk/cars/classic…

Reimagined cars from the 1970s lack the charm and eccentricity of the originals

A former Ford Capri and Renault 4 owner laments the demise of the design quirks that made older cars so pleasurable to own and drive

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Alan Partridge-Farmer youtu.be/GtURTBLuNtg?si=da8x… via @YouTube ‘You feed beef burgers to swans’

Alan Partridge-Farmer

I've seen the big ear'd boys on farms. You feed beefburgers to swan...

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