Charlie Herbert

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Charlie is a politics writer for JOE and The London Economic. Having previously covered everything from Eurovision and the general election to the Rugby World Cup and the Brits - along with a spell in charge of the famous JOE Friday Pub Quiz - he's since moved over to focusing on politics on both sides of the Atlantic. Now content editor at The London Economic, Charlie continues to be a contributor to JOE's political content. Away from matters of Trump and Starmer, he has a keen interest in pretty much every sport, and is a regular guest on the FootballJOE Quiz - with varying degrees of success!

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  • The JOE Friday Pub Quiz: week 443

    The JOE Friday Pub Quiz: week 443

    It’s impossible to keep track of all the quizzes, but your best chance is here. Thousands and thousands of hours of quizzes, each more climactic than the last! Constant, dizzying, twenty-four hour, yearlong, endless quizzing! Every bit of it massively mattering to someone, presumably. Take it all, all here, all the time, forever, it will never stop, the quiz […]

    1 year ago

  • JD Vance hints at US invasion of Greenland

    JD Vance hints at US invasion of Greenland

    “Mr Trump doesn’t care what the European Union scream at us.” JD Vance has suggested the US could “take more territorial interest” in Greenland, fuelling fears that the Trump administration could try and invade the territory. Ever since he was inaugurated as president earlier this year, Donald Trump has openly suggested the US should take […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE Friday Pub Quiz: week 443

    The JOE Friday Pub Quiz: week 443

    It’s impossible to keep track of all the quizzes, but your best chance is here. Thousands and thousands of hours of quizzes, each more climactic than the last! Constant, dizzying, twenty-four hour, yearlong, endless quizzing! Every bit of it massively mattering to someone, presumably. Take it all, all here, all the time, forever, it will never stop, the quiz […]

    1 year ago

  • Eminem no longer performs one of his biggest songs and apologised for writing it

    Eminem no longer performs one of his biggest songs and apologised for writing it

    He ‘cringes’ every time he hears it Eminem is undoubtedly one of the most iconic figures in music, and one of the greatest rappers of all time. Hundreds of millions of record sales, critically-acclaimed albums, and dozens of awards – there’s not a lot that the Detroit local hasn’t achieved. But the rapper has deep […]

    1 year ago

  • ‘Outnumbered’ child star who played Karen Brockman now unrecognisable aged 24

    ‘Outnumbered’ child star who played Karen Brockman now unrecognisable aged 24

    If you loved Outnumbered, prepare to feel very old Ramona Marquez – the actress best known for her years as Karen Brockman in ‘Outnumbered’ – has teased fans who think she still looks like her character. The 24-year-old starred in the hugely popular BBC sitcom for as the hilarious Karen throughout the show’s five series-run […]

    1 year ago

  • The FootballJOE Quiz #31: Famous faces

    The FootballJOE Quiz #31: Famous faces

    More famous faces from footballing past to test your brain The FootballJOE Pub Quiz is once again here to give you the quizzing boost you need. Here’s five faces from football past, just tell us who they are. These are the same five questions that you’ll see some of the good folk at FootballJOE and special guests […]

    1 year ago

  • UK ‘no longer a rich country’ after 15 years of stagnation

    UK ‘no longer a rich country’ after 15 years of stagnation

    Parts of Britain are now worse off than the poorest areas of Lithuania and Slovenia. The United Kingdom is no longer a rich country after 15 years of stagnation and ‘plummeting living standards’, according to economists. New research from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) found that parts of Britain are now worse […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE Friday Pub Quiz: week 442

    The JOE Friday Pub Quiz: week 442

    Giddy up quizzers There’s been sporting drama aplenty this week hasn’t there? We had a cracking weekend of Six Nations action, some incredible Champions League drama, and of course we’ve had Cheltenham glory and heartache throughout. As the biggest week in horse racing reaches its climax, there’s still plenty of action to enjoy, including the […]

    1 year ago

  • British crime drama on Netflix is rated higher than entire Harlan Coben collection

    British crime drama on Netflix is rated higher than entire Harlan Coben collection

    The BBC series received critical acclaim Harlan Coben’s Fool Me Once was one of the biggest Netflix shows in recent years, but there’s a British crime drama on the platform with a higher rating than his entire collection. Back in 2018, thriller and mystery novelist Coben signed a five-year contract with Netflix which gave them […]

    1 year ago

  • The FootballJOE Quiz #30: Famous faces

    The FootballJOE Quiz #30: Famous faces

    More famous faces from footballing past to test your brain The FootballJOE Pub Quiz is once again here to give you the quizzing boost you need. Here’s five faces from football past, just tell us who they are. These are the same five questions that you’ll see some of the good folk at FootballJOE and special guests […]

    1 year ago

  • Donald Trump has meltdown as Tesla stock crashes

    Donald Trump has meltdown as Tesla stock crashes

    “I’m going to buy a brand new Tesla tomorrow morning as a show of support for Elon Musk.” Donald Trump had a full scale meltdown on Truth Social after Tesla suffered one of the worst days of trading in its history. On Monday, Tesla’s share price dropped by 15.4 per cent, the biggest drop since September 2020. This continues […]

    1 year ago

  • Searing ‘Elon’s Musk’ ad appears on London Underground

    Searing ‘Elon’s Musk’ ad appears on London Underground

    They keep popping up. Yet another anti-Elon Musk advert has appeared on London’s public transport network, this time advertising “Elon’s Musk.” In recent weeks, a number of posters slamming the Tesla CEO have been popping up around the capital. Now, another one has appeared, this time on the Victoria tube line, likening the billionaire to a […]

    1 year ago

  • All Eurostar trains cancelled after unexploded WW2 bomb found on tracks

    All Eurostar trains cancelled after unexploded WW2 bomb found on tracks

    People have been advised. Eurostar trains have been cancelled after an unexploded World War Two bomb was discovered on the tracks in Paris. The Eurostar and all trains at Paris’ Gar du Nord – the busiest station in France – have been stopped as police work to disable the unexploded WW2 device. Local media reports […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE Friday Pub Quiz: week 441

    The JOE Friday Pub Quiz: week 441

    Ladies and gentlemen, the pub quiz We’ve got a YouTube channel! Yes, after years of keeping this thing pretty analogue, we’ve decided this ol’ quiz might work rather well in video form. The first episode of the JOE Pub Quiz – which Eggheads legend Kevin Ashman sees take on comedians in a quizzing battle – […]

    1 year ago

  • The FootballJOE Quiz #29: Famous faces

    The FootballJOE Quiz #29: Famous faces

    More famous faces from footballing past to test your brain The FootballJOE Pub Quiz is once again here to give you the quizzing boost you need. Here’s five faces from football past, just tell us who they are. These are the same five questions that you’ll see some of the good folk at FootballJOE and special guests […]

    1 year ago

  • Nigel Farage says Zelenskyy was ‘rude’ and ‘unwise’ in Oval Office

    Nigel Farage says Zelenskyy was ‘rude’ and ‘unwise’ in Oval Office

    “Zelenskyy played it very badly.” Nigel Farage has refused to call out Donald Trump and JD Vance for their explosive row with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, instead blaming the Ukrainian president for the ugly scenes. On Friday, Zelensky found himself in a furious exchange with Trump and his vice president JD Vance, during which the US president […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE Friday Pub Quiz: week 440

    The JOE Friday Pub Quiz: week 440

    Let’s wave a quizzing goodbye to the winter months Let’s hear it for February. A month that has the common decency to realise that, after the slog of January and the winter, it shouldn’t hang around. After just 28 days, it decides not to outstay it’s welcome and says “see you next year folks, here’s […]

    1 year ago

  • Macron interrupts and shuts down Trump over ‘misleading’ claims about Ukraine

    Macron interrupts and shuts down Trump over ‘misleading’ claims about Ukraine

    Trust the French to not take any nonsense This is the moment Emmanuel Macron grabbed Donald Trump‘s arm and fact-checked him to his face. The French President visited Washington for talks with Trump at the White House, where they discussed the war in Ukraine. When Macron was asked if the US should be compensated for the money […]

    1 year ago

  • The FootballJOE Quiz #28: Famous faces

    The FootballJOE Quiz #28: Famous faces

    More famous faces from footballing past to test your brain The FootballJOE Pub Quiz is once again here to give you the quizzing boost you need. Here’s five faces from football past, just tell us who they are. These are the same five questions that you’ll see some of the good folk at FootballJOE and special guests […]

    1 year ago

  • Iconic BBC game show set for return with Alison Hammond hosting

    Iconic BBC game show set for return with Alison Hammond hosting

    Bring on the wall! Iconic BBC game show Hole In The Wall is set to return to screens, with Alison Hammond as host. The wacky show, which saw lycra-clad celebrities try and fit through holes in a rapidly-approaching polystyrene wall, aired for two series until 2009. It was hosted first by Dale Winton and then […]

    1 year ago

  • Two motorways closed in UK after human remains found on road

    Two motorways closed in UK after human remains found on road

    The body is believed to be that of a man in his forties Two motorways were closed for several hours on Saturday evening after a human body was found on the carriageway. A number of drivers calls police from 6:40pm to report “something in the road” between junctions 20 and 21 of the M4 – […]

    1 year ago

  • Scientists say they have found evidence of the soul leaving the body after we die

    Scientists say they have found evidence of the soul leaving the body after we die

    “They saw everything go away and then you got this activity” A professor has claimed to find potential evidence of the “soul leaving the body” as we die. Dr Stuart Hameroff, a professor of anaesthesiology and psychology at the University of Arizona, says he has recorded brain activity that suggests we have ‘souls.’ The findings are […]

    1 year ago

  • Brits warned of five documents they ‘must show’ when landing in Spain

    Brits warned of five documents they ‘must show’ when landing in Spain

    You may be required to provide a number of documents at passport control The Foreign Office (FCDO) warned Brits travelling to Spain from the UK that they might need to present five specific documents upon arrival. The FCDO’s advisory is aimed at holidaymakers and travellers departing from the UK for European destinations. The documents you may […]

    1 year ago

  • Angelina Jolie says she had the ‘best sex’ ever with Denzel Washington

    Angelina Jolie says she had the ‘best sex’ ever with Denzel Washington

    ‘It was great seducing someone with your mind’ Angelina Jolie has said the “best sex” she ever has was with her co-star Denzel Washington. Jolie appeared alongside Washington in the 1999 thriller, The Bone Collector. In the film, she plays the role of Amelia Donaghy, a cop who becomes romantically involved with forensics expert Lincoln […]

    1 year ago

  • People label Grease ‘misogynistic’ and ‘problematic’ after rewatching

    People label Grease ‘misogynistic’ and ‘problematic’ after rewatching

    ‘It’s just too problematic these days’ It’s undoubtedly one of the most famous musicals of all time, but some have raised issues with parts of Grease after rewatching the film. Released in 1978, Grease was a box-office and commercial hit, launching the careers of John Travolta and Olivia Newton John as Danny and Sandy. The […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE Friday Pub Quiz: week 439

    The JOE Friday Pub Quiz: week 439

    Into the valley of quiz we charge once again Here we are again, united by quiz. Ignore the unhinged comments coming from the supposed leader of the free world, ignore talk of plane crashes, ignore worries about an asteroid that has a 1 in 50 chance of hitting Earth. None of that matters here. What […]

    1 year ago

  • Nigel Farage finally breaks silence after Trump calls Zelensky a ‘dictator’

    Nigel Farage finally breaks silence after Trump calls Zelensky a ‘dictator’

    “Let’s be clear, Zelenskyy is not a dictator. But it’s only right and proper that Ukrainians have a timeline for elections.” Nigel Farage has finally broken his silence following Donald Trump’s comments labelling Volodymyr Zelensky a “dictator.” This week, Trump accused Ukraine of ‘starting the war’ with Russia, as the US started talks with Putin to try […]

    1 year ago

  • The FootballJOE Quiz #27: Famous faces

    The FootballJOE Quiz #27: Famous faces

    Another weekly quizzing treat for you footy fans The FootballJOE Pub Quiz is once again here to give you the quizzing boost you need. Here’s five faces from football past, just tell us who they are. These are the same five questions that you’ll see some of the good folk at FootballJOE and special guests taking on in […]

    1 year ago

  • Brian Cox defends Kevin Spacey and says he ‘never found him abusive’

    Brian Cox defends Kevin Spacey and says he ‘never found him abusive’

    ‘How dare you cancel anybody?’ Brian Cox has launched an impassioned defence of his “old friend” Kevin Spacey, claiming it’s “not right” he has been blacklisted in the entertainment industry. Spacey hasn’t appeared on stage or screen since 2017, when actor Anthony Rapp accused him of sexually abusing him in 1986. Spacey would have been […]

    1 year ago

  • Danielle Lloyd reveals she has been diagnosed with cancer

    Danielle Lloyd reveals she has been diagnosed with cancer

    She’s urged people to get themselves checked Danielle Lloyd has revealed she has been diagnosed with skin cancer in an emotional video on social media. Sharing the news with her followers on Instagram, the model said she was “really shocked” by the news and would require an operation. She said: “I don’t really know how […]

    1 year ago

  • Ukrainian President Zelenskyy calls for creation of ‘armed forces of Europe’

    Ukrainian President Zelenskyy calls for creation of ‘armed forces of Europe’

    It comes amid fears over a reduction in US support for the country. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said an “armed forces of Europe” should be created. The Ukrainian president was speaking at the Munich Security Conference, and raised the possibility that Europe could no longer rely on America for its support. For three years, Ukraine has […]

    1 year ago

  • Tennis world number one Jannik Sinner receives doping ban

    Tennis world number one Jannik Sinner receives doping ban

    Sinner had been cleared of any wrongdoing over two positive drugs test last year World number one Jannik Sinner has been banned from tennis for three months after reaching a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada). The 23-year-old Italian, who won the Australian Open just last month, will be suspended from the sport from […]

    1 year ago

  • Tourist loses both hands in shark attack after she tried to take photo of animal

    Tourist loses both hands in shark attack after she tried to take photo of animal

    The local government said the tourist had been ‘trying to engage’ with the shark A tourist reportedly lost both her hands after being the victim of a shark attack in the Caribbean. The woman, believed to be a Canadian national, had been on holiday in the Turks and Caicos islands when the attack happened last […]

    1 year ago

  • Selena Gomez gifted bath full of real cheese by fiance for Valentine’s

    Selena Gomez gifted bath full of real cheese by fiance for Valentine’s

    “When your fiance isn’t much of a flowers girl.” Selena Gomez was gifted a bath full of nacho cheese by her fiance Benny Blanco for Valentine’s Day. Sharing the unusual gift in a video on his Instagram, Blanco filmed himself following a trail of corn chips to the bathroom, where ‘I love you’ is written […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE Friday Pub Quiz: week 438

    The JOE Friday Pub Quiz: week 438

    A quiz made with love Flowers. Chocolates. The pub quiz. I think it’s widely accepted these are the classic Valentine’s Day gifts, right? Nothing says love and romance like 25 general knowledge questions. And for this week’s pub quiz, we’re giving you two of the most romantic rounds possible: country spellings and The Inbetweeners. Be […]

    1 year ago

  • The FootballJOE Quiz #26: Famous faces

    The FootballJOE Quiz #26: Famous faces

    Another weekly quizzing treat for you footy fans The FootballJOE Pub Quiz is once again here to give you the quizzing boost you need. Here’s five faces from football past, just tell us who they are. After you’ve had a go at the questions yourself, you can see how the FootballJOE team got on at […]

    1 year ago

  • Gravy Boat restaurant with gravy cocktails is coming to London

    Gravy Boat restaurant with gravy cocktails is coming to London

    All aboard the gravy train…or rather boat A Gravy Boat restaurant, with a menu including gravy cocktails and gravy-inspired dessert, is coming to London. The unique opening is a result of a collaboration between gravy kings Bisto and Wallace & Gromit, and is inspired by the final chase scene in the Oscar-nominated Vengeance Most Fowl. The […]

    1 year ago

  • Petition for UK to rejoin EU as full member hits 100k signatures

    Petition for UK to rejoin EU as full member hits 100k signatures

    The petition will now be considered for parliamentary debate. A petition calling for the United Kingdom to rejoin the European Union “as soon as possible” has reached 100,000 signatures. We’re more than five years on from Brexit officially happening, and it’s safe to say everyone hates it. From celebrities such Alan Sugar and Jeremy Clarkson to most of the British public, including some […]

    1 year ago