Charlie Coombs

Remote Writer Bristol, UK

I’m Charlie (He/Him), a Remote Writer at Thred. I was previously the Editor at Thred before moving to Bristol in 2024. As a music and gaming enthusiast, I’m a nerd for pop culture. You can find me curating playlists, designing article headline images, and sipping cider on a Thursday. Follow me on Twitter, LinkedIn and drop me some ideas/feedback via email.

Hi, I’m Charlie, and I’m a Remote Writer at Thred.

I was previously the Editor at Thred before moving to Bristol in 2024.

As a music enthusiast I’m a bit of a nerd, particularly for pop culture news and album releases, and whenever I’m not making visuals for our website or editing articles for Jamie I can usually be found crafting playlists and making art on Photoshop.

A proud tea binge-drinker who’s worn my habits off on the rest of the office, I’m never one to say no to an end-of-week beverage.

 

Latest Stories from Charlie

Study suggests increased UK takeaway habits survived pandemic

Study suggests increased UK takeaway habits survived pandemic

Our appetite for delivered fast food saw a huge spike during lockdowns and the pandemic. However, new research suggests that the public never stopped, as numbers remain high years after COVID19’s peak. Were you guilty of one too many takeaways during the pandemic? It seems that many of us in the UK increased our junk food habits amidst lockdowns and COVID19 restrictions, with platforms such as Just Eat, Deliveroo, and...

By Bristol, UK
What’s going on with Billie Eilish and the vinyl backlash?

What’s going on with Billie Eilish and the vinyl backlash?

Singer songwriter Billie Eilish faced pushback online this week after criticising artists for releasing multiple vinyl variants. In response, she said she wasn’t targeting any one artist in particular. Billie Eilish made it clear last week that she doesn’t like artists releasing multiple versions of their albums on vinyl, describing the practice as ‘wasteful’ in an interview with Billboard last week. The singer and her mother Maggie Baird had been...

By Bristol, UK
New research finds Gen Z prefer social video over TV

New research finds Gen Z prefer social video over TV

Streaming giants such as Netflix, Disney +, and Paramount could be facing problems in the future, as a new study finds Gen Zers prefer social video and live streaming over traditional television shows. Remember the days when your family would settle down for the evening, turn on the TV, and jump into the latest episode of Doctor Who? If you’re a younger Gen Zer, you probably don’t. New research

By Bristol, UK
Facebook sees Gen Z boost after relaunching ‘poke’ feature

Facebook sees Gen Z boost after relaunching ‘poke’ feature

Once a staple of Millennial internet use, Facebook has reintroduced the long-defunct ‘poke’ feature to its platform, allowing users to mildly annoy one another at their leisure. If you’re a Millennial, you probably know exactly what we mean when discussing Facebook’s long lost ‘poke’ feature. Although simple, the ‘poke’ button allowed friends to flirt with one another, receive attention, or simply keep up a long-running gag for the thrill of it....

By Bristol, UK
Is Currys Fortnite ‘Trash Tycoon’ e-waste project genuine?

Is Currys Fortnite ‘Trash Tycoon’ e-waste project genuine?

UK tech retailer Currys has collaborated with Epic Games’ Fortnite with its new ‘Trash Tycoon’ gaming experience. Is it genuinely educational or is it corporate greenwashing for PR purposes? The UK’s largest technology retailer Currys has created a new ‘video game experience’ within Epic Games’ Fortnite called ‘Trash Tycoon.’ The game sees players run around a map that visually represents over 880 million unused and broken tech items currently being...

By Bristol, UK
Banana prices to go up as global temperature increases

Banana prices to go up as global temperature increases

Top experts say that bananas are likely to become more expensive as climate change and increased temperatures affect supply chains. Bad news for banana lovers this week. Pascal Liu, senior economist at the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation, has said that climate change is an ‘enormous threat’ to banana supplies. It will also intensify problems caused by fast-spreading diseases and fruit availability. The World Banana Forum is to meet next week...

By Bristol, UK
Warner Bros. Discovery to double down on live-service games

Warner Bros. Discovery to double down on live-service games

Despite the publisher releasing Hogwarts Legacy last year to great success, Warner Bros. Discovery’s head of gaming says live-services and mobile will be its main focus moving forward. If you’re into video games, it’s likely you picked up - or at least saw gameplay of - Hogwarts Legacy last year. Despite some controversy surrounding the title and its association with JK Rowling, it was the best-selling game of 2023 in the...

By Bristol, UK
Google announces major shake up to search algorithm

Google announces major shake up to search algorithm

In an effort to reduce low-quality articles and unoriginal content, Google is making big changes to its search algorithm. A new core update to Google’s search traffic algorithm could have wide-reaching implications for SEO experts and copywriters. The company is further boosting its low-quality downranking project that it began testing in 2022. In a statement that year, Google explained that it had ‘launched thousands of updates to Search based...

By Bristol, UK
Rooster Teeth announces shut down after 21 years

Rooster Teeth announces shut down after 21 years

For many Millennials, Rooster Teeth represented the first major shift into digital-only entertainment throughout the mid-noughties. Its closure is a goodbye to a bygone era. Rooster Teeth, the digital-only production house that pioneered various internet shows in the noughties and tens, is shutting down after 21 years. Parent company Warner Bros. Discovery is pulling the plug after numerous failed attempts to sell the brand and its entertainment division. Rooster Teeth’s...

By Bristol, UK
Survey finds Gen Z climate anxiety is extremely prevalent

Survey finds Gen Z climate anxiety is extremely prevalent

New research by the Curtin University shows that young people in Australia have significant, life-impacting concerns about the state of the climate. Climate anxiety amongst Gen Zers is at an all-time-high. A new study by Curtin University has found that Australian young people have drastic concerns about the climate crisis, so much so that it is impacting their lives and may have wider consequences in their long-term futures. Gen Z’s Climate...

By Bristol, UK