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I've donated a signed guitar to help raise funds for the restoration of Olympic Studios in London, where I recorded three of my albums.
The guitar is now available in the Olympic Sound Studios fundraising auction.
You can find out more here:
olympicsoundstudios.indy.auc…
Just seen #Wicker this afternoon. Mixed feelings really. Peter Dinklage’s basket maker and Elizabeth Debicki’s tailor’s wife both land their roles brilliantly, and Skarsgård somehow sells the whole wicker husband thing. Colman is solid as the fisherwoman, though after a run of similar parts it starts to feel like she’s stuck in the same lane. The acting’s strong throughout, but the dialogue and direction drag things out into pure tedium at points, quirky only gets you so far. Shame really, but still worth seeing.
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I shared Tara Bergin's Forward Prize winning poem with my online group in Afghanistan yesterday and this is Shadmana's response. It's a 🧵 but worth it. She's 16.
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These idiots who attempt to insult my appearance don’t know the difference between “autonomy” and “anatomy”
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The response to my Oxford Street post highlights exactly what disabled people face right now. Can't have accessibility, shouldn't have benefits, count yourselves lucky for crumbs, stop complaining. Tug that forelock. My arse.
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The Dark, by James Herbert. This is the New English Library 5th edition (hardback) from 1988, though the novel was originally released in 1980.
I've noted before there are surprisingly few movie adaptations of Herbert novels. An Australian version of The Survivor was released in 1981 with Robert Powell and Jenny Agutter, both fine actors, and 1995 saw versions of Fluke and Haunted hit the big screen, but it's not much.
Just watched Moon and Sun (2014), a taut, indie mystery thriller. @EboniHogan shines as Felicia in a standout performance, working alongside Amber Davila’s Cecilia and Christina Wren’s Lori as they unfold family secrets after a fatal hit and run. Directed by @DemetriusWren, the film has a suspenseful, atmospheric mood that keeps the tension high from start to finish. Not perfect but an understated gem for fans of character driven thrillers, worth search for.
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I've posted an very moving short story by my student Brennig Davies on the other place (Links below). I've put up lots of Bren's poems here - now he has 2 books and he is only 26. Teachers - this would be perfect for the classroom and its free to share.
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Wow, NYTimes says on schooling, what is really effective: Science of reading, rating on test scores
And worst: smaller class sizes and increasing all teacher pay (and, surprisingly, school vouchers?)
nytimes.com/2026/09/28/upsho…
archive.ph/FNDc2
teapaw.org/BjornLomborg/status/21…
Wow, NYTimes says on schooling, what is really effective: Science of reading, rating on test scores
And worst: smaller class sizes and increasing all teacher pay (and, surprisingly, school vouchers?)
nytimes.com/2026/09/28/upsho…
archive.ph/FNDc2
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Christmas is coming....🎄 How about buying a copy of @WhenCarryOn @penswordbooks for your favourite person. Described as "essential reading" in The Oldie. Friends please RT for greater impact. Thank you. #WhenTheCarryOnStopped 🎄
Just watched Dom Rotheroe's Exhibit A on @primevideouk, and it really does feel like you’re watching a real family slowly come apart. @missbrittash is excellent as the daughter, she just looks and sounds like an actual teenager filming everything. Bradley Cole's is also great as the dad you completely buy him as the slightly embarrassing, fun father before he starts to unravel. Excellent examination of an abusive relationship, that goes way out of hand, but the change in tone early on is jarring and so effective making the horror not dependent on graphic violence. Quiet, uncomfortable, and properly effective.
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"See me in me heels and ting
Dem check, sey we hip and ting
True dem no know an'ting
We have dem going and ting
Nah pop no style, I strictly roots
Nah pop no style, I strictly roots
See me 'pon de road, I 'earin' you call out to me
True you see me in m'pants and ting..."
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On this day in 1893, Lillian Gish was born in Springfield, OH. I asked her if actors in silent films had a script with dialogue to memorize or if they were just given a general idea of what was being said in the scene and they ad-libbed the words. This was her remarkable reply:
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A lady told me her daughter skipped my talk because its subject, Queen Caroline, ‘isn’t in Bridgerton’. Fair point.
But Caroline refereed a dispute between Newton and Leibniz, had her daughters inoculated against smallpox when Britain thought it madness, and hid a secret from her ladies that killed her.
The cleverest queen consort we've ever had, my favourite queen is all but forgotten today! Read about her in the next tweet down👇
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🖤MVP Martine Beswick! Not exactly pc by today’s standards I guess but for me Sister Hyde feels liberated rather than simply evil. Plus the men policing her are hardly paragons of virtue. The film doesn't need to be wholly progressive for that tension to be interesting. So good!
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Yes- completely different and new remastering. Completely new mix. Huge upgrade. And… yes… from the negative, which gives the image a huge range!
I've now seen all 4 of these "twisted" fairytale horrors. Bambi the Reckoning is easily the best of these twisted kids story horrors. The mutated deer actually works as a proper creature feature with some decent atmosphere and gore instead of just pure slasher nonsense. Also enjoyed Popey the slayer man a decent story with practical effects and goofy kills give it some dumb fun that the others miss. Mixed thoughts on Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare, impressive dark and mean script with child snatcher vibe but uneven. Surprised I even finished Winnie the Pooh, was terrible.
Agree, was pleasantly surprised after a string of over long, poorly scripted sequels.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) is fun and action-packed. This film focuses on the growth of Peter Parker and Spider-Man.
Sadie Sink is awesome as Jean Grey. The scene where Aunt May speaks to Jean through Peter steals the show.
My rating: 7/10
Any Spider-Man fans? 😅
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