Been thinking about how Netflix approached Adolescence on social. • Tough subject matter • Native formats • Genuinely thoughtful tone • They let the audience lead Social doesn’t have to be loud or lol-heavy to make an impact. More insights like this? Subscribe to clapperboard.social

‘Idolfire’ by Grace Curtis is our Book of the Week ✨ An epic sapphic fantasy inspired by the fall of Rome, following Aleya and Kirby on a quest to the ancient city of Nivela, where old magic and a thousand stolen gods await #BookOfTheWeek

Torrey Peters is back with a bold collection pushing the boundaries of gender, power, and identity. Set in a remote logging camp, the titular story turns a winter dance into a volatile exploration of masculinity, transition, and desire. ‘Stag Dance’ is a must read this spring!

Get up, get up! Let’s go go go… Rob’s back on air with The Queerly Breakfast Show 📻 Starts Monday 10 March at 7:30am on Queerly Radio 🎶

I’ve still got Pink Pony Club stuck in my head only now it’s the Elton John vocal 😵

Queen James unravels the passionate, scandalous, and dramatic life of Britain’s first king. If you love royal history with a queer twist, this is an absolute must-read! #BookOfTheWeek

FIRST LOOK: JOE, a short film, inspired by the Polari Prize-winning novel ‘The Whale Tattoo’ by Jon Ransom. Coming soon.

We're on the BAFTAs red carpet today 🍿 Do you have any questions for this year's nominees? Drop them below and we might ask them 😉 #EEBAFTAs #BAFTA

The results are in! Congratulations to all of the @dorianawards.bsky.social winners ✨ It’s been an honour to be a part of this with GALECA this year. thisisqueerly.com/dorian-film-...

‘All The Young Queers’ is my @thisisqueerly.com Book of the Week! This wonderful collection of short stories from Nathan Evans offers a window into the challenges and triumphs of growing up queer. It’s a celebration of identity, love, and the journey to find one’s place in the world. #BookOfTheWeek

A man returns home, seeking closure—but finds comfort in a former lover’s arms. A stunning, unsentimental novel about love, trust & the search for home. I loved ‘The Edges’ by Angelo Tijssens—raw yet tender, it lingers long after the final page. #BookOfTheWeek

What are your go-to genuine laugh out loud comedy podcasts? 🎧

Love, war, and forbidden desire - ‘The Boy I Love’ is a breathtaking and heartbreaking journey into the trenches of WWI. @whusseyauthor.bsky.social masterfully blends history, romance, and raw emotion, creating a novel that will stay with you long after the final page #TheBoyILove

@harveymorton.com with the big guests on @thisisqueerly.com 🙌 www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8x5...

Meta has announced ‘Edits’, a new video creation app from Instagram to rival CapCut. It will be released in the “coming weeks”.

Big change on Instagram. Main feed thumbnails now display a 4:5 crop. Chaos. #SocialMedia

After 11 years leading digital and social content at Working Title Films, I’ll soon be stepping away. It’s been an extraordinary decade-plus of creativity, storytelling, and learning. I’m now looking for freelance opportunities with start dates from mid-March 2025.

A reminder that your resolutions come into force on the first Monday of the year. Not today.

No one who played this as a child in the 1990s is ok

Are those atlaspheres I see in this new #Gladiators trailer? youtu.be/og9N4wcRLJ0?...

It’s nine months until Vito is back on our TV screens again, which will be just in time to deal with all of the pregnancies he’s caused this evening #strictly

Tempted

I’m excited by the prospect of just how many versions of ‘DJ Play A Christmas Song’ we will have by Christmas 🎄 open.spotify.com/track/275YsW...

It seems to me the battle to become new Twitter will be won by the platform that can give users the most new followers, post engagement and/or link clicks. No one is here because they don’t like attention.

I’m so excited for the next book from the wonderful @whusseyauthor.bsky.social ✨’The Boy I Love’ is described as a sweeping gay love story set against the horror of the battlefront of the First World War, painstakingly researched by the author 💕 It’s available to pre-order now.

It’s weird how no one ever talks about the fact Wicked is a remake 🧙‍♀️

Is there any point me posting to tell you that Wicked is really very good indeed? I suppose maybe all I can add is, that after seeing it, the two parts feel absolutely essential.

This newly release live album from Whitney Houston is well worth your time. I’ll be leaving every room with the extended outro to I Will Always Love You in my head throughout the festive season ✨ open.spotify.com/album/2vYHp5...

It’s a Wicked day for me 🩷💚

The founders were also created using a single AI prompt 👯‍♂️👯‍♂️

Wicked will almost certainly have the biggest opening weekend of the year in the UK. The terrible weather will likely mean it beats the £14m forecast. Very impressive.

Inbox full of the most critically acclaimed films of the year so obviously I’m hitting play on #TheMerryGentlemen 🎄

Has anyone got a good ‘festive but not quite ready for an explicit mention of Christmas’ playlist to hand? ❄️

What is your 10/10 album?

Tactical undoing of top from Vito. That man knows what he’s doing and I love it. #SCD #Strictly

Alan Carr’s Picture Slam is about as much exercise as my brain can handle at the moment so I always look forward to Saturday early evening. Nice warm up with The Hit List first.

The Substance memes are getting festive. I love it 👏

My pick this week for @thisisqueerly.com is ‘The Camp 100’ by Simon Doonan - a fabulous celebration of all things camp! ✨ Beautifully illustrated and unapologetically bold, it’s a playful manifesto to embrace humour and see the world through a camp lens.

‘Blitz’ is available on Apple TV+ from today. It’s fantastic. Hugely proud of my Working Title family for this one 👏

Spent some time playing the new Batman game on Meta Quest today and it is so good I now believe I AM Batman to a degree which will soon become problematic for everyone around me 🦇

Guys, guys. Keep an eye on a little known act on the BBC Sound Of 2025 list. Chappell Roan. You won’t have heard of her yet but expect big things. How would we cope without these tastemakers making their taste?!

Sophie Ellis Bextor is such an obvious but brilliant choice for NYE on the BBC 🎆

Sophie Ellis Bextor has been revealed as the star fronting New Year's Eve celebrations on BBC One and BBC iPlayer ✨

The thought of meatballs at the IKEA cafe > The experience of meatballs at the IKEA cafe

Extremely annoyed about the people I really like still posting on X despite showing up here with bells and whistles at the weekend 👀

Imagine a breakfast show handover so full of love and mutual admiration happening in commercial radio 😂

Zoe Ball is leaving the BBC Radio 2 breakfast show. Last show 20 December. Scott Mills will replace her.

Hiding under a blanket and watching Stuart Little. Will try again tomorrow.

“The whole site smells so strongly of Musk’s desperation to be adored that it’s activated my natural tendency to be withholding from people I consider pathetic.” - @jpbrammer.bsky.social take down of X is a must read open.substack.com/pub/holapapi...

Here for the positivity and all that and etc., but fucking hell this Monday is really Mondaying