This weeks post comes from the lovely @beckyph7.bsky.social 💓 open.substack.com/pub/morganll...

We're looking for a passionate and driven individual to join our Mentoring team to recruit, match and support mentoring pairs across Greater Manchester. If this busy and rewarding role sounds up your street, get in touch! www.arts-emergency.org/jobs Deadline to apply: 30 June 2025

Planning for a masterclass I’m delivering on theatricality next week & I came across this on my son’s bookshelf. Come along to hear me read from picture books (& maybe say some other things) www.arvon.org/writing-cour...

So, you’ve got an idea but what makes it a play? Is your story theatrical enough for the stage? And what does, ‘theatricality’ really mean anyway? I’m not claiming to have the answers to those questions, but I never get tired of exploring them. Come along!

Labour's base-punching strategy reminds of the Seinfeld episode where George is so obsessed with making Jerry's girlfriend like him (she clearly hates him) that he neglects his own girlfriend (who does like him) and she leaves him

you're gonna love the piece I filed yesterday

Why are children not playing in the street? An FT piece analysing the - very concerning - decline in outdoor play manages to look at every possible cause: screens, spaces, school timetable changes. Apart from one. Cars. It is simply not safe for kids to play outside on streets.

if you change the name on a CV from a man to a woman's name, recruiters immediately rate it as 18% less competent. they don't stop to check gametes/wombs. pretending all sexism is rooted in a particular biology leaves us with no way to talk about systemic bias against female intellect & ambition.

@thewritingsquad.bsky.social is recruiting, so I wrote about why I love my squad job go 👉🏻 www.emmaadamswriter.co.uk/new-blog/202... But if you just want juice: Squad gives free workshops, opps, 121's & peer community. Northern, 16-22, writer? Apply 👉🏻 www.writingsquad.com/join-the-squ... Pls RP. ❤️

Northern Writers: Get on this if you qualify www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...

2/ Respond to the Government consultation by midnight tomorrow - we have produced a guide to make it easy for you (and pls share with colleagues and friends!) writersguild.org.uk/fight-back-a...

I wrote this on the most consistently terrible, and fatal, idea in centrist politics today. On Fanta, rebadging, and why attempting to win votes from fascists is morally disgusting and politically suicidal. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

I was planning my Arvon Masterclass on pacing this afternoon. Got quite excited, as it isn't something I've taught exactly like this before. Still places available for Friday. Why don't you join us? www.arvon.org/writing-cour... @arvonfoundation.bsky.social

People out here like “Kanye’s music always sucked.” I am begging you to deeply internalize that terrible people are capable of making profound and incredible things. If we cannot hold these conflicting truths, monsters will always be able to hide behind their talent

Late to it, but really loving Spent. Gem of a show. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

My favourite reads of 2024, I think.

This is very good. 👇Anyone who works in the creative arts (books, music, art, comedy, podcasts, radio, TV, editing, etc) should be telling the U.K. government that copyright matters

There's something deeply disturbing about the sight of male photographers & film crews pushing, shoving and using their considerable strength to get close to Gisèle Pelicot as she arrives at the court, while knowing what she has been through. Have some decorum, people. Give the woman some space.

Usually, whenever I have a new idea - I can sort it in my head, is it a stage play? TV pitch? A radio drama? I had this one idea, I just couldn’t sort& I found myself thinking, “wait, is this actually a novel?” Then, my next thought was, “but I have no idea how to write a novel!”

Did they film Wicked at Elstree? Has Ariana Grande been to the Wimpy down Borhamwood High Street?? DELIGHTED at this idea.

Really loved Wicked. When it finished, I could happily have popped out for a wee, topped up my popcorn & sat through it from start to finish all over again.

Proper start of a new term, blank notebook feel to this place. I like it.

Public service announcement! 📢Woke up early so made a playwrights starter pack! Far from exhaustive so please message me if you’d like to be added❤️✍🏽 go.bsky.app/MrCbp2Q #theatre #playwights