Bit of news #IlfeldPrize

This man. A true gentleman. No nonsense behind/around him. The best striker in English history, and potentially, ever. Congratulations, H! #NFFC #THFC

Michael Madsen, star of Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill and Donnie Brasco, dies aged 67

Playwright Leo Butler has rejected the idea that new writing cannot shift tickets, as he prepares to head up Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury’s first-ever Writers’ Room Festival 👇

Nailed it. @petermblackburn.bsky.social absolutely nailed it. #NFFC

Andrew O'Hagan is on the latest episode of the @waterstones.bsky.social Podcast discussing Caledonian Road, out now in paperback. You can listen to the episode here 👇 https://www.waterstones.com/blog/the-waterstones-podcast-andrew-o-hagan

At long last, after nearly two years, I can finally post photos of what five months of my life looked like! I’ll avoid spoilery stuff for a few more weeks, but man, this was a whole ass thing and I’m glad so many of you are enjoying it! THE GORGE is on Apple+ now!

“The White Lotus” creator Mike White still seems amazed that his “little pandemic idea” has turned into the biggest hit of his life. “Somehow, I got on the last helicopter out of the dystopia that is Hollywood,” he said. #NewYorker100

Scorned by critics on its release, in 1999, Alan Rudolph’s adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s “Breakfast of Champions,” now emerges as an inspired comic extravaganza, whose very originality was its undoing, @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social writes.

Yellowjackets season three review – this teen cannibal drama just remembered how to be funny

IN BRUGES was released 17 years ago this week. Acclaimed as one of the great black comedies of the century and the film that kick started the McDonagh/Farrell/Gleeson triumvirate, the making of story is as beautiful as the city it’s set in… 1/34

Eloquent, evocative, emotive and impassioned. A truly beautiful piece by a truly beautiful friend. #NFFC 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞, 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. @petermblackburn.bsky.social shorturl.at/H1a05

Really lovely piece from the great @petermblackburn.bsky.social here on trying to make sense of and enjoy what’s happening at #NFFC this season. Well worth a read wether you’re of a Forest persuasion or not 👇 thefamousclub.co.uk/2025/02/03/t...

🤯 Unbelievable team performance v Brighton 👏 Wood, Elanga, Gibbs-White MOTM debate 🤔 Verdict upcoming games and transfer chat @mattdaviesff.bsky.social is joined by Paul Morley and Simon Fotheringham #nffc 🍎 Apple podcasts: tinyurl.com/at8wrmem 📱 YouTube: tinyurl.com/4tasvf47

the hostility towards the creative arts from the tech world lmao...imagine being umable to conceive of people for whom WRITING IS THEIR JOB AND SOMETHING THEY ENJOY

Director-writer David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and network television with “Twin Peaks,” has died. He was 78. bit.ly/40is3yQ

Are you hoping to write more in 2025? Why not enter our New Writing Prize! We've teamed up with management & production company 42 to launch a new prize for aspiring novelists, playwrights & screenwriters. Closing date = 30 April 2025. english.web.ox.ac.uk/article/launch…

I am recruiting participants for one of my PhD studies, exploring the role of Virtual Reality in Football. If you play competitive football (any level), are 18+ years old, can travel to Nottingham, and fancy taking part (or just want to hear more), please email me: 📧 [email protected]

Vibes. #NFFC

💰 We discuss transfer rumours on... ⬅️ Yuri Alberto, Kaua Elias, N'Diaye, Ferguson ➡️ Gibbs-White, Elanga, Omobamidele @mattdaviesff.bsky.social is joined by Mikey Clarke and @petermblackburn.bsky.social #NFFC 🍎 Apple podcasts: tinyurl.com/mr3f3jbj 📱 YouTube: tinyurl.com/55pb357e

As the year draws to a close, it's a time for reflection. Here are our 30 favourite films of 2024. lwlies.com/articles/the...

@gergmitch.bsky.social You were front and centre on the telly in the post-match scenes. Did you tell the camera people where you were? 😂 #NFFC

Alongside my screenwriting, I run this incredible place with my partner @fernsmith.bsky.social We offer affordable rates to artists of every stripe to come and rest, revive, rejuvenate and create. Alongside this we also offer guided retreats and rites of passage. emergence-uk.org/upcoming-eve...

The 50 best albums of 2024: No 3 – Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft

'You must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on.' These three iconic novels by era-defining Nobel Laureate Samuel Beckett are being relaunched for a new generation, with introductions from Colm Tóibín, Claire-Louise Bennett and Eimear McBride.

Trying to celebrate the win with these horrors. #NFFC @noscoredraws.bsky.social

Mark Kermode on… director Mike Leigh, who mines the comedy and tragedy of life

In fact, Sheila, they'd probably nail him.

@vinaypatel.bsky.social Hi Vinay! Hope you're well. I had a quick question, if you don't mind me asking! Do you how many words True Brits roughly was?

If I'd any interest in soccer, and if poetry wasn't the cheapest of the low art forms, I'd be on this residency like culchies on butter.

"But or therefore" is more useful than "and then" when planning.

I think it's pretty obvious that having that pale blue background again is better for one's mental health. Perhaps the plan all along was to bring people down with that extremist symbol - the darkness behind it. Let's fight that fight with a bit of light.

@nottmtails.bsky.social Could you do the updates of the game on here as well as on that other place, please, Tails? #NFFC

@fplpricechanges.bsky.social Any price changes?

@peter-doherty.bsky.social Welcome, legend!

@fplharry-yt.bsky.social Check this out.

Hello 👋 I'm Hannah a Midlands based Director! I'm drawn to plays with complex female characters, climate change themes & mothers and daughters! I recently directed The Trials by Dawn King for Nottingham Playhouse. I'm Co-AD of Rebel Sparks. Would love to connect to producers, writers & creatives!

I started following the Guardian, but I'm already beginning to regret it.

HOW DO YOU GET YOUR PLAY ON? This was the top question when Support Playwrights ran a #NoSillyQuestions initiative. We spoke to 12 brilliant playwrights & here's what they had to say! Writers incl #ChrisBush, @tommortonsmith.bsky.social, @hannykha.bsky.social ..... open.substack.com/pub/supportp...

I think the thing that is lost on those in the “echo chamber” debate is their thinking that these are inherently political apps rather than social apps that have been co-opted for political brainwashing and news. I want this to be my digital water cooler w/friends, not where I get lectured by Nazis.

Bluesky on track to overtake Twitter by Sunday and X by Tuesday for search volume 📈 There’s something happening…

Wow coming to this place from Twitter feels like being in a really awful house party where it’s kicking off and stumbling into a bedroom where everyone’s really chilled, lying down talking about music

Had the honour of hosting a panel at Soho Theatre where we were reflecting on Playwriting Prizes and their role in the wider ecology... Check it out here... @suzbelldramaturg.bsky.social www.thestage.co.uk/news/theatre...

Applications are now open for our Writers' Group ⚡️ Our free introduction to playwriting course, led by Tom Wells, returns in January. Apply before 26 November. Open to anybody with a HU postcode: bit.ly/2yqQOzF

If anyone is trying to rebuild who they follow (as I am), this is a really easy way to find people who are followed by lots of people you follow. bsky-follow-finder.theo.io

Where are all the #Playwrights and #Screenwriters? Let's share the shit out of this. #PlaywrightsChristmasParty 26th Nov at Royal Court Theatre Bar. ALL playwrights AND screenwriters welcome. Any level of experience. Come with pals or come alone and make pals. #SupportPlaywrights