Guy Ducker
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Professional writer, director, editor and all-round filmmaker. Amateur eco-zealot.
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Calling all workers! There follows a public information film (made by me) for the Climate Majority Project. Thank you for your attention. Carry on.
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2 months ago
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Calling all workers! I've made a public information film for the Climate Majority Project. Thank you for your attention - carry on.
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2 months ago
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'The Man Who Killed the World' was just selected by Outstanding Screenplays Feature Competition via
FilmFreeway.com
! Just the quarter-finals so far, but progress.
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Film Festivals, Screenplay Contests, Submissions
Enter the world's best film festivals and screenplay contests. FilmFreeway makes it easy to discover, submit and get tickets to thousands of events.
https://FilmFreeway.com
3 months ago
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My embarrassingly talented partner, Sara Lodge (
@victoriandetective.bsky.social
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3 months ago
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My partner's Wolfson nominated book is in the Yale sale: HALF PRICE until the end of the month (Yale website only). This means that you can pick up the paperback for less than Ā£6, a perfect stocking filler. Discount code: FIFTY
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
@victoriandetective.bsky.social
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The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective - Yale University Press London
A revelatory history of the women who brought Victorian criminals to accountāand how they became a cultural sensationShortlisted for The Wolfson History Pr...
https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300286601/the-mysterious-case-of-the-victorian-female-detective/
3 months ago
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Delighted that an opera I filmed last Christmas for London Youth Opera has been nominated for an Ivor Novello award! Congratulations to all involved. Ceremony tonight...
www.meggnicol.co.uk/news/nominat...
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Nominated for an Ivor Novello Award - Megg Nicol
Itās incredibly exciting but Nathan Williamson and myself have just been nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for āThe Questā which we were commissioned to write by London Youth Opera for their last ye...
https://www.meggnicol.co.uk/news/nominated-for-an-ivor-novello-award.html
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Girl-next-door or Terminator? Will Tilly Norwood really lay waste to the acting profession?
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Thoroughly Modern Tilly
Will AI be the end of the acting profession? The latest hopeful starlet hit the news last week: a young unknown called Tilly Norwood. Unknown because, up until a few months ago, she didnāt exist. As you may have heard, Tilly is AI generated. Reportedly, Hollywood agents are vying to represent her, and her human counterparts are decrying her. Does this mean that the future foretold by the 2002 movie…
https://cuttingroomtales.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/thoroughly-modern-tilly/
4 months ago
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Proud and delighted to announce that Sara's book 'The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective' has been nominated for the UK's top history prize!
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5 months ago
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Victorian female detectives in Chiswick, no less! Come along on Saturday.
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5 months ago
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Sara's talking about her book, 'The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective' with Jojo Silva at the Chiswick Book Festival on Saturday. If you can, do come along!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/chiswickbook...
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https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/chiswickbookfestival/the-first-female-detectives-sara-lodge/e-kjlbzo
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'Tales from the Cutting Room Floor' offers some thoughts on movies that helped builds nations... and one that lead to many murders.
#cinema
#nationalism
#movies
cuttingroomtales.wordpress.com/2025/08/26/m...
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Movies of the Motherland
The Dangerous Power of Patriotic Cinema ā After a family holiday in Country Cork, Ireland, home of Michael Collins, hero of Irish independence, I became curious to know more about him. I decided toā¦
https://cuttingroomtales.wordpress.com/2025/08/26/movies-of-the-motherland/
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On movies that helped builds nations... and one that lead to many murders.
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Movies of theĀ Motherland
The Dangerous Power of Patriotic Cinema ā After a family holiday in Country Cork, Ireland, home of Michael Collins, hero of Irish independence, I became curious to know more about him. I decided to take the easy route and watch the movie, the 1996 Neil Jordan biopic. The film seems to be something of a touchstone for the people of Ireland ā it was even granted a PG certificate, despite the swearing and violence; itās deemed to be so culturally important that the Irish government is keen that all Irish kids see it.
https://cuttingroomtales.wordpress.com/2025/08/26/movies-of-the-motherland/
6 months ago
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For fans of Lewis Carroll, and indeed of portrait photography, I offer up my Dad's reading on 'Hiawatha's Photography'. Enjoy!
#LewisCarroll
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#NonsensePoetry
youtu.be/HKf9SOanOlo
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'Hiawatha's Photographing' by Lewis Carroll, read by John Leeson
YouTube video by Guy Ducker
https://youtu.be/HKf9SOanOlo?si=EeiupG_C2VLIwIcJ
6 months ago
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My fatherāactor John Leesonāfinishes up his season of Shakespeare sonnets with no.12 'When I do count the clock that tells the time'.
#Shakespeare
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#sonnets
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#K9
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7 months ago
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My father's season of Shakepeare sonnets continues with sonnet 2: 'When forty winters shall besiege thy brow'.
#Shakespeare
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#sonnets
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#K9
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7 months ago
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Another from the season of Shakespeare sonnet read by my father, actor John Leeson. All the 3s - sonnet 33!
#shakespeare
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#sonnet
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#drwho
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7 months ago
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Another 14 lines of golden words from Shakespeare, delivered by my father, actor John Leeson. More of these to come.
#Shakespeare
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#poetry
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#sonnets
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8 months ago
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On a beautiful June day, actor John Leeson seeks to do a direct comparison between 'a summer's day' and 'thee'. Which is lovelier? Let's find out... More of these to come.
#Shakespeare
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#poetry
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#sonnets
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8 months ago
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In these days of high-stress doom scrolling, one minute of poetry can provide a moment of peace. So here's my Dad reading Shakespeare's sonnet 116. More of these to come.
#Shakespeare
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#poetry
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#sonnets
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Tales From the Cutting Room Floor reports from one of the most fun festivals around.
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Screen. Play.
Report from The London Screenwriters Festival 2025 Iād not been to the London Screenwritersā Festival for some years, maybe not since 2017. As you might expect, itās changed. The venue is the sameāRegent University, neatly hidden in Londonās Regentās Parkābut the tone is different, or perhaps just more noticeable. Itās fun. Whether it's a festival or a film set, the tone filters down from the top, and presiding over the Screenwritersā Festival is one of the most distinctive personalities of the British indy scene: …
https://cuttingroomtales.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/screen-play/
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11 months ago
Cat standoff! āļø Orange thinks he has high ground. He strikes and Gray retreats... But it's just the opening gambit...
#cats
#catsofbluesky
#cat
#checkmate
#4Dchess
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Tales from the Cutting Room Floor asks what are awards really for?
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Raise the RedĀ Carpet
Are Movie Awards Nonsense? The Golden Globes and the BAFTAs are in the rear-view mirror, the Oscars lie ahead ā awards season is upon us, and you know what that meansā¦ Do you know what that means? Iām not sure I know what it means and I vote on awards. The Oscars may be the most high profile trade junket on the planet, watched by nearly 20 million Americans and millions more worldwide, but arenāt all these ceremonies just a festival of self-congratulation?
https://cuttingroomtales.wordpress.com/2025/02/25/raise-the-red-carpet/
12 months ago
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A want to take a moment to big up the film 'Speak No Evil' (2024). I've not seen the Danish original , but the US/UK remake has an incredibly taut script. James McAvoy owns the film, but Scoot McNairy and Macenzie Davis (both of 'Halt and Catch Fire') are excellent too.
12 months ago
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Just learned two wonderfully obscure storytelling words: Deuteragonist - the second most important character in a drama. Contagonist - a secondary antagonist.
#screenwriting
#screenplays
12 months ago
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Proud to have made this film for MP Watch āĀ putting pressure on politicians to step-up on climate and nature. If you can, please support!
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about 1 year ago
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Hello Bluesky! I'm a refugee from Twitter, looking forward to engaging with a calmer forum for discussion and wit.
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