My brilliant husband's trilogy of books, the latest of which (The Diary of Lies) is on Airmail and The FT's books of the year lists. Available at all good bookstores... guardianbookshop.com/the-diary-of...

I rewatched when Harry met Sally last night. I saw it so many times when it first came out as a young teen and wondered if, when I started having sex, someone would make me meow. Thank you for the high bar, Mr Reiner.

Anne Coates, Ozu and Dick Van Dyke sharing a birthday - 13 December turns out to be a blessed day for cinema.

I don't really post anymore, but I would like to carry on writing books at some point in the future. Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.

If we can only have art from people who "aren't in it for the money" that means we can only have art from privileged middle-class dilettantes. Making art being a viable career is responsible for nearly all worthwhile art, and if it's not a viable career any more we will get drastically less of it.

John Krasinski told this story about being at some party and ripping apart some new “artsy” (his word) movie and PTA took him aside and was like “what are you doing man? We’ve gotta support each other, or we’re just giving them reasons not to make the stuff we want.”

This is absolutely real. The current HBO Max version of this "Mad Men" episode "remastered for 4K" did not include an updated visual effects shot, which originally painted out the crew and equipment. Not just that, the HBO Max episode titles/order is jumbled for s01.

Not sure she had the lead role in her penultimate year primary nativity either, as claimed. Yes she was Mary but that year the narrator had more lines and thus was quite clearly the lead, not Reeves.

MY FIRST INTERNATIONAL BYLINE is out today in @bristol247.bsky.social with @zarananu.bsky.social! We discuss U.K. equal pay day, how #TheDoubleTax shows up for Black women in the UK, and why caregiving is a an economic crisis OR economic opportunity in waiting. #blacksky #uk

Oooh, I've just heard my first novel has been longlisted for something - now to finish it so they can read the whole thing!

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

#29: Treat

Hi @creativescots.bsky.social. please can you update your website with the correct information about script development and funds for emerging talent in Scotland? The information is now years out of date.

YES

Looking for stories of outageous Scottish footballing success? Asif Kapadia’s superdoc pulls together the inspirational footage required to help soccer King Kenny Dalglish tell his story in his own famously terse and unpretentious words, streaming now in the UK 4/5 film-authority.com/2025/11/19/k...

The kicker. Oh my god. (Read to the end. Trust me. You have to read all the way to the end.) www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...

What a NIGHT for Scottish football. Electric. Three extraordinary goals.

Going in for number six, this time on 70mm @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social

Petition to stop the closure of Film Studies at the University of Leicester - please sign! c.org/6GJL5fBct8

Is it cute for a 49 year old woman to wear those pimple stickers? Wondering if they come in more age appropriate designs, maybe Gisela Graham or Toast could design some. Thoughts on this billion dollar menopause business idea.

celebrities walking pokémon instead of their dogs: thread

Ed Berger seems to be missing off this list.

A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule

deserve its own post

My comment, for @pnreview.bsky.social, on the Len Pennie & Sarah Doyle affair - or Canongagegate, as I like to think of it. Honourable mentions: @naush.bsky.social, @thetimes.com. Feel free to share, to attack me with your little jelly pitchforks, or to ignore. www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/rema...

"Lotteries and ritual stoning are integral parts of American life. Whether or not the lottery actually increases the yearly harvest, rural working-class Americans think it does. Let me be blunt: liberals who want to abolish ritual murder are the reason that Donald Trump won."

The next screen grab on this thread is perfect.

As the light starts to fade and the pumpkins are lit we prepare for the guising children of the neighbourhood to knock on the door and perform for their sweets. I am hoping for lots of K-Pop Demon Hunter songs tonight, but also expect the (sadly) now regular tradition of Donald Trumpkin gags too.

If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

Hi Lisa Nandy! I’m a BAFTA winner from a small town. Instead of asinine questions like this, why not tell us how we can continue to make a living in the eviscerated creative sector over which you notionally preside?

Will someone PLEASE explain daylight savings to the cats? They are refusing to listen to me.

Thanks to @heraldscotland.bsky.social for including The Diary of Lies in this list of books to read in Autumn… www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

I’ve seen One Battle After Another four times now, and I’m just getting started.

Also available are some floral prints - instant autumnal vibes for your kitchen. Www.shelovestoprint.etsy.com

if you like tea towels, I’ve made some Halloween ones… available on #etsy shelovestoprint.etsy.com/listing/4368...

Any leads on how to get Don Peake's The Hills Have Eyes soundtrack anywhere digitally? Will pay!

Sharon Stone AND Isabelle Huppert? SVU, with this season finale you are really spoiling us.

In a statement released today, the autistic population explained: “Lol have you ever got a single fact wrong around one of us?” Read this and other exclusive articles on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/116939...

Matt is a properly funny writer. Let's get him some gigs

Elon Musk said he was going to cut spending by $2 trillion dollars, but instead spending is higher this year than we thought it would be before Trump took office. Truly incredible stuff.

We're hiring. It's a real needle-in-a-haystack search for an experienced teacher who can help reimagine our flagship (i.e., huge) intro course for a new era. 3/3 load. Convenient to Hollywood and Holbox. usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

Ah Jilly. Decades of joy and decadence not to mention the introduction to well trimmed pudenda. Thanks for every bit of it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

I can’t even process this. The Jewish community in the UK is tiny. We will all be feeling this more deeply than I can explain.

Livestream of Global Sumud Flotilla as they approach Gaza. Watch & share: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

I’ve never been invested in the Ryder cup but hearing the crowds chant U-S-A has snapped something inside me.

Adored the Andy Goldsworthy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social - if you need an excuse to come to Edinburgh before November, this is it.

Brilliant, thorough and full of expertise. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

It's time