After Little Shop of Horrors on Monday, I'm now hosting this tonight at Broadway for Nottingham Puppet Festival. Only a few tkts left. www.broadway.org.uk/whats-on/not...

If you want advice on looking after your indoor house plants, I'll be doing a talk on the subject at Broadway Cinema tonight www.broadway.org.uk/whats-on/not...

The Cenotaph on Remembrance Day is going to crowded even more with ex-PMs laying their wreaths. They'll have to introduce a Sainsbury's deli style ticket system #Starmer

NEW Stewart Lee column for the Nerve Exit stage far-right – now Britain’s theatres are being urged to capitulate to Farage www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

This morning's dog walk. Happy #SummerSolstice

Looking back on some images taken at Lightroom's David Hockney show in 2023.

Saw afternoon screening of #Backrooms It was probably not a good idea to go into John Lewis afterwards.

I co-founded Nottingham Puppet Festival back in 2018. Delighted it's still going strong & looking forward to returning, talking to stop-motion animator Richard Pickersgill & hosting screening of Fantastic Mr Fox nottinghampuppetfestival.co.uk/event/14191/...

A Gun Through Time. A fascinating & sobering talk from @davidolusoga.bsky.social last night @nottmplayhouse.bsky.social

Always do a Prom concert each year. Absolute no brainer to put this on my Proms Plan www.bbc.co.uk/events/ed5fbp @stuartmaconie.bsky.social @royalalberthall.bsky.social

Discovered some kind of tyre 'installation' in a derelict barn during morning dog walk. Finally realised what it reminded me of.

Hungary has chosen Europe. Europe has always chosen Hungary. A country reclaims its European path. The Union grows stronger.

'Spontaneous' soup of the day ???

Worked in commercial regional theatre for 25 yrs and never really liked musicals. Saw Hamilton last night at the beautiful Victoria Palace. Stunning. I reckon it could do quite well.

This is what happens when you manage a museum. In my case @frameworkknitters.bsky.social You visit the National Gallery, and despite being surrounded by exquisite works of art, you end up being more interested in one of their donation points.

40 YEARS AGO TODAY: "Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie on Wide Awake Club" is a statement full of promise enough before you see the pair joining in with the marzipan cooking make, admiring an otter and backing the world hackysack champion with a bowed cage.

Saw The Testament of Ann Lee at the start of the week. Great film & certainly my movie of the year so far, but have now become slightly obsessed with Shaker tunes. Daniel Blumberg's score is superb. youtu.be/BiFhLI39KsI?...

Again @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social comes up trumps. Finished watching Messiah of Evil, a clearly under-rated 1970s horror. Worth watching just for the slow-burning & very creepy cinema scene. youtu.be/rfLFCgBzmS4?...

Rather pleased with these Mapperley #Oxfam purchases today. Clearly, I'm drawn to smokers.

Just back from seeing Wuthering Heights. Sorry, I mean "Wuthering Heights". Bored to tears, even though Clem Fandango plays Linton.

Binge watched Small Prophets last night and it is so funny and beautiful. Best TV in a long time. Guardian review nailed it with having "wonder below the surface" www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

If you are thinking, what is this wondrous container with such enchanted contents? It's a tin of dog food.

Someone in the TV graphics dept, clearly got an Etch-a-Sketch for Christmas #WinterOlympics

Hotel lounge & bar. Saltburn-by-the Sea. I can only imagine the decor was inspired by the vast herds of giraffes that once roamed the North-East.

A display in the utterly charming Staithes Museum, North Yorkshire. Roger Corman would be proud.

Hotel bedroom art. Saltburn-by-the-Sea.

"James seemed to treat the show as an audition for a bizarre unmade CBeebies show about a vomiting gardener" Such a funny & accurate #TheTraitors review by @heritage.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

We have launched RIOT ACT. A new play by Andy Barrett about the Notts framework knitters & the rise of the Luddites. A bold piece that will receive its premiere as a rehearsed reading at the Museum in March. Community actors now wanted. Details here frameworkknittersmuseum.org.uk/get-involved...

#Hamnet is such a beautiful, beautiful film. No tears, but then came the final scene. Destroyed me. The play is indeed the thing.

“We’re gonna need a bigger bus”

The annual Christmas morning dog walk pic.

My home village of Lambley has made it into @privateeyenews.bsky.social (via @russs.bsky.social ?) Inevitably with a Reform council it's in Rotten Boroughs. I'm presuming the stated bureaucracy was waived by Reform for their own flag nonsense we're all now forced to see.

Really sad to hear about the death of Mick Abrahams. I clearly remember seeing Blodwyn Pig at the long gone Bobby Brown's in Nottingham with @sarahskelding.bsky.social After the gig MA signed my fag packet & I nicked a poster. Still kept hold of them.

@pantosplaining.bsky.social Have you looked at this? ourtheatreroyal.org/s/default/it...

This is magnificent @stuartmaconie.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

A vivid Sunday morning sky over Lambley.

Wordle 1,632 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It's only taken me 4 years to do this.

I know #spotifywrapped is a nonsense, but I am quite proud that The Rutles are in my top 5 artists. youtu.be/54KBPA20b9Q?...

Visited Bletchley Park today. Would highly recommend. The exact details of code-breaking is hard to get across, esp. for me, but impressed by the recreation of the working huts.

Last night finally caught up with the 2022 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story'. Always had a soft spot for Weird Al & this is a wonderful send up of the music biopic, particularly after this year's Springsteen dirge. youtu.be/RyYZOtAxYKY?...

Off work with sickness and generally feeling pathetic. Watching The Golden Voyage of Sinbad. It's as if I'm 8 years old again. youtu.be/UMIqWzTCQxE?...

Fascinating discussion about Return to Waterloo on @squarewindowpod.bsky.social with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social & @gkw.bsky.social and to hear some love for Ken Colley, a great actor, who let's not forget was Jesus in Life of Brian ... Blessed are the cheesmakers.

Not a fan of West End musicals, but I love the film and so just booked for this. Hope I haven't made a huge mistake. Some cheaper seats available in Sept. as for the rest of the time, ticket prices are just ridiculous www.princeedwardtheatre.co.uk/whats-on/bee...

And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?' And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'

Sad to hear about Diane Ladd. I spoke about her during an intro I did for Wild at Heart earlier this year for @broadwaycinema.bsky.social I do like Peter Bradshaw's phrase "effortlessly Lynchian" www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...

Sleeper were my favourite 90s Britpop band. 30 yrs later, finally got to see them live at The Level in Nottingham. Didn't disappoint. Blistering version of Atomic.