Found this book at Waterstones yesterday that I had never heard of before. "Love and Monsters" by Miles Booy. Has anyone else read this? Would you recommend?

The big conspiracy theory on Facebook is that because of Nicola Coughlan's LGBTQ- charity work, she's now secretly trans. This is in the comments section of *every* UK news article talking about her. We are so cooked as a country. Transphobia is a collective mental illness.

Maybe I just have a soft spot for the use of "Under Pressure", but the latest trailer for 'The Thunderbolts' was pretty good (even if they've completely spoiled one of the film's biggest twists with the villain).

In years to come we'll look at this era and wonder why in light of a global pandemic, economic inflation, growing inequality and technological upheaval we decided to make the private lives of a minority considerably worse.

New Church opened up in Manchester today.

A fascinating YouTube Trend I've been seeing more and more recently are companies uploading full episodes of children's shows on YouTube. They're normally old episodes of nostalgic properties, but it's a further indicator of companies completely ceding ground to YouTube for kids programming.

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I do think that this weekend has turned out to be a pretty poor release date for 'Doctor Who' this year. Not only is the weather great so more Brits are outside, but it's sandwiched between 'Black Mirror' on Netflix and 'The Last of Us' on NOW/Max/Sky. We shall see.

Doccy Who drops in less than an hour but I'm at work all morning 😭

Nevermind, 5 more seasons of 'Doctor Who' now.

It's been 9 days and Instagram is still pushing April 1st post (Fools or Otherwise) to the top of my feed. There must be something in the algorithm which is pushing these posts, probably to do with engagement but it's impossible to see anything recent from people I don't follow right now.

Guys, we might not be getting more Disney financing for 'Doctor Who' after these tariffs...

Can't help but feel that if a Democrat was doing what Trump was doing right now, not only would Republicans be fighting tooth-and-nail to impeach, but they'd also try and arrest him for crashing the economy because of their brain-damage. But because it's Trump, the crash is good actually.

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A lot of angry tech-bros at my workplace this weekend.

Because Instagram's feed isn't chronological, I keep seeing April Fools posts at the top of the app whenever I open it and get really confused about what's going on for a moment.

Gone into studio today after a day off and it seems like every crew member here with kids went to see 'A Minecraft Movie' whether they wanted to or not. Feels like the movie is going to be huge.

The Switch 2 looks like a cool bit of hardware. However, if that's the price of 1st Party Nintendo Games I might have to skip. I was tempted to get one and dive into the back catalogue with backwards compatibility, but if it's just digital emulation...that throws a wrench into gaming on a budget.

This poll and the failure of Starmer's Neo-Liberal Labour is absolutely insane. 3rd place. It's mad considering the Tories literally don't have any positions or policies right now and Reform are the same but with death-camps.

Wes Streeting is one of those rare politicians where it's so nakedly obvious that he's bought and paid for. Literally, one day he was Pro-NHS and then the second he publicly received a £15K donation from a firm involved in private healthcare he *instantly* changed positions. Horrible human.

April Fool's Day in the 'Doctor Who' Community when worries of cancellation are high is gonna be so much fun...

British TV looks in good shape off the back of Adolescence but actually, the opposite is true. uk.news.yahoo.com/adolescence-...

Just received a bill from Virgin Media and they've nearly doubled the price of our package (Basic Wi-Fi, Basic TV). Any recommendations for Wi-Fi and Basic TV Packages? Thinking about EE, but open to suggestions. Don't want to pay much more than £50 a month for both.

Between 2006 & 2008(ish), I used to do the village paper-round. Only 1 house in my village was subscribed to The Radio Times. There was a 10-minute walk gap between one of the houses and I'd just that time to go through their Radio Times to fawn over the 'Doctor Who' coverage and news. Loved it.

Update to this, I am now getting "Shorts" that are just normal videos now. This one, I randomly encountered was over 13 minutes long. What is happening at YouTube right now?

Honestly, the only exciting Avengers casting announcement from yesterday was Channing Tatum and Simu Liu. I really wish they'd brought back McAvoy and Fassbender as Professor X and Magento instead. No disrespect to Stewart and McKellen but that nostalgia-well has been fully emptied for me.

Whenever I open the YouTube App now, it defaults to the Shorts Feed and instantly starts playing them. It doesn't default to the Home Page, or Subscriptions but to Shorts, probably to be more like TikTok. I don't think this bodes well.

Nice feature.

Video footage has been released of the moment the journalist was added to the group chat.

I wanted to record 3 videos today, but next door are doing renovations. It's a terraced house and the room is right next to my office and it's constant banging/hammering. Today is my last day off (out of studio) for the next 3 weeks. Fuck.

Seeing reactionaries *livid* about Jamie in 'Adolescence' being white is so funny. These folks lose their absolute minds if a non-white person is even adjacent to a piece of mainstream media, let alone the focus of it. But NOW they want a non-white actor because it's about a stabbing? 🤡 behaviour

I'd love to make a video on 'Adolescence' but I just don't have the time at the moment. But it definitely resonated as someone who was on the internet during GamerGate. As a 'Doctor Who' fan who saw the fandom co-opted by the Alt-Right the moment more women were visible. It's such a strong piece.

As much as I *adore* the Krillitane stories in this boxset, they are essentially review-proof because they rely so much on the twists and turns of the story. Especially the second one, which is built upon the twists of the first. Gonna be tough to navigate, but I feel very lucky to have heard them.

The Doctor and Leela landing on the Lupari planet and K-9 instantly becoming their supreme leader because he's mistaken for a real dog is so friggin' funny.

Just finished 'Adolescence'. Incredible series, with insanely good production work and top-tier performances. Essential viewing. Congrats to all involved.

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This is a splendid approach to casting and crewing #Rivals as revealed in an article in The Times (free online this weekend). www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...

I know this sounds like a crazy casting idea, but if the BBC cast Stephen Graham as the next Doctor Who, you can guarantee that each episode would crack 8M viewers in the UK. The man's basically TV royalty at this point (and a few years younger than Peter Capaldi when he took on the role).

I don't really care either way, but I wouldn't be surprised if the new Live-Action Snow White movie still makes Disney a lot of money. Apparently 'Mufasa' made over $700M last year despite no one I know seeing it, so I'm not surprised anymore.

Still low-key pretty traumatised at the first Nuzlocke death last night. I couldn't have scripted it better if I wanted to. The lil' innocent guy being killed by a Doduo that I had fought before with no eyes* via Pursuit. Harrowing.

While there are obviously benefits to losing weight, it is becoming frustrating that all of my trousers are now too big (even with belts) and keep falling down, but I can't afford new decent pairs...

Very fortunate to be almost fully booked for freelance TV work up intil mid-April. I've got a pretty big gap between mid-April until the end of May, so if any TV Productions are crewing up for a 3rd AD, a Floor Manager or even just a very experienced Runner/Fixer, then get in touch!

"private school is the only place available for our children to learn music. Our 10-year-old has special educational needs, he couldn’t survive in the state system" And he never thinks that the answer would be to provide better state school funding? Why is that such an allergic thing to say?

I think it's been forgotten that one of the reasons America is in such a mess right now is because Russia (allegedly) has a compromising video of Trump in a Moscow hotel room from 2013. Keep that in mind every time Trump defends/supports Putin and literally everything makes sense.

Currently suffering from a terrible stomach bug so it's 'Iron Man 3' time for some reason.

Godzilla ゴジラ 1954, dir. Ishirō Honda, sfx. Eiji Tsuburaya A giant monster's sudden appearance triggers fears of nuclear apocalypse in post-war Japan.

Trump never acts that aggressively to anyone in front of cameras. It's so clear that Trump is posturing because he's aware Putin is watching and wants to make sure he's got his money's worth. America is the #1 country in terms of economic dominance and it was *still* bought by Russia. So weak.

“But the email presented Americans with one of the other really perfect responses to fascism: ridicule.” 🙏