Day 2 of whistle stop Edinburgh trip, loved Between the River and the Sea at ZOO Southside yesterday, another 4 shows lined up for today. First stop is The Bacchae at Assembly Roxy

Well that's a rather lovely blast from the past, one of my tutors from back in the day at @royalholloway.bsky.social has been longlisted for the Booker. Congratulations to Ben Markovits! We were tasked to write a writing manifesto as a class once (by a different tutor), we named it Markovism

Rather special evening at Jackson's Lane this evening seeing The Ghost of White Hart Lane - proper Spurs crowd, very different to usual audience, everyone loving it

Bit nervous about giving blood in this heat, but I drank enough to cause a hose pipe ban so all good! #GiveBlood

Fifth (and probably the last) time I’ve done this now, chopped off hair and put it in the post to @littleprincesses.bsky.social.

Groundskeeper gunna be piiiiiissed #spurs

Lucky 13 #GiveBlood

Oh hello. Yes please www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Spent a lot of time digging through the data on this, interesting food for thought. Some words from me included here, and some better ones from @lornelvin.bsky.social about the industry diversifying to reach audiences

Loving the articles on @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social at the mo, today's is about theatre meals and snacks exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/the-delici... Think the meal deal idea from @anyaryan.bsky.social is great (also nice shout out to @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social's pizza!)

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Today is both 'National Bubble Bath Day' and 'Show and Tell at Work Day'. These are SEPARATE things, do not, I repeat, do NOT attempt to combine the two

Belated post about my NYD tradition of reading a whole book, this year I'd saved the 6th Jackson Brodie book from Kate Atkinson, as moorish as expected, she has such a strange way of writing nothing happening but then all the things that havent happened needing to have happened for the end happening

A series comparing food brands to find the best ingredients, starting with chopped tomatoes? It’s like the guardian knows me

PSA: leeks reduce down to nothing, if you think you’ve got enough you’re wrong

Heung-Min Son with an Olimpico 🤯

Trump winning Time magazine Person of the Year is vom inducing, but I enjoyed Metro's reporting on it metro.co.uk/2024/12/12/d...

If you're fresh out of present ideas, Theatre Tokens are a nice thing, the lack of expiration date is excellent. Forgot I'd been given some til one miserable date when plans had been cancelled and needed a cheer up www.theatretokens.com?gclid=Cj0KCQ...

Ok, no one asked but here's my take on Wicked: whilst it's really good, somehow being on screen rather than stage makes the flimsiness of the relationships more pronounced. Everyone seems to fall head over heels in love with each other based on... not very much. Not the point, I know, but did bug me

So after taking 3 months to fix the TFL website, you're now able to get refunds again with TFL advising "log on to [your] account and correct incomplete journeys and request refunds online." Except you can't, can you, it won't let you go back further than a month 😡 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Duolingo throwing some absolute shade here

This is a really interesting piece, always thought that interpreters off all sorts are pretty impressive for overcoming all the different grammar rules and colloquialisms and language weirdery👇

I loved investigating the challenges of BSL interpreting for live comedy, theatre and music for Time Out. From tricky and frozen language (imagine signing Shakespeare) and timing punchlines to post-MeToo agency, it’s a fascinating area. www.timeout.com/uk/city-life...

Some words from us here on leaving X:

Some cohosts who have found their way here… go.bsky.app/HuLZsn1

We've put together a list of some of our favourite journalists and content creators who have made it over to BlueSky - let us know if you've got suggestions for others. bsky.app/starter-pack...

My job: getting really interesting piece in one of the world's highest-impact academic journals, the Lancet, for Rosetta Life and English National Ballet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Also my job: genuine discussion about whether I can use the c-word in a press release

Still a small part of me that delights in seeing a sleeping fox in my garden even when most of me screaming “stop digging up my lawn you arsehole”

We’ve been talking about leaving X for a while – but the last couple of weeks have brought this to a head. We’re happy to be here on BlueSky, and won’t be posting on X from today. We’ve been speaking to arts journalists and content creators about what the exodus means for the arts 🦋 bit.ly/4eGQX0a

NEW BLOG POST! We spoke with @hollywilliams.bsky.social all about bringing @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social out of hibernation and what we can expect from the publication as they go live again today! bit.ly/3ZmJaAx @nytimes.com @theindependent.bsky.social @thetls.bsky.social

The Stage is now on Bluesky! Follow along for the latest theatre news, reviews, big interviews and more 🗞️

In an act of wholesomeness, my colleagues at @mobiustheatre.bsky.social started a recipe swapping club, we all try one recipe a week. Going all in today, lunch was broccoli with tahini and za'atar, dinner is miso noodles from Rukmini Iyer (who I already loved!) www.theguardian.com/food/2023/oc...

These Wicked promos sure are far reaching

Seems an intro is the done thing here, so here’s me: theatre bod, mostly posting about the arts, books and (checks twitter feed), trains and bastard slugs

Also, part of the reason we did bought InfoWars is because people on Bluesky told us it would be funny to buy InfoWars. And those people were right. This is the funniest thing that has ever happened.