So stoked for Kai. From @totoroshow.bsky.social to Star Trek! Amazing work.

Don't be shy! Meet the spirits of the forest! 🤭✨ Which forest spirit are you most excited to meet? 💚 #FindYourSpirit

Merry Christmas from Rum & Raspberry! Wheels are in motion and we’ll see you in 2026. 🎄🎅🏻 #theatresky

The band from @totoroshow.bsky.social cover ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’. Ai Ninomiya’s voice is clear as a bell. Gorgeous.

Meet your new best friends... Sho Totoro and Chu Totoro! 💚 If this has landed on your feed it means the spirits of the forest like you ☺️🌱 #FindYourSpirit

Finding it near impossible to write speculatively whilst waiting for news on the projects I have sent out into the void. I wonder how much time Carl Sagan lost to thinking about whether anyone had listened to Voyager’s golden record yet.

I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.

This is devastating. It’s hard to absorb such an awful end to such an extraordinary, creative and generous life. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...

Josh was in a play of mine once. And now he’s hosting SNL. Good work Josh.

Looking forward to 2026.

New forest friends unlocked! 🌳✨ Say hello to Sho Totoro and Chu Totoro! 👋 #FindYourSpirit ©️ Manuel Harlan

I love these guys. 😍

Today’s writing prompt: the biscuit crumbs beneath your sofa have formed a gestalt consciousness.

Today’s writing prompt: you have a poltergeist in your house, but they’re only interested in watching crappy reality shows whilst you’re asleep and it’s messing with your Netflix algorithm.

Latest from me: on overdiagnosis, a craze/bandwagon the govt is indulging by commissioning an official review, complete with the clunky blurring of mental illness & neurodivergence www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Starting to feel festive. 🤩🎄

Nostalgic childhood memories ✨ Magic acapella vocals 🎤 December cozy season has officially begun! 🎧❄️ #FindYourSpirit

Rudolph gets all the love, so let’s talk about the names of Santa’s other reindeer. dasher | noun | one that dashes dancer | noun | one that dances prancer | noun | one that walks or moves in a spirited manner Ok, those three are easy to understand. 🧵⬇️

Talking a bit about about @totoroshow.bsky.social in this article:

It’s almost as though we all went through a massive collective traumatic event about five years ago or something. I don’t know. I’m just spitballin’ here. 🤷‍♂️

Oh, look. A load of coverage about a new government inquiry into "overdiagnosis" that completely blurs autism & mental illness, and ends up leaning into all those tropes about people making it all up.

Streeting to next launch inquiry into “over-diagnosis” of left-handedness. “Never used to be like this,” he insists.

I hate this dystopia so much.

Fascinating (and, in places, alarming) article from @lyngardnertheatre.bsky.social in @thestage.co.uk:

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

‘Tis the season.

Happy #caturday from Gavin.

It’s self-publicity hour. You’ve still got time to listen to my BBC Radio 4 drama, The Wind in the Willows: a Weasel’s Tale - Kenneth Grahame’s classic reimagined.

Black Friday discount on these tickets making them much more affordable

@erikaishii.bsky.social Apparently you went to see Totoro! I’m so stoked. I hope you enjoyed it. 💚

Oh I think I’ll be fine.

You’re very welcome, Ceinwen Patridge of Newport. 😊 (from the letters page of the current @radiotimes.bsky.social).

Udo Kier - always a delight to watch this man on screen.

This is such great news. Hooray for @naomialderman.bsky.social, Zombies, Run! and @djientan.bsky.social (Jody and Nadia)!

Gavin from above. #caturday

You’ve still got time to listen to The Wind in the Willows: a Weasel’s Tale on catch up. Follow the link.

Totoro snoring like he works a 9-5 - the forest spirit business is no joke! 😴🌱 #FindYourSpirit

The Wind in the Willows: a Weasel’s Tale is now available for streaming on the BBC Sounds app:

The Wind in the Willows: a Weasel’s Tale is now available for streaming on the BBC Sounds app:

Some inventive marketing for my radio play. BBC Radio 4, this Sunday @ 3pm.

‘The Piper at the Gates of Dawn’ is not just a title of a famous album, it was originally a wonderful - if disconcerting - chapter in The Wind in the Willows. And now Westminster Abbey are banning illustrations from beloved children’s books… www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The friend who loves rainy weather Winter fans reveal yourself in the comments below! ☔️💚 #FindYourSpirit

My radio play, a variation on The Wind in the Willows, is a Pick of the Week in the current edition of @radiotimes.bsky.social. Listen at 3pm Sunday on BBC Radio 4.

My radio play, a variation on The Wind in the Willows, is a Pick of the Week in the current edition of @radiotimes.bsky.social. Listen at 3pm Sunday on BBC Radio 4.

My life would be greatly improved by a version of Marvel Snap that I can play on the London Underground.

Genuinely saddened to hear of the death of Tatsuya Nakadai - a remarkable actor with an incredible career. One of the finest screen actors of the 20th century with an incomparable filmography.

My five year old wanted me to draw him a vampire he could colour in, so I drew him this Nosferatu.

‘The UK’s Twin Peaks’ just about sums it up. I didn’t realise how weird the place was until I left.

The WhatsOnStage #WOSAwards Nominations are open! 🤗 #MyNeighbourTotoro is eligible for: 🌱 Best West End Show 🌱 Best Takeover Performance: ✨ Victoria Chen ✨ Phyllis Ho ✨ Kumiko Mendl ✨ Deanna Myers ✨ Steven Nguyen ✨ Shaofan Wilson ✨ Jamie Zubairi awards.whatsonstage.com ☂️

I love this man.