This tweet, for a Ross Barkan story that copied my lede and reporting, now has more than 10x the views of the original. Ross hasn't apologized or acknowledged it; maybe he's just waiting for me to shut up. Without any explanation, I'm left to wonder how many times he's done this

Amazon are partnering with Comic Relief to sell their red noses. Last year Comic Relief raised £34 million which is how much Jeff Bezos makes in six hours. Dig deep everyone.

Do they think people have literally no memory of past events at all?

I hope as Tommy Robinson flees Dubai he settles in the first safe country he arrives in

Boris Johnson on elites: 2019 2026

Nadhim Zahawi thinks London is now unsafe, because the other day a tired-looking man walked past him during the morning rush hour.

No-one replied to this and that is why I miss Twitter

I miss Twitter

Today I did a presentation for 50 relationship managers at the Arts Council about that often overused and misunderstood phrase, 'youth voice'. (I figured they probably spent too much of their time looking at powerpoint presentations, so I did my slides in felt tip pen instead.)

I was talking to my hairdresser about The Sopranos today. He hasn’t seen it so I asked him do you know what the premise is and then we had a long conversation about a drama series that doesn’t exist called The Premise because it was too awkward to tell him that he’d misunderstood.

This is a lie. There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years. But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

There needs to be a word for the long deep sleep that terminates a snotty cold once and for all.

Here's Farage saying that he would 'pick up a rifle' - www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

If the best hope for the left is/was Jeremy Corbyn, we might as well all pack up and go home.

Seems the Emirates Stadium is up for sale for £10k. “Poor neighbours” www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

Every course I run, I ask each participant to send me a song that makes them happy. The songs go into a playlist for that course which I play in breaks and at lunch. It’s a small way to make people feel included and happy - two crucial conditions for co-creation.

Difficult to express how I feel about those in our politics and media who are more concerned about what some rapper said at Glastonbury than fact that, as a matter of deliberate policy, the Israeli government is paying mercenaries to murder starving civilians for fun. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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The death toll of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza is now estimated at 100,000 The list is 1,227 pages long. The first 11 pages are names of babies dead before the age of 6 months. The first 381 pages are all children. archive.is/2025.06.28-0...

Joyful day in Liverpool at @liveveryplay.bsky.social - training some of their brilliant artists.

I’m in the Guardian today, arguing that we should stop them all-class mental health lessons in schools I've thought very carefully about ‘going public’ with this, because it's a sensitive argument to make, especially in the face of so many young people struggling. (cont 🧵) tinyurl.com/vun92cz7

A beautiful three days thinking about co-creation, devising, leadership and collaborative practice with these excellent people. Every course I run I learn something new from the people who come along.

Can't recommend Ned's courses enough. If you're at all interested in working with young people and co-creating - you should defo go for it. Even though I'm not in that world at the moment, I found the course re-invigorated stuff for me in the plain old world of writing theatre and TV. Check it out X

I'm excited to announce three new courses - booking now! Co-Creation with Young People and Communities, in September and November. Co-Creation: Stage 2, for anyone who's done my first course and wants to go deeper, in July. Book now - they're already selling fast. www.nedglasier.com/training

“Er, my question is really in two parts…” From the new Private Eye, out now.

"Politicians convicted of embezzling public funds should be banned for life" Marine Le Pen on French television network @publicsenat.fr in April 2013

Spent three days deep-thinking co-creation, play-making, young people, artistry and lots more with this generous, sharp, kind and inspiring group of people. Three places left for my next course in May - www.nedglasier.com/training

Ned is amazing and his courses are insightful, practical, fun and explore all the big questions around co-creation. Highly recommend 👇👇

Right friends, due to popular demand I’ve scheduled another Co-Creation course in May. On sale now and 6 places gone already. Book now at www.nedglasier.com/training

Right friends, due to popular demand I’ve scheduled another Co-Creation course in May. On sale now and 6 places gone already. Book now at www.nedglasier.com/training

I’ve had some people ask if I can run a 2/3 day co-creation day in mid May (14th - 16th). It’s quite short notice so I’m testing the water - if anyone would like this to happen, please sign up here and I’ll confirm soon if we’ve got the numbers or not. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I’ve had some people ask if I can run a 2/3 day co-creation day in mid May (14th - 16th). It’s quite short notice so I’m testing the water - if anyone would like this to happen, please sign up here and I’ll confirm soon if we’ve got the numbers or not. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

This is fascism.

StopTB has a new report estimating the impact of the foreign aid freeze. It's useful to understand the huge impact that global health efforts have everyday, and worrying. Some highlights... 🧵

Unreal. The US government is dumping Asian and African families and children in random countries that they have no connection to. Dumping, not "deporting." Deportation implies the return of a person to their home country. This is treating people like toxic waste. www.cbsnews.com/news/us-depo...

If your event is about young people and there are young people there and at the end of the event they put their hand up in the audience and ask if they can come up on stage and say something you might need to rethink how you’re platforming them. ANYWAY

This is fascinating and useful - as you’d expect from brilliant @touretteshero.bsky.social

Theatre & disability culture crew, please spread the word about our new Light Maps survey. @thestage.bsky.social @darylandco.bsky.social @disabilityarts.bsky.social @davidbellwood.bsky.social @neurodiverse-ot.bsky.social @nedglasier.com @companythree.bsky.social @graeaetheatre.bsky.social

I am bored of the cold and the rain

Since I set up @artsemergency.bsky.social (not inc 2y piloting & discursively developing a project) FOUR people have signed up to our community EVERY DAY. That’s now 17,200 people over the past 12 years. 90% of our team & 100% of our trustee board would have been eligible for the project aged 16🧵

We are in the midst of an administrative coup the like of which we have never seen - or even imagined - in our lifetimes. Every day brings new abuses, new scandals, which can’t just be undone or fixed. We are in a very dark place as a country and as a constitutional republic right now.

Yes, but not only because it’s a route into professional work. Because it also joyful, illuminating, full of craft and transformative in its own right. And because it allows space for everyone to express themselves whether they want to be a pro or not.

The best thing about three-year-olds is when they call their armpits crumpets.

The best thing about three-year-olds is when they call their armpits crumpets.

Even if the poem is good, I don’t want to read it. It’s the knowledge that something was made by a person, forged by their experience and craft, started, scrubbed out, picked up again and redrafted. That’s what does it for me.