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Bethany Elliott

@bethanyaelliott.bsky.social

230 followers 200 following 630 posts

Words in Unherd, Politico, New Statesman, New Humanist, The Fence, The Critic, The Daily Mash, Jamestown Foundation. Usually about Russia-Ukraine. Voice/face on BBC radio/TV and Times Radio.

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Bethany Elliott @bethanyaelliott.bsky.social · 6h

Diaries of Note at Cadogan Hall.

Oh fine fiiine fiiiiine. When *he* reads out other people’s diaries and charges to listen…

Bethany Elliott @bethanyaelliott.bsky.social · 7h

Rewatching ‘Manhattan’.

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 16h

Trump said he sent Witkoff to meet with Putin, thinking it would take 15–20 minutes, and it turned out he knew nothing about Russia or Putin.

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Bethany Elliott @bethanyaelliott.bsky.social · 16h

The line-up at the @princecharlescinema.com right now is just astonishingly good.

a cartoon character is holding a bunch of money and the words shut up and take are above him

ALT: a cartoon character is holding a bunch of money and the words shut up and take are above him

media.tenor.com

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 3d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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UnHerd @unherd.com · 22h

Trump’s recent Middle East success shows arm-twisting works where friendly overtures fail.

Can he replicate it in Ukraine? Bethany Elliott 👇

buff.ly

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Bethany Elliott @bethanyaelliott.bsky.social · 20h

What lessons will Trump be taking away from Israel-Gaza and can he use them for Ukraine? Me for @unherd.com unherd.com/newsroom/can...

Can Gaza ceasefire inspire deal in Ukraine?

Every deal produces winners and losers. In the case of Israel and Hamas, an unlikely casualty may be Russian President Vladimir Putin. As the ceasefire takes hold, US President Donald Trump will be lo...

unherd.com

Bethany Elliott @bethanyaelliott.bsky.social · 1d

*chef’s kiss*

Bethany Elliott @bethanyaelliott.bsky.social · 1d

That is GENIUS

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Bethany Elliott @bethanyaelliott.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall and The Godfather, dies aged 79

The legendary actor best known for her many collaborations with Woody Allen, as well as films including Reds, The First Wives Club and Book Club, has died

www.theguardian.com

Bethany Elliott @bethanyaelliott.bsky.social · 1d

Wait, what.

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Bethany Elliott @bethanyaelliott.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t like Spotify suggesting music for me. There is one way to discover new songs and that is Shazaming car adverts.

Bethany Elliott @bethanyaelliott.bsky.social · 3d

I saw Entertaining Mr Sloane at the Young Vic, it was very well done. But I really struggle with both Pinter and Orton because - and this is true - their plays remind me too much of my father’s family.

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 3d

William Hill phoning up Terry Eagleton, give us the inside goss Terry, who is showing form, who has peaked too soon

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 3d

I love it when they have the Nobel Prize for literature and they say so and so was the bookies favourite because I just picture Betfred employing the board of the LRB to give them the breakdown of the runners and riders

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Bethany Elliott @bethanyaelliott.bsky.social · 3d

Oh fine fiiine fiiiine. But when *I* try to put on a play about surreal dreams involving Ralph Fiennes…

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Bethany Elliott @bethanyaelliott.bsky.social · 4d

Best moment of TV all year #celebritytraitors

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Kippy Woo-ooo-ooo! 🦇🎃👻🧛‍♂️💀🐺🕷 @tygerwhocame2t.bsky.social · 5d

"Oh God! Oh Jesus Christ!"
#TheTraitors #CelebrityTraitors
#TheWickerMan

Burning Wicker Trojan Horse in The Celebrity Traitors (2025)

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Bethany Elliott @bethanyaelliott.bsky.social · 5d

‘Crash’ is on MUBI so I started to watch it due to my huge crush on James Spader.

On reflection, train to Southend was wrong location.

Bethany Elliott @bethanyaelliott.bsky.social · 5d

I’ll bring her along to every wedding I attend from now on.

Bethany Elliott @bethanyaelliott.bsky.social · 5d

At wedding earlier this year I accidentally signed in the best wishes book “ally“ instead of “all my” as in “all my love”. And was stood there horrified saying “I can’t cross it out, I have to go with Ally”.

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Mackenzie @mackenzievogt.net · 6d

Shostakovich saw Jesus Christ Superstar and then bemoaned he never wrote anything like it

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 6d

Slowing down so that my It Follows ghost can catch up because there's a bunch of teens loitering outside the shop and I don't want to have to walk past them by myself.

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