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Dance like nobody’s watching, sing like nobody’s listening… may need to rethink that musical theatre show!
Writer,📝fan of comedy, Janeite👒. Member of Decade. Flew the nest was @darnwrite & on Instagram & threads as Rachel.lloyd.12764 👋🏻
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And so it should
‘THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND’ wins Best Screenplay at the 28th British Independent Film Awards.

Written by Harry Wootliff, the drama beat out nominees including ‘WASTEMAN’ and ‘PILLION’.

#TheBalladOfWallisIsland #BIFA #HarryWootliff
November 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Understandably delirious after 3 baftas
November 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Another excellent newsletter from Austen author @lucyvandrew.bsky.social talking all things Austen this morning! 📰🗞️ 🎩👒
November 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Hello, HERE ARE THE LINKS to get the actual podcast when it comes out on Sunday. For now, if you would like to 'follow' it at your chosen podcast emporium, that really helps. See you soon!

podcasts.apple.com/podcast/murd...

open.spotify.com/show/2di2tB8...

feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
Murder of a Famous Bastard
Podcast in Comedy · Serie · An episodic murder mystery story written by and starring Mark Watson with many guest stars. Struggling private detective Hugh Flounder is surprised to be invited to the 60...
podcasts.apple.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
@hayfestival.bsky.social Has the first event started? I have an online pass, I logged in but I’m just getting the Hay logo?
November 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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November 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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I've been working all day - once more - on this murder mystery podcast (not true crime; a serialised, semi-interactive audio novel). I think this is going to be one of the best things I have begged the general public to engage with, over the years. Will begin in the weekend November 28-30.
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Sorry In my last post I posted the review of @watsoncomedian.bsky.social instead of my interview, here is the promised ‘roasting’ #Decade

www.myshrewsbury.co.uk/blog/mark-wa...
Mark Watson Interview | Comedy, Creativity & New Tour
Comedian Mark Watson discusses his inventive comedy style, new show Before It Overtakes Us, and his upcoming performance at Theatre Severn this November.
www.myshrewsbury.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Thank you once again for the interview @watsoncomedian.bsky.social

www.myshrewsbury.co.uk/blog/mark-wa...

Unfortunately, much like the review, not the roasting you were promised by fellow #Decade (not a cult) member @novelcharacters.bsky.social 😉
Mark Watson Interview | Comedy, Creativity & New Tour
Comedian Mark Watson discusses his inventive comedy style, new show Before It Overtakes Us, and his upcoming performance at Theatre Severn this November.
www.myshrewsbury.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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This is one of the best biographies of a writer that I have read. Grace Metalious was a 1950s American housewife who wrote a novel loosely based on the residents of her New Hampshire. That book was called Peyton Place and it became the best-selling American novel of all time for a while.
Inside Peyton Place: The Life of Grace Metalious
The Life of Grace Metalious
uk.bookshop.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Thank you to @watsoncomedian.bsky.social for the interview & the tickets! Apologies that the review is not the roasting you had been promised by @novelcharacters.bsky.social
www.myshrewsbury.co.uk/blog/mark-wa...
Mark Watson’s “Before It Overtakes Us” Delights Shrewsbury
Comedian Mark Watson brings laughter, A.I. musings, and even a pig lift to Theatre Severn, delighting the Shrewsbury audience with his witty heartfelt new tour.
www.myshrewsbury.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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I’m in PETWORTH tonight chatting about Jane Austen and my book. If you live nearby, come!
November 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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@watsoncomedian.bsky.social great show Mark, and great to see you - thanks so much from me & @austenpowers.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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My Ostensibly Ostentatious October Crime Club newsletter went out yesterday. Check your inboxes to see what I've been up to, or sign up via my website to receive the October newsletter now! www.lucyandrew.com/crime-club
Crime Club — Lucy Andrew
www.lucyandrew.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Another great author newsletter from @lucyvandrew.bsky.social A perfect Sunday morning read!📰🗞️🫖☕️
October 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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(Can you infer from this that I am currently involved in making a mobile game? You certainly can if you like.)
October 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Question for people who play Wordle/Connections and so on regularly: what's the perfect amount of time for it to take, per day? At what point does it tip over from agreeable distraction to 'this is eating into my life'? I realise it depends partly on what else you have to do in the day.
October 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Looky looky I got booky! So excited to get an early look at an Austen-y mystery from my fabulous stablemate @lucyvandrew.bsky.social!
October 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Good News! A Very Vexing Murder, my cosy crime retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma, is in the @waterstones.bsky.social 25% off pre-order deal! Order from
the Waterstones website between 14th and 17th October with the code OCTOBER25. Order here: www.waterstones.com/book/a-very-...
October 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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My Sublimely Sensational September Crime Club newsletter went out this morning. Check your inboxes to see what I've been up to, or sign up to receive the September newsletter now! www.lucyandrew.com/crime-club
Crime Club — Lucy Andrew
www.lucyandrew.com
September 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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I’m ready for my ‘Murder Most Austen talk at @brlsi.bsky.social today at 12.30pm at the #janeaustenfestival. Tickets still available on the door or here for the livestream: janeausten.co.uk/pages/jane-a...
September 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This morning I enjoyed author @lucyvandrew.bsky.social first newsletter with a nice cup of tea.📰 Fortunately, it was not like the cup of tea served up in her upcoming novel and it was served with milk rather than poison! ☕️🫖☠️
August 31, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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The first rule of @liarsleague.bsky.social is... you talk about Liars League.

Was at a fab "cosy crime" event today at Shrewsbury Library with 3 Austen influenced readings! Tagging them in!
@austenpowers.bsky.social
@jenniferewrites.bsky.social
@lucyvandrew.bsky.social
@novelcharacters.bsky.social
Wed's #shortstory video from #DownAndOut is Kim Scopes reading THE OTHER HOLLY WILLIAMS, identity-crisis doppelganger fiction by Hannah Noyce: but who's Holly really, if anyone? youtu.be/REc_O9eQeSg

*Also SUBMIT to #WomenAndGirls x #JaneAusten theme closes 6 July www.liarsleague.com/liars_league...
THE OTHER HOLLY WILLIAMS - a short story by Hannah Noyce, read by Kim Scopes
YouTube video by Liars' League
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June 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
@hayfestival.bsky.social can you tell me what time the festival site opens tomorrow?
May 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM