Hope Dickson Leach
@hopedickle.bsky.social
Screenwriter and director based in Edinburgh often found tending to my children and shouting about how hard it all is.
Please can you also make it clear when there will be further opportunities for debut screenwriters to apply for development support? The One month window on the Portal website is closed with no further information about when it will reopen or ability to contact them.
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Please can you also make it clear when there will be further opportunities for debut screenwriters to apply for development support? The One month window on the Portal website is closed with no further information about when it will reopen or ability to contact them.
Hi @creativescots.bsky.social. please can you update your website with the correct information about script development and funds for emerging talent in Scotland? The information is now years out of date.
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Hi @creativescots.bsky.social. please can you update your website with the correct information about script development and funds for emerging talent in Scotland? The information is now years out of date.
Everytime I hear about AI development I think of Elizabeth Holmes sending the blood away to labs for results to pretend that her tech was working. Same scam.
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Everytime I hear about AI development I think of Elizabeth Holmes sending the blood away to labs for results to pretend that her tech was working. Same scam.
YES
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
YES
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Looking for stories of outageous Scottish footballing success? Asif Kapadia’s superdoc pulls together the inspirational footage required to help soccer King Kenny Dalglish tell his story in his own famously terse and unpretentious words, streaming now in the UK 4/5
film-authority.com/2025/11/19/k...
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Kenny Dalglish - film-authority.com
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November 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Looking for stories of outageous Scottish footballing success? Asif Kapadia’s superdoc pulls together the inspirational footage required to help soccer King Kenny Dalglish tell his story in his own famously terse and unpretentious words, streaming now in the UK 4/5
film-authority.com/2025/11/19/k...
film-authority.com/2025/11/19/k...
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The kicker. Oh my god.
(Read to the end. Trust me. You have to read all the way to the end.)
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(Read to the end. Trust me. You have to read all the way to the end.)
www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The kicker. Oh my god.
(Read to the end. Trust me. You have to read all the way to the end.)
www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
(Read to the end. Trust me. You have to read all the way to the end.)
www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
What a NIGHT for Scottish football. Electric. Three extraordinary goals.
November 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
What a NIGHT for Scottish football. Electric. Three extraordinary goals.
I’m allergic to Ari Aster I’m afraid
November 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I’m allergic to Ari Aster I’m afraid
Ha. Totally positive. The best film I’ve seen since The Zone of Interest.
November 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Ha. Totally positive. The best film I’ve seen since The Zone of Interest.
oh do try and see on the big screen. It really really is worth it.
November 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
oh do try and see on the big screen. It really really is worth it.
Going in for number six, this time on 70mm @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social
I’ve seen One Battle After Another four times now, and I’m just getting started.
November 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Going in for number six, this time on 70mm @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social
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Petition to stop the closure of Film Studies at the University of Leicester - please sign!
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Sign the Petition
Stop the Closure of Film Studies at Uni of Leicester
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November 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Petition to stop the closure of Film Studies at the University of Leicester - please sign!
c.org/6GJL5fBct8
c.org/6GJL5fBct8
ah excellent identification of an additional need - sweat resistance. Also thank you for the comic image a cramp filled morning. I needed that. 😘
November 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
ah excellent identification of an additional need - sweat resistance. Also thank you for the comic image a cramp filled morning. I needed that. 😘
Is it cute for a 49 year old woman to wear those pimple stickers? Wondering if they come in more age appropriate designs, maybe Gisela Graham or Toast could design some. Thoughts on this billion dollar menopause business idea.
November 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Is it cute for a 49 year old woman to wear those pimple stickers? Wondering if they come in more age appropriate designs, maybe Gisela Graham or Toast could design some. Thoughts on this billion dollar menopause business idea.
He wasn’t around much - I had to fax the trades to him wherever in the world he was (that dates me). But he was friendly when he was, I remember him taking us all out for lunch one day. Lots of nice people in the office. Everyone seemed happy.
November 13, 2025 at 7:20 AM
He wasn’t around much - I had to fax the trades to him wherever in the world he was (that dates me). But he was friendly when he was, I remember him taking us all out for lunch one day. Lots of nice people in the office. Everyone seemed happy.
I interned for Mario Kassar at the short lived MK Productions following Carolco’s demise. EB’s g-string was mounted in a box on the wall.
November 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I interned for Mario Kassar at the short lived MK Productions following Carolco’s demise. EB’s g-string was mounted in a box on the wall.
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celebrities walking pokémon instead of their dogs: thread
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
celebrities walking pokémon instead of their dogs: thread
Ed Berger seems to be missing off this list.
Pope Leo has shared his four favorite movies of all time, as the Vatican prepares to host dozens of actors and directors in a “World of Cinema” gathering on Saturday at his official residence. See which films made the pope's list. nyti.ms/4p3exK9
Pope Leo Shares His Favorite Movies Ahead of Vatican Event
The list leans heavily on uplifting classics.
nyti.ms
November 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Ed Berger seems to be missing off this list.
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
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deserve its own post
October 19, 2025 at 6:04 AM
deserve its own post
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My comment, for @pnreview.bsky.social, on the Len Pennie & Sarah Doyle affair - or Canongagegate, as I like to think of it. Honourable mentions: @naush.bsky.social, @thetimes.com.
Feel free to share, to attack me with your little jelly pitchforks, or to ignore.
www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/rema...
Feel free to share, to attack me with your little jelly pitchforks, or to ignore.
www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/rema...
PN Review Print and Online Poetry Magazine - Remarkable Coincidences - Rory Waterman - PN Review 286
One of the outstanding poetry journals of our time.
www.pnreview.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
My comment, for @pnreview.bsky.social, on the Len Pennie & Sarah Doyle affair - or Canongagegate, as I like to think of it. Honourable mentions: @naush.bsky.social, @thetimes.com.
Feel free to share, to attack me with your little jelly pitchforks, or to ignore.
www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/rema...
Feel free to share, to attack me with your little jelly pitchforks, or to ignore.
www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/rema...
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"Lotteries and ritual stoning are integral parts of American life. Whether or not the lottery actually increases the yearly harvest, rural working-class Americans think it does. Let me be blunt: liberals who want to abolish ritual murder are the reason that Donald Trump won."
Stoning Our Neighbors to Death Makes the Corn Grow High, and Elitist Liberals Should Stop Attacking This Traditional Value
Since Biblical times, stoning people to death has been a horrible punishment reserved for the worst criminals. But now, in PC liberal America, the ...
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October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"Lotteries and ritual stoning are integral parts of American life. Whether or not the lottery actually increases the yearly harvest, rural working-class Americans think it does. Let me be blunt: liberals who want to abolish ritual murder are the reason that Donald Trump won."
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The next screen grab on this thread is perfect.
This really is the pits. This is not a design that — whatever you think of them — Saudi Arabia, the organisers of the 2034 World Cup have anything to do with. Has popped up randomly on social, caught fire and now pushed for attention by the Mail. Pathetic business.
October 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The next screen grab on this thread is perfect.