Kay
@kaymarquis.bsky.social
Theatre, books & writing.
Bits of culture & history that I find interesting 📸
Personal opinions on this & that.
SAST. Theatre 118
www.kaymarquis.com
Bits of culture & history that I find interesting 📸
Personal opinions on this & that.
SAST. Theatre 118
www.kaymarquis.com
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Kay
@kaymarquis.bsky.social
· Apr 29
Pilfered from @writershq.bsky.social so I could pin it to remind myself.
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Buchanan Street Bus Station. A warning and an invite.
Spotter: James Stewart
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Buchanan Street Bus Station. A warning and an invite.
Spotter: James Stewart
November 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Buchanan Street Bus Station. A warning and an invite.
Spotter: James Stewart
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Buchanan Street Bus Station. A warning and an invite.
Spotter: James Stewart
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🔍 We've spoken to staff, volunteers, and patrons of the Mitchell Library. What we found about its condition makes for worrying reading about Glasgow's most celebrated public resource.
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/your-favouri...
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/your-favouri...
Your favourite library is sinking
Rooms closed, basements flooded, is the Mitchell being run into the ground?
www.glasgowbell.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🔍 We've spoken to staff, volunteers, and patrons of the Mitchell Library. What we found about its condition makes for worrying reading about Glasgow's most celebrated public resource.
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/your-favouri...
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/your-favouri...
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America’s Catholic bishops issued a rare statement condemning the Trump administration’s “indiscriminate mass deportation.”
Catholic Bishops Take Rare Step to Slam Trump’s Deportations
MAGA has provoked the church’s first special statement in 12 years.
trib.al
November 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
America’s Catholic bishops issued a rare statement condemning the Trump administration’s “indiscriminate mass deportation.”
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Two days after publication, and this stone-cold racism from a Peer of the Realm has prompted precisely zero response from the political class.
He says, in print, that "the sons of immigrants" bring violence with them in their genes.
We're just pricing this in to public debate now, it seems.
He says, in print, that "the sons of immigrants" bring violence with them in their genes.
We're just pricing this in to public debate now, it seems.
Spectator running a piece by Daniel Hannan which leans heavily into the inferred idea that you're not necessarily British if you come from a migrant background, even if you were born and brought up here.
November 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Two days after publication, and this stone-cold racism from a Peer of the Realm has prompted precisely zero response from the political class.
He says, in print, that "the sons of immigrants" bring violence with them in their genes.
We're just pricing this in to public debate now, it seems.
He says, in print, that "the sons of immigrants" bring violence with them in their genes.
We're just pricing this in to public debate now, it seems.
Sending this to an estate agent.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Sending this to an estate agent.
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Meet Pete the cat, my studio assistant.
According to him, he’s in charge of picking and packing, stocktaking, order wrapping and logistics management.
Pete says I’d be nothing without him. He might be right.
According to him, he’s in charge of picking and packing, stocktaking, order wrapping and logistics management.
Pete says I’d be nothing without him. He might be right.
November 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Meet Pete the cat, my studio assistant.
According to him, he’s in charge of picking and packing, stocktaking, order wrapping and logistics management.
Pete says I’d be nothing without him. He might be right.
According to him, he’s in charge of picking and packing, stocktaking, order wrapping and logistics management.
Pete says I’d be nothing without him. He might be right.
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The Neo-Nazi Groyper War to capture the Republican Party is a good example of "network war." A group existing mostly online ("in the cloud) takes power in the real world. When it becomes powerful enough to also take land, the victor of a network war can become a network state. That's the 101 theory.
In 2022, Peter Thiel protégé Balaji Srinivasan—formerly of Andreessen Horowitz and Coinbase—envisioned a Second American Civil War.
He predicted it would be triggered by Bitcoin.
This is how it would work:
He predicted it would be triggered by Bitcoin.
This is how it would work:
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The Neo-Nazi Groyper War to capture the Republican Party is a good example of "network war." A group existing mostly online ("in the cloud) takes power in the real world. When it becomes powerful enough to also take land, the victor of a network war can become a network state. That's the 101 theory.
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Woke up to this lovely write-up following @debsca.bsky.social 's performance of Green Knight in Cambridge last week! 💚
www.indiependent.co.uk/dont-forget-...
www.indiependent.co.uk/dont-forget-...
“Don’t Forget Me”: Keeping Medieval Writings Alive Onstage : The Indiependent
Keziah Cho looks at ways that theatre keeps medieval writings such as Gawain and the Green Knight alive on stage.
www.indiependent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Woke up to this lovely write-up following @debsca.bsky.social 's performance of Green Knight in Cambridge last week! 💚
www.indiependent.co.uk/dont-forget-...
www.indiependent.co.uk/dont-forget-...
The Clanchy saga is the strangest phenomenon. She's now decided that she comes across badly in the BBC podcast because the presenter had to walk past pro-Palestine protesters.
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The Clanchy saga is the strangest phenomenon. She's now decided that she comes across badly in the BBC podcast because the presenter had to walk past pro-Palestine protesters.
I used to concentrate better listening to classical music, but recently, Paul McCartney's solo career has been more productive. Also, a band called @bradford-band.bsky.social who create beautiful, gritty dreamy songs about real life.
November 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I used to concentrate better listening to classical music, but recently, Paul McCartney's solo career has been more productive. Also, a band called @bradford-band.bsky.social who create beautiful, gritty dreamy songs about real life.
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I present the UK’s one and only TV show about books. We feature readers & writers from across Scotland, around the UK and all over the world. It’s commissioned by BBC Scotland & made by IWC. Public broadcasting is a shared space for sharing stories & building bridges.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Scotland - The Big Scottish Book Club - Available now
Available episodes of The Big Scottish Book Club
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I present the UK’s one and only TV show about books. We feature readers & writers from across Scotland, around the UK and all over the world. It’s commissioned by BBC Scotland & made by IWC. Public broadcasting is a shared space for sharing stories & building bridges.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Some big news expected for #InsideNo9 fans 🐇
‼️12pm (GMT) TOMORROW ‼️
Be sure to check back here to be the first to know…🤔
‼️12pm (GMT) TOMORROW ‼️
Be sure to check back here to be the first to know…🤔
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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I apologise profusely for all the trouble I caused to you. I am prepared for the required punishment.
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I apologise profusely for all the trouble I caused to you. I am prepared for the required punishment.
Vivian Kubrick has lost her mind & thinks Scotland is a conquered Islamic nation.
A lot of people need their WiFi cut.
A lot of people need their WiFi cut.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Vivian Kubrick has lost her mind & thinks Scotland is a conquered Islamic nation.
A lot of people need their WiFi cut.
A lot of people need their WiFi cut.
British multiculturalism has failed because we don't all agree with hacks who write for Spiked.
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
British multiculturalism has failed because we don't all agree with hacks who write for Spiked.
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A duo for you today ! Your #FoxOfTheDay from @gp-wildlife.bsky.social on BlueSky
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
A duo for you today ! Your #FoxOfTheDay from @gp-wildlife.bsky.social on BlueSky
I need to limit my time on Instagram so I don't buy Nordic socks.
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I need to limit my time on Instagram so I don't buy Nordic socks.
I need to find an artist to admire who isn't dead, mired in disgusting scandal, or actually disgusting.
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I need to find an artist to admire who isn't dead, mired in disgusting scandal, or actually disgusting.
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"A witty, informative look at the evolution of queer musicals, one that will be of interest to both ardent theatre lovers like me and to those looking for an entertaining read."
Robert W. Schneider's 'Queer Musicals' reviewed @outinjerseymag.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/497Eh3n
Robert W. Schneider's 'Queer Musicals' reviewed @outinjerseymag.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/497Eh3n
“Queer Musicals” explores the shows that changed musical theatre’s attitudes on LGBTQ characters and issues
Delve into Robert W. Schneider's analysis of queer musicals and their contribution to LGBTQ attitudes and issues in his book "Queer musicals.".
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"A witty, informative look at the evolution of queer musicals, one that will be of interest to both ardent theatre lovers like me and to those looking for an entertaining read."
Robert W. Schneider's 'Queer Musicals' reviewed @outinjerseymag.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/497Eh3n
Robert W. Schneider's 'Queer Musicals' reviewed @outinjerseymag.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/497Eh3n
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"‘Down with DEI’, is the cry. What kind of mind must you possess to oppose diversity, equality, and inclusion?" || @neilmackay.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/poli...
www.heraldscotland.com/poli...
November 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"‘Down with DEI’, is the cry. What kind of mind must you possess to oppose diversity, equality, and inclusion?" || @neilmackay.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/poli...
www.heraldscotland.com/poli...
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"Why do we get all this life if we don't ever use it? Why do we get all these feelings and dreams and hopes... if we don't ever use them?" - Shirley Valentine.
Pauline Collins RIP
Pauline Collins RIP
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
"Why do we get all this life if we don't ever use it? Why do we get all these feelings and dreams and hopes... if we don't ever use them?" - Shirley Valentine.
Pauline Collins RIP
Pauline Collins RIP
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'Twilight Landscape' by Victoria Crowe, contemporary Scottish painter #WomensArt
October 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
'Twilight Landscape' by Victoria Crowe, contemporary Scottish painter #WomensArt
If you believe Britain is (or about to be) an Islamist hellhole, then you'll believe Jewish people secretly rule the world. It's the same kind of unhinged.
Antisemitism & Islamophobia get seen as opposites, but on the far right they often go together. Clews, anti-Muslim influencer once in Robinson’s crew, is no anti-Zionist; he’s just antisemitic: hence his appeal to Miller, who once wrote on Islamophobia but now promotes it if he can also target Jews.
David Miller sharing David Clews of UNN / Patriotic Alternative again. One of the chief spreaders of hate and lies about Southport.
November 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you believe Britain is (or about to be) an Islamist hellhole, then you'll believe Jewish people secretly rule the world. It's the same kind of unhinged.
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John Simm will lead a brand-new production of David Harrower’s Blackbird, directed by Matthew Dunster, at the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath
John Simm to Star in Blackbird at Theatre Royal Bath’s Ustinov Studio
John Simm will lead a brand-new production of David Harrower’s Blackbird, directed by Matthew Dunster, at the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath
theatreweekly.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
John Simm will lead a brand-new production of David Harrower’s Blackbird, directed by Matthew Dunster, at the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath