Kulvinder Gill
@kulvinder.bsky.social
London-based writer of comedy, thrillers, sci-fi and horror.
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What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.
Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social
We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.
Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊
Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social
We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.
Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊
Former Observer big-hitters inc @carolecadwalla.bsky.social launch new title The Nerve with redundancy payouts
After Observer sale: "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent"
pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...
After Observer sale: "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent"
pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...
Former Observer big-hitters launch new title with redundancy payouts
Five former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr have launched their own culture publication using their redundancy money.
pressgazette.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.
Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social
We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.
Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊
Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social
We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.
Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊
The linked essay by Madeleine Brettingham is so good, I’m going to have to read it again, at a slightly slower pace to take it all in.
This is a brilliant, thorough and truthful bit of writing, as you’d expect from @littlemaddles.bsky.social.
Someone is making a penny, as they say, and the arts needs to have a hard look at itself, 25 years into a lunatic experiment in impoverishing creators.
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Someone is making a penny, as they say, and the arts needs to have a hard look at itself, 25 years into a lunatic experiment in impoverishing creators.
open.substack.com/pub/madelein...
Please sir can I have some more
On making a living as a writer
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February 3, 2026 at 10:37 AM
The linked essay by Madeleine Brettingham is so good, I’m going to have to read it again, at a slightly slower pace to take it all in.
Some interesting – and counter-intuitive – thoughts on focus and time management: e.g. “eating the frog” vs “easy wins”. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Do you like cat photos? Are you constantly distracted? You’re probably actually quite good at focusing: 10 myths about attention
Every second, 11m bits of information enter our brains, which then efficiently prioritise them. We need to learn to work with the process, rather than against it
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Some interesting – and counter-intuitive – thoughts on focus and time management: e.g. “eating the frog” vs “easy wins”. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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It's on iPlayer for a month, though frankly all of Powell and Pressburger's films should be available there at all times in order to boost national morale. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074rq7
I Know Where I'm Going!
Romantic drama. An ambitious middle-class woman is marooned on the Isle of Mull en route to her wedding, and falls in love with the Laird of Kiloran.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 11:39 PM
It's on iPlayer for a month, though frankly all of Powell and Pressburger's films should be available there at all times in order to boost national morale. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074rq7
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£500 given out to a working class writer every month.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
The Creatives Grant
let's make art less middle class
thewhitepube.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 10:57 AM
£500 given out to a working class writer every month.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
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If you're applying for arts funding, The White Pube also has a really useful library of successful funding applications: thewhitepube.co.uk/funding-libr... I used this when applying for Arts Council #DYCP funding and found looking at some examples very helpful when drafting.
Funding Library
successful funding applications you can learn from
thewhitepube.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 8:49 PM
If you're applying for arts funding, The White Pube also has a really useful library of successful funding applications: thewhitepube.co.uk/funding-libr... I used this when applying for Arts Council #DYCP funding and found looking at some examples very helpful when drafting.
Been using Final Draft 5 for 20+ years, originally on Windows 98 (SE) and then XP – upgraded to FD7 in 2007 but so buggy, went back to 5. Had another go with a fixed FD7.2 when Windows 7 came out but new OS didn’t support it so back to FD5 and stuck with it through Windows 10 & 11. Until yesterday.
January 30, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Been using Final Draft 5 for 20+ years, originally on Windows 98 (SE) and then XP – upgraded to FD7 in 2007 but so buggy, went back to 5. Had another go with a fixed FD7.2 when Windows 7 came out but new OS didn’t support it so back to FD5 and stuck with it through Windows 10 & 11. Until yesterday.
Larry & Paul knock it for six. (Or "knock it out of the park", if you're American!)
SHOCK: UK Studio Goes SILENT After USA🇺🇸 Rant 😳 -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWPO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWPO...
SHOCKING: UK News Host Has USA Meltdown - #BrokenNews
YouTube video by Larry & Paul
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January 30, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Larry & Paul knock it for six. (Or "knock it out of the park", if you're American!)
Reading about “Fafo parenting” – acronym defined in article – reminded of the incident in Japan ten years ago when during family outing in the wilds, the parents of a small boy left him at the roadside as punishment but on returning minutes later, he had vanished. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The rise of Fafo parenting: is this the end of gentle child rearing?
Mothers on social media are advocating a tough, no-nonsense approach to parenting. Does this teach children important lessons – or just make them feel isolated and ashamed?
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Reading about “Fafo parenting” – acronym defined in article – reminded of the incident in Japan ten years ago when during family outing in the wilds, the parents of a small boy left him at the roadside as punishment but on returning minutes later, he had vanished. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Comedians, with content, and wanting to go straight to fans, without meta/spotify/tiktok/patreon etc, I have been helping a friend develop a new platform and I think it could become something very special - there's already users on there - but only one comedian (me) - so try it out:
comedy-club.lol
comedy-club.lol
Comedy Club
A platform built to make you laugh, for fans and comedians.
comedy-club.lol
January 29, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Comedians, with content, and wanting to go straight to fans, without meta/spotify/tiktok/patreon etc, I have been helping a friend develop a new platform and I think it could become something very special - there's already users on there - but only one comedian (me) - so try it out:
comedy-club.lol
comedy-club.lol
Review by Toby Litt of Elizabeth McCracken's idiosyncratic, unconventional, novel guide (see what I did there!): "A Long Game: How to Write Fiction" which is less about rules, more about "modes of thinking". www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j... (Re-posting, as I made a hash of the link originally.)
A Long Game by Elizabeth McCracken review – here’s how to really write your novel
The novelist and writing tutor delivers bracing advice that demolishes familiar ‘stick to what you know’ nostrums
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Review by Toby Litt of Elizabeth McCracken's idiosyncratic, unconventional, novel guide (see what I did there!): "A Long Game: How to Write Fiction" which is less about rules, more about "modes of thinking". www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j... (Re-posting, as I made a hash of the link originally.)
Watching Reform UK unveil its latest failed Tory turncoat, I wondered if choice of background lighting – making audience look monochrome – was deliberate attempt to subliminally invoke a romanticised vision of a past Britain that never really existed, except in half-remembered black-and-white films?
January 27, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Watching Reform UK unveil its latest failed Tory turncoat, I wondered if choice of background lighting – making audience look monochrome – was deliberate attempt to subliminally invoke a romanticised vision of a past Britain that never really existed, except in half-remembered black-and-white films?
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I’ve added the script for Wake Up Dead Man to my site. This is the final shooting script, so it has stuff that was cut and moved around, which I always think is more interesting to see than a conformed cleaned up version. Enjoy! www.rian-johnson.com/screenplays
rcjohnso / scripts
Free screenplays for Brick, Brothers Bloom and Looper.
www.rian-johnson.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:23 AM
I’ve added the script for Wake Up Dead Man to my site. This is the final shooting script, so it has stuff that was cut and moved around, which I always think is more interesting to see than a conformed cleaned up version. Enjoy! www.rian-johnson.com/screenplays
Study finds positive thinking by picturing or imagining good experiences boosts immune system (i.e. antibodies in blood). Link to paper in Nature – abstract says 85 participants in double-blind randomised trial. Needs replication & bigger sample – but interesting. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Positive thinking could boost immune response to vaccines, say scientists
People picturing positive experiences found to produce more antibodies, hinting at future clinical potential
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Study finds positive thinking by picturing or imagining good experiences boosts immune system (i.e. antibodies in blood). Link to paper in Nature – abstract says 85 participants in double-blind randomised trial. Needs replication & bigger sample – but interesting. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Never mind all that Six-Seven guff – that’s old hat – as is the term “old hat” – and indeed “guff”. But for all us cool and zeitgeisty snooker fans, the phrase du jour is Six-Two!
January 14, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Never mind all that Six-Seven guff – that’s old hat – as is the term “old hat” – and indeed “guff”. But for all us cool and zeitgeisty snooker fans, the phrase du jour is Six-Two!
Sportswriter Jonathan Liew’s opinion piece on how Starmer has united the country – against himself – made me laugh out loud multiple times. Note: contains that strong four letter word beginning with a Hard C: Keir. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When crowds direct offensive chants at Keir Starmer, who’s to blame? I’m afraid he is | Jonathan Liew
The PM’s technocrat tendencies and lack of obvious backbone make him a target for amorphous rage, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Sportswriter Jonathan Liew’s opinion piece on how Starmer has united the country – against himself – made me laugh out loud multiple times. Note: contains that strong four letter word beginning with a Hard C: Keir. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Coincidence or a strategic spoiler? Sky Arts is screening the 1981 adaption of Agatha Christie’s “Seven Dials Mystery” tonight – just three days before Netflix unveils its own new version titled “Seven Dials” (no mystery!) I will end up watching both – but which one to watch first?
January 12, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Coincidence or a strategic spoiler? Sky Arts is screening the 1981 adaption of Agatha Christie’s “Seven Dials Mystery” tonight – just three days before Netflix unveils its own new version titled “Seven Dials” (no mystery!) I will end up watching both – but which one to watch first?
Not mentioned in the review but definitely noteworthy are the 1970s title sequence complete with a theme tune by the legendary Mike Post. (Btw, I take issue with whoever wrote the headline – there are no offensive jokes, this is a very warm show.)
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Mammoth series two review – it is a subversive thrill to laugh at these offensive jokes
This old-school sitcom about a PE teacher who wakes after being frozen since the 70s is an impeccably deadpan send-up of masculinity. But it hits hardest when this unreconstructed man turns out to be ...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Not mentioned in the review but definitely noteworthy are the 1970s title sequence complete with a theme tune by the legendary Mike Post. (Btw, I take issue with whoever wrote the headline – there are no offensive jokes, this is a very warm show.)
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
I thought I'd found my people but the very fact that I've posted this means I can only be borderline pathologically apathetic!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Does ‘laziness’ start in the brain?
Understanding the surprising mechanism behind apathy can help unlock scientific ways to boost your motivation
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I thought I'd found my people but the very fact that I've posted this means I can only be borderline pathologically apathetic!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Charlotte Bingham obit – born 1943, aristo, private school, debutante – wrote first book aged 20.
"She was celebrating finishing the book by having a drink at the Ritz hotel when she was spotted by a literary agent, who signed her up and sold it to Heinemann."
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
"She was celebrating finishing the book by having a drink at the Ritz hotel when she was spotted by a literary agent, who signed her up and sold it to Heinemann."
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Charlotte Bingham obituary
Novelist and television scriptwriter who co-wrote screen hits with her husband Terence Brady that drew inspiration from their own lives
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Charlotte Bingham obit – born 1943, aristo, private school, debutante – wrote first book aged 20.
"She was celebrating finishing the book by having a drink at the Ritz hotel when she was spotted by a literary agent, who signed her up and sold it to Heinemann."
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
"She was celebrating finishing the book by having a drink at the Ritz hotel when she was spotted by a literary agent, who signed her up and sold it to Heinemann."
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
The boy finally came good. Wife Betty and daughter Jessica couldn’t be prouder.
November 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The boy finally came good. Wife Betty and daughter Jessica couldn’t be prouder.
Attention Coverfly users! You'll know – or should know – it shuts down in two days on August 1st. Was hoping for a reprieve but no. Site has stopped updating results and seems to be running on fumes – very flaky – so now would be a good time to screencap laurels, export your data and remove scripts.
July 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Attention Coverfly users! You'll know – or should know – it shuts down in two days on August 1st. Was hoping for a reprieve but no. Site has stopped updating results and seems to be running on fumes – very flaky – so now would be a good time to screencap laurels, export your data and remove scripts.
Valentine’s Day too much? Here’s a palate cleanser. My 2-page script ROMANTIC HIDEAWAY – made into a micro short by director Kawita Sareen, starring Kirsty Averton & Kristina Linder – won best short film under five minutes at the 2013 London Independent Film Festival. player.vimeo.com/video/61174598
Romantic Hideaway on Vimeo
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February 14, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Valentine’s Day too much? Here’s a palate cleanser. My 2-page script ROMANTIC HIDEAWAY – made into a micro short by director Kawita Sareen, starring Kirsty Averton & Kristina Linder – won best short film under five minutes at the 2013 London Independent Film Festival. player.vimeo.com/video/61174598
The new term has definitely started with the Big Four opportunities for UK screenwriters all in play. Rocliffe and Studio 21 (deadlines just days away) are joined by the Channel 4 Screenwriting Course and BBC Writersroom Open Call. Details in newly updated #Opps4UKwriters PDF. bit.ly/Opps4UKwrite...
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September 6, 2024 at 9:31 AM
The new term has definitely started with the Big Four opportunities for UK screenwriters all in play. Rocliffe and Studio 21 (deadlines just days away) are joined by the Channel 4 Screenwriting Course and BBC Writersroom Open Call. Details in newly updated #Opps4UKwriters PDF. bit.ly/Opps4UKwrite...