Tom Gregory
@majortomcom.bsky.social
Major Tom. BAFTA winning Screenwriter/Actor/Space Oddity.
Creator and writer of ‘Mobility’ available now on BBC iPlayer.
Creator and writer of ‘Mobility’ available now on BBC iPlayer.
Another in the ‘stubborn maniac’ category here. Currently in that juicy juicy sweet spot of not earning enough from writing to go full time AND the day job being so numbingly exhausting that self-promotion feels profane.
“I didn’t have rich parents, a childhood bedroom to return to or an infatuated billionaire intent on marrying me. Either writing had to make me money or I couldn’t do it. “
I wrote about making a living from writing in the new economy.
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I wrote about making a living from writing in the new economy.
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Please sir can I have some more
On making a living as a writer
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February 3, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Another in the ‘stubborn maniac’ category here. Currently in that juicy juicy sweet spot of not earning enough from writing to go full time AND the day job being so numbingly exhausting that self-promotion feels profane.
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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.
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Please sir can I have some more
On making a living as a writer
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February 3, 2026 at 8:51 AM
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.
open.substack.com/pub/madelein...
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...
Airbnb I stayed in at the weekend had a great roof window right above my bed that gave a fantastic view of the Moon and Jupiter. We’re all cosmic miracles of circumstance yet there is so much suffering caused by a handful of pathetic, tiny, incurious men in search of ‘power’.
February 1, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Airbnb I stayed in at the weekend had a great roof window right above my bed that gave a fantastic view of the Moon and Jupiter. We’re all cosmic miracles of circumstance yet there is so much suffering caused by a handful of pathetic, tiny, incurious men in search of ‘power’.
Coming out of January like:
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Coming out of January like:
MAGA Goebbels
January 31, 2026 at 9:38 PM
MAGA Goebbels
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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January 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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I think at this point the UK has accepted Paddington as the Death Bear, collector of souls. So, I think as a nation we should start smearing marmalade on the eyes of the dead and whisper “fare for the crossing”. It’ll feel weird now but, in three of four generations, no one will question it.
January 26, 2026 at 11:36 AM
I think at this point the UK has accepted Paddington as the Death Bear, collector of souls. So, I think as a nation we should start smearing marmalade on the eyes of the dead and whisper “fare for the crossing”. It’ll feel weird now but, in three of four generations, no one will question it.
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In the interests of balance, I hope that the BBC also list the world leaders whom the USA haven't kidnapped.
January 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
In the interests of balance, I hope that the BBC also list the world leaders whom the USA haven't kidnapped.
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Keir Starmer says he wants to establish facts by *watching Donald Trumps press conference.*
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
January 3, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Keir Starmer says he wants to establish facts by *watching Donald Trumps press conference.*
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
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The PM and Foreign Secretary should be condemning this illegal strike and breach of international human rights law.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
Trump just kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 11:27 AM
The PM and Foreign Secretary should be condemning this illegal strike and breach of international human rights law.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
Well, I for one thought the #Strangerthings finale was great, and I tip my writing hat to the Duffer brothers. What they did to make S1 such a perfect show is nigh on impossible but to then have the creative juice to stretch it into such an epic over 5 seasons is just extraordinary. Bravo.
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January 1, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Well, I for one thought the #Strangerthings finale was great, and I tip my writing hat to the Duffer brothers. What they did to make S1 such a perfect show is nigh on impossible but to then have the creative juice to stretch it into such an epic over 5 seasons is just extraordinary. Bravo.
Waiting for 2025 to end.
December 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Waiting for 2025 to end.
Top Gun on the telly. @johnrain.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Top Gun on the telly. @johnrain.co.uk
I’ll second that.
This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.
There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
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December 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I’ll second that.
How I’m turning up to the Bluesky Christmas party
December 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
How I’m turning up to the Bluesky Christmas party
Just to top off this end of year I spent three hours this morning on a teams speed awareness course for a ticket I got driving for the day job I continue to have to tolerate because I have to wait a year to hear back from commissioners.
Had a big fat no today from one of the major UK broadcasters, on a project they said they liked and were considering for 11 months. Of course I will move on but currently at the stage where I’m considering making it my life’s purpose to hunt them down for revenge.
#screenwriting
#scriptsky
#screenwriting
#scriptsky
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December 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Just to top off this end of year I spent three hours this morning on a teams speed awareness course for a ticket I got driving for the day job I continue to have to tolerate because I have to wait a year to hear back from commissioners.
Had a big fat no today from one of the major UK broadcasters, on a project they said they liked and were considering for 11 months. Of course I will move on but currently at the stage where I’m considering making it my life’s purpose to hunt them down for revenge.
#screenwriting
#scriptsky
#screenwriting
#scriptsky
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December 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Had a big fat no today from one of the major UK broadcasters, on a project they said they liked and were considering for 11 months. Of course I will move on but currently at the stage where I’m considering making it my life’s purpose to hunt them down for revenge.
#screenwriting
#scriptsky
#screenwriting
#scriptsky
Go home, America, you’re drunk.
Dr Oz: "The creation of a penis costs on average in America $150,000 per child ... if you add testicles, that's extra"
December 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Go home, America, you’re drunk.
Tragically clear that Trump hated Rob Reiner because he was everything he could never be. Funny, charming, decent, creative, emotionally & intellectually intelligent, kind, loving and loved. But most of all he envies the fact that Rob had a successful father who was happy for his son’s own triumphs
December 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Tragically clear that Trump hated Rob Reiner because he was everything he could never be. Funny, charming, decent, creative, emotionally & intellectually intelligent, kind, loving and loved. But most of all he envies the fact that Rob had a successful father who was happy for his son’s own triumphs
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Marc Maron talking to Rob Reiner.
Reiner is extremely perceptive at 15.00 about why we mix with less people as we get older & nearer the end.
For me, anyway.
Great interview and nowhere near as sombre as it sounds.
www.wtfpod.com/podcast/epis...
Reiner is extremely perceptive at 15.00 about why we mix with less people as we get older & nearer the end.
For me, anyway.
Great interview and nowhere near as sombre as it sounds.
www.wtfpod.com/podcast/epis...
Episode 702 - Rob Reiner — WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
Rob Reiner has been around show business his entire life, which might explain why he's excelled in so many different areas. Rob shares stories with Marc about Groucho Marx, the Smothers Brothers, All ...
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December 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Marc Maron talking to Rob Reiner.
Reiner is extremely perceptive at 15.00 about why we mix with less people as we get older & nearer the end.
For me, anyway.
Great interview and nowhere near as sombre as it sounds.
www.wtfpod.com/podcast/epis...
Reiner is extremely perceptive at 15.00 about why we mix with less people as we get older & nearer the end.
For me, anyway.
Great interview and nowhere near as sombre as it sounds.
www.wtfpod.com/podcast/epis...
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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
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How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
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BAFTA-winning #screenwriter seeking a #comics artist to collaborate on turning this original TV series project into a #comicbook series. Get in touch! #vampire #detective #noir
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
BAFTA-winning #screenwriter seeking a #comics artist to collaborate on turning this original TV series project into a #comicbook series. Get in touch! #vampire #detective #noir
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
BAFTA-winning #screenwriter seeking a #comics artist to collaborate on turning this original TV series project into a #comicbook series. Get in touch! #vampire #detective #noir
Wicked For Good is epic. Sooo good. If pt1 was A New Hope then this is Empire & Return of the Jedi rolled into one. I have been changed… for good.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Wicked For Good is epic. Sooo good. If pt1 was A New Hope then this is Empire & Return of the Jedi rolled into one. I have been changed… for good.