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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 1d

Well, we just screened THE SEVERED SUN at Reading Biscuit Factory last night, and it went down well. Modern folk horror, unsettling ambience, nice jumpscares and a spooky Beast.

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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 1d

Ol' Dirty Bard, if you Will.

G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 1d

If we're talking about the greatest living lyricists, it's worth remembering that Wu-Tang Clan's discography uses a larger vocabulary than Shakespeare, so GZA has to be on that list.

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Shakespeare loses to the Wu-Tang Clan in vocabulary duel

“To be, or not to be” could have been the perfect start to a rap song. Some have even called Shakespeare the original rapper, his use of iambic pentameter the first dropped beat. So, it seems fitting...

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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 2d

Congratulations!

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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 2d

I just want to add that I very deliberately described the character as "Doctor Who" and not "The Doctor" because you absolutely know it'd boil Rhys' piss.

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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 2d

Much as I like ALIENS, I'd pick something that was actually shot on the IMAX format...

Jeremy @jaje7406.bsky.social · 2d

I mean he’s not wrong

Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 2d

The photos get better and better bsky.app/profile/bagp...

Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 2d

The photography in this article really feels like The Times are deliberately setting these people up for ridicule. (You can read it without visiting The Times here archive.ph/KZZC1)

An article from The Times: "Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future". Featuring bizarre portraits of Charles Amos, Rhys Benjamin and Daniel Campbell.

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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 2d

The sort of sentence one comes out with immediately after being struck in the frontal lobe by an ice pick.

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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 2d

I really want to see the Thick of It episode based around this. Murdoch issuing an edict to normalise the young Tories. The journalist doing malicious compliance. The reveal of Incest Fogey. The normal-looking one frantically ringing the Times journalist to get herself removed from the article.

Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 2d

Almost immediately finding out one of the Bad Dr Who Cosplay Young Tories whose clothes we were making fun of wants to legalise sisterfucking is like a really quick Milkshake Duck if instead of drinking milkshake, the duck had been filmed masturbating into a neighbour's wheelie bin

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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 2d

Almost immediately finding out one of the Bad Dr Who Cosplay Young Tories whose clothes we were making fun of wants to legalise sisterfucking is like a really quick Milkshake Duck if instead of drinking milkshake, the duck had been filmed masturbating into a neighbour's wheelie bin

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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 2d

🚨 TONIGHT! 🚨

🌞 THE SEVERED SUN + director Q&A 🌞

Thursday October 9th at 7:30pm, Reading Biscuit Factory

Folk horror fans, this is not to be missed!

🎟️ Tickets here 🎟️

www.readingbiscuitfactory.co.uk/movie/the-se...

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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 2d

Well, I can tell you what their policy on dating your sister is. bsky.app/profile/leit...

LeithMotive @leithmotive.bsky.social · 2d

Charles Amos is the legalise incest guy. Insane they didn't do due diligence. www.thetimes.com/article/8c9a...

Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future

The Conservatives know they have a problem with Gen Z voters. At the party conference, The Times met a new breed of activists who are embracing the challenge

www.thetimes.com

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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 2d

Almost literally the case. bsky.app/profile/leit...

LeithMotive @leithmotive.bsky.social · 2d

Charles Amos is the legalise incest guy. Insane they didn't do due diligence. www.thetimes.com/article/8c9a...

Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future

The Conservatives know they have a problem with Gen Z voters. At the party conference, The Times met a new breed of activists who are embracing the challenge

www.thetimes.com

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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 2d

I suspect her people were frantically calling the Times going "Don't put me in an article with this lot."

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Wokingham Film Society @wokinghamfilm.bsky.social · 2d

TONIGHT! Wokingham Film Society presents MR BURTON, starring Toby Jones, Lesley Manville and Harry Lawtey.

7:30pm at the Whitty Theatre.

🎟️ Last few tickets remaining! 🎟️

wokinghamfilmsociety.com/coming-soon1...

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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 2d

Life imitating art: bsky.app/profile/mcka...

Dave McKay @mckay.me.uk · 2d

Glesni appears to have been dropped from the headline visuals. I don't blame her.

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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 2d

Well this took an unexpectedly dark turn. bsky.app/profile/leit...

LeithMotive @leithmotive.bsky.social · 2d

Charles Amos is the legalise incest guy. Insane they didn't do due diligence. www.thetimes.com/article/8c9a...

Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future

The Conservatives know they have a problem with Gen Z voters. At the party conference, The Times met a new breed of activists who are embracing the challenge

www.thetimes.com

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Dave McKay @mckay.me.uk · 2d

Glesni appears to have been dropped from the headline visuals. I don't blame her.

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Chris @chrs00.bsky.social · 2d

Finally we have created the Happiness Patrol from the serial "Don't Create the Happiness Patrol"

Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 2d

A surprisingly large number of them think the way to connect with Gen Z is "dress like Sylvester McCoy's Doctor Who."

A screen grab of a Times article. The photograph depicts three men and a woman - according to the caption these are Charles Amos, Rhys Benjamin, Daniel Campbell and Glesni Reece.

Charles is in tweeds and a fedora, Rhys sports a combover and a question mark pullover as worn by the seventh Doctor Who. Daniel wears a blue "Make Britain Great Again" baseball cap. Glesni, unlike the others, is not wearing an outlandish costume, just a black tailored jacket over a white blouse.

Text reads:

Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future
The Conservatives know they have a problem with Gen Z voters. At the party conference, The Times met a new breed of activists who are embracing the challenge

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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 2d

"Wear this bomber jacket and call me 'Professor.'"

"...no."

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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 2d

At least one of them has suggested a polycule.

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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 2d

@adamclegg.bsky.social I feel sure you will have Thoughts on this.

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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 2d

A surprisingly large number of them think the way to connect with Gen Z is "dress like Sylvester McCoy's Doctor Who."

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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 3d

🚨 TOMORROW! 🚨

🌞 THE SEVERED SUN + director Q&A 🌞

Thursday October 9th at 7:30pm, Reading Biscuit Factory

Folk horror fans, this is not to be missed!

🎟️ Tickets here 🎟️

www.readingbiscuitfactory.co.uk/movie/the-se...

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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 3d

They only like to bully small companies, they're not going to take on Blizzard's legal department.

Also I really want someone to take them to court and force them to acknowledge that their entire IP is lifted from other people's work. Dune, Star Wars, Tolkien etc.

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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 3d

🚨 TOMORROW! 🚨

🌞 THE SEVERED SUN + director Q&A 🌞

Thursday October 9th at 7:30pm, Reading Biscuit Factory

Folk horror fans, this is not to be missed!

🎟️ Tickets here 🎟️

www.readingbiscuitfactory.co.uk/movie/the-se...

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