Andrew
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“Elton John loves risotto. This bio was written by Dionne Warwick, innit?”
Televisual technical type - he/him
Televisual technical type - he/him
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genuine appeal to feminists who are haven't realised it yet: trans women are on your side. TERFS aren't
No way I’m sharing Stock’s UnHerd article. But I am going to point to this bit which amply demonstrates the anti-trans=>anti-women’s rights pipeline. “Abortions should only be done for a highly restricted set of reasons. They should not be just nodded through for any reason a pregnant woman likes.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
genuine appeal to feminists who are haven't realised it yet: trans women are on your side. TERFS aren't
Just discovering that Tom Jones covered Iggy’s Lust For Life, as a duet with the Pretenders! The late 90s was a crazy time.
November 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Just discovering that Tom Jones covered Iggy’s Lust For Life, as a duet with the Pretenders! The late 90s was a crazy time.
Incredible man.
Doctor Who actor, writer, and disability rights advocate Nabil Shaban dies at 72
cultbox.co.uk/news/doctor-...
cultbox.co.uk/news/doctor-...
Doctor Who actor, writer, and disability rights advocate Nabil Shaban dies at 72
Jordanian-British actor, writer, and disability rights advocate Nabil Shaban, best know for playing a villain on Doctor Who, has died.
cultbox.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Incredible man.
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Hitler in his bunker. The final minute of his life. His aide walks in with a gift-wrapped present. It's a gun. Hitler smiles, sheds one tear and mouths "thank you".
John Lewis.
Get them want they really want this Christmas.
Music is the Big Break theme covered by Adele.
John Lewis.
Get them want they really want this Christmas.
Music is the Big Break theme covered by Adele.
October 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Hitler in his bunker. The final minute of his life. His aide walks in with a gift-wrapped present. It's a gun. Hitler smiles, sheds one tear and mouths "thank you".
John Lewis.
Get them want they really want this Christmas.
Music is the Big Break theme covered by Adele.
John Lewis.
Get them want they really want this Christmas.
Music is the Big Break theme covered by Adele.
Dreamt that Chris Lowe from the Pet Shop Boys won the Nobel Peace Prize.
October 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Dreamt that Chris Lowe from the Pet Shop Boys won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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The real problem here one suspects is that police/prosecutors were not used to using terrorism law, it being used so casually, and so did not realise safeguards of terrorism law have to be taken seriously.
Terrorism law is not just another branch of law - it is special, and should be treated so.
Terrorism law is not just another branch of law - it is special, and should be treated so.
September 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The real problem here one suspects is that police/prosecutors were not used to using terrorism law, it being used so casually, and so did not realise safeguards of terrorism law have to be taken seriously.
Terrorism law is not just another branch of law - it is special, and should be treated so.
Terrorism law is not just another branch of law - it is special, and should be treated so.
If you don’t understand the historical facts around the Reichstag fire, you probably shouldn’t invoke it to justify your terrible opinions.
September 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If you don’t understand the historical facts around the Reichstag fire, you probably shouldn’t invoke it to justify your terrible opinions.
Alien: Earth feels more like a Blade Runner prequel, with the occasional Alien thrown in.
September 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Alien: Earth feels more like a Blade Runner prequel, with the occasional Alien thrown in.
In earshot of 3 separate conversations going on around me at The Oval. One about when you could get strippers at pubs, one about Shostakovich and Vaughan-Williams, and another about a reception with Princess Anne in Hong Kong before the handover.
September 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
In earshot of 3 separate conversations going on around me at The Oval. One about when you could get strippers at pubs, one about Shostakovich and Vaughan-Williams, and another about a reception with Princess Anne in Hong Kong before the handover.
Similarly, columnists (honestly ban all columnists) should be judged on what incidents (read: pet projects) bring out their principles, when scores of others they remain weirdly silent on.
And hello to HIGNFY fave Helen Lewis.
And hello to HIGNFY fave Helen Lewis.
September 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Similarly, columnists (honestly ban all columnists) should be judged on what incidents (read: pet projects) bring out their principles, when scores of others they remain weirdly silent on.
And hello to HIGNFY fave Helen Lewis.
And hello to HIGNFY fave Helen Lewis.
Maybe controversial to some, but Graham Linehan was arrested for… a law that exists. Wes Streeting, the Prime Minister or anyone else in government who thinks that’s wrong has it within their power to have that law repealed. It is not the police’s job to pick and choose.
September 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Maybe controversial to some, but Graham Linehan was arrested for… a law that exists. Wes Streeting, the Prime Minister or anyone else in government who thinks that’s wrong has it within their power to have that law repealed. It is not the police’s job to pick and choose.
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My favorite scene is the one where a group of people on a beach melt into old ladies riding scooters before turning into an explosion of pasta.
Orson Welles’ Lost Movie Will Use AI to Reconstruct Missing 43 Minutes
Orson Welles’ Lost Movie Will Use AI to Reconstruct Missing 43 Minutes
Since the rise of generative artificial intelligence in 2022, the technology has mostly been plugged into parts of the production pipeline as far as its deployment in Hollywood. Think visual effects, dubbing and storyboarding. As it stands, it’s mostly thought of as a tool to streamline certain processes and cut costs.
bit.ly
September 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
My favorite scene is the one where a group of people on a beach melt into old ladies riding scooters before turning into an explosion of pasta.
Still hoping for that peerage then.
September 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Still hoping for that peerage then.
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Mary Shelley doesn't get enough credit for not only anticipating the silver-spooned narcissist techbro who recklessly creates technology without thinking through the consequences, but also for knowing that said techbro would be an absolutely terrible father.
May 17, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Mary Shelley doesn't get enough credit for not only anticipating the silver-spooned narcissist techbro who recklessly creates technology without thinking through the consequences, but also for knowing that said techbro would be an absolutely terrible father.
I certainly feel like I have.
September 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I certainly feel like I have.
Sadly for them it would mean depicting their owners, editors and columnists.
This is the way to report on the far right. UK newspapers take note
The Aussie press not holding back when it comes to its coverage of neo-Nazis.
September 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Sadly for them it would mean depicting their owners, editors and columnists.
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This frames it as an 'arrested for freedom of expression' issue rather than the more accurate 'arrested for threats of violence' issue.
It's like being arrested for posting 'Punch all Methodists' and reporting it as 'Arrested for theological debate'.
It's like being arrested for posting 'Punch all Methodists' and reporting it as 'Arrested for theological debate'.
Father Ted writer Graham Linehan ‘arrested over X posts’ on trans issues
Father Ted writer Graham Linehan ‘arrested over X posts’ on trans issues
Linehan (57) says he was taken to hospital with high blood pressure after questioning by police
www.irishtimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This frames it as an 'arrested for freedom of expression' issue rather than the more accurate 'arrested for threats of violence' issue.
It's like being arrested for posting 'Punch all Methodists' and reporting it as 'Arrested for theological debate'.
It's like being arrested for posting 'Punch all Methodists' and reporting it as 'Arrested for theological debate'.
Intermissions!
The problem with cinemas is that as the films have got longer the drinks have got bigger. But our bladders haven't changed. Cinemas need to make films shorter or drinks smaller. Or make the seats into toilets.
September 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Intermissions!
Rather looking forward to it tbh. The book is one of my favourites and adaptations rarely do it justice.
Apparently Guillermo Del Toro has ruined Frankenstein by… being relatively faithful to the source material.
Oh my.
Oh my.
September 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Rather looking forward to it tbh. The book is one of my favourites and adaptations rarely do it justice.
My relatively recent foray into editing for the news bulletins has taught me that you use the time available to make something good enough for broadcast. The convention is about an hour’s work per minute of output, but you can just about make anything broadcastable in whatever time you have (ymmv)
September 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
My relatively recent foray into editing for the news bulletins has taught me that you use the time available to make something good enough for broadcast. The convention is about an hour’s work per minute of output, but you can just about make anything broadcastable in whatever time you have (ymmv)
Lady on the train has just described as “diabolical” the fact that she has a seat separately from her adult-aged son.
August 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Lady on the train has just described as “diabolical” the fact that she has a seat separately from her adult-aged son.
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The Telegraph now to the left of the Labour Party. Dying.
Not sure this Telegraph review of Kneecap at Glastonbury will survive a call to the Editor from Lisa Nandy (Culture Secretary) It concludes:
'Condemning them just makes you look like a killjoy out of touch with the mood of a generation'.
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/446273b...
'Condemning them just makes you look like a killjoy out of touch with the mood of a generation'.
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/446273b...
Kneecap, Glastonbury Festival review: Irish provocateurs make their critics look like out-of-touch killjoys
The trio proved unstoppable with a blend of pummelling music and political fury. Their most dangerous act? Wearing balaclavas in a heatwave
www.telegraph.co.uk
June 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Telegraph now to the left of the Labour Party. Dying.
Absolutely loving Doechii. And I think I might now have photosensitive epilepsy!
June 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Absolutely loving Doechii. And I think I might now have photosensitive epilepsy!