Sharon Eckman
@belshazzar.bsky.social
Multi-tasking actor/singer/writer
Climate activist
Debut spec fic nov seeking rep (Good Omens meets Succession). Time Out Travel Writer of the Year, short/long-listed for Fish, Jerwood +
Will never watch anything where a dog dies
www.sharoneckman.com
Climate activist
Debut spec fic nov seeking rep (Good Omens meets Succession). Time Out Travel Writer of the Year, short/long-listed for Fish, Jerwood +
Will never watch anything where a dog dies
www.sharoneckman.com
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Thoughts on Amadeus so far (2 eps in).
Great, it's 5 hours long, that means more music!
It's 5 hours long... let's shove in some unnecessary scenes and underwhelming dialogue to pad it out! No-one will remember how unsurpassable the film/original play was anyway and we've got a massive budget!
Thoughts on Amadeus so far (2 eps in).
Great, it's 5 hours long, that means more music!
It's 5 hours long... let's shove in some unnecessary scenes and underwhelming dialogue to pad it out! No-one will remember how unsurpassable the film/original play was anyway and we've got a massive budget!
December 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Thoughts on Amadeus so far (2 eps in).
Great, it's 5 hours long, that means more music!
It's 5 hours long... let's shove in some unnecessary scenes and underwhelming dialogue to pad it out! No-one will remember how unsurpassable the film/original play was anyway and we've got a massive budget!
Thoughts on Amadeus so far (2 eps in).
Great, it's 5 hours long, that means more music!
It's 5 hours long... let's shove in some unnecessary scenes and underwhelming dialogue to pad it out! No-one will remember how unsurpassable the film/original play was anyway and we've got a massive budget!
How have I never known this bliss until now? Thank you @dirkmaggs.bsky.social
Lissa's Literary Advent calendar is a highlight of Christmas for me in much the same way as Fanny Cradock's Festive Cookery *wasn't*.
(My mother made a lot of Fanny's Yuletide recipes and they were uniformly horrible)
(My mother made a lot of Fanny's Yuletide recipes and they were uniformly horrible)
Well, I seem to be back on Blue Sky, so straight into a catch up of my #LIteraryAdventCalendar2025.
Day 1, and it's one of my all-time favourites: journalist Lynn Barber attempts to interview Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, (ultra posh, with a scandalous past) about her book on dinner parties.
Day 1, and it's one of my all-time favourites: journalist Lynn Barber attempts to interview Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, (ultra posh, with a scandalous past) about her book on dinner parties.
December 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
How have I never known this bliss until now? Thank you @dirkmaggs.bsky.social
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It’s a landslide! The results are in, and Equity members have made their position clear with a 99.6% YES vote. They are prepared and ready to take action to secure AI protections.
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/pe...
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/pe...
Film & TV performers say they would be prepared to take industrial action over AI in LANDSLIDE 99% vote | Equity
Results of Equity's indicative ballot on AI protections for performers announced.
www.equity.org.uk
December 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
It’s a landslide! The results are in, and Equity members have made their position clear with a 99.6% YES vote. They are prepared and ready to take action to secure AI protections.
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/pe...
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/pe...
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Absolutely shocking.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
December 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Absolutely shocking.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
We're offering an overall award of £10k for information that leads to a conviction in these cases.
We need to make raptor persecution a thing of the past.
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instead of reposting that horrible screenshot of that horrible man's post, consider sharing the incredible stories about what sweet, thoughtful man Rob Reiner was and flooding the feed with them
When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
December 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
instead of reposting that horrible screenshot of that horrible man's post, consider sharing the incredible stories about what sweet, thoughtful man Rob Reiner was and flooding the feed with them
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and an antisemite will say "well how come I hear about Jews so much in influential fields eh, eh?"
my friend, let me tell you about how *extremely motivating* it is to know that in living memory everyone like you was killed unless you could persuade another country that you were worth letting in
my friend, let me tell you about how *extremely motivating* it is to know that in living memory everyone like you was killed unless you could persuade another country that you were worth letting in
yeah. when asked, the most common view around the world is that about 1-2% of people in the world are Jewish ie 70-140 million people.
it's 0.19%
there are 12 million of us. world Jewish population has never returned to the pre-Holocaust number of 18m
ajourneyintotheholocaust.com/wp-content/u...
it's 0.19%
there are 12 million of us. world Jewish population has never returned to the pre-Holocaust number of 18m
ajourneyintotheholocaust.com/wp-content/u...
December 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
and an antisemite will say "well how come I hear about Jews so much in influential fields eh, eh?"
my friend, let me tell you about how *extremely motivating* it is to know that in living memory everyone like you was killed unless you could persuade another country that you were worth letting in
my friend, let me tell you about how *extremely motivating* it is to know that in living memory everyone like you was killed unless you could persuade another country that you were worth letting in
Thank you 🙏
However else you label the Bondi Beach shootings — hate crime, terror attack — they were the murder of innocent people for being Jews, in a place very far from Israel and Gaza.
Fear of copycat monsters will also inhibit Chanukah celebrations all over the world now.
Fear of copycat monsters will also inhibit Chanukah celebrations all over the world now.
December 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Thank you 🙏
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I'm on my way to a Chanukah event. It should be a celebration but instead our community is once again mourning.
I will be thinking of everyone in Australia and those around the world in the Jewish Community who know this fear and loss.
We stand with you.
I will be thinking of everyone in Australia and those around the world in the Jewish Community who know this fear and loss.
We stand with you.
December 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I'm on my way to a Chanukah event. It should be a celebration but instead our community is once again mourning.
I will be thinking of everyone in Australia and those around the world in the Jewish Community who know this fear and loss.
We stand with you.
I will be thinking of everyone in Australia and those around the world in the Jewish Community who know this fear and loss.
We stand with you.
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Who amongst us didn't sing Hitler youth songs and tell Jewish children they should go to the gas chamber?
Oh that's right, none of us did that, my mistake
Oh that's right, none of us did that, my mistake
December 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Who amongst us didn't sing Hitler youth songs and tell Jewish children they should go to the gas chamber?
Oh that's right, none of us did that, my mistake
Oh that's right, none of us did that, my mistake
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So we've gone from "he never said anything Nazi" to "well he might have said something Nazi but not in a hurtful way" to "well okay he probably did say something Nazi in a hurtful way, but didn't we all?"
December 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
So we've gone from "he never said anything Nazi" to "well he might have said something Nazi but not in a hurtful way" to "well okay he probably did say something Nazi in a hurtful way, but didn't we all?"
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
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Nigel Farage says he won't release the names of his former school friends who have written to him to say he definitely wasn't a massive racist and anti-semite, because journalists will: "chase after them and make their life a misery"
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Nigel Farage says he won't release the names of his former school friends who have written to him to say he definitely wasn't a massive racist and anti-semite, because journalists will: "chase after them and make their life a misery"
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Nigel Farage at a press conference earlier refused to answer further questions about his racism, and instead resorted to just shouting "Bernard Manning" at a reporter from ITV
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Nigel Farage at a press conference earlier refused to answer further questions about his racism, and instead resorted to just shouting "Bernard Manning" at a reporter from ITV
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I didn't exactly have high hopes for the next iteration of Nigel Farage's defence against allegations of racism, but even I expected better than 'I can't be a racist because Bernard Manning was on telly in the seventies'
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I didn't exactly have high hopes for the next iteration of Nigel Farage's defence against allegations of racism, but even I expected better than 'I can't be a racist because Bernard Manning was on telly in the seventies'
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I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
November 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Bruce Springsteen
Elton John
Joan Armatrading
Seth Lakeman (more than 5 times)
Claudio Abbado conducting Mahler 9
Bruce Springsteen
Elton John
Joan Armatrading
Seth Lakeman (more than 5 times)
Claudio Abbado conducting Mahler 9
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Led Zeppelin 72
David Bowie 72
The Who Christmas Party 73
Led Zeppelin 75
Paul McCartney 24
Led Zeppelin 72
David Bowie 72
The Who Christmas Party 73
Led Zeppelin 75
Paul McCartney 24
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
“Weird Al” Yankovic
Eric Idle
Yanni
Beyoncé
Paul & Storm
“Weird Al” Yankovic
Eric Idle
Yanni
Beyoncé
Paul & Storm
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Bruce Springsteen
Elton John
Joan Armatrading
Seth Lakeman (more than 5 times)
Claudio Abbado conducting Mahler 9
Bruce Springsteen
Elton John
Joan Armatrading
Seth Lakeman (more than 5 times)
Claudio Abbado conducting Mahler 9
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🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Absolutely shocking. This government won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
The Home Office confirms that its plans for forced returns will include families with children.
If they refuse to leave then "we will escalate to an enforced return"
If they refuse to leave then "we will escalate to an enforced return"
November 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Absolutely shocking. This government won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
I fucking don't. Unbelievably callous.
Asked if Keir Starmer believes British people want to "see refugee children pulled out of school and deported after 10 years in this country”, his spokesman says that “what the British public wants and what this government was elected on a mandate to deliver was to secure our borders"
November 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I fucking don't. Unbelievably callous.
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I would never have believed we would see a headline like this under a Labour government
November 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I would never have believed we would see a headline like this under a Labour government
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Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Shabana Mahmood and the Politics of Extortion
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket and it is not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
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What on earth was the reason for the 3 line whip to vote this down? The Labour party supported the swift brick amendment when it was tabled on Conservative government legislation in 2023. Why has it gone from supporting swift bricks in opposition to imposing a 3 line whip to block them in government
In 2023, the Labour party supported mandating swift bricks, whipping FOR the swifts brick amendment. 2 years later, the same Ministers in charge of Housing put a 3 line whip (the most extreme block) AGAINST swift bricks. Listen to the strength of support in this powerful speech.
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
What on earth was the reason for the 3 line whip to vote this down? The Labour party supported the swift brick amendment when it was tabled on Conservative government legislation in 2023. Why has it gone from supporting swift bricks in opposition to imposing a 3 line whip to block them in government
When I was in 6th form at my conmprehensive back in the distant day, our amazing English lit teacher arranged with the RSC for Ben Kingsley and Bob Peck (who I adored) to come and perform Act 3 sc.3 of Othello. It was unforgettable and cemented my desire to become an actor. ❤️
This is a terrific idea - may it flourish like a Shakespearean fanfare.
(I first trained as a drama teacher and am horrified at how successive U.K. governments have strangled our schools’ arts curriculum.)
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
(I first trained as a drama teacher and am horrified at how successive U.K. governments have strangled our schools’ arts curriculum.)
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
‘I really enjoyed it’: new RSC curriculum brings Shakespeare’s works to life in UK classrooms
Starting with Macbeth, online platform using rehearsal-based teaching methods aims to transform study of the Bard
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
When I was in 6th form at my conmprehensive back in the distant day, our amazing English lit teacher arranged with the RSC for Ben Kingsley and Bob Peck (who I adored) to come and perform Act 3 sc.3 of Othello. It was unforgettable and cemented my desire to become an actor. ❤️
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For months, ministers have been pushing a false choice between nature and growth.
Now, new research shows just how out of touch they are.
With data from More In Common, it's time to set the record straight. 👇
Now, new research shows just how out of touch they are.
With data from More In Common, it's time to set the record straight. 👇
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
For months, ministers have been pushing a false choice between nature and growth.
Now, new research shows just how out of touch they are.
With data from More In Common, it's time to set the record straight. 👇
Now, new research shows just how out of touch they are.
With data from More In Common, it's time to set the record straight. 👇
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inspired by this, I have done a free extract of this section of the book here. it is about understanding that *with all its problems* the BBC is as important for our intellectual health as the NHS is for our physical health:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
inspired by this, I have done a free extract of this section of the book here. it is about understanding that *with all its problems* the BBC is as important for our intellectual health as the NHS is for our physical health:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...