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Chris Ashworth-Bennion
@chrisabennion.bsky.social
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welsh person. freelance arts journalist. ex TV and Radio Editor at The Telegraph. ex TV and theatre for The Times. mainly nonsense on here.
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · Jan 28
And because one must self-promote here too... I am incredibly proud to say that my debut play will be produced at my home theatre, Theatr Clwyd, in November. www.theatrclwyd.com/news/theatr-...
Theatr Clwyd to open with a tick, tick… BOOM! | Theatr Clwyd
Theatr Clwyd’s Artistic Director, Kate Wasserberg has announced an explosive opening season for their newly re-developed building. Following its major red
www.theatrclwyd.com
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 15h
A sensational job for someone
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Welsh National Theatre @welshnattheatre.bsky.social · 16h
We’re recruiting a Lead Welsh Culture Scout with BBC Studios, a new role to discover and champion Welsh creative talent across theatre, TV & film.
🗓 Apply by 12 Oct 2025
🔗 https://www.welshnationaltheatre.com/opportunities
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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 21h
"I'd have to say The Best of Terrry Pratchett."
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Jake Kanter @jakekanter.bsky.social · 1d
If you've not watched Here We Go, you should watch Here We Go. Just delightful telly — and feels like a show that's ready for its breakthrough moment.
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Here We Go set to return for fourth series with a special festive episode also confirmed
The Jessops will be back to navigate more everyday family (mis)fortunes in series 4 of the hit comedy
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 2d
As I wrote, relatively complimentarily, about Music, Money & Mayhem last week, it's only fair that I highlight this
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Eamonn-Forde @eamonn-forde.bsky.social · 5d
A post about Novel Audio, Chris Atkins and their podcast on EMI and Terra Firma.
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 2d
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 4d
It's less than a month till my debut play opens at Theatr Clwyd. As if that could be any more of a dream come true - look mum, I'm in the local paper! www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/2550578...
Playwright brings Bala’s infamous outlaw to the stage in Mold
This November, The Red Rogue of Bala bursts onto the stage at Theatr Clwyd.
www.leaderlive.co.uk
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 4d
It's less than a month till my debut play opens at Theatr Clwyd. As if that could be any more of a dream come true - look mum, I'm in the local paper! www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/2550578...
Playwright brings Bala’s infamous outlaw to the stage in Mold
This November, The Red Rogue of Bala bursts onto the stage at Theatr Clwyd.
www.leaderlive.co.uk
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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 6d
On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read
A printed poem which reads: I hav for breakfast Weetabix I hav for lunch some meat I have for tea 2 sosajis and thats enuf to eat Peter Hazel, 5
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 7d
Done
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 10d
YES
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10d
In an era of AI slop and mid TV, is it time for cultural snobbery to make a comeback?
In an era of AI slop and mid TV, is it time for cultural snobbery to make a comeback?
The lowbrow dominates culture and anyone who questions the status quo is dismissed as an elitist killjoy. But with bland algorithmic content on the rise, perhaps we consumers should start taking our art a bit more seriously
www.theguardian.com
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 11d
Watching Strictly tonight? Watch it with me! www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/strictl...
Strictly Come Dancing 2025 live: Follow tonight's show with our critic
It’s hard to imagine how Strictly Come Dancing 2025 could begin under a darker cloud than last year’s edition, and yet… After 2024’s annus horribilis (Giovanni Pernice, Amanda...
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Exeunt Magazine @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social · 12d
As a special treat - and to a say a big thank you / diolch yn fawr iawn to everyone who contributed to this list of brilliant Welsh plays - today's piece is paywall-free and free to read!
The best Welsh plays: an alternative syllabus
There's never been a Welsh play as a GCSE set text. Gary Owen, Seiriol Davies, Owen Sheers, Francesca Goodridge, Tim Price and more have some suggestions....
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 14d
Look what we have here then.
1817 map snipping, "Well. Well. Well."
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 13d
Life Lines is back on Radio 4/BBC Sounds. There's nothing like it. It's pull-over-to-the-side-of-the-road radio drama. May it run and run.
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 14d
My review of Slow Horses season 5 for The Independent. It's the worst series yet, while still being better than 95% of all other television produced at the moment. And so much Roddy Ho. Too much? Yes. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Slow Horses season 5 brings back the best group of characters on TV – review
The Apple TV+ favourite returns with superb performances and a script that’s as sharp as ever. The only thing it needs is more River Cartwright
www.independent.co.uk
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 14d
You say Tylenol, but all I hear is
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 14d
My review of Slow Horses season 5 for The Independent. It's the worst series yet, while still being better than 95% of all other television produced at the moment. And so much Roddy Ho. Too much? Yes. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Slow Horses season 5 brings back the best group of characters on TV – review
The Apple TV+ favourite returns with superb performances and a script that’s as sharp as ever. The only thing it needs is more River Cartwright
www.independent.co.uk
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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 16d
"I'm cancelling your show ... for a week!"
Steve Coogan in The Bureau on The Day Today: "I'm closing the bureau ... for an hour!"
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 16d
Kimmel fixed it
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19d
Breaking news: Thirty-one journalists were killed in Israeli airstrikes on a newspaper complex in Yemen last week, according to a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

They say it was “the deadliest strike on journalists in the Middle East.”
Israel killed 31 journalists in Yemen strike, press freedom group says
Last week’s attack was “the deadliest strike on journalists in the Middle East” ever documented by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 18d
Quite right too
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 18d
I wrote about the most frightening and dangerous trend in Britain

www.newstatesman.com/comment/2025...
Queueing in pubs disgraces Britain
The practice is unpatriotic and must be banned
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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · Oct 3
And this is Batman's Aff His Nut by Robert Florence, which, in my opinion, is easily the greatest Scottish poem ever written about Batman...
Batman’s aff his nut Have you seen the way he cuts aboot Dressed up as a mad fuckin bat Batterin guys I was lit at: “Mate, I’m worried aboot ye I know your ma and da died But everybody’s ma and da dies And we’re no aw runnin aboot Hookin muggers and Kickin psychopaths in the baws.” And that was when Batman went “Aye, but do ye ever feel like it? Do you ever look at the world and feel like it? Like having a big mad base under your hoose? Do you ever feel like drivin a big mad motor that turns intae a tank? And leatherin fuck oot of guys aw night? Scarin the fuckin shite oot of them?” And that’s when I was lit at: “Aye. Fuck it. Ah dae.” And that’s the Secret Origin of Robin And everyone else.
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 20d
And you can tell everybody
This is Your Party
It may be quite simple, but
Now that it's done
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind
If we cancel your direct debit
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 20d
The involvement of the Downing Street press operation in this is genuinely shameful. Someone present should use their question to grill the PM on this, on camera.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20d
Shame on Downing Street for going along with this. So much for being committed to a free press
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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 20d
Many US Comedians will have plenty to say about this, right after they return from the Riyadh Comedy Festival
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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 20d
I cannot think of a democracy anywhere in the world where this sort of thing could happen. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments After F.C.C. Pressure
www.nytimes.com
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