christopher rourke
@christopherrourke.bsky.social
writer and public sector worker.
opera and r+b freak (once a singer.)
🎾 crusher.
sometimes 📘academic.
tiramisù, coffee and chocolate cake expert.
teacht ar ais, ✨Frankie.
for my thoughts on 🎭🎬🎞️✨ please check
https://letterboxd.com/christopher1998
opera and r+b freak (once a singer.)
🎾 crusher.
sometimes 📘academic.
tiramisù, coffee and chocolate cake expert.
teacht ar ais, ✨Frankie.
for my thoughts on 🎭🎬🎞️✨ please check
https://letterboxd.com/christopher1998
@danielkebedeneu.bsky.social
i not understand why holding those values somehow makes a person ‘political‘ or ‘radical’.
😬
people have described me in these terms since i was a child, though i do not believe that i am especially ‘left wing’ in real 📚ideological terms ..
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
i not understand why holding those values somehow makes a person ‘political‘ or ‘radical’.
😬
people have described me in these terms since i was a child, though i do not believe that i am especially ‘left wing’ in real 📚ideological terms ..
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
January 17, 2026 at 4:57 PM
@danielkebedeneu.bsky.social
i not understand why holding those values somehow makes a person ‘political‘ or ‘radical’.
😬
people have described me in these terms since i was a child, though i do not believe that i am especially ‘left wing’ in real 📚ideological terms ..
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
i not understand why holding those values somehow makes a person ‘political‘ or ‘radical’.
😬
people have described me in these terms since i was a child, though i do not believe that i am especially ‘left wing’ in real 📚ideological terms ..
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@danielkebedeneu.bsky.social
Daniel,
i was a little irked by your interview on Political Thinking. for me, you are not especially ‘political’. i share your perceptions. on nearly every subject. i would contend that you are simply manifesting the values of decency and treating people with ^dignity.
Daniel,
i was a little irked by your interview on Political Thinking. for me, you are not especially ‘political’. i share your perceptions. on nearly every subject. i would contend that you are simply manifesting the values of decency and treating people with ^dignity.
January 17, 2026 at 4:50 PM
@danielkebedeneu.bsky.social
Daniel,
i was a little irked by your interview on Political Thinking. for me, you are not especially ‘political’. i share your perceptions. on nearly every subject. i would contend that you are simply manifesting the values of decency and treating people with ^dignity.
Daniel,
i was a little irked by your interview on Political Thinking. for me, you are not especially ‘political’. i share your perceptions. on nearly every subject. i would contend that you are simply manifesting the values of decency and treating people with ^dignity.
@juderogers.bsky.social
Jude,
i had not read this before because i not have a facebook account.
— Marianne’s honest and simple recognition of /tribute to
🌠Sinéad O'Connor.
Jude,
i had not read this before because i not have a facebook account.
— Marianne’s honest and simple recognition of /tribute to
🌠Sinéad O'Connor.
January 11, 2026 at 11:38 AM
@juderogers.bsky.social
Jude,
i had not read this before because i not have a facebook account.
— Marianne’s honest and simple recognition of /tribute to
🌠Sinéad O'Connor.
Jude,
i had not read this before because i not have a facebook account.
— Marianne’s honest and simple recognition of /tribute to
🌠Sinéad O'Connor.
was a student in spring 1999, at the Cambridge Corn Exchange.
tumultuous time for me.
i loved everything second with her.
Jude, this archive documentary feature is absolutely brilliant. enthralling—as i knew that it would be.
thank you so much for making this excellent
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
tumultuous time for me.
i loved everything second with her.
Jude, this archive documentary feature is absolutely brilliant. enthralling—as i knew that it would be.
thank you so much for making this excellent
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
January 10, 2026 at 9:08 PM
was a student in spring 1999, at the Cambridge Corn Exchange.
tumultuous time for me.
i loved everything second with her.
Jude, this archive documentary feature is absolutely brilliant. enthralling—as i knew that it would be.
thank you so much for making this excellent
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
tumultuous time for me.
i loved everything second with her.
Jude, this archive documentary feature is absolutely brilliant. enthralling—as i knew that it would be.
thank you so much for making this excellent
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@juderogers.bsky.social
They had a conversation over my head …. to be pretty is … people just thought that you were stupid.”
— Marianne Faithful.
seeing my own background in her life, i read everything that i could about Marianne and then i watched her perform when i
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
They had a conversation over my head …. to be pretty is … people just thought that you were stupid.”
— Marianne Faithful.
seeing my own background in her life, i read everything that i could about Marianne and then i watched her perform when i
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
January 10, 2026 at 9:04 PM
@juderogers.bsky.social
They had a conversation over my head …. to be pretty is … people just thought that you were stupid.”
— Marianne Faithful.
seeing my own background in her life, i read everything that i could about Marianne and then i watched her perform when i
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
They had a conversation over my head …. to be pretty is … people just thought that you were stupid.”
— Marianne Faithful.
seeing my own background in her life, i read everything that i could about Marianne and then i watched her perform when i
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
early Saturday 🌌morning in the park.
13th December .25
at 01h12.
13th December .25
at 01h12.
December 15, 2025 at 4:59 AM
early Saturday 🌌morning in the park.
13th December .25
at 01h12.
13th December .25
at 01h12.
thoughts on
🎞️ Pillion.
starring:
Alexander Skarsgård, ✨Lesley Sharp and Harry Melling.
🏍️ 🎬 🎟️
#Pillion
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🎞️ Pillion.
starring:
Alexander Skarsgård, ✨Lesley Sharp and Harry Melling.
🏍️ 🎬 🎟️
#Pillion
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November 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
thoughts on
🎞️ Pillion.
starring:
Alexander Skarsgård, ✨Lesley Sharp and Harry Melling.
🏍️ 🎬 🎟️
#Pillion
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
🎞️ Pillion.
starring:
Alexander Skarsgård, ✨Lesley Sharp and Harry Melling.
🏍️ 🎬 🎟️
#Pillion
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
@citizenscreen.bsky.social
some less than predictable posts on ✨Rita Hayworth, (please)!
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some less than predictable posts on ✨Rita Hayworth, (please)!
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
November 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
@citizenscreen.bsky.social
some less than predictable posts on ✨Rita Hayworth, (please)!
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
some less than predictable posts on ✨Rita Hayworth, (please)!
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
@zadickal.bsky.social
i feel that the bbc should demand that Donald Trump pay the ^corporation a few billion pounds in compensation — for having to report on his unrelenting trash, his general trashiness, his calamities, his endless falsehoods and his grotesque personality.
@bbcstever.bsky.social
i feel that the bbc should demand that Donald Trump pay the ^corporation a few billion pounds in compensation — for having to report on his unrelenting trash, his general trashiness, his calamities, his endless falsehoods and his grotesque personality.
@bbcstever.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 8:39 AM
@zadickal.bsky.social
i feel that the bbc should demand that Donald Trump pay the ^corporation a few billion pounds in compensation — for having to report on his unrelenting trash, his general trashiness, his calamities, his endless falsehoods and his grotesque personality.
@bbcstever.bsky.social
i feel that the bbc should demand that Donald Trump pay the ^corporation a few billion pounds in compensation — for having to report on his unrelenting trash, his general trashiness, his calamities, his endless falsehoods and his grotesque personality.
@bbcstever.bsky.social
@jackycoyne.bsky.social
Jack,
this is absolutely ✨brilliant.
— with the fabulous 🌠Maya Rudolph(*) in 🗽New York.
*Saturday Night Live, As Good as it Gets, If.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FvhV...
Jack,
this is absolutely ✨brilliant.
— with the fabulous 🌠Maya Rudolph(*) in 🗽New York.
*Saturday Night Live, As Good as it Gets, If.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FvhV...
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
@jackycoyne.bsky.social
Jack,
this is absolutely ✨brilliant.
— with the fabulous 🌠Maya Rudolph(*) in 🗽New York.
*Saturday Night Live, As Good as it Gets, If.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FvhV...
Jack,
this is absolutely ✨brilliant.
— with the fabulous 🌠Maya Rudolph(*) in 🗽New York.
*Saturday Night Live, As Good as it Gets, If.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FvhV...
people representing most murderous and demonic of authoritarian states don’t have to win the biggest tournaments.
November 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
people representing most murderous and demonic of authoritarian states don’t have to win the biggest tournaments.
the fabulous ✨Nicole Kidman stars in
🎭 🎬 🎞️ 🎟️ the Others
(director: Alejandro Amenábar. released late summer 2001.)
— tonight on bbc2 at 23h00.
#theOthers
#NicoleKidman
#AlejandroAmenábar
🎭 🎬 🎞️ 🎟️ the Others
(director: Alejandro Amenábar. released late summer 2001.)
— tonight on bbc2 at 23h00.
#theOthers
#NicoleKidman
#AlejandroAmenábar
October 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
the fabulous ✨Nicole Kidman stars in
🎭 🎬 🎞️ 🎟️ the Others
(director: Alejandro Amenábar. released late summer 2001.)
— tonight on bbc2 at 23h00.
#theOthers
#NicoleKidman
#AlejandroAmenábar
🎭 🎬 🎞️ 🎟️ the Others
(director: Alejandro Amenábar. released late summer 2001.)
— tonight on bbc2 at 23h00.
#theOthers
#NicoleKidman
#AlejandroAmenábar
listening to this wonderful interview with Maya Angelou and Harriet Gilbert @harriettsg.bsky.social
— marking the release of Maya’s sixth volume of autobiography, A Song Flung up to Heaven
in summer 2002.
the treasure of the bbc world service.
Thursday 4th July 2002.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
— marking the release of Maya’s sixth volume of autobiography, A Song Flung up to Heaven
in summer 2002.
the treasure of the bbc world service.
Thursday 4th July 2002.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
October 19, 2025 at 3:21 AM
listening to this wonderful interview with Maya Angelou and Harriet Gilbert @harriettsg.bsky.social
— marking the release of Maya’s sixth volume of autobiography, A Song Flung up to Heaven
in summer 2002.
the treasure of the bbc world service.
Thursday 4th July 2002.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
— marking the release of Maya’s sixth volume of autobiography, A Song Flung up to Heaven
in summer 2002.
the treasure of the bbc world service.
Thursday 4th July 2002.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
🌠Robert Aramayo, Maxine Peake, Shirley Henderson and Peter Mullan are absolutely sensational in the brilliant film
I Swear.
don’t waste another evening of your life without having watched this film!
#RobertAramayo
#MaxinePeake
#PeterMullan
#KirkJones
#ISwear
🎭🎬🎞️✨
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I Swear.
don’t waste another evening of your life without having watched this film!
#RobertAramayo
#MaxinePeake
#PeterMullan
#KirkJones
#ISwear
🎭🎬🎞️✨
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
October 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🌠Robert Aramayo, Maxine Peake, Shirley Henderson and Peter Mullan are absolutely sensational in the brilliant film
I Swear.
don’t waste another evening of your life without having watched this film!
#RobertAramayo
#MaxinePeake
#PeterMullan
#KirkJones
#ISwear
🎭🎬🎞️✨
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
I Swear.
don’t waste another evening of your life without having watched this film!
#RobertAramayo
#MaxinePeake
#PeterMullan
#KirkJones
#ISwear
🎭🎬🎞️✨
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absolutely.
i have been saying the same things for fifteen years now.
like minds. : )
i have never encountered such intense levels of stupidity in my life, yet i sometimes think that this is simply a conflict between disparate sets of values.
i wrote this yesterday:
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
i have been saying the same things for fifteen years now.
like minds. : )
i have never encountered such intense levels of stupidity in my life, yet i sometimes think that this is simply a conflict between disparate sets of values.
i wrote this yesterday:
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
July 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
absolutely.
i have been saying the same things for fifteen years now.
like minds. : )
i have never encountered such intense levels of stupidity in my life, yet i sometimes think that this is simply a conflict between disparate sets of values.
i wrote this yesterday:
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
i have been saying the same things for fifteen years now.
like minds. : )
i have never encountered such intense levels of stupidity in my life, yet i sometimes think that this is simply a conflict between disparate sets of values.
i wrote this yesterday:
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
Amanda Anisimova, post match press conference.
— Saturday 12th July .25
📄 🎾 💡
#Wimbledon
m.youtube.com/watch?v=tQU8...
— Saturday 12th July .25
📄 🎾 💡
#Wimbledon
m.youtube.com/watch?v=tQU8...
July 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Amanda Anisimova, post match press conference.
— Saturday 12th July .25
📄 🎾 💡
#Wimbledon
m.youtube.com/watch?v=tQU8...
— Saturday 12th July .25
📄 🎾 💡
#Wimbledon
m.youtube.com/watch?v=tQU8...
✨ Iga Świątek played brilliantly today and she totally deserved this title.
total credit to her.
also: Amanda lost with honesty, humility, with decency and with grace.
and that is a good lesson to anyone in this world.
total credit to her.
also: Amanda lost with honesty, humility, with decency and with grace.
and that is a good lesson to anyone in this world.
July 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
✨ Iga Świątek played brilliantly today and she totally deserved this title.
total credit to her.
also: Amanda lost with honesty, humility, with decency and with grace.
and that is a good lesson to anyone in this world.
total credit to her.
also: Amanda lost with honesty, humility, with decency and with grace.
and that is a good lesson to anyone in this world.
my delicious coffee, made for me by
✨Jonathan the wonderful barista.
☕️ 🍫 🥛 💧
✨Jonathan the wonderful barista.
☕️ 🍫 🥛 💧
July 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
my delicious coffee, made for me by
✨Jonathan the wonderful barista.
☕️ 🍫 🥛 💧
✨Jonathan the wonderful barista.
☕️ 🍫 🥛 💧
beyond expectation Gregory Doran's edition of Desert Island Discs is exquisite.
wonderful music(*), affecting and edifying stories.
* 🎼 🎹 Johann Sebastian Bach, the Weather Girls, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
programme:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
25.06.29
📄 🎭 🎟️
#GregoryDoran
#DesertIslandDiscs
wonderful music(*), affecting and edifying stories.
* 🎼 🎹 Johann Sebastian Bach, the Weather Girls, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
programme:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
25.06.29
📄 🎭 🎟️
#GregoryDoran
#DesertIslandDiscs
June 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
beyond expectation Gregory Doran's edition of Desert Island Discs is exquisite.
wonderful music(*), affecting and edifying stories.
* 🎼 🎹 Johann Sebastian Bach, the Weather Girls, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
programme:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
25.06.29
📄 🎭 🎟️
#GregoryDoran
#DesertIslandDiscs
wonderful music(*), affecting and edifying stories.
* 🎼 🎹 Johann Sebastian Bach, the Weather Girls, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
programme:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
25.06.29
📄 🎭 🎟️
#GregoryDoran
#DesertIslandDiscs
June 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
the quite magnificent Alf Dubs /Lord Alfred Dubs
@alfdubs.bsky.social
is being interviewed for Desert Island Discs.
some wonderful music (— John Coltrane, the Beatles, Mozart) too.
_________________
(also, a lovely man who wrote back to a young christopher!)
🎼🎹📄
#AlfDubs
#DesertIslandDiscs
@alfdubs.bsky.social
is being interviewed for Desert Island Discs.
some wonderful music (— John Coltrane, the Beatles, Mozart) too.
_________________
(also, a lovely man who wrote back to a young christopher!)
🎼🎹📄
#AlfDubs
#DesertIslandDiscs
June 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
the quite magnificent Alf Dubs /Lord Alfred Dubs
@alfdubs.bsky.social
is being interviewed for Desert Island Discs.
some wonderful music (— John Coltrane, the Beatles, Mozart) too.
_________________
(also, a lovely man who wrote back to a young christopher!)
🎼🎹📄
#AlfDubs
#DesertIslandDiscs
@alfdubs.bsky.social
is being interviewed for Desert Island Discs.
some wonderful music (— John Coltrane, the Beatles, Mozart) too.
_________________
(also, a lovely man who wrote back to a young christopher!)
🎼🎹📄
#AlfDubs
#DesertIslandDiscs
absolutely incredible.
i have never seen such high quality, especially in terms of the all-court shotmaking, sustained for so long.
👏🏼✨
just so sorry that one player had to lose in this remarkable match.
highlights:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mi5g...
🎾🎨🎟️✨
#CarlosAlcaraz
#janniksinner
#RolandGarros
i have never seen such high quality, especially in terms of the all-court shotmaking, sustained for so long.
👏🏼✨
just so sorry that one player had to lose in this remarkable match.
highlights:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mi5g...
🎾🎨🎟️✨
#CarlosAlcaraz
#janniksinner
#RolandGarros
June 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
absolutely incredible.
i have never seen such high quality, especially in terms of the all-court shotmaking, sustained for so long.
👏🏼✨
just so sorry that one player had to lose in this remarkable match.
highlights:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mi5g...
🎾🎨🎟️✨
#CarlosAlcaraz
#janniksinner
#RolandGarros
i have never seen such high quality, especially in terms of the all-court shotmaking, sustained for so long.
👏🏼✨
just so sorry that one player had to lose in this remarkable match.
highlights:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mi5g...
🎾🎨🎟️✨
#CarlosAlcaraz
#janniksinner
#RolandGarros