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Sarah Dempster

@dempster2000.bsky.social

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Writer of nonsenses for “the wireless”, contributor to Private Eye & the Guardian. I like books.

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · Jul 29

I’ve written about TV’s best and worst historical epics

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 29

TV’s best (and worst) historical epics: from Wolf Hall to I, Claudius

Sweeping dramas set in days of yore are everywhere. But which are some of the finest television ever created? And which are little more than an excuse to show naked backsides?

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 2d

Oh aye. Hammerblow subtlety there.

Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 2d

Yes! Great film.

Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 2d

He absolutely earned that one.

Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 2d

Couldn’t agree more re: Robinson. Can’t think of a more loathsome villain.

Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 2d

Oi oi

Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 2d

!!!

Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 2d

Shortly to become Remaindr

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 2d

A dating app for cockneys in trilbies called Mindr

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 2d

Every word of this is amazing.

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 2d

Incredible, isn’t it?

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 2d

Hah!

Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 2d

Another outing for Dirty Harry. The sickest of 70s masterpieces.

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 2d

Hahahaha

Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 2d

Starmer captured here seconds before conducting a colonoscopy

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Eamonn-Forde @eamonn-forde.bsky.social · 5d

This is not just about me or my book. This is about respecting and valuing actual journalism. Our ideas, our contacts, our ethics, our reputations, our hard work – that’s how stories like those in my book first come to light. If you don’t respect or value any of that, what do you respect and value?

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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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 7d

Blimey, how kind! Thank you.

Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 7d

You are very welcome. All concerned should be cast in bronze.

Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 7d

Thank “you”, Amen “Ford”e “””x”””

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 7d

I’ve written about Waldemar Januszczak’s new documentary, “Art’s Most Erotic”

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8d

Art’s Most Erotic review – unequivocally filthy TV

Art critic Waldemar Januszczak’s Sky documentary is a blisteringly explicit look at the depiction of sex from the giant penises of Pompeii to Shunga porn and Indian love temples. Avert your eyes, prudes!

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 7d

Hahahahaha

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Yorkshire Tea @yorkshiretea.bsky.social · 7d

It's International Coffee Day. A moment to put our caffeine-based differences aside and unite against our common enemy: soup.

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 7d

Hahahahaha!

Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 7d

(Autocorrect’s insistence that Waldemar Januszczak is, in fact “Walmart Janice” made the “penning” of this review quite the endurance test, I can tell you!!!)

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 7d

Hahaha, superb.

Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 7d

Delighted! Ta.