David W
@dwredux.bsky.social
We do showtunes and we drink! (Also books, libraries, films, music, theatre, photography politics & LGBTQ stuff)
August 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
And in the jury votes my 12 points go to... AUSTRIA!!! #Eurovision2025
May 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
And in the jury votes my 12 points go to... AUSTRIA!!! #Eurovision2025
Not a vintage year... Or am I just getting old 🤔? #Eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Not a vintage year... Or am I just getting old 🤔? #Eurovision
Ooh !! Rararara! That makes a change! #Eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Ooh !! Rararara! That makes a change! #Eurovision
"Mrs Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself" Virginia Woolf's gorgeous modernist classic was published #onthisday one hundred years ago, 14 May 1925 #Books #Literature #WomenWriters
May 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
"Mrs Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself" Virginia Woolf's gorgeous modernist classic was published #onthisday one hundred years ago, 14 May 1925 #Books #Literature #WomenWriters
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Now seems like a good time to share this series I made about how writers construct 'truth'. I look at memoir, novels and autofiction and talk to a host of incredible people including Olivia Laing, @sathnam.bsky.social and @jennashworth.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Whose Truth Is It Anyway?
Writer and broadcaster Damian Barr explores reality, truth and fiction in literature.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Now seems like a good time to share this series I made about how writers construct 'truth'. I look at memoir, novels and autofiction and talk to a host of incredible people including Olivia Laing, @sathnam.bsky.social and @jennashworth.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
The joy that you find here you borrow
You cannot keep it long it seems..
So long, Marianne 💔 #MarianneFaithfull
youtu.be/Q1Gv_rAdghY?...
You cannot keep it long it seems..
So long, Marianne 💔 #MarianneFaithfull
youtu.be/Q1Gv_rAdghY?...
January 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The joy that you find here you borrow
You cannot keep it long it seems..
So long, Marianne 💔 #MarianneFaithfull
youtu.be/Q1Gv_rAdghY?...
You cannot keep it long it seems..
So long, Marianne 💔 #MarianneFaithfull
youtu.be/Q1Gv_rAdghY?...
"To imagine also is life: the life that is only imagined. Even to think about it is to live.... It doesn't always work, but I do my best. See what happens. Go on in any case living."
Love Sally Rooney's writing so much. Intermezzo is her best book yet 💔 #Books #AmReading #Literature
Love Sally Rooney's writing so much. Intermezzo is her best book yet 💔 #Books #AmReading #Literature
January 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
"To imagine also is life: the life that is only imagined. Even to think about it is to live.... It doesn't always work, but I do my best. See what happens. Go on in any case living."
Love Sally Rooney's writing so much. Intermezzo is her best book yet 💔 #Books #AmReading #Literature
Love Sally Rooney's writing so much. Intermezzo is her best book yet 💔 #Books #AmReading #Literature
"Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age." Gorgeous production of James Joyce's The Dead at Wilton's Music Hall with Niamh Cusack & the Fourth Choir 💔 #theatre #literature #London
January 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age." Gorgeous production of James Joyce's The Dead at Wilton's Music Hall with Niamh Cusack & the Fourth Choir 💔 #theatre #literature #London
Electric Dreams is a fabulous exhibition at Tate Modern, celebrating optical, kinetic, & digital art
@tate.bsky.social #Art #ModernArt #DigitalArt
@tate.bsky.social #Art #ModernArt #DigitalArt
January 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Electric Dreams is a fabulous exhibition at Tate Modern, celebrating optical, kinetic, & digital art
@tate.bsky.social #Art #ModernArt #DigitalArt
@tate.bsky.social #Art #ModernArt #DigitalArt
So glad to have caught this production of Sondheim's Road Show at this fab venue. Great cast, strong leads in Reece Richardson & Oliver Sidney, & some very affecting moments (Addie & Hollie's duet 💔) Great start to 2025's theatre going #StephenSondheim #RoadShow
🎶 You are the goddamnedest thing that has happened to me, ever / When did I have this much happiness happen to me? Never. 🎶
Last chance to see ROAD SHOW
🎟️ bit.ly/seeroadshow
Last chance to see ROAD SHOW
🎟️ bit.ly/seeroadshow
January 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
So glad to have caught this production of Sondheim's Road Show at this fab venue. Great cast, strong leads in Reece Richardson & Oliver Sidney, & some very affecting moments (Addie & Hollie's duet 💔) Great start to 2025's theatre going #StephenSondheim #RoadShow
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Blissful writing and a magisterial cast - basically Roger “King of Droll” Allam, Stephanie Cole, John Finnemore and some young whippersnapper named Benedict Cumberbatch… whatever happened to him?
A glory.
A glory.
Cabin Pressure is having a rerun on #R4Extra, for those who like that sort of thing:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Cabin Pressure - Series 1 - Abu Dhabi - BBC Sounds
A cat, a thermostat and Bristol combine in the ups and downs of a tiny charter airline.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Blissful writing and a magisterial cast - basically Roger “King of Droll” Allam, Stephanie Cole, John Finnemore and some young whippersnapper named Benedict Cumberbatch… whatever happened to him?
A glory.
A glory.
"I can't believe I have a bunch of dead people watching videos in my living room!"
Anthony Minghella's Truly, Madly, Deeply - one of my Top 5 films of all time, that means more to me as the years go by. Flawless 💔 #Cinema #BritishCinema #Films
Anthony Minghella's Truly, Madly, Deeply - one of my Top 5 films of all time, that means more to me as the years go by. Flawless 💔 #Cinema #BritishCinema #Films
January 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"I can't believe I have a bunch of dead people watching videos in my living room!"
Anthony Minghella's Truly, Madly, Deeply - one of my Top 5 films of all time, that means more to me as the years go by. Flawless 💔 #Cinema #BritishCinema #Films
Anthony Minghella's Truly, Madly, Deeply - one of my Top 5 films of all time, that means more to me as the years go by. Flawless 💔 #Cinema #BritishCinema #Films
Angel of my dreams
I will always want you & need you.. you don't care...
#Gateshead #AngeloftheNorth #Sculpture #AntonyGormley
I will always want you & need you.. you don't care...
#Gateshead #AngeloftheNorth #Sculpture #AntonyGormley
December 26, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Angel of my dreams
I will always want you & need you.. you don't care...
#Gateshead #AngeloftheNorth #Sculpture #AntonyGormley
I will always want you & need you.. you don't care...
#Gateshead #AngeloftheNorth #Sculpture #AntonyGormley
If I had known back in 1983 that in 40 years' time Greggs would open a Champagne Bar in Fenwicks of #Newcastle, I would never have left!!
December 24, 2024 at 6:32 PM
If I had known back in 1983 that in 40 years' time Greggs would open a Champagne Bar in Fenwicks of #Newcastle, I would never have left!!
And a very Merry Christmas to you too, gentlemen...😟 @restispolitics.bsky.social
New @restispolitics with US political scientist and risk analyst Ian Bremmer - and let’s be honest, there is a lot of risk around right now alastaircampbell.org/2024/12/113-...
113. How likely is World War 3? (Ian Bremmer)
What does Musk’s de-facto role as ‘co president’ say about the impact of Big Tech on the disintegration of the international order? How can we approach solving some of the world’s biggest conflicts? I...
alastaircampbell.org
December 23, 2024 at 9:02 AM
And a very Merry Christmas to you too, gentlemen...😟 @restispolitics.bsky.social
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Everyone seems to think the Muppets are wonderful but I think it’s notable that Michael Caine, famously one of the nicest men in Hollywood and a good judge of character, never worked with them again after Muppet Christmas Carol
December 23, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Everyone seems to think the Muppets are wonderful but I think it’s notable that Michael Caine, famously one of the nicest men in Hollywood and a good judge of character, never worked with them again after Muppet Christmas Carol
There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis
But he's a liar & I'm not sure about you....
Remembering Kirsty MacColl, who died 24 years ago today 💔
#KirstyMacColl
youtube.com/watch?v=_PPM...
But he's a liar & I'm not sure about you....
Remembering Kirsty MacColl, who died 24 years ago today 💔
#KirstyMacColl
youtube.com/watch?v=_PPM...
youtube.com
December 18, 2024 at 7:24 PM
There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis
But he's a liar & I'm not sure about you....
Remembering Kirsty MacColl, who died 24 years ago today 💔
#KirstyMacColl
youtube.com/watch?v=_PPM...
But he's a liar & I'm not sure about you....
Remembering Kirsty MacColl, who died 24 years ago today 💔
#KirstyMacColl
youtube.com/watch?v=_PPM...
Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Tho' your dreams be tossed & blown...
Cashing in twelve months of repressed tears 😭😭😭
#StrictlyComeDancing
@michaelhogan100.bsky.social
Walk on through the rain
Tho' your dreams be tossed & blown...
Cashing in twelve months of repressed tears 😭😭😭
#StrictlyComeDancing
@michaelhogan100.bsky.social
December 14, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Tho' your dreams be tossed & blown...
Cashing in twelve months of repressed tears 😭😭😭
#StrictlyComeDancing
@michaelhogan100.bsky.social
Walk on through the rain
Tho' your dreams be tossed & blown...
Cashing in twelve months of repressed tears 😭😭😭
#StrictlyComeDancing
@michaelhogan100.bsky.social
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Well folks. Today's the day.
GRAND THEFT HAMLET, a feature documentary two beautiful friends made about us trying to be creative in lockdown, comes out in cinemas across the UK today.
Please support independent, original UK films.
I'm proud of it. Hope you enjoy x
GRAND THEFT HAMLET, a feature documentary two beautiful friends made about us trying to be creative in lockdown, comes out in cinemas across the UK today.
Please support independent, original UK films.
I'm proud of it. Hope you enjoy x
December 6, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Well folks. Today's the day.
GRAND THEFT HAMLET, a feature documentary two beautiful friends made about us trying to be creative in lockdown, comes out in cinemas across the UK today.
Please support independent, original UK films.
I'm proud of it. Hope you enjoy x
GRAND THEFT HAMLET, a feature documentary two beautiful friends made about us trying to be creative in lockdown, comes out in cinemas across the UK today.
Please support independent, original UK films.
I'm proud of it. Hope you enjoy x
Brilliant piece of film making as two out of work actors decide to stage Hamlet in the world of Grand Theft Auto. Funny, surreal & touching #Cinema #Shakespeare
December 6, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Brilliant piece of film making as two out of work actors decide to stage Hamlet in the world of Grand Theft Auto. Funny, surreal & touching #Cinema #Shakespeare
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James Baldwin died on this day (1Dec) in 1987
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced”
From “As Much Truth As One Can Bear” ,1962 The New York Times Book Review
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced”
From “As Much Truth As One Can Bear” ,1962 The New York Times Book Review
December 1, 2024 at 5:39 PM
James Baldwin died on this day (1Dec) in 1987
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced”
From “As Much Truth As One Can Bear” ,1962 The New York Times Book Review
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced”
From “As Much Truth As One Can Bear” ,1962 The New York Times Book Review
Eternally grateful for science and medicine, and the armies of intelligent, committed, compassionate people who work and have worked tirelessly across the globe but who somehow seem to get a lot less media attention than stupid, ignorant, hate-fuelling, selfish, bigots #WorldAidsDay #HIV
December 1, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Eternally grateful for science and medicine, and the armies of intelligent, committed, compassionate people who work and have worked tirelessly across the globe but who somehow seem to get a lot less media attention than stupid, ignorant, hate-fuelling, selfish, bigots #WorldAidsDay #HIV
Loved Breach Theatre's After the Act at Chichester Festival Theatre, a fabulous, funny, and rightfully furious look at the creation & impact of the Tories' hated Section 28 banning local authorities in the 1980s from "promoting" homosexuality #LGBTQ #Theatrehttps://www.breachtheatre.com/#news
December 1, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Loved Breach Theatre's After the Act at Chichester Festival Theatre, a fabulous, funny, and rightfully furious look at the creation & impact of the Tories' hated Section 28 banning local authorities in the 1980s from "promoting" homosexuality #LGBTQ #Theatrehttps://www.breachtheatre.com/#news