Matthew Beswick
@mbeswick.bsky.social
Writer, director, actor...but finance officer is the one that pays the bills.
The diversity in our PMs has minorities being like, 'no, not that one!'
If Wes Streeting becomes the first gay PM... that would be in keeping with bad rep for minorities in UK government.
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The diversity in our PMs has minorities being like, 'no, not that one!'
I just want to be M&S party food platter rich
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I just want to be M&S party food platter rich
I read The Eye of the Storm by Patrick White on a school trip aged ten or eleven. It was on a lending shelf in the place we stayed at and from the title and cover I thought it was fantasy. It's the first time I'd read such a horrid character that was so compelling but you also had sympathy for
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I read The Eye of the Storm by Patrick White on a school trip aged ten or eleven. It was on a lending shelf in the place we stayed at and from the title and cover I thought it was fantasy. It's the first time I'd read such a horrid character that was so compelling but you also had sympathy for
Age yourself with gaming 🎮
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Age yourself with gaming 🎮
I remember this getting a pretty lukewarm reception on release but it's one of my favourite DiCaprio films and Scorsese films
“SHUTTER ISLAND” (2010) dir. Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams
🎬 Paramount Pictures
🎞 #Noirvember
Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams
🎬 Paramount Pictures
🎞 #Noirvember
November 12, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I remember this getting a pretty lukewarm reception on release but it's one of my favourite DiCaprio films and Scorsese films
So now Starmer has got his goons to brief everyone that he's not leaving, he'll definitely be gone by Christmas, right?
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
So now Starmer has got his goons to brief everyone that he's not leaving, he'll definitely be gone by Christmas, right?
It's days like this I wish Celebrity Death Match still existed
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It's days like this I wish Celebrity Death Match still existed
At least she's acknowledging being gender critical is a right wing bias
I see Helen Lewis is now moaning about how "gender criticals" were marginalised by the BBC who wouldn't let them "debate" trans people's existence freely! It really is a cult
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
At least she's acknowledging being gender critical is a right wing bias
A black tie suit with Bond nips...is it too much to ask!?
honestly i just want a camp Bond movie. can we get a Bond Boy or is that too far
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A black tie suit with Bond nips...is it too much to ask!?
I thought the whole point is that James Bond is like a code name and they're not literally the same person portrayed by different actors?
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I thought the whole point is that James Bond is like a code name and they're not literally the same person portrayed by different actors?
All games should be a little bit whoo and a little bit whee!
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
All games should be a little bit whoo and a little bit whee!
Reposted by Matthew Beswick
Like the Guardian, people view the BBC as left wing and, as a result, their combined anti trans campaigning has done more damage to trans people than the entire right wing media machine, because they legitimised the right wing's lies.
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Like the Guardian, people view the BBC as left wing and, as a result, their combined anti trans campaigning has done more damage to trans people than the entire right wing media machine, because they legitimised the right wing's lies.
Does anyone genuinely believe Labour are 'the party of the left' any longer? Starmer hasn't exactly been subtle in his regime of purging the left of the party since becoming leader of Labour and appeasing Reform policies since becoming PM
"Zealously Pro Palestinian party"
Genocide is bad actually.
Genocide is bad actually.
What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Does anyone genuinely believe Labour are 'the party of the left' any longer? Starmer hasn't exactly been subtle in his regime of purging the left of the party since becoming leader of Labour and appeasing Reform policies since becoming PM
If you want an accurate visual interpretation of Frankenstein just download Junji Ito's manga of it
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If you want an accurate visual interpretation of Frankenstein just download Junji Ito's manga of it
Can't they fucking stop with the fucking fireworks now until new year? My dog has had two seizures triggered by fireworks stress in the past month
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Can't they fucking stop with the fucking fireworks now until new year? My dog has had two seizures triggered by fireworks stress in the past month
I'm sorry @midnightpals.bsky.social but Mary Shelley is going to have to have a word with GDT about using a Byron quote at the end of his Frankenstein film
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm sorry @midnightpals.bsky.social but Mary Shelley is going to have to have a word with GDT about using a Byron quote at the end of his Frankenstein film
Reposted by Matthew Beswick
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
"Employees must smile if less than 10 feet from a customer."
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"Employees must smile if less than 10 feet from a customer."
It might be my lack of moral scruples but I truly love people like Joyce Carol Oates and Azealia Banks who sometimes post things I find repugnant but then come out with a total banger in a way that I just have to stan
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It might be my lack of moral scruples but I truly love people like Joyce Carol Oates and Azealia Banks who sometimes post things I find repugnant but then come out with a total banger in a way that I just have to stan
Being anti-Trump is not left-wing bias, it is simply being pro-democracy
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Being anti-Trump is not left-wing bias, it is simply being pro-democracy
Looks like if the government want to change the downfall of the BBC particularly the news department they'd need to force the entire board to resign
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Looks like if the government want to change the downfall of the BBC particularly the news department they'd need to force the entire board to resign
Guys, what if we bought phrenology back?
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Guys, what if we bought phrenology back?
About once a year Joyce Carol Oates brings me unbridled joy through her tweets and no matter what other opinions she has I am grateful for that
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
About once a year Joyce Carol Oates brings me unbridled joy through her tweets and no matter what other opinions she has I am grateful for that
And we all cheered!
Oates: [slides shimkomi-zoe between ribs] you seem totally uneducated, uncultred
Oates: [yanks upward] the poorest person on twitter may have more beauty & meaning in life than the most wealthy person in the world
Mary Shelley: holy shit
Shelley: brutal
Oates: [yanks upward] the poorest person on twitter may have more beauty & meaning in life than the most wealthy person in the world
Mary Shelley: holy shit
Shelley: brutal
November 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
And we all cheered!
Difficult to know what to think about the BBC resignations. The mistake was careless and heads definitely should have rolled, but what comes next? Lots of talk about someone shaking things up but we don't want to end up with a UK Bari Weiss in charge of BBC News
November 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Difficult to know what to think about the BBC resignations. The mistake was careless and heads definitely should have rolled, but what comes next? Lots of talk about someone shaking things up but we don't want to end up with a UK Bari Weiss in charge of BBC News