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Andor the Relentless @outstack.bsky.social · 3h

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Andor the Relentless @outstack.bsky.social · 19h

This is brilliant news. Kevin is a fantastic teacher of internal comms and PR, based on long experience and a very open mind.

Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) @cipr.co.uk · 20h

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Kevin Ruck has been awarded Honorary Fellowship of the CIPR following the latest review of nominations for his significant contribution to fields of internal communication and PR more broadly.

Find out more about our new Honorary Fellow: https://bit.ly/3Wuvtgk

Andor the Relentless @outstack.bsky.social · 3d

All this. Plus he follows the rule of going artistically over the top: if you're going to, go *way* over the top. Don't hold back. Give it everything. Do it with style.

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Andor the Relentless @outstack.bsky.social · 8d

Make all the jokes you want about strings and how the mouths move, but this is an all-time opening sequence. We lost something when we stopped making credits sequences designed to make viewers jump up and down on the sofa. And that music...

Andrew Hsieh @andrewonseeair.bsky.social · 8d

Today marks 60 years since the FAB opener Trapped in the Sky, written by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, was first broadcast. So let's celebrate with this commemorative countdown: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... #Thunderbirds Are Go on their 60th Anniversary! 🎊

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Andor the Relentless @outstack.bsky.social · 10d

This is a delightful diversion - it turns out that one of my regular walks used to be an enclave. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countie...

Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Andor the Relentless @outstack.bsky.social · Sep 8

A simple error. I turned to another task while doing laundry, and he has occupied my t-shirt drawer. #proofofcat

A cat resting on clothes in a chest of drawers

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Vivienne Watches @viviennewatches.bsky.social · Sep 7

If it's got a clever lyric and rhyme, it's Stephen Sondheim.

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Andor the Relentless @outstack.bsky.social · Sep 4

I've just realised that because I do my TV criticism* for a newspaper that has no online version at all, none of my work there has been scraped by AI bots. I used to be annoyed that I couldn't share my articles, but now I'm seeing the upside.

*Part time, and badly paid, but still...

Andor the Relentless @outstack.bsky.social · Sep 1

I'm boycotting the Proms until the full concerto is added to the Last Night programme.

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Andor the Relentless @outstack.bsky.social · Aug 26

I'm sure I'm an outlier*, but I always say "well done" to my car at the end a journey. It's done more work than I have.

I may be an embarrassment to my children, but I'm a polite embarrassment, even to tech.

*or weirdo. You pick.

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Andor the Relentless @outstack.bsky.social · Aug 23

Probably My Life As A Dog: it taught me a lot about life, death, childhood, parenting and tremors.

Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · Aug 23

What movie has had the most impact on your actual literal life? Not necessarily your favorite, but the one that’s most influenced or shaped something in your trajectory?

Andor the Relentless @outstack.bsky.social · Aug 22

An absolute classic - the culmination of the high-energy, full-on power pop phase of their first three albums. Perfect.

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · Aug 22

The New Pornographers' power-pop motherlode 'Twin Cinema' turns 20 tomorrow. A look back:

The New Pornographers' 'Twin Cinema' Turns 20

Carl Newman was on an unstoppable tear — an all-time NBA Jam “HE’S ON FIRE” power-pop onslaught. His band the New Pornographers had exploded out of Vancouver with their high-powered, ultra-catchy 2000...

www.stereogum.com

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Andor the Relentless @outstack.bsky.social · Aug 21

Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · Aug 21

Peter Weir is 81.
What a track record:
The Cars That Ate Paris
Picnic at Hanging Rock
The Last Wave
Gallipoli
The Year of Living Dangerously
Witness
The Mosquito Coast
Dead Poets Society
Green Card
Fearless (watch this!)
The Truman Show
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
The Way Back

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Andor the Relentless @outstack.bsky.social · Aug 19

S/he is writing a book called "The Wicker Scam?"

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Andor the Relentless @outstack.bsky.social · Aug 19

Not even close.

Scarred For Life @scarredforlife.bsky.social · Aug 19

I beg to differ

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Andor the Relentless @outstack.bsky.social · Aug 18

Starlings own the turnaround at the Big One, Blackpool.

Dozens of birds nesting on a white and red roller coaster structure. The sky behind is a strong mid-blue.

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · Aug 7

"The fact that the director stayed after everything was done and vacuumed the set all seemed natural to me."

www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts...

Whit Stillman's 'Metropolitan': An Oral History of the Preppiest, WASPiest, Wittiest Comedy of Heirs Ever

The cast, crew, and founding members of the Sally Fowler Rat Pack recall the the making of the most charming cult classic of all time.

www.townandcountrymag.com

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Andor the Relentless @outstack.bsky.social · Aug 4

The King he takes the babe
To his protection, calls him Posthumus Leonatus,
Breeds him and makes him of his bed-chamber,
Puts to him all the learnings that his time
Could make him the receiver of.

Cymbeline, Act 1 Scene 1.

Sorry.

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Andor the Relentless @outstack.bsky.social · Aug 4

My rule of thumb is that any "you can't do that in English" rule will be broken by Shakespeare (or Dickens at a pinch). I'm afraid that Cymbeline - which I'm sure we all know by heart - is the pebble that trips you up.

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Andor the Relentless @outstack.bsky.social · Aug 3

Perfect

ruthburns.bsky.social @ruthburns.bsky.social · Aug 2

Nerdy joke warning. 😁 I've been planning this since I first saw the Newton for Hyde sign.

A photo taken through the window of a train. The name of the station "Newton for Hyde" can be seen on a sign. Inside the train a piece of paper is held up to the window with a sketch of a bewigged gentleman holding up a sign saying "Leibnitz for Jekyll"

Andor the Relentless @outstack.bsky.social · Aug 1

This is actually welcome news and long overdue.

Lancashire Telegraph @lancstelegraph.bsky.social · Aug 1

World famous scientist to get his own street in home township

An internationally famous East Lancashire scientist who helped unlock the secrets of the atom is to have a street named after him in his hometown.

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Andor the Relentless @outstack.bsky.social · Jul 30

Marcel Proust. Hypochondriac social climber who would not have liked *your* taste in anything at all. Later, you'd find he'd he'd written a character based on your conversation into one of the less-liked volumes of his work.

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Andor the Relentless @outstack.bsky.social · Jul 30

This photo is bringing back memories of hill starts - the first skill any learner driver in Blackburn acquires.

Lancashire Telegraph @lancstelegraph.bsky.social · Jul 30

Drivers warned over road closure near park and school

Granville Road leading on to West Park Road is shut to all traffic.

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Andor the Relentless @outstack.bsky.social · Jul 30

As confirmed by today's Ofcom report into British media habits - it's YouTube's world www.ofcom.org.uk/media-use-an...

It's painful for some of us to recognise this, but this is a reasonable move by the Govt.

Tuning into YouTube: UK’s media habits revealed

YouTube is leading the charge in the streaming takeover of TV sets, with the service now the first place younger viewers go as soon as they switch on, according to Ofcom’s annual report on the nation’...

www.ofcom.org.uk

Andor the Relentless @outstack.bsky.social · Jul 29

I'm giddy with excitement at this - I'll see them in London on the 23rd.

R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · Jul 29

From Jason Narducy, Michael Shannon & Friends: “We are excited to play Fables of the Reconstruction where it was recorded (London) and beyond. This is our first tour playing R.E.M. songs outside the U.S. Joining us on bass for UK/IRL shows will be our extremely talented friend, Ted Leo”