Philip R Holden
@pwotg.bsky.social
Academic, writer, theatre director, sometime actor, coffee, red wine and pie lover; erstwhile bookseller. Brunch gets my attention every time. PWOTG stands for please walk on the grass (inquire for details)🙂
Sometimes less is more. Sometimes more is over the top.
But rarely you get something so exquisitely prepared that you want it over and over again.
#kenrex is many people's best show of the year.
Go and see why (before the end of Jan) at @theotherpalace.bsky.social
The Times archive.ph/eeGK5
But rarely you get something so exquisitely prepared that you want it over and over again.
#kenrex is many people's best show of the year.
Go and see why (before the end of Jan) at @theotherpalace.bsky.social
The Times archive.ph/eeGK5
December 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Sometimes less is more. Sometimes more is over the top.
But rarely you get something so exquisitely prepared that you want it over and over again.
#kenrex is many people's best show of the year.
Go and see why (before the end of Jan) at @theotherpalace.bsky.social
The Times archive.ph/eeGK5
But rarely you get something so exquisitely prepared that you want it over and over again.
#kenrex is many people's best show of the year.
Go and see why (before the end of Jan) at @theotherpalace.bsky.social
The Times archive.ph/eeGK5
You find us all, doing the...
December 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
You find us all, doing the...
#theatresky
www.westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/review-...
"Jack Holden is a powerhouse "
"theatre in its purest form"
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www.westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/review-...
"Jack Holden is a powerhouse "
"theatre in its purest form"
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Review: KENREX, The Other Palace | West End Best Friend
From the Olivier-nominated creators of Cruise comes KENREX, a bold new theatrical event that grips like your favourite True Crime box set, now playing at The Other Palace.
www.westendbestfriend.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
#theatresky
www.westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/review-...
"Jack Holden is a powerhouse "
"theatre in its purest form"
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
www.westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/review-...
"Jack Holden is a powerhouse "
"theatre in its purest form"
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A variation on the "seafood diet" joke...
ꜱᴄᴇɴᴇ: ᴛᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʟɪɢʜᴛʟʏ ᴏᴠᴇʀᴡᴇɪɢʜᴛ, ᴡᴇꜱᴛ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛʀʏ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴄʜʀɪꜱᴛᴍᴀꜱ:
𝐎𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐜.
Oh yeah?
𝐀𝐲𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐢 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐨𝐢 𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐊𝐅𝐂, 𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐢 𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐌𝐜𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝'𝐬
ꜱᴄᴇɴᴇ: ᴛᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʟɪɢʜᴛʟʏ ᴏᴠᴇʀᴡᴇɪɢʜᴛ, ᴡᴇꜱᴛ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛʀʏ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴄʜʀɪꜱᴛᴍᴀꜱ:
𝐎𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐜.
Oh yeah?
𝐀𝐲𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐢 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐨𝐢 𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐊𝐅𝐂, 𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐢 𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐌𝐜𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝'𝐬
December 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
A variation on the "seafood diet" joke...
ꜱᴄᴇɴᴇ: ᴛᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʟɪɢʜᴛʟʏ ᴏᴠᴇʀᴡᴇɪɢʜᴛ, ᴡᴇꜱᴛ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛʀʏ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴄʜʀɪꜱᴛᴍᴀꜱ:
𝐎𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐜.
Oh yeah?
𝐀𝐲𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐢 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐨𝐢 𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐊𝐅𝐂, 𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐢 𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐌𝐜𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝'𝐬
ꜱᴄᴇɴᴇ: ᴛᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʟɪɢʜᴛʟʏ ᴏᴠᴇʀᴡᴇɪɢʜᴛ, ᴡᴇꜱᴛ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛʀʏ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴄʜʀɪꜱᴛᴍᴀꜱ:
𝐎𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐜.
Oh yeah?
𝐀𝐲𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐢 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐨𝐢 𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐊𝐅𝐂, 𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐢 𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐌𝐜𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝'𝐬
#theatresky
The first script I ever bought - as an early teen.
The first script I ever bought - as an early teen.
December 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
#theatresky
The first script I ever bought - as an early teen.
The first script I ever bought - as an early teen.
What a good idea.
Embed arts organisations in schools. Give them office space and a rehearsal room - free.
Plus they can use other space out of school hours or in vacations.
See how the arts organisations influence art in the school.
www.facebook.com/share/v/17bP...
Embed arts organisations in schools. Give them office space and a rehearsal room - free.
Plus they can use other space out of school hours or in vacations.
See how the arts organisations influence art in the school.
www.facebook.com/share/v/17bP...
Redirecting...
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December 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
What a good idea.
Embed arts organisations in schools. Give them office space and a rehearsal room - free.
Plus they can use other space out of school hours or in vacations.
See how the arts organisations influence art in the school.
www.facebook.com/share/v/17bP...
Embed arts organisations in schools. Give them office space and a rehearsal room - free.
Plus they can use other space out of school hours or in vacations.
See how the arts organisations influence art in the school.
www.facebook.com/share/v/17bP...
This is a scandal. People arrested for protesting (BEFORE Palestine Action was proscribed) have been imprisoned for a year without trial.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Sister of Palestine Action-linked prison hunger striker says she fears for his life
Shahmina Alam urges ministers to engage with demands after Kamran Ahmed, who is awaiting trial, taken to hospital
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This is a scandal. People arrested for protesting (BEFORE Palestine Action was proscribed) have been imprisoned for a year without trial.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
There is something fundamentally dishonest about building (and maintaining) an AI agent that you KNOW will invent references rather than admit it doesn't know, or doesn't have evidence for, something.
Seems like a fairly simple safeguard to build in.
Seems like a fairly simple safeguard to build in.
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
There is something fundamentally dishonest about building (and maintaining) an AI agent that you KNOW will invent references rather than admit it doesn't know, or doesn't have evidence for, something.
Seems like a fairly simple safeguard to build in.
Seems like a fairly simple safeguard to build in.
Reposted by Philip R Holden
My parents were free-wheeling Boomers convinced things were only ever going to get better, financially. They had good reason, then. They could afford a house, car, and weekly nights out on two full time assistant manager jobs at a fast food chain. But they also got caught up in emulating wealth trap
December 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My parents were free-wheeling Boomers convinced things were only ever going to get better, financially. They had good reason, then. They could afford a house, car, and weekly nights out on two full time assistant manager jobs at a fast food chain. But they also got caught up in emulating wealth trap
#shakespearesunday
"In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil?"
"Kenrex" The Other Palace Theatre on now
"In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil?"
"Kenrex" The Other Palace Theatre on now
December 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
#shakespearesunday
"In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil?"
"Kenrex" The Other Palace Theatre on now
"In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil?"
"Kenrex" The Other Palace Theatre on now
Imagine a future where we never look at social media.
Our AI bots interact with other AI bots and every so often we get a printed summary of the finely analysed results of the interactions.
I'll call that a "news-paper".
Oh, and every so often Amazon delivers something you had no idea you ordered
Our AI bots interact with other AI bots and every so often we get a printed summary of the finely analysed results of the interactions.
I'll call that a "news-paper".
Oh, and every so often Amazon delivers something you had no idea you ordered
December 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Imagine a future where we never look at social media.
Our AI bots interact with other AI bots and every so often we get a printed summary of the finely analysed results of the interactions.
I'll call that a "news-paper".
Oh, and every so often Amazon delivers something you had no idea you ordered
Our AI bots interact with other AI bots and every so often we get a printed summary of the finely analysed results of the interactions.
I'll call that a "news-paper".
Oh, and every so often Amazon delivers something you had no idea you ordered
@rory-stewart.bsky.social
Have to say, I'm a bit disappointed in you Rory.
Whilst never agreeing totally with you, I respect you.
Perhaps a TRIP episode properly examining your position on Farage and a conversation with Gary Stevenson where you give him due respect?
Have to say, I'm a bit disappointed in you Rory.
Whilst never agreeing totally with you, I respect you.
Perhaps a TRIP episode properly examining your position on Farage and a conversation with Gary Stevenson where you give him due respect?
December 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
@rory-stewart.bsky.social
Have to say, I'm a bit disappointed in you Rory.
Whilst never agreeing totally with you, I respect you.
Perhaps a TRIP episode properly examining your position on Farage and a conversation with Gary Stevenson where you give him due respect?
Have to say, I'm a bit disappointed in you Rory.
Whilst never agreeing totally with you, I respect you.
Perhaps a TRIP episode properly examining your position on Farage and a conversation with Gary Stevenson where you give him due respect?
This is the world burying its head in its hands
December 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is the world burying its head in its hands
This is the crappy world that has nurtured the leaders of successive UK governments.
cherwell.org/2020/03/12/b...
cherwell.org/2020/03/12/b...
Beyond the Bullingdon: A closer look into Oxford's Secret Societies - Cherwell
Cherwell dives deep into Oxford's clandestine world: Tutors, Tories, bankrolling alumni, and dinosaurs are only the beginning of the world behind doors.
cherwell.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This is the crappy world that has nurtured the leaders of successive UK governments.
cherwell.org/2020/03/12/b...
cherwell.org/2020/03/12/b...
Reposted by Philip R Holden
CHRISTMAS RAFFLE LAUNCH!
I'm doing a raffle.
Tickets are just £2 each!
You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend.
More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for two amazing schools.
TWO POUNDS.
More here.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
Please share.
I'm doing a raffle.
Tickets are just £2 each!
You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend.
More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for two amazing schools.
TWO POUNDS.
More here.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
Please share.
December 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
CHRISTMAS RAFFLE LAUNCH!
I'm doing a raffle.
Tickets are just £2 each!
You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend.
More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for two amazing schools.
TWO POUNDS.
More here.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
Please share.
I'm doing a raffle.
Tickets are just £2 each!
You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend.
More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for two amazing schools.
TWO POUNDS.
More here.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
Please share.
This is quite a big story...😳
A Manhattan judge has ordered OpenAI to provide the Chicago Tribune and other news outlets with millions of anonymous chats between ChatGPT and its users in a major ongoing copyright infringement case.
Judge orders OpenAI to hand over ChatGPT conversations in win for newspapers in copyright case
A Manhattan judge has ordered OpenAI to provide the Chicago Tribune and other news outlets with millions of anonymous chats between ChatGPT and its users in a major ongoing copyright infringement c…
trib.al
December 4, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This is quite a big story...😳
If AI wants to be taken seriously, it's going to have to start making more mistakes.
December 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If AI wants to be taken seriously, it's going to have to start making more mistakes.
Reposted by Philip R Holden
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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If you're anywhere near London, go and see this. You won't regret being there for "the most astonishing theatrical performance of the year"
If you're anywhere near London, go and see this. You won't regret being there for "the most astonishing theatrical performance of the year"
KENREX on Instagram: "He's back...
ㅤ
#kenrextheplay #KENREX"
53 likes, 1 comments - kenrextheplay on November 30, 2025: "He's back...
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#kenrextheplay #KENREX".
www.instagram.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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If you're anywhere near London, go and see this. You won't regret being there for "the most astonishing theatrical performance of the year"
If you're anywhere near London, go and see this. You won't regret being there for "the most astonishing theatrical performance of the year"
KENREX on Instagram: "He's back...
ㅤ
#kenrextheplay #KENREX"
53 likes, 1 comments - kenrextheplay on November 30, 2025: "He's back...
ㅤ
#kenrextheplay #KENREX".
www.instagram.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
www.instagram.com/p/DRrru-ak_A...
If you're anywhere near London, go and see this. You won't regret being there for "the most astonishing theatrical performance of the year"
If you're anywhere near London, go and see this. You won't regret being there for "the most astonishing theatrical performance of the year"
