Ren Zelen
@renzelen.bsky.social
Academic editor & freelance film & book reviewer. Ex-lit academic. Has written sci-fi novels (see ‘Hathor Diaries' on Amazon).
Watching M3GAN 2.0
Seems the American market is discovering the genius of Kate Bush.
(Thanks Stranger Things for starting it off, even though it was obvious they didn’t understand what the lyrics to ‘Running Up that Hill’ were actually about) 😂 Let’s hope they get the lyrics to ‘This Woman’s Work’
Seems the American market is discovering the genius of Kate Bush.
(Thanks Stranger Things for starting it off, even though it was obvious they didn’t understand what the lyrics to ‘Running Up that Hill’ were actually about) 😂 Let’s hope they get the lyrics to ‘This Woman’s Work’
November 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Watching M3GAN 2.0
Seems the American market is discovering the genius of Kate Bush.
(Thanks Stranger Things for starting it off, even though it was obvious they didn’t understand what the lyrics to ‘Running Up that Hill’ were actually about) 😂 Let’s hope they get the lyrics to ‘This Woman’s Work’
Seems the American market is discovering the genius of Kate Bush.
(Thanks Stranger Things for starting it off, even though it was obvious they didn’t understand what the lyrics to ‘Running Up that Hill’ were actually about) 😂 Let’s hope they get the lyrics to ‘This Woman’s Work’
Hope you have a restful Thanksgiving my American friends
November 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Hope you have a restful Thanksgiving my American friends
The Queen did meet heads of state because she had to. Unlike Farage, she didn’t meet with criminals and jailbirds -
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The Queen did meet heads of state because she had to. Unlike Farage, she didn’t meet with criminals and jailbirds -
For sure, 😂 but not quite what she had in mind
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
For sure, 😂 but not quite what she had in mind
Only if some idiots believe a serial liar over twenty of his erstwhile contemporaries.
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Only if some idiots believe a serial liar over twenty of his erstwhile contemporaries.
Nigel Farage’s #ReformUK is built on 2 companies. A legacy company once privately owned & a company that sits above it. Directors hold power, not members. Constitutions can be changed in private. Assets, including cash, belong to the company, not the membership. Transparency requirements are weak.
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Nigel Farage’s #ReformUK is built on 2 companies. A legacy company once privately owned & a company that sits above it. Directors hold power, not members. Constitutions can be changed in private. Assets, including cash, belong to the company, not the membership. Transparency requirements are weak.
My Monday morning spirit animal is young McAvoy (friendly disregard)
November 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
My Monday morning spirit animal is young McAvoy (friendly disregard)
‘No Russian money can be allowed in British politics’ ? Good luck, British politics is swimming in Russian money. Farage has always been propped up by it, but the media turn a blind eye.
November 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
‘No Russian money can be allowed in British politics’ ? Good luck, British politics is swimming in Russian money. Farage has always been propped up by it, but the media turn a blind eye.
Covid Inquiry shows that Boris Johnson took time off & behaved irresponsibly & totally unconcernedly as the NHS told him they might be ‘overwhelmed’ by the Covid pandemic, but the Daily Mail are still paying him thousands & giving him a platform to justify his appalling behaviour. Then he…
November 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Covid Inquiry shows that Boris Johnson took time off & behaved irresponsibly & totally unconcernedly as the NHS told him they might be ‘overwhelmed’ by the Covid pandemic, but the Daily Mail are still paying him thousands & giving him a platform to justify his appalling behaviour. Then he…
“Boyle & Garland said that ‘28 Years Later’ explores British isolationism & cultural decline, the film’s quarantined U.K. reflecting a sense of political & cultural detachment following Brexit & the pandemic. Society shifts from forward-looking ideals toward nostalgic myths of a misremembered past”
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“Boyle & Garland said that ‘28 Years Later’ explores British isolationism & cultural decline, the film’s quarantined U.K. reflecting a sense of political & cultural detachment following Brexit & the pandemic. Society shifts from forward-looking ideals toward nostalgic myths of a misremembered past”
Labour is so far from any kind of class warfare. Don’t make me laugh…
November 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Labour is so far from any kind of class warfare. Don’t make me laugh…
And speaking of Jimmy Mac, it’ll soon be that time of year again ! We love Arthur Christmas! 🎄
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
And speaking of Jimmy Mac, it’ll soon be that time of year again ! We love Arthur Christmas! 🎄
Considering I have about 500 albums choosing 3 will be tricky! I’m guessing, Maybe -
November 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Considering I have about 500 albums choosing 3 will be tricky! I’m guessing, Maybe -
Fancy a weekly newsletter with ‘expert insight’ from
Tory Laura? 😂😂😂
Tory Laura? 😂😂😂
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Fancy a weekly newsletter with ‘expert insight’ from
Tory Laura? 😂😂😂
Tory Laura? 😂😂😂
Rewatched Season 4 of ‘Stranger Things’ on Netflix in preparation for the last season 5. Really pleased it gave Kate Bush a namecheck and boost of record sales for the excellent ‘Running up that Hill’ but also painfully obvious that Americans don’t know what that song is actually about. 😏
November 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Rewatched Season 4 of ‘Stranger Things’ on Netflix in preparation for the last season 5. Really pleased it gave Kate Bush a namecheck and boost of record sales for the excellent ‘Running up that Hill’ but also painfully obvious that Americans don’t know what that song is actually about. 😏
Typical hypocrisy from the Tory press, here from Andrew Neil, arch Tory, founder of GB News and resident of France (for tax purposes and to avoid the Brexit he helped to promote)
November 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Typical hypocrisy from the Tory press, here from Andrew Neil, arch Tory, founder of GB News and resident of France (for tax purposes and to avoid the Brexit he helped to promote)
Dan Wootton has form
November 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Dan Wootton has form
Pulitzer-nominated journalist Sophie Gilbert takes a critical yet absorbing look at the paradox of ’90s ‘feminism’, in which pop culture objectified, sexualised, and infantilised women, then sold it back to them as "girl power."
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Pulitzer-nominated journalist Sophie Gilbert takes a critical yet absorbing look at the paradox of ’90s ‘feminism’, in which pop culture objectified, sexualised, and infantilised women, then sold it back to them as "girl power."
A rare sighting of transatlantic transplants Ewan McGregor & James McAvoy at the Scottish #BAFTAs in Glasgow. (David Tennant still lives in the U.K. at least) McAvoy likely will present the ‘Lifetime contribution’ award to McGregor (then McGregor can present the same award to McAvoy next year 😂).
November 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A rare sighting of transatlantic transplants Ewan McGregor & James McAvoy at the Scottish #BAFTAs in Glasgow. (David Tennant still lives in the U.K. at least) McAvoy likely will present the ‘Lifetime contribution’ award to McGregor (then McGregor can present the same award to McAvoy next year 😂).
And of course, an anti-Corbyn media campaign
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
And of course, an anti-Corbyn media campaign
Book from 1980s that you loved. #bookchallenge
November 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Book from 1980s that you loved. #bookchallenge