Robin Parker
@robinparker.bsky.social
For hire.
Telly, movies, music and nonsense.
Freelance writer/editor: Radio Times, Broadcast, Talent Manager, BAFTA, WFTV, Variety, Campaign, Robb Report.
Comms/copy: Plank PR, Faber & Bishopp. Social Finance, Asylum Aid, BSI.
Telly, movies, music and nonsense.
Freelance writer/editor: Radio Times, Broadcast, Talent Manager, BAFTA, WFTV, Variety, Campaign, Robb Report.
Comms/copy: Plank PR, Faber & Bishopp. Social Finance, Asylum Aid, BSI.
that's what we all called him
November 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
that's what we all called him
What is it with comedians and wrestling? Ahead of U&Dave screening Clash of the Comics, I asked Phil 'Kill' Wang about entering the ring. Love this layout, @radiotimes.bsky.social!
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
What is it with comedians and wrestling? Ahead of U&Dave screening Clash of the Comics, I asked Phil 'Kill' Wang about entering the ring. Love this layout, @radiotimes.bsky.social!
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“Mirek, could you provide a photo of you looking anxious”
“Sorry I only have this”
“Sorry I only have this”
November 27, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“Mirek, could you provide a photo of you looking anxious”
“Sorry I only have this”
“Sorry I only have this”
Unexpected casting @pussellrarker.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Unexpected casting @pussellrarker.bsky.social
Each generation gets the ‘Kissinger’s Nobel Peace Prize’ it deserves
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Each generation gets the ‘Kissinger’s Nobel Peace Prize’ it deserves
As long as there’s a crosshead in there reading ‘an ecumenical matter’, I’m happy
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
As long as there’s a crosshead in there reading ‘an ecumenical matter’, I’m happy
Changing race for the ‘experiment’ is certainly … something
oh just deck your internal organs with boughs of holly you click fuck
As computer-generated music floods the charts, our music critic used his laptop to make a soulful, festive crowdpleaser. Listen to his alter ego, Al Ingrams — would you buy it or bin it?
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Changing race for the ‘experiment’ is certainly … something
Getting a bit misty-eyed tbh
youtu.be/7FtDbhiKPww
youtu.be/7FtDbhiKPww
Jimmy Cliff - Sitting In Limbo
YouTube video by Courtney Panton
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Getting a bit misty-eyed tbh
youtu.be/7FtDbhiKPww
youtu.be/7FtDbhiKPww
World Upside Down (Live On Later...With Jools Holland, 2012)
YouTube video by JimmyCliffVEVO
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Get Flatley
I think if I worked in a production company and was allowed to commission a movie with a €70m budget was based on one tweet, it would be this one.
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Get Flatley
Sunday. Time to fill this gap in my Hamilton collection
November 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Sunday. Time to fill this gap in my Hamilton collection
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this thread is unbelievable
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
this thread is unbelievable
At an evening event at @britishmuseum.bsky.social, I asked four historical experts what some of the key artefacts featured in the BBC's upcoming Civilisations: Rise and Fall revealed about Japanese, Roman, Aztec and Egyptian societies - for this @radiotimes.bsky.social piece
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
At an evening event at @britishmuseum.bsky.social, I asked four historical experts what some of the key artefacts featured in the BBC's upcoming Civilisations: Rise and Fall revealed about Japanese, Roman, Aztec and Egyptian societies - for this @radiotimes.bsky.social piece
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Charlie would like a word.
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Charlie would like a word.
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Oh my god IT'S THE MEME!!!
Grace Kelly, Clark Gable, Ava Gardner “MOGAMBO” (1953) dir. John Ford
🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Oh my god IT'S THE MEME!!!
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Kurt Vonnegut had no truck with your: ‘it was better 50 years ago’ pish.
For it is pish.
Every other person in the 70s was a serial killer, we were all being brutalised by our parents, food was boring, dog poo was white.
The difference was that people could afford to live on their wages.
For it is pish.
Every other person in the 70s was a serial killer, we were all being brutalised by our parents, food was boring, dog poo was white.
The difference was that people could afford to live on their wages.
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Kurt Vonnegut had no truck with your: ‘it was better 50 years ago’ pish.
For it is pish.
Every other person in the 70s was a serial killer, we were all being brutalised by our parents, food was boring, dog poo was white.
The difference was that people could afford to live on their wages.
For it is pish.
Every other person in the 70s was a serial killer, we were all being brutalised by our parents, food was boring, dog poo was white.
The difference was that people could afford to live on their wages.
There are 6 episodes. And 6 weeks until Christmas. So by ‘binge’, do they mean watch one a week? Or wait until at least 23 December?
Malice review – you’ll be bingeing David Duchovny’s new thriller until Christmas
Malice review – you’ll be bingeing David Duchovny’s new thriller until Christmas
The X-Files star is at his charismatic best as a ruthless multimillionaire who hires Jack Whitehall as a sinister nanny. It’s like The White Lotus meets The Talented Mr Ripley
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
There are 6 episodes. And 6 weeks until Christmas. So by ‘binge’, do they mean watch one a week? Or wait until at least 23 December?
BROKEN BRITAIN
'Chicken is already bigger than pizza [in the UK],’ said Andrew Rennie, Domino’s UK chief executive. on.ft.com/48cZGap
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
BROKEN BRITAIN
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This is why we should protect the BBC.
November 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This is why we should protect the BBC.
it's practically their motto
This has been pretty much the main story of every edition of The Daily Telegraph since 1855 when it was pining for the good old days of 1805.
November 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
it's practically their motto
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Noooooooo! deadline.com/2025/11/peac...
Mike Fleming Jr: Peacock Folds On ‘Poker Face’ Season 3; Rian Johnson Wants 2-Season Deal With Peter Dinklage As Lie Detector Sleuth Charlie Cale
Peacock Folds 'Poker Face' Season 3; Rian Johnson Wants A New Deal, Two Seasons With Peter Dinklage As Lie Detector Sleuth
deadline.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Noooooooo! deadline.com/2025/11/peac...
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This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC