Ruth
@ruthbushi.com
Freelance writer in Cumbria. Covers film & fiction at www.thehaughtyculturist.com. Author, 'Decoding The Turn of the Screw.' Bridport Prize winner, 2025!
Lost count of the times I've been doing interval runs at the gym only for the Matrix treadmill to stop at 20 minutes because I forgot to override the default timer. So I've added a trigger (via the Automate app) to show a reminder when I open my running app. Take that, forgetfulness / Matrix. 🧠💻🏃♀️😊
January 1, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Lost count of the times I've been doing interval runs at the gym only for the Matrix treadmill to stop at 20 minutes because I forgot to override the default timer. So I've added a trigger (via the Automate app) to show a reminder when I open my running app. Take that, forgetfulness / Matrix. 🧠💻🏃♀️😊
Brigitte Bardot, friend to animals but not "immigrants, gays, and the unemployed"
reuters.screenocean.com/record/810380
reuters.screenocean.com/record/810380
December 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Brigitte Bardot, friend to animals but not "immigrants, gays, and the unemployed"
reuters.screenocean.com/record/810380
reuters.screenocean.com/record/810380
Found the Penguin Book of Modern Women's Short Stories on the Marie Curie secondhand shelf in the supermarket so RAN home to get some change, then RAN back to the supermarket. Putting the book in my bag, I found my coin purse! But I don't mind; "es ist für mich," as the good man said. #BookSky
December 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Found the Penguin Book of Modern Women's Short Stories on the Marie Curie secondhand shelf in the supermarket so RAN home to get some change, then RAN back to the supermarket. Putting the book in my bag, I found my coin purse! But I don't mind; "es ist für mich," as the good man said. #BookSky
... The Godfather is better than The Godfather Part II, but the latter has set-ups like this, and in fact, countless others where the centre of the shot is absent, and the action happens at the edges. Here, Al watches Michael greet Fredo ... and waits for Mike's nod to kill his his brother.
November 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
... The Godfather is better than The Godfather Part II, but the latter has set-ups like this, and in fact, countless others where the centre of the shot is absent, and the action happens at the edges. Here, Al watches Michael greet Fredo ... and waits for Mike's nod to kill his his brother.
Still laughing at this review for John Carpenter's The Thing
October 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Still laughing at this review for John Carpenter's The Thing
STOP what you're doing and listen to the angels sing. "Here the Deities Approve," Henry Purcell, via Brandon Acker and Reginald Mobley. Utterly magical. (You don't need Tiktok to view the link.)
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October 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
STOP what you're doing and listen to the angels sing. "Here the Deities Approve," Henry Purcell, via Brandon Acker and Reginald Mobley. Utterly magical. (You don't need Tiktok to view the link.)
seetiktok.com/ZNd7q89w7/
seetiktok.com/ZNd7q89w7/
Me changing the bed by myself
October 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Me changing the bed by myself
This just nearly gave me a heart attack! A UK government emergency broadcast popped up on my phone with a red alert warning for the weather, though from the sound of it we thought it was about an imminent nuclear strike... #StormEowyn #Scotland
January 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This just nearly gave me a heart attack! A UK government emergency broadcast popped up on my phone with a red alert warning for the weather, though from the sound of it we thought it was about an imminent nuclear strike... #StormEowyn #Scotland
Captain Kirk said this on last night's episode of Star Trek and it made me gasp; it's just so elegantly beautiful. "Who Mourns for Adonais", #StarTrek 2.2, by Gilbert Ralston.
October 28, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Captain Kirk said this on last night's episode of Star Trek and it made me gasp; it's just so elegantly beautiful. "Who Mourns for Adonais", #StarTrek 2.2, by Gilbert Ralston.
Went to log one of the Mission: Impossible movies on Letterboxd and you get a retro easter egg "cut screen" before your review goes live. Love it, but forgot to screenshot it until it was over 😂
June 16, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Went to log one of the Mission: Impossible movies on Letterboxd and you get a retro easter egg "cut screen" before your review goes live. Love it, but forgot to screenshot it until it was over 😂
The MPs' register of interests stories have me thinking about the time Lee Anderson wrote a story for The Sun in 1 (one) hour and was paid £750. I guess when people imagine freelance writing, that's what they imagine. "Lol"
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/230807/anderson_lee.htm
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/230807/anderson_lee.htm
August 11, 2023 at 8:32 AM
The MPs' register of interests stories have me thinking about the time Lee Anderson wrote a story for The Sun in 1 (one) hour and was paid £750. I guess when people imagine freelance writing, that's what they imagine. "Lol"
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/230807/anderson_lee.htm
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/230807/anderson_lee.htm