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School counsellor talks about violent porn and is eaten by bush @heraldscotland.bsky.social @neilmackay.bsky.social

The new, star-studded Traitors is era-defining telly - because it knows that celebrity is the ultimate grift Will anyone ever trust Jonathan Ross again? Will Tom Daley come out in the edit as the ultimate villain? The genius of the celebrity version of The Traitors, argues author and critic Julia Raeside, is...

Cock-a-hoop to be writing for @thenerve.news and we kick off with a piece about why Celebrity Traitors is era defining television.

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The Good, The Bad and The Monkey.

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princess diana would have loved uber eats

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Are you coming up in Aug?

Do it.

Death Valley Curmudgeonly retired actor meets eager young detective - they're the perfect crime-fighting duo, if they can only get along. Crime caper with Timothy Spall and Gwyneth Keyworth.

Everyone on here is banging on about Department Q on Netflix but Death Valley on BBC iPlayer is much better. Good comedy, sit back, have a glass of wine television.

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Simon Hynd and camera equipment on a hillside overlooking a reservoir.

Death Valley starts tonight at 8:15 on BBC1. Here I am half way up a mountain in the Brecon Beacons last summer. There are worse jobs.

Cover of the novel Words Fail Me by Frances McKendrick

Words Fail Me by @francesmckendrick.bsky.social is beautiful, painful and hugely resonant. I loved it. Seek it out.

Publicity photo of cast and crew of Death Valley.

To celebrate the broadcast of Death Valley on Sunday 25th at 8:15 on BBC1, here’s a photo of @pdoolan.bsky.social and I looking completely relaxed and normal.

Finished building the foundations for my garden office.

Then spent far too long in this queue with her…

Went to the beach with my daughter…

Watched the 4K remaster of Seven Samurai…

Finished @jnraeside.bsky.social brilliant novel, read @stejhoward.bsky.social haunting novella in a oner and made a start on @francesmckendrick.bsky.social first novel…

Things I have done this weekend for all those asking…

JD Vance awakens, unsated. That one had barely any life force left in it at all. He googles 'faith leaders young healthy'.

Julia Murray stepped up to lead the matinee of Wild Rose @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social today and absolutely smashed it!

Filming commences on BBC One sitcom Can You Keep a Secret? Featuring an all-star cast, Dawn French leads the lineup as a determined widow who will stop at nothing to make sure her family’s protected

In other news…
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Motherland director’s new BBC crime drama Death Valley is bringing a “hilarious” detective duo to town Meet the Welsh murder mystery series we’re counting down the days for.

Hurtful use of inverted commas here…
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MOVIE TRIVIA: For the scene in Bambi where his mother gets shot, they didn't tell the actors what was going to happen beforehand. What you see is their genuine reactions.

I had to leave the ceremony before this was announced so I could get the last train to Bristol for a tech recce.

Small cat looking lost.

This wee thing spent the morning dodging traffic on our road then wandered into our flat. I just took it to the vets to see if it was chipped and found out the owners live a few blocks away and ‘Mochi’ had been missing since yesterday. Mochi and owner now happily reunited.

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Bergman Island and A Real Pain - 2 very different films about pilgrimages with almost identical posters.

Woman in the snow with text, THE LETTING GO, ONLINE PHOTOGRPAHY WORKSHOP

I am very happy to announce new 2025 dates for The Letting Go workshop.

After a break, The Letting Go is back. It is a wonderful start the creative year and a boost to your practice.

The Letting Go workshop is a chance to reflect, let go, grow your network and produce new work.

Info in thread…

Sunrise from train window

iPad with script title page

5:40am train Edinburgh to London for readthru of next TV show…