Pen Gwyn

Happy "WTF do you mean it's already November???" to all who celebrate.

“I’ve just had a lasagne!” will forever be my go-to excuse to get out of anything. #CelebrityTraitors

River Tyne. Looking upstream. Bridges & the Baltic art gallery in the distance. Fishing boat near the river bank. Blue sky. But bit chilly & windy.

No fog on the Tyne today.

Well, this was a treat. Really enjoyed it. Rosie & Gemma were excellent. I got goose bumps at the end.

September highlights. #Acer #RokerPier #FaustoManifesto #FirstEverMedal for walking 30 miles for @cancerresearchuk.org

Happy Bookshop Day, an annual celebration of bookshops, booksellers and the joy of shopping local. Where would we be without them?

My wish for this/any platform, is that we might all attempt to see the best in each other (and life) & find enough commonality to get along together.
Contrary to some people’s opinion, the last thing I want is to create enemies & friction.
Less hate… more understanding. 👍

Arthur Kopit

‘Read as much as possible and while you’re reading, try to see why the writing works.’
— Arthur Kopit
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#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #books #reading

Pete the cat in a cardboard box

Pete in a box, a portrait

Same, Tom, same. #CelebrityTraitors

DIANE KEATON transformed American cinema with performances that redefined leading women on screen. From Annie Hall's Oscar-winning charm to The Godfather's quiet strength, she brought intelligence, vulnerability, and style to every role. A huge loss. #RIP

BFI London Film Festival 2025: The Thing with Feathers - The Reviews Hub Writer and Director: Dylan Southern Max Porter’s 2015 novel about grief is given a big screen adaptation with Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role. It follows a highly successful stage version with ...

#FILM #REVIEW The Thing With Feathers
'keeps the audience on the outside of the father’s emotional collapse.' ⭐️⭐️⭐️½ #LFF thereviewshub.com/bfi-london-f...

BFI London Film Festival 2025: Hamnet - The Reviews Hub Writers: Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell Director: Chloé Zhao It would be quiet something to know that the greatest play ever written was written for you, and Maggie O’Farrell’s novel Hamnet captures ...

#FILM #REVIEW Hamnet
'this sensitive and well-paced movie will surprise and floor you' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½ #LFF thereviewshub.com/bfi-london-f...

Yessss!
Sobbed through the film. Extra sobbed watching this…

"The little things? The little moments? They aren't little." Jon Kabat-Zinn

Shonda Rhimes

‘You want to be a writer? A writer is someone who writes every day — so start writing.’
— Shonda Rhimes
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#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity

6 reasons to love The People's Theatre Plus Live's new season kicks off with Bad Lads

6 reasons to love @peoplestheatre.bsky.social plus @livetheatre.bsky.social starts its new season strong: traceysinclair.substack.com/p/6-reasons-...

Glorious walk along (the newly repaired) Roker Pier today. A tale of two halves. #Roker #Sunderland

Protesters with placards gather around Grey Monument in Newcastle to protest against the far right.

Good turnout for the anti-racism demo in Toon today.

Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.

One of the unexpected things I've learned from my advocacy for trans people is how malignant parts of the State can be, how it can misuse data for positively evil purposes. It's taught me people can't be safe with a digital ID card and so I've signed this. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Halve your broadband cost (& double speed?)

Broadband price war. Virgin, Vodafone & Sky launch hot deals. Can you get 100Mb for £20 a month, 500Mb for £25 a month or a cheap TV deal? Check what you pay. Stop the rip-off! Full info here... www.moneysavingexpert.com/latesttip/?a...

I’m defo late to the party. Only watching season 2 now. It is really good. Substance. Suspense. Twist & turns. Jack Lowden & Gary Oldman & Saskia Reeves are stupendous.

JA Westenberg @Daojoan@mastodon.social My 9 year old and his classmates have started using “that’s AI” to mean “I don’t believe you.” Me: we’re having dinosaur meat for dinner Kiddo: that’s AI Sep 24, 2025, 07:36 AM

They've lost the 9yos

Seriously. A one-hour Party Political Broadcast. Followed at the top of the next hour with top story billing and a highlights package.

Exactly how will this be "balanced" across their coverage?

Where is Ofcom? Where is Nandy?

Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"

"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"

-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats

It would be good if the only political pushback against Nigel Farage's plans to mass deport hundreds of thousands of our neighbours, friends, family and colleagues didn't just come from a handful of backbench MPs and one regional mayor

A window full of "FUCK ABC" T-shirts, and one reading "ABC is State TV." Kimmel's face substitutes for the "U."

Clothing store, Upper West Side.

William Goldman: "As a writer, I believe that all the basic human truths are known. And what we try to do as best we can is come at those truths from our own unique angle, to reilluminate those truths in a hopefully different way." gointothestory.blcklst.com/on-writing-f... #writing

This is a thoughtful, persuasive piece that needs to be widely read.

In the current scenario we need more people speaking out like this, illuminating rather than generating more heat.

Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen Official Michael Rosen Channel Every video and playlist here is approved by Michael himself. If it’s on this channel, it’s the real deal and safe for children. You may see “YTP” or “poop” remixes on...

My 11 poetry workshops here have had 280k views. They're free to use in any way you want, with children, for yourselves, in classroom, at home, however you want.

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