Tadhg Hoey

Q. Have you seen any good movies lately? A. Well, I've only seen one in the last couple of years. It's called Norbit by Eddie Murphy. Q. How did you like it? A. Fantastic movie. Very funny. Q. What's your favorite movie? A. Norbit.

RIP to Brian Wilson, who gave us many perfect albums but also the perfect interview

Reben Östlund's next film is a feature-length 'rawdogging flight', with Keanu Reeves and Kirsten Dunst

The ‘can machines do creative writing’ thing is mostly a distraction from the use of the machines to go through text and images to cancel grants and put people on deportation lists

The state no longer employs enough public health nurses to conduct routine checks on infants, but it’s investing in armoured vehicles to protect us from non-existent enemies, all so as - let’s be honest - to try impress euro-Atlantic elites.

‘I might sing but I ain't sold out’

Shut up

And lo: here we are, on Bluesky. Pls repost to spread the word!

2025 will go down as the year when all the subtext became text

In my 20s I used to really sleep around.
Sleep around the clock that is! 😂
I had severe depression

A lot of celebrities/filmmakers thought they were being edgy during 90s/GenX era, when really there was way more of this than anyone wants to remember

Anna Burns depended on her local food bank while writing Milkman and billionaire Etonians get gov contracts & tax breaks

Contributed to Review31’s 2024 Best Of list.

Bad night for Tulsi Gabbard

DAMASCUS:

1000s of prisoners have been freed from Sednaya prison, now flooding the streets, an monumental moment.

For many, the frantic search begins, desperate to know if their loved ones are among the living or the lost.

Either way, the "human slaughterhouse" is no more.

Enjoyed The Image You Missed when it came out, but just watched Donal Foreman’s first movie and it really captures a vibe about Dublin c.2010 that now seems mad nostalgic

Announcing billions in veteran benefit cuts the day after a health insurance CEO was murdered with suspicious precision is the most Elon Musk “masterful gambit sir” bit I’ve ever seen

Good man yourself Oedipus, how’re ye keeping these days, tell me now, do y’still have the

The anthropological museum there is great! Also, Taqueria Orinoco in that area was the best chicharron tacos I’ve ever had!

This is great.

Delighted he won. Using this to shamelessly share my profile on him earlier this year. So glad he’s getting recognized at this level.

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Map of the world with pins where indie bookshops are

Leading up to Christmas is a time that indie businesses make the majority of their income for the whole year

If you want to support indie bookshops there's a growing list/directory at www.indiebookshops.com

Thank you very much for reading!

For ten years now, I've been writing letters from Santa to my young relatives. To mark this decade, I wanted to include something really special, and after a lot of research into his workshop’s size, location and layout, I'm confident that this checks out. Hope they like it!

A timely reminder that back in 2001, all the most sensible adults in the room thought osama bin laden lived in the fucking technodrome.

[From The Times, Nov 29th 2001]

Achievable Miracles: An Interview with Paul Murray Tadhg Hoey | Review 31: an online literary review.

My interview with Murray from earlier this year:

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Was asked to contribute to Review 31’s end of year favourite books list.

Top ten books I read this year, in no particular order.

Saltburn was one of the worst films I’ve ever seen