Gill Davies

Aye Scott, so was the actor who played Johnny when he was younger - would like to see him getting some of the plaudits too - he was also magic.

So delighted the brilliant Robert Aramayo won Best Actor at the Batfta awards for playing Tourette’s campaigner and all round legend Johnny Davidson in I Swear. Great to see a working class actor get the recognition he deserves - a rare thing these days.

It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley Rising musician Jeff Buckley had only released one album when he died suddenly in 1997. Now, never-before-seen footage, exclusive voice messages, and accounts from those closest to him offer a portrai...

On at the @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social this Thursday @ruthwatson.bsky.social Will never ever ever forget that night we saw him in The Garage
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Poster for the screening

Cine Dialógico - a film about building solidarities across borders - Free screening (and reception) at Glasgow University - 5.30pm - 8pm, Thursday 5 March. All welcome! Come along, pass it on! @uofgarc.bsky.social @nuriaarauna.bsky.social

thi wurd, the Writer/The Reader, Glasgow, Sat 28 Feb, 11am–3pm, £45

'The Writer/The Reader'. Two weeks to go. Sat 28 Feb 11am-3pm in Glasgow. Don't miss it. Full details here: www.thi-wurd.com/writer-reade...

He's lived in Spain for ages.

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‘Regrets? Number one: smoking. Number two: taking it up the wrong hole’: Tracey Emin on reputation, radical honesty – and Reform She scandalised the art world in the 1990s with her unmade bed, partied hard in the 2000s – then a brush with death turned the artist’s life upside down. Now she’s as frank as ever

Diamond www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Jimmy McIroy

So great to see Jimmy McIlroy at the Winter Olympics. Can’t wait to see the mighty Chas Michael Michaels #BladesofGlory

Happy birthday, Gusto!

YouTube video by HD Retro Trailers Eyes Wide Shut (1999) ORIGINAL TRAILER [FHD]

They did a bad bad thing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QrL...

Spot on - cheers for sharing, Dani.

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thi wurd hour – Monday 2nd Feb 2026 - thi wurd thi wurd hour, creative writing fiction class. Improvised writing with prompts. Online, 2nd Feb 2026, 7-8pm (GMT). £5. thi-wurd.com

This session takes place next week. Create some new writing with us. And it's only a fiver! Book your place here: www.thi-wurd.com/thi-wurd-hou...

Hats off to whoever picked this vital and relevant film for @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
Free showing 10.30am Thursday 4 March

I've just bought that many tickets, I'll no be eating for the next month - but it will be worth it. What a magic selection of films this year - cannot wait.

BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, A Whole Giant's Daughter Quest Thing by Jo Lloyd An original short work for radio by Jo Lloyd. Read by Alexander Vlahos.

I have a new story on BBC Radio 4 - Friday 23 Jan - and then on catchup

Elevator pitch - a comedy about love, entropy and a ceremonial badger

I’d love for you to give it a listen www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

With facts like this, this guy's worth a follow 👇

Everybody to Kenmure Street! Serpico! No! Biopics of Kafka and Leonora Carrington! - this year's GFF is going to be a stoater - can't wait!

Introducing The Agnes Owens Archive (AOA). Housed within @agrayarchive.bsky.social it is the first standalone satellite archive —illuminating the creative network around Gray while restoring Owens to her rightful literary position. Posts to follow will celebrate her life and legacy.

thi wurd hour – Monday 2nd Feb 2026 - thi wurd thi wurd hour, creative writing fiction class. Improvised writing with prompts. Online, 2nd Feb 2026, 7-8pm (GMT). £5. thi-wurd.com

thi wurd hour: Improvising New Writing. Online. Monday 2nd Feb 2026, 7-8pm (GMT). All writers welcome. Read about it here: www.thi-wurd.com/thi-wurd-hou...

thi wurd hour – Monday 2nd Feb 2026 - thi wurd thi wurd hour, creative writing fiction class. Improvised writing with prompts. Online, 2nd Feb 2026, 7-8pm (GMT). £5. thi-wurd.com

A writing class for a fiver from the mighty @thiwurd.bsky.social Bring it on

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Lisdoonvarna, Lourdes of Love 1999 Silver Spire Award San Francisco Film Festival Documentary about three Irish bachelors going to a matchmaking Festival in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare West Ireland. This film won several awards worldwide and deals…

What a stoater of a film. vimeo.com/41516389

Brilliant, Dani. Great tribute to an outstanding writer. Let’s hope the centenary celebrations bring Agnes Owens to a much wider audience. A Working Mother is a work of art.

Sunday Feature - New Music New York - BBC Sounds Richard King explores the conditions for musical creativity in New York City in the 1970s.

Brilliant feature on the impact of The Kitchen. Worth listening to just to hear Steve Reich rehearsing Music for 18 Musicians. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Webb - Space Telescope Live Explore official, up-to-date information on current, past, and upcoming investigations by NASA’s Hubble and James Webb space telescopes.

The detail! spacetelescopelive.org/webb

🔴 Farmed salmon were treated with a lot more drugs than the industry said, leading campaigners to question the credibility of the salmon farming industry. Read our latest investigation: https://bit.ly/4bt4mLq

A world without people AI is a promise to wire the boss’s toy steering wheel directly into the company’s drive-train.

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Richard Dadd exhibition too - another fine painter!

An interesting book to discuss at this moment in time, if you’d like to come to a BBC Radio 4 recording of Bookclub for Sarah Bernstein’s 2023 novel on Jan 26 at 6.15pm in Glasgow, please message me and I can put you on the list, places are still available and this is, as ever, a free literary event