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Chris Ashworth-Bennion

@chrisabennion.bsky.social
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welsh person. freelance arts journalist. ex TV and Radio Editor at The Telegraph. ex TV and theatre for The Times. wannabe playwright.

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It seems apt that Manchester City fans adopted the Poznan, a celebration where everybody looks the other way.
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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Having grown up in Wales, I can testify that if you are actually worried about your culture and history being under threat, the thing to do is write poetry and songs, perform plays, tell stories and organise festivals, not just sit around whining.
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Of course... It's a sudoku! An *American* sudoku!"
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
stop emailing me Charles Tyrwhitt, I bought one shirt one time, I don't love you
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Would you like him to be the cat?
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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.
Screenshot from this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.Rw7O.Sj-0_s5YONzL&smid=nytcore-android-share
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Jason Sinclair @jsinclair.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
April
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The mind is its own place, and in it self Can make a Heav’n of Hell, a Hell of Heav’n.
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
glargh
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oh ffs Radio 4
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Glass of red wine every day and never marrying
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Rachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Have *that* Jed Mercurio
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Looks great and I wish it well. But I'm very ready for a series about young professionals with moderate ambition, who will do some things to get ahead but nothing silly, who work soft and play soft
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There'll be no living with him now
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Elvis shot his television
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BBC said fine I could do it, but only if the Doctor was *not* from Rhosllanerchrugog. I declined. The Doctor will be from Rhosllanerchrugog or so help me
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
he's going full Michael Jackson when he retires
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ahh - Divorce!
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oooh. Killing Eve. The Walking Dead. The Crown.
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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him.
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Once again I turn on the Today programme. Once again I turn off the Today programme.
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
the MAINSTREAM media (amirite)
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One final push for my piece on Welsh actors. With huge thanks to Sean Crowley of the RWCMD and Francesca Goodridge of the Sherman Theatre for their invaluable insight www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/welsh-g...
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ah! The Reluctant Vampire was on tonight? I spoke to Tom Davis, who is one of the better Toms if you ask me. www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2026/10/0...
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Chris, would you write about why Wales is the greatest acting nation on earth," they said. Yes, said I. www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/welsh-g...
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Chris, would you write about why Wales is the greatest acting nation on earth," they said. Yes, said I. www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/welsh-g...
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Having now had twenty-odd years of social media depleting our stocks of sanity, like overfishing North Sea cod, I think now might be a good time for a strict social media quota for about 20 years or so, to let stocks recover.
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
do you have more teeth than a normal person
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
what was he *thinking*? A mistake of Richard E Grant proportions.
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This can't be talked about enough. "President Donald Trump's move to cut most of the US funding towards foreign humanitarian aid could cause more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to research published in The Lancet medical journal." www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Trump's aid cut risks causing 14 million deaths, report finds
The figure from the Lancet, a leading medical journal, includes 700,000 child deaths globally a year.
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I asked Tom Davis if he was jealous of Romesh and Rob's success. His answer MAY SURPRISE YOU (it won't, but he does talk very eloquently).
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My main #CelebrityTraitors takeaway - some real overthinking of the Day One outfits there. It's all getting a bit TaskMaster.
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
These are quite the coincidences
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Big night to be Welsh. Sorba Thomas flays Norway, Michael Sheen is on Celebrity Traitors, and The Abergele Files is back on the radio.
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Had a lovely old time meeting Tom Davis www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2026/10/0...
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
(I think)
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
David Wenham
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Had a lovely old time meeting Tom Davis www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2026/10/0...
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've seen all of the new Celebrity Traitors and no spoilers but Freddie Starr wins
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Trump is standing like no human has ever stood before
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I am not joking when I say this. Go and live in a well.
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
also Pep's a total twig
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sorry to be po-faced, but Manchester City should be stripped of all trophies and titles from the appropriate years. They have stained English football and English football has to wear this one. Forget fines and deductions, this needs a permanent record.
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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Liquid Bluesky
National Trust• @nationaltrust.org.uk 
Nobody has ever regretted a scone after a long walk.

Except someone with ceoliac disease
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Chris Ashworth-Bennion @chrisabennion.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
there were 114 guilty charges you see
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Disney Prime Video + ᵖᵃʳᵒᵈʸ @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Digger (2026)
Tom Cruise, in the mall, has way too much shit on, holding a shovel so you know we photoshopped really really hard.

"Tom Cruise is Digger"

The real poster is gonna get vandalized a lot in certain neighborhoods.
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