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They’re emailing out the decisions. Relief for applicants, one way or the other. I’m stunned to say mine was successful: oh my. I’ll have to do it now.

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Domain Details Page

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Ali is correct. I got all excited that the site appeared to be up, and did exactly what the email said not to.

Grantium latest. It's back up. But it seems to have lost (all? just my?) login details. So I click on "reset password" and get this. If you ask me a confirmation question, I'll answer it...

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Currently glued to the #lakeland100 tracker. One of my clubmates is on pace for the women’s’ course record, another good friend is chasing the cut-offs, and between them will be found the cause of my imminent death from heart failure.

My pinned post is out of date again.

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From now on I’m only answering “where do you get your ideas from” when it’s expressed in this way.

An email from the theatre I attended last night, seeking to understand my motives for coming and how I heard about the play. I wrote it.

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It was already down from at least the night before. First website ever to go down in anticipation of high traffic. Even my shonky old site can handle 2000 hits.

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On reflection I can’t believe the decisions are recorded nowhere but Grantium. There’s a spreadsheet somewhere. Anything else would be negligence verging on gross incompetence.

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For the avoidance of ambiguity or coyness: I am one of those waiting.

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Applicants have now been told they'll hear (ideally) early next week. As far as I understand it, the decisions are themselves locked in Grantium. We've been saying since its introduction that Grantium is not fit for purpose; this seems to have finally persuaded ACE that this is so.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

About two thousand people await decisions on their DYCP applications, decisions due yesterday. Plenty more have scrambled to submit applications before their summer holiday, but find they can't. I don't envy those at Arts Council towers today.

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“I figured I might as well continue kicking that kid because after all loads of other people were.”

“Delayed due to train crew being delayed by service delays.”

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Not just me then. I think it could prove fairly popular!

It looks like a great project, and it's a lovely school. I hope it comes off - I'd love to see it.

Get the feeling you're not in Lancaster anymore...

And yesterday I went to this. I wrote the adaptation so you'll be wanting to give it a miss. dukeslancaster.org/whats-on/the...

dukeslancaster.org

The Wizard of Oz

Through It All Together - Leeds Playhouse

On Wednesday I saw this, a play about Leeds United that's actually a play about dementia and which managed to do both of these things improbably well. www.leedsplayhouse.org.uk/event/throug...

leedsplayhouse.org.uk

A love letter to Marcelo Bielsa, Leeds United and the bond that unites families and fans.

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This week I've been to the theatre more times than the rest of the year combined, unless you count occasions when I was the theatre. On this week's showing I'd recommend theatre, which seems to have plenty going for it.

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On Epstein, Donald Trump is not so much hiding in plain sight as loudly drawing attention to himself in plain sight.

Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

The absolute gall of lecturing Diane Abbott about racism.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Absolutely. And I’ll certainly read the book. Tho presumably it never became better known publicly because, despite being a huge fish in a niche pond, in the grand scheme of things he was pretty obscure.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

For what it’s worth I’ve been in three different conversations about CG in the last month or so. They just haven’t happened in public. No-one *wants* to talk about him but he remains impossible to avoid.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Bradford! Is that... Piers Morgan? This Thursday, 10 July, is the last date on the #ImaginaryFriends tour, so it's your last chance to find out! I'll be at The Beacon at Cliffe Castle Park for @bradford2025.co.uk, and I'd love to see you there. Tickets: bradford2025.co.uk/event/imagin...

Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Bradford! I'll be at The Beacon, Cliffe Castle Park next Thursday 10 July, 7.30pm as part of @bradford2025.co.uk. It's the last stop on the #ImaginaryFriends tour, and I'd love you to join me. 🎟️ bradford2025.co.uk/event/imagin... #Bradford2025

Promotional image (by Casey Orr) for Imaginary Friends, showing Dan, wearing a white shirt and a black bow tie, bracing himself as a joke plastic gun fires a white, square piece of fabric with a smiley emoji on it.

Text reads:

Alphabetti Theatre, Daniel Bye and ARC Stockton present IMAGINARY FRIENDS

'Captivating and illuminating' The Independent
'Bye is an exceptional storyteller' Exeunt Theatre Magazine
'Riveting, funny and thoughtful' The Guardian

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

It would be great to see you this Thursday: oldwoollen.seetickets.com/tour/daniel-...

oldwoollen.seetickets.com

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Only a couple of days to go until I bring #ImaginaryFriends to @oldwoollen.bsky.social in Farsley, Leeds. Want to know a bit more about what to expect? Here's an excerpt from the very beginning of the show...

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Tickets: www.seetickets.com/event/daniel...

seetickets.com

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

One week to go, Leeds! Fancy joining me for a surreal, disturbing and electrifying rollercoaster ride through the looking glass of the 21st-century media hellscape? Of course you do. I'll be at @oldwoollen.bsky.social with #ImaginaryFriends next Thursday 12 June. See you there!

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Tickets: oldwoollen.seetickets.com/event/daniel...

oldwoollen.seetickets.com

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Leeds! Is that... Piers Morgan? Find out when I bring #ImaginaryFriends to @oldwoollen.bsky.social next Thursday 12 June. 'Imaginary Friends... captivates the audience through Daniel Bye's sharp wit and compelling performance'(@thereviewshub.bsky.social) It would be great to see you there.

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 26/05/2025

This is such a remarkable thing to admit. 2/n

“I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work,” Clegg said. “And by the way if you did it in Britain and no one else did it, you would basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight.”

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

You’ve missed it now, unless you live in West Yorkshire.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

In London this weekend? There are still a couple of chances to see #ImaginaryFriends at @sohotheatre.bsky.social. Come along tonight or tomorrow (Fri 23 - Sat 24 May), I'd love to see you. 'A genius blend of satirical performance & stand up comedy' ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - thank you, Ovation Radio! 📸 Benjamin Smith

Dan sitting in a yellow chair and looking over his shoulder with a smile on his face in a production shot from the show.

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Kieran Hurley @kieranhurley.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

A lovely, and obviously true, thread. The elements of life that the AI weirdos see as inconveniences to be eradicated - the details, the small efforts, the interactions in which we get to notice each other - are in fact more often than not the the very point of life itself.

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Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

'a keen reliance on storytelling... makes the show stand out from the crowd.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thanks, LondonTheatre1! I'm at @sohotheatre.bsky.social with #ImaginaryFriends until this Sat 24 May. I'd love you to come and see it: sohotheatre.com/events/imagi... (📸 Benjamin Smith)

A man in glasses, wearing a black jacket over an open-necked checked shirt, is pointing at something as he speaks into a microphone on stage.

Daniel Bye @danielbye.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

This lovely review of Imaginary Friends came out two months ago and I just learned of it. Not everyone wants their work described as “scouring” but I’ll take it, and I’ll certainly take “a privilege to experience”. It’s @sohotheatre.bsky.social this week. ayoungishperspective.co.uk/2025/03/16/r...

ayoungishperspective.co.uk

review: Imaginary Friends

An introspective exploration of saying the inside thoughts out loud.