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Ismene Brown @ismeneb.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

RO satellite failed, says our cinema tech. He sd about 400 cinemas tting to get through to RO helpline. It picked up once interval started duh. We missed most of the forging of Nothung. Feeling furious.

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Searched back through Blue Sky for this. Which is one of the best things I saw all year in any medium.

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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

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Ismene Brown @ismeneb.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

My new article on the only female Soviet leader Ekaterina Furtseva & her extraordinarily bold hand in rescuing Khrushchev & the USSR from a return to Stalinism is the 2nd fruit of my very late, but immensely satisfying university education. Quite readable withal. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TRPSI...

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‘She Saved Him’: The Unacknowledged Role of Ekaterina Furtseva in Nikita Khrushchev’s Defeat of the ‘Anti-Party Group’ in 1957

Nikita Khrushchev’s survival in the Kremlin coup attempt of June 1957, a watershed in the post-Stalin Soviet era, is generally narrated in Western history as his personal triumph. Early reports, ho...

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

I’m quite enjoying the 180 turn on a six pence from “you’ve wrecked the economy and created a black hole” to “there was no black hole and this is even worse”.

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Ismene Brown @ismeneb.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Winn’s rebuttal of the queried illness includes this 2015 medical opinion which is very far from definitive, and nothing like a “terminal” diagnosis. Though that was the premise of the 2018 book and sequels. Chloehadj looks on firm ground.

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chloehadj.bsky.social @chloehadj.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

I spent months on this investigation and gathered docs from the UK courts, Land Registry and a French local authority, to show that Raynor and Moth Winn's story is not as they claim. @tortoisemedia.bsky.social @observeruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

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The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...

Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth

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Ismene Brown @ismeneb.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

No, this is the most telling paragraph - from the medical letter supposedly giving his terminal diagnosis. The doc wasn’t definitive. “Very mild”, if CBS at all.

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Voices of British Ballet @ballet-voices.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

There is a fabulous BBC Radio 4 documentary from 2012, Blackout Ballet, made by @pipparitchie.bsky.social and presented by @ismeneb.bsky.social about International Ballet. It’s still available in the UK on BBC Sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

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BBC Radio 4 - Blackout Ballet

Ismene Brown uncovers the story of Mona Inglesby and International Ballet.

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Ismene Brown @ismeneb.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Lena Zavaroni’s parents??? Where the hell were they?

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

For context, here's Kemi Badenoch pictured with the Spectator's new editor

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Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

A tentative suggestion for a Christmas gift? So far I have accumulated 0.62 euros in royalties for my Shaw Bros Vol 3 fund. There is still some way to go before reaching my target.

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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I play the Georgian song Suliko.

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Ismene Brown @ismeneb.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Another described a wife’s trauma at seeing husband dying as so unbearable she shd not be put through it. I know it’s the living who suffer from a suicide but that isn’t the central issue.

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Ismene Brown @ismeneb.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Any Answers had a man with terminal cancer saying he was up & down from intolerable pain to feeling ok within hours, & anyone seeing him in one period wd not have whole picture. He was against it.

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Ismene Brown @ismeneb.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

I’m an atheist irritated by the misappropriation and distraction of religion as a factor in the moral argument. Listening to Any Answers I wonder if it is living relatives not wanting to suffer vicariously who transfer their feelings to the dying ones who are feeling something different.

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Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

THE COMING THING (kindle or paperback) "a wild, unholy hybrid of Rosemary's Baby, The Omen and Bridget Jones's diary... rich with barbed and telling observations... A hugely satisfying treat" "one of the most original horror novels I've read in a very long time... also one of the funniest"

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The Coming Thing

Buy The Coming Thing by Billson, Anne (ISBN: 9781544247816) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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TiCL 🍃💚🍃 @ticl.me · 30/11/2024

It’s an Exeter elm (so called because they were first discovered near Exeter in 1826) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulmus_'... Known for its twisting erect branches and quirky balloon shape it’s rare and an exciting find in a park on a #treetrail @treeside.bsky.social @treeshepherd.bsky.social

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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Protests continue in the centre of Tbilisi. What we saw Friday night. Camera Anton Chicherov Producer @bentavener.bsky.social

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Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

BILLSON FILM DATABASE (kindle or paperback) "A quite amazing, one-of-its-kind collection of brief, humorous and insightful film reviews" "I would love to argue movies with this woman in a bar that stayed open late" "The wittiest & funniest film reviews I've ever read" www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1546443118

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Billson Film Database: reviews of over 4000 films

Billson Film Database: reviews of over 4000 films : Billson, Anne: Amazon.co.uk: Books

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

There is something at the heart of this story that doesn’t add up, legally speaking. Quick fraud lecture for y’all. 🧵

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Ismene Brown @ismeneb.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Most people’s gut feeling is that they don’t want to suffer. In a good health system, ensuring that they don’t suffer, and live longer than they were predicted to, is the gold standard to aim for. Palliative medics are brilliant and undersung.

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Ismene Brown @ismeneb.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

This is all about gut feeling, & my gut feeling is that if I am seriously ill (and/or old, disabled, vulnerable) I want to see medical staff as 100% focused on assisting me to get better - not on also gauging when to put another option in my head. No to this. Yes to more info on palliative care.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

A terrific theory that pairs well with the Economist's terrific and terrifying chart of Musk's tweeting.

A chart showing Elon Musk's near-24 hour tweeting.

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Graham Rickson 🇮🇪 @grahamrickson.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

HUGE haul this week - 12 fun-packed classical CDs, carefully curated and dissected. theartsdesk.com/classical-mu... Thanks to @bernardhughes.bsky.social #classical #brahms #britten #elgar #walton #vivaldi

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Nigel Slater @nigelslater.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

This week’s column… www.theguardian.com/food/2024/no...

A white plate with baked aubergine and creamed lentils with kale.

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Sam Coates @samcoatessky.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

There’s no verification on this site, so it’s hard to be sure what you’re looking at. The Kemi Badenoch account on here is fake, her team tell me

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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Your starter pack for all the current UK MPs on Bluesky so far ✅

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Benedict Garman @benedictgarman.com · 18/11/2024

Likewise, this account claiming to be BBC Verify is not official either...!

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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

This is not UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. It's a fake account.

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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Beware, this "BBC Breaking News" account is fake. It's not an official BBC News account. If BBC News ever joins this platform, it'll be publicised via official BBC platforms.

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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

One Russian paper today looks “inside Donald Trump.” Another asks a Putin aide if Trump is good for Russia. His reply: to win the election “Trump relied on certain forces, to which he has obligations…he's obliged to fulfil them...[but] election promises can differ from actions.”

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Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (12 November 2024)

YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

A quick social experiment. The same tweet, posted at the same time on here and on Twitter, commenting on @joannahs.bsky.social’s brilliant piece on the exodus of criminal barristers. Bluesky replies on the left. Twitter on the right.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

According to the Daily Mail on 3rd May this year: Jeremy Clarkson bought his 312-acre farm in 2012 for £4.25million so that: "he would not be required pay death duties on the land" #Budget2024

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UK Prime Minister, Some Say Sinister @joemuggs.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

There is no other publication like @theartsdesk.bsky.social - it's a combination of the best of what the broadsheets used to be when they took the arts seriously, and the best of what they COULD be if they took pop, club culture, subculture etc as seriously as they used to take the "high" arts...

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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Back to business, though! As every day, we've a ton of great reviews for you... ★★★ How to Survive Your Mother, King's Head Theatre "We’re assured it’s true. Well, true enough, and I believe him": mummy issues drive Jonathan Maitland's autobiographical dramedy - @garynaylor85.bsky.social reviews.

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How To Survive Your Mother, King's Head Theatre review - mummy issues drive autobiographical dramedy

It is unsurprising to learn in the post-show Q&A that each audience receives Jonathan Maitland’s new play based on his 2006 memoir differently. My house laughed a lot (me especially) but some see the ...

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theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

TODAY IS THE DAY, people. We've been going FIFTEEN YEARS on a wing and a prayer, but we can't continue without help to rebuild our crumbling technical infrastructure and shore up the subscriber base with a serious marketing blast. Please, please if you can contribute, and if not then share this.

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Donate to To keep arts journalism independent and alive, organized by kevin Madden

Can you help give theartsdesk.com a future? We have just marked our 15th a… kevin Madden needs your support for To keep arts journalism independent and alive

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Ismene Brown @ismeneb.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

What PR-meister Mark Borkowski just tweeted - please heed.

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Ismene Brown @ismeneb.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

This unedited is the title of a book.

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Ismene Brown @ismeneb.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Such knowledge. In this particular genre you must need an exceptional ability to wipe your eyes and imagination clean every time to be shockable or hauntable over and over.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

At the very least, if you decide to cancel your WaPo and/or LA Times subscriptions, please I am begging you to transfer that money to other publications that you feel deserve the support. Don’t just remove it completely from all journalism. If we want a free press we have to invest in it.

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