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Ewan Spence @ewanspence.co.uk · 10/10/2026

Did the #SNLUK writing team work hard on that Fouracres Weekend Update moment? Did they have a touch of fourth wall in with the cartographer? Has Fouracres just gone off script and turned it up to eleven because live is live? "It doesn't matter, Nicola Coughlan. None of this is real!"

Nicola Coughlin and George Fouracres stare each other down to see who can sing the most provocative Irish Rebel song on UK TV.

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Phelim O’Neill @phelimoneill.bsky.social · 18h

UK comics had the BEST food!

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 18h

Oh that's a funny coincidence - and I can see it. But Ferdia was such a missed opportunity!

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 18h

Joyful lesbian poem for National [I guess in the US?] Coming Out Day. I am not coming out as a lesbian but I love this poem anyway. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

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Due to Popular Demand, I Am Coming Out

Call me pussy-pirate & turf-taster, scissor-sister & shrub-scout, lickalotapus & an antisemenist headed for Brokeback Valley. Call me twat-tiddler,…

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 21h

Good luck! That's not what Hank had, but I can tell you that he is SO much happier since the surgery, and things that we thought were just Hank being Hank (constant miaowing, basically) are gone. He must have been in pain for so long. I hope for all the best for Garfy!

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Mark Cole @coleybbq.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Genuinely one of those movies, that when watched for the first time, improves your life instantly

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Let me know what you think and if / how it changes your perspective on the film

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Such great songs, and perfectly pitched as songs an actual, very good school band in the 80s might do.

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It's really worth reading the novel as it's a different, far more complex beast. The film simplifies it through necessity, but characters like Binoche's are far more central in the book, and the love story sucked down into the dark morass of war.

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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Update: Hank’s tooth operation went well (two rotten gnashers removed) and he is a much happier cat as a result.

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

That's an amazing comparison. We studied comedy writing together in Amsterdam! Arguably she has taken her comedy sliiiiiiightly further than mine.

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It does get a lot better - there's a real depth and maturity to it by the end - but if you found the first ep actually unbearable I suspect you might only appreciate it but not actually enjoy it, if you see what I mean

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Oh my! "There is food and we are not eating food. We are confused."

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Just finished Break Clause, and I'm biased, because Lara Ricote is a friend of mine, but not so biased that I didn't think the pilot stunk - I tell you this so you will trust me - because I loved it and if there isn't a second series I will SPIT NAILS.

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Thank you. The surgery went well, now we are waiting to see whether it cures the underlying problem. Paws crossed!

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

That's awful. Sending a big hug, and the hope that they decide that actually, nah, they won't bother this time.

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Honestly, Jane, as someone with a lifelong phobia of vomiting, which is really a phobia of your own body, which you cannot rest from for even a moment, even when you are asleep, I genuinely do find this a profound insight. And I'm sorry you are scared.

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 11/08/2024

I have another Brian Blessed story, which is second hand, but… a friend of mine worked on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Palladium, in which BB played Baron Bomburst. Apparently, he kept buying extra props from Hamleys on his way in to the theatre…

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Incredible. "After listening to that album, the girlfriend should realise that she deserves death" is quite the conclusion

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yes, you are absolutely right. Though I don't always think so when doing the 5am feed.

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Thank you, and so much love to you in your loss.

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Re this and my previous repost, I know that people have all kinds of good reasons not to have pets, but they bring me love and joy and hilarity and solace every single day. Every single day. I mean, look at this.

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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

How a black dog can banish The Black Dog. After my wife Colette died in 2020 a dog (Nico) was why I got out of bed in the morning, got dressed, left the house, met other people, established a routine (dogs love a routine), and found a way to be in the moment (dogs love that too). Great piece.

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

That or some kind of post-apocalyptic aural lair

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Not gonna lie, would watch (and indeed participate)

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I can't handle reading off anything but paper or e-paper, so an iPad is out, but now that I have a husband sleeping next to me I need the backlight on an e-reader to read at night, and I'm just as happy as with a book now. Again, did not anticipate this development!

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Maybe it's telling you you should get one.

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My targeted ads were sure I was a woman until I looked up how to fix a scratched bathroom tile one time and they started targeting me with ads for gay men. Like: she likes clothes... but also fixes things... WHAT CAN THIS MEAN?

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I mean you know about my obsession with catapults.

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I had the opposite experience a few years ago looking up what Facebook thought I was into and discovering the list: Tae Kwan Do Sanitary Towel Catapult

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Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Amazing news London people Persephone is coming back! 🥳

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"What are you giving me with the flying fish" @romanbone.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Merna Kennedy looking like a Bauhaus student. 1926 portrait to announce her role opposite Charlie Chaplin in The Circus (1928).

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

An abundance of colour and pattern characterises this mid #1860s bodice from shadowy leaves to garlands of flowers. It is almost easier to appreciate it in isolation, separate from its skirt, the details somehow more impactful as a solo piece #V_and_A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

The back of a mid 1860s bodice consisting of green silk with a leafy ombré pattern and dense floral patterns along the wide sleeves. It has green silk undersleeves, a round neck and pointed waist

Front view of the mid 1860s green silk bodice. In addition to the leafy pattern and floral borders, it is buttoned centre front

A detail of the floral pattern which decorates the sides and sleeves of the mid 1860s bodice

An alternative detail view of the mid 1860s green silk bodice which shows the floral pattern, the shadowy leaf motifs and part of the centre front buttoning

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Incidentally, my steady book-purchasing habit has recently moved over to Kobo.

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Maintains steady book purchasing habit" is on mine and I wonder how much money they invested in figuring this out

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 06/10/2026

i took the piss out of @robarmstrong.bsky.social when he said this but in fairness, he was indeed making a good point. It just started weirdly. Proof that the pod is very much unscripted/unrehearsed/slightly chaotic www.ft.com/content/845a...

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I texted her this morning to tell her the news and that she'll never get that protractor now

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