Reposted by Maev MacCoilleMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It’s 1970 and ELTON JOHN takes out a crumpled piece of paper and plays “Tiny Dancer” for the first time in front of his lyricist BERNIE TAUPIN and Taupin’s wife Maxine (for whom Taupin wrote the song). 1452599582
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Continuing with the WW2 theme, today I saw Pressure. Apparently it’s based on a play - and I think it would have worked better as play. I’d love to know what was up with Andrew Scott’s accent choices. He’s supposed to be Scottish (I think) and sounds about as Scottish as I do. 100
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 20/09/2026My weekend: watching a World War Two movie, drinking whiskey (a whole two drinks), and being sad. (When the miserables hit, they hit hard). It’s possible I’ve metamorphosed into a 70 year old grandad. In my defence, it’s been a stressful week. (Stressful may be some classic Irish understatement) 130
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It’s been a long, long work week (yes, I know it’s only Wednesday). Watching Slow Horses takes some of the sting out of it, because however tough my week is, River Cartwright is always having a worse time. 001
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Somewhere a US state department official is pleading with anyone who’ll listen to “please, please don’t unpick our most significant foreign policy success of the last fifty years.” Meanwhile, the entire Irish cabinet frantically discussing how to say “you’re not helping” in Trumpese. 010
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Usually when I’m stressed, I resort to watching my comfort episodes of the West Wing. The last month or so, only Star Trek will do. I feel like that’s not a good sign. 000
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Years ago, I had a conversation with a friend about how DIY dentistry is an absolute dealbreaker in a potential boyfriend. Tonight’s play proved me right - DIY dentists are psychopaths. (I gave the actors a real panto reaction when I realised just what *kind* of psychopath).static.klipy.comHannibal Lecter Eating a CherryALT: Hannibal Lecter Eating a Cherry 000
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 05/09/2026There are vineyards in north county Dublin. From which wine is produced. For €60 a bottle. I don’t know which of those facts is most astonishing. (I think label must say “for those who live dangerously” or something - they have to know, right?) 000
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This may be a specific cultural inheritance, but my bar for credibility in a fantasy/period drama is simply “Who is doing the laundry?” Because it’s physically exhausting, resource intensive work, and if it just ‘happens,’ then the writer has not thought enough about the foundations of their world 141
Reposted by Maev MacCoilleSmedley Hunkerbunker @joaquindead.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Pierce Brosnan was the result of a GoFundMe campaign to aggregate all of the trace amounts of Irish suavité in one person. Worked a treat, but now National resources are utterly depleted. 021
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I went to see the De Gaulle: Resistance film today, which is interesting for a tonne of reasons (it acknowledges the role of colonised nations in the war!)… one of which is that I think Simon Russell Beale does the best performance of Churchill that I think I’ve ever seen. 221
Reposted by Maev MacCoilleaustintassletine.bsky.social @austintassletine.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I'm inordinately please with this gag. 0171
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 31/08/2026“We [the Irish] don’t do suave as a personality trait. Pierce Brosnan was a one-off, and no one really knows how it happened. And it seems to have come at the cost of his ability to sing.” Look, I said a mildly witty thing at dinner yesterday, and I want to extend its half-life. Just work with me. 3651840
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Has this summer changed something fundamental in me? How can I be glad about this? 000
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 26/08/2026*grumble grumble grumble* Theatres closing their script submission windows early (when they are only open for two weeks every 24 months) is so bloody irritating. I know they have their reasons, but when you give me a deadline, I work to the deadline, not an unspecified date sometime before.static.klipy.comCute Grumpy CatALT: Cute Grumpy Cat 110
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Pure class can’t be bought. m.youtube.com/watch?v=NqdK...m.youtube.comCoat of Many Colours - Dolly Parton, Ireland 1990YouTube video by CR's Video Vaults 030
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Serious theatre festival sends email about this year is all about mothers and matriarchy and female experiences. 50% of the shows the festival has programmed on this theme were written by men. 030
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 19/08/2026My local cinema screened Robin Hood Prince of Thieves because I don’t know why… It’s a wildly amusing. Simultaneously brilliant (the score, costumes, beautiful locations and lighting), terrible (Costner’s accent, hair, acting, and poor Christian Slater, who is at least TRYING) and plain weird. 220
Reposted by Maev MacCoilleSir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I don't think there should be a defibrilator on Snowdon. And that's a hill I'm prepared to die on 693337693
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Pausing to note here how totally stunned I am that anyone was able to make RTE Player work in the UK, as whenever I attempt such a feat it melts down approximately once every 45 seconds. (I am also resisting the urge to explain that it’s actually called camogie, because GAA pedantry isn’t charming) 110
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Just out of Spider-Man and… the MCU has an alarming degree of tolerance for powerful people who resolve their mental health issues by controlling everyone around them. Apparently they all just need a hug. (Am I being a touch facetious? Yes. But three times is a pattern). 110
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 03/08/2026All my work from Friday disappeared in a puff of “maybe there are network issues.” 7 hours of tedious, essential, brain-melting work to do over again. I am inconsolable.static.klipy.comSadness Crying from Inside OutALT: Sadness Crying from Inside Out 110
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Me: I went so see the Odyssey last night. Colleague: no spoilers! …there’s a statute of limitations on this stuff, right? 100
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 22/07/2026On the one hand, when I read this book, I remember thinking it would work brilliantly on stage (it would even give a purpose to the Olivier’s ever present revolve). On the other, the Haunting of Hill House is a one of only a handful of perfect novels. Could you ever do it justice? 000
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 19/07/2026The BBC’s decision to broadcast the All-Ireland final has at least made my Sunday afternoon much, much better. Definitely my preferred way to recover from jet lag. 100
Reposted by Maev MacCoillePeter Clines @peterclines.com · 13/07/2026Nice work, everyone! Keep it up!futurism.comThe Backlash Is So Strong That People With "Pervert Glasses" Are Afraid to Use Them in PublicMeta's camera-equipped "AI Glasses" are so divisive that some adopters are reportedly leaving their expensive smart glasses at home. 1280932514
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Usually I never go near Irish bars when travelling…but on this one occasion I felt obligated. I admit I may be unreasonably pleased, but the name Maeve/Maev/Medb or other derivatives thereof show up basically never. And the cocktail is good - though the decor is lacking an essential bull theme. 030
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 10/07/2026As is (my) tradition when in New York, I spent some time (and money) in what may just be my favourite shop in the whole wide world. (Someday, a script of mine will be for sale in there, and I deserve the right to be obnoxiously delighted about it) 000
Reposted by Maev MacCoilleAtlas Shvitzed @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Unfortunately, a stunned Paris is how they all got into this whole mess to begin with 360159503256
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Watching the match in the US, which means the commentators are speaking Spanish…as though I needed proof that understanding what the commentators say adds nothing to my enjoyment of the sport. 000
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Supergirl was just Furiosa and Fury Road put into a blender, and then stripped of all the great cinematography, complex ideas and (borderline insane) stunt work. On the plus side, the cinema was air conditioned. 120
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 24/06/2026In the last twelve months, I have travelled for work three times. These trips have coincided with 1) the storm that destroyed my parents’ car, 2) two days of monsoon rain in the place I was going, and 3) the hottest day of the year. Is it possible I’m the victim of a (highly specific) curse? 000
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 22/06/2026I have made an unexpected inroad with one of my area’s most recalcitrant cats. Not sure if that makes up for…*gestures vaguely in the direction of the rest of this week*… but I’ll take small pleasures where I can find them. 010
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 21/06/2026My commitment to embracing my natural curls is struggling to deal with the fact that in this weather my hair simply isn’t drying. 6 hours in 29 degree weather is absurd. 000
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Not to sing my own praises, I learned that gooseberry pavlova is a God Tier dessert. I’m sharing this knowledge so that all may prosper. 120
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 21/06/2026I have booked a haircut for next week, with a new hairdresser, who is £50 less than my usual hairdresser. I have just discovered that he has the same (uncommon) last name as her. I am a little afraid I have committed hair infidelity - and discovered a brand new form of social awkwardness. 110
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 20/06/2026On the one hand, I feel for Côte d’Ivoire, because losing to a 96th minute goal is rough. On the other hand, they pulled an Ireland. You can’t relax like that when you’re playing Germany. To use an Irish phrase, this is SENIOR hurling (even though, technically, it isn’t). 010
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 19/06/2026About to spend an hour of my life in a black box theatre. With any luck the play will be wonderful, but in this heat… I am questioning my choices. 110
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 17/06/2026There is one day every year when I am very grateful not to be in Dublin, and that is Bloomsday. I think I’m scarred by tourists expecting me to be able to recite the Molly Bloom soliloquy at the drop of a hat. (Worth noting - when these requests were made, I was a tour guide in a Banking Museum) 100
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 13/06/2026On the one hand, today is a real ‘sometimes London is just too big’ day (my friend in Surbition does not appreciate the journeys I take to get to her). On the other, South Wimbledon tube station giving distinct “convince a man to kill someone for the insurance money” vibes. 000
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 13/06/2026My main thought upon watching Disclosure Day is that Spielberg must have been a huge X Files fan back in the day. (And Colin Firth should never, ever have blue eyes, that was so unexpectedly unsettling). 000
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Dear BBC, It is a hurl, a hurley, or, if speaking as Gaeilge, a camán. No one in the history of anything has ever referred to it as a ‘hurling stick.’ (But the opportunity for pedantry is at least a distraction from the horrible, so thanks I guess). 000
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 06/06/2026I’m not saying I didn’t enjoy Stage Kiss - I am saying that the guy behind who managed to catch my hair in his massive combat boots (or whatever that was on the back of the seat) lessened the entertainment value somewhat. 100
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 04/06/2026“I’ve been lost in this part of South London before” is not a thought one wants to have after midnight. Especially after a lengthy flight. (My predicament is entirely the fault of whatever genius decided there should be no trains from Gatwick that stop south of the river after 11pm) 000
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Not even four pages into the Tailor of Panama, and le Carré has already hit me with some nonsense about a woman’s breasts. *sigh* Why do so many male writers I otherwise enjoy know nothing about female anatomy (and apparently think breasts have an independent consciousness?) 100
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Do they hold hiss-along screenings anywhere? Like sing-alongs, but even more panto. Because I could get really into that for the original Devil Wears Prada, especially with the stupid boyfriend. 000
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 05/05/2026A thing I do miss about living in Ireland is being canvassed before an election. Having an argument on the door step with your TD (who may or may not be a minister) is every voters right, and in all the years I’ve lived in London, I’ve never once had the opportunity. 120
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Is this not just every pub theatre in London in July? 000
Maev MacCoille @msmaev.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Ireland brought the smoking ban in before the UK, and when I moved to London being hit with that smell all over again was jarring at best. I also vividly remember that Doyle’s on College Street was the only pub to smell WORSE after the ban, and yet all my friends insisted on going there. 110
