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Nicky Denovan

@nickydenovan.com
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UK writer | Playwright & screenwriter | Edinburgh Fringe, BBC radio, theatre all over (New York to New Zealand) | Plays, scripts, pics, publications & performances at 🔗 www.nickydenovan.com

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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 28/09/2026
Talking to the kids who read the cereal packet: There was no Reader’s Digest or celebrity autobiography in my grandparents’ houses that went unread. Consequently, I have an encyclopaedic knowledge of the life and times of Terry Wogan, and everyday examples of why “laughter is the best medicine”.
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 28/09/2026
I’m delighted to have been shortlisted for the Wells Festival of Literature 2026 Short Story Competition! ✍️ 🎉
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 22/09/2026
You absolutely have to love auto-transcription
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 21/09/2026
I’m a grown woman and I’m scared of being told off by my dental hygienist. 🤷‍♀️
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 18/09/2026
Black Box Recorder. Unimprovable vocal, vibe and aesthetic. 12/10. #totp
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 18/09/2026
#totp
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 18/09/2026
Engraving the Ivor Novello award as we speak #totp
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 18/09/2026
“I told you to wear it cos you felt cold”. Great exposition. #totp
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 15/09/2026
“So I asked him, well, Lord Russell, what was that dream all about?' And you know, he couldn't tell me!”
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 05/09/2026
I published a book (with my work hat on) and I’ve just had to send a paperback copy to the British Library. Felt I should be wearing a bowler hat.
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 05/09/2026
Not saying the weather is weird but I’m currently eating soup with the fan on.
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 04/09/2026
Very much enjoying the new season of Bill Nighy’s Ill-Advised podcast. Listener writes in because her husband is having a mid-life crisis and wants to buy a Porsche. Bill’s advice: have his thyroid levels checked.
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 26/08/2026
I read Tim Curry’s memoir ‘Vagabond’ the second it came out last year. It offers more than a glimpse into his intellect, shrewdness, creative bravery and sheer appetite for life.
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 26/08/2026
I absolutely ADORED Tim Curry. Mischievous, mysterious, with charisma and talent to burn. And let’s not forget the sheer RANGE. He sold every single performance and absolutely knew his own value. Took on everything and everyone on his own terms. ICONIC.
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 24/08/2026
Just seen the weather forecast for the Bank Holiday.
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 20/08/2026
Mislaid my reading glasses so I’m using a magnifying glass to look at cooking instructions. I am truly in my Little Edie era. #greygardens
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 15/08/2026
A pressing question at the Rolling Stones pop-up store in Carnaby Street.
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 15/08/2026
Just checking something…
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 14/08/2026
My phone just ran out of battery. As it sprang back to life in the charger, THE NATIONAL ALERT WENT OFF AGAIN.
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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 07/08/2026
Absolutely true. IKEA stores contain wormholes to other IKEA stores.
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 30/07/2026
Does anyone else get the yips when dropping old clothes into a clothes bin chute? Like, “what if my passport inexplicably made its way into the jumble?!” 😭
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 28/07/2026
Enjoyed this marketing disclaimer at Paddington this morning.
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 23/07/2026
Worst concert trolling ever: A friend of mine managed to get into the raised VIP area at a sold-out Radiohead concert and took great delight in loudly asking “Who is this band again?” every few minutes.
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 20/07/2026
Andy Burnham is the first UK Prime Minister to have studied English Literature at university. As such, he has a unique opportunity to debunk the lazy, cliched dismissal of arts graduates, and the chance to restore the humanities to their rightful place at the centre of public life. NO PRESSURE. 💅
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 19/07/2026
I’m a woman in STEM (Slightly Theatrical Eye Make-Up)
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 19/07/2026
Over on Insta, the Royal Horicultural Society wrote a nice comment on Pamela Anderson’s video of her garden and someone replied: “Never mind the celebrity sycophancy. People are getting tired of it. Bring back Geoff Hamilton and show people how to grow potatoes.”
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 18/07/2026
Watched Grey Gardens (original 1975 documentary) for the first time today after several kind folk told me it was on YouTube. It could have been made for me in a lab. Doomed glamour, reversal of fortune pathos, camp wit, high drama and everything in between. Plus raccoons. ADORE.
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 17/07/2026
“All-new Oasis! Same as the old Oasis! And that’s our guarantee to you! ” #totp
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 17/07/2026
Sash manages to look like both Ant and Dec #totp
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 17/07/2026
“For ten points, name Fierce’s second single.” “I’m sorry, Ken. I can’t even name the first.” #totp
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 13/07/2026
Ordered a 20-piece toolkit without checking the dimensions. It’s just arrived. The spirit level is the size of a pencil sharpener. It includes a teeny hammer that’s just right for testing for your knee reflexes (which, to be fair, I’ve always wanted). Spinal Tap-level incompetence on my part.
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 10/07/2026
Gah. Such a shame that the Arthur Fery semi-final was all gong and no dinner. Heck of a run, though. Well done that man. 🎾
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 10/07/2026
A good rule for social media commentary, I think, is to take an honest run at the question: “Whose approval am I seeking to gain and what outcome am I hoping to achieve by publicly posting this?” Judging by today, I suspect it’s not a question that crosses everyone’s mind.
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 07/07/2026
Fines list from Wimbledon. Here’s the code 🎾 AO: Audible obscenity RA: Racket abuse DC: Dress code violation UnC: Unsportsmanlike conduct
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giri nathan @girinathan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
no age at which I would rule out Novak Djokovic making the semifinals of Wimbledon. nothing but medical death
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 07/07/2026
Djokovic heading off for a pretty solid Radox bubble bath right about now.
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Caridad Svich @csvich.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
a society that thinks its culture is expendable is not a society
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 06/07/2026
I’ll say one thing about Harry Kane: he has exceptional vocal range. Effortlessly spans the octaves. Probably classically trained.
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 06/07/2026
Arthur Fery - wildcard entrant, grew up a stone’s throw from the All England Lawn Tennis Club - has booked his place in the Wimbledon quarter finals, watched from the Royal Box by Roger Federer. 🎾 🍓 Boy’s Own Stuff.
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 05/07/2026
“If he dies, he dies!” Dame Joan Collins in 2002, responding to questions about the 32-year age gap between her and new husband Percy Gibson.
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 05/07/2026
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 04/07/2026
Visited the museum during my day at Wimbledon yesterday. I loved looking at memorabilia, and particularly the apparel. The size of original Lacoste logo always makes me laugh. SUBTLE BRANDING. 🎾 🍓
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Sista 𓅓 @sista.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy #Caturday
A distressed black cat with a cigarette in its mouth, exhaling smoke, with the text "should i over explain myself or remain misunderstood" displayed below.
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 04/07/2026
Looked at the highlights of yesterday’s play at Wimbledon and caught some courtside footage of me spectating. Not the biggest news story of the tournament, but I was not overly pleased with my hair.
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 30/06/2026
Wimbledon spectators: please stop shouting out during serve prep. Apart from being unfair to the players, it’s indecorous and suggests a regrettable degree of over-refreshment.
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Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley: Mmhmm Cousin
ALT: Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley: Mmhmm Cousin
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 29/06/2026
“The Ooh-Aah bird is so-called because it lays square eggs.” Margo Ledbetter is one of the great comic creations in a golden age of British sitcoms. Matchless cast chemistry built on genuine friendship. Farewell to the wonderful, wonderful Penelope Keith.
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 28/06/2026
Happy 60th trip around the sun to the great John Cusack. Responsible for countless memorable movie moments, but none more imprinted on my youthful mind than him earnestly serenading Ione Skye by blasting ‘In Your Eyes’ from a boombox while wearing the most 80s outfit imaginable.
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 24/06/2026
Let’s bring this word back. Added bonus: a non-AI tell.
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 24/06/2026
Ants have been very quiet so far. Don’t trust it.
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Nicky Denovan @nickydenovan.com · 23/06/2026
Just caught up on Later with Jools Holland. Shania Twain arranging her face in a suitable expression as she took in the avante garde, math rock stylings of Angine de Poitrine was QUITE SOMETHING.
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