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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Let me introduce you to the three mutations in Welsh...

A Welsh mutation chart with treiglad meddal, trwynol a llaes.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

One of the reasons the Siriano brand is beloved is that he is an inclusive designer. He dresses fat women beautifully, he makes us look gorgeous and so many designers just refuse to acknowledge that we exist.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Pawb, I am happy to announce that if you strictly refuse to call a pub by its terrible new name and keep calling it the old one sometimes that works and they redo the signs. @sirsandgoblin.bsky.social has discovered that the Mochyn Du supremacy has been restored. May that pig be forever filthy.

A picture of the Mochyn Du pub in Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. The pub is a beautiful building surrounded by trees and shrubbery and an A-frame sign in the front saying Croeso yr y Mochyn Du. (for a while it was called something else that no-one ever bothered to remember what it was cos it was really generic when Mochyn Du is a great name that sticks).

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Made up to see the brilliant band The Tubs new record picked as Album of the Week when I opened Qobuz! Get it in yer ears. play.qobuz.com/album/arhv6b...

The front page of Qobuz with their "Discover" page with a gallery of albums. First on the left is Hard Life by The Tubs with a big "album of the week" banner.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Today we've got the Mansa Market with some seriously delicious food from Mami Maggi and beautiful hand-made gifts from Friends of Monze as well as brilliant films such as Baloji's Omen and a rare chance to see Mati Diop's Atlantics in the cinema. www.chapter.cymru/whats-on/wat...

Sheryl from Mami Maggi sits processing my order of Green Marinade and Tomato paste that she made last night. On the arall are shelves of sauces.

A stall with beautiful hand made lion and tiger heads amongst other crafts with a sign saying "Zimbabwean crafts made with love".

Ada and Souleiman embrace bathed in blue and green light in Mati Diop's beautiful film Atlantics.

A man wearing a ritual mask stands with a bare chest and his arms outstretched in front of a dark mountain in Baloji's film Omen.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This weekend we have an incredible programme from Watch Africa Cymru. Last night we had a brilliant discussion after Akinola Davies' My Father's Shadow with Reel Futures.

Damilare Williams-Shires and Kevin Joseph from Reel Futures with filmmakers Femi and Emmanuel Bajulaye sit on a stage with in the cinema behind a Watch Africa slide.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It feels unbelievable that we've lost Jeremy Thomas. So many of the films that are beloved to me, films that feel almost impossible that they have been made, only got to that stage through his enthusiasm and passion for the possibility of film and belief in art to transform. They transformed me.

Jeremy Thomas and John Hurt on the set of The Shout, one of my favourite films.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I highly recommend going in the North Sea in the morning to get off your tits on nature. Just had my last banging breakfast in the Royal Hotel (whose staff are the loveliest I have ever encountered) and started work for the day. Am absolutely gutted to be leaving the gorgeous Whitley Bay.

A sandy beach with a few rocks hairy with seaweed with a freezing, slightly choppy North Sea in the distance.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Finally made it to the legendary Jam Jar Cinema in Whitley Bay. What a gorgeous, friendly spot!

The front of the Jam Jar Cinema Whitley Bay with a classic cinema front saying 'three screens / lounge bar - friendly'

Interior space with a big mirror saying 'Welcome to the Movies' with a key light lamp.

A front kiosk laden with treats and a couple of staff serving a big queue going out of the door.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I'm in Whitley Bay and it is absolutely lush. Was going to go for a quick walk before conference opening night drinks but got completely seduced and stayed paddling till it got dark. The North East is absolutely gorgeous.

A view from the beach in Whitley Bay looking north to St Mary's Lighthouse (which apparently is where the Lighthouse Family got their name (??). There are clouds with a patch of blue and the bright green seaweed-covered rocks are casting a shadow over the pale yellow sand.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I love gigs. I love REM. I love Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy. Diolch o galon, fellas.

Michael Shannon as Michael Stipe on stage at the Thekla Bristol.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"Well, I couldn't speak his language, I couldn't even understand a word but I knew his meaning was I decided I had heard"

Kyle Gordon as a grinning white saviour songwriter character with a black South African man he has decided is called 'Mr Jambo' in the image above him.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

When will things start feeling normal please?

Meme from 30 Rock.
Liz Lemon says 'What a week, huh?'
Jack Donaghy replies 'Lemon, it's Wednesday.'

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The Guardian writing about any tech has always been this meme. Raised by Apple, cannot understand anything outside of how it compares to Apple. It's so frustrating.

"Guy who has only seen The Boss Baby, watching his second movie: Getting a lot of 'Boss Baby' vibes from this..." from @afraidofwasps meme.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

So excited to see one of my favourite films of all time on the big screen at Chapter next weekend. DEATH BY STEREO! The Lost Boys + Evolution of Horror book launch! Get yer tickets whilst you're still able to wear a garlic necklace. @evolutionofhorror.bsky.social www.chapter.cymru/whats-on/evo...

The poster for The Lost Boys with Jami Gertz as Star looking fearfully into the distance; Kiefer Sutherland as David staring menacingly down the lens and Jason Patric as Michael looking determined. Their faces loom above the fairground of Santa Cruz and shadowy still of a biker gang. On the poster is legend "sleep all day, party all night. Never grow old, never die. It's fun to be a vampire"

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Wonderful first day @cineredis with a great day full of talks on rep cinema including legends Joan from QFT Belfast, Paul from GFT, Paul from Prince Charles, Charlotte from Paramount, Kevin from Disney, Candy from Studio Canal, Mosa from Hyde Park Leeds and a fun screening of Danger Diabolik!

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I don't get emotional about celebrities passing very often but, oh! Sam Neill. He gave us some of the most wonderful performances but I've really enjoyed how much he's given of himself in his posts from the farm. Seeing his gentle kindness with animals has been a joy. We've lost a lovely man.

Sam Neill, with a cheeky grin, taking a selfie with a goose.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Lupita Nyong'o is simply a very beautiful woman, one of the most beautiful women in the world that is why she was cast as the world's most beautiful woman. The frothing bots on X are racist. Wtf is this headline?? (and no I'm not clicking on the article to read it, this is offensive bullshit)

Headline from New York Times "by casting Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy in his new film 'The Odyssey' Christopher Nolan is using Helen just as the Greek authors did: to provoke, challenge and discomfit how we think about beauty and identity' Daniel Mendelsohn writes. With a picture underneath where Lupita Nyong'o looks characteristically radiant like a goddess.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Reject modernity, embrace tradition.

1996, France. Victoria and David Beckham walk from a restaurant. She is wearing a black top and flowy trousers and he is wearing a black top and a sarong skirt. The skirt caused weeks (months? Maybe even years) of headlines.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Watched the Sabrina (1995) remake today. It has such an odd tone, first half drags but Harrison Ford is incredible in it and the cast! It's like all the best character actors turned up to do one line.

Angie Dickinson and Lauren Holly as mother and daughter, supporting roles in Sabrina (1995)

J Smith Cameron as an air hostess in Sabrina (1995)

Paul Giamatti as a gardener in Sabrina (1995)

Fanny Ardant as a French mentor to the main character in Sabrina (1995)

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I'm so proud of brilliant Dan Young who I've known for more than 20yrs and has just won the The Association of British Theatre Technicians 'Technician of the Year Award'! Dan has always been the friendliest, most professional and creative, warm-hearted person working in Theatre. The absolute best.

Dan Young, a man with a beard and long hair wearing a suit and a trilby hat smiles as he picks up his Technician of the Year Award at the Association of British Theatre Technicians awards.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Penblwydd hapus! Many happy days spent on the Sound in these beauties.

A shelf in my living room with some fake hands and other toys, with a card Washington Ferry (which was filled with chocolates) sitting front and centre.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Fantastic to have a packed crowd on a sunny Sunday for @pritchardswyd.bsky.social and the moving doc The Road of Excess. Diolch o galon i Lee Nabbs from Mockingbird Cinema for taking this wonderful Welsh film on a Q&A tour around the UK. More dates on their site mbentertainment.co.uk/the-road-of-...

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I dearly miss living a short run down the lane to the sea in Trebarwith most of the year. But I never miss it during the summer. I reckon I have anxiety forever in summer months due to emmets.

A headline from Reach Plc "Visiting Tintagel on bank holiday was utter madness" with an accompanying picture of a big crowd on the cliff in the sunshine.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Gorgeous light on the Severn Estuary this morning in golden hour.

The view of the Severn Estuary in a golden light with beautiful green grass and the Severn Bridge in the distance.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Fab day out with my mate Rich to see the brilliant For Wales See Wales pod. More sunshine, more laughter, more caring about improving Wales. Am byth.

Robin Morgan, Mel Owen and Will Hayward sitting on the stage in the Glee Club.

Richard Nosworthy wearing a Super Furry Animals cap and me wearing a silly pink dress smiling in the sunshine in front of the Senedd.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Haha it's true lads, look at this!

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Fantastic night at Chapter with Thighpaulsandra, Xavier Laradji & Jill Westwood with films of COIL. Incredible achievement archiving, digitising from mouldy prints hundreds of hours of footage edited into this beautiful, moving, funny package of films. Diolch o galon @docnrollfilms.bsky.social

Thighpaulsandra of COIL, filmmaker Xavier Laradji and artist Jill Westwood in front of a slide saying 'A Way To Die: The Short Films of COIL'

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

They've done Chappell Roan and Charli XCX fan edits of his speeches.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Guys, I've seen a Milifan post from someone claiming to be 19. What is old is new again.

An example of a Milifan meme, showing a smiling Ed Miliband in front of the union Jack with 'I love Ed Miliband' and lots of love hearts

Ed Miliband standing with one leg extended in the Commons. The caption reads 'Ed Miliband asserts his dominance' the backing music is 'Whatta Man' by En Vogue and Salt n Pepa.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I still can't believe that tomorrow night I'm going to be interviewing my childhood crush, the unbelievably charismatic Tanita Tikaram, on stage at Chapter. Buy a ticket and find out if I turn into a puddle or not. www.chapter.org/whats-on/doc...

Tanita Tikaram dressed in a plain white shirt putting her hand through her hair and staring right into the eye of the camera in a way that gives me butterflies.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Despite everything people (me included) are saying about Labour, the absolutely amazing Shavannah Taj won a Senedd seat yesterday. She is genuinely one of the best people in Wales and she will work hard for making things better for people. Good things today to be hopeful for.

Campaign leaflet for Shavannah Taj with this statement:
'Union-led Community-rooted focused on results'
"I won't accept a Wales where people are left to struggle while others look the other way. I've stood with workers, fought for fair pay, and built safer workplaces - and I'll keep pushing until our communities have the secure homes, fair wages, and public services we deserve. I know what it's like to be in the fight - and what it takes to win."

A photo of Shav's warm, smiling face wearing a navy top and necklace.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

In Wales everything is going to change this election. Be part of the positive and progressive change. I've got a horrible cold and croaked out my address to the polling clerk. You'd have to kidnap me and put me in a coma to stop me voting, it's so important.

My stupid smug face in front of my polling centre with a shirt saying "Don't Let The Tell You That There Are No Monsters" cos right wing parties have proved that they live among us.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Tiktok is weird. I made one short comment on a post showing Welsh actor Luke Evans being brilliant and funny and apparently all the Luke Evanses in every multiverse are following me... (I don't think any of these are the actor Luke Evans).

A notification page from Tiktok showing nothing but 'Luke Evans is following you' notifications with different avatars. I doubt any of them are the actual Luke Evans who my brother played rugby against in the under 11s.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Paul Robeson, for those who don't know, didn't just sing like thunder was rumbling darkly in your soul and filling you with hope and joy; didn't just have unwavering belief in emancipation from capitalism and historical imperialism and the powers of community. He also looked llike this.

Paul Robeson young and smiling and in suit. Looking into your soul and saying "hey girl" probably.

A slightly older Paul Robeson looking over his right shoulder at the camera smizing intently.

An older Paul Robeson smiling with a huge, wicked grin and looking to his left, thinking about how socialism is going to emancipate the people.

Paul Robeson looking broody and sweaty in a white linen shirt probably thinking about how evil the right wing government is.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Listening to the latest episode of @thisamericanlife.org and stunned that Americans don't seem to know about Paul Robeson. He's so beloved here in Wales, he's a proper folk hero that so many of our grandparents remember going to see sing and speak. This was such a wonderful episode, so enlightening.

Paul Robeson and the Cwmbach Male Voice Choir from Cynon Valley museum. The choir proudly in a hall in behind a grand piano with Paul Robeson on the front left.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Fantastic lecture @miskatonicihs.bsky.social from @jamesrendell.bsky.social on His House, one of the best films of the 2020s. I've been searching for more writing about it since I saw it in the depths of Lockdown. Diolch i Josh & James. I hope to make it to more events in The Horse Hospital!

James Rendell stands in the far left of the frame waiting as the audience gather in the foreground. Behind him is a slide showing a still of His House showing a person in a ceremonial mask in a crumbling modern English house. The slide is titled 'Be One of the Good Ones: His House and Colonial Capitalist Hauntings'

Internal detail in The Horse Hospital. A lamp with amber glass in an internal window frame with a blood red curtain behind. The perfect setting for a talk on horror and hauntings.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Listening to the latest @slate.com Culture Gabfest ep where they are talking about sharing a pic of Dana's Cockapoo and I have never felt more like a meme so much in my life.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The Drama with Zendaya and Robert Pattinson is out today. A delicious treat which I really enjoyed. I have also been enjoying the narrative red carpet Zendaya and Law Roach have put together. Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. Perfection! (alt text for detail).

Zendaya in 4 red carpets: something old - a white Vivienne Westwood dress that she wore to the Oscars in 2015 and caused a stir because she has her hair in braids and dreds and some entertainment journo was racist about, it was her first international moment; something new - custom white Louis Vuitton with backless illusion and a huge black bow train; something borrowed - a Giorgio Armani Privé black dress which was borrowed from Cate Blanchett who wore it at the Venice premiere of Father Mother Sister Brother last year (including the accessories and 'borrowing' Cate's glam); something new - a Schiaparelli blue dress from its new collection with 65,000 silk feathers in different shades of blue with blue Tiffany earrings and rings and blue sparkly eyeshadow.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

We've had a great time at Chapter today with Pigeon Laughs Comedy Festival. Screened a preview of The Golden Cobra season 2 and it was so nice for the Beastly Media team to hear the proper big laughter of a huge audience rather than people watching it at home. Cinema is magic.

A cinema screen with The Golden Cobra slide with BBC commissioner Paul Forde, writer Adam Llewelyn, Pigeon Laughs Festival director José Fortuna, producers Dan Thomas and Sarah Breese sat in front talking to the audience.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

At uni I got an 82 for an essay on L'etrange by Albert Camus. I still remember the last line I wrote cos I thought it was very pretentious and I wouldn't get away with it. Can I remember the plot now, despite having seen the film? No. Time for a re-read Mr Camels!

A gorgeous black and white photograph of Albert Camus by Henri Cartier Bresson that I had on my wall as a teenager. Albert is looking directly into the camera, with his collar up and a cigarette floating on his lips. Sexy philosopher boy.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I'm just a girl, standing in front of the Departures Board in Paddington begging for one Sunday that they can announce the Swansea train platform more than 2mins before it is due to leave.

The Departures Board in Paddington showing Bristol, Swansea and Great Malvern and they all have announced the platforms apart from Swansea which is due in 5mins. It is always like this.

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