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Sally Abbott

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Sally Abbott @sallyabbott.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The Spectator can fuck off. And when it’s fucked off, it can fuck off some more
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
And other find from @monkemma.bsky.social: Arday blogged all those marathons in real time. I can’t remember the dozens of journalists who told me there’s no evidence he ran them. Are any of you big enough — or good enough journalists — to correct your error?
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Alistair Davidson @moh-kohn.eurosky.social · 09/08/2026
Always love seeing this because I believe* I invented this graph in 2011. Something I did stuck around! www.mohkohn.co.uk/writing/orga... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... * if you know of a pre-2011 example let me know and I will stop claiming this
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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Once again, I come back to the fact these guys have created a situation where one of the UK's leading, cis female athletes is scared to go to the loo alone, and the fact that they are celebrating this as a step forward for women's rights.
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Don’t ban kids using YouTube. Make YouTube behave like a broadcaster. Pay creators. Reinvest in the creative industries. Pay fair tax back into creators’ economies. Follow guidelines on fair usage and copyright. Play fair. It’s bigger than TV now. Make it behave like TV.
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
RIGHT! Now Broken Veil 2 is done, I'm running the first of my writing courses this year. Five weeks, Sunday afternoons, UK time, online. People have really liked these sessions, so let's do it again. Let me know if you want to join in via the website here... www.gralefrit.co.uk/writers-room...
gralefrit.co.uk
WRITERS ROOM
THE WRITERS' ROOM
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Thinking about that guy who posted that if capsaicin gives the sensation of heat, and menthol gives the sensation of cold then they must counteract each other. Who then posted 30 min later saying don’t try it, it feels like you swallowed Hell fire.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The world’s ten richest people — all Americans — saw their collective net worth increase by $260 billion in April. These ten people are now worth a combined $2.7 trillion. The bottom 50% of U.S. households, 66 million in total, is worth $4.3 trillion. Wondering if inequality is out of control?
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Sally Abbott @sallyabbott.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Are Christian leaders condemning Trump for his latest AI Trump is Jesus pic? If not, why not?
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Sally Abbott @sallyabbott.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The right wing Christianity gang that’s rocked up in Liverpool really are a gang of twats. Nick Twathead calls the protesting Christians “demons”. Apparently Jesus wasn’t kind he was “righteous” which makes me think they’ve all been watching Pulp Fiction last night and think they’re Samuel L Jackson
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Ry | Vinyl Fantasy Reviews @vinylfantasy.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Take indie sleaze, and make it proggy, and you might get Olivier by The Sukis. This is some genuinely creative indie rock that grapples with masking, and the awards you deserve for pacifying neurotypical society. vinylfantasyreviews.co.uk/2025/07/04/s...
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SINGLE REVIEW: The Sukis – Olivier
The latest excursion into The Sukis’ brand new era sees them flirting with progressive sounds on this electrifying indie banger.
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 25/11/2025
Here are my top 10 dogs carrying big sticks!
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Sophie Petzal @sonicscrewup.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Hey the Nazis did this to my grandparents so this sounds cool @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
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John Simpson @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
2000-now: Storyville, I May Destroy You, In Our Time, Springwatch, 6 Music, Happy Valley, RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Gardener's World, A House Through Time, Fleabag, WILTY, Top Gear, Gone Fishing, This Country, CBBC, Dr Who, The Office, Sherlock, Wolf Hall, Glastonbury, Only Connect, The Traitors.
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Sally Abbott @sallyabbott.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
@thecidershedpod.bsky.social sideline?
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Sally Abbott @sallyabbott.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Best one liner I’ve ever written
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Them: “no one had pronouns in my day” A TV Character from their day:
A picture of He-Man
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
British.
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Sally Abbott @sallyabbott.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
4 eps into Sally Wainwright’s Riot Women and it’s the best. Absolutely f*cking glorious
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
We should be asking this c o n s t a n t l y.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 09/10/2025
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive” Theft is not a valid alternative.
META BOOK THIEVES - They Must Do The Write Thing

The Society of Authors are protesting Meta’s HQ today 

This image shows illustrations of authors holding placards saying “make it fair” and “do the write thing”
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Sally Abbott @sallyabbott.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Just finished watching the third and final series of #BigBoys by Jack Rooke. Brilliant, funny, moving and with a massive massive heart. And the best depiction of male friendship I’ve ever seen
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 27/01/2025
This is Roo. He is the quaintest little guy to ever live. 12/10 would be delighted to pet
a little black scottie dog pup climbs toward the camera from atop an orange velour chair. natural light beams in from the right, highlighting his dark fur to almost look like shades of blue. he has a tiny gold medallion on his collar that is stamped with his name: Roo.
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The Daily Beans Podcast @dailybeanspod.com · 22/01/2025
This is how you do it...
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 07/01/2025
Here we have just a little guy, toasty and content as he reflects on his day. 13/10 would try my best not to disturb him
little fluffy white dog in a yellow jacket sits on the hardwood floor of a pub of sorts. nobody is around him. he’s staring at a roaring fire, and the light reflects off his face and ears.
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Sally Abbott @sallyabbott.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
So Elon Musty is going for the UK because his paternal grandmother was from Liverpool. Someone needs to tell him she wouldn’t like his politics, we certainly don’t like Tiny Tommy Robinson’s
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Sally Abbott @sallyabbott.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
@lyndacarter.bsky.social so fantastic to see you here. One of my absolute faves from the other place xxx
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Sally Abbott @sallyabbott.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
@sonicscrewup.bsky.social Wotcha, good to see you here, hope you’ve had a good Crimbo Sophie x
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Gemma Arrowsmith @mmaarrow.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Scripted comedy & drama ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Top 10 most watched
Christmas Day TV shows
1. Gavin & Stacey 12.32m
2. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
9.38m
3. The King (BBC, ITV, BBC News and Sky News) 6.82m (not including other channels)
4. Call The Midwife 4.42m
5. EastEnders 4.39m
6. Doctor Who 4.11 m
7. Strictly Come Dancing 4.05m
8. EastEnders 3.98m
9. Tiddler 3.23m
10. The Weakest Link 3.05m
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Sally Abbott @sallyabbott.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Only in Liverpool would you get a telephone engineer who’s also a poet and a plumber who’s also a stunt performer
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Sally Abbott @sallyabbott.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Just watched Nativity and now watching Black Mirror’s White Christmas for balance…
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Sally Abbott @sallyabbott.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
What’s a non embarrassing/icky way of asking people who follow you on twatter to follow you back here? Asking for a friend obvs
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Sally Abbott @sallyabbott.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
No mate, there’s a difference between what’s against the law and what’s inappropriate. We don’t get the police involved cos you haven’t done the washing up when it’s your turn
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Sally Abbott @sallyabbott.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Gregg Wallace’s fans are rabid
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Sally Abbott @sallyabbott.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Name one thing in this world that you can never delete, I’ll start… A subscription to Tinder
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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
nobody does more brutal fashion reviews than the irish
lady of sophistication @janky_jane
Props to anyone who tries to be fashionable in ireland i wore a red beret once in waterford and someone called me super mario
Andrew Beatty V @AndrewBeatty
Replying to @janky_jane
I once ordered a taxi in Belfast for a night out. The driver pulls up to my house and just says "yer not going out like that. Go back in and change, I'll turn off the metre." | swear I was wearing normal jeans and a normal jacket.Matthew @MrWeir
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I once wore a silver jacket to college, turned up late for class, said 'sorry I'm late', lecturer said, 'that's ok' then waited til I was halfway across the front of the full class before following up with 'trouble with the spaceship again was it?'.
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My sister was in France sporting a new trench coat, thought was so stylish, but went into an Irish bar and got called Inspector Gadget by the first guy that saw her
15:53 • 8/16/21 • Twitter Web Appwas wearing my super-fashionable short trench coat. My friend took one look at me wearing the jacket and said,
"Where are we off to now. Columbo?"

Eoin O Neill
@eoinjoneill
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Was wearing a vintage nike jacket in a very long que for drinks at a boxing match when a Belfast lad goes "furk me this is taking forever, your man has been here since the 80's"Loic Wright
@dufflest
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I wore a suit with a matching tie and pocket square to my first day of work at an advertising company (I thought I was going to be in Mad Men I guess) and the staff sent around and signed a communion card for me with a fiver in it.

Eóin O Coileáin
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I wore a white, wool turtle-neck jumper to the match once and a fella in the pub said 'Where have you parked the U-boat?'.
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Sally Abbott @sallyabbott.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
My birthday today innit
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Anna Jordan @annaruthjordan.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
HOW DO YOU GET YOUR PLAY ON? This was the top question when Support Playwrights ran a #NoSillyQuestions initiative. We spoke to 12 brilliant playwrights & here's what they had to say! Writers incl #ChrisBush, @tommortonsmith.bsky.social, @hannykha.bsky.social ..... open.substack.com/pub/supportp...
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HOW DO I GET MY PLAY ON? Twelve Playwrights answer.
We chatted to some brilliant playwrights, asking them to share their experiences of getting plays to production, and what advice they would give to others. Here's what they said!
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Sally Abbott @sallyabbott.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
@andypryor.bsky.social Wotcha xxx
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Sally Abbott @sallyabbott.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
@phelpsiesarah.bsky.social Wotcha xxx
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Sally Abbott @sallyabbott.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
Twitter seems dead now. Just a load of bots and right wingers tweeting into an endless black hole of shit
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Sally Abbott @sallyabbott.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
I don’t know how this works… But hello!
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