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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 4h

Awful news, dreadful decision. I don’t know what the budget for Free Thinking was but I’m guessing it cost less than the salary paid to that bell end whose stated ambition is to get us all to ‘iPlayer and chill.’

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 5h

Is there a gif of Catherine Tate’s Nan saying ‘what a load of old shit’ available?

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 5h

This is excellent and, I suspect, addictive. I made a heist/kidnap thriller with Florence Pugh, Emma Stone, Adam Driver and Thandiwe Newton, directed by Denis Villeneuve. Would watch.

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 23h

And who became increasingly out of touch, tainting his unique legacy with poor creative decisions and misjudged political alliances

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 23h

Foolishly I read this during my working day. Now I am incredibly depressed and pessimistic. But soon I’ll have an AI character called Iggy to help me find something cheery to watch on iPlayer, so, y’know.

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I’d like to read a comparative analysis of this scene alongside the train encounter between Frank Sinatra and Janet Leigh in The Manchurian Candidate. Kinda thing I used to write when I was an occasional film journalist (in the guise of TOP TEN TRAIN SCENES or something)

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Just saw an ad for an AI screenplay analysis service which, as an example of its product, offered a bullet point analysis of how Taxi Driver could be improved. Taxi. Driver. (Wonder what AI’s number one fan Paul Schrader would make of that.)

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

You know when you go to Berlin and they sell bits of the Wall? That, but for the ballroom and the arch.

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Well #ExtraGeography is a delight. Wonderful work from the young cast, an elegant and surprising script from Miriam Battye, unshowy but beautifully judged direction by Molly Manners.

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Listening to the new record by The Durutti Column and it’s as good as everyone says.

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There’s a bit near the start of The Stand by @StephenKing where the heroine realises her (pre plague) boyfriend is an asshole because he stands gazing out to sea, hoping to create a sense of mystery and intellectual depth.

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Jeffrey A passing reminds me I need to seize the day. Like one time I saw him in Edinburgh and didn’t call him a prick. Whereas my brother in law once saw Leon Brittan in London and ran after his ministerial car to flick the vs at him. Makes you think.

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

After not much thought and with inevitable omissions…

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just flown back from a conference debating which of theatre, ballet, music and literature deserves the most respect and boy are my arts tiered.

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Tonight’s Freak Zone featuring Pet Shop Boys’ Alan Turing project was glorious. Thanks @stuartmaconie.bsky.social - I can’t wait to listen again

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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Exc: Abu Dhabi has held talks with at least one minister since reports of the Man City verdict first surfaced Foreign office minister Stephen Doughty is among those understood to have been called by UAE officials, along with some of the UK's most senior diplomats observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

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Burnham’s former deputy says Manchester City ‘will prove ...

The former deputy mayor of Manchester criticises the Premier League investigation into the football club’s finances, after it was found guilty of numerous breaches

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Watched The Bone Temple. Ralph is great and the Jimmies are scary but it misses the emotional depth Jodie Comer brought to the previous film. For all the talk of it being a trilogy the boy’s story is sidelined. Good enough that I’ll be watching the final one, like.

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Swap Shop started an hour earlier, right? Maybe 90 minutes? So you’d start with that, switch over to Tiswas around the time Cheggers was holding up an ‘army doll’ in a park, back to Swap Shop for the pop guest.

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sinatra: Its hard to believe Mama Will Bark was recorded by a member of the same species as I’ve Got You Under My Skin, never mind the same individual.

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oh Jesus. Very sorry to hear such awful news. Take care of yourself as much as him.

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I still recall you anointing Ronnie Whelan’s effort against Man United as ‘the Mother of all own goals.’

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Robin Nedwell too? Haven’t thought of it in decades.

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FairSquare @fairsqprojects.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It is a colossal political failure to have encouraged the UAE to buy up swathes of the British economy and prized cultural assets like Manchester City while evidence of its greed and brutality and contempt for the rule of law was all around. Two @fairsqprojects.bsky.social reports worth reading 👇

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

He’s concerned because he welcomed investment from an obviously corrupt foreign state backed operation.

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Imagine if Johnson had said ‘we’re concerned about losing the support of Roman Abramovich. Him and his gobshite mates have bought up half of London.’

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It was the fact he sat through the intro which used the word gay about 50 times in five minutes and then thought ‘… hang on….’

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Went to a packed screening of Cruising at Glasgow Film Theatre tonight. Five minutes in a young guy stood up, proclaimed loudly ‘nah, this is too gay for me’ and left to laughter and a smattering of applause.

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’m beginning to wonder if they all saw Oppenheimer and thought - ‘cool!’

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It slightly predates the streamers so doesn’t have the huge budget/lavish production values. Not afraid to have recurring scenes in an office or kitchen or travel agency that feel like, well, sets. We are left to focus on character and story and performance - all of which are incredible.

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Whoever called it #AppleMusicHall didn’t grow up watching The Good Old Days.

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It’s so good. Loads of great archive but the interviews are terrific too.

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Saw a work in progress cut of this today. Funny and beautiful. Made with love, wit and passion.

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I hope it finds a home. The writing is amazing.

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is fantastic, David. Is the complete novel available?

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Dawn Penn is on 6 Music about as often as Sally Traffic is on Radio 2.

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And maybe, given that they’re state backed, the 70s/80s Eastern Bloc gymnasts of football?

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Adam Smith @adamlsmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Also worth noting that every success they’ve enjoyed since is fruit of the poison tree. Nothing they’ve won is legitimate. Not a single thing. The Lance Armstrong of football.

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Oh that’s beautifully put: ‘the Lance Armstrong of football.’

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Had my one and - so far - only proper job the summer You Can Call Me Al was a hit. And yet I still love it. #TOTP

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I was living in Manchester when City went down to the ‘third tier.’ Remember fans - good friends of mine - singing ‘are the Reds going to Grimsby are they fuck?’ Those guys’ll be fine. Fuck everyone else involved.

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I think there’ll be litigation for YEARS. Like players who lost on league winning bonus payments.

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I’m assuming @theanfieldwrap.bsky.social equivalent of the Bat Signal is visible in the sky over Liverpool about now

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