Clare Worley
@clareworley.bsky.social
Writer, storyteller, singer of songs (occasionally). Rock geek & movie dork. Born on the wrong side of time. She/her.
Listening to @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social talk about social scarcity and trying to track down a song and I’m reminded of this. youtu.be/KnL4HmxnepE?... which reminds me of all those near-miss songs & films & fleeting moments. Awesome
Chas & Dave - Diddle-Umma Day - 2014 Remaster
YouTube video by DemonMusicGroup
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Listening to @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social talk about social scarcity and trying to track down a song and I’m reminded of this. youtu.be/KnL4HmxnepE?... which reminds me of all those near-miss songs & films & fleeting moments. Awesome
Look what I picked up today for one of my niblings @athenakugblenu.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Look what I picked up today for one of my niblings @athenakugblenu.bsky.social
What with one thing and another, I actually think I might try to do a “31 days of Richmas” thing here or on threads, instagram or on my patreon (or all of em) where I write something each day on Richard Burton, not least bc of the BFI season. Might as well yell into the void with a theme.
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
What with one thing and another, I actually think I might try to do a “31 days of Richmas” thing here or on threads, instagram or on my patreon (or all of em) where I write something each day on Richard Burton, not least bc of the BFI season. Might as well yell into the void with a theme.
Yo @simonmayo.bsky.social & @kermodemovie.bsky.social at the risk of sounding sincere, you should know that hearing you read out my email on @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social take 2 on a pretty difficult Sunday didn’t make the day better but it kept me from falling completely to pieces. Thank you.
November 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Yo @simonmayo.bsky.social & @kermodemovie.bsky.social at the risk of sounding sincere, you should know that hearing you read out my email on @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social take 2 on a pretty difficult Sunday didn’t make the day better but it kept me from falling completely to pieces. Thank you.
An hour late but happy centenary to this dude. youtu.be/1ptWQz7WTsk?...
Richard Burton is Hamlet II.ii (“What a piece of work is a man…”)
YouTube video by Julian Fischer
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
An hour late but happy centenary to this dude. youtu.be/1ptWQz7WTsk?...
Crying… CRYING at @pftompkins.bsky.social trying to figure out how exactly Joe Pasquale is woven into the pop culture fabric on the @taskmaster.tv podcast.
November 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Crying… CRYING at @pftompkins.bsky.social trying to figure out how exactly Joe Pasquale is woven into the pop culture fabric on the @taskmaster.tv podcast.
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This is what is happening. It is cynical. It is strategic. It is organised. It is well funded.
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is what is happening. It is cynical. It is strategic. It is organised. It is well funded.
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
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This whole entire thread.
Whenever I meet a "feminist" who wants to abolish sex work, I instantly know I'm talking with an unserious person who is not willing to do the work.
Let's imagine, for the sake of the argument, that they were right and all sex workers were trafficking victims who wanted to leave sex work. 🧵
Let's imagine, for the sake of the argument, that they were right and all sex workers were trafficking victims who wanted to leave sex work. 🧵
November 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
This whole entire thread.
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I believe people who misuse Tolkien to advance fascism should have a brief but life-changing encounter with World War II–era Christopher Lee
October 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I believe people who misuse Tolkien to advance fascism should have a brief but life-changing encounter with World War II–era Christopher Lee
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗
October 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗
Adverts should be representative of traditional British families
October 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Adverts should be representative of traditional British families
The BFI are doing a Richard Burton season in December. It’s true, Theo… Christmas is a time for miracles.
October 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The BFI are doing a Richard Burton season in December. It’s true, Theo… Christmas is a time for miracles.
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Designer: all right Mr. Del Toro here’s those Frankenstein’s monster designs, real sexy just like you asked for.
Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.
Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.
October 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Designer: all right Mr. Del Toro here’s those Frankenstein’s monster designs, real sexy just like you asked for.
Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.
Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.
Ok, so for real, I think if I’d seen the GdT Frankenstein as my 18 year old self, it would absolutely become a cornerstone of my entire life and personality. He simply cannot just give us a long-haired rock star aesthetic Creature and expect anything else.
October 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Ok, so for real, I think if I’d seen the GdT Frankenstein as my 18 year old self, it would absolutely become a cornerstone of my entire life and personality. He simply cannot just give us a long-haired rock star aesthetic Creature and expect anything else.
The cinema is reassuringly busy for Frankenstein given it’s a fairly late screening on a wednesday… in del Toro we trust…
October 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The cinema is reassuringly busy for Frankenstein given it’s a fairly late screening on a wednesday… in del Toro we trust…
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Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
After the last few days, deciding at 2:30am to watch videos of the musicians I love the most, who have been gone nearly 40 years and just over 30 respectively…
Is a bit like picking at a scar, except the scar is my actual fucking soul.
Why am I like this (rhetorical question of course)
Is a bit like picking at a scar, except the scar is my actual fucking soul.
Why am I like this (rhetorical question of course)
October 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
After the last few days, deciding at 2:30am to watch videos of the musicians I love the most, who have been gone nearly 40 years and just over 30 respectively…
Is a bit like picking at a scar, except the scar is my actual fucking soul.
Why am I like this (rhetorical question of course)
Is a bit like picking at a scar, except the scar is my actual fucking soul.
Why am I like this (rhetorical question of course)
I’m reminded of Andy Hamilton’s brilliant radio comedy Old Harry’s Game, in which he plays a hilariously crotchety, petty Satan and has to break it to some new arrivals that they have not in fact ended up where they assumed they would.
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
October 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I’m reminded of Andy Hamilton’s brilliant radio comedy Old Harry’s Game, in which he plays a hilariously crotchety, petty Satan and has to break it to some new arrivals that they have not in fact ended up where they assumed they would.
Saw #Bacchae at @nationaltheatre.org.uk tonight. Epic & brilliant. Now going home the long way to listen to as much of Black Messiah as I can.
Nah, I’m not crying. Why do you ask? Oh yeah I always clean my contact lenses this way during Really Love. Honest.
Nah, I’m not crying. Why do you ask? Oh yeah I always clean my contact lenses this way during Really Love. Honest.
October 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Saw #Bacchae at @nationaltheatre.org.uk tonight. Epic & brilliant. Now going home the long way to listen to as much of Black Messiah as I can.
Nah, I’m not crying. Why do you ask? Oh yeah I always clean my contact lenses this way during Really Love. Honest.
Nah, I’m not crying. Why do you ask? Oh yeah I always clean my contact lenses this way during Really Love. Honest.
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This is why the Greens are rising in the polls, and why Labour have fallen so far. Labour’s ’natural supporters’ aren’t anti-immigrant. They’re not xenophobic. Labour’s leadership are alienating them, and now they have somewhere to go.
Well said.
Well said.
October 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is why the Greens are rising in the polls, and why Labour have fallen so far. Labour’s ’natural supporters’ aren’t anti-immigrant. They’re not xenophobic. Labour’s leadership are alienating them, and now they have somewhere to go.
Well said.
Well said.
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White people’s insistence that other white people—especially the ones exhibiting morally questionable behavior—deserve the benefit of the doubt is going to kill us all.
October 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
White people’s insistence that other white people—especially the ones exhibiting morally questionable behavior—deserve the benefit of the doubt is going to kill us all.
This is a great piece but I wish it hadn’t had to be written yet.
And while the vid of him & Princess playing Sometimes It Snows In April is understandably getting shared a lot right now, it’s the one I’m still avoiding. I know it’ll take me out.
And while the vid of him & Princess playing Sometimes It Snows In April is understandably getting shared a lot right now, it’s the one I’m still avoiding. I know it’ll take me out.
hello, here are frazzled d'angelo thoughts www.vulture.com/article/dang...
D’Angelo Saw His Future in the Past
To understand the late musician’s originality, look to his covers of the greats.
www.vulture.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This is a great piece but I wish it hadn’t had to be written yet.
And while the vid of him & Princess playing Sometimes It Snows In April is understandably getting shared a lot right now, it’s the one I’m still avoiding. I know it’ll take me out.
And while the vid of him & Princess playing Sometimes It Snows In April is understandably getting shared a lot right now, it’s the one I’m still avoiding. I know it’ll take me out.
I have so many things I want to say about D’Angelo but it comes down to this: his music is woven into the fabric of my heart & soul.
Everything else has either been said already and said better, or it can wait.
Everything else has either been said already and said better, or it can wait.
D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Betray My Heart & Spanish Joint (Live at Outside Lands 2015)
YouTube video by fortheluvofyou.
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I have so many things I want to say about D’Angelo but it comes down to this: his music is woven into the fabric of my heart & soul.
Everything else has either been said already and said better, or it can wait.
Everything else has either been said already and said better, or it can wait.
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Raphael Saadiq - Be Here ft. D'Angelo
YouTube video by RaphaelSaadiqVEVO
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM