Sarah Dempster
@dempster2000.bsky.social
Writer of nonsenses for “the wireless”, contributor to Private Eye & the Guardian, script reader/editor. I like books.
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Sarah Dempster
@dempster2000.bsky.social
· Jul 29
TV’s best (and worst) historical epics: from Wolf Hall to I, Claudius
TV’s best (and worst) historical epics: from Wolf Hall to I, Claudius
Sweeping dramas set in days of yore are everywhere. But which are some of the finest television ever created? And which are little more than an excuse to show naked backsides?
www.theguardian.com
I’ve written about TV’s best and worst historical epics
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On this day, 2 years ago. I sat in bed and said to myself, 'Why haven't you finally made that compilation of Jim McDonald from Coronation Street, absolutely battering people to Motörhead? So I did.'
Enjoy! It will forever be my greatest contribution to society.
Enjoy! It will forever be my greatest contribution to society.
January 31, 2026 at 9:06 AM
On this day, 2 years ago. I sat in bed and said to myself, 'Why haven't you finally made that compilation of Jim McDonald from Coronation Street, absolutely battering people to Motörhead? So I did.'
Enjoy! It will forever be my greatest contribution to society.
Enjoy! It will forever be my greatest contribution to society.
Settled on a name for my inexplicably menacing patio furniture emporium: Something Wicker This Way Comes®
January 30, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Settled on a name for my inexplicably menacing patio furniture emporium: Something Wicker This Way Comes®
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It's lesser known fact that Gwendoline Riley might be the best writer in Britain (if such a thing can be quantified.)
This week's issue of The Bookseller is out now, featuring:
🗣️Author Profile: Gwendoline Riley
📚Paperback Preview: April
📖Review of the Year: The Genres
🎙️Trade Interview: Sourcebooks
Read the full issue here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/editi...
🗣️Author Profile: Gwendoline Riley
📚Paperback Preview: April
📖Review of the Year: The Genres
🎙️Trade Interview: Sourcebooks
Read the full issue here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/editi...
January 30, 2026 at 3:48 PM
It's lesser known fact that Gwendoline Riley might be the best writer in Britain (if such a thing can be quantified.)
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january 30th: a partially formed mr. blobby stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before disappearing
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 AM
january 30th: a partially formed mr. blobby stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before disappearing
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w.b. yeats died on this day in 1939. if, instead of dying, he had begun to age again but in reverse, he would have reached his birth - i.e. become 0 years old - in 2012. Assuming that he then began ageing in the normal direction again, he would currently be 14 years old and preparing for his gcses
January 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM
w.b. yeats died on this day in 1939. if, instead of dying, he had begun to age again but in reverse, he would have reached his birth - i.e. become 0 years old - in 2012. Assuming that he then began ageing in the normal direction again, he would currently be 14 years old and preparing for his gcses
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My review of the new series of Bridgerton 👇🏻
Bridgerton season four review – fear not bum fans, the sex scenes continue apace
Bridgerton season four review – fear not bum fans, the sex scenes continue apace
This period drama’s puddingy mix of clunking soap and fairytale wish-fulfilment is hard to resist. It is, however, utterly bananas
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:45 AM
My review of the new series of Bridgerton 👇🏻
A midwife once handed me a pamphlet on pelvic floor exercises and said, softly, “If you don’t keep these up, love, it’ll look like a Tesco deli counter falling out of an attic.”
If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼
January 29, 2026 at 3:50 PM
A midwife once handed me a pamphlet on pelvic floor exercises and said, softly, “If you don’t keep these up, love, it’ll look like a Tesco deli counter falling out of an attic.”
My review of the new series of Bridgerton 👇🏻
Bridgerton season four review – fear not bum fans, the sex scenes continue apace
Bridgerton season four review – fear not bum fans, the sex scenes continue apace
This period drama’s puddingy mix of clunking soap and fairytale wish-fulfilment is hard to resist. It is, however, utterly bananas
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:45 AM
My review of the new series of Bridgerton 👇🏻
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Pretty sure he’s trying to hide the scar he got trying to steal a medallion off a woman in a bar fire in Nepal in the 1930s.
January 28, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Pretty sure he’s trying to hide the scar he got trying to steal a medallion off a woman in a bar fire in Nepal in the 1930s.
“Bovino” sounds like a failed beef-themed sports drink.
January 28, 2026 at 6:14 PM
“Bovino” sounds like a failed beef-themed sports drink.
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I’ve written about the new Take That documentary
January 27, 2026 at 10:49 AM
I’ve written about the new Take That documentary
Jean-Paul Sartre died in 1980. Incredible to think he may have seen the film “Every Which Way But Loose”.
January 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Jean-Paul Sartre died in 1980. Incredible to think he may have seen the film “Every Which Way But Loose”.
Lambasted (n): sheep born out of wedlock.
January 26, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Lambasted (n): sheep born out of wedlock.
Alternative names for hands:
Sleeve udders
Flailing cuff rakes
The parson’s pasties
The “prawn chorus”
Mrs. Phalanges’ disgrace
The Feet of The North™
Sleeve udders
Flailing cuff rakes
The parson’s pasties
The “prawn chorus”
Mrs. Phalanges’ disgrace
The Feet of The North™
January 26, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Alternative names for hands:
Sleeve udders
Flailing cuff rakes
The parson’s pasties
The “prawn chorus”
Mrs. Phalanges’ disgrace
The Feet of The North™
Sleeve udders
Flailing cuff rakes
The parson’s pasties
The “prawn chorus”
Mrs. Phalanges’ disgrace
The Feet of The North™
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Stalin notorious for making sure you could walk to the shops
January 25, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Stalin notorious for making sure you could walk to the shops
COOK PASS BABTRIDGE
January 25, 2026 at 6:57 PM
COOK PASS BABTRIDGE
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For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.
January 24, 2026 at 10:01 AM
For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.
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TRUMP: honk honk honk, I'm a big goose. everyone tells me whenever I enter a room, that's the biggest goose I've ever seen and I say yes. I'm a big goose. in a good way. a lot of Somalians are small stupid gooses but I'm a big goose
BBC NEWS: a disciplined Trump sticks to the script on the economy
BBC NEWS: a disciplined Trump sticks to the script on the economy
January 21, 2026 at 1:58 PM
TRUMP: honk honk honk, I'm a big goose. everyone tells me whenever I enter a room, that's the biggest goose I've ever seen and I say yes. I'm a big goose. in a good way. a lot of Somalians are small stupid gooses but I'm a big goose
BBC NEWS: a disciplined Trump sticks to the script on the economy
BBC NEWS: a disciplined Trump sticks to the script on the economy
They’re going to Weekend-at-Bernie’s Trump, aren’t they. Hegseth ruffling his hair from behind; Vance smushing his cheeks to make it look like he’s saying “sausages”.
January 21, 2026 at 7:28 PM
They’re going to Weekend-at-Bernie’s Trump, aren’t they. Hegseth ruffling his hair from behind; Vance smushing his cheeks to make it look like he’s saying “sausages”.
For the love of god man just die on the toilet and be done with it.
January 21, 2026 at 3:27 PM
For the love of god man just die on the toilet and be done with it.
HE IS SO BORING
January 21, 2026 at 3:23 PM
HE IS SO BORING