duncan gates
@duncangates.bsky.social
Yale Drama shortlist (2024); Verity Bargate longlist (2022, 2017, 2013); Bruntwood longlist (2013); Papatango longlist (2022, 2017)
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https://duncan-gates.com/
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https://duncan-gates.com/
as Sun Tzu says in The Art of War, 'try not to shoot yourself directly up the dick for no reason' #TheTraitors
January 4, 2026 at 9:38 AM
as Sun Tzu says in The Art of War, 'try not to shoot yourself directly up the dick for no reason' #TheTraitors
'...and in the confusion, the Guardian declared war on Uncle Albert'
January 4, 2026 at 6:37 AM
'...and in the confusion, the Guardian declared war on Uncle Albert'
'staying under the radar' is a great idea, ruined only by the number of planes that have been destroyed by the ground
#TheTraitors
#TheTraitors
January 3, 2026 at 8:25 PM
'staying under the radar' is a great idea, ruined only by the number of planes that have been destroyed by the ground
#TheTraitors
#TheTraitors
Incredibly, a person exists who should have read more Tom Clancy
January 3, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Incredibly, a person exists who should have read more Tom Clancy
My own personal resolution for 2026 is to pivot from 'i was like...' to 'i says...'
If it goes really well I have '...says i' as a stretch target.
If it goes really well I have '...says i' as a stretch target.
January 2, 2026 at 9:58 PM
My own personal resolution for 2026 is to pivot from 'i was like...' to 'i says...'
If it goes really well I have '...says i' as a stretch target.
If it goes really well I have '...says i' as a stretch target.
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long story but good grief this Captain Scarlet face
December 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
long story but good grief this Captain Scarlet face
Standing complaint about how out of 18 TV highlights of next year, only 3 are original drama properties www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
TV lookahead for 2026 and beyond
We look ahead to 18 notable shows and events to look out for in 2026, from drama to sport.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Standing complaint about how out of 18 TV highlights of next year, only 3 are original drama properties www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I'm now a stone's throw from the Honor Oak, and this very sound view
December 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I'm now a stone's throw from the Honor Oak, and this very sound view
We made a decade, my lemon meringue wife.
Please enjoy #DuvetKnowItsChristmas and donate if you can x
Please enjoy #DuvetKnowItsChristmas and donate if you can x
A spare room decked out like a bone china plate
A disgruntled cat as your brand new room-mate
A bulb with no shade from the ceiling does hang
In a bleak-looking prison of lemon meringue
A disgruntled cat as your brand new room-mate
A bulb with no shade from the ceiling does hang
In a bleak-looking prison of lemon meringue
December 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
We made a decade, my lemon meringue wife.
Please enjoy #DuvetKnowItsChristmas and donate if you can x
Please enjoy #DuvetKnowItsChristmas and donate if you can x
'Assume your audience is stupid'
what is your least favorite piece of writing advice and why? 👀
December 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
'Assume your audience is stupid'
And so it was, much to my surprise, that i has my own flat
December 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
And so it was, much to my surprise, that i has my own flat
rest in the peace this world couldn't give you, James Ransone x
December 22, 2025 at 6:08 AM
rest in the peace this world couldn't give you, James Ransone x
Asterix panels that go hard:
December 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Asterix panels that go hard:
Remember MANTA Force, and that phase they went through of selling 'the graphically semi-decomposed corpses of your troops'?
December 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Remember MANTA Force, and that phase they went through of selling 'the graphically semi-decomposed corpses of your troops'?
December 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
'Absence makes the Ed mund Honda'
December 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
'Absence makes the Ed mund Honda'
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Dickens' mate, maybe Wilkie Collins: would Scrooge REALLY drop 'more of gravy than the grave'?
Dickens: yeah!
WC: would he really? is he a right larf?
CD: he shouldn't be THAT much of a dick
WC: ......................
CD: yes, he's had some regrets/
WC: /just not 'missing this sick zinger', k
Dickens: yeah!
WC: would he really? is he a right larf?
CD: he shouldn't be THAT much of a dick
WC: ......................
CD: yes, he's had some regrets/
WC: /just not 'missing this sick zinger', k
December 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Dickens' mate, maybe Wilkie Collins: would Scrooge REALLY drop 'more of gravy than the grave'?
Dickens: yeah!
WC: would he really? is he a right larf?
CD: he shouldn't be THAT much of a dick
WC: ......................
CD: yes, he's had some regrets/
WC: /just not 'missing this sick zinger', k
Dickens: yeah!
WC: would he really? is he a right larf?
CD: he shouldn't be THAT much of a dick
WC: ......................
CD: yes, he's had some regrets/
WC: /just not 'missing this sick zinger', k
WHY ISN'T IT 'STEAK KNIFE'??????
December 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
WHY ISN'T IT 'STEAK KNIFE'??????
yaasss stawks www.theguardian.com/environment/...
White storks to make historic return to London in 2026
Species extinct as breeding birds in Britain since 1416 to be reintroduced in Barking and Dagenham as part of rewilding effort
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
yaasss stawks www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Hello all! I'm not so active on here at the minute, but wanted to share that the first screening of my community pop-up cinema, Breeze Frame Film Club, is on Thursday at the Irish World Heritage Centre in Cheetham Hill!
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December 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Hello all! I'm not so active on here at the minute, but wanted to share that the first screening of my community pop-up cinema, Breeze Frame Film Club, is on Thursday at the Irish World Heritage Centre in Cheetham Hill!
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bold of The Devil's Hour to go with the conceit that a heavily autism-adjacent character is a 'soulless husk' that doesn't belong in this world, very bold indeed
December 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
bold of The Devil's Hour to go with the conceit that a heavily autism-adjacent character is a 'soulless husk' that doesn't belong in this world, very bold indeed