Elsa Williams
@elsawilliams.bsky.social
Writer. Shortlisted for Thousand Films Screenwriting Scheme
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Telly is weird. As an autistic person, I’ve never felt wholesome
The microphone is passed to a young man sat along the row. He laughs a little, avoiding all eye contact, and suddenly struggles to speak…
medium.com
The new series of The Assembly dropped on ITVX at the weekend, starring David Tennant and Danny Dyer.
Here’s an article I wrote last year about the show’s format and portrayals of autism on screen.
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Here’s an article I wrote last year about the show’s format and portrayals of autism on screen.
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An old man just sat down in the A&E waiting room and opened a box of pizza, like he's paused in a scenic spot to have a bit of lunch
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
An old man just sat down in the A&E waiting room and opened a box of pizza, like he's paused in a scenic spot to have a bit of lunch
Just seen ‘We will remember them’ on the front of a bus and thought, they’ve never done a war film from the perspective of a Stagecoach have they
November 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Just seen ‘We will remember them’ on the front of a bus and thought, they’ve never done a war film from the perspective of a Stagecoach have they
Deep dish et decorum est
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Deep dish et decorum est
Reposted by Elsa Williams
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
Went out to do a walk and a cry.
Then had to flee for my little life cos some kids behind me started letting off leftover fireworks just as the second verse to Sinead O'Connor was starting up
Then had to flee for my little life cos some kids behind me started letting off leftover fireworks just as the second verse to Sinead O'Connor was starting up
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Went out to do a walk and a cry.
Then had to flee for my little life cos some kids behind me started letting off leftover fireworks just as the second verse to Sinead O'Connor was starting up
Then had to flee for my little life cos some kids behind me started letting off leftover fireworks just as the second verse to Sinead O'Connor was starting up
Goodbye, Shirley Valentine ❤️
November 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Goodbye, Shirley Valentine ❤️
Goodbye, Shirley Valentine ❤️
November 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Goodbye, Shirley Valentine ❤️
Goodbye, Shirley Valentine ❤️
November 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Goodbye, Shirley Valentine ❤️
Right, I’ll be honest, I saw the timid teenage boy with headphones on the John Lewis advert and immediately feared the worst
November 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Right, I’ll be honest, I saw the timid teenage boy with headphones on the John Lewis advert and immediately feared the worst
But did they ever think of doing a topless brunch
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
But did they ever think of doing a topless brunch
Reposted by Elsa Williams
New episode just rolled out!
We’ve covered Tina; now it’s time for the steady, bluesy original. Andrew looks at “Proud Mary” and the brief but productive career of Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Available to listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and via Andrew’s website: 500songs.com/podcast/2714/
We’ve covered Tina; now it’s time for the steady, bluesy original. Andrew looks at “Proud Mary” and the brief but productive career of Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Available to listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and via Andrew’s website: 500songs.com/podcast/2714/
November 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
New episode just rolled out!
We’ve covered Tina; now it’s time for the steady, bluesy original. Andrew looks at “Proud Mary” and the brief but productive career of Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Available to listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and via Andrew’s website: 500songs.com/podcast/2714/
We’ve covered Tina; now it’s time for the steady, bluesy original. Andrew looks at “Proud Mary” and the brief but productive career of Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Available to listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and via Andrew’s website: 500songs.com/podcast/2714/
Reposted by Elsa Williams
Whenever I'm with him, something inside…🎶
Today we’re revisiting Episode 111: “Heat Wave” by Martha and the Vandellas, and the beginnings of the legendary Holland-Dozier-Holland.
Available to listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and via Andrew’s website: 500songs.com/podcast/epis...
Today we’re revisiting Episode 111: “Heat Wave” by Martha and the Vandellas, and the beginnings of the legendary Holland-Dozier-Holland.
Available to listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and via Andrew’s website: 500songs.com/podcast/epis...
November 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Whenever I'm with him, something inside…🎶
Today we’re revisiting Episode 111: “Heat Wave” by Martha and the Vandellas, and the beginnings of the legendary Holland-Dozier-Holland.
Available to listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and via Andrew’s website: 500songs.com/podcast/epis...
Today we’re revisiting Episode 111: “Heat Wave” by Martha and the Vandellas, and the beginnings of the legendary Holland-Dozier-Holland.
Available to listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and via Andrew’s website: 500songs.com/podcast/epis...
Hallowing the ween etc
November 1, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Hallowing the ween etc
Reposted by Elsa Williams
I confess wild horses COULD drag me away. In fact it would only probably take a single very sickly one
October 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I confess wild horses COULD drag me away. In fact it would only probably take a single very sickly one
TV production company: What’s the premise? What’s the conflict?
Me: A pudding’s life is turned upside down after unexpectedly becoming a pineapple upside-down pudding
Me: A pudding’s life is turned upside down after unexpectedly becoming a pineapple upside-down pudding
October 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
TV production company: What’s the premise? What’s the conflict?
Me: A pudding’s life is turned upside down after unexpectedly becoming a pineapple upside-down pudding
Me: A pudding’s life is turned upside down after unexpectedly becoming a pineapple upside-down pudding
Just smiled at a new mum in the supermarket with her week-old baby. She smiled and nodded back, initially in solidarity, then realised I was cradling a two pack of flame baked naan breads
October 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Just smiled at a new mum in the supermarket with her week-old baby. She smiled and nodded back, initially in solidarity, then realised I was cradling a two pack of flame baked naan breads
A pumpkin just feels like a lot of unnecessary effort, to me. Why must I scoop out this stubborn flesh with a tablespoon?? I signed up to carve a silly window decoration, not perform complex neurosurgery on a gourd
October 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A pumpkin just feels like a lot of unnecessary effort, to me. Why must I scoop out this stubborn flesh with a tablespoon?? I signed up to carve a silly window decoration, not perform complex neurosurgery on a gourd
Reposted by Elsa Williams
I’m sorry but these sound like vintage esoteric euphemisms for “homosexual”
October 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I’m sorry but these sound like vintage esoteric euphemisms for “homosexual”
Opened the fridge. Just read the back of a tub of ricotta that instructs, ‘consume within 24 hours.’
That’s not a cheese. That’s a time bomb
That’s not a cheese. That’s a time bomb
October 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Opened the fridge. Just read the back of a tub of ricotta that instructs, ‘consume within 24 hours.’
That’s not a cheese. That’s a time bomb
That’s not a cheese. That’s a time bomb
October 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Reposted by Elsa Williams
I wrote a lovely poem about the good old days, to go with the nice pink one off Facebook that's quoted below.
October 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I wrote a lovely poem about the good old days, to go with the nice pink one off Facebook that's quoted below.
Reposted by Elsa Williams
Finally, some good news! All My Worldly Joy will be published by @wiltonsquare.bsky.social early next year. (1/3)
October 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Finally, some good news! All My Worldly Joy will be published by @wiltonsquare.bsky.social early next year. (1/3)
Reposted by Elsa Williams
Friend’s just posted “Halfway to meeting you, baby boy!” and their costly 3D scan that looks NOTHING remotely like a baby.
Tempted to start my own ultrasound scam business, selling parents-to-be extortionate sepia videos of burrata
Tempted to start my own ultrasound scam business, selling parents-to-be extortionate sepia videos of burrata
October 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Friend’s just posted “Halfway to meeting you, baby boy!” and their costly 3D scan that looks NOTHING remotely like a baby.
Tempted to start my own ultrasound scam business, selling parents-to-be extortionate sepia videos of burrata
Tempted to start my own ultrasound scam business, selling parents-to-be extortionate sepia videos of burrata