Hope Dickson Leach
@hopedickle.bsky.social
Screenwriter and director based in Edinburgh often found tending to my children and shouting about how hard it all is.
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Bookseller Scrambles To Hide All The Classics After Seeing Emerald Fennell Approaching Door
Bookseller Scrambles To Hide All The Classics After Seeing Emerald Fennell Approaching Door
LONDON—Calling for all hands on deck as he seized an armful of paperbacks, local bookshop owner Colin Mueller was reportedly scrambling to hide the classics Monday after he spotted filmmaker Emerald F...
theonion.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Bookseller Scrambles To Hide All The Classics After Seeing Emerald Fennell Approaching Door
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Requiescat, Frederick Wiseman. My man had Foucault-levels of things to say about the role of institutions in our lives, but was also a hugely talented filmmaker on top of it.
If you have not seen Titicut Follies (1967), prioritise it: right out the gate, our guy was NOT here to fuck around
If you have not seen Titicut Follies (1967), prioritise it: right out the gate, our guy was NOT here to fuck around
Frederick Wiseman: TITICUT FOLLIES
YouTube video by Austin Film Society
www.youtube.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Requiescat, Frederick Wiseman. My man had Foucault-levels of things to say about the role of institutions in our lives, but was also a hugely talented filmmaker on top of it.
If you have not seen Titicut Follies (1967), prioritise it: right out the gate, our guy was NOT here to fuck around
If you have not seen Titicut Follies (1967), prioritise it: right out the gate, our guy was NOT here to fuck around
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RIP Frederick Wiseman <3 <3
February 16, 2026 at 8:43 PM
RIP Frederick Wiseman <3 <3
Life goal- to be mentioned in same article as Santantango - unlocked. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
Grim reapers: what has fertilised the rich new wave of neo-rural cinema?
The Shepherd and the Bear is part of a new breed of films with a sympathy for country matters that has moved on from othering folk-horror
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Life goal- to be mentioned in same article as Santantango - unlocked. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
Very happy to announce the @raisingfilms.bsky.social creative residency is back again this year! uk based writers, directors & producers with caring responsibilities who would benefit from a week with fellow residents in the Yorkshire Dales please apply. All info in the cards attached. #RaisingFilms
February 16, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Very happy to announce the @raisingfilms.bsky.social creative residency is back again this year! uk based writers, directors & producers with caring responsibilities who would benefit from a week with fellow residents in the Yorkshire Dales please apply. All info in the cards attached. #RaisingFilms
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Later, King Charles and Camilla try the luge in Bruges.
February 12, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Later, King Charles and Camilla try the luge in Bruges.
Introducing my new identity, crime writer Amelia Hope. So proud to be part of this shortlist thanks to the Caledonia Novel Award and if you like you can read the first 10 pages of my first book The Dirty Work here: thecaledonianovelaward.com/2026-winner-...
2026 Winner & Shortlist - The Caledonia Novel Award
thecaledonianovelaward.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Introducing my new identity, crime writer Amelia Hope. So proud to be part of this shortlist thanks to the Caledonia Novel Award and if you like you can read the first 10 pages of my first book The Dirty Work here: thecaledonianovelaward.com/2026-winner-...
Excited to sneak that the Raising Films residency is back this year... more details coming soon... @raisingfilms.bsky.social
two women are standing next to each other and one of them is wearing an orange coat and the other is wearing a brown shirt .
ALT: two women are standing next to each other and one of them is wearing an orange coat and the other is wearing a brown shirt .
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Excited to sneak that the Raising Films residency is back this year... more details coming soon... @raisingfilms.bsky.social
A few years ago I got to direct an amazing cast led by Glenda Jackson in a radio adaptation of Alexander Mackendrick’s screenplay of this historic assassination. You can listen to it now on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/Unmade-Mo...
February 10, 2026 at 8:08 AM
A few years ago I got to direct an amazing cast led by Glenda Jackson in a radio adaptation of Alexander Mackendrick’s screenplay of this historic assassination. You can listen to it now on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/Unmade-Mo...
Just learnt about Richard Wawro on #AntiquesRoadshow and will immediately be finding out more about him. Just incredible work. Could a Scottish gallery please organise a retrospective? Thank you!
February 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Just learnt about Richard Wawro on #AntiquesRoadshow and will immediately be finding out more about him. Just incredible work. Could a Scottish gallery please organise a retrospective? Thank you!
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"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)
Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:49 PM
"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)
Please will someone write a story about the impact of the Beatles movies on the rest of the independent British film sector? Hottest British actors tied up for months and months and months. Everyone having to schedule around them.
February 4, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Please will someone write a story about the impact of the Beatles movies on the rest of the independent British film sector? Hottest British actors tied up for months and months and months. Everyone having to schedule around them.
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A bit late posting this because every time I look at it I pass out or go temporarily blind. I think we can all agree the whole phenomenon has now peaked and nobody ever needs to walk a red carpet again.
February 4, 2026 at 3:26 PM
A bit late posting this because every time I look at it I pass out or go temporarily blind. I think we can all agree the whole phenomenon has now peaked and nobody ever needs to walk a red carpet again.
On the hunt for a bit of joy this week when the wonderful news that I have been shortlisted for the #CaledoniaNovelAward for my first attempt at writing a book! Over the moon doesn't even begin... thecaledonianovelaward.com/2026-award/
2026 Award - The Caledonia Novel Award
thecaledonianovelaward.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:24 PM
On the hunt for a bit of joy this week when the wonderful news that I have been shortlisted for the #CaledoniaNovelAward for my first attempt at writing a book! Over the moon doesn't even begin... thecaledonianovelaward.com/2026-award/
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We've lost the great Allan Massie. An absolute giant of Scottish literature and journalism, and an inspirational, kind and generous man, too. I think his son @alexmassie.bsky.social is only sporadically on Bluesky, but he has written a beautiful obituary. alexmassie.substack.com/p/allan-mass...
Allan Massie, 1938-2026
Father died this afternoon.
alexmassie.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:35 PM
We've lost the great Allan Massie. An absolute giant of Scottish literature and journalism, and an inspirational, kind and generous man, too. I think his son @alexmassie.bsky.social is only sporadically on Bluesky, but he has written a beautiful obituary. alexmassie.substack.com/p/allan-mass...
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1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
Mandelson’s Fifth Column
The British government’s business department exists to undermine democracy.
www.monbiot.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:32 AM
1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
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Disney Exec Reminds Toddler Only IP Goes On Fridge https://theonion.com/disney-exec-reminds-toddler-only-ip-goes-on-fridge/
January 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Disney Exec Reminds Toddler Only IP Goes On Fridge https://theonion.com/disney-exec-reminds-toddler-only-ip-goes-on-fridge/
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Tmw is my last day at Filmmaker, and it’s also the last day for our estimable director of editorial operations Vadim Rizov, who has been a valued partner for 11 of my 33 years. Here, he curates some of his best work that we’ve had the privilege of publishing. filmmakermagazine.com/132962-vadim...
My Best Work as (Mostly) an Editor
When I realized I’d be laid off (via: restructuring) from the publication I’ve worked at for 11+ years, I went back through the print archives to round up work I was proud of as an interviewer and…
filmmakermagazine.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Tmw is my last day at Filmmaker, and it’s also the last day for our estimable director of editorial operations Vadim Rizov, who has been a valued partner for 11 of my 33 years. Here, he curates some of his best work that we’ve had the privilege of publishing. filmmakermagazine.com/132962-vadim...
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It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.
January 6, 2026 at 10:27 PM
It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.
I love this film. Jealous of New Yorkers who get to see this.
Warren Beatty plays a journalist mired in a JFK-esque assassination conspiracy in THE PARALLAX VIEW, directed by Alan J. Pakula.
Catch this classic paranoia caper on 35mm Sun Dec 28 with intro by critic & author @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
paristheaternyc.com/film/the-par...
Catch this classic paranoia caper on 35mm Sun Dec 28 with intro by critic & author @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
paristheaternyc.com/film/the-par...
December 27, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I love this film. Jealous of New Yorkers who get to see this.
How I will be getting through Christmas. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-yG...
Bullets Over Broadway Dont Speak Scene
YouTube video by Jaime Kennedy
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
How I will be getting through Christmas. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-yG...
My brilliant husband's trilogy of books, the latest of which (The Diary of Lies) is on Airmail and The FT's books of the year lists. Available at all good bookstores...
guardianbookshop.com/the-diary-of...
guardianbookshop.com/the-diary-of...
December 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
My brilliant husband's trilogy of books, the latest of which (The Diary of Lies) is on Airmail and The FT's books of the year lists. Available at all good bookstores...
guardianbookshop.com/the-diary-of...
guardianbookshop.com/the-diary-of...
I rewatched when Harry met Sally last night. I saw it so many times when it first came out as a young teen and wondered if, when I started having sex, someone would make me meow. Thank you for the high bar, Mr Reiner.
a man and a woman are sitting next to each other on a plane .
ALT: a man and a woman are sitting next to each other on a plane .
media.tenor.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I rewatched when Harry met Sally last night. I saw it so many times when it first came out as a young teen and wondered if, when I started having sex, someone would make me meow. Thank you for the high bar, Mr Reiner.