Judith Mackrell
@judithmackrell.bsky.social
Former dance writer, author of biographies, currently writing double profile of Gwen and Augustus John. Travel, food ,gardening, arts, jaunts and jokes
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Within half an hour of when Deputy AG Blanche told reporters that DOJ "complied with the statute...we did not protect President Trump," DOJ deleted multiple documents from the database with damning information about Trump. Among those deleted were first-person accounts of Trump raping kids.
January 31, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Within half an hour of when Deputy AG Blanche told reporters that DOJ "complied with the statute...we did not protect President Trump," DOJ deleted multiple documents from the database with damning information about Trump. Among those deleted were first-person accounts of Trump raping kids.
Too over-excited for accuracy - those dates should obviously be Feb. not Jan
Fabulous event to celebrate Gwen John in which I got to chat with the magnificent curator @LucyCWood, director Suzanne Phillips & presenter @sianeleri about the GJ doc. showing @BBC Wales /iPlayer Jan 5, and the new GJ exhibition at @museumwales opening Jan 4
January 28, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Too over-excited for accuracy - those dates should obviously be Feb. not Jan
Fabulous event to celebrate Gwen John in which I got to chat with the magnificent curator @LucyCWood, director Suzanne Phillips & presenter @sianeleri about the GJ doc. showing @BBC Wales /iPlayer Jan 5, and the new GJ exhibition at @museumwales opening Jan 4
January 28, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Fabulous event to celebrate Gwen John in which I got to chat with the magnificent curator @LucyCWood, director Suzanne Phillips & presenter @sianeleri about the GJ doc. showing @BBC Wales /iPlayer Jan 5, and the new GJ exhibition at @museumwales opening Jan 4
Such a pleasure to introduce La Danse, by the great Frederick Wiseman. No more screenings of that documentary but the Wiseman season continues @nft_ @britishfilminstitute
January 19, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Such a pleasure to introduce La Danse, by the great Frederick Wiseman. No more screenings of that documentary but the Wiseman season continues @nft_ @britishfilminstitute
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Did you find out more when you researched your wonderful book?
January 10, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Did you find out more when you researched your wonderful book?
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Very excited to be introducing the great Frederick Wiseman's documentary about Paris Opera Ballet - this Sat at 2.15. @BFI
Very excited to be introducing the great Frederick Wiseman's documentary about Paris Opera Ballet - this Sat at 2.15. @BFI
Buy cinema tickets for La Danse: Le Ballet de l’Opera de Paris + intro by dance writer and critic Judith Mackrell | BFI Southbank
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January 12, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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Very excited to be introducing the great Frederick Wiseman's documentary about Paris Opera Ballet - this Sat at 2.15. @BFI
Very excited to be introducing the great Frederick Wiseman's documentary about Paris Opera Ballet - this Sat at 2.15. @BFI
Just watch out for the ancient curse
A supposedly haunted palazzo on Venice’s Grand Canal that was once painted by Claude Monet and celebrated by the English art historian John Ruskin has returned to the market, after being cleaned up to appeal to prospective buyers.
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January 10, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Just watch out for the ancient curse
Happy Christmas, however you choose to enjoy it
December 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Happy Christmas, however you choose to enjoy it
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Always v happy to catch a Nutcracker matinee. Joshua Junker danced a storm as Hans-Peter & I like James Hay's Drosselmeyer, imperious & a little tetchy. A good time, I hope, to flag that I've just embarked on a book for grown up lovers of Nutcracker. Xmas 2027 @royalballetandopera
December 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Always v happy to catch a Nutcracker matinee. Joshua Junker danced a storm as Hans-Peter & I like James Hay's Drosselmeyer, imperious & a little tetchy. A good time, I hope, to flag that I've just embarked on a book for grown up lovers of Nutcracker. Xmas 2027 @royalballetandopera
Always v happy to catch a Nutcracker matinee. Joshua Junker danced a storm as Hans-Peter & I like James Hay's Drosselmeyer, imperious & a little tetchy. A good time, I hope, to flag that I've just embarked on a book for grown up lovers of Nutcracker. Xmas 2027 @royalballetandopera
December 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Always v happy to catch a Nutcracker matinee. Joshua Junker danced a storm as Hans-Peter & I like James Hay's Drosselmeyer, imperious & a little tetchy. A good time, I hope, to flag that I've just embarked on a book for grown up lovers of Nutcracker. Xmas 2027 @royalballetandopera
First time watching @ENBallet 's Nutcracker, and loving the restoration of the Mother Ginger divert, plus beastly older sister Louise. Clara gets to mime her own story (hurrah) and Tchaikovsky is played at a proper lick. Chapeau.
December 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
First time watching @ENBallet 's Nutcracker, and loving the restoration of the Mother Ginger divert, plus beastly older sister Louise. Clara gets to mime her own story (hurrah) and Tchaikovsky is played at a proper lick. Chapeau.
Turner and Constable at Tate Britain. Magisterial talents magnificently curated.
December 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Turner and Constable at Tate Britain. Magisterial talents magnificently curated.
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BOOM! Now over 90,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 and get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
BOOM! Now over 90,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 and get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Black Friday bargain for my double biography of Gwen and Augustus John - Artists Siblings Visionaries nearly half price on Amazon....
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Black Friday bargain for my double biography of Gwen and Augustus John - Artists Siblings Visionaries nearly half price on Amazon....
Black Friday bargain for my double biography of Gwen and Augustus John - Artists Siblings Visionaries nearly half price on Amazon....
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Black Friday bargain for my double biography of Gwen and Augustus John - Artists Siblings Visionaries nearly half price on Amazon....
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A reminder that if you’ve found some spare cash down the back of the sofa cushions, now is the time to donate it to Wikipedia.
Grokipedia is not a 'Wikipedia Competitor.' It is the antithesis of Wikipedia in every possible way, and it is not going to work:
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Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Everything That Makes Wikipedia Good, Useful, and Human
Grokipedia is not a 'Wikipedia competitor.' It is a fully robotic regurgitation machine designed to protect the ego of the world’s wealthiest man.
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October 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A reminder that if you’ve found some spare cash down the back of the sofa cushions, now is the time to donate it to Wikipedia.
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The story of the climate crisis told in two numbers: $2.5 billion a day in direct subsidies to fossil fuels companies. 1440 deaths per day from extreme heat.
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals
Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year because of failure to tackle climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The story of the climate crisis told in two numbers: $2.5 billion a day in direct subsidies to fossil fuels companies. 1440 deaths per day from extreme heat.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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FINALLY the BBC starts covering what we’ve all already seen.
“A 55-year-old Palestinian woman has been taken to hospital after being clubbed over the head by a masked Jewish settler as she was picking olives.”
“A 55-year-old Palestinian woman has been taken to hospital after being clubbed over the head by a masked Jewish settler as she was picking olives.”
Palestinian woman in hospital after being clubbed by masked Israeli settler
The attacker is seen striking the 55-year-old woman with a large wooden stick during the assault in the West Bank village of Turmus Ayaa.
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October 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
FINALLY the BBC starts covering what we’ve all already seen.
“A 55-year-old Palestinian woman has been taken to hospital after being clubbed over the head by a masked Jewish settler as she was picking olives.”
“A 55-year-old Palestinian woman has been taken to hospital after being clubbed over the head by a masked Jewish settler as she was picking olives.”
Had a wonderful time talking about Gwen John earlier this summer for BBC Cymru Wales doc.
Screening early next year. Arts docs such an endangered species these days, so doubly glad Gwen J is getting this tribute for her 150th anniversary
#artistssiblingsvisionaries
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Screening early next year. Arts docs such an endangered species these days, so doubly glad Gwen J is getting this tribute for her 150th anniversary
#artistssiblingsvisionaries
@picadorbooks.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Had a wonderful time talking about Gwen John earlier this summer for BBC Cymru Wales doc.
Screening early next year. Arts docs such an endangered species these days, so doubly glad Gwen J is getting this tribute for her 150th anniversary
#artistssiblingsvisionaries
@picadorbooks.bsky.social
Screening early next year. Arts docs such an endangered species these days, so doubly glad Gwen J is getting this tribute for her 150th anniversary
#artistssiblingsvisionaries
@picadorbooks.bsky.social
Thank you to Watts Gallery for giving me a tour ahead of my Guildford Book Festival talk last night on Gwen and Augustus John. G F.Watts such an interesting figure....
October 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Thank you to Watts Gallery for giving me a tour ahead of my Guildford Book Festival talk last night on Gwen and Augustus John. G F.Watts such an interesting figure....
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V excited to be returning to the excellent Guildford Book Festival on October 15 - talking about the brilliant and contradictory siblings Gwen and Augustus John
September 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
V excited to be returning to the excellent Guildford Book Festival on October 15 - talking about the brilliant and contradictory siblings Gwen and Augustus John
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Picket Fire is a small literary press, but I have no idea how to use Blue Sky or how to find people on here. So if #writers #authors #readers and anyone related to the #writingcommunity or #books community could help by sharing this post, that would be excellent.
September 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Picket Fire is a small literary press, but I have no idea how to use Blue Sky or how to find people on here. So if #writers #authors #readers and anyone related to the #writingcommunity or #books community could help by sharing this post, that would be excellent.
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“There’s a baby!”
Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)
Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)
October 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
“There’s a baby!”
Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)
Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)