KateW
@kateweb.bsky.social
Often found in front of a stage or a screen.
Shed | Morveren | Play it by ear @BigTellyNI | @CriTheatre New Writing She/her
Shed | Morveren | Play it by ear @BigTellyNI | @CriTheatre New Writing She/her
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How many more times do I have to tell the Internet that I was Billy Zane's swim counselor at camp?
When I worked at a bookstore I sold Anna Chlumsky her college textbooks
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
How many more times do I have to tell the Internet that I was Billy Zane's swim counselor at camp?
@davidallengreen.bsky.social Clueless is starting at 11pm on BBC1, so should also be on iPlayer for at least a couple of weeks. Seemed relevant to your interests.
December 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
@davidallengreen.bsky.social Clueless is starting at 11pm on BBC1, so should also be on iPlayer for at least a couple of weeks. Seemed relevant to your interests.
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In the early 90s I was a house manager at the Public Theater in NYC. During the intermission of a play, Jackie O approached me in the lobby and asked for directions to the ladies' room.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
In the early 90s I was a house manager at the Public Theater in NYC. During the intermission of a play, Jackie O approached me in the lobby and asked for directions to the ladies' room.
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I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.
asking the sommelier which wine pairs best with swedish fish
December 29, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.
Who else had forgotten that Aiden Turner was in The Dark Knight Rises? (I'll be honest, I'd forgotten this whole opening sequence with the hostages/plane crash.)
I'm now trying to imagine the first scene shot with Tom Hardy, with the rest of the cast thinking "Are you going to...do it like that?".
I'm now trying to imagine the first scene shot with Tom Hardy, with the rest of the cast thinking "Are you going to...do it like that?".
December 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Who else had forgotten that Aiden Turner was in The Dark Knight Rises? (I'll be honest, I'd forgotten this whole opening sequence with the hostages/plane crash.)
I'm now trying to imagine the first scene shot with Tom Hardy, with the rest of the cast thinking "Are you going to...do it like that?".
I'm now trying to imagine the first scene shot with Tom Hardy, with the rest of the cast thinking "Are you going to...do it like that?".
My standard risotto is just rice, stock, onions, garlic and mushrooms (with wine whenever possible). But - courtesy of yellow stickers, leftovers and Christmas presents, this one also has shitaki mushrooms, butter and Parmesan - not sad about anything that makes dinner creamier and cheesier.
December 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
My standard risotto is just rice, stock, onions, garlic and mushrooms (with wine whenever possible). But - courtesy of yellow stickers, leftovers and Christmas presents, this one also has shitaki mushrooms, butter and Parmesan - not sad about anything that makes dinner creamier and cheesier.
There's also a selection of Philippa Gregory adaptations on Channel 4 (on demand), if you're in the mood for Plantagenets:
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To Walk Invisible, Miss Austen, Gentleman Jack and Wolf Hall are all on iPlayer, if you fancy a chewy drama for the long winter nights. As is His Dark Materials, which I somehow haven't seen all of, in a terrible omission/joy in waiting.
December 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
There's also a selection of Philippa Gregory adaptations on Channel 4 (on demand), if you're in the mood for Plantagenets:
bsky.app/profile/kate...
bsky.app/profile/kate...
To Walk Invisible, Miss Austen, Gentleman Jack and Wolf Hall are all on iPlayer, if you fancy a chewy drama for the long winter nights. As is His Dark Materials, which I somehow haven't seen all of, in a terrible omission/joy in waiting.
December 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
To Walk Invisible, Miss Austen, Gentleman Jack and Wolf Hall are all on iPlayer, if you fancy a chewy drama for the long winter nights. As is His Dark Materials, which I somehow haven't seen all of, in a terrible omission/joy in waiting.
Neuromancer! On Apple TV, so top secret as usual.
December 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Neuromancer! On Apple TV, so top secret as usual.
Started listening to a Christie, pleased not to remember whodunnit. But then I suddenly realised the method about 10 minutes in and remembered the motive the moment something vaguely related was mentioned. So it goes!
December 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Started listening to a Christie, pleased not to remember whodunnit. But then I suddenly realised the method about 10 minutes in and remembered the motive the moment something vaguely related was mentioned. So it goes!
A supposedly British character on this US show has just referred to a student having "a scholarship to Dook". It's "Dyuke" surely, even though that's not how Americans pronounce it?
December 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A supposedly British character on this US show has just referred to a student having "a scholarship to Dook". It's "Dyuke" surely, even though that's not how Americans pronounce it?
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Tonight’s Only Connect is a normal Monday night episode - back in the main series, and quite the challenge for anyone who’s been mainlining Tia Maria since Christmas Eve. The specials resume tomorrow night!
8pm, BBC Two
8pm, BBC Two
December 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Tonight’s Only Connect is a normal Monday night episode - back in the main series, and quite the challenge for anyone who’s been mainlining Tia Maria since Christmas Eve. The specials resume tomorrow night!
8pm, BBC Two
8pm, BBC Two
Love a creative, 3D printed solution, but I'm betting on the cat. Getting into places they shouldn't be for the whole of recorded history. 🐾
I 3D print solutions, and my cat is the problem. 🤦
Thankfully, this was an easy one to fix with my H2D. The next one might not be so easy. 😂
Thankfully, this was an easy one to fix with my H2D. The next one might not be so easy. 😂
December 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Love a creative, 3D printed solution, but I'm betting on the cat. Getting into places they shouldn't be for the whole of recorded history. 🐾
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Cheese for lunch, I think.
December 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Cheese for lunch, I think.
Kermit is SUCH a wife guy, bless his little green heart.
December 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Kermit is SUCH a wife guy, bless his little green heart.
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
Producer: Who's gonna be starring in this?
Kermit: Me and my friends - they're all pigs and dogs and chickens and stuff.
...
Producer: Just because this whole thing is ridiculous, doesn't mean it can't make it on Broadway!
Kermit: Me and my friends - they're all pigs and dogs and chickens and stuff.
...
Producer: Just because this whole thing is ridiculous, doesn't mean it can't make it on Broadway!
You've only missed the first 10 minutes of The Muppets Take Manhattan! On Film4 now, till 2.35pm.
December 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Producer: Who's gonna be starring in this?
Kermit: Me and my friends - they're all pigs and dogs and chickens and stuff.
...
Producer: Just because this whole thing is ridiculous, doesn't mean it can't make it on Broadway!
Kermit: Me and my friends - they're all pigs and dogs and chickens and stuff.
...
Producer: Just because this whole thing is ridiculous, doesn't mean it can't make it on Broadway!
You've only missed the first 10 minutes of The Muppets Take Manhattan! On Film4 now, till 2.35pm.
December 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
You've only missed the first 10 minutes of The Muppets Take Manhattan! On Film4 now, till 2.35pm.
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The only known photographs of mathematician and computing pioneer Ada Lovelace have been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery just before they were expected to be sold to a private buyer.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/nat...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/nat...
National Portrait Gallery buys rare photographs of Ada Lovelace for the nation
The only known photographs of mathematician and computing pioneer Ada Lovelace have been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery just before they were expected to be sold to a private buyer.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The only known photographs of mathematician and computing pioneer Ada Lovelace have been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery just before they were expected to be sold to a private buyer.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/nat...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/nat...
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This week's free Kindle: A House on the Rhine by Frances Faviell
#FreeTillFriday #FurrowedMiddlebrow #booksky
www.amazon.com/House-Rhine-...
#FreeTillFriday #FurrowedMiddlebrow #booksky
www.amazon.com/House-Rhine-...
A House on the Rhine
Amazon.com: A House on the Rhine eBook : Faviell, Frances: Kindle Store
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December 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This week's free Kindle: A House on the Rhine by Frances Faviell
#FreeTillFriday #FurrowedMiddlebrow #booksky
www.amazon.com/House-Rhine-...
#FreeTillFriday #FurrowedMiddlebrow #booksky
www.amazon.com/House-Rhine-...
"more adaptations and less drama commissioned" - useful to see real data on what's felt like a shift in theatre.
Nice piece on the BBC website about our British Theatre Before & After Covid report.
Theatre numbers up but new play openings fall, says report
An industry group says there were more adaptations, less drama commissioned and fewer new plays.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
"more adaptations and less drama commissioned" - useful to see real data on what's felt like a shift in theatre.
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So today makes the 7 year anniversary of the passing of my dear friend Simon, known to many of you on the fash site as simonnricketts. I miss him dearly but these days I mostly remember him with a smile and a chuckle, the big stupid idiot.
December 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
So today makes the 7 year anniversary of the passing of my dear friend Simon, known to many of you on the fash site as simonnricketts. I miss him dearly but these days I mostly remember him with a smile and a chuckle, the big stupid idiot.
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On this day 29th December 1975
“Radical new legislation” introducing a woman's right to equal pay and status came into force in the UK
(Picture: A Second Picture Dictionary, artist: Eric Winter)
“Radical new legislation” introducing a woman's right to equal pay and status came into force in the UK
(Picture: A Second Picture Dictionary, artist: Eric Winter)
December 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
On this day 29th December 1975
“Radical new legislation” introducing a woman's right to equal pay and status came into force in the UK
(Picture: A Second Picture Dictionary, artist: Eric Winter)
“Radical new legislation” introducing a woman's right to equal pay and status came into force in the UK
(Picture: A Second Picture Dictionary, artist: Eric Winter)
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Citizenship stripping has become a political tool for authoritarians to signal their credentials.
No matter how abhorrent someone’s tweets, or views, the idea REMOVING THEIR CITIZENSHIP should be the response is deranged.
Philp & the right in general have lost the plot. #r4today
No matter how abhorrent someone’s tweets, or views, the idea REMOVING THEIR CITIZENSHIP should be the response is deranged.
Philp & the right in general have lost the plot. #r4today
December 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Citizenship stripping has become a political tool for authoritarians to signal their credentials.
No matter how abhorrent someone’s tweets, or views, the idea REMOVING THEIR CITIZENSHIP should be the response is deranged.
Philp & the right in general have lost the plot. #r4today
No matter how abhorrent someone’s tweets, or views, the idea REMOVING THEIR CITIZENSHIP should be the response is deranged.
Philp & the right in general have lost the plot. #r4today