Andrzej Łukowski
@mrlukowski.bsky.social
Polish Brummie, Time Out London theatre editor and kids person
if you take every Bond film as canon then he’s a 100+ year old shapeshifting entity doomed to repeat an endless cycle of recruitment to MI5, meeting the latest incarnation of Blofeld, etc etc (tbh I'd be into a film that expressly addressed this)
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
if you take every Bond film as canon then he’s a 100+ year old shapeshifting entity doomed to repeat an endless cycle of recruitment to MI5, meeting the latest incarnation of Blofeld, etc etc (tbh I'd be into a film that expressly addressed this)
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Joyce Carol Oates please post about how Musk has never known the joy of tackling a Grizzly Bear Cub
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Joyce Carol Oates please post about how Musk has never known the joy of tackling a Grizzly Bear Cub
this incredibly goth Charli XCX/John Cale collaboration from the Emerald Fennell Wuthering Heights soundtrack is so good it‘s making me temporarily open-minded about the film www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgp7...
Charli xcx - House featuring John Cale (Official Video)
YouTube video by Charli xcx
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November 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
this incredibly goth Charli XCX/John Cale collaboration from the Emerald Fennell Wuthering Heights soundtrack is so good it‘s making me temporarily open-minded about the film www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgp7...
oh no no no
Could someone explain to me what is meant when a British person refers to "the middle class" ? Like, in the US, as I hear it, it basically just means a person who makes a certain amount of money, not too far below and not wildly above the median. Seems like a complex concept when UK writers use it?
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
oh no no no
this is a delightfully classic Stage social sell insofar as the piece is not really about that but asking what people are nostalgic for when they say they’re nostalgic for Play for Today and whether that can really exist in 2025-slash-six
We should remain open-minded about the new Play for Today, writes Andrzej Lukowski 👇
Andrzej Lukowski on Play for Today
Channel 5's redux of Play for Today probably won't satisfy nostalgic cravings but that doesn't mean it won't be good or that TV has no space for playwrights, says Andrzej Lukowski
www.thestage.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
this is a delightfully classic Stage social sell insofar as the piece is not really about that but asking what people are nostalgic for when they say they’re nostalgic for Play for Today and whether that can really exist in 2025-slash-six
weirdly light and funny take on Othello at the Haymarket, you’d say 'what do you expect in a commercial theatre’ but funny how jarring it feels now West End Shakespeare has basically become the preserve of Jamie Lloyd and Robert Icke www.timeout.com/london/theat...
Othello, Theatre Royal Haymarket review: David Harewood and Toby Jones are excellent in this overly-polished West End Shakespeare
Though it would be pushing it to say Tom Morris directs Othello as a comedy, he certainly wrings more laughs than usual out of Shakespeare’s great tragedy.To
www.timeout.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
weirdly light and funny take on Othello at the Haymarket, you’d say 'what do you expect in a commercial theatre’ but funny how jarring it feels now West End Shakespeare has basically become the preserve of Jamie Lloyd and Robert Icke www.timeout.com/london/theat...
this is a boring comment but my ultimate game pass xbox subscription price has not gone up, will it continue to not go up?
November 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
this is a boring comment but my ultimate game pass xbox subscription price has not gone up, will it continue to not go up?
Happy Mamdani won, happier still that after several long hard decades, the 2025 New York City mayoral election has been concluded
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Happy Mamdani won, happier still that after several long hard decades, the 2025 New York City mayoral election has been concluded
£74.50 as top price for the new Court season is an unfortunate sign of the times, over a tenner up on this year
November 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
£74.50 as top price for the new Court season is an unfortunate sign of the times, over a tenner up on this year
finished reading Lord of the Rings with the eldest, a process that has taken up most of the year. ONLY NOW is her permitted to watch the films
November 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
finished reading Lord of the Rings with the eldest, a process that has taken up most of the year. ONLY NOW is her permitted to watch the films
so paddington is going to be played by a small person in a bear costume, is that what the big secret was
November 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
so paddington is going to be played by a small person in a bear costume, is that what the big secret was
the most annoying thing about this phenomenon is it is implicitly based on the assumption everything was loads better five years ago or whatever, which it definitely wasn’t
You guys have got to stop saying things are made with AI just because you think they’re bad
November 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
the most annoying thing about this phenomenon is it is implicitly based on the assumption everything was loads better five years ago or whatever, which it definitely wasn’t
I am increasingly convinced Your Party are a psyop by the Greens
Zarah Sultana sets sights on replacing Labour and gaining power
Zarah Sultana sets sights on replacing Labour and gaining power
MP who left Labour in July to form leftwing grouping with Jeremy Corbyn, says party is not just one of protest
The MP Zarah Sultana has said she hopes her new political party will ultimately replace Labour as she revealed she is committed to winning power.
Sultana left the Labour party in July to form the new group, operating under the temporary name Your Party. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I am increasingly convinced Your Party are a psyop by the Greens
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I can’t stress this enough: you cannot understand politics without reading this paragraph about why there’s no such thing as a 1/3rd pound hamburger
October 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I can’t stress this enough: you cannot understand politics without reading this paragraph about why there’s no such thing as a 1/3rd pound hamburger
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This such a perfect patriotic 🇬🇧 Fleet Street cock-up. It's one thing for a news outlet to be duped by a competent hoaxer. Excruciating, yes, but there's a fairly long history of such fuck ups. But to put out a statement SAYING you'd been hoaxed but you'd actually just emailed the wrong guy?
October 30, 2025 at 6:34 AM
This such a perfect patriotic 🇬🇧 Fleet Street cock-up. It's one thing for a news outlet to be duped by a competent hoaxer. Excruciating, yes, but there's a fairly long history of such fuck ups. But to put out a statement SAYING you'd been hoaxed but you'd actually just emailed the wrong guy?
I thought Michael Grandage’s take on The Line of Beauty was very impressive storytelling, even if it seemed aggressively resistant to any kind of unexpected theatrical flourish whatsoever
www.timeout.com/london/theat...
www.timeout.com/london/theat...
The Line of Beauty, Almeida Theatre review: this adaptation of the classic novel of Thatcherite Britain is a hugely impressive piece of storytelling
Michael Grandage directs a stage adaptation of Alan Hollinghurt’s classic novel of Thatcherite Britain
www.timeout.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I thought Michael Grandage’s take on The Line of Beauty was very impressive storytelling, even if it seemed aggressively resistant to any kind of unexpected theatrical flourish whatsoever
www.timeout.com/london/theat...
www.timeout.com/london/theat...
ooh Arcadia at the Old Vic! Feels like one of those plays that should be done every five years with wearing inevitability but in fact is really very much not
October 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
ooh Arcadia at the Old Vic! Feels like one of those plays that should be done every five years with wearing inevitability but in fact is really very much not
I feel like it’s not calling for a PhD level of understanding to get that the Lord of the Rings is in a very literal sense about how the hobbits were the only ones capable of saving the world
The "hard-men" of Gondor were getting their shit kicked in until they were rescued by foreigners and a girl.
The Shire was doing fine until they let a fascist demagogue ("Sharkey" aka Saruman) take over, close the gates, impose a bunch of thug-enforced rules, and despoil nature for profit.
The Shire was doing fine until they let a fascist demagogue ("Sharkey" aka Saruman) take over, close the gates, impose a bunch of thug-enforced rules, and despoil nature for profit.
October 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I feel like it’s not calling for a PhD level of understanding to get that the Lord of the Rings is in a very literal sense about how the hobbits were the only ones capable of saving the world
not really a fan of hypnoboobs guy but the 2025 Greens' ability to go five minutes without whacking themselves in the face with a massive rake suggests they're probably the safer bet ‘party of the left’
October 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
not really a fan of hypnoboobs guy but the 2025 Greens' ability to go five minutes without whacking themselves in the face with a massive rake suggests they're probably the safer bet ‘party of the left’
oh fun they’re adapting Ink for the screen! a while since I saw it but feel like Foy’s character (‘an ambitious editor who joins the Sun and works closely with Lamb’) is a new addition, presumably to counter the fact the play is basically about two blokes?
グレアム君の映画版『Ink』そろそろ撮影始まるみたい
Claire Foy Joins Danny Boyle’s Next Film ‘Ink’ From Studiocanal
deadline.com/2025/10/clai...
Claire Foy Joins Danny Boyle’s Next Film ‘Ink’ From Studiocanal
deadline.com/2025/10/clai...
Claire Foy Joins Danny Boyle’s Next Film ‘Ink’ From Studiocanal
Claire Foy is set to join the cast of 'Ink' starring Jack O'Connell and Guy Pearce.
deadline.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
oh fun they’re adapting Ink for the screen! a while since I saw it but feel like Foy’s character (‘an ambitious editor who joins the Sun and works closely with Lamb’) is a new addition, presumably to counter the fact the play is basically about two blokes?
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Tilda Swinton, Gary Oldman and Broadway smash ‘John Proctor is the Villain’ feature in the Royal Court’s 70th anniversary season
Tilda Swinton, Gary Oldman and Broadway smash ‘John Proctor is the Villain’ feature in the Royal Court’s 70th anniversary season
The UK’s leading new writing theatre pulls out all of the stops for a birthday season that mixes classics old and new
www.timeout.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Tilda Swinton, Gary Oldman and Broadway smash ‘John Proctor is the Villain’ feature in the Royal Court’s 70th anniversary season
I have been unwillingly following the 2025 NYC mayoral race since what feels like my early childhood and the only joy I have derived from it is looking at the bafflement in the eyes of fellow Brits when I explain that the election Zohran Mamdani won months ago was just to be the nominee
If you haven't been following the NYC mayoral race and want to understand the three candidates' positions better, this quiz might help.
Quiz: What Do You and the N.Y.C. Mayoral Candidates Agree On? (Gift Article)
Answer 14 questions and we’ll show you where you align with the three leading candidates for mayor of New York City.
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I have been unwillingly following the 2025 NYC mayoral race since what feels like my early childhood and the only joy I have derived from it is looking at the bafflement in the eyes of fellow Brits when I explain that the election Zohran Mamdani won months ago was just to be the nominee
Royal Court 70th anniversary season is pretty damn storming www.timeout.com/london/news/...
Tilda Swinton, Gary Oldman and Broadway smash ‘John Proctor is the Villain’ feature in the Royal Court’s 70th anniversary season
The UK’s leading new writing theatre pulls out all of the stops for a birthday season that mixes classics old and new
www.timeout.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Royal Court 70th anniversary season is pretty damn storming www.timeout.com/london/news/...
am away for half term and have been been blessed and cursed with knowing what the royal court 70th anniversary season is for some time, but it gets announced at noon today and there are at least three 'holy shit' moments in it
October 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
am away for half term and have been been blessed and cursed with knowing what the royal court 70th anniversary season is for some time, but it gets announced at noon today and there are at least three 'holy shit' moments in it
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Sultana’s position on Ukraine is not just morally reprehensible but juvenile and trite
There is always money for war, never for the poor.
Every penny spent on bombs, tanks and missiles is stolen from our homes, schools and hospitals.
We are not going to take it anymore.
Every penny spent on bombs, tanks and missiles is stolen from our homes, schools and hospitals.
We are not going to take it anymore.
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Sultana’s position on Ukraine is not just morally reprehensible but juvenile and trite