Robin Parker
@robinparker.bsky.social
For hire.
Telly, movies, music and nonsense.
Freelance writer/editor: Radio Times, Broadcast, Talent Manager, Screen International, BAFTA, WFTV, Variety, Campaign, Robb Report.
Comms/copy: Plank PR, Faber & Bishopp. Social Finance, Asylum Aid, BSI.
Telly, movies, music and nonsense.
Freelance writer/editor: Radio Times, Broadcast, Talent Manager, Screen International, BAFTA, WFTV, Variety, Campaign, Robb Report.
Comms/copy: Plank PR, Faber & Bishopp. Social Finance, Asylum Aid, BSI.
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There are some events that pass into Glasgow folklore.
Back in 1989, the Toledo cinema genuinely did advertise the enticing triple-bill of 'Big', 'Frantic', 'Shag' - not something you usually get in Muirend!
Pic: Graeme Thomson
Back in 1989, the Toledo cinema genuinely did advertise the enticing triple-bill of 'Big', 'Frantic', 'Shag' - not something you usually get in Muirend!
Pic: Graeme Thomson
January 22, 2026 at 1:42 PM
There are some events that pass into Glasgow folklore.
Back in 1989, the Toledo cinema genuinely did advertise the enticing triple-bill of 'Big', 'Frantic', 'Shag' - not something you usually get in Muirend!
Pic: Graeme Thomson
Back in 1989, the Toledo cinema genuinely did advertise the enticing triple-bill of 'Big', 'Frantic', 'Shag' - not something you usually get in Muirend!
Pic: Graeme Thomson
succinct AI rebuke
if you’re too tired from work to pursue your dreams, the solution is not getting someone else to pursue your dreams for you, so you have more time to work.
January 21, 2026 at 4:42 PM
succinct AI rebuke
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No, authors aren't burnt out because "writing without AI is slow"
We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive
We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive
August 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
No, authors aren't burnt out because "writing without AI is slow"
We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive
We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive
Uh oh Gary’s confused the President with 2001: a Space Odyssey
sanewashing a brain-rotted lunatic by calling him ‘enigmatic’ and ‘expansive’
January 20, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Uh oh Gary’s confused the President with 2001: a Space Odyssey
RIP Tucker Zimmerman. Here he is being particularly ace staring down the barrel of old age with wit and wisdom less than a year ago after Big Thief introduced him to a new generation of fans share.google/QF3SHY04ojv1...
Tucker Zimmerman - Nobody Knows (Live at The Lexington)
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January 20, 2026 at 8:15 PM
RIP Tucker Zimmerman. Here he is being particularly ace staring down the barrel of old age with wit and wisdom less than a year ago after Big Thief introduced him to a new generation of fans share.google/QF3SHY04ojv1...
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This generation's "baby shoes - never worn"
January 20, 2026 at 5:40 PM
This generation's "baby shoes - never worn"
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think it's nice that all handbag manufacturers got together one day and collectively agreed that women only ever leave the house needing to carry either one single cigarette or an entire human man, it absolutely chimes in with how I live my life day-to-day
January 20, 2026 at 3:12 PM
think it's nice that all handbag manufacturers got together one day and collectively agreed that women only ever leave the house needing to carry either one single cigarette or an entire human man, it absolutely chimes in with how I live my life day-to-day
and now being read by me, after enjoying the TV series. Finding much to savour in Ronan's lyrical, concise prose.
Brilliant.
Written in Dublin by @ronanhession.bsky.social
Published in the front room of Moose Towers, Hebden Bridge.
Travelling the globe
And now short listed for BEST DRAMA
Irish Film and Television Awards.
Indy publishing at its very best.
@thebookseller.com
@ipgbook.bsky.social
Written in Dublin by @ronanhession.bsky.social
Published in the front room of Moose Towers, Hebden Bridge.
Travelling the globe
And now short listed for BEST DRAMA
Irish Film and Television Awards.
Indy publishing at its very best.
@thebookseller.com
@ipgbook.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
and now being read by me, after enjoying the TV series. Finding much to savour in Ronan's lyrical, concise prose.
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Now, I'm no big city wind turbine engineer, but I'm pretty sure the blades shouldn't be at 90°/90°/180°
January 20, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Now, I'm no big city wind turbine engineer, but I'm pretty sure the blades shouldn't be at 90°/90°/180°
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beautiful eldritch eagle
January 20, 2026 at 1:56 PM
beautiful eldritch eagle
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NEW: Glasgow City Council has just approved a massive AI-generated mural to be painted in the city centre.
The illustration of Scottish elements inexplicably contains a bald eagle.
The planner says those upset about it are "keyboard warriors" who should "calm down"
The illustration of Scottish elements inexplicably contains a bald eagle.
The planner says those upset about it are "keyboard warriors" who should "calm down"
January 20, 2026 at 1:19 PM
NEW: Glasgow City Council has just approved a massive AI-generated mural to be painted in the city centre.
The illustration of Scottish elements inexplicably contains a bald eagle.
The planner says those upset about it are "keyboard warriors" who should "calm down"
The illustration of Scottish elements inexplicably contains a bald eagle.
The planner says those upset about it are "keyboard warriors" who should "calm down"
Got the exclusive lowdown on what Tim & Daisy from Spaced are doing now, courtesy of Jessica Hynes in this interview I did for @radiotimes.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Got the exclusive lowdown on what Tim & Daisy from Spaced are doing now, courtesy of Jessica Hynes in this interview I did for @radiotimes.bsky.social
wait... is this where Bob Vylan got their name from??? (see second column of credits)
There aren't exactly *many* comedy songs that are still funny every time you hear them, but Meaningless Songs (In Very High Voices) by The HeeBeeGeeBees - and the rest of the 439 Golden Greats album - is definitely one. Not sure Barry Gibb agrees though.
timworthington.org/2023/04/06/l...
timworthington.org/2023/04/06/l...
January 20, 2026 at 12:21 PM
wait... is this where Bob Vylan got their name from??? (see second column of credits)
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Oh my, le commentaire!
AFCONbelievable
The Paneka miss for Morocco
The Paneka miss for Morocco
January 18, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Oh my, le commentaire!
Today in nominative determinism
January 18, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Today in nominative determinism
His constantly-affirmating AI glasses told him he was “the culmination of human evolution, the pinnacle of consciousness, and the embodiment of ultimate wisdom”.
He went psychotic and lost everything.
He went psychotic and lost everything.
Jesus Christ, this stuff is *evil*
NEW: In January 2024, a man purchased Meta's newly AI-infused smart glasses.
He went on to experience a devastating break with reality that played out across Meta platforms — with Meta AI as his companion, entertaining and affirming his worsening delusional beliefs.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
He went on to experience a devastating break with reality that played out across Meta platforms — with Meta AI as his companion, entertaining and affirming his worsening delusional beliefs.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
January 18, 2026 at 12:40 PM
His constantly-affirmating AI glasses told him he was “the culmination of human evolution, the pinnacle of consciousness, and the embodiment of ultimate wisdom”.
He went psychotic and lost everything.
He went psychotic and lost everything.
Cor, Soho Theatre Walthamstow’s a bit gorgeous. And massive.
January 17, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Cor, Soho Theatre Walthamstow’s a bit gorgeous. And massive.
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Minnesotans are the perfect people to bring back the next wave of mockery. Fascism is powerless against it.
With arms linked and snow falling, Minneapolis ICE protesters dance as ICE agents retreat back. "Nah nah nah, hey hey hey, goodbye!" WATCH ⬇️
January 17, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Minnesotans are the perfect people to bring back the next wave of mockery. Fascism is powerless against it.
One of the many great things about Kathy Burke’s memoir A Mind of My Own is that rather than opt for the showbiz score-settling of ‘needless to say, I had the last laugh’, she repeatedly opts for a variation of ‘so I told the twat to go fuck himself’
January 17, 2026 at 4:36 PM
One of the many great things about Kathy Burke’s memoir A Mind of My Own is that rather than opt for the showbiz score-settling of ‘needless to say, I had the last laugh’, she repeatedly opts for a variation of ‘so I told the twat to go fuck himself’
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And suddenly, with its talk of housing ladders and homophobia, this dinner party turns into a stark state-of-the-nation drama. #TheTraitors
January 16, 2026 at 8:54 PM
And suddenly, with its talk of housing ladders and homophobia, this dinner party turns into a stark state-of-the-nation drama. #TheTraitors
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Could have highlighted how he removed cartoons from the walls of places they locked up kids because they made it too welcoming but no, Labour are attacking Jenrick for letting in too many migrants
“Robert Jenrick is the man who as Immigration Minister oversaw the open borders experiment that led to the biggest increase in illegal immigration in our country”
Labour's Steve Reed reacts to Robert Jenrick's decision to defect from the Conservatives to Reform UK
Labour's Steve Reed reacts to Robert Jenrick's decision to defect from the Conservatives to Reform UK
January 16, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Could have highlighted how he removed cartoons from the walls of places they locked up kids because they made it too welcoming but no, Labour are attacking Jenrick for letting in too many migrants
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Reform have recruited which means they don’t get to murder tonight
January 15, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Reform have recruited which means they don’t get to murder tonight
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I have met so many Dans, and female Dans, and they always blow my mind
![[Scene is a SCIENCE RESEARCH FACILITY where two white coated scientists are standing at a desk of instruments and controls in front of a one way mirroe, looking at a mocked-up drinks party scene in the next room. In that room is a man named Dan and a woman, holding glasses of wine and apparently having a conversation. Dan, however, has a hi tech helmet strapped to his head, with wires extruding from it and leading to the instruments next door. Dan when we see him close up has a slightly dull expression and is droning on, while the lady listens, smiling politely].
[Scientists looking through the glass]
SCIENTIST 1:
And is this one of your patients?
SCIENTIST 2:
Yes
SCIENTIST 1:
This is Dan.
Dan was born completely incapable of asking people about themselves at parties.
DAN [close up, droning on while the woman listens]:
...So yeah 1 like implement creative solutions... and I work with clients to design a... and I'm writing a novel about like this guy...
SCIENTIST 1 [Looking at a screen showing Dan's brain with a hole in the middle]:
As you can see, despite talking about himself for the past two hours, the part of the brain which gives a toss about other people's lives shows no activity at all.
SCIENTIST 1 [bending over a microphone on the desk and pressing the intercom button]:
Dan...
Ask the lady... what her job is.
[Dan pauses.]
[Dan continues to pause]
DAN:
What's your job.
LADY [smiling humbly]:
Oh, I'm a murderer?
Well, contract killer, you know, haha...
[Show dan, silent]
[Show lady, smiling, waiting for a response]
[Show dan, still silent]
[Show Dan, slowly opening his mouth to speak
DAN:
And-
[But Dan falls silent again]
[Show Lady looking slightly desperate now, silently willing him to continue]
[Still nothing from Dan. But then...]
DAN:
...And yeah part of my job is I coordinate media content to across platforms to create -
SCIENTIST 1:
Fascinating
SCIENTIST 2:
Isn't it
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January 15, 2026 at 9:47 AM
I have met so many Dans, and female Dans, and they always blow my mind
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It’s like saying that because you have a VHS player in 1986, we should close down the BBC.
January 15, 2026 at 9:12 AM
It’s like saying that because you have a VHS player in 1986, we should close down the BBC.