Ruth Cooper-Rowan
@ruthcooperrowan.bsky.social
Writer. Director. Theatre maker. (Fidget Theatre. Carriageworks Young Theatre Makers. Anyone who’ll have me.)
Leeds with a Dorset lilt.
Leeds with a Dorset lilt.
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The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
October 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
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cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war
October 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families on today’s ruling ordering PPE Medpro to repay £122m to Govt
“Nobody who had any part to play in the PPE scandal...should have any role in public life. Baroness Mone should have no role in making & passing the laws we all live under. Her title must be revoked immediately"
“Nobody who had any part to play in the PPE scandal...should have any role in public life. Baroness Mone should have no role in making & passing the laws we all live under. Her title must be revoked immediately"
October 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Covid-19 Bereaved Families on today’s ruling ordering PPE Medpro to repay £122m to Govt
“Nobody who had any part to play in the PPE scandal...should have any role in public life. Baroness Mone should have no role in making & passing the laws we all live under. Her title must be revoked immediately"
“Nobody who had any part to play in the PPE scandal...should have any role in public life. Baroness Mone should have no role in making & passing the laws we all live under. Her title must be revoked immediately"
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Peter Mandelson Sacking Day seems to come around sooner every decade. My SKETCH of Today in "No! Not Peter! Not again?"
Oh Mandy … | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
Some of us are old enough to remember where we were every time Peter Mandelson resigned. His departures from high office are like royal weddings: a chance to freeze a moment in our nation’s long story…
thecritic.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Peter Mandelson Sacking Day seems to come around sooner every decade. My SKETCH of Today in "No! Not Peter! Not again?"
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Scary times. Grantium has always been problematic but it was better than nothing at all. The impact of it completely crashing is going to be devastating for the arts sector. Love to those impacted and also love to those at ACE desperately trying to fix it! 💜
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/ar...
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/ar...
“Artists will pay the price” of ACE application portal meltdown, warns Equity
Equity General Secretary Paul W Fleming responds to the outage of Arts Council England’s grant application portal Grantium.
www.equity.org.uk
August 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Scary times. Grantium has always been problematic but it was better than nothing at all. The impact of it completely crashing is going to be devastating for the arts sector. Love to those impacted and also love to those at ACE desperately trying to fix it! 💜
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/ar...
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/ar...
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DCMS confirms Hodge review of ACE will consider Grantium application portal: www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/dcms-co...
DCMS confirms Hodge review will consider Grantium - Arts Professional
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has told Arts Professional that an upcoming review of Arts Council England (ACE) will cover issues relating to its funding portal Grantium, which has...
www.artsprofessional.co.uk
August 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
DCMS confirms Hodge review of ACE will consider Grantium application portal: www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/dcms-co...
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This is not caused primarily by "screen time".
It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
‘Worrying’ levels of screen time means young people losing confidence to socialise in person, minister warns – UK politics live
Culture secretary Lisa Nandy says ‘majority of young people spend all, or almost all, of their free time alone in their bedrooms, online’
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
This is not caused primarily by "screen time".
It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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This really is extraordinary. The trauma this will create for generations to come is incalculable. It has to stop.
This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.
By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza
By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza
August 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This really is extraordinary. The trauma this will create for generations to come is incalculable. It has to stop.
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June 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
June 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
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This feels like Alien vs Sexual Predator
June 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This feels like Alien vs Sexual Predator
93 ‘til Infinity R&D came to an end last night with a sharing at Slung Low. What a joy!
May 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
93 ‘til Infinity R&D came to an end last night with a sharing at Slung Low. What a joy!
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Direct inverse correlation
April 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Direct inverse correlation
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Attacking the rights of a marginalised group isn’t a win for feminism.
Demanding that women be defined by our biology isn't a win for feminism.
The people driving this are not acting in the interests of women. They're taking us all backwards and ushering in the far right.
Demanding that women be defined by our biology isn't a win for feminism.
The people driving this are not acting in the interests of women. They're taking us all backwards and ushering in the far right.
April 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Attacking the rights of a marginalised group isn’t a win for feminism.
Demanding that women be defined by our biology isn't a win for feminism.
The people driving this are not acting in the interests of women. They're taking us all backwards and ushering in the far right.
Demanding that women be defined by our biology isn't a win for feminism.
The people driving this are not acting in the interests of women. They're taking us all backwards and ushering in the far right.
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They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
April 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
This looks awesome 🔥 #actors
Hi all #theatre, #acting arts and arts adjacent folks! @oldbirdtheatre.bsky.social are CASTING for our OTHERHOOD show ( happening as part of @bradford2025.co.uk ) ITS PAID. Please help us get the word out. A link to the casting info is here 👇🏻
www.otherhoodarts.wordpress.com SHARE PLEASE! 🔥❤️🔥
www.otherhoodarts.wordpress.com SHARE PLEASE! 🔥❤️🔥
April 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This looks awesome 🔥 #actors
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Welcome to the resistance, <checks cue card> Goldman Sachs
“A top Goldman Sachs executive summed up the frustration with Mr. Trump succinctly: Someone has to stop him.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b...
Wall Street’s Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos After Markets Plunge
The financial titans who backed Trump are now dealing with the fallout from his tariffs. They spent the weekend surveying the damage of last week’s major sell-off.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Welcome to the resistance, <checks cue card> Goldman Sachs
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'Move fast and put things back together'
April 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
'Move fast and put things back together'
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It's just too good.
April 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
It's just too good.
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For people that think making a phone call is too much effort, subsistence farming is a splendid fit.
April 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
For people that think making a phone call is too much effort, subsistence farming is a splendid fit.
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Put up by Katy Brand today - this is the story over and over again
April 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Put up by Katy Brand today - this is the story over and over again
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First they came for the groceries and I didn't speak.
Then they came for an island full of penguins and I couldn't shut up.
Then they came for an island full of penguins and I couldn't shut up.
April 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
First they came for the groceries and I didn't speak.
Then they came for an island full of penguins and I couldn't shut up.
Then they came for an island full of penguins and I couldn't shut up.
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Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
April 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements