Thom Dibdin
@thomdibdin.bsky.social
Theatre critic of Edinburgh's stages. Owner and editor of All @alledintheatre.bsky.social. Cyclist. Wearer of loud shirts.
Born at 317.73 ppm.
Born at 317.73 ppm.
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"Fake Noozzzz....zzzzz....zzzzz...zzzzz."
photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Fake Noozzzz....zzzzz....zzzzz...zzzzz."
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Remembrance & White Poppies bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/08/r...
Remembrance & White Poppies
For more than ninety years, some people have chosen to wear white poppies during the run-up to Remembrance Day, for remembrance and as a commitment to peace. First produced by women who had lost fr…
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November 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Remembrance & White Poppies bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/08/r...
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Obituary: Nabil Shaban — Actor who co-founded disabled-led theatre company Graeae and performed at theatres including London’s Royal Court and the National Theatre 👇
Obituary: Nabil Shaban – actor and Graeae co-founder
Actor who co-founded disabled-led theatre company Graeae and performed at theatres including London's Royal Court and the National Theatre
www.thestage.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Obituary: Nabil Shaban — Actor who co-founded disabled-led theatre company Graeae and performed at theatres including London’s Royal Court and the National Theatre 👇
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Wikipedia has a mild conservative bias, as it insists on what it calls 'reliable sources' - which mostly means they have been published by capitalist gatekeeping institutions.
The only reason anybody imagines that it has a liberal or left-wing bias is because it's largely accurate. They hate that.
The only reason anybody imagines that it has a liberal or left-wing bias is because it's largely accurate. They hate that.
October 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Wikipedia has a mild conservative bias, as it insists on what it calls 'reliable sources' - which mostly means they have been published by capitalist gatekeeping institutions.
The only reason anybody imagines that it has a liberal or left-wing bias is because it's largely accurate. They hate that.
The only reason anybody imagines that it has a liberal or left-wing bias is because it's largely accurate. They hate that.
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This is probably the funniest headline of the year.
October 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This is probably the funniest headline of the year.
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Anyone seen any mega wooden pyramids ahead of Bonfire Night yet? Keen to see (and publish) photos from around the city if anyone spots any in the coming days. Have news in tomorrow's newsletter about the council's plans for these (and guess what: it's not to set them on fire).
October 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Anyone seen any mega wooden pyramids ahead of Bonfire Night yet? Keen to see (and publish) photos from around the city if anyone spots any in the coming days. Have news in tomorrow's newsletter about the council's plans for these (and guess what: it's not to set them on fire).
This is a very positive step forward for the future of The Brunton theatre.
The question now is who might seen this as an opportunity... And then how the ELC winnows the sharks from the good guys!
The question now is who might seen this as an opportunity... And then how the ELC winnows the sharks from the good guys!
NEWS: East Lothian Council tests market for Brunton replacement.
ELC issues Preliminary Market Consultation (PMC) for Musselburgh’s Brunton Hall, in an attempt to find suppliers, funders, or developers who are capable of delivering a new theatre.
www.alledinburghtheatre.com/elc-tests-th...
ELC issues Preliminary Market Consultation (PMC) for Musselburgh’s Brunton Hall, in an attempt to find suppliers, funders, or developers who are capable of delivering a new theatre.
www.alledinburghtheatre.com/elc-tests-th...
October 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This is a very positive step forward for the future of The Brunton theatre.
The question now is who might seen this as an opportunity... And then how the ELC winnows the sharks from the good guys!
The question now is who might seen this as an opportunity... And then how the ELC winnows the sharks from the good guys!
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NEWS: East Lothian Council tests market for Brunton replacement.
ELC issues Preliminary Market Consultation (PMC) for Musselburgh’s Brunton Hall, in an attempt to find suppliers, funders, or developers who are capable of delivering a new theatre.
www.alledinburghtheatre.com/elc-tests-th...
ELC issues Preliminary Market Consultation (PMC) for Musselburgh’s Brunton Hall, in an attempt to find suppliers, funders, or developers who are capable of delivering a new theatre.
www.alledinburghtheatre.com/elc-tests-th...
October 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
NEWS: East Lothian Council tests market for Brunton replacement.
ELC issues Preliminary Market Consultation (PMC) for Musselburgh’s Brunton Hall, in an attempt to find suppliers, funders, or developers who are capable of delivering a new theatre.
www.alledinburghtheatre.com/elc-tests-th...
ELC issues Preliminary Market Consultation (PMC) for Musselburgh’s Brunton Hall, in an attempt to find suppliers, funders, or developers who are capable of delivering a new theatre.
www.alledinburghtheatre.com/elc-tests-th...
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RIP Prunella Scales. Does so much with a fag, a box of chocolates, and little more than three words.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zva...
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Fawlty Towers: Oh I know!
YouTube video by Fawlty's Vault
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October 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
RIP Prunella Scales. Does so much with a fag, a box of chocolates, and little more than three words.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zva...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zva...
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The horrible irony is that the recent treatment of poppies shows that actually they're doing nothing to help remember their origins.
The bitterly ironic transformation of the iconography of the poppy, from sombre reminder of the senseless futility of a war in which the British ruling class systematically ordered the wholesale slaughter of millions of working-class men, to 'War Christmas', says everything about the current crisis
That's it. Peak remembrancy shop window has been located.
October 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The horrible irony is that the recent treatment of poppies shows that actually they're doing nothing to help remember their origins.
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📣 RESIDENT ARTIST 2026 CALLOUT
We are so excited to be recruiting one Resident Artist to join us on a 10 month, part-time, paid placement. This role is designed for an emerging theatre-maker who wants to learn more about running a theatre company in Scotland 🎭🏴
We are so excited to be recruiting one Resident Artist to join us on a 10 month, part-time, paid placement. This role is designed for an emerging theatre-maker who wants to learn more about running a theatre company in Scotland 🎭🏴
October 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
📣 RESIDENT ARTIST 2026 CALLOUT
We are so excited to be recruiting one Resident Artist to join us on a 10 month, part-time, paid placement. This role is designed for an emerging theatre-maker who wants to learn more about running a theatre company in Scotland 🎭🏴
We are so excited to be recruiting one Resident Artist to join us on a 10 month, part-time, paid placement. This role is designed for an emerging theatre-maker who wants to learn more about running a theatre company in Scotland 🎭🏴
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Adverts should be representative of traditional British families
October 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Adverts should be representative of traditional British families
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Tonight’s preset for LITTLE WOMEN from EUTC at the Bedlam.
Pics by @clairevpf.bsky.social for Hugh Simpson who is on reviewing duty for @alledintheatre.bsky.social
Pics by @clairevpf.bsky.social for Hugh Simpson who is on reviewing duty for @alledintheatre.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Tonight’s preset for LITTLE WOMEN from EUTC at the Bedlam.
Pics by @clairevpf.bsky.social for Hugh Simpson who is on reviewing duty for @alledintheatre.bsky.social
Pics by @clairevpf.bsky.social for Hugh Simpson who is on reviewing duty for @alledintheatre.bsky.social
The @theguardian.com on the truth of the Maccabi fan ban from the Aston Villa game in November.
This has been known and written about in the football chats for a while - obviously not read by Starmer who promised to fund any necessary policing. Est cost? £6m.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This has been known and written about in the football chats for a while - obviously not read by Starmer who promised to fund any necessary policing. Est cost? £6m.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The @theguardian.com on the truth of the Maccabi fan ban from the Aston Villa game in November.
This has been known and written about in the football chats for a while - obviously not read by Starmer who promised to fund any necessary policing. Est cost? £6m.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This has been known and written about in the football chats for a while - obviously not read by Starmer who promised to fund any necessary policing. Est cost? £6m.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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When was the last time you heard a politician in the media asked anything like-
-How will you make sure asylum seekers can reach the UK safely & refugees are protected?
-How will you make sure people coming to this country to work or study are treated equally & with respect?
I cannot remember.
-How will you make sure asylum seekers can reach the UK safely & refugees are protected?
-How will you make sure people coming to this country to work or study are treated equally & with respect?
I cannot remember.
Where else could this very smart & bound to succeed approach to “beating” the far right be happening then?
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
October 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
When was the last time you heard a politician in the media asked anything like-
-How will you make sure asylum seekers can reach the UK safely & refugees are protected?
-How will you make sure people coming to this country to work or study are treated equally & with respect?
I cannot remember.
-How will you make sure asylum seekers can reach the UK safely & refugees are protected?
-How will you make sure people coming to this country to work or study are treated equally & with respect?
I cannot remember.
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Unmasking the Lies: Maccabi Tel Aviv Ban Is About Hooliganism, Not Anti-Semitism www.andymuirhead.com/p/unmasking-... #astonvilla #birmingham #maccabitelaviv #uefa #europaleague #celticfc
Unmasking the Lies: Maccabi Tel Aviv Ban Is About Hooliganism, Not Anti-Semitism
How right-wing rhetoric distorts a necessary ban of Tel Aviv hooligans to protect communities in Birmingham.
www.andymuirhead.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Unmasking the Lies: Maccabi Tel Aviv Ban Is About Hooliganism, Not Anti-Semitism www.andymuirhead.com/p/unmasking-... #astonvilla #birmingham #maccabitelaviv #uefa #europaleague #celticfc
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A new article I've written about a new exhibition in an old building. magazine.dailybusinessgroup.co.uk/2025/10/12/3...
3D event showcases venue's potential – Daily Business Magazine
A new exhibition by the Edinburgh-based artist Trevor Jones could set the template for a historic port building, writes ANDY MOSELEY
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October 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
A new article I've written about a new exhibition in an old building. magazine.dailybusinessgroup.co.uk/2025/10/12/3...
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Friday's Scotsman column, on Margaret Thatcher's 100th anniversary. The sad recent history of the UK shows her to have been wrong about almost everything. But in an age of
failing politics, we now need leaders who can do as she did, in one crucial way....
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
failing politics, we now need leaders who can do as she did, in one crucial way....
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
On her 100th birthday, there’s one lesson the left needs to learn from Thatcher to avoid disaster
Progressive political parties need to find leaders who are able, as Margaret Thatcher once was, to change the political weather and usher in a new age of better lives for ordinary people
www.scotsman.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Friday's Scotsman column, on Margaret Thatcher's 100th anniversary. The sad recent history of the UK shows her to have been wrong about almost everything. But in an age of
failing politics, we now need leaders who can do as she did, in one crucial way....
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
failing politics, we now need leaders who can do as she did, in one crucial way....
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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Kraftwerk: Multimedia Tour 2026 at Edinburgh Playhouse Tue 9 Jun 2026
Tickets on sale now!
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Tickets on sale now!
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October 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Kraftwerk: Multimedia Tour 2026 at Edinburgh Playhouse Tue 9 Jun 2026
Tickets on sale now!
🎟️ prf.hn/l/QLjkLBl/
Tickets on sale now!
🎟️ prf.hn/l/QLjkLBl/
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Looking forward to a theatre double-bill in Edinburgh today, starting with 'War Horse' at the Festival Theatre this afternoon, followed by Uma Nada-Rajah's 'Black Hole Sign' @traversetheatre.bsky.social tonight. I loved War Horse in 2014, while Black Hole Sign is a new production for me to enjoy.
October 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Looking forward to a theatre double-bill in Edinburgh today, starting with 'War Horse' at the Festival Theatre this afternoon, followed by Uma Nada-Rajah's 'Black Hole Sign' @traversetheatre.bsky.social tonight. I loved War Horse in 2014, while Black Hole Sign is a new production for me to enjoy.
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I was once commissioned to give a short talk on the history of Edinburgh to a group of Chinese businessmen. This was the result. I think its OK. @htenuk.bsky.social @newtscotland.bsky.social @secretedinburgh.bsky.social @nexuseduk.bsky.social
georgehharris.blogspot.com/2015/04/an-i...
georgehharris.blogspot.com/2015/04/an-i...
An Introduction to Edinburgh history
This morning I gave a short talk on the history of Edinburgh , at the request of a friend. For various domestic reasons (nobody’s fault) ...
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October 9, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I was once commissioned to give a short talk on the history of Edinburgh to a group of Chinese businessmen. This was the result. I think its OK. @htenuk.bsky.social @newtscotland.bsky.social @secretedinburgh.bsky.social @nexuseduk.bsky.social
georgehharris.blogspot.com/2015/04/an-i...
georgehharris.blogspot.com/2015/04/an-i...
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Asking people to pay for goods would kill the shoplifting industry ...
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Asking people to pay for goods would kill the shoplifting industry ...