Tom Morton-Smith
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My Neighbour Totoro @ Gillian Lynne Theatre, London.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Oh good. More ‘trigger warning’ discourse. As though a short list of themes at bottom of a webpage is somehow emblematic of cultural decline. God forbid we show consideration towards our audiences. Heaven forfend we give people the information they need to make an informed decision.
Director John Doyle has claimed content warnings "mollycoddle" audiences and said theatre should make people "uncomfortable".
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John Doyle: Content warnings are mollycoddling audiences
Director John Doyle has claimed content warnings ‘mollycoddle’ audiences and said theatre should make people ‘uncomfortable’
www.thestage.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Oh good. More ‘trigger warning’ discourse. As though a short list of themes at bottom of a webpage is somehow emblematic of cultural decline. God forbid we show consideration towards our audiences. Heaven forfend we give people the information they need to make an informed decision.
His nickname has been ‘The Prince of Darkness’ for decades. And you took his word at face value? That’s embarrassingly naïve. Disqualifyingly credulous. FFS.
Minister says Mandelson ‘conned everyone’ in defence of Keir Starmer – UK politics live
Peter Mandelson ‘lied, manipulated and deceived everybody,’ said Steve Reed in a staunch defence of the prime minister and his chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:29 AM
His nickname has been ‘The Prince of Darkness’ for decades. And you took his word at face value? That’s embarrassingly naïve. Disqualifyingly credulous. FFS.
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Sick of this dystopian tech overlord men with no panache and bad haircuts enabling a pants shitting president and bald hitler wannabe trying to undo things that can’t be undone ass reality we are living. They are so tedious and venal. It’s galling.
February 3, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Sick of this dystopian tech overlord men with no panache and bad haircuts enabling a pants shitting president and bald hitler wannabe trying to undo things that can’t be undone ass reality we are living. They are so tedious and venal. It’s galling.
I haven’t seen the show in months and months. Very much looking forward to it.
February 3, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I haven’t seen the show in months and months. Very much looking forward to it.
Why does this make me so proud? 🥲
February 3, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Why does this make me so proud? 🥲
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January 29, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Wait till Chiles finds out about the ski slope and the mini railway and the Buddhist Temple and the caves! He’ll lose his MIND!
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Wait till Chiles finds out about the ski slope and the mini railway and the Buddhist Temple and the caves! He’ll lose his MIND!
Burnt out by 30, an emotional husk by 40, dead by 50.
January 29, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Burnt out by 30, an emotional husk by 40, dead by 50.
I love the bridge. Yes, a gorgeous example of industrial achievement, but doubly beautiful for its recent camp disco makeover.
I visited Runcorn for the first time this week – and was blown away by its magic | Adrian Chiles
Decades after I first befriended one of the town’s sons, I finally got to see the place – or at least its glorious bridge, writes Adrian Chiles
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:29 AM
I love the bridge. Yes, a gorgeous example of industrial achievement, but doubly beautiful for its recent camp disco makeover.
The US is nothing if not blessed by its storytellers. This is art and protest and narrative and hope. This moment needs stories to combat the lies. Well done, Bruce. Bossing it.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 7:32 PM
The US is nothing if not blessed by its storytellers. This is art and protest and narrative and hope. This moment needs stories to combat the lies. Well done, Bruce. Bossing it.
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Philip Glass has withdrawn his symphony world premiere from the Kennedy Center:
"Symphony No. 15 is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony."
"Symphony No. 15 is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony."
January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Philip Glass has withdrawn his symphony world premiere from the Kennedy Center:
"Symphony No. 15 is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony."
"Symphony No. 15 is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony."
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January 27, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Patreon backers now have early access to this week's interview with @jamesbluecat.bsky.social, who tells us all about the differences between screenwriting and novel writing, including this funny anecdote from his time writing Green Wing...
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They’re either projecting sentience onto something incapable of it - which you should not do - or creating and torturing personalised slaves - which you should also not do. Maybe bin the whole thing off?
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
Anthropic's philosopher says we don't know for sure if AI can feel
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
www.businessinsider.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:15 AM
They’re either projecting sentience onto something incapable of it - which you should not do - or creating and torturing personalised slaves - which you should also not do. Maybe bin the whole thing off?
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4yo: 'Can I go to school in my fleecy pyjamas today?'
Me: 'No, not today.'
4yo: 'Do I have to wear my human form?'
Me: 'Your uniform. That's right.'
Me: 'No, not today.'
4yo: 'Do I have to wear my human form?'
Me: 'Your uniform. That's right.'
January 23, 2026 at 8:08 AM
4yo: 'Can I go to school in my fleecy pyjamas today?'
Me: 'No, not today.'
4yo: 'Do I have to wear my human form?'
Me: 'Your uniform. That's right.'
Me: 'No, not today.'
4yo: 'Do I have to wear my human form?'
Me: 'Your uniform. That's right.'
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My Neighbour Totoro perform iconic song from hit show | Heart Musicals
YouTube video by Heart
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January 23, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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good morning EXCLUSIVELY to the myriad hallucinatory tiny people crawling over every surface that you can only unlock with chinese shrooms
With most psychedelic drugs, you never know what you're going to get. But this mysterious mushroom from China - without fail - causes users to hallucinate tiny people: crawling up walls, popping out from under furniture and marching under doors. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
'They saw them on their dishes when eating': The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans
Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions.
www.bbc.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:39 AM
good morning EXCLUSIVELY to the myriad hallucinatory tiny people crawling over every surface that you can only unlock with chinese shrooms
My policy of unfollowing accounts that post AI is sadly catching some big beasts. Oh well.
January 19, 2026 at 8:00 PM
My policy of unfollowing accounts that post AI is sadly catching some big beasts. Oh well.
On getting mugged at knifepoint: “The right way to approach an issue of this seriousness is through calm discussion."
January 19, 2026 at 10:04 AM
On getting mugged at knifepoint: “The right way to approach an issue of this seriousness is through calm discussion."
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I feel like America plotting to annex Greenland while masked state goons terrorise their own communities at will should encourage British press and politicians to reflect on what happens when you act like "far right" is an unfair slur rather than a necessary descriptor of a real political position.
January 19, 2026 at 8:26 AM
I feel like America plotting to annex Greenland while masked state goons terrorise their own communities at will should encourage British press and politicians to reflect on what happens when you act like "far right" is an unfair slur rather than a necessary descriptor of a real political position.
Isn’t everybody’s sixth self a hirsute bog demon?
Am I the only one that thinks this cartoon by Charles Addams (the guy who created the Addams family) is legitimately creepy?
January 19, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Isn’t everybody’s sixth self a hirsute bog demon?
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This is a huge problem: humans are not wired to cope with this daily torrent of disgust & dismay. It's exhausting & unbalancing.
It's tempting just to switch off the news. But that surrenders the political arena - & the lives of all those it affects - to the hooligans & vandals who are trashing it.
It's tempting just to switch off the news. But that surrenders the political arena - & the lives of all those it affects - to the hooligans & vandals who are trashing it.
I'm perfectly aware this is by far not the worst thing he's done, but Trump's constant presence - day after day after day - in the lives and headspaces of hundreds of millions of people (billions?), in the US and outside, is so taxing. Every morning, we wake up and have to think about this asshole.
January 19, 2026 at 8:49 AM
This is a huge problem: humans are not wired to cope with this daily torrent of disgust & dismay. It's exhausting & unbalancing.
It's tempting just to switch off the news. But that surrenders the political arena - & the lives of all those it affects - to the hooligans & vandals who are trashing it.
It's tempting just to switch off the news. But that surrenders the political arena - & the lives of all those it affects - to the hooligans & vandals who are trashing it.
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(with thanks 😉 to @tommortonsmith.com for spotting late night typo on our first posting of this story. The outstandingly humane playwright Tony Kushner has not been appointed to Trump's new Gaza Board of 'Peace'. And more's the pity)
January 16, 2026 at 11:21 PM
(with thanks 😉 to @tommortonsmith.com for spotting late night typo on our first posting of this story. The outstandingly humane playwright Tony Kushner has not been appointed to Trump's new Gaza Board of 'Peace'. And more's the pity)
Tony Kushner? 🤔 Did Trump really enjoy the depiction of Roy Cohn in Angels in America maybe?
January 16, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Tony Kushner? 🤔 Did Trump really enjoy the depiction of Roy Cohn in Angels in America maybe?