Tom Wentworth
@tomwentworth.bsky.social
Playwright/Screenwriter. 🏳️🌈Trustee: Watermill Theatre
Are you a UK #writer with published books or broadcast hours? Could you be missing out on secondary rights money? Join @alcs.co.uk if you’re not a member and please vote in in the current election! Let’s protect our rights and our money. If anyone wants to chat to me about it, drop me a line!
October 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Are you a UK #writer with published books or broadcast hours? Could you be missing out on secondary rights money? Join @alcs.co.uk if you’re not a member and please vote in in the current election! Let’s protect our rights and our money. If anyone wants to chat to me about it, drop me a line!
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Here’s @gailrenard.bsky.social from @writersguildgb.bsky.social at the head of the throng #MakeItRight #MetaBookThieves
April 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Here’s @gailrenard.bsky.social from @writersguildgb.bsky.social at the head of the throng #MakeItRight #MetaBookThieves
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On the way to demonstrate against meta’s thievery with @tomwentworth.bsky.social
@societyofauthors.bsky.social
#dothewritething
Last minute placard…
Concrete poetry at speed
@societyofauthors.bsky.social
#dothewritething
Last minute placard…
Concrete poetry at speed
April 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
On the way to demonstrate against meta’s thievery with @tomwentworth.bsky.social
@societyofauthors.bsky.social
#dothewritething
Last minute placard…
Concrete poetry at speed
@societyofauthors.bsky.social
#dothewritething
Last minute placard…
Concrete poetry at speed
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I'll be delivering @writersguildgb.bsky.social letter, about Meta's mass theft of writers' work to train AI, to Meta HQ today, along with one of my own. It's a day of action Make a noise
- Write to Culture Secretary @lisanandy
- Tell Meta they don't have the right to use your books
#DoTheWriteThing
- Write to Culture Secretary @lisanandy
- Tell Meta they don't have the right to use your books
#DoTheWriteThing
April 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I'll be delivering @writersguildgb.bsky.social letter, about Meta's mass theft of writers' work to train AI, to Meta HQ today, along with one of my own. It's a day of action Make a noise
- Write to Culture Secretary @lisanandy
- Tell Meta they don't have the right to use your books
#DoTheWriteThing
- Write to Culture Secretary @lisanandy
- Tell Meta they don't have the right to use your books
#DoTheWriteThing
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Petition nearly at 10,000 signatures. Sign it, write to your MP, and - if you can - get to the protest at 1pm King’s Cross today. Meta stole my books and all my mates’ and we are PISSED OFF.
April 3, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Petition nearly at 10,000 signatures. Sign it, write to your MP, and - if you can - get to the protest at 1pm King’s Cross today. Meta stole my books and all my mates’ and we are PISSED OFF.
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Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive”
Theft is not a valid alternative.
Theft is not a valid alternative.
April 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive”
Theft is not a valid alternative.
Theft is not a valid alternative.
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Got my double sided placard ready for the @societyofauthors.bsky.social demo against #MetaBookThieves. Today, 1.30, Granary Square, King's Cross!
April 3, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Got my double sided placard ready for the @societyofauthors.bsky.social demo against #MetaBookThieves. Today, 1.30, Granary Square, King's Cross!
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Meta and LibGen stole my books and they should not be allowed to get away with it.
I call up on our government to protect the work of creatives and ensure we are fairly paid for our work.
I call up on our government to protect the work of creatives and ensure we are fairly paid for our work.
April 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Meta and LibGen stole my books and they should not be allowed to get away with it.
I call up on our government to protect the work of creatives and ensure we are fairly paid for our work.
I call up on our government to protect the work of creatives and ensure we are fairly paid for our work.
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*runs into the room out of breath*
You could say it's gone... tits up!
*collapses*
You could say it's gone... tits up!
*collapses*
April 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
*runs into the room out of breath*
You could say it's gone... tits up!
*collapses*
You could say it's gone... tits up!
*collapses*
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Proud to have signed this open letter. The UK Government must demand immediate answers from the #MetaBookThieves. They stole millions of books to feed their AI without asking, without paying. I want compensation. Where is the Government response? Silence. #DoTheWriteThing
You can make a change 📢 Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training by signing this open letter ✒️ authr.uk/sp40 #MakeitFair #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing
March 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Proud to have signed this open letter. The UK Government must demand immediate answers from the #MetaBookThieves. They stole millions of books to feed their AI without asking, without paying. I want compensation. Where is the Government response? Silence. #DoTheWriteThing
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I've been asked, very nicely, whether there's a way to support the making of Broken Veil and Comfort Blanket and so on without necessarily signing up to the Substack feed...
And so I've set up a Ko-Fi account.
Well, that'd be lovely, if you do want to show your appreciation...
ko-fi.com/gralefrit
And so I've set up a Ko-Fi account.
Well, that'd be lovely, if you do want to show your appreciation...
ko-fi.com/gralefrit
Support Joel Morris ❤️. ko-fi.com/gralefrit
Directly support the making of more podcasts, more writing, and all sorts of good stuff...
ko-fi.com
March 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I've been asked, very nicely, whether there's a way to support the making of Broken Veil and Comfort Blanket and so on without necessarily signing up to the Substack feed...
And so I've set up a Ko-Fi account.
Well, that'd be lovely, if you do want to show your appreciation...
ko-fi.com/gralefrit
And so I've set up a Ko-Fi account.
Well, that'd be lovely, if you do want to show your appreciation...
ko-fi.com/gralefrit
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Important piece from Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini in today's @thestage.co.uk, raising some serious issues
WGGB has produced a Writers' Access Rider plus guidance notes, which you can find in the Rates and Rights section of our website
writersguild.org.uk/rates-and-ri...
WGGB has produced a Writers' Access Rider plus guidance notes, which you can find in the Rates and Rights section of our website
writersguild.org.uk/rates-and-ri...
Olivier award-winning playwright and screenwriter Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini has claimed theatres are still asking them to fund their own access requirements.
Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/mat...
Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/mat...
March 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Important piece from Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini in today's @thestage.co.uk, raising some serious issues
WGGB has produced a Writers' Access Rider plus guidance notes, which you can find in the Rates and Rights section of our website
writersguild.org.uk/rates-and-ri...
WGGB has produced a Writers' Access Rider plus guidance notes, which you can find in the Rates and Rights section of our website
writersguild.org.uk/rates-and-ri...
It’s back and wittier and more enjoyable than ever. How lovely to have truly literate crime solving on TV with a trio you really care about. Looking forward to the other two stories.
Morning, everyone, it's Marlow Murder Club Series 2 day! You can watch RIGHT NOW on the "U" app on any smart tv/device (just download it and create an account), or you can go old school and wait until 8pm tonight and watch it live on a telly on the U&Drama channel.
u.co.uk/shows/the-ma...
u.co.uk/shows/the-ma...
The Marlow Murder Club, Series 2, Episode 1 - Death Comes To Marlow Part 1 | Watch on U
A wealthy baronet dies alone in his study the day before his wedding.
u.co.uk
March 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
It’s back and wittier and more enjoyable than ever. How lovely to have truly literate crime solving on TV with a trio you really care about. Looking forward to the other two stories.
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An incredible charity doing incredible work. We all talk about supporting new talent in the arts and creative industries. Here is a practical way you can do that RIGHT NOW.
Have you donated to our match funded Big Give appeal yet? Don’t miss your opportunity to turn £20 into £40 and make your contribution to this beautiful movement go twice as far as it would any other week of the year! donate.biggive.org/c...
Life-changing mentoring for 300 young people – Big Give
Arts Emergency breaks down barriers and forges pathways to the arts for under-resourced & under-privileged young people. We redistribute capital, empowering over 1,800 young people to be their best, most aspirational selves through 1:1 mentoring, opportunities, connections, community & peer support. Thanks to Joe Lycett, Lolly Adefope, Nish Kumar & our Anonymous Trust for match funding this campaign!…
donate.biggive.org
March 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
An incredible charity doing incredible work. We all talk about supporting new talent in the arts and creative industries. Here is a practical way you can do that RIGHT NOW.
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I know coverage of disability benefits can be very distressing. So, I’ve worked with colleagues to make a range of support visible on The Guardian’s site.
If you click on a relevant news story, you’ll see a “drop box” of signposted mental health help as well as benefits advice.
If you click on a relevant news story, you’ll see a “drop box” of signposted mental health help as well as benefits advice.
March 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I know coverage of disability benefits can be very distressing. So, I’ve worked with colleagues to make a range of support visible on The Guardian’s site.
If you click on a relevant news story, you’ll see a “drop box” of signposted mental health help as well as benefits advice.
If you click on a relevant news story, you’ll see a “drop box” of signposted mental health help as well as benefits advice.
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Heart breaking to hear about the BBC axing another continuing drama. River City always punched above its budgetary weight and had some great writers.
I hope that BBC Scotland will look to them for their new dramas and not squander experience and talent as the BBC has done too many times before.
I hope that BBC Scotland will look to them for their new dramas and not squander experience and talent as the BBC has done too many times before.
March 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Heart breaking to hear about the BBC axing another continuing drama. River City always punched above its budgetary weight and had some great writers.
I hope that BBC Scotland will look to them for their new dramas and not squander experience and talent as the BBC has done too many times before.
I hope that BBC Scotland will look to them for their new dramas and not squander experience and talent as the BBC has done too many times before.
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Hello! I am doing a workshop on Writing for TV, specifically creating pitch documents for TV shows. That's treatments, outlines, one-pagers, bibles.... The aim is to DEMYSTIFY & build confidence. Online. limited places #Screenwriting #Writers pls share!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-fo...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-fo...
WRITING FOR TV: Pitch Docs
A 2.5 hour workshop to help you create impactful treatments, outlines, bibles & one-pagers & understand exactly what these documents are!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Hello! I am doing a workshop on Writing for TV, specifically creating pitch documents for TV shows. That's treatments, outlines, one-pagers, bibles.... The aim is to DEMYSTIFY & build confidence. Online. limited places #Screenwriting #Writers pls share!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-fo...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-fo...
Super tips here from the incomparable @annaruthjordan.bsky.social! She never waffles (and even if she does, it’s award-winning waffle! 😉)
March 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Super tips here from the incomparable @annaruthjordan.bsky.social! She never waffles (and even if she does, it’s award-winning waffle! 😉)
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Thought I'd demystify publishing language for debuts.
'Structural edit' = rewrite your book
'Line edit' = all these sentences are wrong
'Copy edit' = your chronology is wrong
'Proof read' = there are still loads of errors
'Second proof read' = how the hell is your punctuation still up the spout?
'Structural edit' = rewrite your book
'Line edit' = all these sentences are wrong
'Copy edit' = your chronology is wrong
'Proof read' = there are still loads of errors
'Second proof read' = how the hell is your punctuation still up the spout?
March 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Thought I'd demystify publishing language for debuts.
'Structural edit' = rewrite your book
'Line edit' = all these sentences are wrong
'Copy edit' = your chronology is wrong
'Proof read' = there are still loads of errors
'Second proof read' = how the hell is your punctuation still up the spout?
'Structural edit' = rewrite your book
'Line edit' = all these sentences are wrong
'Copy edit' = your chronology is wrong
'Proof read' = there are still loads of errors
'Second proof read' = how the hell is your punctuation still up the spout?
Brilliant pair of dramas by Marks and Gran on @bbcradio4.bsky.social this week. Atmospheric, human, moving & of course warm and humorous. Fab cast including many radio greats & sensitively directed by the incomparable Liz Anstee. Well worth a listen on Sounds. Search Drama on 4!
It’s been 50 years since the horrific Moorgate tube train crash, and Laurence Marks and I have written a brace of plays for radio 4 to honour the victims and the rescuers. Being transmitted ext Wednesday and Thursday.
March 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Brilliant pair of dramas by Marks and Gran on @bbcradio4.bsky.social this week. Atmospheric, human, moving & of course warm and humorous. Fab cast including many radio greats & sensitively directed by the incomparable Liz Anstee. Well worth a listen on Sounds. Search Drama on 4!
If, as Sam suggests, he wants to make @bbcradio3 more music focussed that’s fine - commission new dramas alongside new compositions which interact or link them to Composer of the Week etc. If docs are staying, drama should too. It’s a travesty!
Yesterday, WGGB Audio Co-Chair Nicola Baldwin spoke on the BBC Radio 4 Feedback programme about plans to axe audio drama from Radio 3 + why it is so important we must Save Audio Drama at the BBC
Listen to the full interview here:
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#SADatTheBBC
Listen to the full interview here:
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#SADatTheBBC
Feedback - Radio 3 controller Sam Jackson on ending the 90-minute drama. Controversial song choice on Desert Island Discs - BBC Sounds
Andrea Catherwood speaks to Radio 3 controller Sam Jackson about cuts to drama.
bbc.co.uk
February 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
If, as Sam suggests, he wants to make @bbcradio3 more music focussed that’s fine - commission new dramas alongside new compositions which interact or link them to Composer of the Week etc. If docs are staying, drama should too. It’s a travesty!
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Yesterday, WGGB Audio Co-Chair Nicola Baldwin spoke on the BBC Radio 4 Feedback programme about plans to axe audio drama from Radio 3 + why it is so important we must Save Audio Drama at the BBC
Listen to the full interview here:
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#SADatTheBBC
Listen to the full interview here:
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#SADatTheBBC
Feedback - Radio 3 controller Sam Jackson on ending the 90-minute drama. Controversial song choice on Desert Island Discs - BBC Sounds
Andrea Catherwood speaks to Radio 3 controller Sam Jackson about cuts to drama.
bbc.co.uk
February 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Yesterday, WGGB Audio Co-Chair Nicola Baldwin spoke on the BBC Radio 4 Feedback programme about plans to axe audio drama from Radio 3 + why it is so important we must Save Audio Drama at the BBC
Listen to the full interview here:
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#SADatTheBBC
Listen to the full interview here:
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#SADatTheBBC
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I felt a large part of my remit as a BBC Radio Comedy Producer was to bring the next generation of UK writing talent (of any age). The steady attrition of BBC Radio Drama in recent times is an ominous sign that the BBC is losing sight of its essential mission.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
BBC radio drama is in grave danger. Without it we may lose the next generation of writing talent
Hundreds of hours of original plays have been cut from the corporation’s programming in recent years. If the trend continues, a valuable training ground for writers will be lost
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I felt a large part of my remit as a BBC Radio Comedy Producer was to bring the next generation of UK writing talent (of any age). The steady attrition of BBC Radio Drama in recent times is an ominous sign that the BBC is losing sight of its essential mission.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...