Mark Nelson
@zardoz67.bsky.social
Sometime editor, book reader, TV watcher, film goer, wine drinker & learning actor. Leggy Mountbatten in a previous life on the bad place.
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Four fictional characters who would definitely defect to Reform
January 27, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Four fictional characters who would definitely defect to Reform
So happy to announce that our film ‘The Horned Woman of Saughall’ has been accepted for the Manchester Film Festival showing in the North West Shorts strand (performance 1). Written by me.
January 26, 2026 at 2:29 PM
So happy to announce that our film ‘The Horned Woman of Saughall’ has been accepted for the Manchester Film Festival showing in the North West Shorts strand (performance 1). Written by me.
We slip away…
January 23, 2026 at 3:43 PM
We slip away…
The most unbelievable thing in The Bone Temple is that Ralph Fiennes likes Duran Duran AND Iron Maiden
January 23, 2026 at 11:35 AM
The most unbelievable thing in The Bone Temple is that Ralph Fiennes likes Duran Duran AND Iron Maiden
I get paid on the 25th of the month unless it falls on a weekend so today is fucking pay day.
an elderly woman with tears running down her face says it 's been 84 years since i had money in my bank account
ALT: an elderly woman with tears running down her face says it 's been 84 years since i had money in my bank account
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January 23, 2026 at 11:31 AM
I get paid on the 25th of the month unless it falls on a weekend so today is fucking pay day.
Happy 50th birthday to my favourite Bowie album. Sorry Hunky Dory, you were my first love, but my head has been turned. Is it sacrilege to prefer the 2010 Harry Maslin Mix though? It's punchier and the vocals are to the fore, especially on TVC15.
January 23, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Happy 50th birthday to my favourite Bowie album. Sorry Hunky Dory, you were my first love, but my head has been turned. Is it sacrilege to prefer the 2010 Harry Maslin Mix though? It's punchier and the vocals are to the fore, especially on TVC15.
More #NightManager ridiculousness - and yeah I am still enjoying it. Teddy Faxes Pine’s picture to Roper. He doesn’t have a picture on his phone. He’s spent weeks with the guy. No photos were at the charity reception? He’s not asked to see a picture before? Who uses fax nowadays bar Harry Redknapp
January 19, 2026 at 7:51 AM
More #NightManager ridiculousness - and yeah I am still enjoying it. Teddy Faxes Pine’s picture to Roper. He doesn’t have a picture on his phone. He’s spent weeks with the guy. No photos were at the charity reception? He’s not asked to see a picture before? Who uses fax nowadays bar Harry Redknapp
Sitting opposite two 14 year olds on the train home. Oscar and Edward. Asked politely if they could share the table so they could plug in laptops. Genuinely nice kids, genuinely funny, even if Edward described his dad - 44 - as being ‘from the stone age’
January 18, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Sitting opposite two 14 year olds on the train home. Oscar and Edward. Asked politely if they could share the table so they could plug in laptops. Genuinely nice kids, genuinely funny, even if Edward described his dad - 44 - as being ‘from the stone age’
Went to see Wild At Heart in IMAX. Some young people on the way out were complaining that people were laughing. If you fail to see the humour in Lynch then it’s a sure sign of youth. I didn’t realise Blue Velvet was funny until my 30s
January 18, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Went to see Wild At Heart in IMAX. Some young people on the way out were complaining that people were laughing. If you fail to see the humour in Lynch then it’s a sure sign of youth. I didn’t realise Blue Velvet was funny until my 30s
Today when I was getting the train to London a young man whose friend was blocking the ticket access thing asked his friend to step aside and ‘let the elderly gentleman through’. This has both restored my faith in the young and destroyed my will to live.
January 17, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Today when I was getting the train to London a young man whose friend was blocking the ticket access thing asked his friend to step aside and ‘let the elderly gentleman through’. This has both restored my faith in the young and destroyed my will to live.
What a day. Quite emotional. Spoke to Donny McCaslin about Blackstar. Really moved. Sorry. I cry at a moments notice but apparently so does he
January 17, 2026 at 9:04 PM
What a day. Quite emotional. Spoke to Donny McCaslin about Blackstar. Really moved. Sorry. I cry at a moments notice but apparently so does he
Rejected for a theatre’s new playwrights programme. They couldn’t give feedback but gave context to decision-making, stating they prioritised distinctive voice, vibrant & textured development of story, character, theme and/or form. It would’ve been less demoralising if they’d just said fuck off.
January 16, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Rejected for a theatre’s new playwrights programme. They couldn’t give feedback but gave context to decision-making, stating they prioritised distinctive voice, vibrant & textured development of story, character, theme and/or form. It would’ve been less demoralising if they’d just said fuck off.
In London this weekend, busy all day Saturday until 9.30 pm. Have booked 11.00 pm tickets for The Bone Temple. At this moment in time the only seat booked in the cinema :-) But on Sunday Wild at Heart in IMAX, which is sold out.
January 16, 2026 at 2:28 PM
In London this weekend, busy all day Saturday until 9.30 pm. Have booked 11.00 pm tickets for The Bone Temple. At this moment in time the only seat booked in the cinema :-) But on Sunday Wild at Heart in IMAX, which is sold out.
You know in Jack and the Beanstalk when Jack sells the family cow for some magic beans? Well that's NFTs, although in this case the beans weren't magic and the family cow has already been transported elsewhere.
January 16, 2026 at 2:18 PM
You know in Jack and the Beanstalk when Jack sells the family cow for some magic beans? Well that's NFTs, although in this case the beans weren't magic and the family cow has already been transported elsewhere.
If anyone else is going to the Bowie in Time event at The British Library tomorrow, please come and say hello :-)
January 16, 2026 at 9:44 AM
If anyone else is going to the Bowie in Time event at The British Library tomorrow, please come and say hello :-)
'Honest Bob' Jenrick secretly plotting? Who'd a thunk it.
January 15, 2026 at 11:38 AM
'Honest Bob' Jenrick secretly plotting? Who'd a thunk it.
My dream ending to The Traitors is Stephen winning all the money as Roxy looks on askance
January 15, 2026 at 7:57 AM
My dream ending to The Traitors is Stephen winning all the money as Roxy looks on askance
If you yearn for the yearning soundscapes of TalkTalk's Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock may I point you in the direction of epic45. Listening to 'Weathering' as I walk and with no dis-respect to Robert Smith these are genuinely songs from a lost world. Pylons, bird songs, distant bells, haunting.
January 12, 2026 at 4:26 PM
If you yearn for the yearning soundscapes of TalkTalk's Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock may I point you in the direction of epic45. Listening to 'Weathering' as I walk and with no dis-respect to Robert Smith these are genuinely songs from a lost world. Pylons, bird songs, distant bells, haunting.
And so The Night Manager - which I’m enjoying - reveals the big secret that was signposted in the fucking trailer in a huge flashing Olivia Colman shaped ‘you lied to me’ flashing neon sign
January 11, 2026 at 10:04 PM
And so The Night Manager - which I’m enjoying - reveals the big secret that was signposted in the fucking trailer in a huge flashing Olivia Colman shaped ‘you lied to me’ flashing neon sign
Hamnet's MVP after La Buckley is Max Richter's monumental score. Isolated from the visuals and dialogue, it still has the power to move
January 10, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Hamnet's MVP after La Buckley is Max Richter's monumental score. Isolated from the visuals and dialogue, it still has the power to move
Watched Heretic. Yeah late I know. Like Get Out I loved the first two thirds and then hated it
January 10, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Watched Heretic. Yeah late I know. Like Get Out I loved the first two thirds and then hated it