Ali Catterall
@alicatterall.bsky.social
Hello!
Writer, filmmaker & actor - roughly in that order
ADHD
Cat lover
My co-directed debut 'Scala!!! Or the incredibly strange rise & fall of the world’s wildest cinema & how it influenced a mixed-up generation of weirdos & misfits' is now on BFI Player
Writer, filmmaker & actor - roughly in that order
ADHD
Cat lover
My co-directed debut 'Scala!!! Or the incredibly strange rise & fall of the world’s wildest cinema & how it influenced a mixed-up generation of weirdos & misfits' is now on BFI Player
Guardian picture desk must be rubbing their hands with glee at these open-goals. "Do we have any pics of him looking like a soon-to-be-defenestrated clueless fucking wanker?" "How many do you need?"
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Guardian picture desk must be rubbing their hands with glee at these open-goals. "Do we have any pics of him looking like a soon-to-be-defenestrated clueless fucking wanker?" "How many do you need?"
Today's book review: the brilliant Ultra-Processed People, by Chris Van Tulleken.
November 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Today's book review: the brilliant Ultra-Processed People, by Chris Van Tulleken.
Thursday's cover: Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat.
October 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Thursday's cover: Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat.
Tuesday brings my impression of Nick Cave performing George Harrison's Here Comes the Sun.
October 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Tuesday brings my impression of Nick Cave performing George Harrison's Here Comes the Sun.
Coming 16 January 2026...
October 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Coming 16 January 2026...
**SCALA!!! NEWS**
I'm DELIGHTED if not a trifle mindblown to announce the first single from the great Barry Adamson's amazing soundtrack for our debut movie SCALA!!! is released today by Mute, the coolest record label in the galaxy. The whole OST is out in January. Blimey.
youtu.be/6TTcZrTSx10?...
I'm DELIGHTED if not a trifle mindblown to announce the first single from the great Barry Adamson's amazing soundtrack for our debut movie SCALA!!! is released today by Mute, the coolest record label in the galaxy. The whole OST is out in January. Blimey.
youtu.be/6TTcZrTSx10?...
October 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
**SCALA!!! NEWS**
I'm DELIGHTED if not a trifle mindblown to announce the first single from the great Barry Adamson's amazing soundtrack for our debut movie SCALA!!! is released today by Mute, the coolest record label in the galaxy. The whole OST is out in January. Blimey.
youtu.be/6TTcZrTSx10?...
I'm DELIGHTED if not a trifle mindblown to announce the first single from the great Barry Adamson's amazing soundtrack for our debut movie SCALA!!! is released today by Mute, the coolest record label in the galaxy. The whole OST is out in January. Blimey.
youtu.be/6TTcZrTSx10?...
T is for Thursday - and Take That. Here's my cover of the lovely Rule the World.
October 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
T is for Thursday - and Take That. Here's my cover of the lovely Rule the World.
A little cover of Respect by Erasure.
October 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A little cover of Respect by Erasure.
Little cover of Golden Slumbers from Abbey Road to start the week.
October 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Little cover of Golden Slumbers from Abbey Road to start the week.
Fun with Gilbert and George last night at the Royal Festival Hall, whose selection of classical favourites was accompanied by a screened series of relevant paintings.
The very first of which carried the logo: "OUR GRANDPARENTS DIDN'T VOTE FOR FASCISTS. [*pause*]. THEY SHOT THEM."
The very first of which carried the logo: "OUR GRANDPARENTS DIDN'T VOTE FOR FASCISTS. [*pause*]. THEY SHOT THEM."
October 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Fun with Gilbert and George last night at the Royal Festival Hall, whose selection of classical favourites was accompanied by a screened series of relevant paintings.
The very first of which carried the logo: "OUR GRANDPARENTS DIDN'T VOTE FOR FASCISTS. [*pause*]. THEY SHOT THEM."
The very first of which carried the logo: "OUR GRANDPARENTS DIDN'T VOTE FOR FASCISTS. [*pause*]. THEY SHOT THEM."
Crying with laughter over Alan Patridge citing "safeguarding issues" around Winnie the Pooh wearing just a tee-shirt and no underpants.
October 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Crying with laughter over Alan Patridge citing "safeguarding issues" around Winnie the Pooh wearing just a tee-shirt and no underpants.
A day in the life.
October 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A day in the life.
Just returned from a night in the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool - one of the most incredible hotels I've ever stayed in (and, not-coincidentally, one of the lowest-rated on Trip Advisor). Do Google it for more images.
October 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Just returned from a night in the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool - one of the most incredible hotels I've ever stayed in (and, not-coincidentally, one of the lowest-rated on Trip Advisor). Do Google it for more images.
John Lennon Night
As I'll be in Liverpool later
Here's my cover of Tomorrow Never Knows
From the days when I shaved my bonce
Big Lewis Carroll fan, John
Hence the Walrus
And this White Rabbit
As I'll be in Liverpool later
Here's my cover of Tomorrow Never Knows
From the days when I shaved my bonce
Big Lewis Carroll fan, John
Hence the Walrus
And this White Rabbit
September 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
John Lennon Night
As I'll be in Liverpool later
Here's my cover of Tomorrow Never Knows
From the days when I shaved my bonce
Big Lewis Carroll fan, John
Hence the Walrus
And this White Rabbit
As I'll be in Liverpool later
Here's my cover of Tomorrow Never Knows
From the days when I shaved my bonce
Big Lewis Carroll fan, John
Hence the Walrus
And this White Rabbit
"Faircloth-Mutton" (noun, c.1600): Rustic slang for rag strips kept for cleaning after defecation, particularly in households with heavy meat-based diets.
"Thou eat’st like a lord, yet keep’st none to sweep after. Best fetch a strip of Faircloth-Mutton, else thou’lt sit all day in thy own stew.”
"Thou eat’st like a lord, yet keep’st none to sweep after. Best fetch a strip of Faircloth-Mutton, else thou’lt sit all day in thy own stew.”
September 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"Faircloth-Mutton" (noun, c.1600): Rustic slang for rag strips kept for cleaning after defecation, particularly in households with heavy meat-based diets.
"Thou eat’st like a lord, yet keep’st none to sweep after. Best fetch a strip of Faircloth-Mutton, else thou’lt sit all day in thy own stew.”
"Thou eat’st like a lord, yet keep’st none to sweep after. Best fetch a strip of Faircloth-Mutton, else thou’lt sit all day in thy own stew.”
Jimmy Somerville Night.
September 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Jimmy Somerville Night.
I wrote this elegy to David Lynch the morning after he died, but after catching an excellent musical tribute to him at the Royal Festival Hall last night, unique interpretations of the music and songs from his movies, I'll post it again - here, in two parts.
September 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I wrote this elegy to David Lynch the morning after he died, but after catching an excellent musical tribute to him at the Royal Festival Hall last night, unique interpretations of the music and songs from his movies, I'll post it again - here, in two parts.
Vale, Robert Redford, pictured here at the mews desk in the peerless All the Pussycat's Men.
September 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Vale, Robert Redford, pictured here at the mews desk in the peerless All the Pussycat's Men.
Boris Johnson sings Pink Floyd.
September 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Boris Johnson sings Pink Floyd.
Some observations from yesterday's rally.
September 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Some observations from yesterday's rally.
Images from Whitehall rally earlier.
September 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Images from Whitehall rally earlier.
Great, now I've got Trump’s voice in my head.
September 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Great, now I've got Trump’s voice in my head.
Radiohead Night.
September 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Radiohead Night.