Andy Conway
@andyconway.bsky.social
Novelist and screenwriter. Indie publishing, screenwriting, MCFC, cooking, growing and other random stuff.
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I stand with @ucu.org.uk against proposed redundancies and exploitative fire-and-rehire practices at Coventry University.
This is an attack on hard-won rights & protections. It must be stopped or the tactic of moving workers into subsidiaries with worse T&Cs will spread across HE.
This is an attack on hard-won rights & protections. It must be stopped or the tactic of moving workers into subsidiaries with worse T&Cs will spread across HE.
March 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I stand with @ucu.org.uk against proposed redundancies and exploitative fire-and-rehire practices at Coventry University.
This is an attack on hard-won rights & protections. It must be stopped or the tactic of moving workers into subsidiaries with worse T&Cs will spread across HE.
This is an attack on hard-won rights & protections. It must be stopped or the tactic of moving workers into subsidiaries with worse T&Cs will spread across HE.
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Zara Sultana tells Coventry UCU alternative open day: this is an attack on a whole city and on the HE system. We must fight back collectively and win!
March 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Zara Sultana tells Coventry UCU alternative open day: this is an attack on a whole city and on the HE system. We must fight back collectively and win!
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Another wonderful video and feature from Manchester City on the Manchester Corinthians from our visit the other week. We’ll worth watching: www.mancity.com/features/man... #IWD2025
Remembering the Corinthians
The story of the trailblazing Mancunian football team.
www.mancity.com
March 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Another wonderful video and feature from Manchester City on the Manchester Corinthians from our visit the other week. We’ll worth watching: www.mancity.com/features/man... #IWD2025
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If Sir Jim Ratcliffe wore 10 real £40,000 Rolex's on each arm, and they all got stolen, and he went into London every single day.
It would take him 5,000 days, 13.7 years, and 100,000 Rolex's to pay back the £4bn he has dodged in taxes.
It would take him 5,000 days, 13.7 years, and 100,000 Rolex's to pay back the £4bn he has dodged in taxes.
February 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
If Sir Jim Ratcliffe wore 10 real £40,000 Rolex's on each arm, and they all got stolen, and he went into London every single day.
It would take him 5,000 days, 13.7 years, and 100,000 Rolex's to pay back the £4bn he has dodged in taxes.
It would take him 5,000 days, 13.7 years, and 100,000 Rolex's to pay back the £4bn he has dodged in taxes.
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This is great news and remarkably similar to an idea I posted about how to revive the TV industry for mid career and new creatives. 👏 Props to Channel 5 for investing in the future and new stories. It’d be fantastic if the other PSBs followed suit. 🤔
www.theknowledgeonline.com/news/channel...
www.theknowledgeonline.com/news/channel...
Channel 5 to revive single drama strand
Channel 5 is launching Drama of the Week, a standalone drama strand that will offer opportunities to low-income talent behind the scenes
www.theknowledgeonline.com
February 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This is great news and remarkably similar to an idea I posted about how to revive the TV industry for mid career and new creatives. 👏 Props to Channel 5 for investing in the future and new stories. It’d be fantastic if the other PSBs followed suit. 🤔
www.theknowledgeonline.com/news/channel...
www.theknowledgeonline.com/news/channel...
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A new analysis by We Own It reveals that £6.7 billion, or £10 million each week, has left the NHS’s budget in the form of profits on all private contracts given by the NHS from January 2012 to May 2024.
February 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A new analysis by We Own It reveals that £6.7 billion, or £10 million each week, has left the NHS’s budget in the form of profits on all private contracts given by the NHS from January 2012 to May 2024.
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What else is there to say at this point? The TV industry as we knew it is gone. Whatever survives from this era of austerity, the breadth of storytelling opportunities will be so much smaller, less complex, less diverse and more generic.
deadline.com/2025/02/brit...
deadline.com/2025/02/brit...
British TV Dramatists Lament “Austerity” Era As They Navigate Funding Crisis With No Easy Solutions
British TV drama is entering its “austerity” era amid a funding crisis for BBC and ITV series with no easy solutions.
deadline.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
What else is there to say at this point? The TV industry as we knew it is gone. Whatever survives from this era of austerity, the breadth of storytelling opportunities will be so much smaller, less complex, less diverse and more generic.
deadline.com/2025/02/brit...
deadline.com/2025/02/brit...
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Obviously I can go on about the Manchester Corinthians a lot but if you want a quick taste for the story and why it’s so important to Manchester, football and women’s history there’s a 18 minute film of interviews put together by Imprint Films www.imprintfilms.co.uk/oh-what-a-team Must see!
Oh What a Team — Imprint Films
Gary had spent many years gathering research on the Manchester Corinthians - a pioneering women's football team founded in 1948/49, who flouted the conventions of society and even a nationwide FA ban ...
www.imprintfilms.co.uk
January 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Obviously I can go on about the Manchester Corinthians a lot but if you want a quick taste for the story and why it’s so important to Manchester, football and women’s history there’s a 18 minute film of interviews put together by Imprint Films www.imprintfilms.co.uk/oh-what-a-team Must see!
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Good morning! Great news – the Kindle version of my book, The Real Sherlock Holmes, about legendary Manchester detective, Jerome Caminada, is on sale today for the bargain price of just £0.99 www.amazon.co.uk/Real-Sherloc...
January 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Good morning! Great news – the Kindle version of my book, The Real Sherlock Holmes, about legendary Manchester detective, Jerome Caminada, is on sale today for the bargain price of just £0.99 www.amazon.co.uk/Real-Sherloc...
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Archaeologists - we know what to do…
January 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Archaeologists - we know what to do…
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I’d urge everyone to watch this if you want to know something about women’s football history or the history of Manchester: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de... @manchesterup.bsky.social @mcrhistory.bsky.social @manchestercity.news @manchesterreview.bsky.social
'Oh What A Team: The Manchester Corinthians Story' - 13 Jan 2025
YouTube video by Imprint Films
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January 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I’d urge everyone to watch this if you want to know something about women’s football history or the history of Manchester: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de... @manchesterup.bsky.social @mcrhistory.bsky.social @manchestercity.news @manchesterreview.bsky.social
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For the last decade I’ve been researching & promoting the women who played for the Manchester Corinthians but their stories still need spreading. Watch this wonderful video of interviews with some of them to get a feel for how important these women are: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
'Oh What A Team: The Manchester Corinthians Story' - 13 Jan 2025
YouTube video by Imprint Films
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
For the last decade I’ve been researching & promoting the women who played for the Manchester Corinthians but their stories still need spreading. Watch this wonderful video of interviews with some of them to get a feel for how important these women are: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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What a lovely day of football. Also, we have long memories. Off you pop.
January 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
What a lovely day of football. Also, we have long memories. Off you pop.
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Are you surprised? 🤔
“Illegal or barely legal” working practices are rife in the UK’s TV industry, new research has revealed."
“Illegal or barely legal” working practices are rife in the UK’s TV industry, new research has revealed."
UK’s TV workers exposed to ‘illegal or barely legal’ conditions and traumatic content
Report cites low pay and overwork, and employees complain of receiving no warning before working on disturbing scenes
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Are you surprised? 🤔
“Illegal or barely legal” working practices are rife in the UK’s TV industry, new research has revealed."
“Illegal or barely legal” working practices are rife in the UK’s TV industry, new research has revealed."
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Wayne Knight and Margo Martindale were private investigators together early in their careers, and nobody’s made a TV show about it yet. That’s how you know that Hollywood doesn’t know anything
January 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Wayne Knight and Margo Martindale were private investigators together early in their careers, and nobody’s made a TV show about it yet. That’s how you know that Hollywood doesn’t know anything
Captain, my captain. Will never forget being on the Etihad stadium tour and Tony Book strolled past. I almost dropped down on one knee. RIP, Skip.
January 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Captain, my captain. Will never forget being on the Etihad stadium tour and Tony Book strolled past. I almost dropped down on one knee. RIP, Skip.
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1/3 #Football. A history of Manchester Corinthians Ladies using the memories and stories of the people involved. This is a well written and beautifully curated book by @garyjames.bluesky.social. The attendances at games around the world in the 50s and 60s is truely amazing.
#Books #BookSky
January 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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LS Lowry masterpiece entitled "You've seen the Champions, now fuck off home."
January 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
LS Lowry masterpiece entitled "You've seen the Champions, now fuck off home."
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Still available on @bbciplayer.bsky.social I used this episode teaching a screenwriting workshop this week and it blew people away at the incredible quality of the performances. Stand-alone ep shot in 2 days. See it and marvel.
I wrote tomorrow's ep of Doctors - DO NOT MISS IT! Two actors, one set, real time! Elisabeth Dermot Walsh and Sam Power giving a masterclass in acting that will absolutely blow you away. Tomorrow at 2pm on BBC One and iPlayer thereafter.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC One - Doctors, Series 24, We Are One
Alone at the campus surgery, Zara encounters a desperate woman with a shocking plan.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Still available on @bbciplayer.bsky.social I used this episode teaching a screenwriting workshop this week and it blew people away at the incredible quality of the performances. Stand-alone ep shot in 2 days. See it and marvel.
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A big thank you to Mohammed Rahman of BCU UCU branch committee for this fantastic endorsement for my UCU VP campaign. It is a privilege to work with Mohammed at our branch. 🙂
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Endorsement from Mohammed Rahman, BCU UCU staff-student liaison officer
Having worked with Rhiannon for several years at a branch level, I have witnessed firsthand her unwavering commitment and significant achievements in bolstering the union at BCU. Beyond her contrib…
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January 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A big thank you to Mohammed Rahman of BCU UCU branch committee for this fantastic endorsement for my UCU VP campaign. It is a privilege to work with Mohammed at our branch. 🙂
rhiannonforucuvp.wordpress.com/2025/01/08/e...
rhiannonforucuvp.wordpress.com/2025/01/08/e...
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Jeannot Szwarc's Somewhere in Time - a well-composed romantic time travel drama. This Richard Matheson-penned fantasy might be on the schmaltzy side, but an excellent cast - Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer - helps it resonate.
A great Sunday afternoon movie.
A great Sunday afternoon movie.
January 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Jeannot Szwarc's Somewhere in Time - a well-composed romantic time travel drama. This Richard Matheson-penned fantasy might be on the schmaltzy side, but an excellent cast - Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer - helps it resonate.
A great Sunday afternoon movie.
A great Sunday afternoon movie.
This Turner xmas jigsaw was a tough one but cracked it in the end.
January 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This Turner xmas jigsaw was a tough one but cracked it in the end.