christopher rourke
@christopherrourke.bsky.social
writer and public sector worker.
opera and r+b freak (once a singer.)
🎾 crusher.
sometimes 📘academic.
tiramisù, coffee and chocolate cake expert.
teacht ar ais, ✨Frankie.
for my thoughts on 🎭🎬🎞️✨ please check
https://letterboxd.com/christopher1998
opera and r+b freak (once a singer.)
🎾 crusher.
sometimes 📘academic.
tiramisù, coffee and chocolate cake expert.
teacht ar ais, ✨Frankie.
for my thoughts on 🎭🎬🎞️✨ please check
https://letterboxd.com/christopher1998
@citizenscreen.bsky.social
some less than predictable posts on ✨Rita Hayworth, (please)!
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some less than predictable posts on ✨Rita Hayworth, (please)!
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
November 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
@citizenscreen.bsky.social
some less than predictable posts on ✨Rita Hayworth, (please)!
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
some less than predictable posts on ✨Rita Hayworth, (please)!
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
@zadickal.bsky.social
i feel that the bbc should demand that Donald Trump pay the ^corporation a few billion pounds in compensation — for having to report on his unrelenting trash, his general trashiness, his calamities, his endless falsehoods and his grotesque personality.
@bbcstever.bsky.social
i feel that the bbc should demand that Donald Trump pay the ^corporation a few billion pounds in compensation — for having to report on his unrelenting trash, his general trashiness, his calamities, his endless falsehoods and his grotesque personality.
@bbcstever.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 8:39 AM
@zadickal.bsky.social
i feel that the bbc should demand that Donald Trump pay the ^corporation a few billion pounds in compensation — for having to report on his unrelenting trash, his general trashiness, his calamities, his endless falsehoods and his grotesque personality.
@bbcstever.bsky.social
i feel that the bbc should demand that Donald Trump pay the ^corporation a few billion pounds in compensation — for having to report on his unrelenting trash, his general trashiness, his calamities, his endless falsehoods and his grotesque personality.
@bbcstever.bsky.social
@jackycoyne.bsky.social
Jack,
this is absolutely ✨brilliant.
— with the fabulous 🌠Maya Rudolph(*) in 🗽New York.
*Saturday Night Live, As Good as it Gets, If.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FvhV...
Jack,
this is absolutely ✨brilliant.
— with the fabulous 🌠Maya Rudolph(*) in 🗽New York.
*Saturday Night Live, As Good as it Gets, If.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FvhV...
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
@jackycoyne.bsky.social
Jack,
this is absolutely ✨brilliant.
— with the fabulous 🌠Maya Rudolph(*) in 🗽New York.
*Saturday Night Live, As Good as it Gets, If.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FvhV...
Jack,
this is absolutely ✨brilliant.
— with the fabulous 🌠Maya Rudolph(*) in 🗽New York.
*Saturday Night Live, As Good as it Gets, If.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FvhV...
people representing most murderous and demonic of authoritarian states don’t have to win the biggest tournaments.
November 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
people representing most murderous and demonic of authoritarian states don’t have to win the biggest tournaments.
the fabulous ✨Nicole Kidman stars in
🎭 🎬 🎞️ 🎟️ the Others
(director: Alejandro Amenábar. released late summer 2001.)
— tonight on bbc2 at 23h00.
#theOthers
#NicoleKidman
#AlejandroAmenábar
🎭 🎬 🎞️ 🎟️ the Others
(director: Alejandro Amenábar. released late summer 2001.)
— tonight on bbc2 at 23h00.
#theOthers
#NicoleKidman
#AlejandroAmenábar
October 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
the fabulous ✨Nicole Kidman stars in
🎭 🎬 🎞️ 🎟️ the Others
(director: Alejandro Amenábar. released late summer 2001.)
— tonight on bbc2 at 23h00.
#theOthers
#NicoleKidman
#AlejandroAmenábar
🎭 🎬 🎞️ 🎟️ the Others
(director: Alejandro Amenábar. released late summer 2001.)
— tonight on bbc2 at 23h00.
#theOthers
#NicoleKidman
#AlejandroAmenábar
listening to this wonderful interview with Maya Angelou and Harriet Gilbert @harriettsg.bsky.social
— marking the release of Maya’s sixth volume of autobiography, A Song Flung up to Heaven
in summer 2002.
the treasure of the bbc world service.
Thursday 4th July 2002.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
— marking the release of Maya’s sixth volume of autobiography, A Song Flung up to Heaven
in summer 2002.
the treasure of the bbc world service.
Thursday 4th July 2002.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
October 19, 2025 at 3:21 AM
listening to this wonderful interview with Maya Angelou and Harriet Gilbert @harriettsg.bsky.social
— marking the release of Maya’s sixth volume of autobiography, A Song Flung up to Heaven
in summer 2002.
the treasure of the bbc world service.
Thursday 4th July 2002.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
— marking the release of Maya’s sixth volume of autobiography, A Song Flung up to Heaven
in summer 2002.
the treasure of the bbc world service.
Thursday 4th July 2002.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
🌠Robert Aramayo, Maxine Peake, Shirley Henderson and Peter Mullan are absolutely sensational in the brilliant film
I Swear.
don’t waste another evening of your life without having watched this film!
#RobertAramayo
#MaxinePeake
#PeterMullan
#KirkJones
#ISwear
🎭🎬🎞️✨
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
I Swear.
don’t waste another evening of your life without having watched this film!
#RobertAramayo
#MaxinePeake
#PeterMullan
#KirkJones
#ISwear
🎭🎬🎞️✨
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
October 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🌠Robert Aramayo, Maxine Peake, Shirley Henderson and Peter Mullan are absolutely sensational in the brilliant film
I Swear.
don’t waste another evening of your life without having watched this film!
#RobertAramayo
#MaxinePeake
#PeterMullan
#KirkJones
#ISwear
🎭🎬🎞️✨
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
I Swear.
don’t waste another evening of your life without having watched this film!
#RobertAramayo
#MaxinePeake
#PeterMullan
#KirkJones
#ISwear
🎭🎬🎞️✨
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
absolutely.
i have been saying the same things for fifteen years now.
like minds. : )
i have never encountered such intense levels of stupidity in my life, yet i sometimes think that this is simply a conflict between disparate sets of values.
i wrote this yesterday:
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
i have been saying the same things for fifteen years now.
like minds. : )
i have never encountered such intense levels of stupidity in my life, yet i sometimes think that this is simply a conflict between disparate sets of values.
i wrote this yesterday:
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
July 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
absolutely.
i have been saying the same things for fifteen years now.
like minds. : )
i have never encountered such intense levels of stupidity in my life, yet i sometimes think that this is simply a conflict between disparate sets of values.
i wrote this yesterday:
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
i have been saying the same things for fifteen years now.
like minds. : )
i have never encountered such intense levels of stupidity in my life, yet i sometimes think that this is simply a conflict between disparate sets of values.
i wrote this yesterday:
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
Amanda Anisimova, post match press conference.
— Saturday 12th July .25
📄 🎾 💡
#Wimbledon
m.youtube.com/watch?v=tQU8...
— Saturday 12th July .25
📄 🎾 💡
#Wimbledon
m.youtube.com/watch?v=tQU8...
July 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Amanda Anisimova, post match press conference.
— Saturday 12th July .25
📄 🎾 💡
#Wimbledon
m.youtube.com/watch?v=tQU8...
— Saturday 12th July .25
📄 🎾 💡
#Wimbledon
m.youtube.com/watch?v=tQU8...
✨ Iga Świątek played brilliantly today and she totally deserved this title.
total credit to her.
also: Amanda lost with honesty, humility, with decency and with grace.
and that is a good lesson to anyone in this world.
total credit to her.
also: Amanda lost with honesty, humility, with decency and with grace.
and that is a good lesson to anyone in this world.
July 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
✨ Iga Świątek played brilliantly today and she totally deserved this title.
total credit to her.
also: Amanda lost with honesty, humility, with decency and with grace.
and that is a good lesson to anyone in this world.
total credit to her.
also: Amanda lost with honesty, humility, with decency and with grace.
and that is a good lesson to anyone in this world.
my delicious coffee, made for me by
✨Jonathan the wonderful barista.
☕️ 🍫 🥛 💧
✨Jonathan the wonderful barista.
☕️ 🍫 🥛 💧
July 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
my delicious coffee, made for me by
✨Jonathan the wonderful barista.
☕️ 🍫 🥛 💧
✨Jonathan the wonderful barista.
☕️ 🍫 🥛 💧
beyond expectation Gregory Doran's edition of Desert Island Discs is exquisite.
wonderful music(*), affecting and edifying stories.
* 🎼 🎹 Johann Sebastian Bach, the Weather Girls, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
programme:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
25.06.29
📄 🎭 🎟️
#GregoryDoran
#DesertIslandDiscs
wonderful music(*), affecting and edifying stories.
* 🎼 🎹 Johann Sebastian Bach, the Weather Girls, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
programme:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
25.06.29
📄 🎭 🎟️
#GregoryDoran
#DesertIslandDiscs
June 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
beyond expectation Gregory Doran's edition of Desert Island Discs is exquisite.
wonderful music(*), affecting and edifying stories.
* 🎼 🎹 Johann Sebastian Bach, the Weather Girls, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
programme:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
25.06.29
📄 🎭 🎟️
#GregoryDoran
#DesertIslandDiscs
wonderful music(*), affecting and edifying stories.
* 🎼 🎹 Johann Sebastian Bach, the Weather Girls, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
programme:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
25.06.29
📄 🎭 🎟️
#GregoryDoran
#DesertIslandDiscs
June 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
the quite magnificent Alf Dubs /Lord Alfred Dubs
@alfdubs.bsky.social
is being interviewed for Desert Island Discs.
some wonderful music (— John Coltrane, the Beatles, Mozart) too.
_________________
(also, a lovely man who wrote back to a young christopher!)
🎼🎹📄
#AlfDubs
#DesertIslandDiscs
@alfdubs.bsky.social
is being interviewed for Desert Island Discs.
some wonderful music (— John Coltrane, the Beatles, Mozart) too.
_________________
(also, a lovely man who wrote back to a young christopher!)
🎼🎹📄
#AlfDubs
#DesertIslandDiscs
June 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
the quite magnificent Alf Dubs /Lord Alfred Dubs
@alfdubs.bsky.social
is being interviewed for Desert Island Discs.
some wonderful music (— John Coltrane, the Beatles, Mozart) too.
_________________
(also, a lovely man who wrote back to a young christopher!)
🎼🎹📄
#AlfDubs
#DesertIslandDiscs
@alfdubs.bsky.social
is being interviewed for Desert Island Discs.
some wonderful music (— John Coltrane, the Beatles, Mozart) too.
_________________
(also, a lovely man who wrote back to a young christopher!)
🎼🎹📄
#AlfDubs
#DesertIslandDiscs
absolutely incredible.
i have never seen such high quality, especially in terms of the all-court shotmaking, sustained for so long.
👏🏼✨
just so sorry that one player had to lose in this remarkable match.
highlights:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mi5g...
🎾🎨🎟️✨
#CarlosAlcaraz
#janniksinner
#RolandGarros
i have never seen such high quality, especially in terms of the all-court shotmaking, sustained for so long.
👏🏼✨
just so sorry that one player had to lose in this remarkable match.
highlights:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mi5g...
🎾🎨🎟️✨
#CarlosAlcaraz
#janniksinner
#RolandGarros
June 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
absolutely incredible.
i have never seen such high quality, especially in terms of the all-court shotmaking, sustained for so long.
👏🏼✨
just so sorry that one player had to lose in this remarkable match.
highlights:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mi5g...
🎾🎨🎟️✨
#CarlosAlcaraz
#janniksinner
#RolandGarros
i have never seen such high quality, especially in terms of the all-court shotmaking, sustained for so long.
👏🏼✨
just so sorry that one player had to lose in this remarkable match.
highlights:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mi5g...
🎾🎨🎟️✨
#CarlosAlcaraz
#janniksinner
#RolandGarros
from the late summer of
📆24 Jannik Sinner has won 47 of his last 49 matches.
the two losses?
— to Carlos Alcaraz.
(Beijing, October .24; Rome, May .25).
Jannik (3) and Carlos (4) have not lost a grand slam final.
before today.
🎾 💥
#RolandGarros
📆24 Jannik Sinner has won 47 of his last 49 matches.
the two losses?
— to Carlos Alcaraz.
(Beijing, October .24; Rome, May .25).
Jannik (3) and Carlos (4) have not lost a grand slam final.
before today.
🎾 💥
#RolandGarros
June 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
from the late summer of
📆24 Jannik Sinner has won 47 of his last 49 matches.
the two losses?
— to Carlos Alcaraz.
(Beijing, October .24; Rome, May .25).
Jannik (3) and Carlos (4) have not lost a grand slam final.
before today.
🎾 💥
#RolandGarros
📆24 Jannik Sinner has won 47 of his last 49 matches.
the two losses?
— to Carlos Alcaraz.
(Beijing, October .24; Rome, May .25).
Jannik (3) and Carlos (4) have not lost a grand slam final.
before today.
🎾 💥
#RolandGarros
the screeching is ridiculous (i grunt, rhythmically — screaming on each shot is something else)
but her brutish and ungracious behaviour is something that i have never seen.
she was swearing continuously (in Russian) too.
and zero penalty from a Serbian umpire, who must have discerned a lot of this.
but her brutish and ungracious behaviour is something that i have never seen.
she was swearing continuously (in Russian) too.
and zero penalty from a Serbian umpire, who must have discerned a lot of this.
June 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
the screeching is ridiculous (i grunt, rhythmically — screaming on each shot is something else)
but her brutish and ungracious behaviour is something that i have never seen.
she was swearing continuously (in Russian) too.
and zero penalty from a Serbian umpire, who must have discerned a lot of this.
but her brutish and ungracious behaviour is something that i have never seen.
she was swearing continuously (in Russian) too.
and zero penalty from a Serbian umpire, who must have discerned a lot of this.
@davidlawtennis.bsky.social
David,
as a serious banger that loves both Carlos and Jannik, this is the grand slam final that i have most wanted since 2006(!)
the last men’s match that excited me this much was
Carlos versus Jannik
at Wimbledon .22,
round of 16.
(JS. 6-1 6-4 6-7 6-3)
#rolandgarros
David,
as a serious banger that loves both Carlos and Jannik, this is the grand slam final that i have most wanted since 2006(!)
the last men’s match that excited me this much was
Carlos versus Jannik
at Wimbledon .22,
round of 16.
(JS. 6-1 6-4 6-7 6-3)
#rolandgarros
June 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
@davidlawtennis.bsky.social
David,
as a serious banger that loves both Carlos and Jannik, this is the grand slam final that i have most wanted since 2006(!)
the last men’s match that excited me this much was
Carlos versus Jannik
at Wimbledon .22,
round of 16.
(JS. 6-1 6-4 6-7 6-3)
#rolandgarros
David,
as a serious banger that loves both Carlos and Jannik, this is the grand slam final that i have most wanted since 2006(!)
the last men’s match that excited me this much was
Carlos versus Jannik
at Wimbledon .22,
round of 16.
(JS. 6-1 6-4 6-7 6-3)
#rolandgarros
complaining to myself that there is nothing for me to watch on television, ever.
then the remote control finds an arts channel broadcasting a documentary on Jacqueline du Pré and Kate Bryan's wonderful documentary feature on Maggi Hambling.
two early instructive✨heroes in one evening.
magnificent.
then the remote control finds an arts channel broadcasting a documentary on Jacqueline du Pré and Kate Bryan's wonderful documentary feature on Maggi Hambling.
two early instructive✨heroes in one evening.
magnificent.
May 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
complaining to myself that there is nothing for me to watch on television, ever.
then the remote control finds an arts channel broadcasting a documentary on Jacqueline du Pré and Kate Bryan's wonderful documentary feature on Maggi Hambling.
two early instructive✨heroes in one evening.
magnificent.
then the remote control finds an arts channel broadcasting a documentary on Jacqueline du Pré and Kate Bryan's wonderful documentary feature on Maggi Hambling.
two early instructive✨heroes in one evening.
magnificent.
4.
is kind of right.
not sure what grok was thinking for no.2 ….
is kind of right.
not sure what grok was thinking for no.2 ….
May 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
4.
is kind of right.
not sure what grok was thinking for no.2 ….
is kind of right.
not sure what grok was thinking for no.2 ….
how to be a totally decent sportsperson.
🎾 ✨
@carlosalcaraz
@janniksin
#janniksinner
#carlosalcaraz
#lessons
#rome
🎾 ✨
@carlosalcaraz
@janniksin
#janniksinner
#carlosalcaraz
#lessons
#rome
May 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
how to be a totally decent sportsperson.
🎾 ✨
@carlosalcaraz
@janniksin
#janniksinner
#carlosalcaraz
#lessons
#rome
🎾 ✨
@carlosalcaraz
@janniksin
#janniksinner
#carlosalcaraz
#lessons
#rome
no surprise, really — Danny Dyer feels like a vulnerable and resilient human being with different and very likable features.
some lovely songs here, too.
— two of my all-time favourites!
@mrddyer.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
🎭 ✨ 🎼
#DannyDyer
#DesertIslandDiscs
some lovely songs here, too.
— two of my all-time favourites!
@mrddyer.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
🎭 ✨ 🎼
#DannyDyer
#DesertIslandDiscs
May 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
no surprise, really — Danny Dyer feels like a vulnerable and resilient human being with different and very likable features.
some lovely songs here, too.
— two of my all-time favourites!
@mrddyer.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
🎭 ✨ 🎼
#DannyDyer
#DesertIslandDiscs
some lovely songs here, too.
— two of my all-time favourites!
@mrddyer.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
🎭 ✨ 🎼
#DannyDyer
#DesertIslandDiscs
a review for
Mr. Burton
(released spring .25)
starring:
Harry Lawtey
Toby Jones
Lesley Manville
screenplay:
Tom Bullough and Josh Hyams
cinematography:
Stuart Biddlecombe
director:
Marc Evans
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
🎭 🎬 🎟️ 🎼 ✨
#MrBurton
#HarryLawtey
#LesleyManville
#TobyJones
Mr. Burton
(released spring .25)
starring:
Harry Lawtey
Toby Jones
Lesley Manville
screenplay:
Tom Bullough and Josh Hyams
cinematography:
Stuart Biddlecombe
director:
Marc Evans
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
🎭 🎬 🎟️ 🎼 ✨
#MrBurton
#HarryLawtey
#LesleyManville
#TobyJones
May 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
a review for
Mr. Burton
(released spring .25)
starring:
Harry Lawtey
Toby Jones
Lesley Manville
screenplay:
Tom Bullough and Josh Hyams
cinematography:
Stuart Biddlecombe
director:
Marc Evans
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
🎭 🎬 🎟️ 🎼 ✨
#MrBurton
#HarryLawtey
#LesleyManville
#TobyJones
Mr. Burton
(released spring .25)
starring:
Harry Lawtey
Toby Jones
Lesley Manville
screenplay:
Tom Bullough and Josh Hyams
cinematography:
Stuart Biddlecombe
director:
Marc Evans
letterboxd.com/christopher1...
🎭 🎬 🎟️ 🎼 ✨
#MrBurton
#HarryLawtey
#LesleyManville
#TobyJones
Mummy’s flowers.
May 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Mummy’s flowers.