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Hope Dickson Leach
@hopedickle.bsky.social
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Screenwriter and director based in Edinburgh often found tending to my children and shouting about how hard it all is.
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Please can you also make it clear when there will be further opportunities for debut screenwriters to apply for development support? The One month window on the Portal website is closed with no further information about when it will reopen or ability to contact them.
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Also available are some floral prints - instant autumnal vibes for your kitchen. Www.shelovestoprint.etsy.com
A cream cotton tea towels block printed with flowers in pink, purple, red, yellow and orange on a green vase. A repeating floral pattern on cream tea towels block printed. A tea towel printed with hares, seed pods, oak leaves and flowers in oranges, green and browns on a cream background. Picture folded, hanging from the bhandlebar of a navy blue aga.
October 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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if you like tea towels, I’ve made some Halloween ones… available on #etsy shelovestoprint.etsy.com/listing/4368...
A cream organic cotton tea towels printed with the following words in orange and black capitals: Apparition Banshee Candy Devil Exorcist Fangs Ghost Halloween Incubus Jack o lantern Kraken Lycanthrope Murder Noose Ooze Pumpkin Quiver Revolting Skeleton Trick or Treat Undead Vampire Witch Xrated Yowl Zombie
October 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Adored the Andy Goldsworthy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social - if you need an excuse to come to Edinburgh before November, this is it.
Ferns pinned to the wall in the shape of a worm or snake Framed photographs of a hawthorn tree painted with orange mud in a green valley, in different times of day Dried, cracked orange mud
September 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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A lovely evening topped with a brilliant review from @npr.org #TheDiaryofLies www.npr.org/2025/08/13/n...
A middle-aged white man stands in front of a bookshop holding a copy of a blue paperback - if you look closely you can see it's called The Diary of Lies. The bookshop is called 'Golden Hare Books' which you can read in the gold writing painted across the wall.
August 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Edinburgh pals - tonight is the launch of @philipmiller.bsky.social new book #TheDiaryofLies at @goldenharebooks.bsky.social at 6.30pm - tickets here or just rock up goldenharebooks.com/collections/...
August 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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My beloved's new book is coming out on 7th August - you can pre-order it here: guardianbookshop.com/the-diary-of...
A card with a blue background. On the left is the cover of a book, blue brushtrokes with a frosty scene of a grand house at the top underneath the author's name: Philip Miller. The title reads: THE DIARY OF LIES, with the tagline 'Not every conspiracy is a theory...' On the right is text that reads: Praise for The Diary of Lies. “Philip Miller does it again. Beautifully written, complex, and gripping from start to finish, The Diary of Lies is a dark and brutal tale that holds a mirror up to our troubled times.” E. S. Thomson, award-winning author of Beloved Poison “(A) Sophisticated narrative…with striking prose and loveable characters. Fans of Mick Herron will adore this.” Publishers Weekly, Starred Review “The Diary of Lies is deeply scary and all too believable.” Book Page, Starred Review “Miller’s greatest gift is to get you to care about his characters long before you’ve figured out what they’re looking for.” Kirkus Reviews
July 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Great to be back in @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social last night to see the magic they’ve wrought, and to indulge in the ultimate magic experience of watching a film. Local Hero on 35mm - one of the very best.
A wide shot of a red curtain closed over a cinema screen, with some red seats in the foreground. Cinema 1 of Filmhouse, for those who know it. The new box office in Edinburgh’s revamped Filmhouse - a rounded reception desk make up for vertical wood slats. The Filmhouse foyer from behind the box office - a large white ring light hangs from the ceiling, the walls are painted brick red and there are three huge windows looking out into the night.
June 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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HAPPENING NOW! Online launch of new crime books from @philipmiller.bsky.social and #CamillaTrinchieri hosted by @sohopress.bsky.social www.crowdcast.io/c/internatio...
A poster featuring two headshots - one of a balding white man, one of a white woman with curly brown hair - and the text that reads: SOHO CRIME PRESENTS: THE LINE UP. Free digital event! International Crime Stories. Camilla Trinchieri, Author of Murder in Pitigliano and Philip Miller, Author of The Diary of Lies. June 25 2025, 12pm CT/ 1pm ET crowdcast.io/c/international-crime-showcase. Brought to you by Soho Crime
June 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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What actor’s expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life?
A little boy looks in disbelief - joy and surprise, devastation interrupted - as he discovers that the alien he loves is actually still alive. It's Elliott and E.T.
June 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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My brilliant love @philipmiller.bsky.social is the cover star of this week’s @publisherswkly.bsky.social - his new book #TheDiaryofLies is out in August….thanks to @birlinn.bsky.social and @sohopress.bsky.social
A middle aged white man with the eyes of Damon Albarn and a short brown beard in a close up is on the front of Publishers Weekly magazine. Text reads: Philip Miller: the former journalist rips his latest thriller THE DIARY OF LIES straight from the headlines
June 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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HANKIES!
A white square handkerchief with pale blue block prints of a hair and some seed pods around the edges. A white hankie with yellow, terracotta and pale turquoise flowers block printed all over it. Four white handkerchieves ironed and folded, each printed with red strawberries, green leaves and yellow flowers. A white hankie with BLOW YER NOSE in neon pink capitals in the middle, surrounded by block printed flowers in shades of yellow, orange and pink
June 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Edinburgh - I'm at the The Pitt minimart in Granton this Sunday (and next Saturday) with my printed textiles including lots of excellent hankies that would make great father's day pressies... come along! thepitt.co.uk/events/
Lots of block printed flowers on a cream cotton back ground in pinks, reds, yellows, orange and purples. A pink linen napkin printed with orange wood block flowers, ironed and folded on a pink transferware plate. A blue and yellow zig zag graffic that reads 'The Pitt. Mini Mart. Sunday indoor market' in yellow letters on a dark blue background Several cream cotton tea towels hang in folds, each printed with different wood block patterns.
June 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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If you’re in the Edinburgh area and looking for something to do in this beautiful weather, I’m out with my side hustle at Newhailes House market alongside lots of delicious and beautiful goodies. Come on down.
A natural cotton zipped bag printed with red strawberries, green leaves and yellow flowers. A bamboo box filled with lavender sachets sewn out of brightly coloured fabrics, tied up with satin ribbons in red, yellow or blue. A photo of a market stall draped with block printed tea towels, napkins and hankies in bright colours. A tea towel printed with red letters reads SHE LOVES TO PRINT - the name of the stall.
May 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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My beloved @philipmiller.bsky.social brilliant book #TheHollowTree is out in #paperback in the US and Canada today! Please send all fans of smart, thrilling crime its way. sohopress.com/books/the-ho...
A photo of the front cover of a book titled ‘The Hollow Tree’ by Philip Miller showing a turquoise graphic of a tree covered in occult style lines, named as a Wall Street Journal Best Mystery Book of 2024
May 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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So I was delighted to receive details of a new partnership between Picturehouse members and Bubble babysitting app - all PCH members get a discount the first time they use the app. It's a good start and shows how cinemas can do more to help parents get back to the movies.
A smiling man holding a smiley toddler in stripy pajamas, while a woman standing next to them touches the child and smiles.
April 17, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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RIP to one of my favourite actors. Thanks for all the beauty.
Val Kilmer in Real Genius Val Kilmer in Top Gun
April 2, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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I'll have one hot cockolate please.
A photograph of a cup of hot chocolate which has the milk design on top in the shape of a wrinkly penis, with a heart beside it.
March 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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No one's AI Ghibli looks like this, does it? Funny that.
A hand drawn pig dressed as a man turns away from the bowl of slop he's eating A hand drawn man with a huge bushy moustache and eight arms yells at someone - he's got small glasses on that are black circles. Yubaba from Spirited Away - a hand drawn huge wrinkly headed old lady with a massive nose, blue eyeshadow and a wart in the middle of her forehead A hand drawn old white woman is tucked up in bed - she has several double chins, bright eyes, a red nose and a pink bonnet on.
March 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Brightening up the timeline with new additions to my side hustle: perfect Easter/Mother’s Day/spring clean pressies for you or anyone else who deserves one. www.shelovestoprint.etsy.com #mothersday #easter #spring #passover
A white tea towel hand printed with a bouquet of flowers in bright pink, orange, purple and red inks. A napkin block printed with a hare, tulips, chickens and daffodils in spring time colours A white tablecloth hand printed with spring patterns of yellow daffodils, pink tulips, orange chickens beige hares and green foliage.
March 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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I’m taking my side hustle public and will be selling my crafted goodies at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh this Sunday - please come along! #handmade #Edinburgh #craftandflea #blockprinting www.assemblyroomsedinburgh.co.uk/whats-on/cra...
Four hand made lavender sachets tied with velvet ribbons A flyer which reads ‘I’m trading at Edinburgh’s Craft & Flea’ An Easter themed tabled runner, block printed with chickens, daffodils, hares and tulips An Easter themed napkin, block printed with yellow daffodils, pink tulips, hares and orange chickens
March 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Well I fucking loved that.
March 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Kung Hei Fat Choi friends - may this year of the snake be a good one.
A red scaly snake, curled and twisted but contained in a circle, looks at us with one eye, an open mouth and a forked tongue.
January 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Me too
January 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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It’s time for #TheGirlWithTheNeedle 🪡 📽️
A photo of a cinema ticket from the Cameo Picturehouse for The Girl With The Needle (15) in Screen 2
January 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM