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Julia Raeside

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Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · Feb 10

My piece in tomorrow’s Times about the toxic men in stand-up comedy. www.thetimes.com/culture/come...

The comedy scene is stuffed with toxic men — so I wrote a novel about them

Don’t Make Me Laugh is about predatory men in the British comedy industry — the author wasn’t lacking for real-life inspiration

www.thetimes.com

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Gabby HC's books make ideal festive presents @scriblit.bsky.social · 21h

Fine, I will write the next James Bond.

INT: SEX CASINO, NIGHT
BOND: Hello I am Bond James Bond my car goes NYOOM
CUT TO: ten minutes of a chase in a sports car
BOND: Also my watch is a special watch that makes ladies blouses see through
EXPLOSION
BOND: This film is for grown ups

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Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 1d

Coming this Friday, the brilliant actor Stephen Oswald joins me to talk about his favourite moment in the Hammer House of Horror series. Can you guess from the picture? #BoxOfDelights #podcast

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 2d

FUN FACT: Sir Charles Curran was forced to resign as Director-General after Pyramids of Mars implied Sutekh, god of violence, was bad.

More Pyramids of Mars. Sutekh, seated on a black throne in a painted red and black wooden mask, declares, "All life shall perish under the reign of Sutekh the Destroyer!"

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Gabby HC's books make ideal festive presents @scriblit.bsky.social · 2d

Me, giggling like a goblin, strapping myself into the BBC Boss chair, commissioning non-celeb sitcom & sketch show after another. High concept narrative comedies by women! 100 shows with writers rooms! Tell whatever celeb blokes are doing a travel show they can make their own way back from Bordeaux!

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Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 2d

Fully adorable.

Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 2d

This is tantamount to abuse. Telling someone there are consequences to their actions is SO wrong.

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Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 2d

At least Mitch managed to scrape together the air fair for this essential work trip to New York.

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Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 2d

After all, we only lost some money. They lost...I don't know but it was definitely worse.

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Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 2d

No, Gabby. THEY are the real victims here.

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Ali Catterall @alicatterall.bsky.social · 2d

"We were always told comedians are often sad or depressed – but if you meet many male stand-ups in real life they are really angry"

@jnraeside.bsky.social in Metro about her brilliant debut novel, Don't Make Me Laugh, and the scene that inspired it.

metro.co.uk/2025/11/09/i...

'I wrote a book about toxic male comedians - they hate not being in control'

‘Stand-up comedy is probably the worst profession within showbusiness when it comes to male behaviour.'

metro.co.uk

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Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks to Metro for the interview about my @cwip.bsky.social short-listed novel Don’t Make Me Laugh.

'I wrote a book about toxic male comedians - they hate not being in control'

‘Stand-up comedy is probably the worst profession within showbusiness when it comes to male behaviour.'

metro.co.uk

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Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks, G!

Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 6d

Had a go on a red carpet (brown floor). Delighted by the results. That photographer did some wizardry.

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Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 7d

Lovely times at the @cwip.bsky.social awards last night. Just so stoked to have been on a shortlist with such amazing people.

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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 7d

"Threats on the phone, threats to my child... packages at my house."

Epstein survivor Anouska De Georgiou describes her experience since waiving her right to anonymity in 2019 - insisting she will not be silenced.

#Newsnight

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 9d

Add in the fact that narcissism is designed to defend against anyone seeing it’s an act - furiously denying anyone access to the twisted little core - and that it precludes self examination for the narcissist themselves, and it’s swimming-with-sharks time.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 9d

We should teach our kids this stuff like we do road safety.

(And to identify the behaviour in the first place. A narcissist is not what most people think - in the colloquial sense - and they’re all much the same, the boring little boilerplate toxic toddlers.)

Moz Perkins ⚓️ 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @mozperkins.bsky.social · 9d

How to deal with a narcissist. I hadn’t heard about this until yesterday. There’s some interesting data behind these titles and definitely worth reading up about it.

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Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 9d

Had a brilliant day in Berkhamsted today, doing the book festival with Jenny Evans and Robin Ince. Really engaged crowd.

Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 10d

I hate Virgin WiFi really a lot.

Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 10d

Our WiFi is down and we will struggle to watch Strictly on 5G. Ho hum.

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Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 11d

Spooky listening thread for Halloween. 🎃

Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 11d

Comfort Blanket Halloween selection.

@dannyrobins.bsky.social, contemporary king of the spooky red anorak, talks about Nic Roeg’s haunting masterpiece Don’t Look Now.

pod.link/1614879928/e...

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Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 12d

Haha, amazing. Glad to be of service.

Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 12d

Me talking about my favourite film.

Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 12d

More Halloween-appropriate Comfort Blanket fun.

Here’s @jnraeside.bsky.social talking about Ealing’s unbeatable portmanteau spookfest Dead of Night.

pod.link/1614879928/e...

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Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 13d

Coming up tomorrow, author Hattie Williams relives the trauma of Angel’s death in Buffy. #BoxOfDelights

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Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 15d

Oh good!!