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Max Deveson
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BBC journalist, currently producing #bbcglobaleye, previously @bbcnewsnight
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bfletcherwatson.bsky.social
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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xkcd.com
Fifteen Years

xkcd.com/3172/
Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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thequietus.com
R.I.P. Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, bassist of #TheStoneRoses and #PrimalScream

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Mani of The Stone Roses
November 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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dhothersall.bsky.social
#bbcglobaleye really is a fantastic advert for BBC News worldwide, every Monday at 7pm.
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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jim.londoncentric.media
I like how the caption on this photo reads as if he's making a claim that could not be independently verified.
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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threadinburgh.scot
Look what we have here then.
1817 map snipping, "Well. Well. Well."
September 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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alicatterall.bsky.social
I came across this user comment while looking for some Nick Drake demos on YouTube just now. Have a read - it's rather magical. Original link: youtube.com/watch?v=fBdb...
August 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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robinallender.bsky.social
Little guitar cover of Missionary Bell from the new Cass McCombs album
August 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
maxdeveson.bsky.social
Simon Jenkins should be focusing more on this egregious cultural vandalism
c20society.bsky.social C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · Jul 9
BREAKING NEWS: Planning permission has just been granted for the demolition of The Point in Milton Keynes (BDP, 1985) - Britain's first multiplex cinema. The previous refusal of permission was overturned on appeal, paving the way for a cluster of 21-storey residential towers by Galliard Homes.

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July 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
maxdeveson.bsky.social
Great public service thread here for Oxfordshire folks from @oxfordclarion.bsky.social - results of the local elections as they are announced
oxfordclarion.bsky.social Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · May 2
The count for Oxfordshire County Council is underway at Abingdon’s leisure centre. All 69 seats are up for election. We’ll be posting the results here as they come in – follow along!
The count gets underway at Vale of White Horse Leisure Centre in Abingdon
May 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
maxdeveson.bsky.social
So Here We Are
robfordmancs.bsky.social Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · May 1
I have a long, unfinished blog post sat in my drafts folder on exactly this, titled "Bloc Party"
profjanegreen.bsky.social Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · May 1
I increasingly think we’ll need to think of tactical bloc voting, certainly on the left. Which left-lib party can stop which right party. If there were some kind of Con-Ref pact or coordination in the future (which Reform need to really harm Labour’s majority), it would be a two-bloc race.
May 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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tonyhightower.bsky.social
Like a bunch of others, I'm largely reposting this to save it for myself.
dlbowman76.com David Bowman @dlbowman76.com · Apr 14
Listen to more classical music. For every like, I shall recommend a good recording.

(I'm going to regret this, aren't I?)
April 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
maxdeveson.bsky.social
Song for a sunny evening as the seasons change

youtu.be/uMypOR64DkY?...
Seasons Come, Seasons Go
YouTube video by Bobbie Gentry - Topic
youtu.be
April 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
maxdeveson.bsky.social
Simultaneously overjoyed at the thought of unreleased music from the sessions for this masterpiece, and horrified it’s TEN YEARS OLD 😱
consequence.bsky.social Consequence @consequence.bsky.social · Mar 31
Sufjan Stevens has announced a 10th anniversary deluxe edition of Carrie & Lowell with 40 minutes of unreleased music → cons.lv/OIUzsC
March 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
maxdeveson.bsky.social
Uh oh
mattschratz.bsky.social matthew schratz @mattschratz.bsky.social · Feb 12
i think the new york times should, on the day before they think civil society is finally going to evaporate, give us a spelling bee where one of the letters is S
March 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
maxdeveson.bsky.social
The Science of Sleep is a great film!
February 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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dorianlynskey.bsky.social
This is very cool. Like a bunch of VHS tapes someone left on their garden wall for people to pick up.
Some good, some bad, lots I’ve never heard of.
February 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
maxdeveson.bsky.social
Lllpll
dogpatchryan.bsky.social Ryan MacMullen @dogpatchryan.bsky.social · Feb 1
The anthropology of it is fascinating. Norms go out of the window. Rationality is left at check-in (if not before).
February 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
maxdeveson.bsky.social
“I always found him to be the most authentically alive person I'd ever met.”
What a life to have lived, to have someone write things like this about you when you die #ripdavidlynch
kyle_maclachlan Forty-two years ago, for reasons beyond my comprehension, David Lynch plucked me out of obscurity to star in his first and last big budget movie. He clearly saw something in me that even I didn't recognize. I owe my entire career, and life really, to his vision. What I saw in him was an enigmatic and intuitive man with a creative ocean bursting forth inside of him. He was in touch with something the rest of us wish we could get to. Our friendship blossomed on Blue Velvet and then Twin Peaks and I always found him to be the most authentically alive person I'd ever met. David was in tune with the universe and his own imagination on a level that seemed to be the best version of human. He was not interested in answers because he understood that questions are the drive that make us who we are. They are our breath. While the world has lost a remarkable artist, l've lost a dear friend who imagined a future for me and allowed me to travel in worlds I could never have conceived on my own. I can see him now, standing up to greet me in his backyard, with a warm smile and big hug and that Great Plains honk of a voice. We'd talk coffee, the joy of the unexpected, the beauty of the world, and laugh. His love for me and mine for him came out of the cosmic fate of two people who saw the best things about themselves in each other. I will miss him more than the limits of my language can tell and my heart can bear. My world is that much fuller because I knew him and that much emptier now that he's gone. David, I remain forever changed, and forever your Kale. Thank you for everything.
January 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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rsmythfreelance.bsky.social
This headline reads like the BBC is terrified of being sued for libel by the rhino.
Headline: Zebra dies after 'incident' with rhino at zoo.
January 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
“The imagery is next level shocking.”

“Our house will definitely be next…”

The story of the LA fires, as told by the residents whose neighbourhoods have been left devastated.

[Part 1]

#Newsnight
January 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
maxdeveson.bsky.social
I hear the judges for the BBC Sound of 2025 are predicting Keir Starmer will be PM this year
January 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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ditzkoff.bsky.social
🚨BLUEY MOVIE! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! YOU HAVE TWO YEARS TO PREPARE YOUR CHILDREN!🚨
December 17, 2024 at 1:26 PM
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bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
“I get woken up by being kicked in the face, drinks thrown over you… it’s hard going”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social spent the early hours with rough sleepers, waking up on the streets of London in the depths of winter

#Newsnight
December 17, 2024 at 11:53 AM
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samwhyte.bsky.social
I wish I was a little bit smaller
Wish I was a crawler
I wish I was a mouse, in your house
I would appaul yer.
December 17, 2024 at 10:36 AM