John Hodson
@mgcroadster.bsky.social
Journalist since '73, now retired, film geek for longer. Rejoiner, lefty, love films of all eras. Recovering Man Utd. fan of six decades. Uses admiration of John Ford as a Rorschach test. No followers without a profile - sorry!
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John Hodson
@mgcroadster.bsky.social
· Sep 8
"...Just £30 covers the cost of a good night’s sleep, a hot meal and the vital wrap around support that can help people move onto more stable accommodation. It’s a lifeline that changes lives..." #homelessness
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'Night all...
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Love Theme From Chinatown (Main Title)
YouTube video by Jerry Goldsmith - Topic
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November 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
'Night all...
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It's 1966, and it's Series Four of Doctor Who. The Cybermen take over from The Daleks, Patrick Troughton takes over from William Hartnell, and Polly gets asked to make some coffee...
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It’s Still A Police Box, Why Hasn’t It Changed? Part Five: Well It’s A Marvellous Night For The Moonbase
Series Four of Doctor Who – The Cybermen take over from The Daleks, Patrick Troughton takes over from William Hartnell, and Polly gets asked to make some coffee.
timworthington.org
November 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
It's 1966, and it's Series Four of Doctor Who. The Cybermen take over from The Daleks, Patrick Troughton takes over from William Hartnell, and Polly gets asked to make some coffee...
timworthington.org/2023/06/29/i...
timworthington.org/2023/06/29/i...
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It was 62 years ago #OnThisDay in 1963 that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Here's a piece I wrote for the History of the BBC website a couple of years ago about how the BBC covered the news.
I'm quite pleased with this one...
www.bbc.com/historyofthe...
Here's a piece I wrote for the History of the BBC website a couple of years ago about how the BBC covered the news.
I'm quite pleased with this one...
www.bbc.com/historyofthe...
Breaking news - November 1963
BBC History recalls one of the first truly global news stories of the modern multi-media age
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
It was 62 years ago #OnThisDay in 1963 that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Here's a piece I wrote for the History of the BBC website a couple of years ago about how the BBC covered the news.
I'm quite pleased with this one...
www.bbc.com/historyofthe...
Here's a piece I wrote for the History of the BBC website a couple of years ago about how the BBC covered the news.
I'm quite pleased with this one...
www.bbc.com/historyofthe...
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Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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I also write about how little the floods have been covered in national newspapers, and how appalled I am that the Prime Minister has said nothing to the people of Monmouthshire directly. Please read and share. www.thenerve.news/p/storm-clau...
Storm Claudia puts Wales under water – why did these record-breaking floods barely make the news?
On the frontline of a deluge on the Welsh borders, Jude Rogers heard local stories of devastation and heroism – but incredibly the disaster was hardly referred to in Westminster and the national press
www.thenerve.news
November 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I also write about how little the floods have been covered in national newspapers, and how appalled I am that the Prime Minister has said nothing to the people of Monmouthshire directly. Please read and share. www.thenerve.news/p/storm-clau...
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Nearly time for our #Fellini Saturday Night Premiere! NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1957) at 9:05pm Italian comedy-drama with English #TPTVsubtitles
November 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Nearly time for our #Fellini Saturday Night Premiere! NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1957) at 9:05pm Italian comedy-drama with English #TPTVsubtitles
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'Quatermass IV'. Daily Mirror report on the never produced BBC continuation of the Quatermass saga. (22nd November 1972).
The script would eventually see the light of day in 1979, with John Mills playing the Professor for Euston Films.
The script would eventually see the light of day in 1979, with John Mills playing the Professor for Euston Films.
November 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
'Quatermass IV'. Daily Mirror report on the never produced BBC continuation of the Quatermass saga. (22nd November 1972).
The script would eventually see the light of day in 1979, with John Mills playing the Professor for Euston Films.
The script would eventually see the light of day in 1979, with John Mills playing the Professor for Euston Films.
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The #Fellini Masterpiece!
Premiere: NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1957) 9:05pm #GiuliettaMasina #FrancoisPerier #FrancaMarzi Italian comedy-drama with English #TPTVsubtitles
Premiere: NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1957) 9:05pm #GiuliettaMasina #FrancoisPerier #FrancaMarzi Italian comedy-drama with English #TPTVsubtitles
November 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The #Fellini Masterpiece!
Premiere: NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1957) 9:05pm #GiuliettaMasina #FrancoisPerier #FrancaMarzi Italian comedy-drama with English #TPTVsubtitles
Premiere: NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1957) 9:05pm #GiuliettaMasina #FrancoisPerier #FrancaMarzi Italian comedy-drama with English #TPTVsubtitles
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Mitch joins me for a chat about No Memory by Scarlet Fantastic, The Flipside Of Dominick Hide, Eureka!, The Deceivers, the Lady Sovereign/Jentina feud, Mego Pocket Heroes and more...
timworthington.org/2024/11/29/l...
timworthington.org/2024/11/29/l...
Looks Unfamiliar: Mitch Benn – A Perfect Storm Of Goth
Looks Unfamiliar with Mitch Benn talking to Tim Worthington about No Memory by Scarlet Fantastic, The Flipside Of Dominick Hide, The Deceivers, Eureka!, Lady Sovereign and Jentina’s feud, Meg…
timworthington.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Mitch joins me for a chat about No Memory by Scarlet Fantastic, The Flipside Of Dominick Hide, Eureka!, The Deceivers, the Lady Sovereign/Jentina feud, Mego Pocket Heroes and more...
timworthington.org/2024/11/29/l...
timworthington.org/2024/11/29/l...
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There's another screening of @hundredsofbeavers.bsky.social tomorrow night at @thedukescinema.bsky.social at 7pm. It makes an excellent "not quite ready for actual Christmas movies yet but want something Christmas adjacent" movie.
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
There's another screening of @hundredsofbeavers.bsky.social tomorrow night at @thedukescinema.bsky.social at 7pm. It makes an excellent "not quite ready for actual Christmas movies yet but want something Christmas adjacent" movie.
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WICKED double bill anyone? 🧙♀️🧙♀️
🍿 Don't miss Mark's verdict on the musical smash sequel + SISU, THE CARPENTER'S SON & more in this week's new Take 🎬
+ 🤩 Alexander Skarsgård on PILLON ⛓️🏍️
🎧 Listen pod.fo/e/35694c
FULL SHOW on YouTube 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Wg...
🍿 Don't miss Mark's verdict on the musical smash sequel + SISU, THE CARPENTER'S SON & more in this week's new Take 🎬
+ 🤩 Alexander Skarsgård on PILLON ⛓️🏍️
🎧 Listen pod.fo/e/35694c
FULL SHOW on YouTube 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Wg...
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
WICKED double bill anyone? 🧙♀️🧙♀️
🍿 Don't miss Mark's verdict on the musical smash sequel + SISU, THE CARPENTER'S SON & more in this week's new Take 🎬
+ 🤩 Alexander Skarsgård on PILLON ⛓️🏍️
🎧 Listen pod.fo/e/35694c
FULL SHOW on YouTube 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Wg...
🍿 Don't miss Mark's verdict on the musical smash sequel + SISU, THE CARPENTER'S SON & more in this week's new Take 🎬
+ 🤩 Alexander Skarsgård on PILLON ⛓️🏍️
🎧 Listen pod.fo/e/35694c
FULL SHOW on YouTube 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Wg...
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Looks like the poster editions are gone. There was a Herzog’s Nosferatu set with two slipcovers and two posters that doesn’t seem to exist on the Gruv site now. End of an era.
Beginning of the end for Shout/Scream I think. Looks like they’re liquidating.
Beginning of the end for Shout/Scream I think. Looks like they’re liquidating.
November 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Looks like the poster editions are gone. There was a Herzog’s Nosferatu set with two slipcovers and two posters that doesn’t seem to exist on the Gruv site now. End of an era.
Beginning of the end for Shout/Scream I think. Looks like they’re liquidating.
Beginning of the end for Shout/Scream I think. Looks like they’re liquidating.
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Werner Herzog presents a chilling tale of love, decay, and darkness in NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE, now available on 4K.
Order the standard 4K alone or the bundle to receive two exclusive posters and two slipcovers, while supplies last:
shoutfactory.com/products/nos...
Order the standard 4K alone or the bundle to receive two exclusive posters and two slipcovers, while supplies last:
shoutfactory.com/products/nos...
October 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Werner Herzog presents a chilling tale of love, decay, and darkness in NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE, now available on 4K.
Order the standard 4K alone or the bundle to receive two exclusive posters and two slipcovers, while supplies last:
shoutfactory.com/products/nos...
Order the standard 4K alone or the bundle to receive two exclusive posters and two slipcovers, while supplies last:
shoutfactory.com/products/nos...
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The Tom Robinson Show returns to Amazing Radio tonight (Sat 22 Nov). Listen live from 9pm via amazingradio.com/onair or after broacast via Rewind link: amazingradio.com/shows/the-to...
November 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The Tom Robinson Show returns to Amazing Radio tonight (Sat 22 Nov). Listen live from 9pm via amazingradio.com/onair or after broacast via Rewind link: amazingradio.com/shows/the-to...
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“Book depository”, “single bullet theory”, "the second gunman". President Kennedy was assassinated on this day in 1963. About 10 year ago I wrote about the assassination's place in American pop culture.
THE ASSASSINATION OF JFK: THE STORY YOU KNOW
“The story you know”, says the trailer for Parkland, a 2013 movie about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. You can say that again. It’s the assassination that launche…
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November 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
“Book depository”, “single bullet theory”, "the second gunman". President Kennedy was assassinated on this day in 1963. About 10 year ago I wrote about the assassination's place in American pop culture.
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Tonight! Premiere 9:05pm NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1957) #GiuliettaMasina #FrancoisPerier #FrancaMarzi Classic Italian comedy-drama directed by #FedericoFellini Original Italian with English #TPTVsubtitles
Nights of Cabiria Talking Pictures TV Sky 328 Freeview 82 Virgin 445 Freesat 306
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November 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Tonight! Premiere 9:05pm NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1957) #GiuliettaMasina #FrancoisPerier #FrancaMarzi Classic Italian comedy-drama directed by #FedericoFellini Original Italian with English #TPTVsubtitles
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This is a fantastic piece - full of joy as well as the obvious sadness.
The MEN is now the only local newsroom in Greater Manchester that has more than a handful of staff reporters, but go back 25 years and it would have been one of a dozen.
Our weekend read is the tale of what’s been lost.
manchestermill.co.uk/the-clatteri...
Our weekend read is the tale of what’s been lost.
manchestermill.co.uk/the-clatteri...
The clattering, chaotic, romantic world of Greater Manchester’s lost newspapers
What happens when a community loses its champion?
manchestermill.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
This is a fantastic piece - full of joy as well as the obvious sadness.
Started my working life working for The Bolton Evening News & their Lancashire Journal Series - Mealhouse Lane was the centre of a seemingly eternal media empire; the deafening noise of the comps room and the underground presses, the buzz of the newsroom. Eternal; and then it wasn't...
What have we lost? “Something hard-to-define but powerful” writes Jack Walton. “The sense that a particular place matters; The knowledge that a group of people are going to work every day to chronicle not just any little corner of the planet, but your corner.”
manchestermill.co.uk/the-clatteri...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-clatteri...
The clattering, chaotic, romantic world of Greater Manchester’s lost newspapers
What happens when a community loses its champion?
manchestermill.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Started my working life working for The Bolton Evening News & their Lancashire Journal Series - Mealhouse Lane was the centre of a seemingly eternal media empire; the deafening noise of the comps room and the underground presses, the buzz of the newsroom. Eternal; and then it wasn't...
I hope we're all doing the Chuckawalla Swing? If not, don't apologise; it's a sign of weakness... Wagon Master: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00c6s7w via @bbciplayer
Wagon Master
Western. A group of Mormons head west in search of the promised land, encountering fugitive gunfighters and Native Americans on the way. With Ben Johnson and Ward Bond.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I hope we're all doing the Chuckawalla Swing? If not, don't apologise; it's a sign of weakness... Wagon Master: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00c6s7w via @bbciplayer
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Today is the 62nd anniversary of the death of John F Kennedy.
It's also the 62nd anniversary of this scene being recorded.
It's also the 62nd anniversary of this scene being recorded.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Today is the 62nd anniversary of the death of John F Kennedy.
It's also the 62nd anniversary of this scene being recorded.
It's also the 62nd anniversary of this scene being recorded.
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My new poster artwork just dropped over @codacurates.com - in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary this week of ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’
Grab as a screenprint here: www.codacurates.com/collections/...
Grab as a screenprint here: www.codacurates.com/collections/...
November 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My new poster artwork just dropped over @codacurates.com - in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary this week of ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’
Grab as a screenprint here: www.codacurates.com/collections/...
Grab as a screenprint here: www.codacurates.com/collections/...
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If you're still looking for good writing and journalism as the legacy newspapers continue their slide into the ooze, you could do a lot worse than sign up to Byline Times. This is just the most exceptionally good writing from @peterjukes.bsky.social ...
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From Underground Man to Internet Man: Apocalyptic, Cleansing Violence – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
In 1976, Peter Jukes wanted to be Travis Bickle. A decade later, he realised the Taxi Driver anti-hero was a psychopath. Now he suspects Bickle’s dangerous saviour complex underpins the architecture o...
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November 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
If you're still looking for good writing and journalism as the legacy newspapers continue their slide into the ooze, you could do a lot worse than sign up to Byline Times. This is just the most exceptionally good writing from @peterjukes.bsky.social ...
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Day 22 #NoirvemberChallenge Fav #filmnoir musical performance. Submitted by @rmrfromgso.
Ida Lupino in Roadhouse (1948). All hail the badass. She sings hauntingly, raspy, & with perfect smoky depression the classic Johnny Mercer song "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)".
Ida Lupino in Roadhouse (1948). All hail the badass. She sings hauntingly, raspy, & with perfect smoky depression the classic Johnny Mercer song "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)".
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Day 22 #NoirvemberChallenge Fav #filmnoir musical performance. Submitted by @rmrfromgso.
Ida Lupino in Roadhouse (1948). All hail the badass. She sings hauntingly, raspy, & with perfect smoky depression the classic Johnny Mercer song "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)".
Ida Lupino in Roadhouse (1948). All hail the badass. She sings hauntingly, raspy, & with perfect smoky depression the classic Johnny Mercer song "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)".
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This is lovely
A product of working-class Manchester and its second-generation Irish culture, Stone Roses bassist Mani — who has died aged 63 — was the ultimate team player, and an embodiment of socialist values in his life and art.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/mani...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/mani...
November 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This is lovely