@MisterJohnDoyle
@misterjohndoyle.bsky.social
Author, Playwright, Journalist. Was Columnist covering TV & Soccer for The Globe and Mail. Also wrote for NY Times, The Guardian. Now on Theatre projects. Books: A Great Feast of Light & bestseller The World is a Ball: The Joy, Madness & Meaning of Soccer.
Don't wanna jinx anything. But. But, i got a feeling that the good old days are back... #football #Ireland #soccer #WorldCup #COYBIG
Astonishing few days
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Astonishing few days
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Parrott hat-trick earns World Cup play-off perch
Ireland's World Cup dream is alive and well after a remarkable, come-from-behind victory in Budapest, beating Hungary 3-2 at the Puskas Arena.
www.rte.ie
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Too bloody true.
Today:
Agents emails
Actors emails
Invoices emails
Venue booking emails
Pay venue email
Zoom request email
More Agents emails
Funding query email
Bookkeeper query email
Jeeze Louise (no one named Jeeze or Louise is involved)
Today:
Agents emails
Actors emails
Invoices emails
Venue booking emails
Pay venue email
Zoom request email
More Agents emails
Funding query email
Bookkeeper query email
Jeeze Louise (no one named Jeeze or Louise is involved)
Does your job mean you get to rehearse plays all day?
No.
So, what DO you do?
Emails.
Emails?
Just emails. All day.
Oh. How’s that?
The audience isn’t as responsive as one might have hoped when starting out.
I guess they’re busy …
Doing emails?
Doing emails, yeah.
No.
So, what DO you do?
Emails.
Emails?
Just emails. All day.
Oh. How’s that?
The audience isn’t as responsive as one might have hoped when starting out.
I guess they’re busy …
Doing emails?
Doing emails, yeah.
November 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Too bloody true.
Today:
Agents emails
Actors emails
Invoices emails
Venue booking emails
Pay venue email
Zoom request email
More Agents emails
Funding query email
Bookkeeper query email
Jeeze Louise (no one named Jeeze or Louise is involved)
Today:
Agents emails
Actors emails
Invoices emails
Venue booking emails
Pay venue email
Zoom request email
More Agents emails
Funding query email
Bookkeeper query email
Jeeze Louise (no one named Jeeze or Louise is involved)
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I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
Last Friday we did a short presentation of “Shelter” at the Wilde Party, the annual Gala for the Canada Ireland foundation. We left them wanting more. “Shelter” will have its world premiere at the Bealtaine Theatre Festival in May of ‘26. #TheatreTO #Theatre #Ireland
October 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Last Friday we did a short presentation of “Shelter” at the Wilde Party, the annual Gala for the Canada Ireland foundation. We left them wanting more. “Shelter” will have its world premiere at the Bealtaine Theatre Festival in May of ‘26. #TheatreTO #Theatre #Ireland
Steven Gerrard's remarks deeply revealing on #England #football. I covered the 'Golden Generation' - Beckham, WAGS, Sven etc at #WorldCup 2002 in Korea/Japan, #Euro2004 in Portugal, #WorldCup2006 Germany. V overrated team. Didn't even qualify for #Euro2008
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
England’s golden generation were egotistical losers, says Steven Gerrard
Steven Gerrard has suggested the so-called ‘golden generation’ England team that he was part of failed to win anything because they were ‘egotistical losers’
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Steven Gerrard's remarks deeply revealing on #England #football. I covered the 'Golden Generation' - Beckham, WAGS, Sven etc at #WorldCup 2002 in Korea/Japan, #Euro2004 in Portugal, #WorldCup2006 Germany. V overrated team. Didn't even qualify for #Euro2008
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
In Ireland the government already shows remarkable support for the Arts. Now this: "The scheme is currently a pilot project. It pays 2,000 artists a basis income of €325 per week."
www.rte.ie/news/budget-...
www.rte.ie/news/budget-...
Budget 2026: Basic income for artists to become permanent
The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow.
www.rte.ie
October 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In Ireland the government already shows remarkable support for the Arts. Now this: "The scheme is currently a pilot project. It pays 2,000 artists a basis income of €325 per week."
www.rte.ie/news/budget-...
www.rte.ie/news/budget-...
Well, you've got "the most powerful person on earth."
And then, you have FIFA.
“With all due respect to current world leaders, football is bigger than them and football will survive their regime and their government and their slogans.”
apnews.com/article/worl...
And then, you have FIFA.
“With all due respect to current world leaders, football is bigger than them and football will survive their regime and their government and their slogans.”
apnews.com/article/worl...
FIFA VP pushes back on Trump comments about moving World Cup games from 'dangerous' cities
U.S. President Donald Trump has been reminded that FIFA and not government ultimately decides which cities will host World Cup games.
apnews.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Well, you've got "the most powerful person on earth."
And then, you have FIFA.
“With all due respect to current world leaders, football is bigger than them and football will survive their regime and their government and their slogans.”
apnews.com/article/worl...
And then, you have FIFA.
“With all due respect to current world leaders, football is bigger than them and football will survive their regime and their government and their slogans.”
apnews.com/article/worl...
One of the interesting things about following the news from #USA today is I'm obliged to think: #Liverpool got hammered by
#Galatasaray in Istanbul today. Now that is a truly interesting turn of events..it's a big, big world...
www.independent.ie/sport/soccer...
#Galatasaray in Istanbul today. Now that is a truly interesting turn of events..it's a big, big world...
www.independent.ie/sport/soccer...
Sloppy Liverpool left battered and beaten by Galatasaray as Arne Slot’s gambles backfire
Liverpool will always have fond memories of Istanbul. Just not this particular trip to Istanbul. As they suffered back-to-back defeats for only the second time under Arne Slot, they felt battered as w...
www.independent.ie
October 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
One of the interesting things about following the news from #USA today is I'm obliged to think: #Liverpool got hammered by
#Galatasaray in Istanbul today. Now that is a truly interesting turn of events..it's a big, big world...
www.independent.ie/sport/soccer...
#Galatasaray in Istanbul today. Now that is a truly interesting turn of events..it's a big, big world...
www.independent.ie/sport/soccer...
I will always hear @judyberman.bsky.social out.
Extremely good month for TV (and nothing else). You probably know about The Lowdown, Task, Wayward... but hear me out on Mussolini: Son of the Century, an expressionist take on the rise of original-recipe fascism that is both a remarkable work of art and a harrowing mirror of our reality
The Best New TV Shows of September 2025
From 'The Lowdown' to 'Wayward' to 'Mussolini: Son of the Century'
time.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I will always hear @judyberman.bsky.social out.
In #Toronto Do see one of the final perfs of Romeo Pimp, at tiny King Black Box Theatre directed by Sophie Ann Rooney, written by Jesse McQueen. A teen drama becomes sinister & heartbreaking. Terrific young cast in powerful, disconcerting Play. #TheatreTO
September 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
In #Toronto Do see one of the final perfs of Romeo Pimp, at tiny King Black Box Theatre directed by Sophie Ann Rooney, written by Jesse McQueen. A teen drama becomes sinister & heartbreaking. Terrific young cast in powerful, disconcerting Play. #TheatreTO
House of Guinness -
Guardian: 5 Stars! Like Peaky Blinders meets Succession.
Globe and Mail: Succession meets Peaky Blinders.
Irish Times: "Like Succession with shillelaghs" One barrel of cliches after another.
Irish Independent: "Clichés arrive thick and fast in boring and predictable series"
Guardian: 5 Stars! Like Peaky Blinders meets Succession.
Globe and Mail: Succession meets Peaky Blinders.
Irish Times: "Like Succession with shillelaghs" One barrel of cliches after another.
Irish Independent: "Clichés arrive thick and fast in boring and predictable series"
House of Guinness to Olivia Dean: the week in rave reviews
House of Guinness to Olivia Dean: the week in rave reviews
Steven Knight takes on Dublin’s booze dynasty with sex appeal, while the London singer-songwriter goes from strength to strength with her second album. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
House of Guinness -
Guardian: 5 Stars! Like Peaky Blinders meets Succession.
Globe and Mail: Succession meets Peaky Blinders.
Irish Times: "Like Succession with shillelaghs" One barrel of cliches after another.
Irish Independent: "Clichés arrive thick and fast in boring and predictable series"
Guardian: 5 Stars! Like Peaky Blinders meets Succession.
Globe and Mail: Succession meets Peaky Blinders.
Irish Times: "Like Succession with shillelaghs" One barrel of cliches after another.
Irish Independent: "Clichés arrive thick and fast in boring and predictable series"
Like Rabih Alameddine in the @nytimes.com I am so, so done with Dostoyevsky. Time & events have transcended that stuff...going back to #Shakespeare now (& Leonard Cohen)
September 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Like Rabih Alameddine in the @nytimes.com I am so, so done with Dostoyevsky. Time & events have transcended that stuff...going back to #Shakespeare now (& Leonard Cohen)
You don't say...#Kimmel
www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/m...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/m...
Jimmy Kimmel’s ratings bonanza continues | CNN Business
Newfound enthusiasm about the ABC late-night show host is not evaporating after just one monologue.
www.cnn.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
You don't say...#Kimmel
www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/m...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/m...
Saw #Sapian at #TIFF50 & It's kind-of brilliant. A quirk or a cheat here/there. But captures strangeness of Roy Keane (Éanna Hardwicke) & battles with Mick McCarthy (Steve Coogan, great) & climactic scene is scathingly about Irish identity. #COYBIG #Ireland
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2Dr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2Dr...
Saipan | Official Teaser Trailer (2025) | Coming Soon to Cinemas
YouTube video by Vertigo Releasing
www.youtube.com
September 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Saw #Sapian at #TIFF50 & It's kind-of brilliant. A quirk or a cheat here/there. But captures strangeness of Roy Keane (Éanna Hardwicke) & battles with Mick McCarthy (Steve Coogan, great) & climactic scene is scathingly about Irish identity. #COYBIG #Ireland
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2Dr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2Dr...
"Champagne football" they're saying about Canada men's team casually destroying Romania 3-0 in Bucharest today. And they are correct - brilliant display. Well done the lads. #Canada #Soccer Half the lads are from #Brampton
www.tsn.ca/soccer/ali-a...
www.tsn.ca/soccer/ali-a...
Ali Ahmed scores, sets up another as Canada beats Romania in Bucharest friendly | TSN
Canada opened its two-match European friendly stint with a comfortable 3-0 win over Romania in Bucharest. Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Ali Ahmed scored a goal and set up another in the victory.
www.tsn.ca
September 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
"Champagne football" they're saying about Canada men's team casually destroying Romania 3-0 in Bucharest today. And they are correct - brilliant display. Well done the lads. #Canada #Soccer Half the lads are from #Brampton
www.tsn.ca/soccer/ali-a...
www.tsn.ca/soccer/ali-a...
Well, Atwood is on the ball. (Not everybody is.)
September 1, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Well, Atwood is on the ball. (Not everybody is.)
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The 'Mare of Easttown' creator is back with another small-town Pennsylvania crime drama, 'Task,' which I liked even better. Also: Tom Pelphrey in this!
'Mare of Easttown' Creator Returns With the Great 'Task'
His latest Pennsylvania-set HBO crime drama casts Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey as good men on opposite sides of the law
time.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The 'Mare of Easttown' creator is back with another small-town Pennsylvania crime drama, 'Task,' which I liked even better. Also: Tom Pelphrey in this!
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I simply cannot understand how a full-time culture journalist could be disconnected enough from the experiences of others in their field to write a "state of criticism" piece that neglects to engage with the dismal economics of critical work right now.
August 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I simply cannot understand how a full-time culture journalist could be disconnected enough from the experiences of others in their field to write a "state of criticism" piece that neglects to engage with the dismal economics of critical work right now.
Absolutely delighted to see this: Trailer for The Pitch, a doc about the creation of the Northern Super League @NorthernSuperLg Well done filmmaker Michèle Hozer et al #canada #CanWNT #Soccer
vimeo.com/1105234433?s...
vimeo.com/1105234433?s...
THE PITCH - Trailer
This is "THE PITCH - Trailer" by The Cutting Factory on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
vimeo.com
August 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Absolutely delighted to see this: Trailer for The Pitch, a doc about the creation of the Northern Super League @NorthernSuperLg Well done filmmaker Michèle Hozer et al #canada #CanWNT #Soccer
vimeo.com/1105234433?s...
vimeo.com/1105234433?s...
The allure of certain Lists:
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
The ten best songs under one minute long
Life is busy these days, so when you manage to get some well-earned free time, it's important to use it wisely.
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August 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The allure of certain Lists:
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
Noted with proud interest: Canadian Olivia Smith today won
the Professional Footballers' Association women's young player of the year award. #CanWNT The first non-England player to win that award
www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
the Professional Footballers' Association women's young player of the year award. #CanWNT The first non-England player to win that award
www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
PFA Awards 2025: Mariona Caldentey and Olivia Smith win PFA player of the year awards
Arsenal midfielder Mariona Caldentey is named the Professional Footballers' Association women's player of the year as her new team-mate Olivia Smith wins the young player award.
www.bbc.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Noted with proud interest: Canadian Olivia Smith today won
the Professional Footballers' Association women's young player of the year award. #CanWNT The first non-England player to win that award
www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
the Professional Footballers' Association women's young player of the year award. #CanWNT The first non-England player to win that award
www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
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Has the current administration changed how you feel about travelling to the U.S.?
globalnews.ca/news/1132962...
globalnews.ca/news/1132962...
Canadians returning from U.S. drops for 7th straight month: StatCan - National | Globalnews.ca
The preliminary number of Canadian returns by air and land from the U.S. saw steep declines in July compared to a year prior as the trade war between the two countries continues.
globalnews.ca
August 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Has the current administration changed how you feel about travelling to the U.S.?
globalnews.ca/news/1132962...
globalnews.ca/news/1132962...
The number of Americans looking to move to Canada right now is astounding. (And under-reported.) Ask any genealogist... #Canada
An informative if discouraging read.
👇🇨🇦🇺🇸👇Can Americans Seek Refugee Status in Canada? open.substack.com/pub/canresis...
August 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The number of Americans looking to move to Canada right now is astounding. (And under-reported.) Ask any genealogist... #Canada
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Also: People don't seem to realize that "thumbs up, thumbs down" (esp. numerical rating systems) are not the way good critics, like the ones NYT reassigned, prefer to approach most reviews. Context, analysis and synthesis are more rewarding for the writer, too. They also take more time and knowledge
So I guess there was a meeting about the critics' reshuffle at the NYT and people are (rightly) pissed. I just want to point out one thing about the statement from leadership, bc it's really bothering me. It's this:
August 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Also: People don't seem to realize that "thumbs up, thumbs down" (esp. numerical rating systems) are not the way good critics, like the ones NYT reassigned, prefer to approach most reviews. Context, analysis and synthesis are more rewarding for the writer, too. They also take more time and knowledge
This chap is correct. Certainly, #Toronto looks utterly unprepared.
( I say this as someone who has covered 4 World Cups, 3 Euro tournaments & in total soccer from 17 countries on 4 continents.) #WorldCup2026 #Soccer #FIFA
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
( I say this as someone who has covered 4 World Cups, 3 Euro tournaments & in total soccer from 17 countries on 4 continents.) #WorldCup2026 #Soccer #FIFA
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Canada is not ready for the FIFA World Cup
Toronto and Vancouver and the people living in them are set to experience seismic change when the country hosts its first ever World Cup match next year
www.theglobeandmail.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This chap is correct. Certainly, #Toronto looks utterly unprepared.
( I say this as someone who has covered 4 World Cups, 3 Euro tournaments & in total soccer from 17 countries on 4 continents.) #WorldCup2026 #Soccer #FIFA
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
( I say this as someone who has covered 4 World Cups, 3 Euro tournaments & in total soccer from 17 countries on 4 continents.) #WorldCup2026 #Soccer #FIFA
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...