Rosie
@sarcasticator.bsky.social
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Echo this. Such a good @psbhq.bsky.social gig in Paris at the weekend!
@psbhq.bsky.social Merci mille fois. Diolch o’r calon. Thank you, very, very, very much for a wonderful gig at the Alhambra. All the very best for the North American tour. I do hope @newyorker.com cover a your visit especially at a time when public service broadcasting is vital for us all. #psbhq
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Echo this. Such a good @psbhq.bsky.social gig in Paris at the weekend!
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It is possible to cherish the BBC as an institution while also saying that BBC News is failing very badly, day after day, in its duty to inform and that it always fails in a right-wing direction. It desperately needs to recover its integrity
September 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
It is possible to cherish the BBC as an institution while also saying that BBC News is failing very badly, day after day, in its duty to inform and that it always fails in a right-wing direction. It desperately needs to recover its integrity
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This whole summer only one story has dominated our entire politics & it comes down to literally 30,000 people in hotels. Ridiculous.
The government needs to get a GRIP it’s pathetic.
The government needs to get a GRIP it’s pathetic.
August 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This whole summer only one story has dominated our entire politics & it comes down to literally 30,000 people in hotels. Ridiculous.
The government needs to get a GRIP it’s pathetic.
The government needs to get a GRIP it’s pathetic.
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what the fuck is this headline from the BBC, I feel like I'm losing my mind www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lucy Connolly says she was political prisoner over Southport post
She gives her first newspaper interview after being released from prison.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
what the fuck is this headline from the BBC, I feel like I'm losing my mind www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Right, where are those Salt Path BASTARDS?
July 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Right, where are those Salt Path BASTARDS?
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A superb piece of journalism in The Observer: it seems like the one of the sacred texts of Nature Writing (TM) is not quite as much of an unflinchingly honest read as claimed
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The real Salt Path: how a blockbuster book and film were ...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal that the truth behind it is ve...
observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
A superb piece of journalism in The Observer: it seems like the one of the sacred texts of Nature Writing (TM) is not quite as much of an unflinchingly honest read as claimed
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Guess which of these stories came first on both the BBC One and Radio 4 bulletins.
June 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Guess which of these stories came first on both the BBC One and Radio 4 bulletins.
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If only there were half the outrage over Israeli soldiers shooting starving people queuing for food as there has been towards some rappers mouthing off at Glastonbury, we'd be in a very different place
June 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
If only there were half the outrage over Israeli soldiers shooting starving people queuing for food as there has been towards some rappers mouthing off at Glastonbury, we'd be in a very different place
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Says the man who gave us the biggest tax burden since the War, highest ever national debt, largest fall in living standards on record and committed the biggest act of self-harm in our history with Brexit. Time to shut the fuck up you shambling oaf.
May 31, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Says the man who gave us the biggest tax burden since the War, highest ever national debt, largest fall in living standards on record and committed the biggest act of self-harm in our history with Brexit. Time to shut the fuck up you shambling oaf.
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Going to keep saying it - the Farage effect is largely an illusion. Many, many more people loathe him than like him.
May 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Going to keep saying it - the Farage effect is largely an illusion. Many, many more people loathe him than like him.
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Come the fuck in or fuck the fuck off! 20 years on, the cast of The Thick Of It look back www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘I’m from Glasgow – the swearing came naturally!’ The full uncensored history of The Thick of It
It was the political satire that gave us omnishambles, pet asbos and the terrifying Malcolm Tucker. Two decades on, creator Armando Iannucci and stars including Peter Capaldi and Rebecca Front lift th...
www.theguardian.com
May 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Come the fuck in or fuck the fuck off! 20 years on, the cast of The Thick Of It look back www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Starmer has called these "return hubs". But if they're for people who can be returned, why use a hub? If they're for people who can't be returned to their own country, they're not return hubs, it's the UK sending people to a country they have no connection with for an indefinite period of time.
Rwanda Redux.
Britain has opened formal talks about sending failed asylum seekers to detention centres abroad, The Times reports.
Albania, Serbia, Bosnia and North Macedonia could be destinations.
Britain has opened formal talks about sending failed asylum seekers to detention centres abroad, The Times reports.
Albania, Serbia, Bosnia and North Macedonia could be destinations.
May 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Starmer has called these "return hubs". But if they're for people who can be returned, why use a hub? If they're for people who can't be returned to their own country, they're not return hubs, it's the UK sending people to a country they have no connection with for an indefinite period of time.
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Here’s a picture of Pale Blue Eyes from Thursday night. They were also fantastic.
April 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Here’s a picture of Pale Blue Eyes from Thursday night. They were also fantastic.
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"Hordes of cowards caved into the fantasy a few brave women did not" Hmm.
Alternative take most women are not interested in what's in someone else's pants, have no desire to camp outside toilet doors and harass women who are just trying to have a wee and are happy to live and let live.
Alternative take most women are not interested in what's in someone else's pants, have no desire to camp outside toilet doors and harass women who are just trying to have a wee and are happy to live and let live.
another beautiful piece which complains about people ignoring women then proceeds, seamlessly, to entirely ignore the cis women who support trans rights www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
I lost friends and a job in the trans witch-hunt
Hordes of cowards caved in to the fantasy. A few brave women did not
www.thetimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
"Hordes of cowards caved into the fantasy a few brave women did not" Hmm.
Alternative take most women are not interested in what's in someone else's pants, have no desire to camp outside toilet doors and harass women who are just trying to have a wee and are happy to live and let live.
Alternative take most women are not interested in what's in someone else's pants, have no desire to camp outside toilet doors and harass women who are just trying to have a wee and are happy to live and let live.
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Throw all your apples away because Dr Feelgood is here.
There's only 2 weeks until Wilko: Love and Death and Rock ‘n’ Roll opens at Southwark Playhouse Borough.
Jonathan Maitland's play with music tells the amazing true story of Wilko Johnson, founder of legendary band Dr Feelgood.
📸 Mark Sepple
There's only 2 weeks until Wilko: Love and Death and Rock ‘n’ Roll opens at Southwark Playhouse Borough.
Jonathan Maitland's play with music tells the amazing true story of Wilko Johnson, founder of legendary band Dr Feelgood.
📸 Mark Sepple
March 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Throw all your apples away because Dr Feelgood is here.
There's only 2 weeks until Wilko: Love and Death and Rock ‘n’ Roll opens at Southwark Playhouse Borough.
Jonathan Maitland's play with music tells the amazing true story of Wilko Johnson, founder of legendary band Dr Feelgood.
📸 Mark Sepple
There's only 2 weeks until Wilko: Love and Death and Rock ‘n’ Roll opens at Southwark Playhouse Borough.
Jonathan Maitland's play with music tells the amazing true story of Wilko Johnson, founder of legendary band Dr Feelgood.
📸 Mark Sepple
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New full band American Interior shows w/ PowerPoint Presentation! in London and Leeds May 15/16 on sale now gruffrhys.com#tour ✨📣
March 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
New full band American Interior shows w/ PowerPoint Presentation! in London and Leeds May 15/16 on sale now gruffrhys.com#tour ✨📣
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Why is everybody watching the inauguration? It's not a civic duty, comrades. Have a beer. Put some music on. Call someone. Don't climb into a hole before it even fucking STARTS. I'm going for some Public Enemy and a huge-arsed Malbec, cheers. x
January 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Why is everybody watching the inauguration? It's not a civic duty, comrades. Have a beer. Put some music on. Call someone. Don't climb into a hole before it even fucking STARTS. I'm going for some Public Enemy and a huge-arsed Malbec, cheers. x
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Every single @uklabour.bsky.social MP, the UK PM and every single office of state should come off X and join blue sky.
It would send a very powerful message.
It would send a very powerful message.
January 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Every single @uklabour.bsky.social MP, the UK PM and every single office of state should come off X and join blue sky.
It would send a very powerful message.
It would send a very powerful message.
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My eating habits over the last few days have been like constantly putting your phone onto charge even though it's still at 98% battery life.
December 27, 2024 at 1:29 PM
My eating habits over the last few days have been like constantly putting your phone onto charge even though it's still at 98% battery life.
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Oh, The Thick of It's back on iPlayer - where it belongs, back home - and it's there for over a year. Very fucking gratifying, merry Christmas.
December 20, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Oh, The Thick of It's back on iPlayer - where it belongs, back home - and it's there for over a year. Very fucking gratifying, merry Christmas.
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Obviously we all know it happens, and why, but sometimes the audacity of a celeb using a ghostwriter - for FICTION - still amazes me. Imagine saying 'yeah I want to write a book, but I don't fancy doing the bit where I sit down, think of words, and write them out until the book is finished.'
The @societyofauthors.bsky.social is calling for celebrities, publishers and agents to acknowledge the writers behind celebrity books, particularly for children
societyofauthors.org/2024/12/09/c...
societyofauthors.org/2024/12/09/c...
Call to acknowledge all writers behind celebrity books - The Society of Authors
The Society of Authors is calling for celebrities, publishers and agents to acknowledge the writers behind celebrity books, particularly for children
societyofauthors.org
December 10, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Obviously we all know it happens, and why, but sometimes the audacity of a celeb using a ghostwriter - for FICTION - still amazes me. Imagine saying 'yeah I want to write a book, but I don't fancy doing the bit where I sit down, think of words, and write them out until the book is finished.'
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"And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent."
Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on)
youtu.be/WMwqhdVV5as
Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on)
youtu.be/WMwqhdVV5as
Yes, it's a genocide
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
youtu.be
December 4, 2024 at 2:26 PM
"And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent."
Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on)
youtu.be/WMwqhdVV5as
Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on)
youtu.be/WMwqhdVV5as
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I wrote about Brat, and being in your early 30s. "I was 32 when “Missing” came out..And it is similarly fixated on that transitional life moment – a dance-floor anthem about longing for a childhood friend, while also feeling angst about being unable to “move on”. www.newstatesman.com/culture/musi...
Charli XCX’s victory lap
A recent London show proved Brat is the album of the year, and she is the artist of the moment. Am I too old to join in?
www.newstatesman.com
December 1, 2024 at 1:42 PM
I wrote about Brat, and being in your early 30s. "I was 32 when “Missing” came out..And it is similarly fixated on that transitional life moment – a dance-floor anthem about longing for a childhood friend, while also feeling angst about being unable to “move on”. www.newstatesman.com/culture/musi...