Ben Thomas
@summers2theb.bsky.social
I still don’t understand why they recast Daisy-May Cooper.
October 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I still don’t understand why they recast Daisy-May Cooper.
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October 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Sometimes in life you have to make time to watch squirrel videos on YouTube with your cat.
September 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Sometimes in life you have to make time to watch squirrel videos on YouTube with your cat.
I’ll be honest, he’s not the elderly American I would have picked to die in his sleep last night.
September 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I’ll be honest, he’s not the elderly American I would have picked to die in his sleep last night.
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"Really, I don’t mean to go on, but then I doubt the film-makers meant to muff the ending in a way that torpedoes later books either. This should have been a six-part BBC One series with budget to match. But I’m sure the money was very nice." This week's column is on how not to adapt a book.
The Thursday Murder Club: how not to adapt a book
Netflix’s film misses the joy of Richard Osman’s novel – and now no one will make another version
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September 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
"Really, I don’t mean to go on, but then I doubt the film-makers meant to muff the ending in a way that torpedoes later books either. This should have been a six-part BBC One series with budget to match. But I’m sure the money was very nice." This week's column is on how not to adapt a book.
Finished reading the new Slough House book today. I don’t know how Mick Herron keeps getting better and better at writing but he does.
September 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Finished reading the new Slough House book today. I don’t know how Mick Herron keeps getting better and better at writing but he does.
Turns out Operation: Mincemeat the Musical is as good as everyone says it is.
July 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Turns out Operation: Mincemeat the Musical is as good as everyone says it is.
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It’s so hot right now that I wish I had that autism that means I don’t have to wear pants.
July 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
It’s so hot right now that I wish I had that autism that means I don’t have to wear pants.
