Chris Ashworth-Bennion
@chrisabennion.bsky.social
welsh person. freelance arts journalist. ex TV and Radio Editor at The Telegraph. ex TV and theatre for The Times. mainly nonsense on here.
This is very sad. Peter Gill was of the quietly decisive innovators of postwar British theatre: a superb director, a wonderful playwright, someone who just made things happen (Riverside Studios, NT Studio). Despite having every reason to be immodest, he was a sweet and modest man. RIP
Stephen Unwin@stephenunwin.bsky.social · 2d agoPeter Gill has died. He taught me more about theatre directing - and playwriting - than anyone else. The last link to George Devine’s Royal Court. RIP.
“McAllister and Klaveness represented their countries at times when their nations hardly represented them. McAllister was one of three women to lobby the Welsh FA to formally recognise the women’s national team in 1992.” - @lauramcallister30.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...
Two women led the resistance to Infantino's World Cup sell-off. That matters
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Lovely tingle of pride to see how the FAW (and Laura McAllister) is leading the moral kickback against Infantino. Gorau Chwarae Cyd Chwarae.
House clearances undertaken is the usual terminology but ok
I spoke to the people behind drama at Channel 5 (plus Jason Watkins, Sally Lindsay & John Hannah) about how they've created a powerhouse brand in just seven years www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2026/07/3...
‘If we get two stars in The Guardian, we know it’s a hit’: The rise of Channel 5 drama
Aiming for the middle ground is paying off for the broadcaster, as veteran actors Jason Watkins, Sally Lindsay and John Hannah can testify
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I spoke to the people behind drama at Channel 5 (plus Jason Watkins, Sally Lindsay & John Hannah) about how they've created a powerhouse brand in just seven years www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2026/07/3...
‘If we get two stars in The Guardian, we know it’s a hit’: The rise of Channel 5 drama
Aiming for the middle ground is paying off for the broadcaster, as veteran actors Jason Watkins, Sally Lindsay and John Hannah can testify
telegraph.co.uk
Every altar Of every god Is ablaze— From the kitchen-shrines of hearth-goblins To the high temple of Zeus, god of the summits
Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 6d agoSainsbury's to sell Argos for £120m
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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One star for the Almeida's revival of Cleansed in The Times. Five stars in The Telegraph. Love it.
Getting Adam & Joe tickets at the Royal Albert Hall was harder than getting Radiohead tickets. What does this tell us? Nothing.
Why was the gladiator glad he ate his wife? Because he was glad he ate her.
There is, I'm afraid, in and through everything else, a certain necesssity, perhaps even a matter of collective dignity, in football fans retaining the capacity to say "get it right fuckin up yous" as God put them here to do
As a Welshman, I beg my Scottish cousins to jack in the whole "Just Don't Come Home Too Soon" shit
The National@scotnational.bsky.social · last wk.NEW: An independent whisky bottler has launched a new World Cup‑themed single cask celebrating the Tartan Army’s summer in Boston 👀
my kids when I ask them to go upstairs and brush their teeth
Madeleine Swann@madeleineswann.bsky.social · last wk.They're rather good aren't they!
I’m hoping Christopher Nolan writes a scathing review of Wilson’s next translation project, let’s get a real feud going. “Her clumsy and consistent flattening of the gnomic aorist into a bare preterite utterly fails to capture the nuance of the original!”
‘Great Inventions, 1961’ Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope Artist: Robert Ayton
