Chris Addison

@mrchrisaddison.bsky.social

Spy. Dammit! Ex-spy. Not in the Epstein Files, but in Alan Bennett's Diaries Is it about work? Please contact: Rob Aslett roba@avalonuk.com Avi pic by Clara Wolden. Background: Promo pic for 'Tall Tales & Murder'. This account mutes killjoys.

I think I might be secretly part of a new game show. I’ve been put up in a hotel for the purposes of some highish-level but relatively low-stakes schmoozing. The putter-uppers have chosen kindly to welcome me with a bottle of champagne in the room. Which would need drinking now. By myself.

The standard argument is if you tax the rich they’ll leave the country and make the place poorer. On the other hand, if you don’t tax them and they stay, they pull this shit, making the country *much* poorer in so many ways.

Justin Hendrix@justinhendrix.bsky.social · yesterday

"Elon Musk has quietly funneled more than $276 million into Republican groups and his super PAC since the start of July, building a huge turnout operation to help the party battle headwinds in the midterm elections."

Arriving at Nice airport to go to a work thing. Plane parks by the perimeter fence, as far away from the terminal as possible. However, this does mean I just walked down a plane gangway onto the Cored’Azur tarmac, wearing sunglasses. Golden Age of Hollywood achievement unlocked.

Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played

Meanwhile, in Germany. It's Jews v Nazis again. It's interesting (and terrifying) how it's the half of Germany that didn't spend decades having the kind of long, hard look at itself no other country's ever attempted in which this shit is happening.

Zentrum für Politische Schönheit@politicalbeauty.bsky.social · 4d ago

BREAKING: Jüdische Studierende (JSUD) verwehren dem Neonazi & "Landtagsvize" Tillschneider den Zugang in die Synagoge von Halle.

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I'm half way through S1 of Tall Tales and Murder, and I'm absolutely loving it. Dark as hell, many deep laughs, slightly surreal in parts, great performances from all, lovely to see younger folks like the amazing Ella Lily Hyland and Casey Walsh doing great work. Don't miss it!

Chris Addison@mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 2w ago

At long last! They’re here! Tall Tales & Murder, a bonkers caper, very loosely based on the brilliant novels by @caimhmc.bsky.social, starts on RTÉ and RTÉPlayer tonight. It is, as they rightly say, gas.

The cast of the new TV drama Tall Tales & Murders. Grinner (Aidan Gillen), Bridget (Ella Lily Hyland), Paul (Casey Walsh), Bunny (Brian Doherty), Wesley (Packy Lee), Ma Baker (Phillipa Dunne) and Matron (Aisling O’Sullivan).

Support the National Trust by voting for Council members by 11:59pm on 30 October 2026. Quickvote is convenient if you're short of time or worried about inadvertently voting for Restore Trust's Bonigala, Cristea, Goldman, Mealing or Omrani. In our often bad times, the Trust's doing good things.

National Trust@nationaltrust.org.uk · 2w ago

Today marks three years since the iconic Sycamore Gap tree was illegally felled. We're pleased to bring you new images which reveal how the stump is growing, a sure sign that the tree is in recovery.

A close-up of sycamore shoots