jay
@jaycgallagher.bsky.social
🌈 Queer; he/him 🎭 Theatre critic || aviewfromrowjay.com 📍 London, via Birkenhead
They insist we never speak ill of the dead even if the dead made a career out of speaking ill of the living
Mic Wright@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 17h agoWhat’s amazing about the Telegraph crew is how thin their pretence of believing in ‘free speech’ really is.
What ever happened to Shiloh Fernandez from the EVIL DEAD remake? He was lovely
people getting high on the foul stench of discourse in the air again. just do coke lads, it's better for you
I still find people who use it to write their emails or do basic tasks at work fundamentally contemptible but given that everyone is being chronically underpaid these days, I also kinda just don't give a fuck about people being lazy
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6d ago“…the same mechanisms that drive people to grow wary of — and hostile toward — friends, co-workers and family members with different political beliefs are beginning to shape attitudes toward AI.”
Wonder if she held court better than she held a note?
Kate Bevan@katebevan.com · 4d agoI went to the darling late Nick Lloyd-Webber's first wedding at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane - Cilla was one of the guests. She spent the entire evening very grandly holding court in a very fancy room that I think was a separate bar.
Just saw a man with blue hair and a "stop the boats" t shirt with an AI design on it. Stereotypes are collapsing
lmao
WestEndTheatre.com@westendtheatre.com · 6d agoBoy George has withdrawn from Jesus Christ Superstar days before he was due to begin his run as King Herod. He was scheduled to appear from 3 to 15 August. Current King Herod guest star Richard Armitage is set to cover Boy George’s dates. 🔗 www.westendtheatre.com/361301/news/...
Have seen a few separate reviews describe the new Spider-Man film as "mature" and sorry but it's about a twink swinging around in spandex? Can it not just be silly?
So very sorry to hear that we have lost the wonderful Brian Robinson, BFI Press Officer for so many years and the life and soul of any event he attended. Kind, clever, irreplaceable.
Work have made a change to our laptops so that every time you open a new tab it opens copilot and we're not allowed to turn it off 🙄
Cannot think of someone who oozes nonce vibes more than this human colostomy bag
Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 7d agofriend who's still on Twitter informs me that this absolute howler passed us by yesterday (yes, this was Burnham's speech on social care)
REVIEW: HOLE! at Soho Theatre until August 1st 2026
Review: HOLE!
[Soho Theatre || July 17th to August 1st 2026 || 1h 20m]
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You know what, fair fucks, he is absolutely bang on about this. Assisted dying without properly funded, high quality palliative and social care is just coercion that will particularly impact the most vulnerable and least well off.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.Assisted dying debate should come after end-of-life care reform, says Burnham
Reviewed the hole I experienced in Soho last night x
A View from Row J(ay)@aviewfromrowjay.bsky.social · last wk.REVIEW: HOLE! at Soho Theatre until August 1st 2026
Since The Spectator have today posted an article, in the wake of the Berlin attack, about the threat “Islamists” hold against a nation of “freedom-lovers”, I thought I’d look back over the year to see just how freedom-loving The Spectator actually are towards queer people and Pride…
new Chelsea Pensioner just dropped
David Ornstein@david-ornstein.bsky.social · last wk.🚨 BREAKING: Chelsea working to sign Jordan Henderson from Brentford. #CFC top contender among multiple PL clubs eyeing England midfielder as #BrentfordFC ready to grant free transfer. Amicable situation + healthy relations between 36yo/club @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...
REVIEW: White Rabbit, Red Rabbit with Kathryn Hunter at the Duchess Theatre
Review: White Rabbit Red Rabbit
[Duchess Theatre || with Kathryn Hunter || 80m]
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Mamdani criticizes Netanyahu. Later, a crazy man stabs a Jewish man and an Asian man. And we get an article suggesting that while one stabbing (dismissed in six words) is just a shrug, the other implicates the mayor. Disgraceful framing. Shame on everyone involved. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/n...
After Stabbings, a Rise in Jewish Fears and Questions for Mamdani (Gift Article)
Some politicians said Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s criticism of Israel had created a dangerous environment. He pushed back, condemning the stabbings of two men on the Upper West Side and defending his state...
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Awful news from Berlin. All feels a bit hopeless sometimes but we mustn't let them make us feel that way.
REVIEW: The Misanthrope in the Lyttelton Theatre at the National until August 1st 2026
Review: The Misanthrope
[Lyttelton Theatre at the National || June 16th to August 1st || 1h 45m]
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