Kemi's next job could be in security. She just doesn't know it yet

Born on this day in 1906: Joan Hickson, the definitive screen Miss Marple. Personal top 3; 1) Nemesis 2) A Murder is Announced 3) 4.50 from Paddington (as I said last week, Christie's best train mystery)

For anyone who wondered what happened after T-Mat went bust.

Doctor Who hive mind: are the Justice Machines in Stones of Blood ever described on screen as being fairy-like/Tinker Bell like? Or is a visual thing?

www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-n... It's almost as if RTD travelled forward in time in 2003, read this article and decided 'this is what I need to do with my new series of Doctor Who....' Or, this is so obvious as to be utterly pointless.

Doctor Who Needs a Fresh Start, Just Not the One You Expect

Doctor Who feature by Jamie Holloway.

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First saw #IClaudius on UK Gold about 30 years ago, then dvd & now rewatching on the iPlayer again. Three Saturday observations: 1) Brian Blessed's best performance - from shouty to subtle, jovial to threatening 2) Sian Philips gives one of the best TV performance, ever 3) so many Dr Who actors

It's all a bit stagey - both the sets and some of the performances - and the prosthetics is ropey and it's very mid 70s, but it grips like a vice. No, not Doctor Who, I mean I Claudius. For the umpteenth time #iclaudius

Sausages sandwiches and truncheons at half-mast: Beatrix Lehmann died on this day in 1979.

If you will eat in Taco Bell, you will tend to shit yourself.

The Mutants - despite the madness of having a black actor playing a character working for the racist administration (but learning the error of his ways) - is a better anti-racist text than anything until S25. It's like casting Max Adrian as a concentration camp guard. But it's not Facebook of Evil

Thursday afternoon drinking with former students/current research students: stand by for Opinions!!!!

Meta's pervert glasses are not a glitch. Facebook began life as a way for Zuckerberg to rate women. Non-consensual objectification was always at the heart of the project. The glasses are just another stage (see also photos of teenagers on Instagram being used to attract middle-aged men to Threads)

www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-o... Sam Altman looks like someone in The Fades or like a Walker before the flesh starts to drop off. A creepy looking fucker at the best of times, the sci-fi drivel makes it worse.

Sam Altman says we are in the singularity: 'This is the moment'

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he believes the technological singularity, the moment when artificial intelligence surpasses humans intelligence, is here.

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Not sure about the Fox/BBC Doctor Who reboot.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · last wk.

Trump completed his latest blizzard of insane social media posts at 1:27 AM.

Up Mayo!!! I never thought I'd see it. And never thought my nearly 87 year old father would see it again. But he did, despite the dementia and the care home. Unbelievable.

This is a great article.

@chicentreffsf.bsky.social · 2w ago

In our forthcoming issue of Gramarye, Nicolo Salmaso explores Kyoko Kishida's bold 1978 reimagining of Sleeping Beauty, transforming it into a powerful challenge to the conservative social and cultural values of postwar Japan. Pre-order your copy here: store.chi.ac.uk/product-cata...

This is a great article on a tough, fascinating film. The beauty discourse is familiar to modern audiences but it's there in Basile's The Woman who Skinned Herself as well.

@chicentreffsf.bsky.social · 2w ago

In our forthcoming issue of Gramarye, Damien Spiccia explores Emilie Blichfeldt's 2025 film The Ugly Stepsister, arguing that its visceral body horror is not gratuitous, but essential. Pre-order your copy here: store.chi.ac.uk/product-cata...

Holly Vallance is now a hard (right) wank. #totp

What can a Russo-Ukrainian Gothic tale from 1829 tell us about the present day? In our forthcoming issue of Gramarye, Bryan Brown explores the striking contemporary resonances of Anthony Pogorelsky's The Black Hen (1829). Pre-order your copy here: store.chi.ac.uk/product-cata...

In Gramarye 29, Swiss-based Belarusian writer Anton Francišak Bryl presents a new version of the legend of St Dunstan and the devil while reflecting on his approach to translating this quintessentially Sussex story. Pre-order your copy here: store.chi.ac.uk/product-cata...

I was today years old when I spotted John Williams riffing on the opening of Das Rhinegold in part of the music for Superman (The children are watching Christopher Reeves' first two Superman films for the 1st time. But not 3 or 4, because Vera's transformation is too traumatic (for me) & 4 is shit)

Interesting watching David Frost interviewing Oswald Mosley in 1967. Mosley claiming he was a defender of free speech and denying he made a 'Hitler salute', rather claiming it was an ancient Roman salute, the salute of Western Europe. All very familiar from our own current political bonfire.

While I'm being ripped off at Leonardslee' giant inflatable event, here's Dr Who S22 in order of greatness: 1) Mark of the Rani 2) Vengeance on Varos 3) Attack of the Cybermen 4) Revelation of the Daleks 5) Timelash 6) Two Doctors Revelation is a great script, but not for the Doctor. #doctorwho

They've gone with an older Doctor and companion #doctorwho #commonwealthgames

David Brunt@davidbrunt.bsky.social · 2w ago

Well, I certainly never expected that he would be the next Doctor. They kept that quiet.

McCoy (s26 costume) and Tardis at the beginning of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. Where's Tennant, Capaldi and Gatwa? #doctorwho #commonwealthgames

Why's Richard Arnold dressed as The Riddler? #gmb

Isn't it time for Al Carns to piss off back to the Tories or take the low road to Reform. 'But he was in the army!!!!' cries various right-wing commentators while stroking themselves furtively under the desk lest the Al worship seem homoerotic. Al Carns - you'd be better with Ali Bongo.

I was today years old when I discovered that Max Adrian was Raymond Chandler's cousin.

Of course the Doctor Who fans went with Jean Rook on #onlyconnect You beautiful mad bastards. #doctorwho

Apparently it's Charlie Kirk. It looks more like Phones from Stingray, but after an accident. New York sculptor spent $100,000 to make a Charlie Kirk statue no one wants to buy www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...