Sometimes write for @guardian @washingtonpost @timeshighered @BFI @nytimes @FinancialTimes @newscientist. Mostly at work opening doors and stopping fights.
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Cheers to @theipaper for interviewing me and sorry to anyone I upset by mentioning high prices and heroin. inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/…
Contains cannibal teddy bears, Keanu Reeves, radioactive pensioners, @GhibliUSA and cartoon dogs so disturbing that even Scrappy-Doo wouldn’t fight them.
As Watership Down comes to Blu-ray and 4K UHD, we round up cartoons that are set to unsettle. theb.fi/48Jib5c
Reckon nothing can spook you after Halloween and the election? Get ready for cartoon rabbits. I wrote about the re-release of Watership Down and other traumatising animated films (including @ScarredForLife2 favourite When the Wind Blows) for @BFI. bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-da…
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Please repost for all the paramedics and ambulance staff who are working this evening
We really could not be more grateful you are out there
As @Stevevolkwriter told @newscientist: ‘Technicians were standing in Broadcasting House, looking up at the big screens in reception, saying “Bloody hell, what is going on in Studio One?”’ newscientist.com/article/234…
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Happy Halloween to everyone preparing for #NationalSeance2024. To anyone who isn’t: here’s how @Stevevolkwriter and @lesleyamanning made @Ghostwatch, the TV show so scary it caused the armed forces to shit their trousers. amp.theguardian.com/tv-and-r…
40 years ago, a bodybuilder from the future killed three punk astronomers and made history. How @JimCameron and @Schwarzenegger made The Terminator (best enjoyed with this by @BVLSingler: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xm5…)
'It seemed very possible, even likely, given enough time.'
On its 40th anniversary, James Cameron recalls the inspiration behind one of the definitive sci-fi action films, The Terminator. theb.fi/3YA0rFR
Happy 20th birthday GTA:SA. Here’s to another two decades of hot-wiring combine harvesters.
After 20 years and 17 million copies sold, the fifth instalment of Rockstar Games’ notorious game series remains one its most filmic. theb.fi/48kCGVq
Where can you steal trains, eat pizza until you throw up and then bike-jump onto a skyscraper? In a video game that turns 20 tomorrow. I wrote about Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas from
@RockstarGames for @BFI. bfi.org.uk/features/grand-th…
To anyone in a state after watching #Threads last night: even the director got flashbacks. They wear off after the first 40 years. bfi.org.uk/features/threads-…
Happy birthday Threads. Here are Mick Jackson’s memories of making the scariest film of all time, and the only nuclear bombs I ever want to see. Anyone care for a liquorice umbilical cord? @juderogers @ScarredForLife2 @JulieAMcDowall bfi.org.uk/features/threads-…
Hats off to Karen Meagher for eating a real sheep and looking after the on-set rats: amp.theguardian.com/culture/…
Threads is 40. I wrote this to celebrate. Hope @Atomic_Hobo is baking the cake and @Heartwood9 is doing musical chairs. 🎂☢️🫢💦
On the 40th anniversary of Threads, we look back on a TV movie that scarred a generation of viewers for life. theb.fi/3MNJdhv
40 years ago a TV movie imagined the outbreak of World War III. Today the bombs are still ready but luckily the world’s a much more stable place … I wrote about Threads for @BFI. bfi.org.uk/features/threads-…
Wrote this for @guardianmoney about wearing a bodycam for work. It’s weird sometimes having a lens strapped to you. Biggest fear is I get grabbed by an actual camera operator like @EdHansonCamera. theguardian.com/business/art…
Hotter than your loft was at lunchtime 🤘🏻
Have the best weekend,we’re rooting for you!
Asking a favour-honoured to have exclusive new 30min mix for #RaveForever on @BBC6Music with @chris_hawkins Can you help with a RT?60ish tracks in 30min, full on but a lot of fun. #dj #electronicmusic #rave❤️
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00219…
Two years ago @estherbintliff asked me to write this for @FTMag. Still really enjoy my job today. It pays minimum wage. I expect that’ll go up after the election. ft.com/content/af633a2e-3e46…
The only way you can have a scarier seaside experience is at St. Mary’s bay when the tide turns brown.
As the influence of 70s horror sees a resurgence, a new video game – set on a Scottish oil rig – takes inspiration from the decade’s British public information films to create a vintage take on the terrors of the deep. theb.fi/3VEnP2b
Get ready for the scariest shipping forecast you’ve ever heard: I wrote about Still Wakes the Deep (@SWTD_Game), the video game set in 1975 for @BFI. Contains monkey bars, Sea Devils, gas blowouts and other stuff you can read about in @ScarredForLife2. bfi.org.uk/features/how-stil…
The President was jailed. Fruitcakes helped him escape and he was re-elected. I wrote about Éamon de Valera for @washpost. washingtonpost.com/history/2…
