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Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 1d

Born With Teeth was very entertaining, especially for someone as interested in early modern English theatre and history as me. I can’t believe I nearly missed it. Ncuti Gatwa was great but Edward Bluemel was superb as Will Shakespeare.

Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 2d

Looking forward to catching Born With Teeth with Ncuti Gatwa & Edward Bluemel on the show’s last day.

The exterior of the Wyndham’s Theatre in London with Born With Teeth on the marquee.

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Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 2d

Looking forward to catching Born With Teeth with Ncuti Gatwa & Edward Bluemel on the show’s last day.

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Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 2d

It’s disgusting how the far right have tried to politicise the poppy when it should be an apolitical symbol of peace and remembrance.

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Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 4d

This toothless licensing scheme has been snuck in by councils without any publicity so I’m not surprised she didn’t know. Because of this story, I found out the licence was introduced in my area last month. It seems to serve no purpose and will only drive up rents even further.

Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 4d

Still can’t get my head round the bookshop in Manchester where books are shelved by title, not by author or genre (with no consistency over whether titles starting with “The” come under T or not). I guess it suits browsing but it messed with my head too much!

Shelves of books including Wayne Sleep’s autobiography, Just Different, between Joshua Whitehead’s novel, Jonny Appleseed, and Boy George’s memoir, Karma.

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Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 5d

A great time last night seeing Nick Winston’s wonderfully silly, arch and funny production of Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein The Musical at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre. Ore Oduba is brilliant as Dr Frankenstein, leading a top-notch cast.
#Manchester #Frankenstein

The video backdrop, in the style of a 1940s black and white movie, saying Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein The Musical with a bare, stagily lit stage.

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Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 5d

At Manchester Victoria station and there’s a long queue for Greggs while the Starbucks is virtually deserted.
#Greggs #Manchester

Inside Manchester Victoria station where a Starbucks has been installed in the old railway bar which still has the sign “1st Class Refreshment Room” over the windows and doors.

Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 6d

Spicing up a grim northern work trip by spending an evening with Young Frankenstein at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre! 👻
@hopemill.bsky.social #manchester #theatre #frankenstein

The programme for Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein propped up on the bar at Hope Mill Theatre next to a beer pump.

Neon-style LED tubes saying Showtime in the distressed interior of Hope Mill Theatre

String of white lights hang over the industrial shed-like entrance to Hope Mill Theatre

The upright piano in the bar of Hope Mill Theatre festooned with Halloween pumpkin decorations.

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Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 13d

“Sorry I was a bit late for our meeting but I was distracted by an alpaca chasing a goat”

Vauxhall City Farm is always worth a detour.

#vauxhall

A black goat being chased by an alpaca in a pen at Vauxhall City Farm with Vauxhall Gardens park and a skyline of skyscrapers in the background.

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Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 14d

Riot Women is as glorious as everyone’s been telling me.
#RiotWomen

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Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 14d

The BBC adaptation of Rónán Hession’s Leonard & Hungry Paul is utterly charming, with a great cast led by Alex Lawther, Laurie Kynaston & Jamie-Lee O'Donnell. How could I resist the story of a sad socially inadequate ghost writer?
#LeonardAndHungryPaul

Laurie Kynaston as Hungry Paul and Alex Lawther as Leonard facing each other sitting on low cushions at a round wooden table in Leonard & Hungry Paul.

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Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 18d

Another “Brexit benefit”? A clothing company is exiting the UK market after 25 years because of “the complexity and cost of cross-border operations between the UK and Europe in the current trade environment”.
#Brexit

Images magazine UK @imagesmaguk.bsky.social · 18d

The owner of Mantis and Babybugz has today announced that the two garment brands are exiting the UK market as it focuses its operations on the rest of Europe.

imagesmag.uk/mantis-exit

#MantisWorld #mantis #babybugz #brexit #GarmentPrinting #GarmentDecoration

Mantis and Babybugz to exit UK market - Images magazine

L-Shop-Team has announced that garment brands Mantis and Babybugz are exiting the UK market as it focuses operations on the rest of Europe

imagesmag.uk

Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 19d

More nonsense. It’s a good thing that UK-born British citizens don’t need to be proficient to “A Level English” standard (whatever that means). Literacy surveys show the average reading age among British adults is 9 to 11.

(Also B1 is NOT equivalent to GCSE English.)

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK - BBC News

The tougher rules will come in force in January as part of wider plans to cut immigration.

www.bbc.co.uk

Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 20d

Loving new BBC3 comedy Film Club with a super cast led by Aimee Lou Wood & Nabhaan Rizwan plus Suranne Jones fabulous as mum Suz.

Aimee Lou Wood and a beaming Suranne Jones standing outside a suburban front door.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20d

‘Under 5ft 5in? Forget about being a prince!’ How the Royal Ballet school is kicking out the old rules

What will the ballet dancer of the future look like? We visit the hunting lodge where the next generation are being trained – and find huge changes are under way

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 20d

“Po medijskem linču”?! Po kraji dela drugega pisatelja. Ampak mi je žal, da ima duševno bolezen.

Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 23d

I know I overslept this morning but did I miss something that explains why Google is giving me dates in the Persian calendar?!

Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 23d

Phew. I was worried what I’d wake up to

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Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 24d

I’ve seen she’s shared some horrific anti-LGBT+ content on social media and in interviews. I worry how much influence they have on police treatment of LGBT+ people in their counties.

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Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 24d

I find it very concerning that a police commissioner is allying herself with an anti-LGBT+ organisation, especially as her beat covers Brighton.

Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.bsky.social · 24d

The Conservative Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner to open the FiLiA hate conference, with this coded incitement to hatred.

Katy Bourne OBE @ @KatyBourne • 2h Really excited to be opening today's @FiLiA_charity Women's Rights Conference in
Brighton - an important space for bold conversations and for amplifying the views, thoughts and voices of women
#FİLiA2025

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Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 24d

Because they paid him a lot of money to speak and to now promote their courses in the UK. He’s not an MP, he’s a salesman for hire.

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Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 24d

I appreciate there might be people who admire Hanya Yanagihara's A Little Life as a creative work but are there “fans” of what must be the darkest, most depressing book that most of us will ever read?

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Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 25d

If you want to remember the legacy of Margaret Thatcher, don’t miss Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho at Wilton’s: a brilliant, scathing and hilarious satire revisiting Section 28 and homophobia under Thatcher.

wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/mar... #Thatcher #MargaretThatcher

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho - Wilton's Music Hall

James Seabright by arrangement with Áine Flanagan presents Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho We are 100! Maggie returns in her smash hit drag extravaganza to mark the centenary of her epic arrival on ...

wiltons.org.uk

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Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 26d

Visited Quantum Untangled, a fascinating new (free) exhibition at Science Gallery London near London Bridge, featuring artwork inspired by quantum physics. Pictured are installations by Robin Baumgarten and Conrad Shawcross - best observed in person.
#quantumphysics #quantummechanics

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Mark Ludmon @markludmon.bsky.social · 26d

Several of the kids doing English in my time at Manchester went into accountancy. Yes, journalism is not a profession for anyone who wants to be well-off anymore although it was better when I started out in the 90s.

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