Alice Bright
@alicelbright.bsky.social
Writer - Audio/Comedy/Current affairs. 'The Skewer' BBC R4/Dead Ringers
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Yes, it's the wonderful @rufushound.bsky.social guesting in the Comedy Store Players improv show this Sunday. Plus Kirsty Newton on keys. See you there!
December 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Yes, it's the wonderful @rufushound.bsky.social guesting in the Comedy Store Players improv show this Sunday. Plus Kirsty Newton on keys. See you there!
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This is such brilliant archaeology. There's a bit of a persistent story that Britain was somehow culturally separate from europe in the Roman empire when it was so intertwined and connected by people and goods travelling.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rare mosaic in Rutland reveals forgotten Trojan War tale - BBC News
A paper by experts at the University of Leicester has been described as a "fascinating development".
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is such brilliant archaeology. There's a bit of a persistent story that Britain was somehow culturally separate from europe in the Roman empire when it was so intertwined and connected by people and goods travelling.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
December 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
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Me: *makes a single small purchase from a brand*
Brand: We are now betrothed
Brand: We are now betrothed
September 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Me: *makes a single small purchase from a brand*
Brand: We are now betrothed
Brand: We are now betrothed
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Tell your boss that I gave you the rest of the week off so you can explore this amazing interactive map showing the road network of the Roman Empire. This is so much fun to explore you can compare the Ancient and Modern road network for example. Your boss will understand... Source: itiner-e.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Tell your boss that I gave you the rest of the week off so you can explore this amazing interactive map showing the road network of the Roman Empire. This is so much fun to explore you can compare the Ancient and Modern road network for example. Your boss will understand... Source: itiner-e.org
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Imagine being the second person to get the FIFA Peace Prize
December 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Imagine being the second person to get the FIFA Peace Prize
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"WELL TELL HIM TO PUT IT BACK"
December 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"WELL TELL HIM TO PUT IT BACK"
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Glasgow to stage a 10-hour improv marathon
Glasgow to stage a 10-hour improv marathon
To mark a decade of long-form shows in the city
dlvr.it
December 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Glasgow to stage a 10-hour improv marathon
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BBC Audio Awards 2025 nominees: www.comedy.co.uk/radio/news/8...
BBC Audio Awards 2025 nominees - British Comedy Guide
The Abergele Files, Call Jonathan Pie, Churchill's Bust, Crybabies Presents..., Icklewick FM, Lyra and Parish Matters are amongst the nominees in the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2025.
www.comedy.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
BBC Audio Awards 2025 nominees: www.comedy.co.uk/radio/news/8...
This is great do listen in
[Tonight / Radio 4 / 23:15]
Another chance to hear Episode 1 of something a bit off the beaten kilter called #NoPlatformed. Radio Times called it "an experimental sitcom with more hits than misses" so... that. More or less. Contains lots of stupid jokes about time. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Another chance to hear Episode 1 of something a bit off the beaten kilter called #NoPlatformed. Radio Times called it "an experimental sitcom with more hits than misses" so... that. More or less. Contains lots of stupid jokes about time. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - No-Platformed, Series 1, Time Capsule
Comedy that drives a train through sitcom-land via a platform crowded with silly jokes.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This is great do listen in
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From beginning, middle, to end 💙
@deldridgewriter.bsky.social's critically acclaimed trilogy, written and produced over a decade, explores love & relationships & is now available in one volume, with an introduction by @danrebellato.bsky.social
Shop at 30% off in our sale: https://bit.ly/43QEuEF
@deldridgewriter.bsky.social's critically acclaimed trilogy, written and produced over a decade, explores love & relationships & is now available in one volume, with an introduction by @danrebellato.bsky.social
Shop at 30% off in our sale: https://bit.ly/43QEuEF
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
From beginning, middle, to end 💙
@deldridgewriter.bsky.social's critically acclaimed trilogy, written and produced over a decade, explores love & relationships & is now available in one volume, with an introduction by @danrebellato.bsky.social
Shop at 30% off in our sale: https://bit.ly/43QEuEF
@deldridgewriter.bsky.social's critically acclaimed trilogy, written and produced over a decade, explores love & relationships & is now available in one volume, with an introduction by @danrebellato.bsky.social
Shop at 30% off in our sale: https://bit.ly/43QEuEF
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🎧 New podcast episode 🎧
Our 2025 Christmas Lecturer, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, joins us on the podcast to explore the fascinating history of space imaging and her extensive experience in the scientific world.
Listen here: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
Our 2025 Christmas Lecturer, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, joins us on the podcast to explore the fascinating history of space imaging and her extensive experience in the scientific world.
Listen here: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🎧 New podcast episode 🎧
Our 2025 Christmas Lecturer, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, joins us on the podcast to explore the fascinating history of space imaging and her extensive experience in the scientific world.
Listen here: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
Our 2025 Christmas Lecturer, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, joins us on the podcast to explore the fascinating history of space imaging and her extensive experience in the scientific world.
Listen here: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
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If you’re in central London over the next six weeks, there’s a Snoopy Trail in the Fleet Street Quarter. I’ve illustrated the map that shows where all 12 Snoopys are…
November 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If you’re in central London over the next six weeks, there’s a Snoopy Trail in the Fleet Street Quarter. I’ve illustrated the map that shows where all 12 Snoopys are…
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The last time America hosted a men’s World Cup, in 1994, purists sniffed that it wasn’t a proper footballing country—they had a point. But in 2026 things will look different
America is now the biggest market for international football
As well as co-hosting the World Cup in 2026, more and more people in America are watching soccer, and spending on football media rights is rising
econ.st
November 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The last time America hosted a men’s World Cup, in 1994, purists sniffed that it wasn’t a proper footballing country—they had a point. But in 2026 things will look different
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So, my home town is having a meltdown on social media because a 50 year old brick and concrete bus shelter is being taken down to make way for a modern replacement.
Facebook posts commenced. Several a day on the Community pages.
An online petition was started.
And now... This.
Facebook posts commenced. Several a day on the Community pages.
An online petition was started.
And now... This.
November 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
So, my home town is having a meltdown on social media because a 50 year old brick and concrete bus shelter is being taken down to make way for a modern replacement.
Facebook posts commenced. Several a day on the Community pages.
An online petition was started.
And now... This.
Facebook posts commenced. Several a day on the Community pages.
An online petition was started.
And now... This.
Liz Truss: I would LOVE to join a club that would have me as a member
I've got several bridges to sell you, as it happens www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Liz Truss promotes £500k club membership to ‘pro-growth leaders’
The former prime minister has been enlisted to front the advertising drive for the Leconfield, a yet-to-be-built network for super-rich executives
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Liz Truss: I would LOVE to join a club that would have me as a member
Lovely story that cheered up my morning 😍
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Blind Date couple who married in front of millions
Sue and Alex Tatham became the first couple who met on Blind Date to get married. They reflect on a life together 40 years after the show first broadcast.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Lovely story that cheered up my morning 😍
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Going to do a Christmas Ask Me Anything podcast that will go out to EVERYONE (not just badgers) and if your question is used then you get sent an exclusive badge. Email me at [email protected].
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Going to do a Christmas Ask Me Anything podcast that will go out to EVERYONE (not just badgers) and if your question is used then you get sent an exclusive badge. Email me at [email protected].
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Just … fab
The BEATLES ANTHOLOGY has many great moments, but this? THIS is how you edit a documentary to sublime effect...
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Just … fab
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New #StrongMessageHere is up. ‘Spooking the markets’ and ‘Banter’ are the phrases up for discussion, with Natalie Haynes and Stewart Lee.
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
New #StrongMessageHere is up. ‘Spooking the markets’ and ‘Banter’ are the phrases up for discussion, with Natalie Haynes and Stewart Lee.
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The Observer is no longer just a Sunday paper; you can now get a little bit of Sunday every day.
Our new website and app are live, and we’re publishing daily for the first time in 233 years.
Sign up today: https://bit.ly/3M6Okw3
Download our app here: https://bit.ly/4oE3ZAR
Our new website and app are live, and we’re publishing daily for the first time in 233 years.
Sign up today: https://bit.ly/3M6Okw3
Download our app here: https://bit.ly/4oE3ZAR
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The Observer is no longer just a Sunday paper; you can now get a little bit of Sunday every day.
Our new website and app are live, and we’re publishing daily for the first time in 233 years.
Sign up today: https://bit.ly/3M6Okw3
Download our app here: https://bit.ly/4oE3ZAR
Our new website and app are live, and we’re publishing daily for the first time in 233 years.
Sign up today: https://bit.ly/3M6Okw3
Download our app here: https://bit.ly/4oE3ZAR
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An Escape Room but it's just figuring out how to turn off the light in a hotel room
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
An Escape Room but it's just figuring out how to turn off the light in a hotel room
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Exactly 75 years ago today, BBC Television began regular broadcasting at Saturday teatimes with the very first episode of Whirligig, one of its first well-known, long-running children’s shows.
To mark the occasion, I’ve written a feature for the BBC website.
But if you’d like to know more… (1/3)
To mark the occasion, I’ve written a feature for the BBC website.
But if you’d like to know more… (1/3)
Whirligig
A tribute to a much-loved Saturday teatime children's favourite, 75 years on.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Exactly 75 years ago today, BBC Television began regular broadcasting at Saturday teatimes with the very first episode of Whirligig, one of its first well-known, long-running children’s shows.
To mark the occasion, I’ve written a feature for the BBC website.
But if you’d like to know more… (1/3)
To mark the occasion, I’ve written a feature for the BBC website.
But if you’d like to know more… (1/3)
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For Algernon Newton buildings were living entities, vulnerable to the ravages of time, neglect or weather. period curiosities, timeless and unreal. This work, painted as a monotone picture, depicts 'Dovehouse Street, Chelsea,' in London, 1920.
November 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
For Algernon Newton buildings were living entities, vulnerable to the ravages of time, neglect or weather. period curiosities, timeless and unreal. This work, painted as a monotone picture, depicts 'Dovehouse Street, Chelsea,' in London, 1920.