Neil Fisher
@neilfisher81.bsky.social
Exec culture and books editor of The Times
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Neil Fisher
@neilfisher81.bsky.social
· Oct 11
Diane Keaton: ‘Life is magical, but I don’t see happy as part of the deal’
Well, la-dee-da, Annie Hall has made it to Hampstead at last. It’s been a long wait and in the time since Diane Keaton, as goofy, wonderful Annie, wooed Woody A
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"I don’t see someone calling me up and saying, ‘Hey, how about dinner?’"
The day I missed my chance with the one-and-only Diane Keaton.
www.thetimes.com/article/83d9...
The day I missed my chance with the one-and-only Diane Keaton.
www.thetimes.com/article/83d9...
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GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
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From OPERA magazine, on the "decline" of opera in the UK
December 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
From OPERA magazine, on the "decline" of opera in the UK
From OPERA magazine, on the "decline" of opera in the UK
December 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
From OPERA magazine, on the "decline" of opera in the UK
Got my hair and wreath mixed up but styling it out
December 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Got my hair and wreath mixed up but styling it out
Here we go!
December 1, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Here we go!
Wicked, or Moses und Aron the college years
November 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Wicked, or Moses und Aron the college years
Ah, Sprüngli, the Andrew Ridgeley of the confectionery partnership
November 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Ah, Sprüngli, the Andrew Ridgeley of the confectionery partnership
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Here's my Bluesky Wrapped for 2025
- I scolded 64 other users (top 72% of Bluesky users)
- I was scolded by 112 users (top 54% of Bluesky users)
- I explained the joke to the original poster 14 times (top 62% of Bluesky users)
Get yours at bskywrapped2025.bsky.app
- I scolded 64 other users (top 72% of Bluesky users)
- I was scolded by 112 users (top 54% of Bluesky users)
- I explained the joke to the original poster 14 times (top 62% of Bluesky users)
Get yours at bskywrapped2025.bsky.app
November 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Here's my Bluesky Wrapped for 2025
- I scolded 64 other users (top 72% of Bluesky users)
- I was scolded by 112 users (top 54% of Bluesky users)
- I explained the joke to the original poster 14 times (top 62% of Bluesky users)
Get yours at bskywrapped2025.bsky.app
- I scolded 64 other users (top 72% of Bluesky users)
- I was scolded by 112 users (top 54% of Bluesky users)
- I explained the joke to the original poster 14 times (top 62% of Bluesky users)
Get yours at bskywrapped2025.bsky.app
I got the same but I also chided 76 people who I happen to know are still on X
Here's my Bluesky Wrapped for 2025
- I scolded 64 other users (top 72% of Bluesky users)
- I was scolded by 112 users (top 54% of Bluesky users)
- I explained the joke to the original poster 14 times (top 62% of Bluesky users)
Get yours at bskywrapped2025.bsky.app
- I scolded 64 other users (top 72% of Bluesky users)
- I was scolded by 112 users (top 54% of Bluesky users)
- I explained the joke to the original poster 14 times (top 62% of Bluesky users)
Get yours at bskywrapped2025.bsky.app
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I got the same but I also chided 76 people who I happen to know are still on X
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Tbf, it would be a lot more expensive if he was still doing the double act with Roy.
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Tbf, it would be a lot more expensive if he was still doing the double act with Roy.
Sorry to say you missed the thrifty era when seats for Siegfried were a mere £415.
November 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Sorry to say you missed the thrifty era when seats for Siegfried were a mere £415.
"Rhapsodic slow movement" = it's mid-century British, it's not very good
"Spirited fast movement" = it's mid-century British, it's not very good
"Spirited fast movement" = it's mid-century British, it's not very good
November 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"Rhapsodic slow movement" = it's mid-century British, it's not very good
"Spirited fast movement" = it's mid-century British, it's not very good
"Spirited fast movement" = it's mid-century British, it's not very good
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Just bought my poppy
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just bought my poppy
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If it’s not called And Another Thing don’t bother
John Carpenter says he's working on a sequel to 'The Thing'
"We'll see"
"We'll see"
November 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
If it’s not called And Another Thing don’t bother
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Films: We need to hack a keycard, obtained by seducing one of the guards. We then need to drop in from the skylight after jumping from a plane, and dodge all of the lasers and traps, carefully switching the jewels for fakes that weigh the same to avoid tripping the alarm.
Real life:
Real life:
October 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Films: We need to hack a keycard, obtained by seducing one of the guards. We then need to drop in from the skylight after jumping from a plane, and dodge all of the lasers and traps, carefully switching the jewels for fakes that weigh the same to avoid tripping the alarm.
Real life:
Real life:
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A very fine house debut from Marie Jacquot in this excellent Royal Opera Magic Flute revival
My @thetimes.com review is now online:
www.thetimes.com/culture/clas...
My @thetimes.com review is now online:
www.thetimes.com/culture/clas...
The Magic Flute review — misogyny, Freemasonry and some fine singing
Marie Jacquot makes a splendid Royal Opera House debut conducting a wonderful cast in this delightful Mozart revival
www.thetimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
A very fine house debut from Marie Jacquot in this excellent Royal Opera Magic Flute revival
My @thetimes.com review is now online:
www.thetimes.com/culture/clas...
My @thetimes.com review is now online:
www.thetimes.com/culture/clas...
Her interest was obviously stimulated by directing the video for Belinda Carlisle’s metaphysical ballad “Heaven is a Place on Earth”, which the correspondent weirdly ignores.
Diane Keaton's sole documentary, “Heaven,” explored popular ideas of the afterlife. “Why would there be such a place as hell, for any of us?” she told an interviewer in 2021, adding, “I just don’t believe that.”
Diane Keaton’s Only Documentary Was About the Afterlife
Keaton, who died on Saturday, was an actor, director and producer on multiple films and series. Her sole documentary, “Heaven,” explored popular ideas of the afterlife.
nyti.ms
October 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Her interest was obviously stimulated by directing the video for Belinda Carlisle’s metaphysical ballad “Heaven is a Place on Earth”, which the correspondent weirdly ignores.
"I don’t see someone calling me up and saying, ‘Hey, how about dinner?’"
The day I missed my chance with the one-and-only Diane Keaton.
www.thetimes.com/article/83d9...
The day I missed my chance with the one-and-only Diane Keaton.
www.thetimes.com/article/83d9...
Diane Keaton: ‘Life is magical, but I don’t see happy as part of the deal’
Well, la-dee-da, Annie Hall has made it to Hampstead at last. It’s been a long wait and in the time since Diane Keaton, as goofy, wonderful Annie, wooed Woody A
www.thetimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"I don’t see someone calling me up and saying, ‘Hey, how about dinner?’"
The day I missed my chance with the one-and-only Diane Keaton.
www.thetimes.com/article/83d9...
The day I missed my chance with the one-and-only Diane Keaton.
www.thetimes.com/article/83d9...
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It was two OUP books.
October 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It was two OUP books.
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Piece from me on the inability to call Jew hate by its real name
www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-...
www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-...
Why won't the Left call out anti-Semitism for what it is?
There is even a Jewish Green movement which offers a reasoned definition of anti-Semitism and fights attempts to overturn it.
www.spectator.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Piece from me on the inability to call Jew hate by its real name
www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-...
www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-...
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"At an otherwise peaceful demonstration in Trafalgar Square I encountered abuse, swearing, ignorance and, underpinning it all, virulent, unthinking antisemitism" | ✍️ Matthew Syed
I asked a simple question at a pro-Palestine protest and it turned ugly
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October 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"At an otherwise peaceful demonstration in Trafalgar Square I encountered abuse, swearing, ignorance and, underpinning it all, virulent, unthinking antisemitism" | ✍️ Matthew Syed
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A "pro-Palestine' march passes me in Bath. Perhaps they're good people, I think to myself. The hippyish Quakers I remember from, say, being a member of Bath CND in the 80s. They're not *necessarily* antisemites, I say. So I check out their X feed. And it's awful.
October 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A "pro-Palestine' march passes me in Bath. Perhaps they're good people, I think to myself. The hippyish Quakers I remember from, say, being a member of Bath CND in the 80s. They're not *necessarily* antisemites, I say. So I check out their X feed. And it's awful.
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So the Metropolitan Opera can castigate Anna Netrebko and get on its high horse about Ukraine -- and then get in bed with the Saudis? And at this point it seems everyone is too punch-drunk even to be outraged.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/a...
The Met Opera Turns to Saudi Arabia to Help Solve Its Financial Woes
www.nytimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
So the Metropolitan Opera can castigate Anna Netrebko and get on its high horse about Ukraine -- and then get in bed with the Saudis? And at this point it seems everyone is too punch-drunk even to be outraged.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/a...
Christoph von Dohnanyi, who has died at 95, was brought up by heroic parents who endured extraordinary torment at the hands of the Nazis - as he revealed to me in @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/f5cf...
www.thetimes.com/article/f5cf...
September 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Christoph von Dohnanyi, who has died at 95, was brought up by heroic parents who endured extraordinary torment at the hands of the Nazis - as he revealed to me in @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/f5cf...
www.thetimes.com/article/f5cf...