Vincent O'Connell
@vincentoconnell.co.uk
Writer and film maker, here for distraction, information and (occasional) enlightenment.
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Every year we make a free-to-download-and-print-off-yourself colouring-in Advent Calendar. This year’s heavily features Bigfoots. Please share!
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November 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Every year we make a free-to-download-and-print-off-yourself colouring-in Advent Calendar. This year’s heavily features Bigfoots. Please share!
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
The BBC, the press, the Universities, who next? The UK's key and core institutions are consciously preparing the ground for Fascism. Enabling, abetting, collaborating.
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The BBC, the press, the Universities, who next? The UK's key and core institutions are consciously preparing the ground for Fascism. Enabling, abetting, collaborating.
Wish I could go to this.
"an old man on a Dante-esque long dark night of the soul through Romania’s health care system": Cristi Puiu’s drama THE DEATH OF MR LAZARESCU (Moartea domnului Lãzãrescu) (2005) screens 5pm today at @curzon.com Soho with Q&A from editor Dana Bunescu. projectedfigures.com/2021/12/13/t...
The Death of Mr Lazarescu (Moartea domnului Lãzãrescu) (2005) - Projected Figures
Cristi Puiu's THE DEATH OF MR LAZARESCU takes an old man on a Dante-esque long dark night of the soul through Romania's health care system
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November 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Wish I could go to this.
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Black Friday in Yorkshire
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Black Friday in Yorkshire
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The extraordinary theatre maker and political activist Margaretta D'Arcy has died. May her memory be a revolution.
www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--...
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Obituary: Margaretta D’Arcy – actor, playwright and activist
Irish actor, playwright and peace campaigner whose activism permeated her work in theatre
www.thestage.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The extraordinary theatre maker and political activist Margaretta D'Arcy has died. May her memory be a revolution.
www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--...
www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--...
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A writer gets grim news; uncommon for the individual, too common for too many.
He writes honestly and entertainingly about that news and wonders about the possibilities and the realities in a way that you can identify with.
And we can't ask fairer than that.
He writes honestly and entertainingly about that news and wonders about the possibilities and the realities in a way that you can identify with.
And we can't ask fairer than that.
I've written a big piece for the Observer about the Big C. Would be lovely if you find time to read it sometime and feel free to share.
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‘He suggested we go to a quiet room to talk. I knew that was not good news’ | The Observer
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November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A writer gets grim news; uncommon for the individual, too common for too many.
He writes honestly and entertainingly about that news and wonders about the possibilities and the realities in a way that you can identify with.
And we can't ask fairer than that.
He writes honestly and entertainingly about that news and wonders about the possibilities and the realities in a way that you can identify with.
And we can't ask fairer than that.
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One of the doctoral researchers I work with is doing research on film sound and its connection to emotional responses. She's doing a short online survey/questionnaire. Takes about 10 minutes. If you are able to help that would be great 😌 york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
One of the doctoral researchers I work with is doing research on film sound and its connection to emotional responses. She's doing a short online survey/questionnaire. Takes about 10 minutes. If you are able to help that would be great 😌 york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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100% hit rate RIP king
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 AM
100% hit rate RIP king
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"Kindness is a language animals never forget."
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"Kindness is a language animals never forget."
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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In 1975, as America faced social and political upheaval, filmmakers turned chaos into art. This documentary explores how a turbulent era gave rise to iconic movies like ‘Taxi Driver,’ ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,’ and ‘Network.'
Jodie Foster Narrates Morgan Neville’s Newest Documentary, All About the Iconic Movies of 1975
Neville's film features talking heads, from Martin Scorsese to Ellen Burstyn, to track how the culture of the mid-'70s led to some of our best films.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
In 1975, as America faced social and political upheaval, filmmakers turned chaos into art. This documentary explores how a turbulent era gave rise to iconic movies like ‘Taxi Driver,’ ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,’ and ‘Network.'
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3683 November Skies acrylic and oil on paper 11x16 inches £200 unframed. #art #painting #cityscape
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November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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© Robert Doisneau
Alberto et Annette Giacometti, Café Express, Paris, 1957
Alberto et Annette Giacometti, Café Express, Paris, 1957
November 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Alberto et Annette Giacometti, Café Express, Paris, 1957
Alberto et Annette Giacometti, Café Express, Paris, 1957
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
More Bessies, less Wes's.
'Battling' Bessie Braddock (1899-1970) died on this day 1970. Labour MP for Liverpool Exchange from 1945-70, she won a national reputation for her forthright campaigns on housing, public health and other social issues
November 13, 2025 at 9:34 AM
More Bessies, less Wes's.
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Jacques Henri Lartigue. Rouen. 1926
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Jacques Henri Lartigue. Rouen. 1926
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Storm in Nice, France, 1925 by Jacques-Henri Lartigue
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Storm in Nice, France, 1925 by Jacques-Henri Lartigue
"I was allowed to experiment, make mistakes and spend a lot of time on the road, and to figure out what it’s all about."
‘We got hate mail after the Proms!’ The towering visions of UK jazz legend Mike Westbrook
Having worked alongside everyone from Laurence Olivier to a French circus, the 89-year-old is still composing, learning church bells, and using AI to resurrect a lost epic
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"I was allowed to experiment, make mistakes and spend a lot of time on the road, and to figure out what it’s all about."
We're going to be hearing a lot more of this nonsense aren't we.
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
HMP Wandsworth gets ‘green light’ to use AI after team sent in to find ‘quick fixes’ after spate of mistakes
Artificial intelligence chatbots could be used to stop prisoners from being mistakenly released from jail, a justice minister told the House of Lords on Monday.
Lord Timpson said HMP Wandsworth had been given the “green light” to use artificial intelligence (AI) after a specialised team was sent in to find “some quick fixes”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
We're going to be hearing a lot more of this nonsense aren't we.
Not now, Comet C/2025 T1.
A striking cosmic event is captivating observers. Comet C/2025 T1 (ATLAS) abruptly erupted, taking scientists by surprise with a swift increase in brightness from magnitude 16 to 10.
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C/2025 T1: Astronomers Baffled by Sudden Outburst — Glows Brighter Than Ever Before
Comet C/2025 T1 (ATLAS) has taken scientists by surprise, swiftly brightening from magnitude 16 to 10 in a spectacular, unprecedented display.
www.ibtimes.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Not now, Comet C/2025 T1.