Andrew Lawston
@andrewlawston.bsky.social
Things written down. Doctor Who enthusiast.
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Ah, shoot. "It's Doctor Who day," we said, "let's carry on with our Hartnell runthrough," we said. Well, now my fate is in the hands of a damn Sensorite, so that's just GREAT.
Ah, shoot. "It's Doctor Who day," we said, "let's carry on with our Hartnell runthrough," we said. Well, now my fate is in the hands of a damn Sensorite, so that's just GREAT.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Ah, shoot. "It's Doctor Who day," we said, "let's carry on with our Hartnell runthrough," we said. Well, now my fate is in the hands of a damn Sensorite, so that's just GREAT.
Ah, shoot. "It's Doctor Who day," we said, "let's carry on with our Hartnell runthrough," we said. Well, now my fate is in the hands of a damn Sensorite, so that's just GREAT.
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This whole grubby saga with Nathan Gill shows how Russia-friendly Reform are, and that they should be nowhere near our national security.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This whole grubby saga with Nathan Gill shows how Russia-friendly Reform are, and that they should be nowhere near our national security.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
I kind of hope this post never gets another reply, because as it stands it's the purest distillation of Bluesky that I've ever seen.
they hired me to make new Looney Tunes but I can’t figure out a way to bring Sylvester back from the dead
November 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I kind of hope this post never gets another reply, because as it stands it's the purest distillation of Bluesky that I've ever seen.
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Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: Because it saw someone from work on a Saturday.
A: Because it saw someone from work on a Saturday.
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: Because it saw someone from work on a Saturday.
A: Because it saw someone from work on a Saturday.
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This is the first ever photograph of the moon. It was taken in 1840. It's SO shit. If I'd taken a photo of the moon that looked like this I wouldn't be bragging about it.
November 22, 2024 at 12:02 AM
This is the first ever photograph of the moon. It was taken in 1840. It's SO shit. If I'd taken a photo of the moon that looked like this I wouldn't be bragging about it.
So, about half my family are from a certain part of the Midlands.
Also, my second play is about to go into production.
Is it too late to start describing myself as a playwright from Stratford On Avon?
Also, my second play is about to go into production.
Is it too late to start describing myself as a playwright from Stratford On Avon?
November 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
So, about half my family are from a certain part of the Midlands.
Also, my second play is about to go into production.
Is it too late to start describing myself as a playwright from Stratford On Avon?
Also, my second play is about to go into production.
Is it too late to start describing myself as a playwright from Stratford On Avon?
Honestly, I about to rename Detective Daintypaws IV, "Grain Theft Auto" (a title so good I'll use it for a spin-off) - a new series of Line of Duty is an absolute magic bullet for a writer of comedy cat detective fiction.
Coming soon. NICKING BEN CLOPPERS
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Coming soon. NICKING BEN CLOPPERS
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘The job of a lifetime’: Line of Duty to return for seventh season
The hit BBC crime drama is coming back to screens for the first time since its record-breaking 2021 finale
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Honestly, I about to rename Detective Daintypaws IV, "Grain Theft Auto" (a title so good I'll use it for a spin-off) - a new series of Line of Duty is an absolute magic bullet for a writer of comedy cat detective fiction.
Coming soon. NICKING BEN CLOPPERS
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Coming soon. NICKING BEN CLOPPERS
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Ok, so I need to get "Nicking Ben Cloppers" finished - I was on the point of changing the title because I was so convinced this wouldn't happen! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Line of Duty to return for seventh series, BBC confirms
Adrian Dunbar, Vicky McClure and Martin Compston will all reprise their roles in the hugely popular drama.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Ok, so I need to get "Nicking Ben Cloppers" finished - I was on the point of changing the title because I was so convinced this wouldn't happen! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I am super excited to see Paapa Essiedu and Bryan Cranston in All My Sons on Thursday. The shows I review have been quietly getting more awesome in the last couple of years. One day someone may even pay me (but until then, the tickets, programme and a large glass of wine for Mel will do just fine).
November 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I am super excited to see Paapa Essiedu and Bryan Cranston in All My Sons on Thursday. The shows I review have been quietly getting more awesome in the last couple of years. One day someone may even pay me (but until then, the tickets, programme and a large glass of wine for Mel will do just fine).
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- people in big shirts having sword fights
- characters sack off the plot for a bit to chat philosophy
- "time travelling dinosaurs on motorbikes"
- supporting cast includes someone obscure from 70s telly
- nazis get massacred
- people in big shirts having sword fights
- characters sack off the plot for a bit to chat philosophy
- "time travelling dinosaurs on motorbikes"
- supporting cast includes someone obscure from 70s telly
- nazis get massacred
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
November 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- people in big shirts having sword fights
- characters sack off the plot for a bit to chat philosophy
- "time travelling dinosaurs on motorbikes"
- supporting cast includes someone obscure from 70s telly
- nazis get massacred
- people in big shirts having sword fights
- characters sack off the plot for a bit to chat philosophy
- "time travelling dinosaurs on motorbikes"
- supporting cast includes someone obscure from 70s telly
- nazis get massacred
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Big very scary announcement that I never thought I'd have to make so I put nice music and a relaxing nostalgic background on it for you.
November 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Big very scary announcement that I never thought I'd have to make so I put nice music and a relaxing nostalgic background on it for you.
Yay, my editor approved my dreadful title! "Cow On A Shot Thin Roof" is the published title for my review of Possum Trot, a charming new play at Chiswick's Tabard Theatre, starring the wonderful Sarah Berger. markaspen.com/2025/11/15/p...
Possum Trot
Cow on a Shot Thin Roof Possum Trot by Kathy Rucker Kevin Nolan at The Theatre at the Tabard, Chiswick until 29thNovember Review by Andrew Lawston A flickering “Bud Light” sign, plain wooden walls,…
markaspen.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Yay, my editor approved my dreadful title! "Cow On A Shot Thin Roof" is the published title for my review of Possum Trot, a charming new play at Chiswick's Tabard Theatre, starring the wonderful Sarah Berger. markaspen.com/2025/11/15/p...
For my latest theatre review, I've crafted perhaps the greatest (worst) pun title I've ever achieved. If it makes it past the editor, I'll be back later to share it.
November 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
For my latest theatre review, I've crafted perhaps the greatest (worst) pun title I've ever achieved. If it makes it past the editor, I'll be back later to share it.
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Doctor Who: The Reality War (2025)
November 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Doctor Who: The Reality War (2025)
This evening I'm reviewing a devised performance about Brunel and the first Transatlantic Telegraph Cable, and trying to think why I *wouldn't* title it "Laying Some Cable".
November 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This evening I'm reviewing a devised performance about Brunel and the first Transatlantic Telegraph Cable, and trying to think why I *wouldn't* title it "Laying Some Cable".
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What did Crick and Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's notes.
And that all i have to say about that.
Rosalind Franklin's notes.
And that all i have to say about that.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
What did Crick and Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin's notes.
And that all i have to say about that.
Rosalind Franklin's notes.
And that all i have to say about that.
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Trump Writes Netanyahu Strongly Worded Check
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump Writes Netanyahu Strongly Worded Check
"America ought to keep her bandits to herself, and not make them an export commodity.”
Vampiria, Arthur Bernède, 1933.
Coming soon(ish) in English.
Vampiria, Arthur Bernède, 1933.
Coming soon(ish) in English.
November 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"America ought to keep her bandits to herself, and not make them an export commodity.”
Vampiria, Arthur Bernède, 1933.
Coming soon(ish) in English.
Vampiria, Arthur Bernède, 1933.
Coming soon(ish) in English.
I suppose with Watkins dead, HM Prison Servicr need a replacement for Most Famous Nonce. It's a tradition, or an old charter or something.
October 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I suppose with Watkins dead, HM Prison Servicr need a replacement for Most Famous Nonce. It's a tradition, or an old charter or something.
I get to go to a great books event AND I'll get a head start on Christmas shopping with signed books by one of my Dad's favourite writers (Reynolds). I'll be a very smug little Andrew, clutching a very large pint.
Two incredible authors, one relaxed evening!
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS and MATTHEW WARD will be chatting about their writing on 11th November, in London
Book you free spot now! srfcnov2025.eventbrite.com
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS and MATTHEW WARD will be chatting about their writing on 11th November, in London
Book you free spot now! srfcnov2025.eventbrite.com
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS and MATTHEW WARD at Super Relaxed Fantasy Club
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS and MATTHEW WARD - readings and chat from the renowned science fiction and fantasy authors at SRFC
srfcnov2025.eventbrite.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I get to go to a great books event AND I'll get a head start on Christmas shopping with signed books by one of my Dad's favourite writers (Reynolds). I'll be a very smug little Andrew, clutching a very large pint.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. So I did some works. Felt mighty, may despair later, sorry not sorry.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and no worries if not.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and don't forget to like and subscribe.
October 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. So I did some works. Felt mighty, may despair later, sorry not sorry.
I have a new audiobook!
Chantecoq and Wilhelm's Spy -The Enemy Within
Volume 2 of Arthur Bernede's pre-WW1 spy thriller.
A French officer faces a court martial, and only Chantecoq can clear his name.
But Chantecoq has vanished.
DM me if you fancy a download code.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CJJYHL5H
Chantecoq and Wilhelm's Spy -The Enemy Within
Volume 2 of Arthur Bernede's pre-WW1 spy thriller.
A French officer faces a court martial, and only Chantecoq can clear his name.
But Chantecoq has vanished.
DM me if you fancy a download code.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CJJYHL5H
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I have a new audiobook!
Chantecoq and Wilhelm's Spy -The Enemy Within
Volume 2 of Arthur Bernede's pre-WW1 spy thriller.
A French officer faces a court martial, and only Chantecoq can clear his name.
But Chantecoq has vanished.
DM me if you fancy a download code.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CJJYHL5H
Chantecoq and Wilhelm's Spy -The Enemy Within
Volume 2 of Arthur Bernede's pre-WW1 spy thriller.
A French officer faces a court martial, and only Chantecoq can clear his name.
But Chantecoq has vanished.
DM me if you fancy a download code.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CJJYHL5H
It's been a shit couple of weeks, but I just learned there's going to be new Doctor Who in 14 months, and it's genuinely made my day.
A cosmos without the Doctor scarcely bears thinking about.
A cosmos without the Doctor scarcely bears thinking about.
October 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It's been a shit couple of weeks, but I just learned there's going to be new Doctor Who in 14 months, and it's genuinely made my day.
A cosmos without the Doctor scarcely bears thinking about.
A cosmos without the Doctor scarcely bears thinking about.