Irene
@derbren.bsky.social
books, bikes, cats, cheese, and cinemas. Non-practising German. Unreliable narrator, ready for my close-up. Probably have a crush on you. For more, go here: https://linktr.ee/DerBren
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Bill Hader on his cinephilia: ‘I went to sleepovers & people thought we were watching porn but we were watching Taxi Driver & I was studying the shots.
I said ‘See? This is a subjective camera move’ No one else was interested.’
This is verrry relatable.
I said ‘See? This is a subjective camera move’ No one else was interested.’
This is verrry relatable.
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Bill Hader on his cinephilia: ‘I went to sleepovers & people thought we were watching porn but we were watching Taxi Driver & I was studying the shots.
I said ‘See? This is a subjective camera move’ No one else was interested.’
This is verrry relatable.
I said ‘See? This is a subjective camera move’ No one else was interested.’
This is verrry relatable.
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See also: the colleague who told me that when she worked for Crystal Cruises she had to respond to every customer request with “That would be my Crystal pleasure.”
People keep talking about getting the Gen Z stare from staff in shops but I’d rather that than the brief period in the early nineties when Burger King staff were compelled by corporate dictate to respond to each order with a hearty “You got it!”.
November 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
See also: the colleague who told me that when she worked for Crystal Cruises she had to respond to every customer request with “That would be my Crystal pleasure.”
am not allowed to put away the yoga mat as Ninotchka isn’t done focusing her drishti
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
am not allowed to put away the yoga mat as Ninotchka isn’t done focusing her drishti
I have a good friend that I’ve known forever who always gives me the feeling that I can do anything. Last night he said why don’t you write a screenplay and we’ll get it made
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I have a good friend that I’ve known forever who always gives me the feeling that I can do anything. Last night he said why don’t you write a screenplay and we’ll get it made
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[googling] how do you write a book how book get written what is a chapter how write facts good
November 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
[googling] how do you write a book how book get written what is a chapter how write facts good
something something Mr Pastry
November 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
something something Mr Pastry
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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I'm grateful, because *despite* the best efforts of GB News and so many of their ilk in media and in power, Britain is still a fantastic place to live: overwhelmingly decent, generous and kind, respectful of people's personal space in a way that might signal distance...
November 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I'm grateful, because *despite* the best efforts of GB News and so many of their ilk in media and in power, Britain is still a fantastic place to live: overwhelmingly decent, generous and kind, respectful of people's personal space in a way that might signal distance...
did they just say that meritocracy is to blame for British culture changing “too quickly”? #radio4 #radio4today
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
did they just say that meritocracy is to blame for British culture changing “too quickly”? #radio4 #radio4today
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…and James Bond, who did not die!’
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
…and James Bond, who did not die!’
reposting this for all my promising writer friends
There’s another wave of author impersonators offering consultations/mentoring for a price. (I got one from “Claire Keegan” telling me I’m very promising!) I’m sure you are great, but I didn’t email to tell you how swell you are. Here’s info on book scams: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/prh-fraud/
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
reposting this for all my promising writer friends
my absolutely drop-dead gorgeous single friend’s comment on dating today
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
my absolutely drop-dead gorgeous single friend’s comment on dating today
having seen a trailer, I wasn’t going to bother seeing this. This piece of writing is making me reconsider
God bless Michael Shannon. '“I’m sure anybody who’s associated with promoting and selling this movie to the world is going to be horrified by everything I’ve said in this interview,” he agrees. “But I don’t really care.”'
‘Hermann Göring loved his kids. That’s what’s terrifying’: James Vanderbilt, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon on Nuremberg
Russell Crowe has a malevolent charm as the Nazi on trial in a compelling new film. His co-stars and director explain how they understood this monster – and the persistence of evil today
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
having seen a trailer, I wasn’t going to bother seeing this. This piece of writing is making me reconsider
would love to know the answer, too👇
Oh for sure.
I'm not sure what the difference is between brain diversity from having different lived experiences which have shaped how you handle things & being neurodiverse, where your cognitive functions are outside the norm. I think that's probably one for a therapist and they are too expensive
I'm not sure what the difference is between brain diversity from having different lived experiences which have shaped how you handle things & being neurodiverse, where your cognitive functions are outside the norm. I think that's probably one for a therapist and they are too expensive
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
would love to know the answer, too👇
according to my sister in law’s self diagnosis, my entire family (and hers) are neurodivergent
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
according to my sister in law’s self diagnosis, my entire family (and hers) are neurodivergent
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DOUGIE’S TUESDAY TIP
Take a scliff (for that is what it is called) of the Christmas Terry’s dark chocolate Orange each time you open the fridge door, then carefully rebuild the foil structure within the box to leave no trace of the theft. Replace Orange once a week until Christmas.
Take a scliff (for that is what it is called) of the Christmas Terry’s dark chocolate Orange each time you open the fridge door, then carefully rebuild the foil structure within the box to leave no trace of the theft. Replace Orange once a week until Christmas.
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
DOUGIE’S TUESDAY TIP
Take a scliff (for that is what it is called) of the Christmas Terry’s dark chocolate Orange each time you open the fridge door, then carefully rebuild the foil structure within the box to leave no trace of the theft. Replace Orange once a week until Christmas.
Take a scliff (for that is what it is called) of the Christmas Terry’s dark chocolate Orange each time you open the fridge door, then carefully rebuild the foil structure within the box to leave no trace of the theft. Replace Orange once a week until Christmas.
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Imagine praising a book in 2025 for being "sparse"? Look I enjoy sparse prose as much as the next, but we've been in a decades long Sparse Race of prose that you can increasingly just inhale like a delicate mousse and at some stage we will have to start making adjectives cool again
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Imagine praising a book in 2025 for being "sparse"? Look I enjoy sparse prose as much as the next, but we've been in a decades long Sparse Race of prose that you can increasingly just inhale like a delicate mousse and at some stage we will have to start making adjectives cool again
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I’m giving an online talk on Thursday evening at 8pm (UK time) about Birds & Flight. It’s free to RSPB members but anyone can join for a donation. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-by-le...
Talk by Lev Parikian: Birds and Flight
Join nature writer Lev Parikian for a fascinating, entertaining talk about the marvel of flight, focusing on a variety of bird species
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I’m giving an online talk on Thursday evening at 8pm (UK time) about Birds & Flight. It’s free to RSPB members but anyone can join for a donation. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-by-le...
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I know it's a long shot but anybody know if there's an online copy of François Truffaut's review of “Rear Window” from Cahiers du Cinéma (April 1955)?
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I know it's a long shot but anybody know if there's an online copy of François Truffaut's review of “Rear Window” from Cahiers du Cinéma (April 1955)?
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DYING SHOULD BE AS EASY AS FALLING OFF A LOG
November 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
DYING SHOULD BE AS EASY AS FALLING OFF A LOG
I adopted Ninotchka on this day two years ago. here’s the most recent and the first ever photo of the little idiot
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I adopted Ninotchka on this day two years ago. here’s the most recent and the first ever photo of the little idiot
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It’s Claude Rains’ birthday
Do yourself a favour and watch James Whale’s The Invisible Man.
The sfx still hold up admirably but the greatest special effect is Rains’ truly demented & disturbing performance as Jack Griffin, relying almost totally on that wonderful voice…
youtu.be/KXMOURHEMpY?...
Do yourself a favour and watch James Whale’s The Invisible Man.
The sfx still hold up admirably but the greatest special effect is Rains’ truly demented & disturbing performance as Jack Griffin, relying almost totally on that wonderful voice…
youtu.be/KXMOURHEMpY?...
The Invisible Man (1933) - I'll Show You Who I Am Scene (1/10) | Movieclips
YouTube video by Movieclips
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November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It’s Claude Rains’ birthday
Do yourself a favour and watch James Whale’s The Invisible Man.
The sfx still hold up admirably but the greatest special effect is Rains’ truly demented & disturbing performance as Jack Griffin, relying almost totally on that wonderful voice…
youtu.be/KXMOURHEMpY?...
Do yourself a favour and watch James Whale’s The Invisible Man.
The sfx still hold up admirably but the greatest special effect is Rains’ truly demented & disturbing performance as Jack Griffin, relying almost totally on that wonderful voice…
youtu.be/KXMOURHEMpY?...
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Any journalists interesting in covering/following can DM here or contact me at pdkmitchell at gmail dot com. The most recent BBC and ITV coverage is here (CW: violence, femicide, suicide):
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.itv.com/news/tyne-te...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.itv.com/news/tyne-te...
www.itv.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Any journalists interesting in covering/following can DM here or contact me at pdkmitchell at gmail dot com. The most recent BBC and ITV coverage is here (CW: violence, femicide, suicide):
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.itv.com/news/tyne-te...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.itv.com/news/tyne-te...
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It’s the novels published just after literature stops being cool again I feel sorry for
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It’s the novels published just after literature stops being cool again I feel sorry for