Ludo Smolski
@ludography.bsky.social
Script & Development Consultant. Film & TV Drama. Related training courses. London, UK, Worldwide.
Dog owner. Runner. Love is a relative term.
Dog owner. Runner. Love is a relative term.
I hear you. I think part of it is fuelled by the paucity of the debate, which creates electorates that have no idea how hard governing and public service is. Complex problems require complex, difficult answers, expertise and robust discussion and debate. Instead we get social media and sound bites.
November 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I hear you. I think part of it is fuelled by the paucity of the debate, which creates electorates that have no idea how hard governing and public service is. Complex problems require complex, difficult answers, expertise and robust discussion and debate. Instead we get social media and sound bites.
You're asking why the Mayor felt it necessary to visit the President who had threatened to withhold bazillions in federal funding on which the Mayor's city depends?
November 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
You're asking why the Mayor felt it necessary to visit the President who had threatened to withhold bazillions in federal funding on which the Mayor's city depends?
New LLM Unlocked: Cold War Bruegel GTP
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
New LLM Unlocked: Cold War Bruegel GTP
Did you see the AS red carpet pics? (btw. Really intrigued to see how this film is marketed and how it performs commercially)
November 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Did you see the AS red carpet pics? (btw. Really intrigued to see how this film is marketed and how it performs commercially)
Still, we can agree on Nouvelle Vague. Joyous!
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Still, we can agree on Nouvelle Vague. Joyous!
Reading your review, I thought "he loved it as much as me!"...
..and then double take at your rating 🤣🤣🤣
..and then double take at your rating 🤣🤣🤣
November 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Reading your review, I thought "he loved it as much as me!"...
..and then double take at your rating 🤣🤣🤣
..and then double take at your rating 🤣🤣🤣
Much missed.
(But good to see Plan B, Charles Yu and Chloe Zhao get on board the adaptation this year. Hoping they can get it over the line in fine style)
(But good to see Plan B, Charles Yu and Chloe Zhao get on board the adaptation this year. Hoping they can get it over the line in fine style)
October 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Much missed.
(But good to see Plan B, Charles Yu and Chloe Zhao get on board the adaptation this year. Hoping they can get it over the line in fine style)
(But good to see Plan B, Charles Yu and Chloe Zhao get on board the adaptation this year. Hoping they can get it over the line in fine style)
🤯 is that LFF? I've done 15 P&I screenings so far and it's been pretty well-behaved on the phone front and I've not seen one laptop. And the same for previous years as best I can recall.
October 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🤯 is that LFF? I've done 15 P&I screenings so far and it's been pretty well-behaved on the phone front and I've not seen one laptop. And the same for previous years as best I can recall.
Love this book! So hard to describe when I recommend it to friends - at least to do it justice. Will listen with interest!
September 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Love this book! So hard to describe when I recommend it to friends - at least to do it justice. Will listen with interest!
The plan was always for it to end up at StP/KX, eventually. Waterloo started as the terminus while track work was still being sorted from StP (HS1). At various points having more than one station was intended, iirc.
August 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The plan was always for it to end up at StP/KX, eventually. Waterloo started as the terminus while track work was still being sorted from StP (HS1). At various points having more than one station was intended, iirc.
Which can be replaced by facilities!
August 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Which can be replaced by facilities!
"if they ran it like a normal train". But it's not a normal train. There's no space to process passengers and no way of extending the space dedicated to do so. They're talking about getting passengers to board an hour early so they can run more trains. Fuck that.
August 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"if they ran it like a normal train". But it's not a normal train. There's no space to process passengers and no way of extending the space dedicated to do so. They're talking about getting passengers to board an hour early so they can run more trains. Fuck that.
Nothing is ever easy when it comes to infrastructure though is it? Especially rail. Just pointing out there may be a solution there...the Eurostar lines run at 50% capacity (I read somewhere) and there seems to be growing demand and no room at StP.
August 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Nothing is ever easy when it comes to infrastructure though is it? Especially rail. Just pointing out there may be a solution there...the Eurostar lines run at 50% capacity (I read somewhere) and there seems to be growing demand and no room at StP.
Waterloo has gone?! Mon Dieu!
August 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Waterloo has gone?! Mon Dieu!
And not scheduling the Paris and Amsterdam trains 5 mins apart. But my hope is that one of the proposed new rivals gets to reopen the London Waterloo terminus for European lines.
August 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
And not scheduling the Paris and Amsterdam trains 5 mins apart. But my hope is that one of the proposed new rivals gets to reopen the London Waterloo terminus for European lines.
Feel he missed a trick not wearing an eye patch though. We know how much cricket loves a Nelson...
August 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Feel he missed a trick not wearing an eye patch though. We know how much cricket loves a Nelson...
Blue is the Wormest Colour
July 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Blue is the Wormest Colour
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Sesame Street, last gasp of the monoculture, faces existential threat
For decades, shows like Sesame Street practically raised many kids. Today, not even Elmo is safe from the nation's culture wars and shifting media landscape.
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March 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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