Rebecca Peyton
@rebeccapeyton.bsky.social
Let's all hang here until the invaders come.
Actor, Writer, Celebrant for all your ceremony needs, Typo Queen; I cannot get away from my father's death after an RTA and my joirnalist sister's murder... so I make work about them instead. ADHD is my frenemy.
Actor, Writer, Celebrant for all your ceremony needs, Typo Queen; I cannot get away from my father's death after an RTA and my joirnalist sister's murder... so I make work about them instead. ADHD is my frenemy.
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Rebecca Peyton
@rebeccapeyton.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Why we should share our stories of loss and disappointment | Rebecca Peyton | TEDxBrixton
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
youtu.be
Listen, my real obsession is death. 10 yrs ago I spoke to a room full of excellent people in Brixton. I wanted to explore what I'd learnt from touring my solo show about my sister's murder: Sometimes I Laugh Like My Sister. #Grief is astonishing and you're not alone.
youtu.be/9zK3R06htII?...
youtu.be/9zK3R06htII?...
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Communists for the far right!
Piece on Frank Furedi, Claire Fox and others from the Revolutionary Communist Party who now embrace Orban and Trump
Their weird story is also a story about the power of money and how our twisted media rewards bullshitters
comment.press/rcp2025
Piece on Frank Furedi, Claire Fox and others from the Revolutionary Communist Party who now embrace Orban and Trump
Their weird story is also a story about the power of money and how our twisted media rewards bullshitters
comment.press/rcp2025
Communists for Trump and Farage!
The bitter ironies of history
comment.press
December 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Communists for the far right!
Piece on Frank Furedi, Claire Fox and others from the Revolutionary Communist Party who now embrace Orban and Trump
Their weird story is also a story about the power of money and how our twisted media rewards bullshitters
comment.press/rcp2025
Piece on Frank Furedi, Claire Fox and others from the Revolutionary Communist Party who now embrace Orban and Trump
Their weird story is also a story about the power of money and how our twisted media rewards bullshitters
comment.press/rcp2025
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New Big Issue out today - support your sellers
December 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
New Big Issue out today - support your sellers
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On Tom Stoppard: open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
On Tom Stoppard
The great playwright was great in another respect most artists aren't.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
On Tom Stoppard: open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
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Shamina Begum must be held accountable for her actions when she was 15. Whereas I should not, because I was a mere child.
December 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Shamina Begum must be held accountable for her actions when she was 15. Whereas I should not, because I was a mere child.
I cannot retweet this enough
The exact people now saying "Nigel Farage was young and foolish at school" (to excuse his racism, bullying and harassment of fellow pupils at Dulwich College) are the same people who said "Shamima Begum was old enough to know what she was doing".
December 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I cannot retweet this enough
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
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OTD in 2001, as required by Budapest Memo on security assurances, Ukraine dismantled the last of its strategic weapons which were not handed to Russia to later be fired at them in the invasion we promised would never happen.
So we can be trusted with a peace treaty now.
So we can be trusted with a peace treaty now.
December 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
OTD in 2001, as required by Budapest Memo on security assurances, Ukraine dismantled the last of its strategic weapons which were not handed to Russia to later be fired at them in the invasion we promised would never happen.
So we can be trusted with a peace treaty now.
So we can be trusted with a peace treaty now.
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On my way to #gaza benefit near London Bridge
Come along - tickets here or on the door (I am a late addition)
www.jokepit.com/comedy-in/lo...
Come along - tickets here or on the door (I am a late addition)
www.jokepit.com/comedy-in/lo...
Stand Up for Gaza
BOOK NOW! Stand Up for Gaza on Thu 4th Dec 2025 7:30pm (London) at COLAB Tower, London SE1 9HB, UK
www.jokepit.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
On my way to #gaza benefit near London Bridge
Come along - tickets here or on the door (I am a late addition)
www.jokepit.com/comedy-in/lo...
Come along - tickets here or on the door (I am a late addition)
www.jokepit.com/comedy-in/lo...
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Someone tell him if he backs down from this threat he can count it as another war he ended
Trump, with no authority to do so, demands the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela be closed as he threatens to bomb and invade the country.
November 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Someone tell him if he backs down from this threat he can count it as another war he ended
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NF Simpson fan, the first playwright I loved, Travesties, Arcadia, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Lord Malquist and Mister Moon, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Professional Foul, Leopoldstadt... RIP Tom Stoppard, a genius of a writer.
November 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
NF Simpson fan, the first playwright I loved, Travesties, Arcadia, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Lord Malquist and Mister Moon, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Professional Foul, Leopoldstadt... RIP Tom Stoppard, a genius of a writer.
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libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
With Stoppard's death it's worth mentioning that you can get the BBC radio versions of pretty much his entire body of work for a single audiobook credit (also available on Audible, but Libro.fm is far better)
With Stoppard's death it's worth mentioning that you can get the BBC radio versions of pretty much his entire body of work for a single audiobook credit (also available on Audible, but Libro.fm is far better)
Tom Stoppard: A BBC Radio Drama Collection Audiobook on Libro.fm
The collected BBC radio productions of the internationally renowned playwright Tom Stoppard One of the giants of British theatre, Sir Tom Stoppard has been writing for the stage and screen for over 50...
libro.fm
November 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
With Stoppard's death it's worth mentioning that you can get the BBC radio versions of pretty much his entire body of work for a single audiobook credit (also available on Audible, but Libro.fm is far better)
With Stoppard's death it's worth mentioning that you can get the BBC radio versions of pretty much his entire body of work for a single audiobook credit (also available on Audible, but Libro.fm is far better)
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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What does she even mean?
Don’t mention the fact that you’re a woman or reference the misogyny you’ve been subject to.
Also: this budget puts women on a poor light.
Schrodinger’s identity politics.
Don’t mention the fact that you’re a woman or reference the misogyny you’ve been subject to.
Also: this budget puts women on a poor light.
Schrodinger’s identity politics.
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
What does she even mean?
Don’t mention the fact that you’re a woman or reference the misogyny you’ve been subject to.
Also: this budget puts women on a poor light.
Schrodinger’s identity politics.
Don’t mention the fact that you’re a woman or reference the misogyny you’ve been subject to.
Also: this budget puts women on a poor light.
Schrodinger’s identity politics.
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The irony is that one of the reasons Harriet Harman decided not to pursue Badenoch for hacking her website was a belief that more black women in politics was a good thing. So, in a small but salient way, Badenoch owes her position to the very solidarity she now mocks.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Badenoch defends calling chancellor 'spineless' in Budget row
The Conservative Party leader says she was
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The irony is that one of the reasons Harriet Harman decided not to pursue Badenoch for hacking her website was a belief that more black women in politics was a good thing. So, in a small but salient way, Badenoch owes her position to the very solidarity she now mocks.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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BREAKING A Turkish court on Thursday acquitted four journalists, including AFP photographer Yasin Akgul, who were on trial over mass demonstrations in Istanbul in March.
The four were arrested several days into the wave of protest sparked by the arrest of Istanbul's opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu
The four were arrested several days into the wave of protest sparked by the arrest of Istanbul's opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
BREAKING A Turkish court on Thursday acquitted four journalists, including AFP photographer Yasin Akgul, who were on trial over mass demonstrations in Istanbul in March.
The four were arrested several days into the wave of protest sparked by the arrest of Istanbul's opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu
The four were arrested several days into the wave of protest sparked by the arrest of Istanbul's opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu
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OTD in 1939 USSR staged the Mainila incident. A false flag to justify invading Finland as per our alliance with Nazis. We claimed Finn's attacked us just as a few hundred thousand of our soldiers were massed on their former border.
Imagine such brutality being tolerated & excused today.
Imagine such brutality being tolerated & excused today.
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
OTD in 1939 USSR staged the Mainila incident. A false flag to justify invading Finland as per our alliance with Nazis. We claimed Finn's attacked us just as a few hundred thousand of our soldiers were massed on their former border.
Imagine such brutality being tolerated & excused today.
Imagine such brutality being tolerated & excused today.
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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"It’s curious that the Orwell Prize – Britain’s most celebrated award for public interest journalism – has turned to a man who’s spent much of his career trying to stifle it.”
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
"It’s curious that the Orwell Prize – Britain’s most celebrated award for public interest journalism – has turned to a man who’s spent much of his career trying to stifle it.”
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
I just want someone who looks at me like Trump looks at Mamdani.... but I've been single long enough to settle for way less.
November 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I just want someone who looks at me like Trump looks at Mamdani.... but I've been single long enough to settle for way less.
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Anyone posted this one yet?
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Anyone posted this one yet?
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
I don't know how many of your (journalist) loved ones have been murdered with impunity, but I've had enough to find this... beyond. Just beyond.
Trump WANTS impunity for all autocrats. As we know, he is incapable of any finer feelings, and the effects are terrifying.
#KatePeyton
Trump WANTS impunity for all autocrats. As we know, he is incapable of any finer feelings, and the effects are terrifying.
#KatePeyton
NEWS! President Trump urges journalists not to embarrass his guests by mentioning the murders they have committed
President Trump urges journalists not to embarrass his guests by mentioning the murders they have committed
In a bold reimagining of diplomatic etiquette, President Donald Trump has advised journalists to show “basic manners” by refraining from bringing up any murders his distinguished guests may or may …
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I don't know how many of your (journalist) loved ones have been murdered with impunity, but I've had enough to find this... beyond. Just beyond.
Trump WANTS impunity for all autocrats. As we know, he is incapable of any finer feelings, and the effects are terrifying.
#KatePeyton
Trump WANTS impunity for all autocrats. As we know, he is incapable of any finer feelings, and the effects are terrifying.
#KatePeyton
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So many senior appointees in the Trump admin got positions they were utterly unqualified and unprepared for because of their social media presence or Fox appearances. MAGA cheers it on. Then it constantly comes back to bite them when they screw things up - like the Texas gerrymander.
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
So many senior appointees in the Trump admin got positions they were utterly unqualified and unprepared for because of their social media presence or Fox appearances. MAGA cheers it on. Then it constantly comes back to bite them when they screw things up - like the Texas gerrymander.
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There is a direct line between Donald Trump trying to destroy the BBC and him excusing the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Trump hates the independent free press – whether in the US, Saudi Arabia or the UK. We will always defend it.
Trump hates the independent free press – whether in the US, Saudi Arabia or the UK. We will always defend it.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
There is a direct line between Donald Trump trying to destroy the BBC and him excusing the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Trump hates the independent free press – whether in the US, Saudi Arabia or the UK. We will always defend it.
Trump hates the independent free press – whether in the US, Saudi Arabia or the UK. We will always defend it.