January 2026 - New Year, new telly and films Heated Rivalry - This is a pretty enjoyable slow-burn romance between ice hockey players, developing over a 10 year period. Is it any good? ...

My tv viewing so far this year. I have thoughts … #HeatedRivalry #Bridgerton #NightManager #waitingfortheout chatterboxstilltalkingnonsense.blogspot.com/2026/02/janu...

Selling a single circle ticket for #Clarkston tonight 23 October. £25 but accepting offers twckts.com/ElBy0

finally a worthy Alien vs. Predator installment

One of the strangest ironies of the last ten years has been watching Britain immersing itself as deeply as ever in memories of WW2 while proudly turning its back on the project that emerged from it.

"Recent research from Persuasion UK concluded that there are approaching three or four times as many 2024 Labour voters who are considering switching to the LibDems or Greens than those to Reform."

Some excellent analysis from Simon Fletcher here which Starmer would do well to read. Every day.

Trans women are women.
Trans men are men.
Trans people are…people.

Warfare and Electric Dreams Warfare I got a last minute ticket for a preview of the new A24 film Warfare with a short Q&A with the director Alex Garland and a couple ...

My outing to that there London yesterday #Warfare #AlexGarland #KitConnor #ElectricDreams chatterboxstilltalkingnonsense.blogspot.com/2025/04/warf...

You must have been sitting really near me! I have an almost identical photo!

There are still 3 tickets going on ticketswap….

Me too - last minute ticket :)

Yes this - I have done a full circuit of the M25 today, and everywhere they have removed roadworks (yay) they have a ‘testing the system’ 50 speed limit - simple sadism in my view

One Day When We Were Young A last minute ticket got me into this sold out performance at the tiny Park 90 theatre.   This is a sweet but also bitter little story sprea...

This week at the theatre chatterboxstilltalkingnonsense.blogspot.com/2025/03/one-...

Unicorns and multiple Madonnas Unicorn at the Garrick Theatre  This new play by Mike Bartlett , has a fabulous cast with Nicola Walker (Polly) Stephen Mangan (Nick) and Er...

This week’s cultural adventures - throuples and far too many Madonnas chatterboxstilltalkingnonsense.blogspot.com/2025/03/unic...

I found myself shouting at the radio yet again this morning - where is any sense of proportionality?

On climate and collaboration: Kyoto A two and a half hour play about climate conferences doesn’t sound like the most appealing of evenings but this was edge of the seat stuff f...

This week’s #theatre took me back in time to COP3 #kyoto #climate chatterboxstilltalkingnonsense.blogspot.com/2025/02/on-c...

A bit late to the party but finally watched the last series of #BigBoys. What writing and that final episode was amazing

Grey fluffy cat hiding and looking out from a yellow and blue short tunnel

Minnie with her emotional support tunnel Happy #caturday

TV in January: Dystopia - past, present and future I am spotting a bit of a theme in my January telly. Fellow Travellers:  this lush and steamy romance between two men over decades from the 5...

My television watching in January was all a bit dystopian one way or another chatterboxstilltalkingnonsense.blogspot.com/2025/02/tv-i...

January film watching I've tidied up my notes on some of the films I saw in January. Bird:  Strange,and pretty brutal fantasy/realism coming of age film with Bar...

My January #film journal chatterboxstilltalkingnonsense.blogspot.com/2025/02/janu...

First trip back to the theatre this year to this properly funny comedy #TheGift www.blogger.com/blog/posts/5...

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford Medicine have devised an influenza vaccine that prompts immunity to ALL four major flu subtypes AND shows potential against bird flu, indicating a significant advancement in flu prevention and a potential increase in vaccine efficacy. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️

Chatterbox Theatre Awards 2024 So, another year, another crop of great stuff, and another set of opinions you didn't ask for but are getting anyway.  I am having to be bru...

And for completeness here’s my Theatre 2024 Awards too chatterboxstilltalkingnonsense.blogspot.com/2024/12/chat...

Chatterbox Film and Television Awards 2024 Smashing together some of my favourite TV and film  here's a fairly short list of my best of the year.  As always, they are things I have se...

My 2024 Film and Television Awards chatterboxstilltalkingnonsense.blogspot.com/2025/01/chat...

The Importance of Being Earnest I was expecting this to be a bit camp and funny, it’s Oscar Wilde with Ncuti Gatwa after all, but this packed house had such a lot of fun sq...

Loved this version of The Importance of Being Earnest chatterboxstilltalkingnonsense.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-...

Have a clip from my wildlife camera.. #mouseacrobatics

Good morning from Minnie #proofofcat

And this is what I am here for. What a great (if slightly terrifying) story.

Aftersun Sophie is beginning to remember a formative holiday she took as a child.

#Aftersun is currently on iplayer so of course I have watched it again. Such a delicate and beautifully acted film. Highly recommended www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

I still feel quite proud when this happens #Wordle 969 2/6

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Weddings and Fictions I had a double bill sort of a day.  The last bit first…  Till the Stars Come Down  This production is in the round and for the first time ev...

This week’s outing to the South Bank #AmericanFiction #Tillthestarscomedown chatterboxstilltalkingnonsense.blogspot.com/2024/02/wedd...