Have you ever been criticised in public for using a Blue Badge? I’m looking to gather disabled people’s experiences for The Guardian to explore hostility around the Blue Badge and Motability schemes.
We’ve made a quick form you can fill in here: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... (Please share.)
In 1988 I did a collection of poems called 'The Hypnotiser'. It went out of print but I did video versions of them, some of which became quite famous eg 'Hot Food' 'No Breathing in Class' etc. Now
@WalkerBooksUK
are bringing out a new edition of the book, July 2 this year.
Welcome to an unexpected exploration of love, 'lovemaking to an inappropriate soundtrack', by Jenny Bushell, is a theatre production that subtly weaves the humour, emotions, and realities of young love into the audiences' hearts.
📅 15th - 17th July
📍53two
⏰ 7.30pm
🎟 £12 (+ booking fee)
‘You punch me on the nose’
Missed your chance to catch Bump & Jackpot: A Double-Bill a few weeks ago?
You're in luck! Both shows are now available to watch for free on our Digital Hub which can be found on our website. Link in bio.
🎥 - Lewis Fernandez
Are you ready to go wild in the aisles? Well grab your trolley and join us for an XS special on Sunday 17th May. The Lost Tapes of Somerfield is Paul Campbell's award-winning and delightfully idiosyncratic love-letter to a lost supermarket. It's a gorgeous show, tickets at wegottickets.com/f/17826
Bump & Jackpot: A Double Bill
Rehearsals are in full swing. Book your tickets now!
📅 10th - 14th March
📍Kings Arms, Salford
⏰ 7.30pm
🎟 £12 (+ booking fee) – link in bio
#theatre #creativeplatfrom #theatrekid #theatrelife #stage
Don’t forget our submission deadline:
🕔 5pm Monday 16 March 2026 (GMT)
No extensions will be possible for any reason - please submit with time to spare.
Full guidelines + FAQs: https://prize.papatango.co.uk/
#PapatangoPrize
We've just reopened submissions for open spots; if you're a newer act looking for experience on a professional bill, and would like to perform with us on a Tuesday in Manchester then please fill out the form here! www.xsmalarkey.com/acts/
So that lovely TV legend Peter Purves gave me an extra episode on his podcast : here I am talking acting and comedy and very little Who, which is a refreshing change -
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2026 Week 3 Update
It’s fair to say that 2026 is officially underway now, and with it a slew of nominations from our members- thank you as always for your thoughtfulness in bringing people and organisations to us who may need a boost.
Here are your 5 gifts....
CAST CALL-OUT
Peripeteia Theatre is now casting for Bump by Kate McCloud. The call-out for Jackpot will go live on Monday 12th of January.
This production is Manchester based.
Full details in the post and on our website.
Apply by emailing peripeteiatheatre@outlook.com
Cover of The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi Classic.
Learn about the origins of a sci-fi classic with The Quatermass Experiment, @tobyhadoke.bsky.social's immersive history of the landmark lost TV serial, illustrated with rediscovered studio photos. Work is already underway on the next volume in the series. Order now from tenacrebooks.co.uk
2026 Week 1 Update:
Happy New Year - We're wishing you peace, shelter, safety, nourishment, love and all good things in 2026. Thank you so much for another year of your kindness.
Time to look back at 2025 one more time.
My annual Doctor Who In Memoriam is on You Tube now.
Please watch, like and circulate.
Oh, and please just be nice about it and Doctor Who as there are plenty of other places you can be otherwise.
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Three formats of Who Wants Normal? sit next to each other: Kindle, hardback, audiobook.
Thanks to everyone who bought, shared, or reviewed Who Wants Normal? in 2025. It was a brutal news year for disability rights (like much else) and reading your messages about how the book gave you a lift was a huge highlight.
Please listen to Absent Friends on BBC Radio 4 Extra today. Part One is 4.45pm (repeated at 0045) and Part Two is the same time tomorrow. It’s my acknowledgment of various folk from UK sci-fi, horror and fantasy who died this year. 4 Extra doesn’t do many home made productions, so do tune in!
Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who Advent Calendar - Day 24 (last one)
Oh, and incidentally…
(With a VERY special guest)
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Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who Advent Calendar Day 16
Call yourself a fan…?
#doctorwho
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2025 Week 50 Update
Thanks for all your lovely messages and nominations last week. It is always a busy time of year, and this week has been no exception, so please forgive us if we take a little longer to get back to you or to have enough funds to pay out.
Here are your 6 gifts this week...
Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who Advent Calendar - Day Ten
We gone ridiculously over budget at tonight’s @xsmalarkey.com just to end the year’s normal gigs on a high. (Quiz next week, then a break until New Year’s Eve).
So don’t miss out on our THREE Headliners:
TONIIIIIGHT! Our triple headliner 2025 season finale! www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey
2025 Week 49 Update
Hurtling towards the end of the year now, and sending all our love and thanks to you all for another week of thoughtful nominations and of course your generous donation of pounds.
Here are your 6 gifts...
Cover of The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi Classic.
The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi classic is @tobyhadoke.bsky.social's definitive work on the groundbreaking lost BBC serial, drawing on 30 years of research, with revealing interviews and never-before-seen photos.
Doctor Who Advent Calendar - Day Six
(Sorry : this didn’t upload everywhere yesterday. I was too distracted having to engage in some “I think you’ll find-ing” and Day 5 and got distracted. This is why we can’t have nice things).
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Fucking hell. "mental health conditions including autism and ADHD," says the BBC. Beyond crap.
