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Mark Espiner

@soundnfurymark

Directing theatre with Sound&Fury and writing and living in Berlin. Represented by Giles Smart at United Agents: http://unitedagents.co.uk/soundfury www.soundandfury.co.uk

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That was Mandelson diplomacy

03.03.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

AI responsible?

02.03.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why?

28.02.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Spot on

27.02.2026 20:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

After his superhero days he went on to run British Rail.

24.02.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bloody Ray Purchase and Lorne Guyland

24.02.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ask the snorer to wear mouthtape. That works too.

13.02.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cartoon. Person says to other person β€žWe invented a robot that answers questions.β€œ, adding, β€žwe just have to feed it 10 baby giraffes a dayβ€œ. The other person asks β€žBut it answers the questions correctly?β€œ Person responds β€žOh my goodness, no. No no no no no.β€œ

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Cartoon. Person says to other person β€žWe invented a robot that answers questions.β€œ, adding, β€žwe just have to feed it 10 baby giraffes a dayβ€œ. The other person asks β€žBut it answers the questions correctly?β€œ Person responds β€žOh my goodness, no. No no no no no.β€œ By Aram J. French Appropriated due to missing alt text

12.02.2026 13:44 πŸ‘ 12664 πŸ” 4119 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 61

The Ovenden window

11.02.2026 17:54 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That feeling lasts about 3 weeks and four days, in my experience. Getting weaker with each passing week.

11.02.2026 17:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do you both like the Eric Clapton soundtrack? That could be the clincher

10.02.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Clever and insightful and laugh out loud funny too. Ah those were the days..

10.02.2026 21:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Churlish Meg's brilliant takes...

10.02.2026 11:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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05.02.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You made me rather happy with this post.

18.01.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh shit. Just realised it is sold out.

08.10.2025 12:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This looks awesome. I will be in the UK then - hope to make it along!

08.10.2025 12:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

honestly, if the Royal Society was vetting Musk as a catering supplier he'd fail their policies, but it's fine to have him as a Fellow

01.10.2025 17:43 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Crucially also sounds like hypnotist too. You are right.

19.09.2025 10:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For a minute I thought you were talking cat years.

05.09.2025 08:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I hope you're right....

05.09.2025 08:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@annettedittert.bsky.social hi. I follow you and besides other things also work at DW - could you follow me back so I can direct message you?

17.08.2025 11:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What’s it like to be a skateboarding punk rocker?

15.08.2025 08:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for sharing this.

14.08.2025 18:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What a great piece. Thanks for sharing it. Going to read her book now.

09.08.2025 09:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

no need to get in a tiz.

21.07.2025 08:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

English use of β€œpissed” not the US use I presume.

17.07.2025 22:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

to his cat?

09.07.2025 11:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I want to be bohemian like you.

07.07.2025 21:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

See you were cancelled at a rather young age.

30.06.2025 21:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0