The creative path may be a rollercoaster of emotions, but at its heart is magic. I have just donated to Arts Emergency to help a new generation of aspiring creatives get their foot in the door in whichever medium they have long been dreaming of ✨

Great to see all the acclaim for #Aftersun at #BIFA2022 last night. I really loved this beautiful, tender, heartbreaking film and if you're quick you might still be able to catch it in cinemas.

"I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life when you most need them." – Emma Thompson Bernard Boutet de Monvel les bouquinistes

📸 The incomparable Audrey Hepburn making Santa Claus's day. If you have supported me this year as a reader, a friend, a fellow film lover, or Twitter follower, occasional or otherwise, then thank you so much 💛 Merry Christmas 🎄 May all your warmest wishes come true ✨

It's time to start planning some adventures for a happy new year.

So appreciative of this lovely feedback. Thank you 🙏

Swansea poet Peter Thabit Jones has written a drama about Dylan Thomas in New York. There will a full script reading and book launch in Mumbles on February 23rd. Details 👇👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-thabit… #DylanThomas

A transcendent cinema experience watching Brendan Fraser as the flawed but well-meaning Charlie in The Whale. Profoundly powerful, tender & affecting, Brendan's performance broke me ❤. Sadie Sink & Hong Chau are so good. What an emotional journey. Thank you, Darren Aronofsky.

~ Born on this day, in 1812 “Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.” ~ Charles Dickens [from: The Wreck of the Golden Mary - on electric telegraph]

A year in film... ✨ Celebrating our incredible nominees ahead of the #EEBAFTAs this Sunday at 7pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer or BritBox US if you're watching from the US.

#UndertheRagingMoon is a wistful, poignant drama by Peter Thabit Jones and it absolutely crackles with life. This is an excellent opportunity to hear it performed in all its glory 🎭

1) Do nothing 2) Stay and fight 3) Leave Such a powerful experience watching this stellar ensemble of actors come to their decision in the brilliant #WomenTalking. Not a single person in the auditorium moved when the credits started to roll. This is truly compelling cinema 💛 🎬

‘Out of Season’ #Seaside #Fruit&Veg #Amusements #UrbanArt #UrbanDecay #UrbanLandscape #UrbanPhotography #Urbex #Blackpool Grim Art

Eileen Blair, from South Shields, UK, was believed to have had a large influence on her husband George Orwell's writing. 'Nineteen Eighty-Four's title and idea is thought to be based on one of her poems - 'End of the Century, 1984' #WomensArt

A little Michelle Yeoh motivation for your week 🙌

I think this may be a very limited time deal, but #FindingHenryApplebee is currently 99p on #Kindle. Go Henry! ❤️ That's one big journey for a very tiny price 🥰 amazon.co.uk/Finding-Henry-…

This is a wonderful novel a must read. Treat yourself.

Rhossili, Gower, 2023 by Welsh painter Sarah Evans #WomensArt