John Featherstone
@johnfeath
Writer: #TheCinemaOfCancelledStars, #Ringtone and #TheDrowningAirman. You can also read "Robin Hood & The Stuntman Lost In Time" here:
Hello darkness, my old friend... #TheCinemaOfCancelledStars #BookSky #writing
It appears I need to re-read these classics because 10 months' today, I'll be on Best Man duties for the fifth time. #BookSky #BestManSky #WeddingSky
Me: "British people, with their traditions, quirks and foibles, are the most insane people in the whole world." Fifth Generation Confederates: "Hold my flag." #BookSky
Easily the coolest pic of my #HumphreyBogart statue I've taken. #FilmSky
30 years ago today, @donny222.bsky.social and I went to see #MissionImpossible (1996) and I loved it so much I wrote Tom's character name in my diary and kept mine and my parents' tickets. Look at those 90s prices... #FilmSky
I 'met' this statue of Ronald Reagan in Budapest and felt compelled to tell the Americans nearby that I disliked his politics but thought he was ace in #TheMovies. (Sparks out a Nazi in #DesperateJourney (1942), shrugs at Flynn and says, "The iron fist has a glass jaw.") #TheGipper #FilmSky
Kertész Utca named after Mihály Kertész AKA Michael Curtiz, and in the district he was born in, here in Budapest. #TheAdventuresOfRobinHood #AngelsWithDirtyFaces #Casablanca #FilmSky
I spotted this genius bit of political satire in my office loos on Friday. #genius #satire #facilities
Finding Confidence Through Communication Feat. One Swear Word: My TED Talk; 17/06/26
Paul Schrader and karma. #CoolerThanCool #ElmoreLeonard #BookSky #FilmSky
In its fuller form, this is one of the best writing anecdotes I know of but this summary, from #CoolerThanCool, does it justice. #ElmoreLeonard #BookSky #FilmSky
I love this, fron #CoolerThanCool, C.M. Kushins' biography of #ElmoreLeonard. #BookSky
Absolutely amazing afternoon with my former English teacher and his partner, reminiscing, laughing and putting the world to rights while on the spirits. Top people, great times.
"Not seen that before and it frightened me to death; thought it was someone looking at me!" - The postman has met the statue. #FilmSky #HumphreyBogart
The caption should say "*Edwardian-themed* fancy dress party..." but otherwise, if anyone fancies 21 seconds of a silly joke I wrote/delivered...
"Well, I thought as I upended and shook the flask. At least *someone* got to punch him for it." Pretty enjoyable Bank Holiday skim-read and really feeling its shift in tone this time: it starts out quite light and playful and gets progressively darker. #TheCinemaOfCancelledStars #BookSky
The Outside Loop, executed by who(?) for #TheGreatWaldoPepper (1975). No green screen, no CGI... #FilmSky
I've sent out the first chapter of #TheCinemaOfCancelledStars to a handpicked selection of beta readers and now I get to feel nervous until their responses come in. #BookSky
Looks like Andy Burnham when I put my glasses on him. #HumphreyBogart #FilmSky
Yesterday, I was sent the photos of my Gags For Good stand-up comedy set in #Sheffield. Nobody looks good speaking in pictures but these will do. (The video follows next week and there ain't no way I'll ever watch that.)