Still can’t believe this happened. Thanks for all your lovely messages on my EE episode. It was a privilege to write Bernie’s return to the square & those emotional scenes between Denise & Chelsea and Rainie & Stuart.
#EastEnders
@bbceastenders
This is what is now on the site of the legendary Astoria venue in London where I saw more amazing gigs than any other venue apart from the Olympia. It’s a crying shame!
#savelivemusic
I was obsessed with Flashdance as a kid & I still dance to that track on a weekly basis! Obsessed with Jayde & her zero fucks given attitude. ❤️
#StrictlyComeDancing
Eastenders at Christmas has always been a big deal in our house. Ever since I was a kid. So it’s a big thrill to see my name in the big end of year credits as a writer. ❤️
#EastEnders
I recently found a diary from when I was 9. Listed under favourite tv show: Eastenders. Fast forward a few years & tonight an Eastenders ep written by me will air at 7.30pm on BBC One & RTE 1! BY ME. My first TV credit of many I hope. Pinch me please.
@bbcstudios
#EastEnders
I read a review that said the
#GetBack
doc is too long & needed editing! I’m only an hour in & honestly I could watch this all day. A fly on the wall of one of the greatest bands creating legendary songs! What’s not to love?
#TheBeatles
Bought some WD40 to fix a stiff lock and now I’m running around my house spraying it on everything! Why didn’t anyone tell me? Is this what being in your forties is like?? 🤣
So I have huge news.... I’ve been selected as one of the 8 writers for the
@bbcstudios
2021 BBC Writers’ Academy. This is a total dream come true. I can’t wait for the journey to begin next year. ❤️
#bbcwritersacademy
@bbcwritersroom
Young woman is raped & murdered & news reports talk about how she was NOT drinking & ‘always took care’. Because if she had been? Do they talk about men like that?
#everydaysexism
As I laid my Dad to rest today surrounded by my family & friends my thoughts are with those who lost people over the last 18 months & couldn’t say goodbye properly. ❤️
I just can’t stop thinking about Dave Grohl. The loveliest man who has just lost his best friend. Is having to endure the heartache of losing a band mate again. Life is so unfair.
#taylorhawkins
#FooFighters
A 4 year memory popped up for me. I was in Amsterdam bringing my kid to see her Dad play at the Paradiso when I spotted a poster for
@mileshuntTWS
playing the night before. I went to the show on my own & had a glorious life affirming evening. Can’t wait for live music to return.
@salihughes
A guy broke up with me and then a year later called to ask if I could get him & his new girlfriend into a show! I said no problem & then ignored his desperate messages from the guest list when his name funnily enough wasn’t on the list! 😜
I wrote tonight’s Eastenders. A joy as always. Thank you to the brilliant story & producing team, my amazing script editor Emily Priestnall and this ep is directed by the fantastic
@johnwg58
Tune in tonight on BBC One & RTE One
#eastenders
Can we be mindful of language around emerging talent in the film & tv industry. I hear the term ‘young’ all the time to describe people starting out on their career. So many writers, particularly women, come to the industry later in life.
#writerslife
#youngatheart
Happy 35th birthday to one of the greatest albums ever made in this little goth girl’s opinion!! An album that changed my life. 🖤
#thecure
#disintegration
Still get giddy seeing my name on the end of year
#EastEnders
credits. I used to marvel at them as a kid. Very proud to be a small part of this brilliant show as it continues to go from strength to strength ❤️
#writer
Tonight I attended the
#Wonka
premiere & party. Don’t think I’ve been to a party so star studded since the 90’s!! The film is glorious & I’m so proud of Neil for the gorgeous songs he’s written. Hope everyone loves it!!
As an Irish woman who spent a lot of time living in the U.K. The Pogues always spoke to me. Shane was that link between the Islands with his poetry. So sad for his friends & family. 🖤
#shanemacgowan
A couple of
@divinecomedyhq
related things I’ve been pondering since Paris. The fan community around the band is gorgeous. A bunch of devoted fans who follow them & seem to have such a strong bond & friendship. It’s lovely to see. ❤️
#thedivinecomedy
I now have a Masters in screenwriting! Thank you to IADT Dublin and all my fellow students. It was a strange and interesting year to go to Uni for the first time! 🤣
Heading for an early night & then the greatest movie ever made, Point Break, starts on
#BBC1
, so now I have to stay up & watch it. Thems the rules!
#pointbreak
A fantastic night of music from
@divinecomedyhq
in Paris playing Casanova & Short album about Love. From the time I first met Neil & hearing songs I haven’t heard in years!
#TheDivineComedy
#Paris
I’m sorry ‘the I.T system is old’ WHAT? We’ve been here since last March.... could someone not have just popped down to Google for a favour?
#covidireland
This tv show scared the living crap out of me as a kid. One of my earliest memories is running behind the curtains in our front room to hide from a weird scene in an abandoned railway station waiting room?! 🤷♀️
#sapphireandsteel
"All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension." So begins one of the most enigmatic and chilling horror series ever broadcast by ITV. This is ita story.
"...Sapphire and Steel have been assigned.”
#SundayThoughts
My Dad passed away yesterday. He had been ill for a while but it is still a shock to come to terms with the fact that he isn’t here in the world anymore.I’m grateful for all the great things he gave me, a love of music & our beloved Tottenham. I’ll miss him ❤️
Night two in Paris with
@divinecomedyhq
2 albums that bring back lovely memories. Returning to our first little flat in Clapham each day to hear Fin de Siecle take shape. Great to hear it all tonight. ❤️
#TheDivineComedy
It was a privilege to write
@harriet_thorpe
opening line as Elaine and watch her film her first scenes. She is an amazing addition to the cast, a classic Eastenders matriarch who is going to be a joy to watch!!
#eastenders
#queenvic
I haven’t had a drink in a month and apart from a few pounds lost I’m still waiting for the life changing buzz I’ve been told to expect. It’s bullshit... open the wine. 🤣🤷♀️🥂
@GaryDunne
It barely does. I went to school in the UK & we were taught very little about Irish history at all. I chose to do a Irish history module at A level but had to teach myself. I do however know a shit ton about the Tudors!! 😬
Wonderful to meet loads of lovely Spurs fans!! Very excited about the new season & don’t forget it’s only 2 weeks until the next season of
#AllOrNothing
🤣🤣🤣
#COYS
#TottenhamHotspur
As a thank you to
@mileshuntTWS
for his weekly acoustic sets I went a little nuts in
@thewonder_stuff
merch store & it arrived today! 😊Also happy to replace the long lost T-shirt that my teen self wore!
#SupportArtists
Very sad to hear of the passing of Neil’s Dad Brian. I’m particularly sad that Willow has lost both her Grand Dad’s in the last few months. Love to the whole Hannon clan, I know he will be very much missed.
I’ve been bringing her with me to vote since she was tiny and going on about the importance of voting especially for woman and today she got to vote for the first time. ❤️
Voting is cool! Go vote! 😊☘️
#Election2020
#youthvote
EXCLUSIVE: Video obtained by ITV News shows Downing Street staff joking about a Christmas party on 18th December last year.
No 10 has spent the past week denying any rules were broken. This new evidence calls that into question.
Isn’t grief a weird thing? There is a Guinness pop up store in Dundrum shopping centre. My Dad worked for Guinness for years. I walked past it today and burst into tears. No warning. Just crying over the Guinness oven gloves! 🤷♀️🖤
Getting ready to appear on the next
@spursshow
podcast tonight where I’ll try not to talk too much about my new great love….. Ivan Perisic!! 🤣🤣🤷♀️
#COYS
‘But why didn’t they just go to the police’ May I suggest you look up the statistics on the amount of convictions secured in sexual assault cases and then fuck off. Thanks.
#believewomen
#Dispatches
Just want to give a shout out to all the single parents out there. Christmas Eve can be lonely if you’re on your own when your kids are small. Hang in there. I just spent time playing board games & drinking with my now 18 year old.
#singlemothers
Seeing pictures of my sister in New Zealand at her Christmas parties with mask-less hugging is making me think about what could have been with better leadership..... 😔