Well… it was only a matter of time really. In Mike, I have found someone who is so smart and loving and kind and who has epic taste in rings. Can’t wait to marry this gorgeous man ❤️
Only an hour ago, I put a call out on
@laurenlaverne
’s show about my upcoming preventative double mastectomy (BRCA1), asking for recommendations for TV boxsets while I recover and the response has been IMMENSE - truly
@BBC6Music
listeners are the best - thank you so much! 😍😍😍
Marcus Rashford is just on another level of inspirational - I hope all those fantastic pubs, restaurants and cafes who are stepping in where the government refused, get their generous offers taken up by the children who need them
I’M GETTING MARRIED TOMORROW!!! AGGGHHHHHH!! To the most wonderful and no longer ill man,
@TheMovieMike
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 (We think this is our first ever photo together, photobombed by the best ice cream parlour in Brighton) I’m so excited!! 💍👰🏽🤵🏻♂️
For no particular reason, I’d like to remind people that there is an annual memorial service for the
#Sikh
and
#Hindu
soldiers who fought in WW1, at the
#Chattri
in Brighton, on the second Sunday in June, run by my wonderful dad. Come along this year, we’d love to see you
Omg. I told Edgar Wright that I got my first job at Radio 1 as a film critic basically because of how passionately I talked about Shaun of the Dead… and he sent me this!!
Edgar Wright - I ❤️ You! (And Shaun)
Am REALLY loving
#JoeCornish
’s new show - Ruby Stokes is the perfect kick ass hero and it makes me so nostalgic for Goosebumps, Jumanji, Buffy! When teenagers were actually allowed to be frightened… When are we getting a second series
@NetflixUK
?!
#LockwoodAndCo
The Cineworld news is absolutely devastating, I’m so sorry for everyone whose livelihoods depend on the cinema industry, this is all so wrong and unfair
10 years ago today was my first appearance on
@gregjames
’ show on
@BBCR1
, surrounded by the Feet Up Friday crew, fully expecting it to be an April Fool’s 🤡 It’s been a decade of working at the BBC and in the film industry with some fantastic people and doing what I love ❤️
Thanks once again to everyone who has taken the time to message with healing thoughts / box set / podcast suggestions! Waiting to go into surgery now with sharpie all over my torso and an overnight back filled with my favourite snacks and post surgery bras. Bye bye boobies!
Married the love of my life yesterday in the most beautiful place surrounded by our incredible family and friends - my heart is so full today!
❤️💜💛💚🧡🤍💙 @ Battle Abbey and battle field
One week ago exactly (to the minute), I was about to walk down the aisle… now I’m a
#Frightfest
widow 😂 (he’s back on Tuesday)
Comforting myself with beautiful photos of the wedding… 😬
To have Jay Z gatecrash a Q&A for
#TheHarderTheyFall
was something of a career highlight and thank you to the
@NetflixUK
Awards Team for the love! ❤️❤️
Sneak peek of us backstage ahead of tonight’s
@BAFTA
craft awards with the wonderful
@claraamfo
and fabulous Joanna Scanlan - so excited for this!!!
#BAFTAs
Yes, the rumours are true,
@kermodeandmayo
’s Take let me and
@annabdemented
infiltrate for a couple of weeks! Listen to the pod in all the usual places - just two geeks just geeking out about movies 🩷🎬🍿
I'm making my
@wittertainment
debut this afternoon on
@bbc5live
with
@claraamfo
- so nervous! But getting two whole hours to talk films is pretty dreamy and almost unheard of for a critic! Also please don't judge me for not having seen one of the most famous films ever made🙈😂
Fun fact: after I interviewed Salma Hayek for
#HouseOfGucci
, she said, “Rrrrrrrrhianna! Thank you so much for being NORRRRRMAL!” and I think it’s the best compliment I’ve ever had 😇
In his 24th hour of live podcasting -
@EvolutionPod
raised over £9000 for Cancer Research! Absolutely incredible and so proud!! Finally bedtime for Mike!
Leaving Peckham today for Kent countryside - have been in London nearly a decade - nervous about moving away from the city where so many of my dreams came true but excited about the amount of horse shit that I’ll inevitably step in whilst tramping through nearby fields ✨
So excited to share my video about
#Clueless
on its 25th anniversary along with other high school adaptations of classic lit! Massive thanks to
@littledotstudio
and the wonderful
@TheMovieMike
who edited it beautifully!
Look how much fun
@janegarvey1
& I have every week, recording the
@RadioTimes
podcast! You too, could have just as much fun listening! This week, I talk to Succession goddess, Sarah Snook and we delve into Stath Lets Flats, Showtrial & The Harder They Fall
God that
#C4dispatches
has really shaken me, it’s so appalling and devastating that women are just not safe while abusers are protected by those in power who prioritise profit - it makes me so fucking angry
In true ‘me’ fashion, I made my debut on The One Show and missed it because I was at the pub. But here’s a picture of me in my living room talking about the enduring love for Strictly Come Dancing
@BBCOne
Small wins: Showered and washed hair by myself, made my own breakfast!
Bigger win: my bestie sent me a gift for hospital which got lost by the post office - thought it would never turn up BUT here it is!! Homemade underwear bag and lavender eye mask! Perfect for the next op!
Going to be on with
@laurenlaverne
in 5 minutes on
@BBC6Music
talking about classic boxsets that have got me through 10 days of having COVID-19🦠 - sad not to see everyone’s face in the studio but very relieved that this is one job at least that I can do down the line! ❤️
One thing aiding my recovery is the arrival of one on my favourite films of the year!! Cannot wait to rewatch
#PastLives
and sob all over again! Celine Song is a name I’d be proud to wear on my (new) chest! 🙏🏽
AHAHA just spotted my dad on Celeb Antique Roadshow telling
@ShappiKhorsandi
all about those Indian soldiers who were injured in WW1 and recovered at Brighton Pavilion- what perfect timing!
#PavilionProfessor
Instead of learning about WW1 and WW2 at primary school, secondary school AND sixth form college, let’s encourage the government to include some other, hidden parts of our ‘uncomfortable’ history. I’ve emailed - hope you do too.
british mutuals!! here’s a link to a website which contains an email template to address to gavin williamson (secretary of education) outlining why british black history needs to become mandatory in the curriculum (KS1-4) of multiple subjects, pls share!!
I am so pumped to go on the news tonight and NOT have the same old chat about diversity! LOOK AT THAT DIRECTOR SHORTLIST!! LOOK AT THOSE ACTING CATEGORIES! 😍😍😍
@BAFTA
#BAFTA
I loved
#DunePartTwo
, truly loved it. Epic, old fashioned in the best way, enthralling and superbly performed by an awe-inspiring cast. Some of Hans Zimmer’s finest work too - Denis Villeneuve really knows how to deliver on his cinematic vision
For people with kids who are asking “but what can we do?” And getting the answer “educate yourself and your kids” in return, here’s a great, practical place to start ✊🏾
Tonight you can watch my truly SPECTACULAR performance on
#UniversityChallenge
at 8.30. There actually are a couple of spectacular performances but neither of them are from me 😇
My least favourite thing in horror is the jump scare so you can imagine how delighted I was that Mike has spent the last couple of weeks creating a whole video full of them (it’s also really bloody good - of course 🙄)
We always make compromises, we always do the maths, “it’s only a 5 minute walk”, “my friends know where I am”, “I’m walking through a fairly public, well lit place”. None of these matter when a man wants to kill a woman badly enough - we have no protection & we usually get blamed
Last night hanging out in the green room of the
@BFI
waiting to interview the cast and crew of excellent new
@BBCOne
series
#TheGold
… (it also looks like I killed the wicked witch of the west 😬)
Saw a clip of the Jeremy Vine Show where they were ruminating upon the target audience for
#Barbie
and settled on 10-12 year old girls. How I laughed 😂
One of my favourite Q&As to host and I can’t wait until
#RyeLane
is out so everyone can see it! A really special movie, particularly for those who have some connection to South London 💖💛💚
RYE LANE is an utter gem of a film which *might* be restoring my faith in romance & certainly makes me proud of living in South London. Wonderful Q&A last night
@BFI
with director
@RaineAM
& star Vivian Oparah hosted by
@RhiannaDhillon
.
#BFIBacked
#RyeLaneMovie
It has landed!! Mine and
@janegarvey1
's brand new TV podcast for the
@RadioTimes
is here, filled with chats about the best and worst things on TV this week, a nostalgic throwback and Stephen Graham and Jodie Comer talk about their Covid care home drama, Help.
About to head in to Soho to host a Q&A with the cast and crew of
#JojoRabbit
(including Taika, WHAT)
BUT a lot of Soho is being evacuated because of an old WW2 bomb that’s just been discovered. The irony is just... 👌🏽 but also 🤬
So, we made a film festival during a pandemic, did you know? Hear all about it in the first episode of brand new
#LFF
Podcast hosted by
@RhiannaDhillon
and produced by
@annabdemented
So happy to get my
#TheAmazingMrBlunden
advent calendar today!! I will eat anything with Simon Callow’s face on it and it’s got me feeling incredibly festive and excited for Christmas TV!! 🎄🎅🏽
Mad world we live in where saying that parents are responsible for feeding their children is now seen as wildly offensive and controversial...
Dare I say that a long term degradation of personal responsibility is part of the problem here? You don't fix poverty with freebies!!
Oh god, Helen McCrory... what a fantastic, joyful, powerful presence she was - you couldn’t mention her name without someone chiming in, “oh I LOVE her!” She’ll be missed so much 💔
Can you imagine how excited and proud I am that Mike is hosting a Q&A with Ben Wheatley in my hometown AND in one of the most iconic cinemas in the UK?! Grab your tickets and say hello, I’ll be the one looking like this at the back 🥺😍🥺😍🥺😍🥺😍🥺
Any Brighton-based EOH listeners out there?
I’ll be hosting a screening of IN THE EARTH and a Q&A with Ben Wheatley this Thursday!
A few tickets still available 👇👇👇
One of many reasons why I love being on
@laurenlaverne
’s show every week - she always the perfect response to any given situation! (And I’ll be back on your radios tomorrow from 9.30am
@BBC6Music
incidentally!)
Last week I heard
@laurenlaverne
say, 'Fail we may, sail we must' in response to some minor techy issues on
@BBC6Music
and it's got into my bones. Never heard it before. The right aphorism at the right time can be such a gift ⛵️
Just so happened to get sent these Psycho cakes on my birthday!! And I’m just about to start a
#HitchcockSeason
on
@EvolutionPod
... coincidence? I think not! Thank you
@sonymovieuk
! How did you know we needed to rewatch these classics??
#SonyClassic