David Smith

@ScottishCEO @KWheelArt @OSThornhill @alison_macleod Official Opening is the 20th of April. Look forward to showing you round Jane.

@KWheelArt @OSThornhill @davidisasmith @alison_macleod definitely need a return visit now it's finished, it was massively impressive even part done. Beautiful workmanship, and such care taken.

Proud moment of the @OSThornhill development, led by @davidisasmith and Sam Sparrow who have done an almost impossible task of driving this project forward within budget but also within undiluted ambitions of what the space can be for our community 👊🏼

@MrEwanMorrison I still often think about the basket weaving scene. Its a great metaphor.

The Day of the Triffids was one of those great Sci-fi stories that just couldn't make it onto the screen with credible monsters. John Wyndham's 1951 novel with its flesh eating plants had real problems when it came to moving from A to B on their root legs.

@Creative_Dundee So impressive. Well done.

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Its not a big thing, in the scheme of stuff happening, but my daugher put on her first pair of docs today and headed off to school.

@kohproco I agree. I have always survived on less than that, even when I was in the industry! Hope you are well.

@davidisasmith Yup! But I think we will get little sympathy from this article -earning £50K by October and being able to survive on savings until Spring in the middle of a cost of living crisis when people earning a lot less without savings are really suffering-bit of shock to telly peps though

@nmcinroy Had a coffee about this just this morning! Truly transformational investment, direct community link to energy, All to play for in Dumfries and Galloway.

Private wind farm developers across rural Scotland are claiming delivery of '#communitywealth' funds. They aint. It is wee £ hand outs. Communities and Councils being consulted on proposals need to be very sceptical. Ideally we need more direct community and council owned farms.

@Screendaily Same as it ever was. change can happen.

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@petepaphides Jimmy!!!!

Who do you think would win in a fight out of See It Say It Sorted and Think One Think Twice Think Bike?

Arts funding is Scotland is dire. I wrote a poem ‘Shoestring’ because that’s how it is.

@CES_Tweet Way to go Mike!

We asked you: How can we make sure everyone benefits from community energy? Here's what Mike from Nith Valley Leaf Trust (Dumfries and Galloway) said. #CESconference23

@supayr_nige @74frankfurt Leave a light on in heaven for me.

@74frankfurt Everything is wonderful. Being here is heavenly. Such a marvellous album from the summer of 1987. 👍

Albums of Scotland: 'Meet Danny Wilson' (1987). Debut album by Dundee's Danny Wilson, becoming a significant hit in America on the strength of the summer of 1987 hit single 'Mary's Prayer'.

@sonjahenrici @screenscots Ken Hay could manage the transition! What could go wrong?

@yalasitch The challenge of change.

@MayMilesThomas Think about your 2nd feature so this is a journey, not a destination.

Film Twitter/X - I’ve been asked to do a workshop for directors making their first feature. I have my own ideas but what would be most useful to you? BTW it’s in Glasgow. Would appreciate your comments, thanks.

@jamesdoleman When I moved up. Thought 'Messages' was a supermarket chain.

My friend, who is from Cheshire, moved up to Glasgow and got a job. She asked me why everyone was so addicted to kebabs, because everyone was always saying they were going for a "wee donner," at lunchtime.

@Loran_Dunn How to find the right writer/director to work with and how to steer them towards something that the audience is going to like rather than something that expunges something for them personally.

Ok pals - I’m designing a new unit for my final year filmmaking students about HOW TO ACTUALLY GET A JOB / RUN A BUSINESS. What are all the “no one ever taught us how to do this at Uni” skills you wish you had been taught before graduating?

@GillianEasson Head down. Get on with it in the village. That's my current approach.

@DavieGreig And I often paid for it! Always remember Nick Powell used to slip them fiver to get a single.

Watch your whisky when @thatjoedouglas is about.