Fotis Begklis

Non-fiction Filmmaker, Editor, and Educator.

[Fotis Begklis @FotisB]

@thameswater There is no justification for 46% increase on my water bill @Ofwat

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@thameswater "While water bills will vary depending on the circumstances of each household, the average increase forecasted for 2025/26 will be 26% or £123" : https://t.co/k4Uryzxez0

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@thameswater Hi my question is very simple why 46% when the regulator says average 26%

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@thameswater @Ofwat @Keir_Starmer @UKLabour Dear all, my water bill went up 46% today!! Can someone explain to me how this happened and why? The regulator's forecast for 2025/26 is an average increase of 26% (which is also crazy)? https://t.co/k4UryzwGJs

[Fotis Begklis @FotisB]

@thameswater, more than 12 hours without water in West Norwood. We don't have water to drink and flush the toilet. However, fantastic news for your amazing shareholders extra bonus for saving water!

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@Specsavers I posted a complaint on your contact page, but nobody bothered to reply or investigate a situation at your Brixton store. They made a mistake with my glasses, and they want me to pay more money to fix their mistake! Great service.

[Poetic Outlaws @OutlawsPoetic]

“You’re on earth. There’s no cure for that.”

—Samuel Beckett

[Jo Coyne @Jopolkadot]

“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are”

Anaïs Nin

[alan rusbridger @arusbridger]

Gavin Collins was an off-duty police officer enjoying a night out in central London when he was attacked by a pair of thugs. They repeatedly punched and kicked him, even after he’d been floored. Gavin needed titanium plates in his cheek and one eye socket following the unprovoked attack.

One of the attackers had three previous convictions for similar offences of common assault in the previous three years. As it happened the thugs were brothers, and the sons of one of Britain’s richest property tycoons.

But they were in luck. When they eventually appeared before Recorder Christopher Hehir in Southwark Crown Court, the judge was in a forgiving mood. The thugs were given suspended sentences—one of 15 months and one of six months.

Fast forward to last week when the same judge had to consider a different kind of case involving two young women who did not attack anyone, but did throw a can of soup at a painting by Vincent Van Gogh.

No one needed surgery. The picture frame was moderately affected because—fun fact—tomato soup is apparently “slightly acidic”. But His Honour Christopher Hehir reacted very differently, jailing one young woman for more than two years and the other for 20 months.

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

Which MP is the highest earner? Who receives the highest donations? Who takes the most foreign trips? We've just launched an interactive map that lets you explore all this and more.

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[Fotis Begklis @FotisB]

This summer @ThamesFestTrust commissioned me to make five short films. This is the first film filmed in Beaumaris, South Wales, a place close to my heart. I had the privilege of meeting the incredible RNLI volunteers at the lifeboat station: https://t.co/zuPMKEkZ09

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[Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones]

Tonight I spoke to @BBCNews about disinformation in the current far right riots in the UK.

"X has been weaponized to spread rumours and hate speech, particularly targeting minorities and Muslims"

You can watch the clip here.

#Southport #Hull

[Poetic Outlaws @OutlawsPoetic]

The brilliant James Baldwin, born on this day in 1924:

"I'm terrified at the moral apathy, the death of the heart, which is happening in my country. These people have deluded themselves for so long that they really don't think I'm human... And this means that they have become, in themselves, moral monsters."

[DepressedBergman @DannyDrinksWine]

Lynne Ramsay's Top 10- Greatest films of all time, Sight & Sound, 2022.

[Corey Frost @coreysfrost]

A behind the scenes look at Gus Van Sant #editing Elephant (2003) Saw this shared in our post discord. I could watch this process all day! #postchat