David Ball

Art. TV. Film. Books. Theatre. Lifelong Learning. Striving to be my truest self 🏳️‍🌈🍂 He/Him

[David Ball @david_c_ball]

Vile

[LGB Alliance @AllianceLGB]

Every Pride season, a familiar narrative appears: LGB people are victims. Things are terrible. Send money.

The reality is more complicated, and more interesting.

Britain has some of the strongest legal protections for LGB people in the world. Civil partnerships. Equal marriage. Hate crime legislation. Adoption rights. Employment protection. These were fought for, won, and they’re real.

What is also real: those protections are being quietly eroded in areas most people don’t notice. LGB-only spaces being legally challenged. Young gay and lesbian people being fast-tracked to medical treatment. The specific needs of gay and bi men – particularly around chemsex – being swallowed into an LGBTQ+ acronym that doesn’t serve them.

LGB Alliance isn’t in the business of telling people things are hopeless. We’re in the business of being specific about what’s actually happening and doing something about it.

That’s a different kind of Pride.

https://t.co/igg5qbWZl9

[David Ball @david_c_ball]

Wtf is this 🙃

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

First trailer for Andy Serkis’ animated adaptation of ‘ANIMAL FARM’

Starring Seth Rogen, Gaten Matarazzo, Steve Buscemi, Glenn Close, Laverne Cox, Kieran Culkin, Woody Harrelson, Jim Parsons, Kathleen Turner and Iman Vellani.

In theaters on May 1, 2026

[David Ball @david_c_ball]

@AshChapelsGhost @TheMekon_Venus I had the same thought, but saw the model in Leicester Square and Ravage looks really good

[David Ball @david_c_ball]

@ATRightMovies

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@sacha_coward This is amazing 👏 😍

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@ageing90s_j That is amazing, I really need this 😍

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@sacha_coward 🙊😂

[David Ball @david_c_ball]

@sacha_coward I had tears in my eyes as a 17yr old nerd 😢🙊

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@SarahChampionMP Thank you Sarah ❤️

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@sacha_coward These tots TV reels are so funny 😂

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Thick as pig shit

[David Ball @david_c_ball]

@MacleanArtist Beautiful drawing 😍

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@ATRightMovies

[David Ball @david_c_ball]

@SumthingVal96 I'm an expert in giving up on artwork 🤦😂 Try something new and you may get the joy back to finish it 😊

[David Ball @david_c_ball]

@dards98 Sending love ❤️

[David Ball @david_c_ball]

@sacha_coward Heartbreaking to watch these videos Sacha. I love your book, and one of the bigger publishing house would be crazy not to sign you up

[David Ball @david_c_ball]

@SumthingVal96 Do it 😍 even if you copy some existing images to get your eye back in. The old masters all started their art training by copying x

[David Ball @david_c_ball]

@camruined Good plan 😊

[David Ball @david_c_ball]

The replies to this arsehole 🙃

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

Wow - staggering stats I have just received from the Acting National Statistician.

There are 494,000 people living in the country, born outside of the UK, who are currently unemployed.

For January to March 2025, the estimated number of people who were not born in the UK and were unemployed for more than one year was 102,000.

Almost half a million unemployed foreign nationals (excluding Brits born overseas) - what are they doing here? What are they contributing? On what visa?

If you are in our country and not upholding your end of the deal, then you should go home.

[David Ball @david_c_ball]

@SumthingVal96 As everyone has said, if you make art you are an artist 😍
No. 2, its a nightmare, I'm useless at keeping myself motivated and beat myself up over work i think is bad, keep doing what you are doing, this is a great place to share and get feedback, ask for tips / pointers etc. 😍