The Third Half Weekly
Playwrights with 426 drafts, a Madchester legend who doesn’t do interviews, data centres pretending to float, and a short clip that might be better than the full thing.
The 426 Unfinished Works of April De Angelis
Even Ivor-winning playwrights have a graveyard of abandoned ideas quietly decomposing on their hard drive. Scott sat down with April De Angelis — playwright, climate activist, creator of Jumpy — and this teaser clip is what happens when great writers admit the truth about great writing. The full conversation lands in 7–10 days. Consider this your aperitif. ✍️🎭 https://www.thethirdhalf.uk/p/the-426-unfinished-works-of-april
- TTH On The Turntable: Tom Hingley
Former Inspiral Carpets frontman, 1,600 gigs on the same battered guitar, a lockdown album about identity crisis, a mystery incognito project he’s absolutely not telling us about, and Saturn 5 to close. Tom Hingley joins Scott Hamilton for a proper chat — Madchester, soul, folk, independence, and why the music still matters. Stick around for the end. Trust us. 🎵🎧 https://www.thethirdhalf.uk/p/tth-on-the-turntable-tom-hingle
- The Cloud Isn’t Weightless. Let’s Start With That.
“The cloud” sounds fluffy. It isn’t. It’s concrete, steel, substations and enough power draw to rival a small town — and AI is making it thirstier by the day. Scott makes the case for one boring but radical idea: just publish the numbers. Show what you consume, prove your renewables are actually new, and explain the grid impact. Not anti-tech. Anti-opacity. Progress that hides its footprint isn’t progress — it’s a bill arriving later with interest. ☁️⚡ https://www.thethirdhalf.uk/p/the-cloud-isnt-weightless-lets-start
- Clean Shorts: Tom Hingley — “I Don’t Do Interviews”
He said he doesn’t do interviews. Scott said he doesn’t really do interviews either. Then they had a brilliant one. This clip is about launching music anonymously just to see if it stands alone, not seeking permission, and 1,600 gigs on one guitar. Creative graft without the ego. Very Third Half energy. 🎤🎸 https://www.thethirdhalf.uk/p/the-third-half-clean-shorts-tom-hingley
one more thing Forward this to the colleague who calls the cloud “just software,” the friend who’s been saying they’ll finish their novel since 2019, and whoever in your life unironically thinks “renewable” certificates mean anything without the maths to back them up.