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Ryan Leston

Cardiff

Freelance Entertainment Journalist at Freelance

Contributing Freelancer at IGN

BBC News Journalist 📽️📺🕹️ Bylines @IGN @slashfilm @NME & more | MA News Journalism #CardiffTrained | he/him

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  • 2 months ago | ign.com | Ryan Leston

    A Thousand Blows premieres on Hulu Friday, February 21. A Thousand Blows was always going to be compared to Peaky Blinders. The gritty new historical drama from that show’s creator, Steven Knight, follows a familiar pattern of dramatizing real people from a long-lost time of blood, sweat, and struggles. But rather than following the criminal exploits of a family in post-World War I Birmingham, A Thousand Blows show us what it would be like if Rocky or Creed got a Victorian-era adaptation.

  • Jan 18, 2025 | yahoo.com | Ryan Leston

    Dr David Banner once worked on the original Tomb Raider as well as the first ever Grand Theft Auto. Now, as co-founder of Wales Interactive, he is taking aim at Hollywood. "We make movies, right?" he said.

  • Jan 13, 2025 | correiobraziliense.com.br | Ryan Leston

    Uma mulher colocada em coma induzido após passar por uma grave doença na gravidez descreveu como acordou e descobriu que seu bebê havia nascido. Atlanta McIntyre, de 29 anos, da cidade de Rhondda Cynon Taff, no País de Gales, teve náuseas e vômitos excessivos durante a gravidez, conhecidos como hiperêmese gravídica (HG). Durante um episódio de vômito, McIntyre engasgou e teve que ser colocada em coma induzido pelos médicos.

  • Jan 10, 2025 | yahoo.com | Ryan Leston

    A teenage artist who has already sold works for £23,000 has just passed another milestone - her first ever painting lesson. Makenzy Beard, 17, made waves back in 2020 when a portrait she painted of her neighbour went viral on social media. The painting went on to appear at The Royal Academy of Arts, a prestigious London gallery. She said she had learned "some quite important habits" after the lesson and was determined to continue refining her work.

  • Jan 9, 2025 | yahoo.com | Ryan Leston

    A woman who was placed in an induced coma after experiencing severe pregnancy sickness has described waking to find her baby had been born. Atlanta McIntyre, 29, from Llantrisant in Rhondda Cynon Taf, experienced excessive nausea and vomiting during her pregnancy, known as hyperemesis gravidarum (HG). During one episode of vomiting, Ms McIntyre choked and had to be put into an induced coma by doctors.

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Ryan Leston
Ryan Leston @RyanLeston
2 Apr 25

I have some fun news - my debut short, Benched, has been selected for the Carmarthen Bay Film Festival! It's still available on YouTube so if you haven't seen it yet, I'd really appreciate a quick watch: https://t.co/cfEKRGVwgS

Ryan Leston
Ryan Leston @RyanLeston
3 Mar 25

RT @RyanLeston: It's been 20 years since I picked up a camera, so with zero budget and a daft idea, I made Benched. Let me know what you th…

Ryan Leston
Ryan Leston @RyanLeston
2 Mar 25

It's been 20 years since I picked up a camera, so with zero budget and a daft idea, I made Benched. Let me know what you think! #shorts #shortfilms #indiefilm #nobudget https://t.co/cfEKRGW46q