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Jon Dear

@accordingtojond.bsky.social

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Writer on archive TV and film. Currently working on a book about the BBC’s Ghost Stories for Christmas. Produced The Quatermass Experiment (2023) and Children of The Stone Tape (2024). Podcasts on Nigel Kneale and Giallo.

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Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 1h

What gave events defined your childhood?

All in the same year (1992):

- My dad leaving.
- The death of my grandparents.
- Bailiffs coming to repossess my home.
- My mother’s breakdown.
- Seeing Ghostwatch on transmission.

Probably should have kept this lighter.

Jules Gray @julesgray.bsky.social · 1h

What five events defined your childhood?

Playing Dead Man's Fall on Colin's lawn in the Summer of '76
School holidays with both grandmas
Record shopping in Manchester
First kiss (teeth-clashing incident)
Falling down a band and breaking my arm during an elastic band fight

🧟‍♀️ Liza Frank'nstein's Monster 🎃🕸️💀🦇 @lilithepunk.bsky.social · 2h

What five events defined your childhood?

The heatwave of 1976
Chris Kelly kissing my finger better
The Berlin Wall before and after the fall
School sanitary towels with loops and safety pins
Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions, all on a sesame seed bun

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Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 1h

And his black and white, 405 line cat.

Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 1h

Oh Christ. Put your Dickhead Detector away, can’t you?

Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 1h

Dianne Keaton’s death has knocked me a bit. Never less than amazing.

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Frightful Porpentine @bcky.bsky.social · 1h

Oh Diane Keaton 💔

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Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 2h

Is this Neil Morrissey?

Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 8h

The president has made no secret of his enemies list.

But we will not be intimidated.

We will not be deterred.

We will do our jobs and continue fighting back against these attempts at retribution.