Brian Edwards
@brianftang.bsky.social
Novelist, playwright, webmonkey, T1 diabetic. Fiction represented by David Grossman Literary Agency.
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92 today. My hero.
January 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
92 today. My hero.
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Make sure you stick around at the end of Hamnet for the post-credits scene setting up the Shakespeare Cinematic Universe
January 18, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Make sure you stick around at the end of Hamnet for the post-credits scene setting up the Shakespeare Cinematic Universe
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So, if you ever wondered why people who understand surveillance are salty about video cameras on doorbells...
It's only a matter of time before they get co-opted into mass surveillance. And if the regime you live under changes that's you spying on your neighbours.
It's only a matter of time before they get co-opted into mass surveillance. And if the regime you live under changes that's you spying on your neighbours.
January 19, 2026 at 9:12 AM
So, if you ever wondered why people who understand surveillance are salty about video cameras on doorbells...
It's only a matter of time before they get co-opted into mass surveillance. And if the regime you live under changes that's you spying on your neighbours.
It's only a matter of time before they get co-opted into mass surveillance. And if the regime you live under changes that's you spying on your neighbours.
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That reminds me: It's Tom Baker's birthday in two days so no need to panic if you see his name trending on Tuesday.
That was a public service announcement for geeks everywhere.
That was a public service announcement for geeks everywhere.
I keep the birthdays of old Doctor Who actors memorised so I don't panic if I see them trend on that day.
January 18, 2026 at 5:50 PM
That reminds me: It's Tom Baker's birthday in two days so no need to panic if you see his name trending on Tuesday.
That was a public service announcement for geeks everywhere.
That was a public service announcement for geeks everywhere.
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I'm a Gen X Brit who grew up swimming in American culture. Aways wanted to go on a long road-trip holiday in the USA. I'd *almost* saved up enough years ago but then we had a daughter and that was that. Since then, it's been my retirement dream. Never going to happen, is it? That country is gone.
January 17, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I'm a Gen X Brit who grew up swimming in American culture. Aways wanted to go on a long road-trip holiday in the USA. I'd *almost* saved up enough years ago but then we had a daughter and that was that. Since then, it's been my retirement dream. Never going to happen, is it? That country is gone.
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the entire population of England in 1086 will return in... Avengers Domesday
January 13, 2026 at 2:56 PM
the entire population of England in 1086 will return in... Avengers Domesday
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Proprietor Aaron Aardvark
January 16, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Proprietor Aaron Aardvark
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Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
January 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
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Elon Musk said we are going to make Star Trek real
A reminder
In Star Trek
A devastating nuclear war fueled by wealth inequality, political polarization and extremist factions begins
in….
2026
A reminder
In Star Trek
A devastating nuclear war fueled by wealth inequality, political polarization and extremist factions begins
in….
2026
January 14, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Elon Musk said we are going to make Star Trek real
A reminder
In Star Trek
A devastating nuclear war fueled by wealth inequality, political polarization and extremist factions begins
in….
2026
A reminder
In Star Trek
A devastating nuclear war fueled by wealth inequality, political polarization and extremist factions begins
in….
2026
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NASA say that the crew member who was ill and returned to earth is doing well and now having a meal with colleagues.
January 15, 2026 at 1:31 PM
NASA say that the crew member who was ill and returned to earth is doing well and now having a meal with colleagues.
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why do musketeers use swords not muskets
January 14, 2026 at 7:04 PM
why do musketeers use swords not muskets
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Reading Agatha Christie's lesser work does show you how much of what counts as "fair play" in mysteries depends on the assumption of shared social context.
Just read a short story where the crucial clue was, as Miss Marple says, "Gardeners don't work on Whit Monday. Everybody knows that."
Just read a short story where the crucial clue was, as Miss Marple says, "Gardeners don't work on Whit Monday. Everybody knows that."
January 14, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Reading Agatha Christie's lesser work does show you how much of what counts as "fair play" in mysteries depends on the assumption of shared social context.
Just read a short story where the crucial clue was, as Miss Marple says, "Gardeners don't work on Whit Monday. Everybody knows that."
Just read a short story where the crucial clue was, as Miss Marple says, "Gardeners don't work on Whit Monday. Everybody knows that."
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This lovely cheerful news! This lovely cheerful man! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
First leukaemia patient to get pioneering drug on NHS says it is 'very sci-fi'
Oscar Murphy has an aggressive form of the blood cancer and is the first to get CAR-T therapy in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 10:30 AM
This lovely cheerful news! This lovely cheerful man! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Looking at pics of Space 1999's Eagle prompts me to say that Star Cops had some of the best and most grounded ship designs and model work. #StarCops
STAR COPS: A Visual Effects Tribute
YouTube video by Dias Ex Machina
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January 13, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Looking at pics of Space 1999's Eagle prompts me to say that Star Cops had some of the best and most grounded ship designs and model work. #StarCops
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I have no greater example of the bleakness of privately tutoring History than, as I described the man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine 1932-33 which killed somewhere between 3 and 12 million people, my student pushing away her bowl and declaring “WAITROSE ALMONDS ARE THE WORST”
January 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
I have no greater example of the bleakness of privately tutoring History than, as I described the man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine 1932-33 which killed somewhere between 3 and 12 million people, my student pushing away her bowl and declaring “WAITROSE ALMONDS ARE THE WORST”
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Just seen that new Morrissey album cover
January 11, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Just seen that new Morrissey album cover
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Welcome to new Bluesky users.
Here’s how we do things:
1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol
2. No flisking
3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology
4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on
5. No questions
Good luck!
Here’s how we do things:
1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol
2. No flisking
3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology
4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on
5. No questions
Good luck!
January 11, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Welcome to new Bluesky users.
Here’s how we do things:
1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol
2. No flisking
3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology
4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on
5. No questions
Good luck!
Here’s how we do things:
1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol
2. No flisking
3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology
4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on
5. No questions
Good luck!
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"Don't make me sign the tap!" - Marcel Duchamp
November 6, 2024 at 4:05 PM
"Don't make me sign the tap!" - Marcel Duchamp
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Timeline Cleanse: Please enjoy this photo of a praying mantis that was sitting on top of my car windshield, but the angling and lighting were so weird it looks like a giant praying mantis wandering a corn field in Iowa.
January 10, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Timeline Cleanse: Please enjoy this photo of a praying mantis that was sitting on top of my car windshield, but the angling and lighting were so weird it looks like a giant praying mantis wandering a corn field in Iowa.
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Yes everything is a bin fire, but I sent a very speculative email to an archive and just received a bunch of photos in return, including one that was a missing jigsaw piece for a puzzle I've been trying to solve for ages. Hug your archivists close, people - they are the BEST.
January 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Yes everything is a bin fire, but I sent a very speculative email to an archive and just received a bunch of photos in return, including one that was a missing jigsaw piece for a puzzle I've been trying to solve for ages. Hug your archivists close, people - they are the BEST.
Went into Waterstones in the Whitgift Centre the other day and saw a table piled with this hugely fun book. Glad I took a punt, it’s a joyous celebration of the bizarre history of my adopted home.
January 9, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Went into Waterstones in the Whitgift Centre the other day and saw a table piled with this hugely fun book. Glad I took a punt, it’s a joyous celebration of the bizarre history of my adopted home.
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Things are awful, so a little treat for the real Crush-Heads. It is now eleven years since I got this printed in the Metro.
January 8, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Things are awful, so a little treat for the real Crush-Heads. It is now eleven years since I got this printed in the Metro.
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“I knew I should’ve taken that left turn at Albuquerque.”
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
“I knew I should’ve taken that left turn at Albuquerque.”