David Collard
@davidcollard.bsky.social
Autheur. Unfluencer.
'A Crumpled Swan' (2025)
https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/a_crumpled_swan/
'Multiple Joyce' (2022)
https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/multiple_joyce/
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'A Crumpled Swan' (2025)
https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/a_crumpled_swan/
'Multiple Joyce' (2022)
https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/multiple_joyce/
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From left: Spike Milligan, Jack Shepherd, Rita Tushingham, and Michael Hordern in 'The Bed Sitting Room'
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
From left: Spike Milligan, Jack Shepherd, Rita Tushingham, and Michael Hordern in 'The Bed Sitting Room'
Here he is, at 57:50, about to join Rita Tushingham and Michael Hordern in holy matrimony, and why the hell can't we have more films like this when we need them so much?.
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Here he is, at 57:50, about to join Rita Tushingham and Michael Hordern in holy matrimony, and why the hell can't we have more films like this when we need them so much?.
I'd forgotten that he played the underwater vicar in Richard Lester's 'The Bed Sitting Room' which is a good reason to watch it again: m.ok.ru/video/158724...
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I'd forgotten that he played the underwater vicar in Richard Lester's 'The Bed Sitting Room' which is a good reason to watch it again: m.ok.ru/video/158724...
Jack Shepherd RIP. A magnificent career. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Jack Shepherd obituary
Versatile actor, director and playwright who found television fame in the detective series Wycliffe
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November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Jack Shepherd RIP. A magnificent career. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Five more bookmarks from another time.
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Five more bookmarks from another time.
More shelf clearing, and more old bookmarks.
November 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
More shelf clearing, and more old bookmarks.
The late Jack Shepherd as the thwarted tv director at the end of his tether in 'Ready when you are, Mr McGill' (1977) by Jack Rosenthal. Shepherd is howlingly funny yet looks spritually anguished, as if he's just stepped out of a Bresson film. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAem...
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The late Jack Shepherd as the thwarted tv director at the end of his tether in 'Ready when you are, Mr McGill' (1977) by Jack Rosenthal. Shepherd is howlingly funny yet looks spritually anguished, as if he's just stepped out of a Bresson film. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAem...
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Here's a wonderful opportunity to be in the audience and listen to @ronanhession.bsky.social being interviewed by James Naughtie for BBC Radio 4 ' Book Club on Wednesday 17th December in Glasgow.
@waterstones.bsky.social
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@waterstones.bsky.social
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BBC Radio 4 - Bookclub - Come to a Recording
Join the audience for an edition of Bookclub
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November 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Here's a wonderful opportunity to be in the audience and listen to @ronanhession.bsky.social being interviewed by James Naughtie for BBC Radio 4 ' Book Club on Wednesday 17th December in Glasgow.
@waterstones.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
@waterstones.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
Jack Shepherd RIP. A very fine actor. Here he is as the harassed television director in Jack Rosenthal's marvellous comedy 'Ready when you are, Mr. McGill: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAem...
Ready when you are Mr McGill Original 1977 Jack Rosenthal Film
YouTube video by Keith Rodgerson
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November 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Jack Shepherd RIP. A very fine actor. Here he is as the harassed television director in Jack Rosenthal's marvellous comedy 'Ready when you are, Mr. McGill: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAem...
Clearing my shelves and collecting old bookmarks.
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Clearing my shelves and collecting old bookmarks.
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Flies on the wall, fear not the swatter for this video of "More Abundant Waters", the Sagging Meniscus event at the Poetry Society in London on Nov. 20th.
More Abundant Waters
Group reading at the Poetry Society in London, organized by Sagging Meniscus Press.Featuring:Melissa McCarthyRufo QuintavalleDavid CollardStephanie EllyneJak...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Flies on the wall, fear not the swatter for this video of "More Abundant Waters", the Sagging Meniscus event at the Poetry Society in London on Nov. 20th.
He'd be the life and arsehole of any party.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
He'd be the life and arsehole of any party.
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Thanks to Melissa McCarthy, author of PHOTO, PHYTO, PROTO, NITRO, for this reading from @guillermostitch.bsky.social's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING.
Melissa McCarthy Reads From Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING
Thanks to Melissa McCarthy, author of PHOTO, PHYTO, PROTO, NITRO, for reading this passage from THE COAST OF EVERYTHING by Guillermo Stitch.Preorder the nove...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thanks to Melissa McCarthy, author of PHOTO, PHYTO, PROTO, NITRO, for this reading from @guillermostitch.bsky.social's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING.
We can all agree this major thinker is entirely right about the wholly negative meaning of 'progressive' in any context. But how does he feel about 'supranuclear palsy'?
There are some truly unhinged bits in the piece about Glasman, as to be expected when dealing with Glasman, but seriously what the actual? That's...one hell of a conflation of terminology.
November 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
We can all agree this major thinker is entirely right about the wholly negative meaning of 'progressive' in any context. But how does he feel about 'supranuclear palsy'?
Distractingly intrusive music soundtrack aside, 'Train Dreams' (dir. Clint Bentley) is a flawless adaptation of Denis Johnson's novella. Very moving. Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier is superb. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nk8...
Train Dreams | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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November 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Distractingly intrusive music soundtrack aside, 'Train Dreams' (dir. Clint Bentley) is a flawless adaptation of Denis Johnson's novella. Very moving. Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier is superb. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nk8...
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#SneakPeek 👀 Aea Varfis-van Warmelo's ATTENTION-SEEKING BEHAVIOR—a confession from a liar that exposes the interrelation of language, control, performance, intimacy, and love—is out May 19, 2026. @aeavvw.bsky.social
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October 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
#SneakPeek 👀 Aea Varfis-van Warmelo's ATTENTION-SEEKING BEHAVIOR—a confession from a liar that exposes the interrelation of language, control, performance, intimacy, and love—is out May 19, 2026. @aeavvw.bsky.social
bookshop.org/p/books/atte...
bookshop.org/p/books/atte...
To a 50th anniversary screening of Paolini's 'Salò' (1975), as shocking and distressing now as it ever was.
November 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
To a 50th anniversary screening of Paolini's 'Salò' (1975), as shocking and distressing now as it ever was.
A full house at last night's gathering of five authors published by @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social A marvellous evening. More pictures to follow.
November 21, 2025 at 9:51 AM
A full house at last night's gathering of five authors published by @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social A marvellous evening. More pictures to follow.
Off to this evening's literary gathering at the Poetry Society, Covent Garden. Free, and all welcome!
a man with a mustache is walking down a city street .
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November 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Off to this evening's literary gathering at the Poetry Society, Covent Garden. Free, and all welcome!
Readings, performance, signings and quality natter from four fine authors and myself. Free, and all welcome. From 7pm in Covent Garden.
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Readings, performance, signings and quality natter from four fine authors and myself. Free, and all welcome. From 7pm in Covent Garden.
Poet/novelist/performer/editor Aea Varfis-van Warmelo has just arrived on Bluesky. Give her a follow here: @aeavvw.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Poet/novelist/performer/editor Aea Varfis-van Warmelo has just arrived on Bluesky. Give her a follow here: @aeavvw.bsky.social
Tonight! All welcome.
November 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Tonight! All welcome.
This Thursday! An evening of beneficial shocks. All welcome!
A showcase for five European authors published by New York's Sagging Meniscus Press. Free, but you have to register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/more-abund...
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This Thursday! An evening of beneficial shocks. All welcome!
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LONDONERS: this Thursday, Sagging Meniscus sails to @poetrysociety.org.uk with the able crew of @davidcollard.bsky.social, Melissa McCarthy, Rufo Quintavalle, @julianstannardpoet.bsky.social, & Philip Terry — plus a SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE by @jgoldsmith.bsky.social. It's free. RSVP bit.ly/3Jl0JLN
November 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
LONDONERS: this Thursday, Sagging Meniscus sails to @poetrysociety.org.uk with the able crew of @davidcollard.bsky.social, Melissa McCarthy, Rufo Quintavalle, @julianstannardpoet.bsky.social, & Philip Terry — plus a SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE by @jgoldsmith.bsky.social. It's free. RSVP bit.ly/3Jl0JLN
18th November. Same new same new.
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
18th November. Same new same new.