Philip Marsh
@misterpalomar.bsky.social
Runs the A Plunge Into Calvino podcast (@aplungeintocalvino.bsky.social). Sometime writer / editor. UEA graduate. The views expressed here are personal, and not that of my employer.
Cut The Crap really isn't that bad. It doesn't sound like The Clash and the absence of Jones and Heddon makes it easy to take against but there's some good stuff amid the tracks that don't work - and This Is England is genuinely great. It's the 80s version of Chinese Democracy.
Q Magazine's list of the 50 Worst Albums is a list of albums that are broadly speaking far more interesting than *any* magazine's list of the 50 Best Albums.
December 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Cut The Crap really isn't that bad. It doesn't sound like The Clash and the absence of Jones and Heddon makes it easy to take against but there's some good stuff amid the tracks that don't work - and This Is England is genuinely great. It's the 80s version of Chinese Democracy.
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A man has become the 7th person to be left HIV-free after receiving a stem cell transplant to treat blood cancer. He’s also the second of the 7 who received stem cells that were not actually resistant to the virus, strengthening the case that HIV-resistant cells may not be necessary for an HIV cure.
Man unexpectedly cured of HIV after stem cell transplant
A handful of people with HIV have been cured after receiving HIV-resistant stem cells – but a man who received non-resistant stem cells is also now HIV-free
www.newscientist.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A man has become the 7th person to be left HIV-free after receiving a stem cell transplant to treat blood cancer. He’s also the second of the 7 who received stem cells that were not actually resistant to the virus, strengthening the case that HIV-resistant cells may not be necessary for an HIV cure.
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Cult TV Script Donation
Film is Fabulous! work closely with DMU. In July, a large collection of scripts, including original annotated camera scripts, production documents, schedules, and film diaries, were donated by a former television and film writer.
Film is Fabulous! work closely with DMU. In July, a large collection of scripts, including original annotated camera scripts, production documents, schedules, and film diaries, were donated by a former television and film writer.
November 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Cult TV Script Donation
Film is Fabulous! work closely with DMU. In July, a large collection of scripts, including original annotated camera scripts, production documents, schedules, and film diaries, were donated by a former television and film writer.
Film is Fabulous! work closely with DMU. In July, a large collection of scripts, including original annotated camera scripts, production documents, schedules, and film diaries, were donated by a former television and film writer.
We have new minisodes of Dr Who made just to advertise bluray box sets and Tales of the TARDIS featuring old Doctors and companions. It is frankly ridiculous how well-served we are.
We can watch the majority of the episodes from the entire run at the touch of a button if you pay your licence fee in the UK. We have episodes beautifully restored. Missing episodes have been animated. We can choose to watch different edits and new SFX, even colourisations of old episodes.
You know what? Old #DoctorWho fans are *insanely* lucky. We're lucky the show got revived at all. We're lucky it got made by top-rank writers, directors, producers and actors who loved it. We're lucky it became a worldwide hit. We're lucky we were still around to see it happen all over again.
November 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We have new minisodes of Dr Who made just to advertise bluray box sets and Tales of the TARDIS featuring old Doctors and companions. It is frankly ridiculous how well-served we are.
We can watch the majority of the episodes from the entire run at the touch of a button if you pay your licence fee in the UK. We have episodes beautifully restored. Missing episodes have been animated. We can choose to watch different edits and new SFX, even colourisations of old episodes.
You know what? Old #DoctorWho fans are *insanely* lucky. We're lucky the show got revived at all. We're lucky it got made by top-rank writers, directors, producers and actors who loved it. We're lucky it became a worldwide hit. We're lucky we were still around to see it happen all over again.
November 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
We can watch the majority of the episodes from the entire run at the touch of a button if you pay your licence fee in the UK. We have episodes beautifully restored. Missing episodes have been animated. We can choose to watch different edits and new SFX, even colourisations of old episodes.
Just walking down the street, wearing my fedora in case it rains, and a man in a white van shouted 'Hey mate - I like your hat!' at me as I walked past.
Mind you I was in Chorlton at the time.
Mind you I was in Chorlton at the time.
November 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Just walking down the street, wearing my fedora in case it rains, and a man in a white van shouted 'Hey mate - I like your hat!' at me as I walked past.
Mind you I was in Chorlton at the time.
Mind you I was in Chorlton at the time.
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J G Ballard on the South Bsnk Show , twenty years ago. I first found his work in the SF section of the local library when /i was ten or so, and and got hooked on the atmospherics of the first three novels. Later, called by the vast temporal resonances of the far night sky... youtu.be/8LosxrbL3sU?...
J G Ballard Documentary
YouTube video by matley virgo
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November 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
J G Ballard on the South Bsnk Show , twenty years ago. I first found his work in the SF section of the local library when /i was ten or so, and and got hooked on the atmospherics of the first three novels. Later, called by the vast temporal resonances of the far night sky... youtu.be/8LosxrbL3sU?...
Blade Runner
The Elephant Man
Withnail & I
Big Trouble In Little China
Honourable mention: Videodrome
The Elephant Man
Withnail & I
Big Trouble In Little China
Honourable mention: Videodrome
Name your top 4 80s films.
November 28, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Blade Runner
The Elephant Man
Withnail & I
Big Trouble In Little China
Honourable mention: Videodrome
The Elephant Man
Withnail & I
Big Trouble In Little China
Honourable mention: Videodrome
I watched Sinners tonight. I enjoyed the first 2/3rds of it but can't help feeling there was a much more satisfying ending that they had done all the groundwork for and then just didn't do, settling for a fairy generic action ending instead.
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I watched Sinners tonight. I enjoyed the first 2/3rds of it but can't help feeling there was a much more satisfying ending that they had done all the groundwork for and then just didn't do, settling for a fairy generic action ending instead.
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A little late, but I read my SF military horror story "Unaccounted" for WAYO FM's Halloween fundraiser on Jessica Bisko's Bedtime Stories show. Lightly edited because the loooong tally of equipment, weapons and meds that *are* accounted for didn't work for audio www.mixcloud.com/wayoradio/be...
Bedtime Stories - Fundraiser Special
Bedtime Stories presents Lauren Beukes! Guest reader and best selling author reading her short story 'Unaccounted'
www.mixcloud.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A little late, but I read my SF military horror story "Unaccounted" for WAYO FM's Halloween fundraiser on Jessica Bisko's Bedtime Stories show. Lightly edited because the loooong tally of equipment, weapons and meds that *are* accounted for didn't work for audio www.mixcloud.com/wayoradio/be...
Still the greatest Demon in cinema.
30 minute klaxon to NIGHT OF THE DEMON (1957) at 9:45pm #TPTVsubtitles
November 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Still the greatest Demon in cinema.
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If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
I contributed to the Kickstarter for this!
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I contributed to the Kickstarter for this!
I hate how much I want this just because of how beautiful it is. I would never play it. I can hear the audio on the iPlayer with telesnaps. But look at the colour of that vinyl...
Coming 13th February 2026
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
3 x 140g translucent 'Bernalium Blue' vinyl
The 1968 adventure complete on vinyl for the first time. Starring Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines and introducing Wendy Padbury as Zoe (who also provides narration)
amzn.to/4o06kFH #ad
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
3 x 140g translucent 'Bernalium Blue' vinyl
The 1968 adventure complete on vinyl for the first time. Starring Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines and introducing Wendy Padbury as Zoe (who also provides narration)
amzn.to/4o06kFH #ad
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I hate how much I want this just because of how beautiful it is. I would never play it. I can hear the audio on the iPlayer with telesnaps. But look at the colour of that vinyl...
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I’m sorry but any Labour MP not publicly denouncing Shabana Mahmood‘s disgusting proposal to turn asylum seekers’ lives into a living hell is complicit.
Fascists claim that the overtone window is destroyed, that they won.
Labour MPs now get to decide whether that’s true or not.
This is on you.
Fascists claim that the overtone window is destroyed, that they won.
Labour MPs now get to decide whether that’s true or not.
This is on you.
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I’m sorry but any Labour MP not publicly denouncing Shabana Mahmood‘s disgusting proposal to turn asylum seekers’ lives into a living hell is complicit.
Fascists claim that the overtone window is destroyed, that they won.
Labour MPs now get to decide whether that’s true or not.
This is on you.
Fascists claim that the overtone window is destroyed, that they won.
Labour MPs now get to decide whether that’s true or not.
This is on you.
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It's hard to find words to capture quite how revolting, steeped in bigotry, irresponsible, morally unmoored, Labour has become. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Anglican bishop shaken ‘to the core’ by home secretary’s asylum seeker comments
Bishop of Edmonton says people coming to UK are being ‘scapegoated’ for years of policy failures
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It's hard to find words to capture quite how revolting, steeped in bigotry, irresponsible, morally unmoored, Labour has become. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Here I am on Start The Week talking about the information crisis and how we can TRY to make things better with laws, technology and new social norms
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
November 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Here I am on Start The Week talking about the information crisis and how we can TRY to make things better with laws, technology and new social norms
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Remembering J.G. Ballard, born OTD 1930.
I’ve been reading his work for many years & I can readily appreciate why many qualify his writing as ‘timeless’.
And I can think of no better imagery to accompany this post than the equally timeless appeal of David Pelham’s superlative cover art 🙂
I’ve been reading his work for many years & I can readily appreciate why many qualify his writing as ‘timeless’.
And I can think of no better imagery to accompany this post than the equally timeless appeal of David Pelham’s superlative cover art 🙂
November 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Remembering J.G. Ballard, born OTD 1930.
I’ve been reading his work for many years & I can readily appreciate why many qualify his writing as ‘timeless’.
And I can think of no better imagery to accompany this post than the equally timeless appeal of David Pelham’s superlative cover art 🙂
I’ve been reading his work for many years & I can readily appreciate why many qualify his writing as ‘timeless’.
And I can think of no better imagery to accompany this post than the equally timeless appeal of David Pelham’s superlative cover art 🙂
I read this book this morning and it is as wise and impeccable as everything @naomialderman.bsky.social writes.
November 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I read this book this morning and it is as wise and impeccable as everything @naomialderman.bsky.social writes.
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I know Prometheus gets a lot of stick but how many other films were influenced by both Joseph Losey/Harold Pinter's The Servant and Quatermass & the Pit?
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I know Prometheus gets a lot of stick but how many other films were influenced by both Joseph Losey/Harold Pinter's The Servant and Quatermass & the Pit?
Big new book week this week. Annoyingly I accidentally ordered one to go to my parents' house so it's being forwarded to me, but @naomialderman.bsky.social 's new book has arrived safe and sound. Really looking forward to getting stuck in to this one.
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Big new book week this week. Annoyingly I accidentally ordered one to go to my parents' house so it's being forwarded to me, but @naomialderman.bsky.social 's new book has arrived safe and sound. Really looking forward to getting stuck in to this one.
Started watching the new, serious thriller from Kathryn Bigelow. Unfortunately the way the camera is moving in the White House Situation Room is reminding me of The Thick Of It and I keep expecting the characters to give comedy reactions to the news of a missile strike.
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Started watching the new, serious thriller from Kathryn Bigelow. Unfortunately the way the camera is moving in the White House Situation Room is reminding me of The Thick Of It and I keep expecting the characters to give comedy reactions to the news of a missile strike.
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My friend Bernadette McBride's debut short story collection 'Birds Are Liars' is released today and a host of top-level writers have provided glowing quotes for it. Believe them and support a debut author if you can by buying a copy.
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undefined on Instagram: "picturesofbernadetteWeathering quite a storm lately, so it is an honour to share these generous endorsements from a range of amazin…"
picturesofbernadetteWeathering quite a storm lately, so it is an honour to share these generous endorsements from a range of amazing writers (I am truly honoured!) for my debut short story collection, Birds Are Liars. Funnily enough, one of the characters in the stories becomes a storm! Some of these stories were born from difficult things and times, but as @patrickjameslangley says of my book, I am "equally attuned to the indestructible capacity for tenderness and hope".Birds Are Liars is a sharp, lyrical collection of short stories that confronts the fragility and ferocity of a world in crisis. At once timely and timeless, these stories invite the reader to face the end times with intimacy, rather than look away.THANK YOU to everyone who has supported me on this journey! Twenty short stories inspired by many things, people, moments (I'll be sharing some of these over the coming weeks). Check back for details of a book launch in the new year at @fact_liverpool and a mini book tour...Please feel free to contact me for a reading/book event!Out now on Amazon UK and next week via @barnesandnoble US and pre-order by my publisher. Filtering through to all good bookshops soon.#debut #shortstory #shortstories #fiction #bookreviews #bookgram #writing #writerlife #writer #booksbooksbooks #climatechange
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November 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
My friend Bernadette McBride's debut short story collection 'Birds Are Liars' is released today and a host of top-level writers have provided glowing quotes for it. Believe them and support a debut author if you can by buying a copy.
www.instagram.com/p/DQ46KMyjXQ...
www.instagram.com/p/DQ46KMyjXQ...