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Manchester University Press signs Richard Smyth’s ‘vital’ book on fascism and the environment
Manchester University Press has acquired Richard Smyth’s Greenshirts, a new book that uncovers the "deep, often obscured entanglements between fascist ideologies and environmental thought" over the la...
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This is what I'm working on next: fascism and the environment. Hoping to finish it before the world burns and/or the fascists take charge. Fingers crossed. Do ask me about it, if you're curious. www.thebookseller.com/rights/manch...
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I've updated the apersonalanthology.com website with @john-self.bsky.social's selection – his pick of and introduction to a dozen favourite stories that, in his words, "feel like they’re *mine*."
Check them out!
(Featuring a Personal Anthology debut for Brian Friel, so congrats to him!)
Check them out!
(Featuring a Personal Anthology debut for Brian Friel, so congrats to him!)
A Personal Anthology
Writers, critics and others dream-edit a personal anthology of their favourite short stories
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December 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I've updated the apersonalanthology.com website with @john-self.bsky.social's selection – his pick of and introduction to a dozen favourite stories that, in his words, "feel like they’re *mine*."
Check them out!
(Featuring a Personal Anthology debut for Brian Friel, so congrats to him!)
Check them out!
(Featuring a Personal Anthology debut for Brian Friel, so congrats to him!)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I don't know where to fucking start with this (I should say that they weren't replying to me, but they might as well have been).
December 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I don't know where to fucking start with this (I should say that they weren't replying to me, but they might as well have been).
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Looking Forward to trying this with a bunch of 14 year-olds next time I teach static electricity.
December 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Looking Forward to trying this with a bunch of 14 year-olds next time I teach static electricity.
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Yorkshire Teacakes. Do not even suggest that the use of Yorkshire Blue is unwarranted here. ✌️🫶
For the recipe and a bitesized history of these spicy little darlings see www.myhistoricaltable.com
For the recipe and a bitesized history of these spicy little darlings see www.myhistoricaltable.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Yorkshire Teacakes. Do not even suggest that the use of Yorkshire Blue is unwarranted here. ✌️🫶
For the recipe and a bitesized history of these spicy little darlings see www.myhistoricaltable.com
For the recipe and a bitesized history of these spicy little darlings see www.myhistoricaltable.com
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"For Christmas, not just for life..."
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Our books may also be ordered through any bookshop; and online, Blackwells, for example, carry all of our titles, and offer free delivery.
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/sea...
Uniformbooks are available direct: uniformbooks.co.uk
Our books may also be ordered through any bookshop; and online, Blackwells, for example, carry all of our titles, and offer free delivery.
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/sea...
December 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"For Christmas, not just for life..."
Uniformbooks are available direct: uniformbooks.co.uk
Our books may also be ordered through any bookshop; and online, Blackwells, for example, carry all of our titles, and offer free delivery.
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/sea...
Uniformbooks are available direct: uniformbooks.co.uk
Our books may also be ordered through any bookshop; and online, Blackwells, for example, carry all of our titles, and offer free delivery.
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/sea...
Tree's up. Someone pour me a whisky.
December 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Tree's up. Someone pour me a whisky.
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A cold day in December, and therefore time for me to post a career highlight: David Mildon's magnificent performance of my Christmas story 'Mr Cromerty Of Boston', for the @liarsleague.bsky.social. Enjoy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Lu...
Mr Cromerty of Boston by Richard Smyth, read by David Mildon
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December 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A cold day in December, and therefore time for me to post a career highlight: David Mildon's magnificent performance of my Christmas story 'Mr Cromerty Of Boston', for the @liarsleague.bsky.social. Enjoy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Lu...
Having a lovely nap face-down on a formica table while my kids are in their swimming lesson.
December 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Having a lovely nap face-down on a formica table while my kids are in their swimming lesson.
A cold day in December, and therefore time for me to post a career highlight: David Mildon's magnificent performance of my Christmas story 'Mr Cromerty Of Boston', for the @liarsleague.bsky.social. Enjoy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Lu...
Mr Cromerty of Boston by Richard Smyth, read by David Mildon
YouTube video by Liars' League
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December 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A cold day in December, and therefore time for me to post a career highlight: David Mildon's magnificent performance of my Christmas story 'Mr Cromerty Of Boston', for the @liarsleague.bsky.social. Enjoy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Lu...
Only two for me: a wildly vitriolic review of a novel that was spiked by the TLS on humanitarian grounds, and a scholarly essay on the 1745 schism between the surgeons and the barbers.
Do you ever think about the projects you got paid to work on, but which never actually came out? I co-wrote an entire original comedy horror TV series pitch / outline / bible for a production company once. I turned someone else's short comic into a script for an animation once. Loads of things.
December 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Only two for me: a wildly vitriolic review of a novel that was spiked by the TLS on humanitarian grounds, and a scholarly essay on the 1745 schism between the surgeons and the barbers.
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This is a thing of ragged beauty.
This is a thing of ragged beauty.
Bob Dylan — A Rainy Night In Soho. Dublin, Ireland. November 25, 2025
YouTube video by nightly moth
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December 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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This is a thing of ragged beauty.
This is a thing of ragged beauty.
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New on the Writer’s Bookshelf this morning: eight questions about writers, books, and reading with the wonderful @nicolawriting.bsky.social. mathewlyons.substack.com/p/the-writer...
The writer's bookshelf: Nicola Chester
Eight questions about writers, books, and reading…
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December 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
New on the Writer’s Bookshelf this morning: eight questions about writers, books, and reading with the wonderful @nicolawriting.bsky.social. mathewlyons.substack.com/p/the-writer...
my gasket has perished
December 1, 2025 at 7:33 AM
my gasket has perished
rolling into advent like
November 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
rolling into advent like
Quite typically Radio 3 to say something like "and here's another festive piece, it's called Christmas Eve The Joy Bells Ring!" and then they play it and it sounds like something they'd play on a film for a scene where a farmer is burying his wife.
November 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Quite typically Radio 3 to say something like "and here's another festive piece, it's called Christmas Eve The Joy Bells Ring!" and then they play it and it sounds like something they'd play on a film for a scene where a farmer is burying his wife.
Film guys! @rickburin.bsky.social, @thebasementtan.bsky.social, @derbren.bsky.social - what DVD box sets should I be asking for for Christmas? Wanting to explore classic Hollywood - love Sturges and Hawks, but will try anything.
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Film guys! @rickburin.bsky.social, @thebasementtan.bsky.social, @derbren.bsky.social - what DVD box sets should I be asking for for Christmas? Wanting to explore classic Hollywood - love Sturges and Hawks, but will try anything.
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A man's gotta have entusiasms
November 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A man's gotta have entusiasms
buy my books please
i'm so tired
i'm so tired
Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
November 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
buy my books please
i'm so tired
i'm so tired
Approximately 0.62 seconds after I took this picture I got an urgent message from my kids' school saying the building was flooded and I had to go and collect them at once. 😐
November 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Approximately 0.62 seconds after I took this picture I got an urgent message from my kids' school saying the building was flooded and I had to go and collect them at once. 😐
Right then. Here we are.
November 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Right then. Here we are.
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YOU BOY! Do they still have the 80cm acrylic snowman in the window?
November 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
YOU BOY! Do they still have the 80cm acrylic snowman in the window?
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As in he was manufactured by children
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
As in he was manufactured by children
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Accuracy aside, 'Light Up Acrylic Dickensian' is a lovely run of dactyls
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Accuracy aside, 'Light Up Acrylic Dickensian' is a lovely run of dactyls