Tim Kinsey
@tekinsey.uk
Mystery Writer. Dreadful Drummer. Proudly responsible for the Lady Hardcastle series.
https://www.tekinsey.uk
https://www.tekinsey.uk
I know I complain about this every year when Strictly is on, but I'm not allowed to complain about it in the house. And I shouldn't go on about it, but I always imagine Rex Harrison singing, "Why Can't the English Teach Their Children How to Clap?"
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I know I complain about this every year when Strictly is on, but I'm not allowed to complain about it in the house. And I shouldn't go on about it, but I always imagine Rex Harrison singing, "Why Can't the English Teach Their Children How to Clap?"
I *know* it's a long way off, but I'll be at HNS 2026 in Maynooth, Ireland, next year with @pamlecky.bsky.social and Fiona Veitch Smith. The conference runs 21-23 Aug (our panel date TBA).
November 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I *know* it's a long way off, but I'll be at HNS 2026 in Maynooth, Ireland, next year with @pamlecky.bsky.social and Fiona Veitch Smith. The conference runs 21-23 Aug (our panel date TBA).
Every once in a while I get an email telling me that there’s a UPS parcel on its way from Michigan. They’re usually translated editions of Hardcastles and they’re always a joy. Pretty sure I already have the French one somewhere, but the ‘mass market paperback’ of the German one is new to me.
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Every once in a while I get an email telling me that there’s a UPS parcel on its way from Michigan. They’re usually translated editions of Hardcastles and they’re always a joy. Pretty sure I already have the French one somewhere, but the ‘mass market paperback’ of the German one is new to me.
I’m one of the “people of a certain age...” - he visited my primary school more than once. I clearly recall him demonstrating a tam-tam and explaining that he used it to provide the sound of the gong in the J Arthur Rank film ident.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
‘Two more broomsticks please!’ Was Robin Blades the greatest percussionist ever?
He played china mugs, bells, rattles and car horns for everyone from Alfred Hitchcock to Benjamin Britten – and once got Laurence Olivier to bang a broomstick. We go behind the scenes of a Radio 3 cel...
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I’m one of the “people of a certain age...” - he visited my primary school more than once. I clearly recall him demonstrating a tam-tam and explaining that he used it to provide the sound of the gong in the J Arthur Rank film ident.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
I hope @mwcraven.bsky.social and @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social have been given these. (I had to buy mine, obviously.)
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I hope @mwcraven.bsky.social and @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social have been given these. (I had to buy mine, obviously.)
If you dropped all the Lady Hardcastle books on a studio floor it wouldn’t look like this because there are only twelve of them and this image uses 2,000 virtual books. But they were ‘dropped’ in a fun physics simulation in Blender because I should be working.
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
If you dropped all the Lady Hardcastle books on a studio floor it wouldn’t look like this because there are only twelve of them and this image uses 2,000 virtual books. But they were ‘dropped’ in a fun physics simulation in Blender because I should be working.
I might be a drummer, but I have a fondness for guitars and I’m working hard at learning some proper technique. I picked up the beautiful instrument at the front from Andertons yesterday.
October 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I might be a drummer, but I have a fondness for guitars and I’m working hard at learning some proper technique. I picked up the beautiful instrument at the front from Andertons yesterday.
It’s at about this time every year when I suddenly remember that, yes, actually, I do have a book with witches in it. In a sort of a way.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07D4G28KY/
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07D4G28KY/
October 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It’s at about this time every year when I suddenly remember that, yes, actually, I do have a book with witches in it. In a sort of a way.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07D4G28KY/
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07D4G28KY/
I have a couple of quadcopters ("drones"). I like to keep the batteries in decent condition and when I charge them up I sometimes take them out for a quick test run to make sure everything is still working. Today I tried to sneak up on a couple of pigeons but they were too wily for me.
October 16, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I have a couple of quadcopters ("drones"). I like to keep the batteries in decent condition and when I charge them up I sometimes take them out for a quick test run to make sure everything is still working. Today I tried to sneak up on a couple of pigeons but they were too wily for me.
This was Eddie's shot at fame in 2016:
October 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This was Eddie's shot at fame in 2016:
Regular viewers might remember Eddie, my faithful Muppet Whatnot. His pleather jacket was falling to pieces, so while we were away, our daughter (who was housesitting) crocheted him a new cardigan.
October 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Regular viewers might remember Eddie, my faithful Muppet Whatnot. His pleather jacket was falling to pieces, so while we were away, our daughter (who was housesitting) crocheted him a new cardigan.
I neglected to mention that we got from Banff to Vancouver on the Rocky Mountaineer…
October 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I neglected to mention that we got from Banff to Vancouver on the Rocky Mountaineer…
My wife says she doesn’t want to use the stairs - THEY’RE ON FIRE
October 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My wife says she doesn’t want to use the stairs - THEY’RE ON FIRE
Finally, Vancouver... with added killer whales...
October 1, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Finally, Vancouver... with added killer whales...
Reposted by Tim Kinsey
I’m a guest in another of those wonderful podcast things (the link is to Apple but get it wherever you get your podcasts)
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Ray of Light with Eleanor Ray
Books Podcast · An uplifting new podcast from bestselling author Eleanor Ray for book lovers everywhere. Special guest writers each episode will share insights into their creative process, journey to ...
podcasts.apple.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I’m a guest in another of those wonderful podcast things (the link is to Apple but get it wherever you get your podcasts)
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Book 3 - Death Around the Bend currently available at the Calgary Central Library
September 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Book 3 - Death Around the Bend currently available at the Calgary Central Library
I’m a guest in another of those wonderful podcast things (the link is to Apple but get it wherever you get your podcasts)
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Ray of Light with Eleanor Ray
Books Podcast · An uplifting new podcast from bestselling author Eleanor Ray for book lovers everywhere. Special guest writers each episode will share insights into their creative process, journey to ...
podcasts.apple.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I’m a guest in another of those wonderful podcast things (the link is to Apple but get it wherever you get your podcasts)
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
In early 2017 I’d never heard the word chondrosarcoma. Thanks to the sort of research funded by Sarcoma UK I’m still alive to tell you that.
3 in 4 people have never heard of sarcoma.
Angela Barnes is helping change that in the BBC Lifeline Appeal for Sarcoma UK.
📺 BBC Two Sun 21 Sept, 2:20pm
📺 BBC One Sun 28 Sept, 2:15pm
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#SarcomaAwareness #BBCLifeline
Angela Barnes is helping change that in the BBC Lifeline Appeal for Sarcoma UK.
📺 BBC Two Sun 21 Sept, 2:20pm
📺 BBC One Sun 28 Sept, 2:15pm
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#SarcomaAwareness #BBCLifeline
September 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
In early 2017 I’d never heard the word chondrosarcoma. Thanks to the sort of research funded by Sarcoma UK I’m still alive to tell you that.
Very much enjoying Old Québec. It’s like someone took France home and gave it a jolly good wash.
September 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Very much enjoying Old Québec. It’s like someone took France home and gave it a jolly good wash.
I’m not completely sure where we are
September 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I’m not completely sure where we are