Daryl
@drleeworthy.bsky.social
Writer, historian. Labour histories, social histories, biographies of writers, mostly British but occasionally elsewhere. Always got my nose in a novel.
“Each day is a little bit of history” — Jose Saramago
“Each day is a little bit of history” — Jose Saramago
The le Carré narrated audiobook is also a joy, he does voices!
December 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The le Carré narrated audiobook is also a joy, he does voices!
Happy Q Year!
a man in a sombrero is playing a trumpet while another man plays a violin
ALT: a man in a sombrero is playing a trumpet while another man plays a violin
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December 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Happy Q Year!
Not forgetting the US government actually poisoned the population with bootleg liquor. A spectacular thing, and one that puts RFK Jr into perspective.
December 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Not forgetting the US government actually poisoned the population with bootleg liquor. A spectacular thing, and one that puts RFK Jr into perspective.
I can visualise the job centre person who told me to cut off every qualification above a GCSE from my CV, as we're talking. And the academic who laughed in my face in an interview, or the one that mistook a conversation about cartoons for a discussion on inappropriate activity. Both big here. So...
December 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I can visualise the job centre person who told me to cut off every qualification above a GCSE from my CV, as we're talking. And the academic who laughed in my face in an interview, or the one that mistook a conversation about cartoons for a discussion on inappropriate activity. Both big here. So...
I'm afraid once you're chewed up by the PhD cog, that is less likely to happen. It was a very hard struggle after I finished in 2011.
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I'm afraid once you're chewed up by the PhD cog, that is less likely to happen. It was a very hard struggle after I finished in 2011.
Oh there is no money in writing, but it is a fulfilling outlet for one's talent, and that is what matters.
I couldn't imagine doing anything else by this point, myself, even if a better paid career would enable an escape this Cymric hell! But maybe I am mad!
I couldn't imagine doing anything else by this point, myself, even if a better paid career would enable an escape this Cymric hell! But maybe I am mad!
December 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Oh there is no money in writing, but it is a fulfilling outlet for one's talent, and that is what matters.
I couldn't imagine doing anything else by this point, myself, even if a better paid career would enable an escape this Cymric hell! But maybe I am mad!
I couldn't imagine doing anything else by this point, myself, even if a better paid career would enable an escape this Cymric hell! But maybe I am mad!
Of course you did, you're an ink slinger!
December 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Of course you did, you're an ink slinger!
Try typing: «this page is deliberately blank, but now it isn't, because I typed this nonsense onto it.»
December 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Try typing: «this page is deliberately blank, but now it isn't, because I typed this nonsense onto it.»
I'm not sure I could convince you to watch the rest, Cath!
December 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I'm not sure I could convince you to watch the rest, Cath!
It could have been a lot worse. In fact, had the Doctor been in it, I fear it could have been.
But they used a Malcolm Hulke creation - Hulke was a CPGB member which gave the original Sea Devils a certain framework - to tell another story about humans destroying the planet with plastic.
But they used a Malcolm Hulke creation - Hulke was a CPGB member which gave the original Sea Devils a certain framework - to tell another story about humans destroying the planet with plastic.
December 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
It could have been a lot worse. In fact, had the Doctor been in it, I fear it could have been.
But they used a Malcolm Hulke creation - Hulke was a CPGB member which gave the original Sea Devils a certain framework - to tell another story about humans destroying the planet with plastic.
But they used a Malcolm Hulke creation - Hulke was a CPGB member which gave the original Sea Devils a certain framework - to tell another story about humans destroying the planet with plastic.
Half the time it feels and reads like a branch meeting of the SWP. And that is really *not* a good thing.
December 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Half the time it feels and reads like a branch meeting of the SWP. And that is really *not* a good thing.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I consider myself Barr-ed.
December 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I consider myself Barr-ed.
Definitely. We shall see. My gut feeling, which may well be misguided, is that the next six months will be the most turbulent and then it'll calm down. Though, for reasons of coal walking, I do dread the elections in May!
December 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Definitely. We shall see. My gut feeling, which may well be misguided, is that the next six months will be the most turbulent and then it'll calm down. Though, for reasons of coal walking, I do dread the elections in May!