Gregory Norminton
@gregorynorminton.bsky.social
Yet another writer: THE GHOST WHO BLED (2017), THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY (2018), THE REPUBLIC OF BREATH and SWEENEY'S PROGRESS (forthcoming). Environmentalist. Lives in Sheffield.
On the same day, Farage has been found guilty of seventeen breaches of the MPs code of conduct - for failing to declare £333,000 in outside interests - and has told an audience in Davos that Trump ought to have Greenland.
A conman and a traitor.
A conman and a traitor.
January 21, 2026 at 8:10 PM
On the same day, Farage has been found guilty of seventeen breaches of the MPs code of conduct - for failing to declare £333,000 in outside interests - and has told an audience in Davos that Trump ought to have Greenland.
A conman and a traitor.
A conman and a traitor.
Loser 'windmills' currently generating over half Britain's electricity.
January 21, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Loser 'windmills' currently generating over half Britain's electricity.
Trump: "There are windmills all over Europe. There are windmills all over the place. And they are losers."
UK's National Grid right now: wind is providing over half our electricity.
UK's National Grid right now: wind is providing over half our electricity.
January 21, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Trump: "There are windmills all over Europe. There are windmills all over the place. And they are losers."
UK's National Grid right now: wind is providing over half our electricity.
UK's National Grid right now: wind is providing over half our electricity.
"SHOW US TO YOUR LEADER..."
January 20, 2026 at 9:51 AM
"SHOW US TO YOUR LEADER..."
Day four of our air-to-water heat pump installation.
It is dying. It awaits rebirth in a new form.
It is dying. It awaits rebirth in a new form.
January 20, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Day four of our air-to-water heat pump installation.
It is dying. It awaits rebirth in a new form.
It is dying. It awaits rebirth in a new form.
Day three of our air-to-water heat pump installation. It's a bit of a beast, but nothing some landscaping (thinking of a cornus hedge for summer and winter colour) cannot soften. Tomorrow, the internal work starts.
Installers: futureflowheating.co.uk
Installers: futureflowheating.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Day three of our air-to-water heat pump installation. It's a bit of a beast, but nothing some landscaping (thinking of a cornus hedge for summer and winter colour) cannot soften. Tomorrow, the internal work starts.
Installers: futureflowheating.co.uk
Installers: futureflowheating.co.uk
Delighted to see that @joannapocock.bsky.social's GREYHOUND is the book of the week in THE WEEK.
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Delighted to see that @joannapocock.bsky.social's GREYHOUND is the book of the week in THE WEEK.
Bloody autocorrect: I keep trying to type 'ice' on my phone and it comes out as 'kkk'.
January 17, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Bloody autocorrect: I keep trying to type 'ice' on my phone and it comes out as 'kkk'.
I own the complete works of Shakespeare so you all need to thank me for HAMLET and KING LEAR.
January 16, 2026 at 10:41 AM
I own the complete works of Shakespeare so you all need to thank me for HAMLET and KING LEAR.
Day two of our air source heat pump installation. It looks grim for now. Images 1 & 2: the trench for the pipes to our house, where the cylinder will go. Image 3: prepping for the concrete platform for the outdoor unit. (Most properties don't need to do this but can install against the house.)
January 13, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Day two of our air source heat pump installation. It looks grim for now. Images 1 & 2: the trench for the pipes to our house, where the cylinder will go. Image 3: prepping for the concrete platform for the outdoor unit. (Most properties don't need to do this but can install against the house.)
Our garden is undergoing open heart surgery. Stage one of installing an air source heat pump. When it's done, we will be a fossil fuel free home - so worth the horticultural distress.
January 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Our garden is undergoing open heart surgery. Stage one of installing an air source heat pump. When it's done, we will be a fossil fuel free home - so worth the horticultural distress.
Disappointing lack of fauns wearing scarves, though.
January 10, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Disappointing lack of fauns wearing scarves, though.
Ecclesall Woods, Sheffield, in the snow today. I never cease to marvel that we have such a place within our city.
January 10, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Ecclesall Woods, Sheffield, in the snow today. I never cease to marvel that we have such a place within our city.
Few things more full of life than a dead tree. Here's (I think) some crimped gill fungus on a bed of moss fruiting from a fallen oak. Sounds almost yummy, doesn't it?
December 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Few things more full of life than a dead tree. Here's (I think) some crimped gill fungus on a bed of moss fruiting from a fallen oak. Sounds almost yummy, doesn't it?
China has a long memory and plays the long game.
December 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
China has a long memory and plays the long game.
And the other two prairie states also have abundant PV potential.
December 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
And the other two prairie states also have abundant PV potential.
I find this distasteful and despicable.
December 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I find this distasteful and despicable.
Here are some more photos. We really want to share this book with readers.
December 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Here are some more photos. We really want to share this book with readers.
Christmas has come early for me, thanks to my friend, the brilliant @zaraslattery.bsky.social. One of the v few self-printed copies of volume one of our graphic novel, SWEENEY'S PROGRESS. A labour of love for both of us.
One day a publisher may agree and publish it *prays to the comics gods*
One day a publisher may agree and publish it *prays to the comics gods*
December 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Christmas has come early for me, thanks to my friend, the brilliant @zaraslattery.bsky.social. One of the v few self-printed copies of volume one of our graphic novel, SWEENEY'S PROGRESS. A labour of love for both of us.
One day a publisher may agree and publish it *prays to the comics gods*
One day a publisher may agree and publish it *prays to the comics gods*
Disappointing. The Norwegians should have sharper memories of Nazism.
December 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Disappointing. The Norwegians should have sharper memories of Nazism.
Spot the difference.
December 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Spot the difference.
Here's the text. In bold: hen harriers lost or killed on or near a shooting estate
Scientists calculate that English habitats currently support only 10% of the hen harriers that they could carry if there were no illegal persecution.
Data compiled from the archive of @raptorpersuk.bsky.social.
Scientists calculate that English habitats currently support only 10% of the hen harriers that they could carry if there were no illegal persecution.
Data compiled from the archive of @raptorpersuk.bsky.social.
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Here's the text. In bold: hen harriers lost or killed on or near a shooting estate
Scientists calculate that English habitats currently support only 10% of the hen harriers that they could carry if there were no illegal persecution.
Data compiled from the archive of @raptorpersuk.bsky.social.
Scientists calculate that English habitats currently support only 10% of the hen harriers that they could carry if there were no illegal persecution.
Data compiled from the archive of @raptorpersuk.bsky.social.
Working on a text for an artistic collaboration with sculptor Mark Butler about the hen harrier.
How's this for a stat? English habitats currently support only 10% of the hen harriers that they could carry if there were no illegal persecution.
Want to enjoy a life of crime? Own a grouse moor.
How's this for a stat? English habitats currently support only 10% of the hen harriers that they could carry if there were no illegal persecution.
Want to enjoy a life of crime? Own a grouse moor.
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Working on a text for an artistic collaboration with sculptor Mark Butler about the hen harrier.
How's this for a stat? English habitats currently support only 10% of the hen harriers that they could carry if there were no illegal persecution.
Want to enjoy a life of crime? Own a grouse moor.
How's this for a stat? English habitats currently support only 10% of the hen harriers that they could carry if there were no illegal persecution.
Want to enjoy a life of crime? Own a grouse moor.
The shades of Louis XIV, Ceaucescu and Saddam Hussein look up from Hell and make *sucking lemons* faces.
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The shades of Louis XIV, Ceaucescu and Saddam Hussein look up from Hell and make *sucking lemons* faces.