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Richard Blandford

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Author of wrong fiction. #actuallyautistic richardblandford.blogspot.co.uk New novel My Life in Orbit out now.

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · Jan 26

My latest novel My Life in Orbit is out now. richardblandford.blogspot.com/2024/03/my-l...

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 15h

There's something radical in the way events are relentlessly moving forward in 'Allo 'Allo, while simultaneously not moving forward at all.

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 17h

Once you've achieved that, you've experienced everything university has to offer and you may as well go home.

Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 17h

The purpose of going to university is to accept an invitation to the pub in your first week only to discover it's a Christian Union meeting in disguise and they want to convert you.

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 1d

Might go to a party and drink out of a red cup.

Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 1d

Every seven years, Michael Apted would come round my house and make a point of not filming me.

Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 1d

My ★★★½ review of Blade II on Letterboxd boxd.it/bim06n

A ★★★½ review of Blade II (2002)

Del Toro's practical effects easily outclass the shonky CGI of the first film and there's an overall sense of vision to it all as we explore the idea that if vampires were real, they would have their ...

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 1d

My ★★★★ review of Spider-Man on Letterboxd boxd.it/bilPcf

A ★★★★ review of Spider-Man (2002)

Remarkable looking back on a superhero film from when there was no legacy of a shared universe to fall back on and the director had to sell the character, concept and world they lived in to the audien...

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 1d

The whole idea of cool/uncool has disintegrated to the point that Alan Partridge now has a perfectly acceptable taste in music.

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Douglas Cheape @douglascheape.bsky.social · 1d

So, long story short, I am no longer allowed to call the bingo numbers at the social club.

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 1d

Incredibly, he's not playing anywhere near me.

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 1d

There is something very nineteenth century about this even being a stage show.

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 1d

How is he going to find time to catch more murderers?

Ricardo Autobahn @ricardoautobahn.co.uk · 2d

This is the maddest tour I've ever seen in my life. It seems like he's doing more gigs than there are days in the year.

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 2d

You can always tell who did it in a true crime doc because they're the one person not being interviewed.

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 2d

It does raise the question of why didn't the shop owner use the crystal ball to prevent the crime.

Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 2d

Microsoft Teams should be classed as a terrorist organisation.

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 2d

Nah.

Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 2d

Lady Colin Campbell is also close, if not.

Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 2d

Didn't realise I lived relatively near David Sedaris. I wonder if he wants to hang out.

Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 3d

Dirty Bollocks

👻🎃🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Just Ni-Ghoul 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎃👻 @nothinghuman.bsky.social · 3d

Some Sunday evening fun.

I’ll go first;

Ferris Bueller’s Bollocks Off.

Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 3d

Double-jointed man vows to use his powers to fight crime.

Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 3d

The last third of any novel is only taking place in the protagonist's head after they have been sectioned.

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 3d

Should be fired out of a cannon.

Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 3d

I can see why today's kids prefer Skibidi Toilet to Biggles.

Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 3d

The films I saw in the cinema as a child are now on TV with adverts for cremation plans.

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty sure I saw this in the cinema.