Rob McIvor
@rob-mcivor.bsky.social
Read a lot, write a bit; walk a lot, ride a bit. Happiest at altitude. 2x Page Turner finalist, Exeter and JBA longlisted. Cheshire Novel Prize top 100. New novel, “What Goes on Tour”, published May 2026.
Location: Blackheath, London
www.robmcivor.com
Location: Blackheath, London
www.robmcivor.com
Finally out of A&E after 11 hours. Nothing broken but the refusal to allow her anything to eat or drink means she is now almost delirious 🙄.
January 5, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Finally out of A&E after 11 hours. Nothing broken but the refusal to allow her anything to eat or drink means she is now almost delirious 🙄.
A friend of mine was asked by the server in a LA restaurant to let her know if he had any questions about the menu. His response - what font is it in? - was, sadly, met with a completely blank look.
January 3, 2026 at 10:55 AM
A friend of mine was asked by the server in a LA restaurant to let her know if he had any questions about the menu. His response - what font is it in? - was, sadly, met with a completely blank look.
It’s disgusting but, as the person responsible - Elon Musk - is a US citizen, what do you think they have the powers to do?
January 2, 2026 at 11:21 AM
It’s disgusting but, as the person responsible - Elon Musk - is a US citizen, what do you think they have the powers to do?
Can we have a category for people who don’t mind dogs if they are kept away from them and those who think it’s ok to bring their dog into a cafe and let it clamber all over the seats and sometimes on the tables?
January 1, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Can we have a category for people who don’t mind dogs if they are kept away from them and those who think it’s ok to bring their dog into a cafe and let it clamber all over the seats and sometimes on the tables?
Was it calling to you?
December 31, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Was it calling to you?
Also:
Brain: you know that novel you finished a couple of months ago and have sent out on submission? I’ve had this great idea for a plot twist…
Brain: you know that novel you finished a couple of months ago and have sent out on submission? I’ve had this great idea for a plot twist…
December 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Also:
Brain: you know that novel you finished a couple of months ago and have sent out on submission? I’ve had this great idea for a plot twist…
Brain: you know that novel you finished a couple of months ago and have sent out on submission? I’ve had this great idea for a plot twist…
That’s infinitely improbable
December 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
That’s infinitely improbable
I think we all know “what he and Truss should do together” and the second and final word is “off”
December 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I think we all know “what he and Truss should do together” and the second and final word is “off”
So your mother was complicit in tax evasion so she could get her gardening done on the cheap?
December 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
So your mother was complicit in tax evasion so she could get her gardening done on the cheap?
Superb. I remember seeing that and going into Virgin in Liverpool to buy the single (on 12 inch red vinyl!) the following Saturday. Still got it.
December 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Superb. I remember seeing that and going into Virgin in Liverpool to buy the single (on 12 inch red vinyl!) the following Saturday. Still got it.
Indeed. But spare me a thought for being the person who had to produce the “lines to take” document in case it made its way to the press
December 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Indeed. But spare me a thought for being the person who had to produce the “lines to take” document in case it made its way to the press
I can beat that. At a certain organisation for which I once worked it was well known that àn unmarried member of staff’s child had been conceived with the help of a married member of the same department AT the Christmas party.
December 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I can beat that. At a certain organisation for which I once worked it was well known that àn unmarried member of staff’s child had been conceived with the help of a married member of the same department AT the Christmas party.