Tim Cooke
@timc1986.bsky.social
Writer. Short story collections DARK PLAY and WHERE WE LIVE. Nightjar Press chapbook THE JUDGMENT. Early years teacher, PhD student. From Bridgend, South Wales.
Endsong off the latest Cure album is an epic, devastating masterpiece of a song. #runningplaylist
January 21, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Endsong off the latest Cure album is an epic, devastating masterpiece of a song. #runningplaylist
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People who like the sort of thing that I like will find this the sort of thing that they like.
January 18, 2026 at 1:19 AM
People who like the sort of thing that I like will find this the sort of thing that they like.
This is nice…
People who like the sort of thing that I like will find this the sort of thing that they like.
January 18, 2026 at 2:08 PM
This is nice…
Bela Tarr was in a league of his own.
January 7, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Bela Tarr was in a league of his own.
Pretty cool Xmas presents from my father-in-law…
January 4, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Pretty cool Xmas presents from my father-in-law…
Halfway through Knausgaard’s Wolves of Eternity - so far the Morning Star series has been one of the best, most fascinating weird fiction projects I’ve read. Unbelievably addictive writing.
January 3, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Halfway through Knausgaard’s Wolves of Eternity - so far the Morning Star series has been one of the best, most fascinating weird fiction projects I’ve read. Unbelievably addictive writing.
Lovely run this morning, up the mountain that inspired my collection of stories Dark Play…
December 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Lovely run this morning, up the mountain that inspired my collection of stories Dark Play…
Super Furries and Beta Band tickets booked for next year 👌
December 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Super Furries and Beta Band tickets booked for next year 👌
My 9-year-old has just finished reading a history of Alcatraz and now wants a bio of Shane MacGowan. I am very proud.
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My 9-year-old has just finished reading a history of Alcatraz and now wants a bio of Shane MacGowan. I am very proud.
I watched The White Ribbon for perhaps the fifth time last night - for something I’m writing - and it remains one of the most perfect and powerful films I’ve ever seen.
November 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I watched The White Ribbon for perhaps the fifth time last night - for something I’m writing - and it remains one of the most perfect and powerful films I’ve ever seen.
Kids are away, which means a Saturday evening of PhD…
November 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Kids are away, which means a Saturday evening of PhD…
This new Seamus Fogarty song is 👌 m.youtube.com/watch?v=MSFz...
Seamus Fogarty - 'I Passed Your House' (Official Video)
YouTube video by Lost Map Records
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November 22, 2025 at 6:48 AM
This new Seamus Fogarty song is 👌 m.youtube.com/watch?v=MSFz...
Current reads - so far so good…
November 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Current reads - so far so good…
Listening to Jeff Tweedy’s brilliant new album has sent me back to this. Man’s a genius… m.youtube.com/watch?v=8yRp...
Having Been is No Way to Be - Jeff Tweedy - Live from Here
YouTube video by Radio Heartland
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November 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Listening to Jeff Tweedy’s brilliant new album has sent me back to this. Man’s a genius… m.youtube.com/watch?v=8yRp...
Wild stuff from Lankum here… Love it. m.youtube.com/watch?v=aLLn...
Lankum - Ghost Town (Official Video)
YouTube video by LankumDublin
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November 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Wild stuff from Lankum here… Love it. m.youtube.com/watch?v=aLLn...
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A great tribute to Diogo Jota by @hersport.bsky.social .
July 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A great tribute to Diogo Jota by @hersport.bsky.social .
Loved reading Carole Angier’s Sebald bio at the same time as Vertigo. Just as I was finishing the latter, sat in a field on the weekend, a moth - a recurring symbol in his work - landed on the page…
June 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Loved reading Carole Angier’s Sebald bio at the same time as Vertigo. Just as I was finishing the latter, sat in a field on the weekend, a moth - a recurring symbol in his work - landed on the page…
Great to see this Goodreads review of my @nightjarpress.bsky.social chapbook from Andrew Hook. Available here: nightjarpress.weebly.com/tim-cooke.html
June 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Great to see this Goodreads review of my @nightjarpress.bsky.social chapbook from Andrew Hook. Available here: nightjarpress.weebly.com/tim-cooke.html
Spotted a fox and its cubs playing by the tracks in Walthamstow this evening…
May 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Spotted a fox and its cubs playing by the tracks in Walthamstow this evening…
For some reason, out of everything I’ve ever read, I think two images have stayed with me more than any others: Sebald’s fishermen with their backs turned on the world, and Proust’s boy digging his own grave by undoing the covers alone…
May 16, 2025 at 7:54 AM
For some reason, out of everything I’ve ever read, I think two images have stayed with me more than any others: Sebald’s fishermen with their backs turned on the world, and Proust’s boy digging his own grave by undoing the covers alone…
Can confirm the new
Propagandhi album is, as expected, outstanding… m.youtube.com/watch?v=YxRc...
Propagandhi album is, as expected, outstanding… m.youtube.com/watch?v=YxRc...
Propagandhi - "No Longer Young" (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Epitaph Records
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May 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Can confirm the new
Propagandhi album is, as expected, outstanding… m.youtube.com/watch?v=YxRc...
Propagandhi album is, as expected, outstanding… m.youtube.com/watch?v=YxRc...
My lovely first born, who arrived almost 10 weeks early weighing just 3lbs, turns nine today - total legend…
April 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My lovely first born, who arrived almost 10 weeks early weighing just 3lbs, turns nine today - total legend…
Wow! Second episode of The Studio is insanely good, and excruciating.
April 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Wow! Second episode of The Studio is insanely good, and excruciating.
My Easter holidays so far. I’ve passed the 100,000-word mark, which is new…
April 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
My Easter holidays so far. I’ve passed the 100,000-word mark, which is new…
Caught in my element yesterday evening…
April 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Caught in my element yesterday evening…