Victoria Ling 🌱 🎓 🪐📚
@vrling.bsky.social
Recovering academic (archaeology/evolution).
Author of King Street Run, a fantasy-satire on the flogging of academia for profit: https://books2read.com/King-Street-Run
No DMs.
Old buildings, Old books, Gothic everything, Animals, Vegans, Classic Who
Author of King Street Run, a fantasy-satire on the flogging of academia for profit: https://books2read.com/King-Street-Run
No DMs.
Old buildings, Old books, Gothic everything, Animals, Vegans, Classic Who
Also, if you feed hedgehogs in your garden it’s a good idea to keep putting food out over winter. They usually hibernate but not all or get disturbed & appreciate a snack. I currently have this scenario with a hog visiting the feeding station every night so it’s a big help to these beautiful animals
December 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Also, if you feed hedgehogs in your garden it’s a good idea to keep putting food out over winter. They usually hibernate but not all or get disturbed & appreciate a snack. I currently have this scenario with a hog visiting the feeding station every night so it’s a big help to these beautiful animals
Early Xmas present: a 10kg bag of kitten food for the hedgehogs in my garden ☺️ This is the best food you can put out for hedgehogs. Forget the so-called “special” hedgehog food, these kitten biscuits are far superior for their nutritional needs. Always put a shallow bowl of water out next to it too.
December 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Early Xmas present: a 10kg bag of kitten food for the hedgehogs in my garden ☺️ This is the best food you can put out for hedgehogs. Forget the so-called “special” hedgehog food, these kitten biscuits are far superior for their nutritional needs. Always put a shallow bowl of water out next to it too.
Anamorphosis is a perspective trick where an image only appears normal when viewed from a particular angle.
I don’t know the orange-in (get it? origin? 🙄) of this tangerine GIF but it was via psychologist Richard Wiseman: richardwiseman.wordpress.com/2013/08/08/t...
I don’t know the orange-in (get it? origin? 🙄) of this tangerine GIF but it was via psychologist Richard Wiseman: richardwiseman.wordpress.com/2013/08/08/t...
December 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Anamorphosis is a perspective trick where an image only appears normal when viewed from a particular angle.
I don’t know the orange-in (get it? origin? 🙄) of this tangerine GIF but it was via psychologist Richard Wiseman: richardwiseman.wordpress.com/2013/08/08/t...
I don’t know the orange-in (get it? origin? 🙄) of this tangerine GIF but it was via psychologist Richard Wiseman: richardwiseman.wordpress.com/2013/08/08/t...
The squirrel has stashed his prize monkey nut where no one else could possibly find it… next to the pvc screen inside the hedgehog’s feeding station.
December 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The squirrel has stashed his prize monkey nut where no one else could possibly find it… next to the pvc screen inside the hedgehog’s feeding station.
💙📚 If you like cutesy timey-wimey books then you’ll hate my novel King Street Run 😬
KSR is an adult fantasy (no, not *that* sort of adult). A satire that takes an irreverent look at life, being working class, and what to do when attacked by gargoyles. And it’s stuffed with easter eggs.
Ta-daaah!
KSR is an adult fantasy (no, not *that* sort of adult). A satire that takes an irreverent look at life, being working class, and what to do when attacked by gargoyles. And it’s stuffed with easter eggs.
Ta-daaah!
December 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
💙📚 If you like cutesy timey-wimey books then you’ll hate my novel King Street Run 😬
KSR is an adult fantasy (no, not *that* sort of adult). A satire that takes an irreverent look at life, being working class, and what to do when attacked by gargoyles. And it’s stuffed with easter eggs.
Ta-daaah!
KSR is an adult fantasy (no, not *that* sort of adult). A satire that takes an irreverent look at life, being working class, and what to do when attacked by gargoyles. And it’s stuffed with easter eggs.
Ta-daaah!
📚💙 For those who like their sci-fi laced with satire and dark humour, my new novel "Paradox Lost" will be unleashed by @elsewhen.press in 2026. Please form an orderly queue at your nearest book shop and always remember to heed the crush barriers 😜
November 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
📚💙 For those who like their sci-fi laced with satire and dark humour, my new novel "Paradox Lost" will be unleashed by @elsewhen.press in 2026. Please form an orderly queue at your nearest book shop and always remember to heed the crush barriers 😜
Like everything else right now, it's the tail wagging the dog. If today's publishers were yesterday's the greatest books would have been rejected: Lord of The Rings, 1984, Brave New World: "Thanks for your submission but it's not commercial. Too 'ideas-y'"
Thank goodness for small presses!
#Booksky
Thank goodness for small presses!
#Booksky
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Like everything else right now, it's the tail wagging the dog. If today's publishers were yesterday's the greatest books would have been rejected: Lord of The Rings, 1984, Brave New World: "Thanks for your submission but it's not commercial. Too 'ideas-y'"
Thank goodness for small presses!
#Booksky
Thank goodness for small presses!
#Booksky
Incredibly humbling to read such a warm review of King Street Run, thank you! 📚💙
November 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Incredibly humbling to read such a warm review of King Street Run, thank you! 📚💙
📚💙 If you stand on Midsummer Common in Cambridge at midnight on Halloween and say the names of the 31 Colleges, the lost Michaelhouse will appear.
#Halloween #Books
#Halloween #Books
October 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
📚💙 If you stand on Midsummer Common in Cambridge at midnight on Halloween and say the names of the 31 Colleges, the lost Michaelhouse will appear.
#Halloween #Books
#Halloween #Books
Speaking of ballrooms, this is “From The Depths” by William Balfour Ker (circa 1906).
October 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Speaking of ballrooms, this is “From The Depths” by William Balfour Ker (circa 1906).
📚💙 Hugh Walpole is another classic ghost writer who, since his initial success in the 1920s/30s, has fallen into obscurity. If you'd like to delve into his work "Mr Huffam" is an enchanting way to begin. You can also listen to some of his stories on the "Encrypted" podcast read by Jasper L'Estrange.
October 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
📚💙 Hugh Walpole is another classic ghost writer who, since his initial success in the 1920s/30s, has fallen into obscurity. If you'd like to delve into his work "Mr Huffam" is an enchanting way to begin. You can also listen to some of his stories on the "Encrypted" podcast read by Jasper L'Estrange.
💙📚 Star Trek jokes aside, this is a wonderful collection of ghost stories by Arthur Quiller-Couch (A Pair of Hands is particularly good). Every story read buoys up my belief that you can’t beat ghost story writers from the late Victorian period to 1920’s (ish). And I’m already pretty biased.
October 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
💙📚 Star Trek jokes aside, this is a wonderful collection of ghost stories by Arthur Quiller-Couch (A Pair of Hands is particularly good). Every story read buoys up my belief that you can’t beat ghost story writers from the late Victorian period to 1920’s (ish). And I’m already pretty biased.
I’ve started the annual process of testing vegan dishes for Xmas dinner and I thought “You know who’d like this? JY!”
Anyway “This Isn’t roast chicken and stuffing” is currently top of the leader board.
Anyway “This Isn’t roast chicken and stuffing” is currently top of the leader board.
October 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I’ve started the annual process of testing vegan dishes for Xmas dinner and I thought “You know who’d like this? JY!”
Anyway “This Isn’t roast chicken and stuffing” is currently top of the leader board.
Anyway “This Isn’t roast chicken and stuffing” is currently top of the leader board.
📚💙 October reads! If you’re squirrelling away books with a Halloween backdrop then I’d be chuffed if you’d consider my novel King Street Run. It’s a satire on the flogging of academia for profit but with gargoyles, time distortion, and lots of what the kids these days call “easter eggs”.
#Books
#Books
October 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
📚💙 October reads! If you’re squirrelling away books with a Halloween backdrop then I’d be chuffed if you’d consider my novel King Street Run. It’s a satire on the flogging of academia for profit but with gargoyles, time distortion, and lots of what the kids these days call “easter eggs”.
#Books
#Books
If we "stop the boats" it won't change a thing; energy will remain unaffordable, food will still be overpriced, & you'll still work crippling hours for peanut wages.
Your life isn't rubbish because of small boats. It's rubbish because of predatory capitalism and the societal termites who endorse it
Your life isn't rubbish because of small boats. It's rubbish because of predatory capitalism and the societal termites who endorse it
September 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
If we "stop the boats" it won't change a thing; energy will remain unaffordable, food will still be overpriced, & you'll still work crippling hours for peanut wages.
Your life isn't rubbish because of small boats. It's rubbish because of predatory capitalism and the societal termites who endorse it
Your life isn't rubbish because of small boats. It's rubbish because of predatory capitalism and the societal termites who endorse it
There are nearly 3000 food banks in the UK.
September 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
There are nearly 3000 food banks in the UK.
Replace "Magician" and "Magic" with "Politician" and "Politics".
(Excerpt from vintage 'how-to' magic book)
(Excerpt from vintage 'how-to' magic book)
September 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Replace "Magician" and "Magic" with "Politician" and "Politics".
(Excerpt from vintage 'how-to' magic book)
(Excerpt from vintage 'how-to' magic book)
1/2 Eliza Brightwen (1830 –1906) was a self-taught Scottish naturalist, populariser of science, and wildlife advocate. The 19th century was awash (happily!) with books about natural history but they can be heavy going.
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September 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
1/2 Eliza Brightwen (1830 –1906) was a self-taught Scottish naturalist, populariser of science, and wildlife advocate. The 19th century was awash (happily!) with books about natural history but they can be heavy going.
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If you have the opportunity to acquire a copy it's really very charming; Inn emblems, heraldic figures, the fountain, they all come to life (and get chased by barristers at one point!). Pictures are by Margaret Tarrant, one of the foremost children's illustrators of the time, so it's quite a mystery
September 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
If you have the opportunity to acquire a copy it's really very charming; Inn emblems, heraldic figures, the fountain, they all come to life (and get chased by barristers at one point!). Pictures are by Margaret Tarrant, one of the foremost children's illustrators of the time, so it's quite a mystery
📚💙 In the 19th century a common type of what we now call science outreach took the form of popular science books. This is a lovely example from 1896 by G.F. Chambers 🔭🧪
August 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
📚💙 In the 19th century a common type of what we now call science outreach took the form of popular science books. This is a lovely example from 1896 by G.F. Chambers 🔭🧪
Robert Blatchford.
“Dismal England”
“Dismal England”
August 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Robert Blatchford.
“Dismal England”
“Dismal England”
📚💙 Robert Blatchford’s seminal work “Dismal England” is as relevant today as it was in 1899. It’s a scathing critique of social inequality in the late Victorian period with the same worries making it easily relatable. He encourages the working class to overthrow the capitalist system exploiting them
August 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
📚💙 Robert Blatchford’s seminal work “Dismal England” is as relevant today as it was in 1899. It’s a scathing critique of social inequality in the late Victorian period with the same worries making it easily relatable. He encourages the working class to overthrow the capitalist system exploiting them
Oh come on, even those of you with “its” have to chuckle.
Jerome K. Jerome.
From “Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow” 1886
Jerome K. Jerome.
From “Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow” 1886
August 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Oh come on, even those of you with “its” have to chuckle.
Jerome K. Jerome.
From “Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow” 1886
Jerome K. Jerome.
From “Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow” 1886