New Year's resolution: watch a classic film I haven't seen, every day in 2026. 6. Army of Darkness (1992) dir. Sam Raimi Meta-comedy horror masterpiece nailing all the best war film & quest narrative tropes. Bruce Campbell is a legend. Ray Harryhausen would love the SFX. 9/10

'I wish I could heal all of us.' - Crofton Wingwalker, 'Philosophical Scribblings'

New Year's resolution: watch a classic film I haven't seen, every day in 2026. 5. The Full Monty (1997) dir. Peter Cattaneo Like an Ealing Comedy made by Ken Loach. Working class lads find their mojo. Allegory of class solidarity. Great acting & script, a moving ending. 10/10

New Year's resolution: watch a classic film I haven't seen, every day in 2026. 4. Chariots of Fire (1981) dir. Hugh Hudson Homoerotic celebration of male beauty and prowess, honour, individual struggle v. collective tradition. Patriots wd enjoy it to its fullest no doubt. 7/10

New Year's resolution: watch a classic film I haven't seen, every day in 2026. 3. Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid (1969) dir. George Roy Hill Comic bromance + revisionist/spaghetti western existentialism. Ironic look at Wild West mythology. Jarring tonal switches . 8/10

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Today low sun warms leaf-strewn paths in autumn bronze, dark gold, chocolate. Elsewhere, dirt & ice interfuse, spreading a leathery grey hide across the earth, harsh underfoot. At my frozen chapel, up close the fractal snow-filaments are hairs. They thicken to white fur, asparkle in sun-cast glitter

My New Year's resolution is to watch a classic film every day this year that I haven't seen before. 2. King Kong (1933) dir. Merian C Cooper, Ernest B Schiedsack Four incredible things in this: SFX by Willis H O' Brien, score by Max Steiner, Fay Wray's eyes. Poor Kong 9/10

Wishing you all a happy new year and everything you desire* in 2026. *Unless it's bad things.

My New Year's resolution is to watch a classic film every day this year that I haven't seen before. 1. Blithe Spirit (1945) dir. David Lean Tautly directed, brilliant cinematography by Ronald Neame. Margaret Rutherford is sublime. 9/10

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Headbutt the little fucker, Fallon! #TheArchers

If Amber really is back, then I'm Walter Gabriel's left bollock. #TheArchers

#StandingStoneSunday Mitchell's Fold (sometimes called Medgel's Fold or Madges Pinfold) is a Bronze Age stone circle in southwest Shropshire, located near the small village of White Grit at the southwest end of Stapeley Hill in the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton, at a height of 330m

A transparent subterfuge, Tony, you Machiavellian tractor lad! #TheArchers

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Harrison is back. Great.* *Sarcasm #TheArchers

Please put George out of our misery, SWs. #TheArchers

Anteaters of the future

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Happy Xmas to all my inside-my-telephone people, including my fellow #TheArchers sufferers!

Social Strikes: General Strikes, Mass Strikes, and People Power Uprisings in Defense Against MAGA Tyranny

[Werner Herzog voice] He is monstrous, but in a more profound sense, Cookie Monster is also a victim

I believe it’s important to sustain minority languages and their cultures, so this is welcome news.

Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat

Just because it's reached the 100,000 threshold, doesn't mean anything will happen. So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

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The sort of report a great paper publishes. It’s a great read about who the man with the gun in this photo, is. Experts now know his name & that he was a school teacher before WWII. ‘Rather, years of antisemitic, nationalistic propaganda closed off whatever was left of their basic humanity’. [1]

Kay Johnson - Madam Satan ~ Clarence Sinclair Bull (1930)

Hempstead Animal Shelter (516) 785-5220 3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit Wantagh, NY 11793 [email protected] So easy to fall in love with that face ⬇️😍 MELIA will thrive with the right person & Training. 3.5 years old, 50 lbs, a low traffic adult only home with no dogs. She enjoys going for walks.

Foxes though.

Other work of the Ladybird artists. ‘Evening party at the big house’ Artist: Ronald Lampitt (1958)

My mum, few years ago after saying "fuck it, that'll do."

If you want to read the introduction to the current issue of Forgotten Ground Regained, you can read it here: alliteration.net/info/introdu...

Twenty-five years a foot-soldier, pensioned to this high scrape of heather and bracken. Build stone walls against the slow march of hills. Pace out the acreage: Nethergate, Uppergate, Knoll. 'Tithes', James Caruth, in our walking-themed anthology 'The Footing' thefooting.wordpress.com

We’re at Highgate Art Fair this weekend with my work. Pop along and say hello if you’re in the area.

THE HALF MAN (kindle or paperback) "a gloriously OTT occult comedy-thriller that has echoes of films like 'The Old Dark House'. Bloody entertaining fun." "Great fun - a mix of Dennis Wheatley and Sam Raimi" "it’s an absolute ‘blast’!" www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1718632932

#AutumnReading 🌊🕷️ 🌊 Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social #Othernesses from @janes-studio.bsky.social and Amber Rollinson's #SomewhereLooking from @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social . Two stunningly produced books, containing beautiful poetry. #poetrycollections #beautifulpoetry #mustread #art

AYE WRITE FESTIVAL starts today in Glasgow with lots of fine poetry events to check out. eg tonight at 6pm: Mirrorball Gaelic Showcase with Peter Mackay (Makar), Shane Johnstone, Petra Poncarova, Babs Nicgriogair, Robbie Anndra Macleòid & Martin MacIntyre. www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/mirr...

Gare du Midi (2016) photograph by Anne Billson

November news: shorturl.at/mzqLN Vidyan Ravinthiran wins @forwardprizes.bsky.social for Best Collection; new translations from Tomas Venclova, Pia Tafdrup & Ivan V. Lalić; online launch 20/11; Krisztina Tóth & Laura Wittner longlisted for Warwick Prize for Women in Translation; plus much more!

We're absolutely delighted to announce Magma 93 'Liberation' is now published and available to buy on our website. Edited by Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social #liberation #magma93 Get your hands on a copy now! magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...

If anyone lost a bag of books from LRB Bookshop on the Metropolitan Line between Baker St- Watford, I handed it to a cleaner when the train terminated at Watford tube station. And if you have far more followers than me, please share this status. LRB bookshop is not cheap!