Alzheimer's has taken a lot from us but me and dad can still sit outside and listen to the Eurythmics.

So... In fact I think it's 'Pissed off girl summer'.

Pride Month may be over, but in Cork the celebrations continue into July with @wcorklitfest.bsky.social! Don't miss author @sachacoward.bsky.social discussing his book Queer as Folklore in the magnificent setting of Bantry House and Gardens. Tickets: www.westcorkmusic.ie/literary-fes... #booksky

So, I'm about to give a corporate queer history talk at the same time as the World Cup kick-off! They've put out free manbags to try and tempt the queers like how you're meant to put sugar water in bottle lids out for dying bumblebees...

This is such an important point.

It's taken me a while... but I've finally realised what our Improv troop makes me think of. Two things: It's either Balamory or that weird phase when Cluedo was trying to be edgy and relatable...

I think we're far enough away from the incident for me to talk about the funniest interaction I've had with a member of the public as a queer author! Lady walks up to my table. Picks up my book. 'Why queer?' 1/

Curious about witchcraft? @divamag.bsky.social share their 4 books to discover your queer witchy side, including @sachacoward.bsky.social's Queer as Folklore: diva-magazine.com/2026/06/29/4... #booksky

2026 is leaving in a typo just so poeple know you're not AI

The Evening Standard website unintentionally creating a piece of Dadaist art

Straight men act as if the worst thing they could possibly be is gay... do they not realise HOW much fun we're having?!

Keeping uncle Noël's legacy alive by being an absolute f-slur!

This is where we're at.

Improv has seriously made my life so much better... I am positively evangelical about it! Love these wonderful dingdongs. X

🐈 Father, why must you put the smelley droppes on? Why must I not be touched? Dost thou not love Mikey anymore? Hath he done you wronge? He is a most sorrowful cat, verily to be suffering the annual 'No touch for 24 hours' punayshment...

Talking about my book in my hometown (Stroud) is bliss!!!

Fabulous talk by @sachacoward.bsky.social at Borderless Books in Stroud. I have a very happy son with his signed copy

Guess which large sweaty boy with two thumbs has suddenly become allergic to bees at 39 years-old!!!

Yesterday a bee stung me absolutely unprovoked. Today my foot his twice its normal size. My body is such a delayed onset drama queen!!!!

The cat is so zonked poor bugger he's like a furry puddle with ears.

The WyrdWessex interview with the lovely @sachacoward.bsky.social is now available on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. Absolutely recommended - really insightful conversation about a brilliantly researched book. #folklore #podcast #wyrdwessex #queerasfolklore youtu.be/1vL_JxMACNE?...

Queer history tour in sweltering Central London? Completed it mate! (This was the original Pink Pony Club; The location of the Caravan Club on Endell Street. Raided and closed down by police in 1934)

Happy underboob sweat to all who celebrate! X

I loved talking folklore with @sachacoward.bsky.social @trumanbooks.bsky.social as part of their Weird Midsummer festival - what better way to celebrate the longest day than chatting about our ever changing ritual year, along with queer mermaids and (unrelated) udder suckers?

If you are interested in queer folklore/popular culture, I recommend Queer As Folklore by @sachacoward.bsky.social, which I cite a lot in my dissertation. It was reissued by Manchester UP so it should be widely available. It’s accessible, informative, funny, and moving.

I'm giving talks and tours this week. To those attending... I am a moderately large boy who 'runs hot'... I sweat in November... I take medication that makes me sweat more... I am likely to resemble a festering elephant seal carcass... I will not be coherent... This is how things are. Thank you.

It's really warming up!!! Time to grab all the books you own that sound or look even slightly cold and hide till the sun forgives us for our bad behaviour.

So. It's done. What do we think? More of the same? Opportunity for growth? Meh?

I simply cannot be expected to type sensibly under these conditions. ♨️

I want to test something out. If I say 'Hetslop' do you kind of get what I mean? There's so much hetslop online over the past year.

Two folklorists. One publisher. A few too many beers (me).

I just finished the first draft of chapter 3 of the next book... and it has made me very angry. Can't say why just now so I'm just vaguesposting but I had to read something absolutely heinous whilst researching one person...

I like summer. I do. I do I do. But as a very sweaty human I'm looking at this week's forecast with abject terror. I am going to be a moist BO furnace!!!

A slightly pretentious thread of all the profound life lessons that I have learnt from videogames over the past 39 years. 1/

Just started playing 'Slay The Princess' and this is very much my weird folklore archetype-switcheroo jam.

Finished reading Queer as Folklore by @sachacoward.bsky.social today, and might be borrowing a couple of references for a future PhD. Thanks in advance, Sacha! If you're interested in historical folklore, I can't recommend this book enough.

Sometimes my cat does this thing we he just flops on the floor and insists you rub his tummy, then he inches around without using his feet like a little purry worm. I call him my little cat slug. It's my favourite thing.

Thrilled to see @sachacoward.bsky.social's 'Queer as Folklore' in this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for nonfiction! See the full list on @lithub.com.web.brid.gy here: lithub.com/the-independ... @americanbookseller.bsky.social #PrideMonth #booksky

As a very funny hysterical lmfao point... guess where the 5 year process of seeking an ADHD diagnosis through the NHS falls?!!!

So (whilst I was supposed to be working on something else) I've been thinking of how best to express my personal ADHD axis of evil. So I made this Venn diagram. /1

Me: *Feeling blue* Irritable old lady in Tescos who walked directly into me whilst I was stood still: Oh you're a massive ugly bugger ain't'cha?! Me: She... called me... massive *Skips out in delight*

Taking him to the vets and he's so cross he will only show me his bum.

There are literal children at the gym... and they are jacked... and I think it is really really bad.

Medieval puzzle jugs were made for drinking games, where the ‘puzzle’ was how to drink from the jug without getting drenched from the spouts at the sides, which connect to two different chambers.

So, we've come up with a great name for our company!! Oh yeah?! Yeah it's from an immensely popular fantasy saga about how even small individuals can triumph over evil! Amazing! Yeah it's the name of the profane orb that the dark wizard uses to connect with the lord of shadow to spy on people!

Been feeling a bit low, and ugly, and stupid, and sad. Turns out... I'm just dehydrated and tired.

One of these days when a little time has passed I'm going to write a lengthy (anonomised) piece about all the bizarre and slightly humiliating situations I've found myself in as a first time author...

Also as a mere plebian I have only recently realised that when a person gets to a certain level of insane wealth the actual number they're 'worth' becomes a kind of made-up quantum number that isnt actually real but allows other insanely wealthy people to make even more money.

As it’s #PrideCymru today, let’s remember this lovely Twitter exchange from years gone by…

For those who are about I'm at The Great Dunmow book festival today! I will be at Hunter's Hair Salon (Laugh at your own peril...) from 12PM-4PM! www.talliston.com/great-dunmow...