It’s always nice when your new book gets a good blurb from a fellow author. But it’s just fucking awesome when said author also troubles to get in touch personally to tell you how much they liked it! 😊

I wanted SO BADLY to like One Battle After Another. Tried SO HARD to like it as I watched it. But JFC! Never seen so much acting and cinematographic talent (and screen run time!) wasted so badly.

Driving into London and Christ, is there ANYTHING less indicative of a strong and confident nation than a limp cross of St George flapping wetly at half mast up a grimy lamppost on a concrete overpass?

This -

The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.

oooooh, someone's upset. Wonder why.

Is it Because she fucking had it coming?

Jesus Christ, what is that under her *skin*???

The supposed leader of the free world. Jesus fucking Christ. Could you ask for a better metaphor shot?

Thoughts on reading that godawful Trump post about Reiner and his wife.....

If handing someone their arse, was a video clip

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So it’s about as clear as you can make it - US policy under Trump is to feed Europe piecemeal to Russia in return, presumably, for a “spheres of influence“ rapprochement and restored good relations at oligarch level. It’s a declaration of war on liberal democracy and the egalitarian rule of law.

Drag him.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep But I have promises to keep And miles to go before I sleep And miles to go before I sleep

Cannot get over how much he looks *exactly* like every doorman’s worst nightmare come chucking out time on a match night in some scabby East End bunker bar……

Was already really, REALLY enjoying #Plur1bus, but my respect for Vince Gilligan (and his writers room) just scaled even greater heights with the MG gag. IYKYK (And anyone who ever owned an MG does)

Christ, these people are thick. I mean, it truly offends me that they're walking around, using up valuable oxygen and consuming the same entertainment media as me.

Impossible to overstate the rock hard pre-teen crush I had on Fenella Fielding in this movie when I first saw it. Later transferred, perhaps not surprisingly, to Kate Bush.

Oh no!! Own everything he's ever written. A completely original voice. Lyrical and gritty in effortless counterpoint. This is a huge loss to American literature.

Wonder Boys Buffalo Soldiers Stickmen Road to Perdition Layer Cake Brick Casino Royale Into the Wild The Lookout King of California In Bruges The Social Network Captain Philips Fury Fury Road Sicario Hell Or High Water Wind River Greyhound A Complete Unknown

OH PLEASE DON'T DO THIS, I AM BEGGING YOU!

New title for Hegseth just dropped......

Damn! Would love to attend a couple of vivas for this one...... "Ms Singleton, were I to come at you with this Level 4 fire orb, what in your researched opinion would be an appropriate response?" *hurls Earth elemental thunderbolt*

When your administration is really just seventeen rabid ferrets in a trench coat, it's just a matter of time before the disguise fails...... (The only remaining problem is those Americans who'll see it and still say "Hey, those are MY KIND of rabid ferrets. Would love to grab a beer with them.")

Mood -

And here's some final Proof of Pudding - Just finished my 2nd play through. Back to back with the 1st = Yay for awesome game! But - Didn't bother with the final boss fight or ending scenes. Had my fun, I'm done. By contrast - played Tsushima through 4 times. Right to the end, every single time.

Beat us to slavery by a similar margin too. Busy little creatures…….

Once again, I am begging everyone to swap out Die Hard for Braven as their Xmas movie choice. I mean - snow, family man hero, witty evil bad guy boss, lots of lovely guns n violence. Plus, y’know, Jason Momoa….. What’s not to like???

Controversial Roaming Pigs is the name of my next band.

That weird little sliding feeling you get in your guts when you’re told that one of your all time fantasy writer heroes is reading your book…….

"Well, your honour, the sign pretty clearly said Open Here, but the bloody thing wouldn't keep still while I tried, so......."

And like THAT, I have the setting for my next cyberpunk novel......

All of this RIGHT HERE!👇🏼👇🏼🔥🔥

Time once again to big up this unjustly under-regarded and little known Down Under noir gem from the 90s. The combination of hapless aspiring criminal innocent Heath Ledger and his damned undead brother is just 🤌 If ever a film deserved a big revival/special edition re-release......

It also me.

It me.

Wouldn't even need much of an update tbh........

We've scared droves of people away from holidaying in our country by mistake. How do we fix that? - Make it more expensive for them. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Strikes me that the finest cultural advice you could give to any voting population right now would be "Treat your politicians like plumbers." Both professions make a living from handling shit, and the better they handle it, the happier you are. But - 1/x

What I wouldn't give to have Dennis Pennis embedded in the WHPC.........

Man, I miss the 90s!

And the award for driest deadpan humour in the field of archaeology goes to Martin Furholt of Kiel University by a country mile -

Well, Atlantic, that's my subscription over. I mean, fuck OFF!

If I were anything to do with the Call of Duty franchise, I'd be scrapping zombie mode & introducing something called PUTINFESTATION - set of maps inhabited by grubby baboon-sized Putin creatures with flappy, useless little wings & ratty fangs & a long, lolling forked tongue. "Gotta kill 'em all!"

Bit of in-depth lit crit for your delectation, hot off the (Italian) press......

Hmm - No Man's Land got a 2 star review from a Goodreads ARC reader, apparently because it was "Harsh, furious and lascivious" 😳 I mean - you say that like it's a *bad* thing.......

Tell me again how feminism is so passé and those battles are all won now........