Well the list got us all talking didn’t it

Proof of time travel - that these terracotta sculptures from Romania are 7000 years old and not from the early-to-mid 20th century Yes yes I know Neolithic art was a big influence on modernism but it’s rare to see examples where the route seems so…direct? Had never seen these before!

The number you’ve read is the age you think you still are 31 for me

I might try a top 100. Off the top of my head, these 10 would definitely be on there… 🤷‍♂️ Berlin Alexanderplatz Pumpkin Eater High Rise Revolutionary Road Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch End of the Affair Hangover Square To The Lighthouse Nightmare Alley The Monk #booksky

The number you’ve read is the age you think you still are 31 for me

DEAD END (1980) Acrylic on Illustration Board - 30” x 20” In the late 70s, all my clients were situated near each other in midtown Manhattan. To get there, I would take a train or bus to town and walk through the seedier parts of Times Square. 1/4 #art #horror #bookssky

Underground heroes GUN OUTFIT have done a new album - their first in nearly a decade - and you should listen to it if you like Meat Puppets, Silver Jews, Neil Young, Arbor Labor Union, LA desert music…you get the idea. Plus Henry Barnes (MAN IS THE BASTARD / AMPS FOR CHRIST) is still a member 🤌

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Underground heroes GUN OUTFIT have done a new album - their first in nearly a decade - and you should listen to it if you like Meat Puppets, Silver Jews, Neil Young, Arbor Labor Union, LA desert music…you get the idea. Plus Henry Barnes (MAN IS THE BASTARD / AMPS FOR CHRIST) is still a member 🤌

Rewatching for the umpteenth time because it’s been that sort of week. Still the 🐐 (the show not the man)

Watched CRIME 101 and the “Mom: We have Michael Mann’s Heat at home” / “Men will literally carry out diamond heists to avoid going to therapy” memes were justified, but also didn’t enjoy it as much as I’d hoped. 2 stars

Day out in Kirklees

Bit of sword dancing down the pub 🤌

Bit of sword dancing down the pub 🤌

Day out in Kirklees

Have you heard of Tilton Railway Cutting? Maybe not but it’s pretty notable because David Attenborough credits it with giving him his love of the natural world It’s a railway cutting from the 1870s that revealed 200m yr old rock layers and countless fossils My mum sent me this photo the other day

What heinous crimes have they committed

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This rules and of course I had to look up what happened to the Socialist Worker’s “one full time reporter”, a Python character if ever there was one - he ended up with the Daily Mail and advising a Tory MP. Some think he was probably a state asset all along 🤔 🙃

Wrote a Goodreads review (my first ever, incidentally) of Ray Newman’s banging new collection 👇 @raynewman.bsky.social #booksky

Bring back actor-vs-actor beef of this calibre #filmsky

Bring back actor-vs-actor beef of this calibre #filmsky

Ended up reading the new @raynewman.bsky.social collection in a day. Hugely enjoyed every page and every story. If you’re in a reading slump, this might do the trick to get you out of it 🤷‍♂️ #booksky

Now reading - The Rings of Saturn (1995) by Sebald Ticking off a biggie on a Bank Holiday, and my first Sebald. Only a chapter in and it’s meeting but also challenging the expectations I had about it. It’s also making me want to visit Suffolk, a county I’ve never stepped foot in… #booksky

Now reading - The Rings of Saturn (1995) by Sebald Ticking off a biggie on a Bank Holiday, and my first Sebald. Only a chapter in and it’s meeting but also challenging the expectations I had about it. It’s also making me want to visit Suffolk, a county I’ve never stepped foot in… #booksky

Ended up reading the new @raynewman.bsky.social collection in a day. Hugely enjoyed every page and every story. If you’re in a reading slump, this might do the trick to get you out of it 🤷‍♂️ #booksky

Got a jolt when I saw this notification the other day

The bit where the kids ritualistically kill and devour Plumbert seemingly took inspiration from Weapons (2025)

Now reading Ray Newman’s brand new short story collection, Thin Places in Hard Concrete (2026) 🤌 I enjoyed his last two collections A LOT so I’m pretty excited to be honest. For fans of creeping unease amid empty multistory car parks, that kind of thing… #booksky

These are two of the images we sent into space aboard Voyager 1 and 2 to help aliens understand humanity.

The bit where the kids ritualistically kill and devour Plumbert seemingly took inspiration from Weapons (2025)

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Flashback to when I visited New York in 2013

Sure I love minimalist 20th century design but I also love 17th century Baroque ceiling paintings depicting the entrance to hell via the mouth of a cat 🤷‍♂️

Went to a few old and/or medieval churches in the East Mids this weekend First up, the half-submerged Normanton Church at Rutland Water. It was going to be demolished in 1970 until a public outcry led to this weird compromise… 🧵

Went to a few old and/or medieval churches in the East Mids this weekend First up, the half-submerged Normanton Church at Rutland Water. It was going to be demolished in 1970 until a public outcry led to this weird compromise… 🧵

Sure I love minimalist 20th century design but I also love 17th century Baroque ceiling paintings depicting the entrance to hell via the mouth of a cat 🤷‍♂️

Hare sighting

This gravestone goes hard. “Reader prepare for DEATH”

📢 🚨 Medieval labyrinth turf maze klaxon! Stumbled on this today whilst visiting nearby Rutland Water. One of a handful of surviving turf mazes in the UK… 🧵 #medievalsky

📢 🚨 Medieval labyrinth turf maze klaxon! Stumbled on this today whilst visiting nearby Rutland Water. One of a handful of surviving turf mazes in the UK… 🧵 #medievalsky

“We saw you from across the banquet hall and really dig your vibe”

Hare sighting

“We saw you from across the banquet hall and really dig your vibe”

This gravestone goes hard. “Reader prepare for DEATH”

I think about the existentialist “No Exit” theme in noir probably far too frequently, but a copy of this turned up the other day and I was reminded how good the No Exit Press book designs used to be 🤌 Recently read Burnett’s banging Asphalt Jungle and can’t wait to get stuck into this too #booksky