'Three Kids and a Horse' - Paul Hambleton Landacre (1943)

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Ah, if only I’d seen this when we had to replace the old church stoup after it lost an accidental battle with a rucksack. (Though I don’t think I’d have got it past the rest of the PCC).

I love this! 👻

"Stars and Cars Events" latest TLOG raffles & auction is now live! First up 3 raffles for props from the live shows in 2000. Steve's "Hamlet Football" scarf, Mick McNamara's helmet & torch and Herr Lipp's sausage!

The OG cheese and pineapple hedgehog.

Beautiful everyday Ladybird things. Boiled eggs and Cornishware (2nd Picture Book, 1970) Artist: Harry Wingfield

A lot of the odd things that happen in our house started after we took up the spare room carpet and found a risqué picture underneath.

Sad. Not surprising at all, but sad. Not what Jesus would do.

Aw! Sharing Little Mari’s healing with all who need it.

New book review klaxon! Recently I spent a long weekend in the curious village of @welcometowillerby.bsky.social. Here’s my review of “A Year In Willerby”. ko-fi.com/post/Book-Re...

I realised some people celebrate valentines day and found out I have 7 extra standees of Little Mari hugging a heart if you want to send a loved one a little undead horse with a heart I will send one! £10 including uk shipping £12 including worldwide shipping

Today's spirit animal.

This is my latest novel. If you are in the UK you can get a signed (& personalised, if you like) hardback direct from me for cover price plus p&p, AND you'll get a free handmade linocut bookmark by my mum. Just drop me an email: [email protected] & let me know where to send. More info in thread...

Really clear memories of watching this with my train-mad dad. Who had, a few years earlier, been called home early from work to saw me out of a dining chair after I got my head stuck. He found me unfazed, watching Blue Peter upside down.

Massively painful hopefully just cramp walking to the doctor's surgery to drop off a prescription request. In my right/"good" leg. Terrible going downhill, painful on the flat, weirdly better going up. Hope it sorts itself by Saturday as we have a long walk planned.

On this day in Wyrd Britain history... 1975 - Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate introduced us all to Bagpuss, "The most important, the most beautiful, the most magical, saggy old cloth cat in the whole, wide world". #bagpuss #peterfirmin #oliverpostgate

Beautiful bees.

Re-upping this because it's one of my favourites from Rob's radio archive. Perfect late lunch listening. Ravi Shankar on the Third Programme in 1965. archive.org/details/shan...

Hire real humans.

Tickets for Leicester gig on Tuesday are here events.comedy-festival.co.uk/events/robin... #comedy #poetry

Does this curse also count for the tech bros who illegally used books written by me and countless others to help AI annihilate the world? I fucking hope so.

Just a reminder to any racist millionaire football club owners out there that without immigration we wouldn't have any of this

New collection coming very soon—Witchcraft and Magic in England, c. 1400–1920. Comprising over 55,000 document images, it charts the evolution of witchcraft and magic in England over five centuries. Learn more at britishonlinearchives.com/collections/....

You know all about The Wicker Man… now hear from one of the Children of The Wicker Man. On Folklore Matters today, we talk to Dominic Hardy, son of Robin, to hear all about the film’s legacy and its impact on his family. Source it wherever you get your podcasts…

Good* to know the bird that sounds like Jimmy Carr laughing has survived the winter. *Also slightly irritating

It’s publication day so I’m signing books in various Waterstones across London

Hugo Nominations are open! My short story The Shape of Stones is eligible if you should feel inclined to ... you know, be nice ☺️

Them: Describe your perfect date. Me: A dog who’s brought a picnic basket, along with a selection of hats and a cane to perform a one-dog show at the tree stump in the wood.

This sounds like a great title for an anthology.

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“Now,Val. If you can turn your mind from such trivial matters – this coal won’t clean itself!”

Every time I see this I remember I know a bloke who looks a bit like this. (The face and sometimes the headgear. The rest of his body not quite so much.*) *As far as I know.

Finally get a targeted ad that I like – Win a long weekend in Haworth. But can’t enter because you have to tag the friend you’d take with you and Magnus isn’t on Facebook.

Love this, and definitely need it in lieu of a number on our door.

Amen.

Do I know any New Zealanders on here...? I have a pop culture query, please and thank you.

When Val McDermid visited us last night, I not only got her to sign loads of books - but also some bookplates too! You can order any of Val’s books on the link below and get a freshly signed bookplate from the Queen of Crime herself! bertsbooks.co.uk/product/val-...

Today's spirit animal.

Fantastic Mr Chickadee. Handmade lino print. #birds #art #linocut #linoprint #printmaking Liquoricelino.etsy.com

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Hey everyone! It's a submissions day! We are going through our emails - so get sending! We have spaces for our editions on: 📚 Sense of physical touch 📚 Native languages and mother tongues 📚 Nature tapintopoetry.wordpress.com/submissions-...

Reposting!

Initially thought this was just another Boris revelation.

Had a cool idea for a ghost story when we were out for our walk, so had to stop and email it to myself.

I was all set to be Roisin until my mum realised that whenever she wrote it down it looked like Raisin. If I'd been a boy it would have been a choice between Kenneth, Kevin, or Albert.

The last Parliament of Bears in England was held in 490 AD. However, the date of the last Parliament of Ghost Bears is much contested and a sure way to start an argument in a tavern. - #CLNolan, BBC National Programme talk, 1934

If you’re worried that AI seems to be as intelligent and emotionally authentic as you are, maybe that says less about AI than it does about you.