My first attempt at lagomorph topiary today. It was supposed to be a hare, but looks more like a rabbit.

The only flaw in the narrative of The Day of the Triffids is the UK would be immune, as whenever there is interesting celestial phenomena it’s pissing down with rain and overcast.

Does anyone here have any recommendations for our Berlin December trip? Anything weird, wyrd, spooky, unusual, medieval, pagan etc….

Colours today.

8:30pm tonight

Tomorrow…

And do take heed of Stewart Lee's adjuration to all National Trust members - vote vote vote to keep Restore Trust Out.

#31daysofhalloween #spookybook #booktober #ghosts Haunted Churches of England: Ghosts Ancient and Modern, Graham J. McEwan

250 on British ‘unity’ march met by 600 counter protesters. Good job Exeter. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This looks good.

I love maps so I'm giving away TWO signed paperbacks of my psychedelic/folkloric novel Villager each with these fantastic maps my dad illustrated of the fictional village in the book.Just repost this/reply below for a chance to win. Here's an extract from the book: www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...

My tiny H R Wakefield collection (the rest are on Kindle). Left to right: 1934 print of the 1932 first edition; 1961 Ballantine paperback with Richard Powers cover; and a 1935 first edition. For me Wakefield is in the top 5 of ghost story writers. #BookWormSat #31DaysOfHalloween #BookChatWeekly

My latest charity shop find.

Some of my recent book finds.

‘It is autumn in Moominvalley, for how else can spring come back again?’ ~ Finn Family Moomintroll, Tove Jansson. @racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of an Autumnal #BookWormSat 🍂

A fascinating read.

Alan Garner is 91 today. A brilliant and unique author. His books have inspired and enchanted me since I read The Weirdstone of Brisingamen at the age of 11. Here is my treasured copy of Red Shift. The Le Guin quote on the cover is wholly accurate.

What was so special about a 1970s karate chop? It seemed to be able to instantly knock out all types of villain (not all human) when administered by practically anyone!

Greatly saddened by this. Here is a glimpse of John Woodbine, excellent as always, as the sinister leader of the Knights of God. youtu.be/7lMkNsIiCsI

Posted by David Pilling and shared on FB by a friend earlier on today. As David says, a fire extinguisher attached to your Joan of Arc statue shows a certain pawky sense of humour. Or, I hope it does.

We need a Dorset Ooser emoji.

Always gets me feeling quite patriotic

I hope someone makes a film adaptation of The Giant Under the Snow before I die.

Neighbour’s aerial just made landfall. Big old bit of metal on a long bit of metal post. Lucky nobody was underneath!

I think we found the site of a world famous joke!

One of the best has left us. RIP Jane Goodall.

Frodo: “I wish it need not have happened in my time." Gandalf: "So do I, and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” J.R.R. Tolkien

The beautiful River Barle today. #Exmoor

Two #FingerpostFriday from today’s walk.

Does anyone know what this might be? In the middle of Exmoor, not near any habitation.

This is Ziggy. She came to live with us today. First night away from her mum. I expect some crying.

#OwlishMonday “She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls. You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting.” Alan Garner, The Owl Service. youtu.be/bIUtvIfe6L8

It's a race to the end! Thanks for recent reposts, quote posts and reposts of quote posts! And for signatures! The petition to protect hares from shooting in the breeding season is up to 42k, and has 5 weeks left. Let's get to 50k! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72... #UKwildlife #mammals

I played in an old signal box as a child, pulling the levers. Brings back memories. Classic program! #Signalman

#FingerpostFriday We came from Knaplock, not avoiding the bog!!

Migrants didn't cut council funding. Migrants didn't cut NHS funding. Migrants didn't close youth centres. Migrants didn't sell off council houses. Migrants aren't filling our rivers with sewage. Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants. Don't fall for it.

The BBC are broadcasting a 5 part adaptation of the very strange novel Hothouse by Brian Aldiss. In the far future, a banyan tree covers the Earth. Humans struggle with carnivorous plants & insects & telepathic fungi. Expertly read by Rog Blake. Well worth a listen. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The heating engineers found this under our floorboards.

Why do stormtroopers wear so much armour when it is so useless? It seems to be ineffective against a blaster, which is used by most people in the Star Wars universe. It would be ok if someone was throwing stones!

Folks. If Fantasy is your thing, then have a gander at the Split Worlds series of novels by the talented @emmanewman.bsky.social, but if Sci-Fi is more your bag, her Planetfall books are brilliant.

Revisited this today and remembered why I obsessed over it when it first came out.

Many thanks to anyone who chooses to share this. These are the last of the 53000+ books I bought from my ex-publisher Unbound earlier this year, after they stopped paying me and I took my rights back. We have 200-300 left and Jim would love to clear a bit of space in his room (he is very large).

The genocidal horse bolted long ago.

Wordle 1,491 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I don’t usually share these, but…!!!

@liamrudden.bsky.social Will The Omega Factor: By the Pricking of My Thumbs be touring after Edinburgh?

Can someone explain to me please why SciFi/Fantasy/Horror fiction is often referred to as Genre fiction? Surely all fiction has a genre, such as Western, Queer, Crime, Historical, Romance etc..? So isn’t all fiction Genre fiction?

The Rose Field - British and North American covers, hardback and audiobook editions. Art by Chris Wormell.

Found a bottle of home made redcurrant wine dated 2006 and it is delicious!!

It was 7 years ago today that we lost Peter Firmin; (Oliver Postgate had died 10 years before). This is to remember them both