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Mint Royale @mint-royale.com · 4h

Save this for posterity. When the end of the world is near, get your loved ones close, hug them, say all the things you’ve always wanted to say, and then watch this on a loop

Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 5h

THIS MOMENT DESERVES A BAFTA #CelebrityTraitors

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Amanda Mason @amandajanemason.bsky.social · 5h

Love Ruth #TheTraitors

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Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 6h

#HorrorWritersChat

A few years ago I wrote a book about the Ealing Studios classic portmanteau horror film Dead of Night, released in 1945. To mark its 80th anniversary, STUDIOCANAL will release a new 4K version on October 20th. If you haven’t seen this film, correct that deficit immediately.

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boxdelightspod.bsky.social @boxdelightspod.bsky.social · 5d

And we're off! NEW EPISODE out today. Journalist and author @michaelhogan100.bsky.social talks about the magic of Jonathan Creek and his own crime novel debut, The Dogwalkers' Detective Agency. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

Jonathan Creek

Podcast Episode · Box of Delights · 10/10/2025 · 21m

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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 1d

We now know who designed the Wicker Man corn flakes box!

Paul Watson @lazaruscorporation.co.uk · 1d

I just received an email from the designer's brother-in-law so I've updated my blog post to credit them by name:
www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artist...

Corn Flakes, Stuck Culture, & the wrong type of undead

It started off, as these things tend to do, as a light-hearted thread on BlueSky initiated by writer Ray Newman about Sainsbury’s slightly otherworldly Corn Flakes packaging design from the 1970s, whi...

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Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 1d

There you go. Did you enjoy that? If so, I'll be talking about all this kind of thing - plus birds, books, writing and a bunch of other stuff - in Newcastle next Tuesday. Book your tickets now! Ta. www.nhsn.org.uk/events/richa...

Richard Smyth: A Nature Writer at Large

An evening with nature writer Richard Smyth in the NHSN Council RoomRichard Smyth is one of the UK's busiest nature writers. His most recent book, The Jay, the Beech and the Limpetshell: Finding Wild ...

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 2d

We need your help. 💙 Salt is fighting to keep indie publishing alive — discovering new writers, nurturing voices that matter. Every pound helps us publish more books. Please donate or share today. #SupportIndie #KeepBooksAlive #Books #Writers #IndiePress

Donate to Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery

New books and reprints arrive daily at Salty Towers – and we'… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026

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Amanda Mason @amandajanemason.bsky.social · 2d

We have Bronze Age axes in the museum collection, and I always think of Red Shift when I see them.

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Amanda Mason @amandajanemason.bsky.social · 2d

Post you from a different era

22 year old Amanda channelling the pagan spirit of heron in a field in Devon.

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Amanda Mason @amandajanemason.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, my heart

Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 3d

Alan Garner's Bronze Age shovel - found in the Alderley Edge copper mines in 1875, rediscovered by Alan in a dusty cupboard under his Primary School's stage, and since radiocarbon dated to 1750BC. One of many treasures in Manchester Museum - now massively revamped & European Museum of the Year.

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 3d

Alan Garner's Bronze Age shovel - found in the Alderley Edge copper mines in 1875, rediscovered by Alan in a dusty cupboard under his Primary School's stage, and since radiocarbon dated to 1750BC. One of many treasures in Manchester Museum - now massively revamped & European Museum of the Year.

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Amanda Mason @amandajanemason.bsky.social · 2d

Mashed potatoes
Saint Maud
Mandy

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Sean Coleman @colemandesign.bsky.social · 3d

Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the wee donkey. It’s only a set of new postcards — TV Crime shows as published by Penguin Books. Pin them on your investigation board or write coded messages on them and send to your associates. Available here: colemandesign.co.uk/shop

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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 3d

If you could please do us a favour and RT (or whatever it is on here) my writing CV I would be extremely grateful. I am a very capable writer of words, mainly “humorous”’ and if you have some PROPER paid work for me, please DM me. Thank you for your time www.mathew-owen.co.uk

Home | Matt Owen | Freelance Writer

I offer a broad and diverse range of writing services. Get in touch!

www.mathew-owen.co.uk

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 4d

British folk horror and occult characters to be on Halloween, a thread.

1. Mr Fisher from Robin Redbreast (1970).
Catchphrase: “The study of religions is one of my many interests.”
You’ll need:
- Tweed trilby
- Mutton chops
- Cracked spectacles
- A copy of The Golden Bough

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Amanda Mason @amandajanemason.bsky.social · 5d

Probably a generational thing too? I suspect the pie and pea supper is no longer on offer in pubs.

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Amanda Mason @amandajanemason.bsky.social · 5d

Yes. Is this possibly just a northern thing? Pie and pea supper and all that.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 5d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote this quite a few years ago now. CW: what you'd expect. richarddsmyth.com/2020/11/03/o...

Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 6d

Today marks the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week.

This year, it comes as the UK is about to pass a law guaranteeing the right to bereavement leave for miscarriage, making us one of only 4 countries in the world to offer it.

My heart is with everyone who experiences the heartbreak of baby loss.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 7d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 7d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 7d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Paul Kane @paulkane.bsky.social · 8d

As it’s the #spookyseason🎃 why not pre-order our anthology #BeyondandWithinWitchcraft - already a #1 in new releases! 🧙

www.amazon.co.uk/Witchcraft-S...

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 9d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Amanda Mason @amandajanemason.bsky.social · 8d

"AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be re-consumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.”
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘stop doing this to him’

Film-maker tells the public to stop sending her videos, saying: ‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings’

www.theguardian.com

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Amanda Mason @amandajanemason.bsky.social · 9d

I saw him play Falstaff, so many years ago, when it was exciting to see actors off the telly onstage. And I always loved his voice which sounded and felt so familiar.

Hilary Fawcett @hboomer.bsky.social · 9d

RIP, John Woodvine. A very fine actor, and son of South Shields

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