Cai Ross
@caiross.bsky.social
Writer & restaurateur (Paysanne in Deganwy, North Wales). Co-host of the Prisoner podcast Free For All. (Book version now available).
Zootropolis 2 is a knockout. Great story, worthy of a 70s neo-noir, and more sight gags than a handful of Airplanes, and they all hit the spot. A joy.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Zootropolis 2 is a knockout. Great story, worthy of a 70s neo-noir, and more sight gags than a handful of Airplanes, and they all hit the spot. A joy.
A star is extinguished, and the entire world is suddenly less bright, less interesting and less fun. Miserable news.
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A star is extinguished, and the entire world is suddenly less bright, less interesting and less fun. Miserable news.
Just off for an eye test.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Just off for an eye test.
Magnificent book with a cover to match.
Very proud to have been asked to work on this for John and David at Plumeria. It’s been a joy.
Prints are available in my store at the link below- a portion of each sale will be donated to the Samaritans to aid their pre Christmas campaign
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Prints are available in my store at the link below- a portion of each sale will be donated to the Samaritans to aid their pre Christmas campaign
christopherjamesart.bigcartel.com/product/conn...
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Magnificent book with a cover to match.
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I am very proud to announce that you can now preorder my new novel CONNERY @plumeriapics.bsky.social which will be released 23 February 2026. We don’t do Amazon because they’re bastards so please preorder direct from the site.
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CONNERY – A Novel by John Bleasdale (PRE-ORDER – OUT 23 FEB 2026 – NO U.S. ORDERS, SORRY)
CONNERY – A Novel by John Bleasdale "The strangest thing about killing someone was how easy it was to forget I had done it. Of course, once I recalled it, I could relive it in intense granular detail....
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November 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I am very proud to announce that you can now preorder my new novel CONNERY @plumeriapics.bsky.social which will be released 23 February 2026. We don’t do Amazon because they’re bastards so please preorder direct from the site.
plumeriapics.co.uk/shop/ols/pro...
plumeriapics.co.uk/shop/ols/pro...
This morning’s ear feast is sorted.
The title of the book should be “I Loved Movies But Then I talked to Joseph McBride and Now I Love Them Even More”
Brand new EPIC Writers on Film. The first to break the 2 hour mark with Joseph McBride talking about his book with Danny Peary “I Loved Films But …”
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November 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
This morning’s ear feast is sorted.
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WE’RE HAVING A FLASH SALE WITH 40% OFF ACROSS ALL DESIGNS!!!
Ends at 6am tomorrow, so be quick!
Ends at 6am tomorrow, so be quick!
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November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
WE’RE HAVING A FLASH SALE WITH 40% OFF ACROSS ALL DESIGNS!!!
Ends at 6am tomorrow, so be quick!
Ends at 6am tomorrow, so be quick!
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Sad to hear that quintessential actor Jack Shepherd has died. It was great to see him recently in one of his major roles as Renfield in Dracula, to character roles in Budgie, Crown Court and countless other films and TV, his talent shone through. Rest in peace dear Jack.
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Sad to hear that quintessential actor Jack Shepherd has died. It was great to see him recently in one of his major roles as Renfield in Dracula, to character roles in Budgie, Crown Court and countless other films and TV, his talent shone through. Rest in peace dear Jack.
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@househammerpod.bsky.social are joined by special guest Jonathan Sothcott as we take a deep dive into 1966's Rasputin the Mad Monk. He's a Monk! And he's Mad! But is it any good? And will there be any Boney M jokes (*)? Tune in to find out!
(* yes)
(* yes)
Rasputin, The Mad Monk
In this fact packed and completely true* visit headed up by Adam, the lads are joined by Jonathan Sothcott in an attempt to unpick the fact from the fiction as
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November 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
@househammerpod.bsky.social are joined by special guest Jonathan Sothcott as we take a deep dive into 1966's Rasputin the Mad Monk. He's a Monk! And he's Mad! But is it any good? And will there be any Boney M jokes (*)? Tune in to find out!
(* yes)
(* yes)
Train Dreams is magnificent. Poetic, honest, aching. Egerton was born to be in a 1970s western. Reminded me of The Brutalist; Bentley like Corbet using old ways to tell an old story in a completely new way. Oh, and Will Patton’s voice. How I’ve missed it. He and William H Macy too - a double-Bill!
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Train Dreams is magnificent. Poetic, honest, aching. Egerton was born to be in a 1970s western. Reminded me of The Brutalist; Bentley like Corbet using old ways to tell an old story in a completely new way. Oh, and Will Patton’s voice. How I’ve missed it. He and William H Macy too - a double-Bill!
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This is how artists of all stripes can push back against the onslaught of the enshittification of our culture through AI zone-flooding. When you can, if you can, say ‘no’ to this bullshit.
Insist on the human. Insist on payment. Don’t allow your work to be folded into the AI machine.
Insist on the human. Insist on payment. Don’t allow your work to be folded into the AI machine.
I'm already an above average writer so any supposed advantage to using an LLM goes out the window. I am not an above average artist, but that's why I pay artists when I need art. Remember I have it in my contracts that all work on my books (art, editing, translation, etc) has to be done by humans.
I imagine LLMs are less useful for expert wordsmiths like Mr. Scalzi.
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is how artists of all stripes can push back against the onslaught of the enshittification of our culture through AI zone-flooding. When you can, if you can, say ‘no’ to this bullshit.
Insist on the human. Insist on payment. Don’t allow your work to be folded into the AI machine.
Insist on the human. Insist on payment. Don’t allow your work to be folded into the AI machine.
After Past Lives, which I adored, I desperately wanted to enjoy Materialists. but it’s a beautifully wrapped box with nothing in it.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
After Past Lives, which I adored, I desperately wanted to enjoy Materialists. but it’s a beautifully wrapped box with nothing in it.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Didn’t even know this existed. This would have been the Christmas present I coveted most when I was eight - and I suspect that I would have been a little shocked.
The James Bond Book Club returns with a new episode on Christopher Wood’s The Spy Who Loved Me open.spotify.com/episode/7zQe...
James Bond The Spy Who Loved Me
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November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Didn’t even know this existed. This would have been the Christmas present I coveted most when I was eight - and I suspect that I would have been a little shocked.
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Too many icons going today…
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
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November 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Too many icons going today…
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I can’t live if living is without you
I can’t live I can’t give anymore
I can’t live I can’t give anymore
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I can’t live if living is without you
I can’t live I can’t give anymore
I can’t live I can’t give anymore
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"...it is perhaps the film that makes this year stand out from any other, not despite its tawdrier associations but partly because of them, because of the inborn distortions of its lens..." #FilmSky
The magnificent ’74: Chinatown | Sight and Sound share.google/gPVNitVwe55c...
The magnificent ’74: Chinatown | Sight and Sound share.google/gPVNitVwe55c...
The magnificent ’74: Chinatown
Chinatown: or how a real 1974 and a fictional 1937 created a timeless, troubling LA legend.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"...it is perhaps the film that makes this year stand out from any other, not despite its tawdrier associations but partly because of them, because of the inborn distortions of its lens..." #FilmSky
The magnificent ’74: Chinatown | Sight and Sound share.google/gPVNitVwe55c...
The magnificent ’74: Chinatown | Sight and Sound share.google/gPVNitVwe55c...
Just listened to Anthology 4. Lovely stuff, but underscored by the cynical rasp of a large barrel being scraped dry. Surely the coffers are stripped bare by now. I say this as someone dumb enough to have put the vinyl edition on his Christmas list.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Just listened to Anthology 4. Lovely stuff, but underscored by the cynical rasp of a large barrel being scraped dry. Surely the coffers are stripped bare by now. I say this as someone dumb enough to have put the vinyl edition on his Christmas list.
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Neil and I are doing our FINAL EVER BG3 stream tonight on his channel at 8.30 PM!
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Neil and I are doing our FINAL EVER BG3 stream tonight on his channel at 8.30 PM!
Loads of Criterions on sale at HMV. Not the one I really wanted, typically. Bit the bullet and splashed out. I’ve been wanting to see this for years and years.
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Loads of Criterions on sale at HMV. Not the one I really wanted, typically. Bit the bullet and splashed out. I’ve been wanting to see this for years and years.
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A brilliant piece from John, as always.
November 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
A brilliant piece from John, as always.
If you can catch Matthew Rhys playing Burton in…well…’Playing Burton’, grab the opportunity with both hands. All of Burton’s fire, mischief and remorse alive on the stage. Great night out at Neuadd William Aston in Wrexham.
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
If you can catch Matthew Rhys playing Burton in…well…’Playing Burton’, grab the opportunity with both hands. All of Burton’s fire, mischief and remorse alive on the stage. Great night out at Neuadd William Aston in Wrexham.
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Great news. futurenetwork.wales has recently launched! A worthy successor to the much missed Network. Find all your ITC favourites plus hundreds of classic shows and films. #network #itc #bluray #dvd #futurenetwork
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Great news. futurenetwork.wales has recently launched! A worthy successor to the much missed Network. Find all your ITC favourites plus hundreds of classic shows and films. #network #itc #bluray #dvd #futurenetwork
