CasparTWD
@caspartwd.bsky.social
The tales of a London Fields based couple & their varied interests - baking / singing / spinning / weaving / beekeeping / crochet.
In memory of Caspar the dog & now the tales of Lumi 💕
In memory of Caspar the dog & now the tales of Lumi 💕
September 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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(sighing) Seems like a good day to mention that there are wizardly universes in which the series creator's only opinion about toilets is that when you use one, you should try not to miss. www.youngwizards.com
Young Wizards - A different kind of wizardry. A different kind of wizard.
A different kind of wizardry. A different kind of wizard.
www.youngwizards.com
June 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
(sighing) Seems like a good day to mention that there are wizardly universes in which the series creator's only opinion about toilets is that when you use one, you should try not to miss. www.youngwizards.com
June 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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It's fascinating to see from these pulled quotes, over and over again, how much of my worldview and social philosophy was guided (maybe even formed) by reading Pratchett in my 20s. He should be required reading. Especially the Vimes series.
May 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
It's fascinating to see from these pulled quotes, over and over again, how much of my worldview and social philosophy was guided (maybe even formed) by reading Pratchett in my 20s. He should be required reading. Especially the Vimes series.
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Molten sunset dragon scale shawl y'all
May 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Molten sunset dragon scale shawl y'all
Always cool to walk into the big London UK @foylesforbooks.bsky.social and see a display of one of your favourite authors
This time the full Paladin series by @tkingfisher.com 🥰
#sff #sffauthors #LondonBookstores
This time the full Paladin series by @tkingfisher.com 🥰
#sff #sffauthors #LondonBookstores
April 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Always cool to walk into the big London UK @foylesforbooks.bsky.social and see a display of one of your favourite authors
This time the full Paladin series by @tkingfisher.com 🥰
#sff #sffauthors #LondonBookstores
This time the full Paladin series by @tkingfisher.com 🥰
#sff #sffauthors #LondonBookstores
Cross posted from the other place. #ParliamentChoir #VEDay
Tickets on sale here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/victory-in...
Tickets on sale here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/victory-in...
March 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Cross posted from the other place. #ParliamentChoir #VEDay
Tickets on sale here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/victory-in...
Tickets on sale here
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/victory-in...
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Really excited to be giving a talk at the Carnegie Library in Lambeth on Tuesday 11th of Feb at 7pm! (Tickets below)
friendsofcarnegielibrary.org.uk/2025/01/quee... *
*Even if the posters make me look a little bit like a lost cat or a nuisance squirrel!!
friendsofcarnegielibrary.org.uk/2025/01/quee... *
*Even if the posters make me look a little bit like a lost cat or a nuisance squirrel!!
February 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Really excited to be giving a talk at the Carnegie Library in Lambeth on Tuesday 11th of Feb at 7pm! (Tickets below)
friendsofcarnegielibrary.org.uk/2025/01/quee... *
*Even if the posters make me look a little bit like a lost cat or a nuisance squirrel!!
friendsofcarnegielibrary.org.uk/2025/01/quee... *
*Even if the posters make me look a little bit like a lost cat or a nuisance squirrel!!
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This is going to be a great evening in a fantastic bookshop in a beautiful city.
Adrian Tchaikovsky and Gareth L. Powell in Bath at Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath
www.toppingbooks.co.uk
February 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This is going to be a great evening in a fantastic bookshop in a beautiful city.
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5 stars to @robertjbennett.bsky.social 's forthcoming A DROP OF CORRUPTION.
More plant-based nonsense! An impossible bank robbery! Political machinations! Very bizarre "cuisine." It's got it all folks.
jonficke.com/2025/01/26/r...
More plant-based nonsense! An impossible bank robbery! Political machinations! Very bizarre "cuisine." It's got it all folks.
jonficke.com/2025/01/26/r...
Review – A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett
Robert Jackson Bennett’s (bluesky) A DROP OF CORRUPTION is the follow up to THE TAINTED CUP (which I previously reviewed). I don’t use the word “sequel” because despite being a fantasy novel, where…
jonficke.com
January 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
5 stars to @robertjbennett.bsky.social 's forthcoming A DROP OF CORRUPTION.
More plant-based nonsense! An impossible bank robbery! Political machinations! Very bizarre "cuisine." It's got it all folks.
jonficke.com/2025/01/26/r...
More plant-based nonsense! An impossible bank robbery! Political machinations! Very bizarre "cuisine." It's got it all folks.
jonficke.com/2025/01/26/r...
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Seen a 99p ebook deal for the excellent fantasy novel Song of the Huntress by Lucy Holland www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2024/4/...
Song of the Huntress by Lucy Holland — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Tor UK for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Tor Published – Out now Price – £16.99 hardback £8.99 Kindle ebook Brit...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
January 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Seen a 99p ebook deal for the excellent fantasy novel Song of the Huntress by Lucy Holland www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2024/4/...
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Orbit have released the cover for THE SWORD TRIUMPHANT, the third book in my Lands of the Firstborn trilogy, out next May!
(Preorders very much appreciated).
(Preorders very much appreciated).
January 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Orbit have released the cover for THE SWORD TRIUMPHANT, the third book in my Lands of the Firstborn trilogy, out next May!
(Preorders very much appreciated).
(Preorders very much appreciated).
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Nice people are struggling over the revelations on Gaiman, and something I keep hearing is, 'His work had a big influence on how I shaped my own identity.' So here's something to remember:
You did that. He didn't do it for you. 1/
You did that. He didn't do it for you. 1/
January 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Nice people are struggling over the revelations on Gaiman, and something I keep hearing is, 'His work had a big influence on how I shaped my own identity.' So here's something to remember:
You did that. He didn't do it for you. 1/
You did that. He didn't do it for you. 1/
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UK, Dragonfall is still only 99p. Read about a dragon trapped in human form who's real mad about it while falling in love with a human despite his best efforts not to. Heist. Weird narrative positions. The dragons have feathers. Queernorm world. Signal boosting appreciated. Sequel out in March.
January 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
UK, Dragonfall is still only 99p. Read about a dragon trapped in human form who's real mad about it while falling in love with a human despite his best efforts not to. Heist. Weird narrative positions. The dragons have feathers. Queernorm world. Signal boosting appreciated. Sequel out in March.
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Every time I've advised orgs on inclusion, especially on LGBTQ+ inclusion, I've said they need a detailed plan for how to respond when the attacks come.
DO NOT put your LGBTQ staff into the public eye if you are not ready to stand with them and don't have a plan to support them. This isn't a game.
DO NOT put your LGBTQ staff into the public eye if you are not ready to stand with them and don't have a plan to support them. This isn't a game.
Well this sucks. Museum caves in in response to a hostile article in the local press written by a former Restore Trust director.
If you’re gonna have these initiatives at your museum, you need to have some backbone too.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If you’re gonna have these initiatives at your museum, you need to have some backbone too.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
King's Lynn museum pulls out of LGBTQ+ history trail
Concerns from volunteers and stakeholders lead to the decision to withdraw from the project.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Every time I've advised orgs on inclusion, especially on LGBTQ+ inclusion, I've said they need a detailed plan for how to respond when the attacks come.
DO NOT put your LGBTQ staff into the public eye if you are not ready to stand with them and don't have a plan to support them. This isn't a game.
DO NOT put your LGBTQ staff into the public eye if you are not ready to stand with them and don't have a plan to support them. This isn't a game.
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December 21, 2024 at 6:43 AM
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Do folks on here like canned cocktails? manhattansproject.com
Home - The Manhattans Project
Canned cocktails. But actually really good.
manhattansproject.com
November 25, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Do folks on here like canned cocktails? manhattansproject.com
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Since a lot of air time is being given to the shitty wizard books, I want to give attention to @freyamarske.bsky.social's fantastic The Last Binding series. It's unabashedly queer and horny, but to the above point: her magic system OWNS. The rules for magic, the execution of it, fun as hell.
November 21, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Since a lot of air time is being given to the shitty wizard books, I want to give attention to @freyamarske.bsky.social's fantastic The Last Binding series. It's unabashedly queer and horny, but to the above point: her magic system OWNS. The rules for magic, the execution of it, fun as hell.
At a time when the world generally seems not the brightest place, @freyamarske.bsky.social latest novel “Sword Crossed” is a bright shining place of joy 🥹
November 20, 2024 at 7:46 PM
At a time when the world generally seems not the brightest place, @freyamarske.bsky.social latest novel “Sword Crossed” is a bright shining place of joy 🥹
Double rainbow over a Northumberland beach & harbour entrance.
November 10, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Double rainbow over a Northumberland beach & harbour entrance.
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When botanist Richard Deakin examined Rome’s Colosseum in the 1850s, he found 420 species of plant growing in the ruins: cypresses and ilex, pea plants and more than 50 types of grasses.
But some flowers growing there mystified him. They were so rare they were found nowhere else in Europe.
But some flowers growing there mystified him. They were so rare they were found nowhere else in Europe.
November 8, 2024 at 12:19 PM
When botanist Richard Deakin examined Rome’s Colosseum in the 1850s, he found 420 species of plant growing in the ruins: cypresses and ilex, pea plants and more than 50 types of grasses.
But some flowers growing there mystified him. They were so rare they were found nowhere else in Europe.
But some flowers growing there mystified him. They were so rare they were found nowhere else in Europe.
If you see this, quote post something green from a photo you took. #photography
October 27, 2024 at 10:25 AM
If you see this, quote post something green from a photo you took. #photography
October 24, 2024 at 5:18 PM
October 19, 2024 at 8:42 AM