Malcolm Dixon
@malcolmdixon59.bsky.social
Writer of short stories in The London Magazine, Aesthetica & elsewhere, and (as F.M.A Dixon) the prizewinning Everywhere Street YA novels.
Chapbooks: 'Death in the Cathedral' and 'Testament' out now.
Triple Pushcart Prize nominee. Bootle boy. Evertonian.
Chapbooks: 'Death in the Cathedral' and 'Testament' out now.
Triple Pushcart Prize nominee. Bootle boy. Evertonian.
Pinned
Staying with the Brownings for a week at Casa Guidi, Florence. Robert & Elizabeth B. are currently out.
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Staying with the Brownings for a week at Casa Guidi, Florence. Robert & Elizabeth B. are currently out.
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Thanks to @awickenden.bsky.social's suggestion yesterday, I'm now going to be teaching The Waste Land all day while mentally rewriting it to the tune of Eleanor Rigby e.g.
Saint Mary Woolnoth
Keeping the hours with a thunk on the last stroke of nine
It's Stetson time
Saint Mary Woolnoth
Keeping the hours with a thunk on the last stroke of nine
It's Stetson time
Madame Sosostris / Had a bad cold and a Hanged Man that no-one could find
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Thanks to @awickenden.bsky.social's suggestion yesterday, I'm now going to be teaching The Waste Land all day while mentally rewriting it to the tune of Eleanor Rigby e.g.
Saint Mary Woolnoth
Keeping the hours with a thunk on the last stroke of nine
It's Stetson time
Saint Mary Woolnoth
Keeping the hours with a thunk on the last stroke of nine
It's Stetson time
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Somebody at Virgin Media google translated the rugby position 'hooker' into the Welsh for prostitute 😄
November 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Somebody at Virgin Media google translated the rugby position 'hooker' into the Welsh for prostitute 😄
Pic taken by a pal during the Bonfire night parade in Lewes yesterday evening.
November 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Pic taken by a pal during the Bonfire night parade in Lewes yesterday evening.
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This cartoon and others are now in the art-for-sale section of my website: www.tomgauld.com/art-for-sale
October 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This cartoon and others are now in the art-for-sale section of my website: www.tomgauld.com/art-for-sale
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Alexei Sayle's Stuff (20th October 1988). "Well, we apologise for the absence of Alexei Sayle in this week's edition of Alexei Sayle's Stuff. We're attempting to right the problem, but in the meantime the programme will continue in Leslie Crowther only".
October 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Alexei Sayle's Stuff (20th October 1988). "Well, we apologise for the absence of Alexei Sayle in this week's edition of Alexei Sayle's Stuff. We're attempting to right the problem, but in the meantime the programme will continue in Leslie Crowther only".
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"Parking is such sweet sorrow"
Shakespeare family home damaged by reversing driver
Shakespeare family home damaged by reversing driver
A 17th-century building that housed William Shakespeare's family has been left damaged after a driver reversed into it.
news.sky.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"Parking is such sweet sorrow"
Quite the breadcrumb trail...
My top suggestions of books to read this World Bread Day...
- The Focaccia in the Rye
- Yeast of Eden
- Flours for Algernon
- The Lion, the Witch and the Warburtons
- Pannetonement
- The Naan in the High Castle
- Leaven Las Vegas
- Pitta Rabbit
- The Focaccia in the Rye
- Yeast of Eden
- Flours for Algernon
- The Lion, the Witch and the Warburtons
- Pannetonement
- The Naan in the High Castle
- Leaven Las Vegas
- Pitta Rabbit
October 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Quite the breadcrumb trail...
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“What’s the charge? Eating a seal?”
October 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
“What’s the charge? Eating a seal?”
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He doesn't mind!!
October 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
He doesn't mind!!
Bravo, sir. Bravo!
October 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Bravo, sir. Bravo!
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Comedy = tragedy + time
Scarborough Fair = parsley, sage, rosemary + thyme
Scarborough Fair = parsley, sage, rosemary + thyme
October 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Comedy = tragedy + time
Scarborough Fair = parsley, sage, rosemary + thyme
Scarborough Fair = parsley, sage, rosemary + thyme
Began in gladness.
October 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Began in gladness.
50 years? Blimey! Rael stands astonished.
Peter Gabriel on his Genesis swansong: "It was a journey into the soul" - Uncut apple.news/AsJkLX0jLRAu...
Peter Gabriel on his Genesis swansong: "It was a journey into the soul" - Uncut apple.news/AsJkLX0jLRAu...
Peter Gabriel on his Genesis swansong:
The band look back on The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. “Some people might say we went too far…
apple.news
September 22, 2025 at 6:52 AM
50 years? Blimey! Rael stands astonished.
Peter Gabriel on his Genesis swansong: "It was a journey into the soul" - Uncut apple.news/AsJkLX0jLRAu...
Peter Gabriel on his Genesis swansong: "It was a journey into the soul" - Uncut apple.news/AsJkLX0jLRAu...
Madonna: “He’s not the Messiah. He’s a very naughty boy! Wait…he’s behind me, isn’t he?”
September 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Madonna: “He’s not the Messiah. He’s a very naughty boy! Wait…he’s behind me, isn’t he?”
I’ve received spate of these A.I. generated, author-targeting phishing attempts by email these past weeks, but this one takes the biscuit!
Zero marks for effort, full marks for hilarity!
Zero marks for effort, full marks for hilarity!
August 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I’ve received spate of these A.I. generated, author-targeting phishing attempts by email these past weeks, but this one takes the biscuit!
Zero marks for effort, full marks for hilarity!
Zero marks for effort, full marks for hilarity!
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This iceberg wasn’t just chilling - it flipped upside down off the coast of Greenland in a wild ocean somersault. ❄️🔄
August 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This iceberg wasn’t just chilling - it flipped upside down off the coast of Greenland in a wild ocean somersault. ❄️🔄
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“His life’s work is like a dark, glittering, ethereal yet earthy river of thought, full of angels, ghosts, nocturnes, animals. These are books as brimming with spirit & light as they are with eroticism & violence”
—Seán Hewitt on John Burnside’s poetry & prose
💙📚
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
—Seán Hewitt on John Burnside’s poetry & prose
💙📚
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Where to start with: John Burnside
Seán Hewitt, who introduces a new edition of the Scottish author’s final memoir, guides readers through his landmark works a year on from his death
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
“His life’s work is like a dark, glittering, ethereal yet earthy river of thought, full of angels, ghosts, nocturnes, animals. These are books as brimming with spirit & light as they are with eroticism & violence”
—Seán Hewitt on John Burnside’s poetry & prose
💙📚
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
—Seán Hewitt on John Burnside’s poetry & prose
💙📚
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
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Very cheered to learn that there's a footballer called Fitz Hall and that his nickname is "One Size".
August 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Very cheered to learn that there's a footballer called Fitz Hall and that his nickname is "One Size".
Comedy aside (from two great performers), it’s interesting to see how much of Basil Fawlty is already there in this early sketch.
youtu.be/ZYlOV7K-xOU
youtu.be/ZYlOV7K-xOU
John Cleese's Favourite Sketch: The Bookshop | At Last The 1948 Show
YouTube video by BritBox
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August 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Comedy aside (from two great performers), it’s interesting to see how much of Basil Fawlty is already there in this early sketch.
youtu.be/ZYlOV7K-xOU
youtu.be/ZYlOV7K-xOU
"I'm late, I'm late! For a very important date! No time to say 'hello, goodbye,' I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!"
August 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"I'm late, I'm late! For a very important date! No time to say 'hello, goodbye,' I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!"
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Catastrophic subtitling on the 1941 movie "Love on the Dole".
(It should read "She's a strange lass, is our Sal"...)
(It should read "She's a strange lass, is our Sal"...)
August 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Catastrophic subtitling on the 1941 movie "Love on the Dole".
(It should read "She's a strange lass, is our Sal"...)
(It should read "She's a strange lass, is our Sal"...)
The levitating head effect was big back in the day, it would seem.
August 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The levitating head effect was big back in the day, it would seem.