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Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social · 1d

Afternoon, Womble! I've also been novellaring and spent the first half of today enjoyably enchanted by Freya Marske's Cinder House.

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Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, magnificent. I read it earlier in the year but I'm intending to read it again on the way up to PictCon.

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Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social · 1d

Just backed this! Really good range of pledges to choose from. #Cymru

Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 1d

It being a Sunday, there's no update today. Things are quiet as usual. But we do want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has got us over the £3000 mark. Everyone else, why not click the link and find out more. www.kickstarter.com/...

The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd).

The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left.

Art by Josh Arklin.

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 1d

It being a Sunday, there's no update today. Things are quiet as usual. But we do want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has got us over the £3000 mark. Everyone else, why not click the link and find out more. www.kickstarter.com/...

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Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 1d

Analysis in @thetimes.com by @leaskyd.bsky.social & Anna Dowell of the sharp decline in British identity uncovered by the Scottish Social Attitudes survey.

With comment from Sir John Curtice on the polarising of Scottish politics and from myself on the decoupling of Scottish and British identities:

Why Scots are losing their British identity

With only a quarter of respondents to the Scottish Social Attitudes survey identifying with Britishness, Scotland faces a generational political split

www.thetimes.com

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Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social · 2d

The impact of Nirvana was one of the Gen X cultural markers.

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Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social · 2d

I think they're more guidelines than hard and fast age ranges!

Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social · 3d

Thinking about generations for a future project, specifically Gen X, of which I am at the oldest according to this graphic (which means I read Coupland's Generation X in the 90s; I can remember exactly where I was when I heard about the deaths of both Lennon and Cobain). Is it a useful definition?

Generation X - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social · 5d

Good article in the G. I worked in Birmingham at the Perry Barr campus of UCE (now Birmingham City University) between 2003 and 2005 and lodged in nearby Handsworth for about 6 months during that period. I always liked the city and found the people and predominantly local students friendly.

I know the real Handsworth – it’s a far better place than Robert Jenrick’s toxic vision of Britain | Nazia Parveen

The shadow justice secretary complained of a lack of integration in an area that has shown, time and time again, that it is for everyone, says Nazia Parveen, an assistant managing editor at the Guardi...

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social · 5d

A good friend has submitted this brilliant model of the library from Buffy to Lego Ideas. I’d be very grateful for your help in getting her to 5k supporters: beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Library | LEGO® Ideas

"Sunnydale High isn't really like other high schools. A lot of weird stuff happens here." Buffy the Vampire Slayer first exploded onto our TV screens in the lat…

beta.ideas.lego.com

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Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social · 8d

I see that one of those fringe parties is having a political conference this weekend.

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scott lyall @scottlyall.bsky.social · 8d

Reading MacDiarmid's A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle again. It was published 100 years ago next year. Kenneth Buthlay's annotated edition from 1987, published by @asls.org.uk, remains the best guide. The poem itself is as thrilling, ambitious and flawed as ever it was.

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Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social · 8d

Afternoon, Womble! I loved 'Wolves'! I've had an illness/fatigue-wrecked autumn so far. Upside is lots of reading. Over last 7 days: Marie-Helene Bertino's Beautyland, Tegan & Sara's High School, John Irving's The Hotel New Hampshire, and currently Andrew Crumey's Sputnik Caledonia.

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Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social · 9d

I was thinking of the raw smell but this is also true. Although I think that still fits the metaphor too. Difficult to avoid smells.

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Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social · 9d

Bizarre article in Times implying that diverse assessments in English departments, which have been fairly standard for at least 25 years, are some form of compensation for declining standards and students not being able to read. Part of some sort of rightwing campaign to reset to last century.

Universities teaching literature students how to cope with long novels

Critics blame GCSE English for deterring teenagers from the subject, describing the literature syllabus as boring and repetitive

www.thetimes.com

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Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social · 9d

I must admit I don't particularly like the smell of raclette cheese. But I was thinking more along the lines of raclette cheese as the embodiment of an unattainable utopia.

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Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social · 10d

Still waiting for the (cheese) man...

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Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social · 10d

No worries. We've got a new supplier now!

Cult Edge @cultedge.bsky.social · 10d

Only available for a short time, we've almost hit target for the pressing plant to start production! The #Blakes7 synth pop track you've been waiting for! Realised by @philheeks.bsky.social, a unique Blake's 7 item. Grab it now! PRE-ORDER: www.bit.ly/markedtokill VIDEO: www.bit.ly/federationvideo

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Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social · 10d

The punchline being that I'm lactose intolerant. But as a metaphor it just works so well. Like that time back in the 1990s, when we lived in Brighton and Waitrose just couldn't understand why we wanted a kilo of raclette cheese ... 'A little bit cheesy, but nicely didsplayed'.

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Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social · 10d

I'm ill and it's raining but my awesome partner is allowing me to feel useful by waiting in for a delivery of raclette cheese (which obviously has to go straight in the fridge). I'm now (slightly feverishly) thinking about reconceiving my life story around raclette cheese as a central metaphor.(1/-)

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 11d

Good news! The Green Man's War is a Kindle ebook deal for October. You can get fully caught up with Dan Mackmain's adventures before The Green Man's Holiday is published on 30th October.
www.amazon.co.uk/Green-Mans-W...

Cover art shows a lethal, pale-scaled serpent-dragon or wyrm lurking in woodland. It looks straight at you as its forked tongue flickers between open, sharp-toothed jaws.

Cover copy reads: THE GREEN MAN’S WAR

For a few years now, the Green Man has sent Daniel Mackmain to resolve clashes between ordinary people and the supernatural world. Dan has found allies among folk from myth and met other humans who can see the uncanny.

He has also made dangerous enemies. Someone has decided to put a stop to this interference once and for all.
Dan and his friends are about to find themselves in the firing line.

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Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social · 14d

Oh no! It's all the fault of 'postmodern identity politics and cultural liberalism' polluting socialist purity with 'increasingly irrational, sectarian, and nihilistic ideas'. Embarrassing rightwing garbage from Tribune here.

Tribune @tribunemagazine.bsky.social · 14d

Neoliberalism and postmodernism have torn apart the social fabric that once held us together. But in rebuilding the strength of labour and the organised society, we can be unified, empowered, and dignified once again.

Reversing the Decline of Union Power

Neoliberalism and postmodernism have torn apart the social fabric that once held us together. But in rebuilding the strength of labour and the organised society, we can be unified, empowered, and dign...

tribunemag.co.uk

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Tribune @tribunemagazine.bsky.social · 14d

Neoliberalism and postmodernism have torn apart the social fabric that once held us together. But in rebuilding the strength of labour and the organised society, we can be unified, empowered, and dignified once again.

Reversing the Decline of Union Power

Neoliberalism and postmodernism have torn apart the social fabric that once held us together. But in rebuilding the strength of labour and the organised society, we can be unified, empowered, and dign...

tribunemag.co.uk

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Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social · 15d

No. 60. Jane Alexander, The Flicker Against the Light and Writing the Contemporary Uncanny (2021). This began life as a PhD and was published under Luna Press’ academic imprint. Stories that 'linger, as a kind of question’ followed by a really good essay #ScottishSFF (78/-)

Jane Alexander, The Flicker Against the Light (2021)

This review originally appeared in ParSec #2 (Winter, 2021) Before examining in detail one of the stories included in The Flicker Against the Light, it is worth thinking for a moment about how we c…

prospectiveculture.wordpress.com

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Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social · 16d

Magdeleine Vallieres is the new World Road Race Champion. Great race and brilliant ride.

EF Pro Cycling @efprocycling.com · 16d

MAGDELEINE VALLIERES!!!! 🌈🌈🌈🌈 WORLDDD CHAMPPP! WHAT HAVE YOU JUST GONE AND DONE

📸: @gettyimages.com

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EF Pro Cycling @efprocycling.com · 16d

MAGDELEINE VALLIERES!!!! 🌈🌈🌈🌈 WORLDDD CHAMPPP! WHAT HAVE YOU JUST GONE AND DONE

📸: @gettyimages.com

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Ginger Nuts of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 18d

This review took longer than I had hoped to write. But in a good way, there was so much to digest after reading

That Very Witch: Fear, by Payton McCarty-Simas

And why it is Essential Reading for Horror Fans and Feminists Alike

gnofhorror.com/that-very-wi...

@lunapress.bsky.social

A book cover featuring a person surrounded by a circular arrangement of text. The title "That Very Witch" is prominently displayed, along with subtitles mentioning themes of fear, feminism, and the American witch film. The author's name, Payton McCarty-Simas, is also featured on the cover. The design includes elements of graphic design and cartoon styles.

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Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social · 18d

Having a weird month - up and down. But I have finally looked into the last remaining bag I removed from my former office in January and was rewarded with genuine treasure in the shape of a couple of classic CDs. So in lieu of fairly meagre showings on this account recently, here's a picture.

Two CDs: L7's Smell the Magic and Marianne Faithfull's Broken English

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Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social · 21d

My article on Margot Bennett (77/-)
www.sfcaledonia.scot/margot-benne...

Margot Bennett by Nick Hubble – SF Caledonia

www.sfcaledonia.scot

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