Jon Dear
@accordingtojond.bsky.social
Writer on archive TV and film. Currently working on a book about the BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas. Produced The Quatermass Experiment (2023) and Children of The Stone Tape (2024). Podcasts on Nigel Kneale and Giallo.
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Brexit left the UK divided societally, impoverished economically, and diminished internationally.
Farage, Johnson et al acted to undermine the nation state of the UK for their own (or other's) nefarious ends.
They should be hauled up for treason.
(h/t @richardbentall.bsky.social)
Farage, Johnson et al acted to undermine the nation state of the UK for their own (or other's) nefarious ends.
They should be hauled up for treason.
(h/t @richardbentall.bsky.social)
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Brexit left the UK divided societally, impoverished economically, and diminished internationally.
Farage, Johnson et al acted to undermine the nation state of the UK for their own (or other's) nefarious ends.
They should be hauled up for treason.
(h/t @richardbentall.bsky.social)
Farage, Johnson et al acted to undermine the nation state of the UK for their own (or other's) nefarious ends.
They should be hauled up for treason.
(h/t @richardbentall.bsky.social)
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And another! Stories and interviews with the team behind one of the BBC's greatest ever TV dramas – "a revenge thriller, a mystical nuclear-and-environmental-apocalypse fable, a clear-eyed political document of the mid-1980s, a ghost story" – by me for @thequietus.com thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
Why Edge Of Darkness makes so much sense in 2025 | The Quietus
Judge Rogers speaks to several key members of the team who made the ecologically-minded thriller for the BBC
thequietus.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
And another! Stories and interviews with the team behind one of the BBC's greatest ever TV dramas – "a revenge thriller, a mystical nuclear-and-environmental-apocalypse fable, a clear-eyed political document of the mid-1980s, a ghost story" – by me for @thequietus.com thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
Some Udo Kier tonight I think.
Michael Sarne’s Road to San Tropez (1966).
Michael Sarne’s Road to San Tropez (1966).
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Some Udo Kier tonight I think.
Michael Sarne’s Road to San Tropez (1966).
Michael Sarne’s Road to San Tropez (1966).
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Udo Kier - cinema’s fallen angel and an embodiment of the screen’s delicious power to corrupt - is gone. "I would live like the hero of Huysman's A Rebours,” he once told me. “Have no clocks, and hire two nuns to go by my window and pray at 12 o'clock each day."
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Udo Kier - cinema’s fallen angel and an embodiment of the screen’s delicious power to corrupt - is gone. "I would live like the hero of Huysman's A Rebours,” he once told me. “Have no clocks, and hire two nuns to go by my window and pray at 12 o'clock each day."
Happy Doctor Who Day everybody.
November 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Happy Doctor Who Day everybody.
I’m doing my Ghost Stories talk in New York!!*
*via Zoom
*via Zoom
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I’m doing my Ghost Stories talk in New York!!*
*via Zoom
*via Zoom
Rotten weather so have curled up in bed with @eddierobson.bsky.social, @cooraysmith.bsky.social, @paulkirkley.bsky.social and @oliver-wake.bsky.social.
November 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Rotten weather so have curled up in bed with @eddierobson.bsky.social, @cooraysmith.bsky.social, @paulkirkley.bsky.social and @oliver-wake.bsky.social.
I dunno, I’m pretty sure that’s Dick Emery and Larry Grayson outside.
On this day 22nd November 1859 Cecil Sharp, founder of the English folk-song revival was born. (Here he’s pictured overhearing a gardener singing)
Artist: Martin Aitchison
Artist: Martin Aitchison
November 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I dunno, I’m pretty sure that’s Dick Emery and Larry Grayson outside.
Don’t worry Liverpool, it’s West Ham next.
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Don’t worry Liverpool, it’s West Ham next.
A simply astounding line up of speakers and events. Particularly looking forward to the talk on railway ghosts, as well as hearing from people like Tracy Fahey, Catriona Ward, Alison Moore and @willmac23.bsky.social!
UK Ghost Story Festival 2026 Archives | Derby QUAD
View our latest season/festival: . See what the available times are for this event.
www.derbyquad.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
A simply astounding line up of speakers and events. Particularly looking forward to the talk on railway ghosts, as well as hearing from people like Tracy Fahey, Catriona Ward, Alison Moore and @willmac23.bsky.social!
*Wakes up*
*Checks on Ashes and Ukraine peace deal*
*Goes back to sleep for ever*
*Checks on Ashes and Ukraine peace deal*
*Goes back to sleep for ever*
November 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
*Wakes up*
*Checks on Ashes and Ukraine peace deal*
*Goes back to sleep for ever*
*Checks on Ashes and Ukraine peace deal*
*Goes back to sleep for ever*
Thanks cunts and traitors.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Thanks cunts and traitors.
And I’ll be back on 22nd Jan, talking about what was filmed at the cemetery.
Calendar reminds me that a year ago today @accordingtojond.bsky.social gave his splendid talk on the BBC's Ghost Stories For Christmas from London's glamorous Highgate Cemetery ...
November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
And I’ll be back on 22nd Jan, talking about what was filmed at the cemetery.
*Cod Scots accent*
HELLO FOX INN!
HELLO FOX INN!
November 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
*Cod Scots accent*
HELLO FOX INN!
HELLO FOX INN!
You watch, Film is Fabulous will announce Volcano now.
One for the Cricket/Who crossover fans.
One for the Cricket/Who crossover fans.
November 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
You watch, Film is Fabulous will announce Volcano now.
One for the Cricket/Who crossover fans.
One for the Cricket/Who crossover fans.
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One of the greatest films ever made.
We will be watching Psychomania for the podcast soon. Have you seen it? Let us know your thoughts and we will try to fit them into the episode.
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
One of the greatest films ever made.
OMG The Ghoul in 4K!!
In a shock announcement @hammerfilms parent company John Gore Studios has acquired Tyburn Films - paving the way for long overdue 4k restorarions of Legend of the Werewolf, The Creeping Flesh, The Masks of Death etc, and new adaptations.
johngorestudios.com/john-gore-st...
johngorestudios.com/john-gore-st...
John Gore Studios Acquires Tyburn Films - Expanding its Global IP and Film Catalogue - John Gore Studios
John Gore Studios today announced the acquisition of Tyburn Film Productions Limited, along with the entirety of its film and television catalogue. Tyburn is one of the longest established British pro...
johngorestudios.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
OMG The Ghoul in 4K!!
Three years ago @parthenoid.bsky.social, @hermetic-arts.bsky.social and I visited the locations from Nigel Kneale’s Murrain.
Not been since because, of course, we don’t go back.
Not been since because, of course, we don’t go back.
November 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Three years ago @parthenoid.bsky.social, @hermetic-arts.bsky.social and I visited the locations from Nigel Kneale’s Murrain.
Not been since because, of course, we don’t go back.
Not been since because, of course, we don’t go back.
Dinner Party music???
Don’t remember it like that at all.
Don’t remember it like that at all.
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Dinner Party music???
Don’t remember it like that at all.
Don’t remember it like that at all.
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Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill
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Enjoyable afternoon being spooked in the Square Eyes TV Festival’s ghost stories session in Birmingham yesterday.
A 1975 Centre Play, The Imp of the Perverse, followed by 2005’s A View From a Hill.
Nice contextual intros from Jon Dear and an interesting chat with writer Peter Harness afterwards.
A 1975 Centre Play, The Imp of the Perverse, followed by 2005’s A View From a Hill.
Nice contextual intros from Jon Dear and an interesting chat with writer Peter Harness afterwards.
November 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Enjoyable afternoon being spooked in the Square Eyes TV Festival’s ghost stories session in Birmingham yesterday.
A 1975 Centre Play, The Imp of the Perverse, followed by 2005’s A View From a Hill.
Nice contextual intros from Jon Dear and an interesting chat with writer Peter Harness afterwards.
A 1975 Centre Play, The Imp of the Perverse, followed by 2005’s A View From a Hill.
Nice contextual intros from Jon Dear and an interesting chat with writer Peter Harness afterwards.
Thanks to everyone that came today. I hope you enjoyed it.
Next Sunday. Screening an ultra rare BBC Christmas ghost story and celebrating the 20th anniversary of the superb A View from a Hill, plus a chat with its writer, Peter Harness.
Details and tickets:
Details and tickets:
A Birmingham Ghost Story + Peter Harness Q&A | Midlands Arts Centre
The BBC became well known in the 70s for producing popular anthology series Ghost Stories For Christmas, but Birmingham’s Pebble Mill had its own anthology
macbirmingham.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Thanks to everyone that came today. I hope you enjoyed it.