Andrew Crowther
@andrewcrowther.bsky.social
Unprofessional writer, author of "Down to Earth" published by Stairwell Books and also "Stupid Stories for Tough Times" published by Renard Press, Secretary of the W S Gilbert Society, brunch liberal, and twit
Bradford, Yorkshire
Bradford, Yorkshire
Pinned
It's no use denying that part of the reason I'm on Bluesky is to publicise myself as a writer. I don't really know how to do it, but I'm guessing the best thing is to let people know what my books are like & how to get them; give an idea of my style and viewpoint; & warn them that I look like this:
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damn your eyes, you mustn’t swear that way when you’re preaching
November 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
damn your eyes, you mustn’t swear that way when you’re preaching
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macy’s thanksgiving day parade
1988
elliott erwitt
1988
elliott erwitt
November 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
macy’s thanksgiving day parade
1988
elliott erwitt
1988
elliott erwitt
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 28,1963
November 28,1963
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 28,1963
November 28,1963
By the way, while in Bradford @waterstones.bsky.social I saw a display of this great new @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social edition of J B Priestley’s “Benighted” (filmed by James Whale as “The Old Dark House”). A genuinely creepy novel of suspense from the wily old master. @jbpriestley.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
By the way, while in Bradford @waterstones.bsky.social I saw a display of this great new @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social edition of J B Priestley’s “Benighted” (filmed by James Whale as “The Old Dark House”). A genuinely creepy novel of suspense from the wily old master. @jbpriestley.bsky.social
By the way, if anyone is looking for a stocking filler, my book with the self-explanatory title “Stupid Stories for Tough Times“ may be found at Bradford @waterstones.bsky.social on the main counter (or from your favourite source of books online)
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
By the way, if anyone is looking for a stocking filler, my book with the self-explanatory title “Stupid Stories for Tough Times“ may be found at Bradford @waterstones.bsky.social on the main counter (or from your favourite source of books online)
Hmm, looks like something that might even be worth going to Leeds for…
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/don-t-let-s-...
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/don-t-let-s-...
'Don't Let's Ask For the Moon...': Nocturnes and Atkinson Grimshaw
Leeds Art Gallery | 14 November 2025 - 19 April 2026 | Explore the poetic moonscapes of Leeds artist John Atkinson Grimshaw
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk
November 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Hmm, looks like something that might even be worth going to Leeds for…
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/don-t-let-s-...
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/don-t-let-s-...
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"Black Friday" should only ever mean this...
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"Black Friday" should only ever mean this...
It’s the lack of interest that gets to me. To some, working for BBC R3 would be their dream job, distant and unattainable; but to many who do work there, it is all too evidently a tedious chore, not even worth the effort of getting basic facts right or learning how to pronounce certain names.
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It’s the lack of interest that gets to me. To some, working for BBC R3 would be their dream job, distant and unattainable; but to many who do work there, it is all too evidently a tedious chore, not even worth the effort of getting basic facts right or learning how to pronounce certain names.
Even in recorded trailers, they are unable to sound as if they believe a word of it
November 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Even in recorded trailers, they are unable to sound as if they believe a word of it
I'm no expert and may be wrong, but am getting very creepy AI vibrations from this cover design
November 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I'm no expert and may be wrong, but am getting very creepy AI vibrations from this cover design
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 23,1944
November 23,1944
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 23,1944
November 23,1944
It isn’t that liberalism has failed; it’s just that it has not been properly tried.
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It isn’t that liberalism has failed; it’s just that it has not been properly tried.
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The Electric Monk
I think I've finally found the AI use that will end humanity.
Cults creating worshippers that don't exist to praise their gods that (sorry religionists) don't exist, burning up the planet in a race to create the most fake prayers to show theirs' is the true faith.
pagesix.com/2025/11/25/e...
Cults creating worshippers that don't exist to praise their gods that (sorry religionists) don't exist, burning up the planet in a race to create the most fake prayers to show theirs' is the true faith.
pagesix.com/2025/11/25/e...
Music fans enraged as AI-generated ‘singer’ tops the holiday charts: ‘Seriously?’
“Solomon Ray is no longer ‘the AI experiment.’ He is now the biggest new voice in gospel music – period.”
pagesix.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Electric Monk
It is a measure of my triviality that one of the things that most upsets me in this place is the use of characters from very funny cartoons to make the most clumpingly humourless memes imaginable.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
It is a measure of my triviality that one of the things that most upsets me in this place is the use of characters from very funny cartoons to make the most clumpingly humourless memes imaginable.
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Ossi Oswalda!
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Ossi Oswalda!
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Colleen Moore!
November 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Colleen Moore!
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Beatrice Lillie!
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Beatrice Lillie!
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Norma Talmadge!
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Norma Talmadge!
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"You will be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
"You will be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
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Just remembered the time I hosted a new act night 9 acts all doing 5-10 minutes, I’d not seen any of them before, and at the start of the second section I accidentally said “don’t worry, some of them are bound to be funny.”
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Just remembered the time I hosted a new act night 9 acts all doing 5-10 minutes, I’d not seen any of them before, and at the start of the second section I accidentally said “don’t worry, some of them are bound to be funny.”
They (almost) never play the authentic version, and today is not exceptional
BBC Radio 3
In Tune
Now Playing
George Gershwin, Don Rose, Aalborg Symfoniorkester & Wayne Marshall
Girl Crazy (Overture)
In Tune
Now Playing
George Gershwin, Don Rose, Aalborg Symfoniorkester & Wayne Marshall
Girl Crazy (Overture)
November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
They (almost) never play the authentic version, and today is not exceptional
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I've noticed that writing advice doesn't really transfer from one person to another. What works for one writer very often doesn't work for another writer. I read "how to write" books for years to no avail before I discovered This One Weird Trick That Only Works For Me, Not You, Sorry.
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I've noticed that writing advice doesn't really transfer from one person to another. What works for one writer very often doesn't work for another writer. I read "how to write" books for years to no avail before I discovered This One Weird Trick That Only Works For Me, Not You, Sorry.
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“This new restoration finally allows modern audiences to see this classic as it would have been enjoyed by audiences at the time of its release: starting with the final reel, then a news report about cycling, a comedy short about keeping chickens, a cartoon, and then the first part of the film.”
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“This new restoration finally allows modern audiences to see this classic as it would have been enjoyed by audiences at the time of its release: starting with the final reel, then a news report about cycling, a comedy short about keeping chickens, a cartoon, and then the first part of the film.”
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Having been mistakenly included on an electoral roll, Manchester shopkeeper Lily Maxwell voted in a by-election on this day 1867, more than 50 years before (some) women were enfranchised by the Representation of the People Act. Suffragists seized on it as a test case.
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Having been mistakenly included on an electoral roll, Manchester shopkeeper Lily Maxwell voted in a by-election on this day 1867, more than 50 years before (some) women were enfranchised by the Representation of the People Act. Suffragists seized on it as a test case.
Ivory, adj.: like Ivor
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Ivory, adj.: like Ivor