Gregory Norminton
@gregorynorminton.bsky.social
Yet another writer: THE GHOST WHO BLED (2017), THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY (2018), THE REPUBLIC OF BREATH and SWEENEY'S PROGRESS (forthcoming). Environmentalist. Lives in Sheffield.
Here's the text. In bold: hen harriers lost or killed on or near a shooting estate
Scientists calculate that English habitats currently support only 10% of the hen harriers that they could carry if there were no illegal persecution.
Data compiled from the archive of @raptorpersuk.bsky.social.
Scientists calculate that English habitats currently support only 10% of the hen harriers that they could carry if there were no illegal persecution.
Data compiled from the archive of @raptorpersuk.bsky.social.
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Here's the text. In bold: hen harriers lost or killed on or near a shooting estate
Scientists calculate that English habitats currently support only 10% of the hen harriers that they could carry if there were no illegal persecution.
Data compiled from the archive of @raptorpersuk.bsky.social.
Scientists calculate that English habitats currently support only 10% of the hen harriers that they could carry if there were no illegal persecution.
Data compiled from the archive of @raptorpersuk.bsky.social.
Working on a text for an artistic collaboration with sculptor Mark Butler about the hen harrier.
How's this for a stat? English habitats currently support only 10% of the hen harriers that they could carry if there were no illegal persecution.
Want to enjoy a life of crime? Own a grouse moor.
How's this for a stat? English habitats currently support only 10% of the hen harriers that they could carry if there were no illegal persecution.
Want to enjoy a life of crime? Own a grouse moor.
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Working on a text for an artistic collaboration with sculptor Mark Butler about the hen harrier.
How's this for a stat? English habitats currently support only 10% of the hen harriers that they could carry if there were no illegal persecution.
Want to enjoy a life of crime? Own a grouse moor.
How's this for a stat? English habitats currently support only 10% of the hen harriers that they could carry if there were no illegal persecution.
Want to enjoy a life of crime? Own a grouse moor.
The shades of Louis XIV, Ceaucescu and Saddam Hussein look up from Hell and make *sucking lemons* faces.
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The shades of Louis XIV, Ceaucescu and Saddam Hussein look up from Hell and make *sucking lemons* faces.
In fact, the whole of Endcliffe Park yesterday was rocking the Rivendell look. I love my hometown.
November 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
In fact, the whole of Endcliffe Park yesterday was rocking the Rivendell look. I love my hometown.
One of the best trees in Sheffield (notice the 'Hobbit door' amid the lower roots).
November 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
One of the best trees in Sheffield (notice the 'Hobbit door' amid the lower roots).
Think I've seen it before on top of one of these.
October 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Think I've seen it before on top of one of these.
Found in an ancient orchard in the Cotswolds. Any mycologists able to identify this monster (second image for scale)?
October 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Found in an ancient orchard in the Cotswolds. Any mycologists able to identify this monster (second image for scale)?
The tale of Sweeney/Suibhne was written in the C12th and is set in the C7th. Yet it is for all time. In the midst of our ecological and spiritual crises, we need its wit and wisdom.
We'd be thrilled if you would come on the journey with us.
We'd be thrilled if you would come on the journey with us.
October 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The tale of Sweeney/Suibhne was written in the C12th and is set in the C7th. Yet it is for all time. In the midst of our ecological and spiritual crises, we need its wit and wisdom.
We'd be thrilled if you would come on the journey with us.
We'd be thrilled if you would come on the journey with us.
Comics take a lot of time to create & outside the world of superheroes there's not much commercial support. So books like ours (and volume 2 is even more ambitious than volume 1) are hard to make without patronage. Here is some of what we offer our supporters: www.patreon.com/c/sweeneyspr...
October 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Comics take a lot of time to create & outside the world of superheroes there's not much commercial support. So books like ours (and volume 2 is even more ambitious than volume 1) are hard to make without patronage. Here is some of what we offer our supporters: www.patreon.com/c/sweeneyspr...
If historical fiction, ecology, myth and fantasy appeal, this book could be for you. Here, in comic frame form, is a kind of trailer for your enjoyment... [thread continues]
October 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
If historical fiction, ecology, myth and fantasy appeal, this book could be for you. Here, in comic frame form, is a kind of trailer for your enjoyment... [thread continues]
Zara and I have been working on this book for years. It's a labour of love. We think lots of people will take it to their hearts. These lovely folk did.
October 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Zara and I have been working on this book for years. It's a labour of love. We think lots of people will take it to their hearts. These lovely folk did.
Vol. 1 of our graphic novel SWEENEY'S PROGRESS is finished. An ecological fable set in C7th Ireland, from one of the great medieval poems. Script by me, art by @zaraslattery.bsky.social.
To read the book online & help with the making of Volume 2, visit our Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/sweeneyspr...
To read the book online & help with the making of Volume 2, visit our Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/sweeneyspr...
October 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Vol. 1 of our graphic novel SWEENEY'S PROGRESS is finished. An ecological fable set in C7th Ireland, from one of the great medieval poems. Script by me, art by @zaraslattery.bsky.social.
To read the book online & help with the making of Volume 2, visit our Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/sweeneyspr...
To read the book online & help with the making of Volume 2, visit our Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/sweeneyspr...
The UK constituency most vulnerable to climate impacts? Boston & Skegness. Its MP, Richard Tice, denies that global warming is a problem & wants to kill all efforts to mitigate or adapt to it.
The East of England, Reform's heartland, is most at risk generally. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The East of England, Reform's heartland, is most at risk generally. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
October 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The UK constituency most vulnerable to climate impacts? Boston & Skegness. Its MP, Richard Tice, denies that global warming is a problem & wants to kill all efforts to mitigate or adapt to it.
The East of England, Reform's heartland, is most at risk generally. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The East of England, Reform's heartland, is most at risk generally. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I think we all know who's going to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
October 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I think we all know who's going to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Speaking of which, here are two particularly good short story collections from @saltpublishing.com, by Alison Moore & @willwiles.bsky.social. SALT MODERN STORIES and BEST BRITISH SHORT STORIES are important for the form's survival (see also @confingopublishing.bsky.social & @commapress.bsky.social).
October 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Speaking of which, here are two particularly good short story collections from @saltpublishing.com, by Alison Moore & @willwiles.bsky.social. SALT MODERN STORIES and BEST BRITISH SHORT STORIES are important for the form's survival (see also @confingopublishing.bsky.social & @commapress.bsky.social).
The storm is drifting out to the North Sea, yet the UK is still largely powered by wind. (08:45 on 5th October 2025) grid.iamkate.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The storm is drifting out to the North Sea, yet the UK is still largely powered by wind. (08:45 on 5th October 2025) grid.iamkate.com
It's 15:30 on 4th October 2025. Britain is getting almost 90% of its electricity from clean energy sources. grid.iamkate.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It's 15:30 on 4th October 2025. Britain is getting almost 90% of its electricity from clean energy sources. grid.iamkate.com