Jem Roberts, Author etc.
@jemroberts.bsky.social
Dad/folklorist/historian/comedian. Douglas Adams’ official biographer, among many things. Official chronicler for ISIHAC, Blackadder and Fry & Laurie.
@talesofbritain.bsky.social @fabfools.bsky.social
www.jemroberts.com www.talesofbritain.com
@talesofbritain.bsky.social @fabfools.bsky.social
www.jemroberts.com www.talesofbritain.com
The Banshees of Inisherin!
Sorry, I mean: In Bruges.
Sorry, I mean: In Bruges.
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The Banshees of Inisherin!
Sorry, I mean: In Bruges.
Sorry, I mean: In Bruges.
This Times article has been brought to my attention. I think the idea is that I'm supposed to feel grateful not to have been written out of history altogether, and I know this is for a charity auction, but this is incorrect, the Blackadder book does contain 100% of the full Bethlehem script!
November 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This Times article has been brought to my attention. I think the idea is that I'm supposed to feel grateful not to have been written out of history altogether, and I know this is for a charity auction, but this is incorrect, the Blackadder book does contain 100% of the full Bethlehem script!
Poor, poor rich men. I don't want any sickeningly wealth people to suffer, so if you're reading this now, just get in touch for my bank details. I will bravely shoulder your burden (Give 99% of it away).
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Poor, poor rich men. I don't want any sickeningly wealth people to suffer, so if you're reading this now, just get in touch for my bank details. I will bravely shoulder your burden (Give 99% of it away).
Some kind of coloured arch in the sky.
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Some kind of coloured arch in the sky.
LUDLOW STORY LOVERS! 4 weeks today! Ludlow’s own native folklorist, Jem Roberts – as seen on TV – shares festive folktales from all over the UK at Castle Bookshop! Signed books available, honesty box office, see you there – and wrap up warm! 🎄
November 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
LUDLOW STORY LOVERS! 4 weeks today! Ludlow’s own native folklorist, Jem Roberts – as seen on TV – shares festive folktales from all over the UK at Castle Bookshop! Signed books available, honesty box office, see you there – and wrap up warm! 🎄
Top: the brand new unicorn Happy Napper my son received as an early Sinter Klaas present. Below: an old draught excluder which had been chucked in my Mum and Dad’s garage untouched fpr several years. Guess which Fred is happily cwtching?
November 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Top: the brand new unicorn Happy Napper my son received as an early Sinter Klaas present. Below: an old draught excluder which had been chucked in my Mum and Dad’s garage untouched fpr several years. Guess which Fred is happily cwtching?
One and a half inches of penis between the eight of them.
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
One and a half inches of penis between the eight of them.
This 'Aditya Chakrabortty' joker has missed a meeting or two – this is not how you spell 'Strip these bastards of every penny and leave them grateful they're not hanging from lampposts'. But then, if they had a point, it wouldn't be in a wet Centrist rag like The Grauniad, would it?
November 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This 'Aditya Chakrabortty' joker has missed a meeting or two – this is not how you spell 'Strip these bastards of every penny and leave them grateful they're not hanging from lampposts'. But then, if they had a point, it wouldn't be in a wet Centrist rag like The Grauniad, would it?
It's #InternationalMensDay again, apparently… #NotAllMen
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
It's #InternationalMensDay again, apparently… #NotAllMen
What's the exact opposite of clickbait?
"I am a complete and total political moron, who believed every piece of obvious bullshit thrown my way and happily used the most deluded and shitty boomer phrases to signal my absolute dearth of wit or insight. Now read my views."
"I am a complete and total political moron, who believed every piece of obvious bullshit thrown my way and happily used the most deluded and shitty boomer phrases to signal my absolute dearth of wit or insight. Now read my views."
November 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
What's the exact opposite of clickbait?
"I am a complete and total political moron, who believed every piece of obvious bullshit thrown my way and happily used the most deluded and shitty boomer phrases to signal my absolute dearth of wit or insight. Now read my views."
"I am a complete and total political moron, who believed every piece of obvious bullshit thrown my way and happily used the most deluded and shitty boomer phrases to signal my absolute dearth of wit or insight. Now read my views."
Merry November! ☃️
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Merry November! ☃️
Now is not the time for Labour to exist at all, Polly.
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Now is not the time for Labour to exist at all, Polly.
How execrable a human being – let alone a prime minister – do you have to be, for anyone sane to even imagine for one millisecond that this foul NHS-flogging thumb-faced piggy thug could be in any way preferable?
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
How execrable a human being – let alone a prime minister – do you have to be, for anyone sane to even imagine for one millisecond that this foul NHS-flogging thumb-faced piggy thug could be in any way preferable?
They spout these obvious, provable lies so they can then say “Well if both sides think we’re biased we can’t be!” – Disingenuously ignoring the fact that one side is composed entirely of amoral, trolling, scheming pantomime villains.
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
They spout these obvious, provable lies so they can then say “Well if both sides think we’re biased we can’t be!” – Disingenuously ignoring the fact that one side is composed entirely of amoral, trolling, scheming pantomime villains.
Of coooourse she did. I'll have to DM her about her Dad's behaviour.
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Of coooourse she did. I'll have to DM her about her Dad's behaviour.
Good, another reason to hate Lovecraft besides the fact that OLD DEAD OCTOPUS MONSTERS ARE NOT FRIGGING SCARY.
November 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Good, another reason to hate Lovecraft besides the fact that OLD DEAD OCTOPUS MONSTERS ARE NOT FRIGGING SCARY.
RIP Pauline Collins, a corking Bobbie Wickham.
November 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
RIP Pauline Collins, a corking Bobbie Wickham.
Previous Tory governments leaked wrongly released prisoners on an almost weekly basis – but sure, put pressure on genocidal war criminal David Lammy because of a few prison errors.
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Previous Tory governments leaked wrongly released prisoners on an almost weekly basis – but sure, put pressure on genocidal war criminal David Lammy because of a few prison errors.
I suppose three attempts at a live action Fungus the Bogeyman might be a bit much.
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I suppose three attempts at a live action Fungus the Bogeyman might be a bit much.
Is this an epitaph, or a message unemployed creatives send to those still clinging on to their media jobs, for now?
November 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Is this an epitaph, or a message unemployed creatives send to those still clinging on to their media jobs, for now?
For over a year now, I have owned the international (non-UK/Aus/NZ) rights to all my books, yet I can't seem to find a single American/German/French/Italian publisher who wants to publish the last and greatest 100% Official Douglas Adams biography…
November 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
For over a year now, I have owned the international (non-UK/Aus/NZ) rights to all my books, yet I can't seem to find a single American/German/French/Italian publisher who wants to publish the last and greatest 100% Official Douglas Adams biography…
Happy Samhain/Hallowe’en/Friday! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Happy Samhain/Hallowe’en/Friday! 🎃
Now, there's a real Queen to mourn. RIP Prunella Scales.
October 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Now, there's a real Queen to mourn. RIP Prunella Scales.
Is Claudius talking about Sejanus here, or did the Sybil give him a 2,000 year premonition of the evil horror of Nigel Farage?
October 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Is Claudius talking about Sejanus here, or did the Sybil give him a 2,000 year premonition of the evil horror of Nigel Farage?