David Haraldson
@lostdiarist.bsky.social
Professional Alter Ego. Manc. Psychogeography, deep maps, hauntology, zines, games, music, art, photography, sci-fi, & horror—& any gubbins that sheds new light on old places. (He/him) Was LostDiarist & MrBlipvert on the Bird Site.
GPA, NJ, & VT
GPA, NJ, & VT
Anyway, I no longer drink … alcohol, so lapsang souchong may just scratch an itch.
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Anyway, I no longer drink … alcohol, so lapsang souchong may just scratch an itch.
Yowsers. It was an article by The Maestro, himself, Mr Adrian Chiles: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It took me 30 years to learn to love lapsang souchong – but now it’s all gone horribly wrong | Adrian Chiles
Yes, the tea is an acquired taste. But now I can’t get hold of it, and I’m suffering, writes Adrian Chiles
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Yowsers. It was an article by The Maestro, himself, Mr Adrian Chiles: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Tried it, two decades ago (egads, where does the time go?) in a tea shop in Athens. Greece, not Georgia, USA, before anyone asks. I was underwhelmed. But a recent-ish article has had me looking for it …
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Tried it, two decades ago (egads, where does the time go?) in a tea shop in Athens. Greece, not Georgia, USA, before anyone asks. I was underwhelmed. But a recent-ish article has had me looking for it …
This is a reasonable reason to do that. I do wish mainstream publishers would cut it out with the Trade Paperbacks, however.
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This is a reasonable reason to do that. I do wish mainstream publishers would cut it out with the Trade Paperbacks, however.
FWIW, I am entirely "down" with hardback and oversized hardback books. But the Trade Paperback can GTFO. It takes up unnecessary shelf space and delays the publication of the mass market paperback.
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
FWIW, I am entirely "down" with hardback and oversized hardback books. But the Trade Paperback can GTFO. It takes up unnecessary shelf space and delays the publication of the mass market paperback.
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52. Jeff Noon & Steve Beard, Ludluda
There's something so shocking about a fantasy novel being focused on a woman in her seventies that episodic plotting is forgotten. Set in alternate London powered by an ancient dragon's ghost, it pings with psychogeography and aching tenderness.
There's something so shocking about a fantasy novel being focused on a woman in her seventies that episodic plotting is forgotten. Set in alternate London powered by an ancient dragon's ghost, it pings with psychogeography and aching tenderness.
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
52. Jeff Noon & Steve Beard, Ludluda
There's something so shocking about a fantasy novel being focused on a woman in her seventies that episodic plotting is forgotten. Set in alternate London powered by an ancient dragon's ghost, it pings with psychogeography and aching tenderness.
There's something so shocking about a fantasy novel being focused on a woman in her seventies that episodic plotting is forgotten. Set in alternate London powered by an ancient dragon's ghost, it pings with psychogeography and aching tenderness.
Every Bond to date has had at least one banger of Bond film in them.
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Every Bond to date has had at least one banger of Bond film in them.
I am a dreadful ignoramus with some real weaknesses in breadth of reading. From a hasty online search, both books sound fascinating. But--egads! The cover of "Don't Tell Alfred" really appeals to me.
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I am a dreadful ignoramus with some real weaknesses in breadth of reading. From a hasty online search, both books sound fascinating. But--egads! The cover of "Don't Tell Alfred" really appeals to me.