Patrick Kincaid
@patrickkincaid.bsky.social
Doctor of Shakespeare, Master of Writing.
Starting Advent right by reading Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Fir Tree”, a Christmas story with its gaze fixed unstintingly on the abyss.
December 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Starting Advent right by reading Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Fir Tree”, a Christmas story with its gaze fixed unstintingly on the abyss.
Meeting Dippy for lunch. It’s been a while.
November 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Meeting Dippy for lunch. It’s been a while.
I’ve more or less given up on the prospect traditional publishing, but it’s nice to see my long-out-of-print debut still reeling in good reviews (only just noticed this one from October).
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I’ve more or less given up on the prospect traditional publishing, but it’s nice to see my long-out-of-print debut still reeling in good reviews (only just noticed this one from October).
I hate Threads.
November 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I hate Threads.
I’ve never seen this (wasn’t in the country in 1973), but I’ve know about it since reading this on Christmas Day 1987. Allen Eyles gives it very short shrift indeed (his favourite Holmes film is one we’ve talked about quite a lot), but I’ve always been curious — so thank you.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I’ve never seen this (wasn’t in the country in 1973), but I’ve know about it since reading this on Christmas Day 1987. Allen Eyles gives it very short shrift indeed (his favourite Holmes film is one we’ve talked about quite a lot), but I’ve always been curious — so thank you.
In Staffordshire ahead of a workshop at HMP Drake Hall for Stratford Literary Festival. No Premier Inn around these here parts, so this was home for the night. I half expected to spy an immovable dachshund by the fire and a silent parrot in a cage…
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
In Staffordshire ahead of a workshop at HMP Drake Hall for Stratford Literary Festival. No Premier Inn around these here parts, so this was home for the night. I half expected to spy an immovable dachshund by the fire and a silent parrot in a cage…
Wandsworth parakeet. It’s an absolutely gorgeous morning.
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Wandsworth parakeet. It’s an absolutely gorgeous morning.
Here’s where I’ll be all day. Do not disturb sign on the door.
November 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Here’s where I’ll be all day. Do not disturb sign on the door.
In the Middle Ages, Kenilworth Castle was rose out of a mere. Today it does so again. Extraordinary.
November 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
In the Middle Ages, Kenilworth Castle was rose out of a mere. Today it does so again. Extraordinary.
This was sent to me and I don’t know what it’s from, but honestly I think my least favourite thing about del Toro’s rubbish Frankenstein film is that there’s more Percy Shelley and Byron in it than there is Mary Wollstonecraft.
November 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This was sent to me and I don’t know what it’s from, but honestly I think my least favourite thing about del Toro’s rubbish Frankenstein film is that there’s more Percy Shelley and Byron in it than there is Mary Wollstonecraft.
Can’t capture it, but it’s all Long-tailed Tits and Chaffinches this morning.
November 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Can’t capture it, but it’s all Long-tailed Tits and Chaffinches this morning.
My God this book hits hard.
November 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
My God this book hits hard.
Two rare instances of actual wit on Threads.
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Two rare instances of actual wit on Threads.
Why the absolute fuck would Facebook think I’d be interested in posts by this evil piece of shit?
![Rupert Lowe [Reform MP for Great Yarmouth]
Now is the time to restore the ultimate deterrent.
The death penalty.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vm3hsqbdnofuoklgbhp7aob6/bafkreifaedgcv4a5xuxenyq32h6iztrwt7vmiu7tc2wsvh7bnufot3a3b4@jpeg)
November 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Why the absolute fuck would Facebook think I’d be interested in posts by this evil piece of shit?
How’s this for a title? Seeing Caroline Lea at Stratford Literary Festival on Friday. She’s a great interviewee — was funny and informative when I invited her to my writing workshop a couple of years back. Looking forward to asking her about the del Toro film if someone else doesn’t get there first.
October 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
How’s this for a title? Seeing Caroline Lea at Stratford Literary Festival on Friday. She’s a great interviewee — was funny and informative when I invited her to my writing workshop a couple of years back. Looking forward to asking her about the del Toro film if someone else doesn’t get there first.
Photo my sister-in-law took while the whole family were holidaying on Mull eight years ago.
October 29, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Photo my sister-in-law took while the whole family were holidaying on Mull eight years ago.
This is tremendous by the way. It’s the only Booker shortlisted novel I’ve read this year. I read another that was longlisted, and it wasn’t as good as this. So, the committee is on the right track as far as that goes.
October 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This is tremendous by the way. It’s the only Booker shortlisted novel I’ve read this year. I read another that was longlisted, and it wasn’t as good as this. So, the committee is on the right track as far as that goes.
If you see this, post a Frankenstein.
October 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If you see this, post a Frankenstein.
Guillermo del Toro writing Frankenstein (2025).
October 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Guillermo del Toro writing Frankenstein (2025).
Oscar Isaacs in Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro, 2025).
October 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Oscar Isaacs in Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro, 2025).
At HMP Downview today with children’s author Smriti Halls for Stratford Literary Festival’s Workshops in Prisons.
October 22, 2025 at 6:22 AM
At HMP Downview today with children’s author Smriti Halls for Stratford Literary Festival’s Workshops in Prisons.
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
Saw After Sunday by Sophia Griffin at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre last week. Deeply moved by it, since it resonated with what I’ve encountered during outreach work in prisons. Whole cast outstanding, but David Webber (from Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths) out of this world. Goes to Bush Theatre next month.
October 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Saw After Sunday by Sophia Griffin at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre last week. Deeply moved by it, since it resonated with what I’ve encountered during outreach work in prisons. Whole cast outstanding, but David Webber (from Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths) out of this world. Goes to Bush Theatre next month.
Whatever the particulars of this story, here’s some Murdoch click bait that’ll kill a few folk.
October 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Whatever the particulars of this story, here’s some Murdoch click bait that’ll kill a few folk.
This is top tier Maigret.
October 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This is top tier Maigret.