Richard V. Hirst
@richardvhirst.bsky.social
Another writer you've never heard of / books with Confingo and Dead Ink / runs Levenshulme Old Library
https://richardvhirst.co.uk/
https://richardvhirst.co.uk/
Some accidental blasphemy in the nativity set.
November 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Some accidental blasphemy in the nativity set.
Was at a fancy awards thing last night - never let them tell you ghost stories can't take you places.
(Although we didn't actually win, so maybe listen to them)
(Although we didn't actually win, so maybe listen to them)
November 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Was at a fancy awards thing last night - never let them tell you ghost stories can't take you places.
(Although we didn't actually win, so maybe listen to them)
(Although we didn't actually win, so maybe listen to them)
Strong Nathan Barley vibes.
November 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Strong Nathan Barley vibes.
This, for reasons I can't really fathom, is 100% 'fully non-Christmas music which feels incredibly Christmassy to me'.
open.spotify.com/track/6e65fH...
open.spotify.com/track/6e65fH...
November 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This, for reasons I can't really fathom, is 100% 'fully non-Christmas music which feels incredibly Christmassy to me'.
open.spotify.com/track/6e65fH...
open.spotify.com/track/6e65fH...
I came across Mark Edwards via his cover for Helen Cresswell's Stonestruck, which isn't her best book but has a pleasingly odd quality emphasised by the artwork.
October 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I came across Mark Edwards via his cover for Helen Cresswell's Stonestruck, which isn't her best book but has a pleasingly odd quality emphasised by the artwork.
I love these Mark Edwards paintings - the Whitewood series. Strange, snow-covered worlds where men in bowler hats linger among winter trees. Part Magritte, part children's book illustration, part ghost story.
October 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I love these Mark Edwards paintings - the Whitewood series. Strange, snow-covered worlds where men in bowler hats linger among winter trees. Part Magritte, part children's book illustration, part ghost story.
Huge day for total bollocks.
October 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Huge day for total bollocks.
Also - Keaton was part of the Twin-Peaksiverse.
October 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Also - Keaton was part of the Twin-Peaksiverse.
I also think this might be the best acting streak of the decade (if you ignore 1976).
October 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I also think this might be the best acting streak of the decade (if you ignore 1976).
Includes some excellent cigarette smoking from 70s Diane Keaton.
October 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Includes some excellent cigarette smoking from 70s Diane Keaton.
I know Woody Allen is problematic to say the least, but I really can't undo the love I have for that long run of classic films - Interiors in particular is one I think hugely undervalued.
October 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I know Woody Allen is problematic to say the least, but I really can't undo the love I have for that long run of classic films - Interiors in particular is one I think hugely undervalued.
In 2009 I split up with my ex and took her new internet DAB radio - it was played a random selection of podcasts and I found something called Comedy Death Ray which has now been doing a running joke on this bit pretty much every Halloween for 16 years as Comedy Bang Bang.
October 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
In 2009 I split up with my ex and took her new internet DAB radio - it was played a random selection of podcasts and I found something called Comedy Death Ray which has now been doing a running joke on this bit pretty much every Halloween for 16 years as Comedy Bang Bang.
Very odd sense of vertigo.
October 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Very odd sense of vertigo.
Long story but I'm taking my son an open top bus tour through Manchester during Storm Amy.
October 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Long story but I'm taking my son an open top bus tour through Manchester during Storm Amy.
Strangely nostalgic for stock images of internet piracy.
September 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Strangely nostalgic for stock images of internet piracy.
There's a bloody Reform UK pop-up by my local Tesco.
I live in Andrew Gwynne's constituency so I guess they think there's some truth to the rumours about Andy Burnham trying to take it on.
I live in Andrew Gwynne's constituency so I guess they think there's some truth to the rumours about Andy Burnham trying to take it on.
September 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
There's a bloody Reform UK pop-up by my local Tesco.
I live in Andrew Gwynne's constituency so I guess they think there's some truth to the rumours about Andy Burnham trying to take it on.
I live in Andrew Gwynne's constituency so I guess they think there's some truth to the rumours about Andy Burnham trying to take it on.
Hey! I have a new book out!
It's called Writing the Magic and it's a collection of essays on fantasy writing co-edited by @dancoxon.bsky.social and myself (but mainly Dan), and it's published by @deadinkbooks.bsky.social today.
deadinkbooks.com/product/writ...
It's called Writing the Magic and it's a collection of essays on fantasy writing co-edited by @dancoxon.bsky.social and myself (but mainly Dan), and it's published by @deadinkbooks.bsky.social today.
deadinkbooks.com/product/writ...
September 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hey! I have a new book out!
It's called Writing the Magic and it's a collection of essays on fantasy writing co-edited by @dancoxon.bsky.social and myself (but mainly Dan), and it's published by @deadinkbooks.bsky.social today.
deadinkbooks.com/product/writ...
It's called Writing the Magic and it's a collection of essays on fantasy writing co-edited by @dancoxon.bsky.social and myself (but mainly Dan), and it's published by @deadinkbooks.bsky.social today.
deadinkbooks.com/product/writ...
Nice to see the Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water dressed for a state visit.
September 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Nice to see the Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water dressed for a state visit.
I don't think we talk enough about what a big deal it is that all of Doctor Who is just there for free on iPlayer.
September 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I don't think we talk enough about what a big deal it is that all of Doctor Who is just there for free on iPlayer.
"Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?"
September 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?"
Obviously there's Peepo, Funnybones, Each Peach Pear Plum etc but here's a couple of less well known Ahlbergs, both strange tales of the supernatural.
July 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Obviously there's Peepo, Funnybones, Each Peach Pear Plum etc but here's a couple of less well known Ahlbergs, both strange tales of the supernatural.
Always loved these daft little poems - powerful dissections of suburban masculinity really.
July 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Always loved these daft little poems - powerful dissections of suburban masculinity really.