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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

That's what I say to the police every time I smudge my thumb print too.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When that bird catches itself in a mirror it is going to fuck shit up.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

From Portal 2, I know but 'Oh, I'm a potato.' is possibly the greatest line in gaming history.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I thought he'd gone off the deep end at the time but as a moment of prescience, it tales some beating.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

100%. You cancel your tour unless they let you choose your support acts. Not like he's desperate for cash but oh boy a lot of fans will have walked.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

.@thenotoriousguy.bsky.social right after the Brexit referendum result, JP posted on Twitter; 'the fascists have won'. It haunts me every day.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

'I know I told you where she lives but I didn't think you'd go round.'

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This is absolutely fascinating. Consider your assumptions well and truly challenged... mine were.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I absolutely do not need any more books for my holiday TBR pile. So you'll all be pleased to hear I only bought another three. #books

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

What we need are trios of terrible singers to go and sit around the perps and let them have a wonderfully loud and gloriously out-of-tune version of Bohemian Rhapsody until the penny drops.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Does the trailer contain footage of a cloudy sky hence completely undermining the veracity of the show's title? It's that, isn't it?

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This was such a fun night. Thank you to everyone who came along to listen. And remember... order a copy of The Iron Code, edited by the magnificent Ian Whates, and published by NewCon Press. It's out on 28th July. The list of contributors is amazing.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Sadly not. One day, mate, one day...

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Darn shame. It wold have been lovely to see you.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I am attending, along with other fine folk, to talk a bit about this excellent anthology... 14th July. SRFC, I've been away too long.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

That's not enough, Otto. X needs to be shut down. Its owner is calling for civil war in the UK. He is a hostile actor. If he was a country it would have been banned years ago.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

That Red Baron never gives up, does he?

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Tried it once myself but got confused and all the cattle under the sofa cushions made it really uncomfortable to sit on.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

'All right team, we saw what a total clusterfuck the Tories made of things by shivving their leaders every couple of months... I've got to say, I think we can do even worse. Who's with me?'

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Such a great book and that moment... I still remember going cold all over and that is the power of exquisite timing inside exquisite story-telling.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Anecdotal 'Elemental' positive out-in-the-wild news for you... Old gent opposite me on a train was reading it so I asked him what he thought. 'Well,' he said. 'I saw it in Foyles and it looked interesting so I bought it. I've read chapter one and I am captivated.'

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

This is the round up on the insanity that you need for your sanity.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The Iron Code - an anthology edited by Ian Whates, is a tribute to the late, great and much missed David Gemmell. The list of contributing authors is stellar and the kick starter has gone live today! Please back it, it's going to be very special... www.kickstarter.com/projects/igw...

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The Iron Code

Original Stories in Honour of David Gemmell.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I feel this is a very important article. The vulnerability of our food chain is shocking. I've always been a bit of a prepper but I do think that if you can afford to keep a week (at least) of shelf-stable food in your house, you should. And maybe some more for those that can't...

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

.@thenotoriousguy.bsky.social I think it's probably time to have another listen to The Fall... Guardian reporting this morning on our vulnerability to a food crisis in the even of conflict. Those wise words of yours and JPs to keep a week of shelf-stable food in the house ring truer every day.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I mean, are you bored of being right all the time, Al? I know I am.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I am also an expert on world energy supply and prices, security in the Strait of Hormuz and how easy it is to achieve unconditional surrender while having no troops on the ground.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

A typically incisive analysis laying bare the moral vacuum and wilful ignorance at the heart of the discourse on Iran. More and more we need people like @iandunt.bsky.social and @mrjamesob.bsky.social to provide some balance to counter the unending insane drumbeat of right wing voices. @lbc.co.uk

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I think you'll find, Guy, that further warming the planet by drilling out the North Sea, then buying that energy on the international markets because, y'know, Thatcher, is actually the better play here. Kemi Badenoch said so (well, except the Thatcher bit).

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Obviously listening to Simon Marks live on James O'Brien's show is the correct way to go but if you haven't come across him before, Simon's analysis is brilliant every single time. Should be compulsory to hear it.

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I’m really happy for ex-Tory aid James Price that he has such a nice relationship with his American mother-in-law… but frankly I don’t think that’s enough for us to be unquestioningly following Donald Trump’s America into another illegal war🤷‍♀️

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

It is a mystery that will never be solved.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

This is excellent timing. As it happens, my birthday is on the 15th. Not expecting you to but me a copy, Arthur (although...), there are more likely candidates.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Essentially labelling the Greens as extreme left does not just signify a complete ignorance of their broad policy platform but it crystallises exactly why Labour is haemorrhaging support leftwards while they chase Reform votes they will never win. A baffling strategy.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

The correct space to inhabit.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Genuinely offensive too. And he wonders why progressive votes elude him...

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

This is the bit that drives me nuts. I presume it was a McSweeney policy but how they couldn't see that chasing after racists would alienate their core and, beyond that, any progressive left-leaning voter is completely baffling. Anyway, how are you, Nick? Well, I trust.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Astounding, definitely. Deranged and deluded, certainly. Dangerous and divisive, without a shadow of a doubt.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I think it's very encouraging that Goodwin, Farage, and the Daily Telegraph, to name but three, have taken the result with such grace and humility.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

JFC, the state of these headlines.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Rob Grant's death has hit hard. He was a lovely man, an incredible writing talent, a good friend and the purveyor of sound advice. When I first met him, I asked him advice on how to cope with going full time as an author. 'Get dressed in the morning,' he said. Very wise words. RIP mate.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Listened to this fascinating piece on the dog walk this morning. Another great policy subverted by right wing nutjobs. What fascinates me is how the nutters manage to persuade anyone that if you live in, say, Kingston, you won't be allowed to drive to Richmond. The logical fallacies are endless.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

These people are poison. They will unleash racist thugs on the streets of this country and call it security. They will subjugate us to the US and call it patriotism. They must be stopped. There is no more important task in politics.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Well, I saw a bird today Flying from a bush And the wind blew it away. And the black-eyed mother sun Scorched the butterfly at play Velvet-veined, I saw it burn. With a wintry storm-blown sigh, A silver cloud blew right on by. And, taking in the morning I sang, O Requiem. Jethro Tull, Requiem.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

When I'm imagining a fight for a novel, you need to know these are EXACTLY the images rattling around in my head.

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James Barclay @barculator.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

That's kind, thank you. Dave was such a lovely man and a peerless mentor. I still miss him, still want to run passages and ideas past him.

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