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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I drunk a jar of coffee/ And took some of these. And I am totally wired. It must be #FallFriday www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT-Z...

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The Fall - Totally Wired Video

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

He is nuts ! Must be #TheFallFriday Big New Prinz. Love this one, the whole band were really happening. The bass, guitar, drums, MES' lyrics , are all infectious. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScYZ...

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The Fall - Big New Prinz

YouTube video by Dezio Sounds

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Have updated blog with a post about Daniel Dunglas Hume, celebrity #Victorian medium. 'Mr Sludge' in #RobertBrowning poem of that name. #Victorianmediums #DanielDunglasHome. bleakchesneywold.blogspot.com/2026/09/mr-s...

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Mr Sludge the Medium part one

Daniel Dunglas Hume- Gifted Medium or Scoundrel ? First came acro...

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Recruited some gremlins/ To get me clear of the airline routes" -Wings Must be #FallFriday www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YPt...

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Wings

YouTube video by The Fall - Topic

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BLPublishing @blpublishing.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Aloof and haughty, slinking and sometimes sinister, cats are a mainstay of weird fiction for good reason: for all that we love them, they’re unknowable, unpredictable and a little uncanny. Fiendish Felines available now, online and in-store

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Oh No! Stop it Alan ! You are there for spiritual advice and comfort . Not start getting involved in Carol's on line banking. I wonder if that Church bell fund has had a new massive donation. #TheArchers

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Can it really be 49 years since Marc left us? His magic lives on. #Trex, #Marcbolan, www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAIy...

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T.Rex - Cadilac - 2012 Remastered

YouTube video by DemonMusicGroup

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Since when has Tony been a medical specialist? I wouldn't dream of visiting a friend in hospital and pretending to be a doctor. #TheArchers

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Why did Richard's watch end up at Tony & Leonard's repair shop if Carol didn't want it fixed ? #TheArchers

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Call me a romantic old fuddy duddy. but I think that if Harrison and Lily are really in love, they should go ahead regardless of what anyone else says. #TheArchers

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

There's a party going on down around here ......It must be #Fallfriday www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyKw...

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Cruiser's Creek

YouTube video by The Fall - Topic

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

To commemorate Siegfried Sassoon's 80th birthday on 8th September 1966, the BBC Home Service broadcast a tribute programme presented by World War 2 serving poet Vernon Scannell. #Warpoetry, #SiegfriedSassoon, #VernonScannell worldwar2poetry.blogspot.com/2016/12/sass...

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Sassoon re-appraised by World War 2 Serving Poets

A study in influence Painting...

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

On 8th September 1886 Siegfried Sassoon was born. Here is Charles Dance reading Sassoon's poem 'Aftermath' ( Have you Forgotten Yet?) at the Thiepval Monument in 2016. #Worldwar1, #Warpoetry, #SiegfriedSassoon www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ks-...

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'Aftermath' by Siegfried Sassoon, read by Charles Dance (Battle of the Somme Commemoration)

YouTube video by David McGinn

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Pleased to have reviewed the Edwardian Horror novel 'The House on the Borderland' by William Hope Hodgson, recently re-issued by @blpublishing.bsky.social . #EdwardianBritain, #20thcenturyliterature, #WilliamHopeHodgson bleakchesneywold.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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The House on the Borderland - William Hope Hodgson

Cosmic Horror From 1908 ...

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Pleased to have reviewed the biography of Victorian poet, re-offending criminal, heavy drinker & Temperance campaigner, William Spring Onions (c 1834- 1916) . 'Spring Onions-His Life and Crimes' by Paul Williams. #Victorian, #History, #19thcenturyhistory bleakchesneywold.blogspot.com/2026/09/spri...

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Spring Onions His Life and Crimes

Review of new book by Paul Williams On the night of 24th November 1898, a prisoner by the name ...

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I just thought. How can George be offered a job in the car showroom when he is banned from driving? #TheArchers

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Found last night's episode odd. Had Fallon dropped an E? Never known her to be so manic . George Grundy turning into a village sage is not very convincing. Conrad seems a bit of a plank. #TheArchers

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Tim Bentinck as in David Archer played dashing Cavalier Tom Lacey in English Civil War drama By The Sword Divided ( screened 1983 & 1985) @thecidershedpod.bsky.social #TheArchers www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZcr...

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Tim Bentinck in swordfights from By The Sword Divided

YouTube video by Tim Bentinck

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Has Lily actually done anything wrong ? Didn't realise that we were back in Edwardian times. #TheArchers

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Some feedback of my review of The Lost Stradivarius (1895) by J Meade Falkner, best known for 'Moonfleet' . Thanks @blpublishing.bsky.social for reprinting this classic. #VictorianLiterature, #WeirdTales. bleakchesneywold.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-...

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The Lost Stradivarius - by J Meade Falkner (1858-1932)

If the Devil Learnt to Play Violin J.Meade Falkner is probably best known for the novel Moonf...

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Get out of my city, you mediocre pseuds. It must be #FallFriday again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv-z...

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City Dweller

YouTube video by The Fall - Topic

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Forgotten what a great album 'Bend Sinister' is. Here is 'Gross Chapel- British Grenadiers' . #FallFriday www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e8h...

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Gross Chapel - British Grenadiers (Remastered)

YouTube video by The Fall - Topic

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

One of my favourite electronic acts must be Torusdome from Finland . Bleak & harrowing. #Darkambient, #ambient, #soundscape torusdome.bandcamp.com/album/relics...

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Relics of Ancient Voices, by Torus Dome

8 track album

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Getting the weekend into gear with 'Cruisers Creek' #FallFriday www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyKw...

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Cruiser's Creek

YouTube video by The Fall - Topic

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Pleased to have found 'The Discovery of the Treasure Isle' by Amelia B Edwards (1865) , which opens the British Library collection 'Roads Of Destiny' @blpublishing.bsky.social #Timeslip,#Parallelworlds, #victorianfiction bleakchesneywold.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-...

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The Discovery of the Treasure Isles by Amelia B Edwards (1831-1892 )

The Curse of the Other World Born in London in ...

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Just had to listen to this gem from Brix era Fall. Slang King . #FallFriday www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFYG...

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Slang King (Remastered)

YouTube video by The Fall - Topic

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Great podcast about Hortense, queen of Holland during the Napoleonic era, Napoleon's step daughter. Painter and composer of army marching songs. @andnapoleon.bsky.social #Napoleon, #Firstempire, #Secondempire www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVeU...

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Queen Hortense of Holland, stepdaughter of Napoleon and mother to Napoleon III

YouTube video by Generals And Napoleon

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Just listening to 'Grotesque (After the Gramme)' . Can only really be one track for #FallFriday 'Gramme Friday' www.youtube.com/watch?v=g73X...

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Gramme Friday

YouTube video by The Fall - Topic

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Tom you entitled spoilt brat. How very dare you speak to Kirsty like that. #TheArchers

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Getting the weekend underway with 'The Man Who's Head Expanded.' #Fallfriday www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Tv7...

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The Fall - The Man Whos Head Expanded

YouTube video by PATHWAY 23

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Patricia Greene who played Jill Archer has died aged 95. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... A remarkable lady and a great actress, she is going to be missed. RIP #TheArchers

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Patricia Greene: Longest-serving Archers star dies aged 95

She was best known for playing Jill Archer in the BBC Radio 4 soap for nearly 70 years.

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Let's get the #FallFriday party started with 'Elves' . A heavy Iggy influence in the main riff and really wild: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zVI...

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Elves

YouTube video by The Fall - Topic

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Elizabeth Gaskell's House @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Step into Cranford from anywhere in the world! 🌍 Treat yourself with expert historians and insider views. 💌 Cranford for Beginners @gaskellsociety.bsky.social 🖥️ Cranford - A TV Classic @drchrislouttit.bsky.social 🌺 Step into the Garden - The Language of Flowers Buy now tinyurl.com/Cranford-Talks

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Vera Brittain was nursing in London on 1st July 1916, and heard Brahms's 'German Requiem' in concert . Later saw newspaper boys with large posters stating " GREAT BRITISH OFFENSIVE BEGINS" . It was the first day of 'The Somme' #Verabrittain, #Worldwar1, www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1n-...

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Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem second movement

YouTube video by Pär Fridberg

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

On 24th June 1859 French and Piedmontese forces defeated the Austrian empire at Solferino. The horror of the battlefield led to the start of the International Red Cross and the Geneva Convention. #19thcentury, #NapoleonIII,#BattleofSolferino, bleakchesneywold.blogspot.com/2026/06/batt...

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Battle of Solferino 1859 -Napoleon III

" What a terrible thing War is " (attributed to) Napoleon III The villag...

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

One of my Fall tracks from the 1980's 'Hexen Definitive/ Strife Knot' . From 'Perverted by Language' #FallFriday www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mjI...

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Hexen Definitive / Strife Knot

YouTube video by The Fall - Topic

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Oh please ! Someone find Adam's off switch. I can't take much more of that groaning. And his nasty little laugh. #TheArchers

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Pleased to have reviewed 'Summoned to the Seance-Spirit Tales from Beyond the Veil' , collection from @blpublishing.bsky.social featuring unusual & obscure work from famous authors and not so well known #Seancefiction, #WeirdTales, #Spiritualism, bleakchesneywold.blogspot.com/2026/06/summ...

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Summoned to the Seance

Spirit Tales From Beyond The Veil -Edited by Emily Vincent Summoned to...

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

A must for #FallFriday. I remember watching this at the time. The Fall, the first time on national TV, performing on 'The Tube',1983 www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE-6...

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The Fall - Smile and 2X4 (The Tube 1983)

YouTube video by citizen2

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Michael Bully @bleakchesneywold.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I find Ambridge a bit creepy with so many characters gone silent, Denise, Jim, Mick, Joy, Freddie, Vince, Elizabeth, Kenton, and m'darling Jolene. What's goin' on ? #TheArchers

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