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Dan Jolin

@danjolin.bsky.social
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Editor and co-founder of Senet magazine. Contributing editor to Empire magazine. Author of the Unofficial Guides to James Cameron, the Coen brothers, Christopher Nolan & Quentin Tarantino. Player of (board) games.

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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 17h
…but also because I love spotting the later-to-be big stars in small roles: eg Daniel Craig as a caddish officer (with his eyebrows weirdly dyed brown) in Sharpe’s Eagle.
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 17h
So I’ve been watching the old Sharpe series on ITVX, and (terrible production value aside), I’m having a great time. Mainly because I’ve realised that there has never been a sexier man than Sean Bean as Sharpe…
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Sharpe: I'll Need a Crack Company
Alt: Sharpe: I'll Need a Crack Company of first-clas men
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 20h
Ah, I just went with gut instinct!
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 22h
Ok. I’ll play…
Dan’s 9 albums: Introspective, Technique, Disintegration, the Brown Album, Dubnobasswithmyheadman, Violator, Sound of Silver, Screamadelica, 76:14.
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I genuinely thought pic 9 was a still from Barbarian for a moment there…
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Sounds good!
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Do go on…
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ah yes!
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Just found this in my kitchen…
A gingerbread man poking out of a paper bag, on which is written: “Max, release me from the pain of this life, consume me utterly, love M.R. Gingerbreadman”
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I got the same recently when I posted a pic of a New Order album on vinyl. 🤷
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’ve been shortlisted for Independent Editor of the year at the BSME Awards! What lovely news for a rainy humpday.
The image reads "The British Society of Magazine Editors Awards 2026 Shortlisted"
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Last night I dreamed I was the new Joker (IRL, not in a movie). The details are vague, but it did involve wearing a little yellow dress and saying the line, “What’s the equivalent of ‘feeling peckish’ for needing to urinate?” Look, it sure beat my usual ‘needing to get somewhere’ anxiety dreams.
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I had a craving to listen to this recently, only to realise my only copy was actually on an old tape cassette (and I no longer have a cassette player), and that it’s not on Spotify. This must be rectified.
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
(Warning: the book includes a photo of me wielding the sword of power…)
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oh, my new book published this week… This was a fun one to write! www.simonandschuster.com/books/Master...
simonandschuster.com
Masters of the Universe: The Art of the Film
The deluxe, OFFICIAL art book companion to Masters of the Universe. Includes a foreword from director Travis Knight, exclusive crew interviews, and...
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is very pleasing news.
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
One day… One day…
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is superb…
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Congrats on the epic ding!
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A perfect album; one of my all-time faves. Which makes this a great reminder that I should buy a new CD player. (My old one died a few weeks ago.)
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Eerie Idol Games @theoldkingscrown.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It was an honour to be interviewed by @mattthr.bsky.social and to be featured beside such folks in this issue (chatting about Lane Battling Baaaaby).
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Well done Hels!
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Kareem the board game minimalist @gameminimalist.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Dear team @senetmagazine.bsky.social thank you so much for diligently creating these beautiful physical artefacts for us board gamers. Every issue is beautiful and insightful!
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Fort Circle @fortcircle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If you have ANY interest in board games, you should subscribe to Senet. Just a fantastic magazine.
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Good to know! Was worried I was becoming too sensitive (and/or stupider)…
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Is it just me, or has Connections turned really nasty recently? Like, deliberately moving past “here’s a fun, challenging puzzle for you” into full-on, “ha, fuck you!” territory?
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Oh great. The return of… Cole Trickle?
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Just got back from seeing Coyote vs ACME, so I’m guessing we got the same trailers: Wildwood, Forgotten Island, that monster school one and… what was the other…? Oh wait Shaun the Sheep.
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Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 27/08/2026
I can't always afford to get these, but I love that there's a physical magazine for board games that approaches them as a real art form. It inspires me every time I see the new issue.
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Ooh, see you there, hopefully!
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Jim'll Paint It @sirpaintalot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Dolly Parton reading a book to a sparrow in Rotherham As requested by Laura Burrows Painted on MS Paint
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tim Curry was one of the first actors to impress me with their versatility, mainly because he played Wadsworth in Clue and Darkness in Legend, both in the same year, and I watched the hell out of both those movies as a kid. RIP.
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
And I tell you what, that song is a stone-cold banger which I’ll never tire of hearing.
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Jolene was literally the first song I ever heard. The nurses sang it on the ward where I was born because I had a tag around my wrist that said “Jolin”, and whenever they saw it they started singing it to that tune. (The song had been released in the UK just a few months earlier.)
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Damn. I thought if anyone was actually immortal, it was Dolly. What an amazing human being, what an admirable legacy.
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Tim Clare @timclare.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
New Senet @senetmagazine.bsky.social hit the mat! I did a big interview with designer Vital Lacerda & I have a couple of reviews including a double-page spread on the truly exceptional Compania from Level 99 Games. Go grab a copy, my friends. (loads of other articles, too)
Double page spread with title The Heavyweight & portrait of Vital Lacerda
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Ooh look what came in today’s post. Looking forward to cracking this one open…
Box of Fame & Fable
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Thanks so much for sharing that, John. I’ll pass it on!
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Ah, very pleased you liked it too! And yes, agree on THAT moment…
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
You’re very welcome sir. It’s a pleasure to see you keeping on with the great work!
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
One of the best gig posters I’ve ever seen…
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It certainly doesn’t diminish with rewatches. (I’ve seen S1 three times now!)
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Heh, I watched them back-to-back, too. Such a shame there’ll be no more Scavenger’s Reign…
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
There is literally no TV show I’m more excited about…
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Not cool to put a spoiler in the headline guys. Very not cool.
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Right, I’m off...
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Uhtred of Bebbanburg in The Last Kingdom Season 4
Alt: Uhtred of Bebbanburg in The Last Kingdom Season 4
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
That’s awesome dude!
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Oh, he’s been accepted to the course, so there’s no drama there. But it still feels like a bit of a reality check. And thanks for the reassurance. I’ll share that with him when the time is right! Good luck today!
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Cheers. And same to you! [Overall it was what he needed, but he got way lower than expected in his favourite/best subject (that he’s taking at A-level) - lower in fact than his worst subject, so now we’re in a world of ‘what the actual FUCK!?]
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Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Oh the exquisite cruelty and confusion of GCSE results day.
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