Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 10hI wrote about generous, multi layered Anthony Shapland exhibition, murmur, at Wrexham's Ty Pawb 📗🐦⬛📽️🎨✏️✍️ 120
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 17hMirror Selves: Anthony Shapland – murmur www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2026/09/mirr... 010
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 21hI Could Read the Sky revisited: haunting memories of a migrant’s life – in pictures | Photography | The Guardian share.google/HKyUr9OHusrl...share.googleI Could Read the Sky revisited: haunting memories of a migrant’s life – in picturesHailed by Robert Macfarlane as a masterpiece, this 1997 novel of words and pictures has been reissued with previously unseen photographs 110
Reposted by Mike Pinnington ✍️Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026When you have no concept of how people engage with music 5597747837
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Ill. Stayed home yesterday, dragged myself in today for first 1-2-1s with third years. Possibly not my best decision ever. 120
Reposted by Mike Pinnington ✍️Jenny Holzer @jennyholzer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026SOLITUDE IS ENRICHING 084
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Taking a break from a bit of work I have a couple of film options: beginning shortly on BBC 2 is Hitchcock's The 39 Steps 🎥 BBC Two - The 39 Steps share.google/UyiYS230cDcG...share.googleBBC Two - The 39 StepsA man is pursued by the police for a murder he didn't commit. Classic Hitchcock mystery. 110
Reposted by Mike Pinnington ✍️Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026And now for some good news: "Visits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years. New figures show that almost 16 million visits were made to Ireland's libraries in 2025, compared with nearly 14 million in 2023." www.rte.ie/news/ireland...rte.iePublic library visits increased by two million nationwideVisits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years, new figures show as National Public Libraries Open Day takes place nationwide. 111061259
Reposted by Mike Pinnington ✍️Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 27/09/2026Talisman Heinz Hajek-Halke, c. 1930 09817
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukThis Cultural Life - Elif Shafak - BBC SoundsTurkish-British novelist Elif Shafak reveals her formative cultural influences. 010
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Niche request - but I feel like certain people here will know. Can anyone recommend some hauntological sci-fi? Can be as narrow or broad an interpretation of that framework as you like. For example, I'd put Olaf Stapledon's Last and First Men in there - big lost futures vibes at its core. 521
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026England looking like Sunday league players v Spain here. Should have a canned laughter track. 100
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It's Saturday! Post a cartoon TV show you love 📺static.klipy.comUlysses Ulysses 31ALT: Ulysses Ulysses 31 000
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I watch Scotland games quite often (for an English person who doesn't really enjoy international football), because I love Andy Robertson. They're such a strange mix of unlucky and disappointing. Must be like supporting Everton. 000
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026BBC Radio 3 - Where the Light Sings, Live from a Mystery Lighthouse share.google/yNTnl7UIR7mp...share.googleBBC Radio 3 - Where the Light Sings, Live from a Mystery LighthouseOne by one, the lights come on in a live musical adventure around Britain’s lighthouses. 120
Reposted by Mike Pinnington ✍️Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech. 1886285636962
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 23/09/2026‘It’s the Bayeux tapestry of TV!’ After six decades, the seminal series bows out with 70 Up | Television | The Guardian share.google/VAcuSSFdOHVL...share.google‘It’s the Bayeux tapestry of TV!’ After six decades, the seminal series bows out with 70 UpThe ‘hugely important artefact’ that’s followed 14 children since they were seven is set to air its final instalment. The now-septuagenarians and director Asif Kapadia talk about breaking new ground f... 000
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The guy the BBC just had on to discuss the RAF Hawk incident over Anglesey gave big Ace Rimmer from Red Dwarf vibes. 000
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Decolonizing the Dead | Los Angeles Review of Books share.google/DA4WFZjnu9iv...share.googleDecolonizing the Dead | Los Angeles Review of BooksChina Miéville’s first solo novel in over a decade is part Lovecraft, part le Carré—and quintessentially weird. 110
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Writing a roundup of current exhibitions to share with students... Who for whatever reason - it seems - don't go to exhibitions. What to do. 000
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Resident Evil at 30: how Capcom’s horror opus has survived and thrived | Games | The Guardian share.google/nxGqGjPOeGFT...share.googleResident Evil at 30: how Capcom’s horror opus has survived and thrivedFrom owing a debt to obscure Japanese horror Sweet Home to the influence of Aliens and Texas Chain Saw Massacre, the franchise continues to petrify players three decades on 000
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I miss Douglas Coupland as public figure. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukArchive on 4 - Teen Spirit: Nevermind - BBC SoundsDouglas Coupland examines how Nirvana’s Nevermind changed the outlook of a generation. 100
Reposted by Mike Pinnington ✍️Patrick Kindig @pdkindig.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Poets love doing this, too 👀. Like, say, the author of a gay poetry collection that comes out next month (& that could easily be assigned in a grad workshop!) 👀👀👀. 194
Reposted by Mike Pinnington ✍️Jeff Young @wildtwin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Happy Second Birthday to Wild Twin. ‘…this exceptional memoir…richly detailed and observant.’ Adelle Stripe ‘ A surging heart-song.’ Iain Sinclair There’s a new stash in Liverpool Waterstones if you’re looking for one or you can order one here: www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l... 1449
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Occasionally struck by a nostalgia for my old blackberry. Possibly to do with the keyboard; possibly to do with slightly simpler times. 000
Reposted by Mike Pinnington ✍️Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026One of the best job applications ever written came from the hands of Robert Pirosh in 1934. MGM loved it, took him on and he went on to became an Oscar-winning screenwriter. 541767409
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Writing is hard. Meanwhile, I'm writing a lecture for first years on, um, writing. 230
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 17/09/2026BBC Radio 4 - This Cultural Life, Joel Meyerowitz share.google/9d5SB6MhTfKD...share.googleBBC Radio 4 - This Cultural Life, Joel MeyerowitzAmerican photographer Joel Meyerowitz reveals his formative cultural influences. 020
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Arts and humanities have a role in understanding space exploration | Space | The Guardian share.google/rKGxuuzrT9Ur...share.googleArts and humanities have a role in understanding space exploration | LettersLetter: Prof Abbie Garrington reflects on an interview with the physicist Laura Grego about the battle for our skies 020
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 16/09/2026What’s Queer About The Legend of Zelda? - JSTOR Daily share.google/s849e88cfs7a...share.googleWhat’s Queer About The Legend of Zelda? - JSTOR DailyLink may look like a classic video game hero, but his adventures complicate the heteronormative conventions of the genre. 000
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Liam Young – Planet City – Perimeter Books share.google/g2jdMM8CiMUf...share.googleLiam Young – Planet CityPlanet City is a project by Los Angeles-based film director and architect Liam Young, whose work is prominently featured in the 2020 NGV Triennial. It explores the potential of extreme densification, ... 110
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Cringeworthy that the Strugatsky's Roadside Picnic is described as 'pulpy sci-fi' here... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukThe Film Programme - Moira Buffini on Stalker - BBC SoundsMoira Buffini, Stalker and Chernobyl 110
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 14/09/2026BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, Landmark: Tarkovsky's Stalker share.google/CIYQ1q5TSb2U...share.googleBBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, Landmark: Tarkovsky's StalkerMatthew Sweet and guests discuss Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 film Stalker. 010
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Blustery out there. If you're stuck inside this Saturday morning, Powell and Pressburger's The Red Shoes is on 🎬🩰👠 BBC Two - The Red Shoes share.google/oJ3b1M3kCKht...share.googleBBC Two - The Red ShoesA young ballerina is torn between two creative but possessive men. 101
Reposted by Mike Pinnington ✍️Leonie V. Hicks @lvhicks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026*Cough* Bayeux Tapestry exhibition *cough*. Obviously only one example to highlight the total idiocy of this comment among the huge contribution that Arts, Hums and Soc Sci graduates make to the economy and knowledge base of this country. Go away and read your brief, Minister. 03110
Reposted by Mike Pinnington ✍️Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Vampire by Edvard Munch, 1895 botfrens.com/collections/212/conten… 0327
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 09/09/2026BBC One - Play for Today, Penda's Fen share.google/UAN32mO3J8B9...share.googleBBC One - Play for Today, Penda's FenAn awakened force in the landscape challenges a boy's clear and intense view of the world. 000
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 09/09/2026New Adventures in Hi-Fi is 30 (coincidentally, I had the great Wake Up Bomb in my head this morning). Probably my fave REM record. 110
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Why must Bob Ross start when I have to get ready for work?! 001
Reposted by Mike Pinnington ✍️Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 08/09/20264 years since The Rock did one if the all time tweets 196222194
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 06/09/2026BBC Radio 4 - Take Four Books, Colson Whitehead share.google/vCeG1EFey1eC...share.googleBBC Radio 4 - Take Four Books, Colson WhiteheadThe New York writer on his latest novel - Cool Machine - and its three key influences. 020
Reposted by Mike Pinnington ✍️Rich Tate 🎃 @richtate.com · 05/09/2026I love how they keep reframing this with language like RETRO TECH BOOM. We've all simply realized it's the only way we own anything. We're not buying out of nostalgia. We're buying so companies can't take it away after we've purchased.techcrunch.comCD sales are making an unexpected comeback amid a retro tech boom | TechCrunchU.S. CD revenue jumped 58.6% in the first half of 2026, reversing last year’s decline as interest in retro tech and physical media continues to grow. 17553202
Reposted by Mike Pinnington ✍️Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Good morning Blue Sky! Hope you’re all ok? Today I’m currently reading and enjoying Pretenders to the Throne by Adrian Tchaikovsky. What are you reading at the moment? 1097213
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 05/09/2026First week - after some five years as a VL/sessional member of staff - at LJMU as a real boy, teaching theory on Design & Illustration. I have a desk and everything! 260
Reposted by Mike Pinnington ✍️Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Good Morning Blue Sky! Hope you’re all ok? Today I’m currently reading Pretenders to the Throne by Adrian Tchaikovsky, What are you reading at the moment? 1258313
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 29/08/2026You'll tell me OK Computer is a masterpiece; I beg to differ. 000
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 29/08/2026The Bends, by Radiohead, just now on 6music. Funny to be reminded of such a great song - title track of a great album - by a band who got increasingly experimental (mostly unsatisfyingly) and, let's be honest boring, in the years following. 000
Mike Pinnington ✍️ @doublenegativem.bsky.social · 28/08/2026BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2026, Altın Gün share.google/tkap6AvEGB3B...share.googleBBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2026, Altın GünLive at the BBC Proms: Altın Gün and Derya Yıldırım join Jules Buckley and the BBC SO. 110