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Lillian Crawford @lillcrawf.co.uk · 31/07/2026

Be the first to get your hands on a copy of my book, THE MIND OF THE DOCTOR: ACROSS THE NEURODIVERSE UNIVERSE OF DOCTOR WHO, at The Garden Cinema on 8 August! I will be introducing a very special and exclusive screening of DALEKS’ INVASION EARTH 2150 A.D. with an introduction and book signing!

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Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) + Introduction and Book Signing by Lillian Crawford / The Garden Cinema

Celebrate the publication of Lillian Crawford’s exploration of Doctor Who’s appeal to the neurodivergent community with a screening of Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., starring Peter Cushing as Dr. W...

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Lillian Crawford @lillcrawf.co.uk · 31/07/2026

DALEKMANIA IS BACK! I really like Daleks, so to celebrate the launch of my book I would love you to come and watch the two greatest films (featuring Daleks) of all time and space!

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Croydon-based Herne Books have published Where We Stand, Where We Fall: The Politics of Doctor Who by award-winning author Lizbeth Myles – and another title exploring the show’s themes is on the way.

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Herne Books offer new Doctor Who works exploring show’s many themes

Two new Who titles probe show’s many themes

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David Moloney @hernebooksed.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

'Too important to give it up ...' Find out what 'it' is on the IG link below (the file's too large to post direct on Bluesky). @chrisbowlby1.bsky.social @hernebooks.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DZmsh5d...

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David Moloney @hernebooksed.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

David Kynaston calls chrisbowlby1.bsky.social's No Complacency ‘one of the best football books that’s ever come my way’. This is an absolutely superb book about the heart and soul of football, and how being a fan relates to life, death, community and grief. www.hernebooks.com/product-page...

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David Moloney @hernebooksed.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Now available: lizbethmyles.bsky.social explores 63 years of political themes in #DoctorWho. ‘Intelligent and thought-provoking.’ Steven Moffat ‘A brilliant take on the history of Doctor Who.’ Sophie Aldred ‘I adored it.’ Paul Cornell www.hernebooks.com/product-page...

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Can’t get much more Spursy than this.

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David Moloney @hernebooksed.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

A gorgeous paperback edition of the superb FROM SPARE OOM TO WAR DROBE: TRAVELS IN NARNIA WITH MY NINE YEAR-OLD SELF by kathlangrish.bsky.social ‘The best book ever about why we love Narnia!’ Francis Spufford. Available now: www.hernebooks.com/product-page... #Narnia #CSLewis

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David Moloney @hernebooksed.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

We’re extremely proud of this book. Written by fans, for fans, with many, many contributions by even more fans. This is a perfect gift for someone discovering women’s football for the first time, and long-term supporters alike. www.hernebooks.com/product-page... #womensfootball #woso #wsl #swpl

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David Moloney @hernebooksed.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

New books for 2026: @lizbethmyles.bsky.social Where We Stand, Where We Fall: The Politics of Doctor Who (March) tinyurl.com/2fjt279x @lillcrawf.co.uk The Mind of the Doctor: Across the Neurodiverse Universe of Doctor Who (May) tinyurl.com/w5wcph68 Covers by Daryl Joyce. #DoctorWho

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Hilllary Collins @hilllary.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Got this yearbook through the post today as a freebie because I contributed to the Glasgow City page. Really nice to see and the type of thing I would have loved as a child but was ofc not available in the 90s

Front cover of “the women’s football fan yearbook 2026”.

Double page spread of the page in the book on Glasgow City

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Kids love a joke. There must have been more one-liners packed into an issue of Cheeky than in any other comic. The title was based on the central figure, gag-master-in-chief Cheeky, and a large cast of supporting regulars – some of whom sat on this Joke Box Jury.

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

I’m not sure at what age of reader Starlord was targeted. The adverts within suggest perhaps 8-11 years old? If that’s right, it’s remarkable that it carried such mind-bending cover artwork as this (by Bob Wakelin). Little wonder it’s so fondly-remembered. Watch the stars!

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

This Misty cover positively purrs with dark mystery and peril. The artist was Mario Capaldi, a regular on the cult supernatural thriller comic intended for girls, and which ran for two years between 1978 and 1980.

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

It’s transfer deadline day in England, and a suitable opportunity to look back at an audacious attempt by the fictional Middle-Eastern nation of Basran to lure Roy Race away from Melchester Rovers at the start of the 1978-79 season. David Sque was the artist.

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Sid Burgon drew this eye-catching cover of Whizzer and Chips (with Krazy) to promote a Louis Marx toy competition in early September 1978. Curiously, one of a tiny number of W&C covers from the comic’s first 16 years not to include an image of Sid’s pet snake Slippy.

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Ever dream of travelling back in time just to pop into a newsagent and see what comics were on display? Here’s a selection of some of the titles on sale in early September 1978 (off-sale date Saturday 9th). I’ll post some of the covers and contents over the next few days.

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

One of history's most important comics was Charley's War, published initially in Battle and written by the great Pat Mills. Now Pat's sequel is on the way! Please back Ragtime Soldier here, and share as widely as possible. t.co/zuByo5Ga2B

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Doctor Who Weekly, cover date 12 December 1979. One of telly’s greatest monster designs in close-up on the front of one of history’s greatest comics makes for a superb cover. Aged 9, I loved Doctor Who, I loved DWW, and Zygons scared the Y-fronts off me. A true classic.

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

The Beano, cover date 8 December 1973. Shameless promotion of its own wares by DC Thomson here. Biffo the Bear's strip is just an extended advert. But who cares? It’s good-looking art by David Sutherland, and it's always fun to see in-strip references to newsagents and printers.

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Eagle and Tiger, cover date 7 December 1985. Here’s a rather age-stained Eagle from my collection (art by Carlos Cruz). It had merged with the longer running Tiger comic earlier in the year as IPC’s roster of boys’ comic titles reduced in line with a gradually declining market.

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Doctor Who Randomised @dwrandomised.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Build high for happiness, dig deep for confusion. Here are some thoughts on an unlikely pairing of #DoctorWho stories broadcast 34 years apart: Paradise Towers & The Vanquishers. Urban neglect, community strength, mindfulness and chocolate. www.dwrandomised.com/post/home-is-where-the-hurt-is

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Buster, cover date 6 December 1975. The jokes in Snooper were based as much on the character having an enormous hooter as on the nosiness it denoted. Making fun of physical characteristics was common in 70s comics, certainly more than in kids’ comics books and cartoons today.

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Doctor Who Randomised @dwrandomised.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Who’s writing your story? A dwrandomised take on The Mind Robber and The Runaway Bride. Thoughts on each story, and connections between the two. #DoctorWho New blog post: www.dwrandomised.com/post/walk-into-my-parlour

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WALK INTO MY PARLOUR

The Mind Robber and The Runaway Bride

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

After Saka’s penalty the commentator (Darren Fletcher?) once again rolled out the story of the pen he missed against Italy. Again. ‘Resolute’ … ‘Fine young man’ … ‘Starboy’ etc. Couple of thoughts: … #Arsenal

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

‘2 Comics in 1 … Double the Fun!’ was quite the grift in the 1970s. The value wasn’t much greater than a single-title comic, but it created an extra little bit of interest and Whizzer and Chips, Score n’ Roar, Shiver and Shake all tried it on. Here’s a Mike Lacey cover for S&S dated 17 Nov 1973.

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Nick Xylas @nickxylas.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I created a @2000ad.bsky.social creators starter pack. Who am I missing? go.bsky.app/BG2jVJ4

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 05/09/2024

2000AD, cover date 5 September 1981. Here’s another legendary cover from British comics history, as artist Dave Gibbons introduces us to genetic infantryman Rogue Trooper.

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 04/09/2024

Whoopee!, cover date 4 September 1976. Whoopee! is the comic I most wish I’d read regularly as a kid. It had so many great characters who still make me SNORT! SNIGGER! CHUCKLE! today, at the grand old age of CREAK! GROAN! Including Bumpkin Billionaires, drawn here by Jimmy Hansen.

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 03/09/2024

Spellbound, cover date 3 September 1977.  Spellbound ran for just 15 months in the mid-1970s, offering tales of magic and wonder for girls. Normal Lee’s cover for #50 features some of the most popular strips: Marina, Supercats, Damian Darke and Miss Hatherleigh of Cremond Castle.

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

Tiger and Jag, cover date 2 September 1972. Yvonne Hutton’s Roy of the Rovers covers rank alongside the very best examples of British comic art. She had a gift for capturing the athleticism, excitement and atmosphere of a top football game.

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 01/09/2024

Sparky, cover date 1 September 1973.  Here’s a fun Barney Bulldog cover by Bill Ritchie. Barney is actually the dog whose paw is seen exiting stage right, not the angry pooch. It’s a great design: that block-type Sparky title gives the cover the look of a bill poster.

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 31/08/2024

Nikki, cover date 31 August 1985. Was this the most progressive children’s comic cover of 1985?

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 30/08/2024

Speed, cover date 30 August 1980. Topps on Two Wheels seems to have been created as a sort of Evel Knievel meets The Dukes of Hazzard mash-up. Eddie Topps was a stunt rider with a huge ego and a motorbike called The Beast. I’m not sure about the artist for this one.

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 29/08/2024

Look-in, 29 August 1981 Here’s Kim Wilde, Look-in out a dirty old window (full credit/blame to Fats Harvis on Facebook’s Look-in Magazine Appreciation Group for that one). Art by John Geary.

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

The Beezer, cover date 28 August 1976. Here’s an eye-catching cover, with some nice panel layouts by Ginger artist Bob McGrath: not a ‘story’ as such, just two kids enjoying themselves with some unusual visuals. It's the design that sells it, not the narrative.

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

Judy, cover date 27 August 1988. Norman Lee was an outstanding artist whose distinctive style graced the covers and pages of many girls’ comics and magazines in the DC Thomson range throughout the 1970s and 1980s. This one’s another great design.

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 26/08/2024

Starlord, cover date 26 August 1978. Ro-Busters cover by Kevin O’Neill. I had a couple of copies of Starlord when I was 8. I was a little young for it, my regular comics were still the funny ones – but I knew even then that it was something special: larger, sophisticated, classy.

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Gargarin @gargarin.bsky.social · 26/08/2024

Most weeks the likes of M@sk propose some technological "innovation" which previously featured as a disaster that Ro-Busters had to clean up .

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 25/08/2024

Buster, cover date 25 August 1984. It’s a bank holiday weekend at the end of a British summer. Buster – in time-honoured British comics tradition – is off to the beach. Reg Parlett was the Buster’s Diary artist.

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 24/08/2024

Roy of the Rovers, cover date 24 August 1985. Emlyn Hughes and Bob Wilson join Melchester Rovers. Art by David Sque. This legendary comic had an astonishing ability to fuse reality and fiction in a way that seems ridiculous at one level … but at another level perfectly valid.

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 23/08/2024

Jinty, cover date 23 August 1975. Katie Jinx was Jinty’s regular cover star – a mischievous but well-meaning heroine who got into physical tumbles and scrapes. In ’74 she spent her summer hols trying to save her cousin from stuck-up chaperone Clarence. Art by Mario Capaldi.

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Ben Smith @mrbensmith.bsky.social · 22/08/2024

70s Brit comics went no harder than Action.

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 22/08/2024

The Dandy, cover date 22 August 1970. Korky the Cat makes a splosh for The Dandy’s 1500th issue. Charlie Grigg was the artist.

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 21/08/2024

Action, cover date 21 August 1976. Action was approaching a day of reckoning in the autumn of ’76. Covers like this probably contributed to the outcry that led to it being withdrawn from distribution in October. But what an exciting time to be a reader! Art by Carlos Ezquerra?

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 20/08/2024

Bunty, cover date 20 August 1983. It’s good to see a bit of dadsplaining called out. Bunty’s father was often the front cover fall guy, and here he’s deserving of mockery dished out after fancying himself as a camera buff. As Bunty observes, ‘What a stunt!’ Art by Doris Kinnear.

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Great News For All Readers @gnfar.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

Cheeky and Plug, cover dated 19 August 1978. Feeling old and creaky? I am, it’s my birthday – halfway to 108 years old! I’m treating myself with a look at two comics from the same week, and the Ivory Rivaly between Cheeky and Plug. Cover art: Frank McDiarmid (C), Vic Neill (P).

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