iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by James Benmore

Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The BBC can do a documentary about JKR’s “views on trans rights” as long as they blur her completely throughout, like a t-shirt.

59112 91

Reposted by James Benmore

Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I've talked about this before, but it is very hard when you see how moral red lines are drawn, and the complete gutting of trans people's civil rights is entirely within an accepted norm and barely remarked upon even by many progressives.

9878231 878

Reposted by James Benmore

Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In talks about edits and cover designs and fonts and subtitles and foreign rights and yes yes yes THIS BOOK IS COMING

11618 61

Reposted by James Benmore

John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Is Andy Burnham the first prime minister in my lifetime who actually likes fiction and poetry? I feel quite moved to hear him talk with genuine enthusiasm about Tony Harrison’s V.

159317 93

Reposted by James Benmore

Rob Palk @robpalk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's going to be Walliams

16362 36

Reposted by James Benmore

Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Colley Hill, Surrey: coffee break from birding the steep scrub. Love the plaque on the bench I’m sitting on

4397431241 9.7K

Reposted by James Benmore

Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Says the guy who won’t shut the fuck up about animals

1732522 325

Reposted by James Benmore

Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My grandpa would have turned 100-years-old today if he hadn’t double crossed me

648726 487

Reposted by James Benmore

Dr Luke Deckard | Crime Writer 🕵🏻‍♂️ @lukedeckard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I was fortunate enough to interview Maria Sten last week about her Reacher spinoff Neagley for Get Your Comic On! Check it out: youtu.be/AblUyEWYAek?...

youtu.be

NEAGLEY | Season 1 | Maria Sten Interview

YouTube video by Get Your Comic On

183 8

Reposted by James Benmore

Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you’re moved by this guy crying boy oh boy are there some other images and videos you should check out

394209463486 20.9K

Reposted by James Benmore

Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Stop referring to rich people as “job creators” when all they talk about is how we’re all fired cos they’ve got AI now. That’s not job creation.

7555 55

Reposted by James Benmore

Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Progressive taxation constantly portrayed as an insane fringe idea. “The wealthy pay over 60% of the tax burden…” YES. THAT’S THE FUCKING IDEA.

618629 186

Reposted by James Benmore

Dr Luke Deckard | Crime Writer 🕵🏻‍♂️ @lukedeckard.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Check out my review of DAREDEVIL 6 by Stephanie Phillips and Flaviano!

033 3

Reposted by James Benmore

Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I’d forgotten a joke I’d made in this and it made me laugh all over again…

143 4

Reposted by James Benmore

Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Nice point in this week’s Quiet Riot: even if nothing comes of the Farage donor scandal, no rich person is going to want to give money to an organisation this amateurish and indiscreet, considering the risk of their own finances getting rifled through as part of an investigation.

static.klipy.com

Father Ted: That Money Was Just Resting In My Account

ALT: Father Ted: That Money Was Just Resting In My Account

69821 98

Reposted by James Benmore

Dr Luke Deckard | Crime Writer 🕵🏻‍♂️ @lukedeckard.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Have you listened yet?! Well, you should!

033 3

Reposted by James Benmore

Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

We really need to fully bed in the idea that the default position of someone wearing the Meta camera glasses is that they are a pervert

351133217 1.1K

Reposted by James Benmore

John Rain🥇 @johnrain.co.uk · 08/05/2026

Brexit really was the prick Chernobyl reactor going off. That's never getting fixed and sealed, you know. Not in our lifetimes.

4849 84

Reposted by James Benmore

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The publishing industry views Bluesky as some tiny unimportant island out somewhere in a far-off ocean. It's not worthy of their attention like Amazon Algoland or The Republic Of Instagram Influencer Collaborativepost is. What they don't realise is just how much the island's inhabitants love books.

1363094493 3.1K

Reposted by James Benmore

Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

This is the saddest day of my professional life.
Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage.
I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys.
I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show,
A show that I named and helped develop over all those years.
Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry.
These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter

In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices.
Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'.
•
I chose the latter.
It broke my heart.
I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make.
I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer.
I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence.
One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career.

I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more.
I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost".
James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice.
Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences.
I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness.
Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire.
I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal.
I am so sorry to let you down.
I hope that you can understand my reasoning.
I have to accept that I am not what the current
BBC expects of their freelance presenters.

Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not
"just a job"
I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world.
From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too.
The strawberry is dead.
Long live the strawberry. B

1010106712818 10.7K

Reposted by James Benmore

Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival

BBC News headline: Frankenstein is monster success at Venice film festival

200245324600 24.5K

Reposted by James Benmore

Andy Wormald @amwbooks.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Continuing my weekly series featuring books from my collection that need to be read & deserve to be shouted about, they are all fantastic reads, hunt them down, This week lets go back Dickens and the Dodger series by James Benmore #BooksYouNeedToRead @jamesbenmore.bsky.social

011 1

James Benmore @jamesbenmore.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

I'm so sorry to hear this, Joanna. You don't know me but I feel I know you through your podcasts and I love what you do. I so hope you recover and fast xxx

000 0

James Benmore @jamesbenmore.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Oof. Watching Interview with the Vampire for the first time in decades. To say it’s problematic is an understatement with its slave-owning protagonist and paedo subtext. And Brad Pitt is so uncomfortable in his stiff role. Cruise is having fun though.

010 1

Reposted by James Benmore

James Benmore @jamesbenmore.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

A pleasure to have read from my work-in-progress novel 'Hauser and the Vultures' for Novel London at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith the other night. It's on Youtube if you'd like to check it out! 📚 www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW-4...

youtube.com

James Benmore Reading From 'Hauser and The Vultures'

YouTube video by Novel London

031 3

James Benmore @jamesbenmore.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

youtube.com

James Benmore Reading From 'Hauser and The Vultures'

YouTube video by Novel London

031 3

Reposted by James Benmore

Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Weird that there's a country singer called Keith Urban.

051 5

James Benmore @jamesbenmore.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

This is such a compliment coming from Andy. I’m so glad people remember my Dodger books fondly and that they still find readers. Thanks AW!

030 3

Reposted by James Benmore

James Benmore @jamesbenmore.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

From the files of Mance & Tyler Investigations James-Benmore.com

001 1

James Benmore @jamesbenmore.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

From the files of Mance & Tyler Investigations James-Benmore.com

001 1

Reposted by James Benmore

Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

just saw a video of someone who works from home who gets up really early to commute to a gym. Some of you will never escape the prisons of your own minds

1141 14

Reposted by James Benmore

James Benmore @jamesbenmore.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Me at the Regents Park Slow Horses bench

141 4

James Benmore @jamesbenmore.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Me at the Regents Park Slow Horses bench

141 4

James Benmore @jamesbenmore.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Tomorrow I’m giving away another FREE preview chapter from my upcoming eighties goth rock thriller HAUSER AND THE VULTURES through my newsletter. For your VIP tickets to come backstage and meet the band, subscribe at James-Benmore.com

011 1

Reposted by James Benmore

James Benmore @jamesbenmore.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Took my detective novel for a London walk earlier James-Benmore.com

011 1

James Benmore @jamesbenmore.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Took my detective novel for a London walk earlier James-Benmore.com

011 1

Reposted by James Benmore

James Benmore @jamesbenmore.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Missing person? Cheating spouse? Mystery killer? Ask for Mercy instagram.com/p/DFYZSUQgaQG/

001 1

Reposted by James Benmore

Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I don't understand why Obama isn't giving daily instructions to the Resistance while wearing a beret already.

3132 13

Reposted by James Benmore

Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir @uglastefania.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

One of the more fun jobs I do is pre-reviewing books that include trans characters and storylines - and I've particularly enjoyed doing it for authors like @jamesbenmore.bsky.social, @margrettryggva.bsky.social and Elísabet Thoroddsen. So if you or someone you know needs a review, hit me up!

2245 24

Reposted by James Benmore

Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Reading the Marvel story where Doctor Doom becomes president and I've got to be honest, he's doing a better job than Trump.

041 4

James Benmore @jamesbenmore.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Editing chapter 4 of Hauser and the Vultures

000 0

Reposted by James Benmore

Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

It’s a shame that actions taken by toddler-minded populist twats to deal with “problems” in their batshit imaginary universe have effects in our real universe, where the rest of us have to live. Can’t we build them a fake “wheel” for government like kids have in the back of cars?

5434 43

James Benmore @jamesbenmore.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Really good Smershpod episode celebrating David Lynch’s often maligned but strangely glorious Dune

0144 14

James Benmore @jamesbenmore.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Happy belated birthday! 🎂 By the way, if you don’t like buying from Amazon then all my books are available through Waterstones.co.uk but in the older covers. But if your mother prefers the current covers she’ll get them quicker through Amazon. Just a thought

waterstones.co.uk

010 1