John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It's satisfying to get all your ducks in a row. (They're sitting on a submerged wall.) Anyone looking VERY closely will see lots of Mallards and a single female Mandarin Duck. Maybe she thinks she's a Mallard. 030
John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'm making a start on a second draft of Apples in the Dark 3 after leaving it to settle for a month. And the fresh air at Parc Bryn Bach is helping me flex my writing wings. 020
Reposted by John Alex TaylorThe Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society @letterappsoc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It’s the physical idiosyncrasy of letters that bots and AI can just never replicate… 😄🤖✉️💛 0235
Reposted by John Alex TaylorHappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 09/09/2026Has Nigel or his mates been caught on camera accepting foreign money to pay the expected fine for accepting foreign money yet? 31017
John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Llantwit Major. Not shown: a visit to Kath's wonderful Bardic Books. Books may have been purchased. 030
John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Painted Lady Butterfly. One creature that doesn't seem put off by the weather. I've seen more this summer than ever before. Amazing that they migrate all the way from North Africa. 010
Reposted by John Alex TaylorSolaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 12/08/2026TONIGHT, its the 40th @clarkeaward.bsky.social ceremony, and our very own @rainewilson.bsky.social is one of the finalists with her cli-fi novel THE SALT ORACLE! We wish all of the finalists the best of luck for this evening! (But especially Raine!) Buy: geni.us/saltorac 1389
John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Sun through wildfire smoke from our bedroom window. Thinking of all the emergency workers putting in extra shifts. 010
John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 31/07/2026It's been a while since I last typed these words. First draft of Apples in the Dark 3 more-or-less complete. Now to put it away for a month or two and get on with some different writing – provided the characters will leave me alone. 030
John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I love to see the Purple-loosestrife, one of the last plants to come into bloom along the canal. 010
Reposted by John Alex TaylorMax B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 16/07/2026Canvassers out in force in Clacton. 411188348
John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Beautiful native water lillies at Parc Cwm Darran a couple of days ago. We went early to avoid the heat – and it was still hot! 021
John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Lots of flittering in the garden at the moment. 000
John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Swanning around Parc Bryn Bach, where I was writing this morning. 020
John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 10/06/2026This lovely and awe-inspiring film shows that given the right common goal, human beings can work together in peace. Patiently and for years and years and years. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...bbc.co.ukThe Hadron Collider: In Search of the Peace ParticleA film that blends remarkable access to the Large Hadron Collider with poetry, music and rare archival footage to explore a place where science, politics and culture collide. 000
Reposted by John Alex TaylorPlaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Why are our energy bills so high when we generate more electricity than we use in Wales? 🤯 Plaid Cymru is fighting for devolution of the Crown Estate, so that our communities can benefit from our own natural wealth. 💪🏴 59938
Reposted by John Alex TaylorDebi Alper @debialper.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Deadline to save £100 on the self-edit course is midnight tonight! 717 alumni and well over 100 now published. Join us! 021
Reposted by John Alex TaylorDr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 04/06/2026He doesn’t care about Henry Nowak. He didn’t care about Sarah Everard. He cares about the headline. The fresh wound he can pick at until it bleeds votes. Not leadership. Not justice. Not grief. Just the same old grift. He's a charlatan. A fraud. A conman. He's a revolting opportunist. 613972
Reposted by John Alex Taylorputawomanincharge.bsky.social @putawomanincharge.bsky.social · 26/05/2026I post this daily. He is. 36021
John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Flying out of the frame. He was perched on the fence when I took my phone out! 2101
John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 06/05/2026A magical morning at Cwm Darran. The first time I've heard the haunting, wild call of the Curlew in years ❤️ 030
John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Almost May, but the May Trees got there first. 000
John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Two siskins on my bird feeder – soon to be taken down in line with the latest RSPB advice. I'll keep feeding fat balls. 000
Reposted by John Alex TaylorTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 19/04/2026my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com 4647811698
Reposted by John Alex Taylorchiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 18/04/2026This is a human rights issue. You can't have different laws for #disabled people leasing a car, than you would have if an able person leases a car. #Disability #Motability #Pip www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/cost-of... 1412061
John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 15/04/2026It's that time of year again. You'll just have to imagine the scent. 000
John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Thank you to all at @gladlib.bsky.social for you wonderful hospitality, delicious food, comfortable beds and the peace and space to write, to read, to think and to meditate. Volume three of my Apples in the Dark trilogy is now close to completion in first draft. 020
John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Yes, Mr Gladstone, I will sort out this muddle. Writing in my favourite place, @gladlib.bsky.social 020
John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Morning glory. I don't regret waking up before six on the Equinox. 041
John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 19/03/2026What's up, you say? The Moon. At Cardiff Museum. 030
Reposted by John Alex TaylorEmma Darwin @emmadarwinwriter.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Have any of these tools sunk out of sight in your tool-kit? Worth having a rootle and reminding yourself how they work? emmadarwin.substack.com/p/darwins-tw... 012
John Alex Taylor @johnunworded.bsky.social · 20/02/2026And now we have a clap of thunder. What's your next trick, February? (Sound on for rain on the window – I missed the thunder.) 010