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Lou Morgan

@lmorgan.bsky.social
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Novelist & scriptwriter. Dr Who audios. HMS Erebus nerd, Branwell Brontë enthusiast. Welsh. Half agony, half hopeless. "For All This Time" coming from PMJ Books, 2027.

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Jeff Goddard @jeffgoddard.bsky.social · 8h
I found some glossy photographic printer paper at work and decided to try it out and, well, damn. I don't like to really toot my own horn, but I'm so chuffed, I've never had full size (A4) prints of my stuff before and I'm so happy with how they look 😍
Picture shows five prints of Doctor Who digital edits. 
Top, l-r: 13th Doctor blended with a cyberman. 13th Doctor and a wheel in space cyberman.
Bottom l-r: picture inspired by I, Davros,  1st and 13th Doctors in the tardis, 1st Doctor surrounded by Daleks.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10h
Today in "People should read whatever they want": www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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The secret lives of men who read romance books: ‘My life is full of love, so I’m drawn to them’
It’s often assumed straight men are not interested in romantic fiction – but many are sharing their passion in forums online
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think about this interview with the distinguished philosopher Conan O'Brien a lot. I actually think this is a healthy way to live your life! www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/a...
Is this how you want to go out, with a show that gets smaller and smaller until it’s gone?

Maybe that’s O.K. I think you have more of a problem with that than I do. [Laughs.] At this point in my career, I could go out with a grand, 21-gun salute, and climb into a rocket and the entire Supreme Court walks out and they jointly press a button, I’m shot up into the air and there’s an explosion and it’s orange and it spells, “Good night and God love.” In this culture? Two years later, it’s going to be, who’s Conan? This is going to sound grim, but eventually, all our graves go unattended.

You’re right, that does sound grim.

Sorry. Calvin Coolidge was a pretty popular president. I’ve been to his grave in Vermont. It has the presidential seal on it. Nobody was there. And by the way, I’m the only late-night host that has been to Calvin Coolidge’s grave. I think that’s what separates me from the other hosts.

I had a great conversation with Albert Brooks once. When I met him for the first time, I was kind of stammering. I said, you make movies, they live on forever. I just do these late-night shows, they get lost, they’re never seen again and who cares? And he looked at me and he said, [Albert Brooks voice] “What are you talking about? None of it matters.” None of it matters? “No, that’s the secret. In 1940, people said Clark Gable is the face of the 20th Century. Who [expletive] thinks about Clark Gable? It doesn’t matter. You’ll be forgotten. I’ll be forgotten. We’ll all be forgotten.” It’s so funny because you’d think that would depress me. I was walking on air after that.
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 9h
In anticipation of this, I picked up a copy of Death’s Scream Bloody Gore because I saw one and couldn’t resist it - and have been introducing the Kid to the concept of liner notes. He is baffled.
Vinyl copy of Scream Bloody Gore album by Death. The cover features several skeletons in monks’ robes sitting in a crypt and drinking from goblets. It’s extremely metal in the best wayOpen liner notes sheet featuring notes from band members about the album and recording process as well as some lyrics
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 15h
I know that Bluesky’s default setting is “bleak rage” but it really does seem to have cranked up around here lately (I’m as guilty as anyone, I know)
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 16h
Meanwhile, I’ve asked for a record player for Christmas and am already looking forward to taking myself over to Black City Records in Bristol in January and coming back out with MANY things I didn’t know about beforehand
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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 29/09/2026
Absolutely fuck off. variety.com/2026/tv/glob...
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BBC Boss Says He Watched a ‘Pretty Good’ AI-Generated Episode of ‘Doctor Who’: ‘Everyone’s a Creator, Not All the Creativity Is Bad’
BBC boss Matt Brittin says he watched an episode of 'Doctor Who' entirely generated by AI which he deemed 'pretty good.'
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Absolutely LOVED Revenge Plot by Stephanie Wrobel (October, Penguin Michael Joseph). A literary agent spending Christmas in an isolated holiday rental has a visitor who REALLY wants her to read his manuscript. It’s wildly clever & twisty, and the stuff about publishing and writers is horribly real.
Proof copy of Revend Plot by Stephanie Wrobel
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Alison @finger-post.blog · 28/09/2026
The mid-19th Century.
Screenshot from the Graun website. There is a photo of three blandly photogenic men, none of whom appear to be wearing sealskin or Welsh wigs, and who probably haven't lost a single extremity to frostbite. The headline reads "The hunk shortage: where are England's handsomest men hiding?".
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Exit, pursued by a fucking bear
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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just remembered I'm doing this next Thursday evening if anyone's near Helston and fancies dropping by: www.ticketsource.com/the-bookshop...
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An Evening with James Alistair Henry at The Bookshop in Helston
Tickets are now available for An Evening with James Alistair Henry at The Bookshop in Helston, Helston on Thu 1 Oct 2026. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
BREAKING: Massive Attack’s Rob Del Naja arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside Labour Party conference venue. The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference.
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’ve just finished reading Solace House and I can’t remember when a book made my brain feel like this. I absolutely LOVED IT. Unhinged in the most excellent way, @willmac23.bsky.social
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Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you aren’t cheering by the end you have no soul
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I have to admit, my brain came to a very rapid halt with a record scratch noise when I reached the bit about the worms
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@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 25/09/2026
Any more thoughts?
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I feel duty-bound to inform you that not only does Europe’s new album, Come This Madness, have an honest-to-goodness Christmas song on it, but that it also has the kind of key change in it that you can hear coming and makes you want to punch the air and shout “Key change!” I am *delighted*
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...
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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily
Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Carême is one of those shows I feel like not enough people have watched. It’s very opulent and over-the-top (of course it is) and it looks stunning and the lead has all the swagger you want - and the villain is an absolute delight. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/2...
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‘A Thousand Blows,’ ‘Man vs. Baby,’ ‘Careme’ Among 2026 International Emmy Nominees
In all, 22 countries are represented among this year's nominees unveiled by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ahead of a Nov. 23 ceremony in New York City.
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Marie O’Regan @marieoregan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My son Joe has set up a JustGiving page on behalf of the family, to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support in memory of our David, who passed away earlier this month after a long illness. Please consider supporting this if you can. Thank you. www.justgiving.com/page/memory-...
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Joseph's fundraiser for Macmillan Cancer Support in memory of David
Help Joseph O'Regan raise money to support Macmillan Cancer Support
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Your feed now contains one Red Deer and several complimentary ferns. Enjoy.
A Red Deer looks through a curtain of green ferns with its antlers tangled in leafy fronds, giving the impression it's accidentally wearing a woodland hat. The softly blurred background creates a peaceful forest scene.
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There is a cupboard in the new flat that has been painted shut, we tried to pry it open yesterday and we couldn’t and now I’m thinking we should just never open it so I can live in the fantasy that there is something inside it that should never be let out.
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Because I was away at the weekend, I had to pause the big chunky hardback I’ve been reading and take a different paperback instead. For the first… 100? 150? pages, it was great - and then turned into something I hated so viscerally that I had to finish it out of sheer masochism. And now I have.
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'd forgotten what the process of having a book turned into... well, a *book*, feels like. I've just seen the cover design for the proofs of For All This Time, and it's made me feel very emotional. Because after all this work, it's sinking in that it's actually going to be a real book?
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Up to date as always, I've just started watching Waiting for the Out and while the whole thing's great, Josh Finan's performance is utterly magnificent.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
if you liked the thread about “everyone on the bus has realized the driver is going the wrong way,” you will love “hundreds of confused Portlanders ditched by crew and stranded in Iceland” I have to go to bed but I need to know if Sarah makes it to her flight!!!
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
• OLD ENGLISH: Hwæt. We Gardena in geardagum, / þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon... • MIDDLE ENGLISH: Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote, / The droghte of March hath perced to the roote... • EARLY MODERN ENGLISH: To be, or not to be, that is the Question: / Whether 'tis Nobler in the minde...
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Medievalist Bluesky is going to have so much fun today
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Fascinated to see what “Olde English”, seeing as it’s not Old English and Shakespeare didn’t write in that anyway? (Shakespeare used what we commonly call Early Modern English)
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I really need the British media to stop referring to these people as ‘protesters’, ‘demonstrators’ or ‘activists’. There are plenty of words for what they are, but not those ones
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Team ‘May We Feed the King’, right here 👑
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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I mean, any time now would be good. If it's not too much trouble
Headline: "‘Outright racist’ Daniel Thomas will face full force of law over any crimes, says home secretary"
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
While I remember, for anyone following the Great Heat Pump Installation Saga, we're finally done. It took TWO WEEKS because of... *hand wave* things, but it's all in and apparently working. And the hot water tank is in a cupboard in my office and makes a near-constant whistling sound. Which is fun.
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Garlic & Shots bar and restaurant in Stockholm (not London), is threatened with closure. It’s a big part of the rock & alt music scene there, and has been since the 80s, when it was opposite the tour bus pickup & drop off spot. There’s a petition to save it here: www.mittskifte.org/petitions/ra...
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Rädda vårt vardagsrum Bröderna Olsson Garlic & Shots!!
Det är en anrik gammal krog som funnits sedan 1989 och som har blivit unik. Den har blivit allas vardagsrum där människor mötts, lärt känna nya människor, en samlingsplats. Men det gäller ju inte bara...
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
God forbid a woman has a hobby www.discovermagazine.com/venus-may-ha...
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Venus May Have Pulled Its Own Moon Back Toward It, Torn It Apart, and Eaten the Remains
Learn how an astrophysicist’s simulations traced a possible lunar downfall that could have changed Venus’s climate and ability to hold onto water.
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Back from Stockholm for less than twelve hours and I’m already trying to work out when I can go again. Also, if there’s no orange wine left in Södermalm, I’m sorry but it’s because I drank it all.
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Away for the weekend and I might never come home
Front of Hellstone vintage music shop in Stockholm Sign for the science fiction bookshop in Stockholm which is a dragon and a rocketInterior of Garlic and Shots bar, Stockholm which is very dark with guitars on the wall
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Catbus @catbus.phd · 17/09/2026
great art articulates eternal truths
script of the end of Waiting for Godot which has been modified to read

ESTRAGON: Well, shall we log off?
VLADIMIR: Yes, let's log off.
   [They do not log off]

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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I got very into red lipstick in the spring - I basically made it my thing. And then I saw a photo of myself and I looked EXACTLY like this and I haven’t worn red lipstick even once since.
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Angus Dunican @angusdunican.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What a truly excellent series of acting choices this fifty seconds of television presents…
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Last Christmas, my father (who sails) said he didn’t want a present, so I made a donation in his name to the RNLI, jokingly saying “obviously, hoping you’ll never need them.” He told me “we’re not keen on them here [Norfolk] because they keep bringing immigrants ashore.”
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
And that’s my @greenlungband.bsky.social Cat-Bat demon badge added to my jacket
Lapel of a Brando style leather jacket with a pin badge that looks like a cross between a cat and a bat with purple wings
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Holly Hoye 🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If we aren’t doing this everywhere, what are we even doing? Annual Toronto dog swim before they close down the outdoor pools for the season:
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J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com · 16/09/2026
"an ankle monitor for your mind" needs to immediately break containment and enter the vernacular
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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 16/09/2026
I Have No Mouse And I Must Scream
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I have this nice, slightly “haunted tablecloth”-looking cream lace top. I tried putting it with some black tapered jeans and black ankle boots, thinking Chrissie Hynde / Debbie Harry. Husband took one look, said: “Pirate,” and now I know I’ll never wear it again.
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Lou Morgan @lmorgan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
[Gives the UK government a Hard Stare]
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Andrew Blair @andrewblair.co.uk · 16/09/2026
The arts industry in the UK: we contribute so much money to the economy but we are dying, please help Lisa Nandy: Village Parish Council: we held a pretend referendum Lisa Nandy: I'm listening
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