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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Kudos to the guy who found me on linkedin this morning to ask for the location of an achievement in Clares Escape. Thats persistence.

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Recovering from a work trip to Les Gets for the downhill mtb. Incredible skill on display and a somewhat rabid crowd.

A downhill mountain biker riding on a trail in Les Gets, France

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Fringe highlight. Watching a guy do 60 mins on a turbo trainer has never been more enjoyable

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Four elderly members of the Kent and East Sussex Morris Dancing Society take to the road to defend Britain from a terrifying threat. ardenmohr.org/stories/the-... What started as the design doc for a video game became this novella instead. #shortstory #writesky

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The Last Line of Defence – Ardenmohr

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Simon Kővesi @kovesi.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

John Clare's grave, sirrounded by school children's midsummer cushions in St Botolph's chirvhyard, Helpston, today, at the JC society festival.

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Simon Kővesi @kovesi.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Inordinately excited about this year's forthcoming John Clare Society Journal, featuring cover art by Tracey Bush, & new writing from @victoriaxiaoxiaoma.bsky.social, Richard O'Brien - @notrockyhorror.bsky.social - Martin Kratz, Cassie Falke, Jens Peters, & an index of publications, & reviews.

Contents List of the John Clare Society Journal, July 2026:

Trans-species Empathy in John Clare’s ‘The Pettichaps Nest’ and Anna Letitia Barbauld’s ‘The Caterpillar’ by Cassandra Falke

Anxious Tree s Give Leaf: Reading John Clare in Lockdown by Martin Kratz

John Clare Reaches the Pacific, poem by Richard O’Brien

The Phenomenology of Walking in John Clare’s Poems by Xiaoxiao Ma

‘When silence husheth other themes’: John Clare, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff and the heath by Jens Peters

An Index of Significant Publications on John Clare, 2023–2025 edited by Andrew Hodgson and Erin Lafford

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The 2026 John Clare Festival is taking place 10-12 July - check it out below!

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

After finishing the Captain Scott book - it was time to build my own version of Dundee's Discovery - on suitably icy seas c/o @falconeerdev.bsky.social

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Laying claim to the term 'Slop Bombing'. The attempt to demonstrate knowledge by pasting large amounts of unfiltered LLM copy to a colleague and letting them figure it out.

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

“The snow clothd valley & the naked tree These sympathising scenes my heart can please Distress is theirs—& they resemble me” Emo banger from John Clare for the season johnclare.blogspot.com/2026/01/hail...

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Scenes of Desolation

Hail scenes of Desolation & despair Keen Winters over bearing sport & scorn Torn by his Rage in ruins as you are To me more pleasing then a ...

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Tokyo Game Show was an event. Check out this massive chocobo

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Simon Kővesi @kovesi.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

The Ronald Blythe Fellowship is John Clare Society's new scheme awarding a PhD student focusing on Clare a £1000 bursary to support their work. Please pass on - &/or contact me or Honorary Secretary of the Society, Karen Lakey, for further information: johnclaresociety.wordpress.com/contact-us/

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

On this day in 1841 John Clare completed the final leg of his 80 mile walk. He woke delirious with hunger and resorted to eating grass by the side of the road. A coin from a passerby this afternoon enabled the purchase of some bread and cheese.

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

The third day of Clare’s walk home. His account becomes less coherent and more fearful. He feared losing his way again so stuck close to the Great North Road. Exhausted he slept in a ditch by the side of the road. claresescape.com/john-clares-...

Day three of Clare’s walk shown on a map from Iain Sinclair’s ‘Edge of the Orison’

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

On this day in 1841, Clare woke in the shed after an unsettling dream. He took to the road but his shoes were falling apart. Hungry, he resorted to begging for any spare change but most passers by avoided him. As night fell, he hid again by the road near Potten, but was unable to stand the cold.

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Today in 1841 Clare set out from Epping to walk the 80 miles home. Struggling to find the route out of the forest to the Great North Road, he asked for directions at a local pub. Once the road was discovered, he made good progress to Stevenage. claresescape.com/john-clares-...

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

On this day in 1841, Clare ‘did nothing’… Perhaps he brooded on his escape. (This does get more interesting from tomorrow…) claresescape.com/john-clares-...

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John Clare’s escape in his own words – Pt 1 – Clare's Escape

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

On this day in 1841, John Clare returned to a gypsy camp in Epping forest. The gypsies had previously offered to help him escape from his confinement in Allen’s Mental Asylum (in exchange for £50). But on returning today, he found their camp abandoned. claresescape.com/john-clares-...

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John Clare’s escape in his own words – Pt 1 – Clare's Escape

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Simon Kővesi @kovesi.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Happy birthday John Clare, from the Sunday Express, an actual national newspaper.

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Trash blows across a bingo carpark. A morris dancer prepares to defend the kingdom. Good progress on the next game. #screenshotsunday #gamedev

A video game screenshot with a character standing next to a cherry picker saying “it’ll need some power to get this started. But I’m not the techie type”

A screenshot of a video game with a character standing in front of a bingo hall

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Excellent @cymerafestival.co.uk today, in particular the lively workshop on Writing for Videogames with @starkholborn.bsky.social. Just the inspiration I needed to get in gear.

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Working on game two this weekend. Discovered particle effects - this will only end badly (but also spectacularly).

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

At Games Talks Live in Dundee. Getting inspired for the next game

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I’ve learned when developing for Mac - if you get your app to build, certificates created, app archived, notorized and successfully approved by the App Store - don’t ever touch that Mac or its operating system again. Wrap the machine in bubble wrap and preserve it forever.

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Steam Achievements added! A productive evening of scowling at the screen and watching YouTube tutorials.

Screenshot of a list of steam achievements

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GameMaker @gamemaker.io · 16/01/2025

Clare’s Escape is an emotional RPG that tells the true story of the famous English poet, John Clare. In this interview with the game’s developer, we draw light on the game design, inspiration and development. 🔗 gamemaker.io/en/blog/john...

GameMaker - Step Into A Fragmented Mind - Interview with Alex Lee

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

You know you’re a real game when you have stickers

A pile of Clare’s Escape holographic stickers on a wooden bench

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

An updated trailer for Clare’s Escape for the weekend

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Spent the evening with lovely people showing off some cracking games. Excellent hosting @hubworld.bsky.social

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Carl Woodcroft @dnmscreensound.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

💿 SENSI MUSIK is #OUTNOW 🚨 at denhamscreensound.bandcamp.com🎧 Faithfully recreated menu music from the greatest football game EVER 🕹️⚽️ ALL PROCEEDS GO TO CAMPAIGN AGAINST LIVING MISERABLY thecalmzone.net Thanks for donating 👍 _ #UCL #championsleague #AmazonPrime #LFC #Lille #mentalhealthmatters

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SENSI MUSIK, by Carl Woodcroft

4 track album

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Lots of little updates today to fix various surprises on Steam Deck. Has been fun to dust of the code and shake my head at past me.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 23/01/2025

Tam o Shanter & the Poetry of Robert Burns Currently on BBC Sounds: Mark Stephen chooses some Burns favourites including his rendition of “Tam o Shanter” www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

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BBC Radio Scotland - Scotland Outdoors, Tam O' Shanter and the Poetry of Robert Burns

Mark Stephen chooses some Burns favourites including his rendition of Tam O' Shanter

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Does Clare’s Escape work on a Steam Deck? Yes. Did I have to buy a Steam Deck as a ‘legitimate business expense’ to discover this? Also yes.

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beyondbooleans.bsky.social @beyondbooleans.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

So happy that The Anchorite is getting so much love on Itch.io, I wasn't sure that a story written in a day for a game jam would work, but it seems to have found an audience, 10,000 browser plays since I released it around 6 weeks ago! It's playable here - beyondbooleans.itch.io/the-anchorite

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

A ‘Mavis thrush’ is a folk term for the Song Thrush www.bto.org/understandin...

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Song Thrush

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Amicable Animal - New CRT7 demo OUT NOW! 🦝🏳️‍🌈 @amicableanimal.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

It's January and so it's time for me to remind you about the Edinburgh Game Jam (EdJam 25) coming up again in two weeks time! We'll get together, form teams, make some cool games, and have an awesome weekend! Do share and/or join us 🧡 More details here: bit.ly/edjam25

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Simon Kővesi @kovesi.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Excited about being on the John Clare panel at the #MLA2025 convention in New Orleans, in January. HMU if you're attending - it can be a big, scary conference. But with a pal or two, it's magnificent. Just got to right the paper now.

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

I played a lot of great games this year, but here’s four that especially resonated with me because they’re all set in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, my chosen new home. Happy Hogmanay! 🎉🥳 🏔️ A Highland Song 🐏 Farewell North 🌊 Still Wakes the Deep 🗡️ Into the Restless Ruins #gamedev #gamedesign #scotland

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

I guarantee - GUARANTEE - that you will find a fresh recommendation in this tremendous list of 2024 games from the Guardian's hardworking critics and contributors www.theguardian.com/games/2024/d...

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The video games you may have missed in 2024

A returning classic, a Love Island send-up and an answer to the age-old question: can you fry eggs atop Mount Everest? The year’s best games that might have passed you by

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Alex | Clare’s Escape @n0seblunt.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Wishing you all a peaceful Christmas Animation: shorturl.at/gWdYk

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