Reposted by Patrick McCormackJon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 03/10/2026Apocalypse Cow (No. 346 in an occasional series) 0263
Reposted by Patrick McCormackIan Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This Is Just To Say I have eaten the poems that were in your typewriter and which you were probably saving for National Poetry Day Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so bold #NationalPoetryDay 15019
Reposted by Patrick McCormackR S Thomas (poet) @rsthomaspoet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Michaelmas Day 29th September. ‘A Day in Autumn’ - #RSThomas (Poetry for Supper, Rupert Hart-Davis 1958) 0134
Reposted by Patrick McCormackPaul Nash @paul-nash.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Landscape of the Moon's Last Phase www.wikiart.org/en/paul-nash/landsc… 031
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Just watched this Reynolds episode. Honestly, at the end, I sighed and said out loud to myself (and the black cat), ".. and they don't make civilised telly like this anymore." Thank you - and the team you worked with - for the episodes you *did* make! 010
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Hmm. I may have ethical concerns regarding the combination of chocolate with custard creams, also my taste buds may suffer from category confusion. Would I be entitled to compensation, or does the waiver form deny that option? 210
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Miss Binks and the Monkey enjoying #Caturday morning. They were gathering their strength before an afternoon of climbing fruit trees 😸 020
Reposted by Patrick McCormackBritish Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It's European Day of Languages, so here are some of our favourite untranslatable and wonderfully-specific words from across Europe that we wish we had in English ✨ 914261
Reposted by Patrick McCormackRabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Sleeping Antelope, Saharan Rock Art, Algeria, ca. 9000 BCE 16312
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I'm impressed by your commitment to in-person field research. I now feel obliged to increase n to 2, probably tomorrow afternoon. I'd better check the freezer, as I might have to be prepared to eat all three at one sitting 😅 110
Reposted by Patrick McCormackR S Thomas (poet) @rsthomaspoet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Welsh poet RS Thomas died #OnThisDay in 2000. Here's a tribute by Rowan Williams (patron of the RS Thomas & ME Eldridge Society)… 33015
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My apologies 😕 I will rectify the matter very soon, when further research funds are available (and there's room in the freezer). 110
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Names and numbers. WL Bragg (6) is 3rd from left in middle row, looking over Marie Curie's right shoulder. What an extraordinary congregation of minds - we live in a world shaped by their thoughts. 1194
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I had to pop into the local Lidl, and chanced to be in the freezer aisle. I spotted Pistachio, Peach, Cherry and Gazillionaire varieties. Is that a "full house"? 🤔 Wells is definitely a hot spot for ice cream! 111
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I look forward to reviewing your research (n=1) 😄 Earlier this year, there was home-grown mulberry ice cream. My research concluded that it may have been better as a sorbet. Am now considering whether my glut of quinces can be similarly treated .. "There's always room for ice cream"! 110
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Glorious Godwin. For the cover of 'Remains of Elmet' and 'Elmet', responding to Ted Hughes' poems. #faygodwin #tedhughes #elmet 051
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I'm lucky to be within strolling distance of www.cafenostra.co.uk in Wells, Somerset. There is a limited selection of icecream🍦, as all are made in-house, but occasionally pistachio is available 😋 And, as Frankie says, flavour suggestions "are always welcome"! (But be sensible 😉) #Wells #somersetcafenostra.co.ukCafe Nostra - Frankie's Ice Cream | Fresh Food | RefreshmentsServing: Freshly Made Hot & Cold Food, Refreshments & Frankie's Homemade Italian Ice Cream in Wells (Somerset). View Our: Opening Hours, Services & Location 110
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I'm no expert, I confess. But I have heard rumours of a pistachio variety, which I'd dearly like to try! 110
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I can add that after I'd descended, I treated myself to an Almond Magnum from the shop in Child Okeford. (Other chilled refreshments are available.) 130
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The giant earth ripples of Hambledon Hill last Sunday. Lay in the wind-shade on top, ate lunch and watched kites, buzzards and crows against the blue, isolated cirrus skeins drifting eastward high over Blackmore Vale ☺️ #hillfortswednesday #Hambledon #dorset 2348
Reposted by Patrick McCormackPaul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 17/08/2026"We've arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science and technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces." - Carl Sagan ....and here we are 🙄😒 5183100
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Lowering clouds over Forton, almost post-Rapture vacancy, caught by Jen Orpin www.jenorpinpaintings.com #fortonservices #m6 020
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026There's a glorious exhibition of some of Godwin's images at www.ffotogaleriygofeb.co.uk and www.penralltgallerybookshop.co.uk in Machynlleth until the end of September, I think. Images of familiar places I've never been, but yearn to go. 020
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026His last line does sufficient justice to the true extent of his "admiration". A "proper picture", indeed 🤬 120
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A special moment, to have W Kennet to yourself 😊 It's a superbly rich landscape. I had it in mind to visit the Grey Wethers and West Wood, the raw materials for the monuments, yesterday, but "events" 🙄 Here is a view of Silbury from the barrow on a sunnier day last year 🌞 061
Reposted by Patrick McCormackJamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026My first morning in the Omaze house. I didn’t sleep. I could hear crying from behind the door I’m not allowed to open.The only thing to eat is frozen prawns. I went for a wander round the 4 acre garden and found a box of VHS tapes marked ‘For the next one’. I’m sure it’s fine. I’m sure it’s all fine 18841218
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I was there! My mum took me & a school chum to see the opening. First, a trip on a Bristol Bus doubledecker to Aust, then we sat in the south stand to see the royal bubble car take HM E2 and Prince P to Wales. Us riff-raff were then allowed to walk over the bridge. We turned back halfway .. 100
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026On coming home from my week in #Meirionydd #Cymru, Mr Monkey has been seeking me out to give me lots of head butts, nuzzles and plenty of lap-work #caturday #merioneth #wales 080
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Farage's Reform never lets the truth get in the way of a publicity opportunity. 020
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026More postcards from #Meirionydd #Cymru ##merioneth #wales Thankfully, the rain held back on my annual pilgrimage to Cwm #Ratgoed and most of the shrines were visited. 040
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Varmouth? Barmouth biaduct, of course .. darn autocockup 😁 020
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Ah, the classic Varmouth viaduct shot! Also, this one 😀 110
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Goodness, our paths might have crossed, as I was up at Cregennan today too! 110
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026A few postcards ftom #Meirionydd #Cymru #abermaw #merioneth #wales #barmouth 060
Reposted by Patrick McCormackLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026We should put this sign on every politician's desk 574345855
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Wonderful to meet other than online 😁 And v pleased I could introduce a local to some great Mach bookshops. Hopefully, the one at Senedd Dy will have what you are looking for. Here is a snap of the circle I mentioned. It is near Dolhendre: www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?... Do keep in touch! 110
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I think you will be drawn to this Fay Godwin in the bookshop 😊 120
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Off at a tangent, I didn't know that the Mappa Mundi features Clee Hill as a sort of Mt Kailash (other cultures' names are available) with >4 rivers rising near it. Suggestive of the map maker's knowledge of the area? I'm thinking also of the Gawain Poet's use of N. Wales, Cheshire and the Peak. 180
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026😁 I know what you mean! I'll be the one with the red backpack and a wet eye in the gallery or bookshop 🥲😊 110
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Maybe! I'm going to pop in to the Godwin exhibition at Ffotogaleri y Gofeb / Tanrallt bookshop before and probably after Taliesin. 100
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Indeed, me too! The talk and delayed storms both. In view of the forecast, I went straight to the coast for a dip before unpacking after my journey from the south-west. Ah, the gentle embrace of the Old Salt Mother 😊 110
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026If I might add something to your reading list, I suggest this slimmish tome. I'm not at home and can't consult my copy, so I can't say how much it covers the Glasgow system, but certainly a good general survey. 030
Reposted by Patrick McCormackRembrandt @rembrandtrijn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Old Woman Reading www.wikiart.org/en/rembrandt/old-wo… 041
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Could I have a print of Capel Rhiw, please, Jon? And I'll look through "Valleys" to see what else that tempts me 😀 210
Reposted by Patrick McCormackPete Miles @petermiles.eurosky.social · 22/08/2026J'accuse - Will Self names individuals contributing to the Jason Arday pile-on and calls for action. HT @johnnyninefingers.bsky.social and the excellent thread by @monkemma.bsky.social linked below. willself1.substack.com/p/2089334077...willself1.substack.comJason Arday: J'Accuse the British MediaAfter the death of Jason Arday, Will Self asks what happens when the media machine mistakes what interests the public for the public interest. 196
