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Peter Howell

@ph-incoming.bsky.social
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Writing, composing, and everything in between

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Peter Howell @ph-incoming.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
When I was working at the National Film & Television School after the BBC, around this time every year, students would be embarrassed to admit they'd seen this TV clip. To be clear, the Fairlight couldn't play Drum 'n' Bass, someone with a wry sense of humour overdubbed it! youtu.be/fsKKf-WNtdI?...
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How Drum and Bass is made...
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Peter Howell @ph-incoming.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Fair do's. I've been shouting at it for years! www.theverge.com/tech/932973/...
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Gmail is going to start talking to you
It’s like Gemini Live, but for your inbox.
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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Each year when watching Drag Race UK I like to play Which One's The Doctor Who Fan? Some seasons it's more obvious than others.
Drag Race UK contestants dressed as characters for a Blind Date style game show. Sillexa Diction, second from right, is dressed as Cassandra, the human who has had so much cosmetic surgery she's just a sheet of skin, from Doctor Who.
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Peter Howell @ph-incoming.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I was using a Mac when it stopped just being a raincoat. Does anyone remember Fat Bits in Macpaint? It magnified your work so you could see detail, but the resolution was so primitive that everything looked like Minecraft.
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Peter Howell @ph-incoming.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
You see, it's not just AI that plaguerises!
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Peter Howell @ph-incoming.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
And here's another one!
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Peter Howell @ph-incoming.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
I don't know why but this makes me think of the days when people had phones attached to their cars with a recorded message that went "I'm sorry I'm in at the moment, please leave a message!"
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Peter Howell @ph-incoming.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
This is worth a look. yaelwolfe.medium.com/please-dont-...
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Please Don’t Lose Faith in Writers Because of A.I.
How technology has stolen not only from writers, but readers, too
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Peter Howell @ph-incoming.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Mark Ayres and I were outside Cardiff's concert hall, and two elderly guys pass by on bikes. One says to the other... "That was when they took away the toilets and I haven't been since." #overheard
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Peter Howell @ph-incoming.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Roger Limb, Glynis Jones, Mark Ayres, and I were at the Music Producers Guild Awards last week, where we picked up the Pioneer award for the Radiophonic Workshop, past and present, alongside rolling credits of over eighty people connected with the workshop, headed by Delia Derbyshire and John Baker.
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Peter Howell @ph-incoming.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Wonderful. Look for the Witch Cone Shadow.
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Peter Howell @ph-incoming.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I've never been that good at pulling strings
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Peter Howell @ph-incoming.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
if you can’t be bold, be italic by abdullah🍂 medium.com/p/if-you-can...
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if you can’t be bold, be italic
life is not about waiting for the storm to pass it’s about learning to dance in the rain.
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Peter Howell @ph-incoming.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
There's an article in the Guardian about the intrinsic value of things. We bought a doorstop 5 years ago. It's still in its box. The box acts as a doorstop kept in place by the weight of the doorstop inside. Turns out intrinsic value is complicated.
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Peter Howell @ph-incoming.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
When you're young, you hate it when they ask you for proof of age, but later in life your hate it when they don't!
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EDC🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇰🇨🇦🇦🇺🇵🇹🇩🇪🇮🇹🇫🇮🇸🇪 @simplyedc.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
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Peter Howell @ph-incoming.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Makes you feel really old when you're followed by King Henry II
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Peter Howell @ph-incoming.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Aspiring writers out there should be aware of an email scam purporting to be from Laini Taylor (bestselling novelist). An AI seems to have used data from my published book and my musical background to construct an apparently flattering email, wanting to learn more. www.instagram.com/p/DWrfD0kDzlk/
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lainit on Instagram: "Hi guys. It’s come to my attention that emails are going out in my name offering editing services. They are not from me. This is a …"
Hi guys. It’s come to my attention that emails are going out in my name offering editing services. They are not from me. This is a common scam and other authors’ names are being used too. Please don’t fall for any kind of cold-calling offer like this. I’m so sorry asshats out there are preying on upcoming creatives. If you’ve reached out to me via my email portal, I’m sorry not to have responded but I’ve been getting so many and am notoriously bad at email. I don’t offer any kind of one-on-one service. However if you’re a writer looking to learn and meet other writers, I do have a Patreon community that’s warm, welcoming, inspiring, super helpful, and really fun. We have weekly Zooms, an active Discord, and a ton of opportunities for writing growth, career advice, and meeting new friends. Writers at every stage of their journeys are welcome, from just starting on that first project to many times published. Link in bio. Sorry about the scam! 🫤
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Peter Howell @ph-incoming.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
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Till the Lights Go Out
One from the Setlist
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Peter Howell @ph-incoming.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
What timing, but don't worry Stuart, it'll still be there when you get back and btw it's raining here.
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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
#CapeCod #Poetry #Painting #Spring It is morning, and again I am the lucky person to be in it Mary Oliver 🎨 Kaoru Yamada
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Peter Howell @ph-incoming.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I’ve been to BBC Maida Vale many times since they announced its imminent sale, but last month's visit was my last. I was taking part in Radio 4's Archive Hour, telling the story of the eerie soprano who never took a breath. substack.com/@peterhowell... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The Ghosts of Maida Vale
The long farewell
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Peter Howell @ph-incoming.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Just getting my feet under the table here, oh and on Substack as well. Perhaps I'm taking on too much! 🤫 More later...
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EDC🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇰🇨🇦🇦🇺🇵🇹🇩🇪🇮🇹🇫🇮🇸🇪 @simplyedc.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Kids today will never know the struggles of landing the stylus perfectly between 2 songs. 😂 #Truth
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