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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 27/09/2026

Behold! Today's baking. Focaccia, a small coffee cake with sultanas and cardomum, a chocolate and chilli cake. Both iced with coffee and chocolate icing. Not shown - today's pasta salad, yesterday's caponata and loaf of bread.

A focaccia, a small cake and a larger cake

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 27/09/2026

Almost 300 copies of my little zine out there, and thank you all for the amazing responses. You can still get the preview issue on the website, for £3.50 postage. Drop me a note if you want multiple copies for an event or venue. manumission.online

Wow! Almost 300 copies of Manumission are out in the world, and the feedback's been amazing. Thank you all!

You can still get a copy for £3.50 postage on the website.

And don't forget to tell us what you thought.

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 27/09/2026

Have you got competition-compliant nuts?

A screengrab from a LondonCentric news story, with the phrase "competition compliant nuts, which must be between 32mm and 35mm in diameter"

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 22/09/2026

Yesterday Stockholm, today Los Angeles. Manumission is setting kink free all over the place!

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 21/09/2026

To celebrate the arrival of Manumission in Sweden, I have made Kardemmabullar

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 21/09/2026

Not sure how this didn't make it onto my radar before, but it looks like a really useful guide for beginners. Download as a PDF from www.queerhealth.info/lbgt/kink

An image showing the "Little back pocket guide to Kink & consent"

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 21/09/2026

At the Gear Social yesterday, I reconnected with someone I'd not seen for ages. And that's prompted me to dig out some photos, from all the way back in 2002. Yep, soft furnishings were pretty busy back then!

A man in a leather straitjacket, with a hood and gas mask, strapped to a bed

A man in a leather straitjacket and trousers, legs tied with bondage.

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 19/09/2026

Can you make kinky pastries with vanilla yeast?

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 19/09/2026

A discussion on the radio about random reminds me of this book, featuring many lustful (and often explicit) thoughts from fans.

Front cover of a book called "Stardust: the secret fantasies of fans"

Rear cover of the book, with a tale of someone wanting to end up in a coma, so they get to meet Nick Hayward, and a quote "If a nuclear war did happen I'd be thinking, is Boy George safe?"

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 18/09/2026

Love a nice Foamex board. See some of you at Hunter.

A promo board for Manumission, the new kink zine

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 18/09/2026

A story spanning 24 years ... Sorry it had to end, guys, but if you will be such patronising fucks to your users...

Screenshot showing I joined Recon on 15th March 2002

Screenshot giving the reason for leaving: You have fucked up big time. I don't know what the hells is going on with you clowns, but your hiding behind T&Cs as you attack people who are trying to tell you your shitty software leaks data like a sieve is appalling

A screenshot with the message "Your Recon account has been successfully deleted"

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 18/09/2026

Tonight's the night - grab a free copy of Manumission at Hunter

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 17/09/2026

I once redesigned a website so badly that I had to send ninja assassins after people who discovered its monstrous privacy flaws

Image of Bob Mortimer reading from a card on the TV show "Would I lie to you"

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 17/09/2026

New Recon swag just dropped...

A jacket with the message "I really don't care do u?" on the back. Perfect for management at a failing social network

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 15/09/2026

I once came up with a plan for a leather contest that was as broken as a twink on their first trip to Folsom Europe, and barely lasted as long.

Photo of Bob Mortimer holding up a card on the TV show "Would I lie to you"

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 14/09/2026

It's zine week! At this Friday's Hunter in London,you can check out three new zines: Manumission, Black Leather and After Dark

A promo for Hunter this week, stating "It's zine week in London"

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 13/09/2026

Got these cute gummies at the Korean store. A cube, which you peel open, and inside is either a bear, a dinosaur or an elephant

A gummi sweet with a bear that was hidden inside it

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 12/09/2026

Not the best grab, but it'll do for now

A Scotsman in a kilt revealing a rainbow flag

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 12/09/2026

Did you know: across the UK and Ireland, there are six Legal Deposit Libraries that get a copy of everything published in the country? Future generations of perverts will find Manumission in these archives!

Two packages, one addressed to the British Library and the other to ALDL

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 12/09/2026

If you're in Berlin, we've got two places you can pick up Manumission today- Segunda Casa or the Proteus stand at the street fair. Grab one and post a pic with it! #Manumission

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 11/09/2026

Treating myself to some Berlin-style filth.

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 11/09/2026

In Berlin for Folsom Europe? Don't be a doughnut - pick up a free copy of Manumission at Segunda Casa, or the Proteus stand.

Image of a handsome man holiding a copy of Manumission, with a caption urging people to get one, take a photo and tag this account, to maybe win the next four issues free

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 10/09/2026

What's fruitier, stickier and squidgier than a night in Berlin? My home made malt loaf!

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 09/09/2026

Want a copy of Manumission? In Berlin, you can now pick one up at Segunda Casa, or you can get one at the Proteus stand on Saturday

A poster showing the cover of Manumission zine, and the locations where it can be picked up in Berlin

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 09/09/2026

Atlanta, Dublin, Vancouver and Stockholm are all getting copies of Manumission. More details when they arrive

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 08/09/2026

If you're in London, there are some free copies of Manumission available to pick up at The Common Press queer bookshop, on Bethnal Green Road (near the top of Brick Lane)

Am image showing Manumission zine on a shelf between two other zines at The Common Press bookshop

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 08/09/2026

Trundling round town with my wheely suitcase like an Apprentice candidate. Except the bag is full of kinky zines.

A man stands on a railway platform with a wheeled suitcase

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 07/09/2026

My first book, and my first zine. The book paid for my new kitchen, back in 2000. Hopefully the zine might at least get me a few cigars

The AOL UK Handbook 6.0 next to a copy of Manumission

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 07/09/2026

This reminds me that one year I took a Soreen malt loaf to Folsom Europe, as a hotel room energy snack.

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 06/09/2026

Well, this mess has finally prompted me to do a radical update of my Recon profile.

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 06/09/2026

Treating myself to a "finished the zine" cigar. Gurkah Cellar Reserve 15 yrs aged

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 05/09/2026

Got the first poster up at The Common Press, a queer bookshop in Shoreditch. Will drop some copies off during the week

Close up of a Manumission poster on a wall

A wall covered in posters and flyers, including one for Manumission

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 05/09/2026

If that promo has got the tune going round in your head, feast your eyes on this not at all homoerotic album cover

Cover of Boys Town Gang "Disc Charge" album, featuring three topless men. Two are working on a car engine, while the third is holding battery cables. A fourth man is sitting on the floor, looking towards one of the other men. The whole thing is pretending to be butch, but looks it like it could turn into a gay orgy at any moment.

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 05/09/2026

It's almost too good to be true! With words by me, @kevinflipsout.bsky.social @stiefelkopp.bsky.social @rufftanktop.bsky.social @hobbler.ie and art from @spacepupsilver.com List of places with free copies coming soon, or order a copy by post at manumission.online for £3.50

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 04/09/2026

Promo posters for the zine arrived. If you want one for a bar, shop, or queer venue, let me know

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 04/09/2026

We can't all be Coco Chanel, but we can all have a little black T shirt

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 03/09/2026

Crossing my fingers, looking at courier updates... meanwhile, you can get a copy of Manumission posted to you by following this link: just £3.50 for postage, worldwide buy.stripe.com/cNi14n6u82cV...

A picture of the Manumission cover, and the text Reserve your copy for just £3.50 postage

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 02/09/2026

More cake! Coffee and walnut with chocolate icing

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 02/09/2026

I'll have a list soon of places to get your free copy of our first issue, or you can have one posted to you for £3.50 Here's a first look!

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 02/09/2026

Looking for toilets at the Lady Penelope Institute for the Broken and Bewildered, I have found a Tango room

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 02/09/2026

And we're off; now it's in the lap of the printers....

Manumission is on the way

The preview issue is with the printers, and I'lll be able to send out the first copies this weekend.

Register for yours at manumission.online or pick it up free in Berlin

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 31/08/2026

Not had alcohol for almost six months now. Maybe I should celebrate with a dram?

A bottle of Lagavulin and a pair of glasses

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subdirectory.uk @subdirectory.uk · 31/08/2026

Well, don't you think that every brand new zine about leather, kink and SM should have a lake named after them? Find out more about the zine at manumission.online

An image showing Lake Ontario, renamed Lake Manumission

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