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Frank Wynne @terribleman.com · 24/09/2026

Pangram et une merde qui ne sait rien de rien. Il décide que tout ce qui est cadencé, qui utilise des rythmes, et des répétitions, et forcément IA. Ci-attaché, son verdict sur “Je” de Lilia Hassaine, roman qui figure également dans le premier sélection pour le Goncourt

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Frank Wynne @terribleman.com · 23/08/2026

I’m appearing at The Coast is Queer in Brighton on October 16 at 5:30 pm, please pop by in the area, how, take a train just to hang out with the cool kids (you know, the ones who were bullied at school but went on to find a space in the world, and are now fighting to preserve that space)

The Coast is Queer, festival flyer. A bright blue and pink background that reads “I'm appearing at
THE COAST IS QUEER
October 15-18
The UK's Biggest and Brightest Festival of
LGBTQ+ Literature
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!”

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Frank Wynne @terribleman.com · 08/08/2026

She can be pretty spiky too!

A carved stone fertility figure, known as a Shiela Na Gig

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Frank Wynne @terribleman.com · 25/07/2026

It’s a wonderful poem, and a glorious, interpretive response/adaptation of Pierre de Ronsard’s 16th century poem « Quand vous serez bien vieille »

A 16th century poem by Pierre de Ronsard, to which WB Yates “when you are old and grey” was a 20th century response. The full text reads:

Quand vous serez bien vieille

Quand vous serez bien vieille, au soir, à la chandelle,
Assise auprès du feu, dévidant et filant,
Direz, chantant mes vers, en vous émerveillant :
Ronsard me célébrait du temps que j’étais belle.

Lors, vous n’aurez servante oyant telle nouvelle,
Déjà sous le labeur à demi sommeillant,
Qui au bruit de mon nom ne s’aille réveillant,
Bénissant votre nom de louange immortelle.

Je serai sous la terre et fantôme sans os :
Par les ombres myrteux je prendrai mon repos :
Vous serez au foyer une vieille accroupie,

Regrettant mon amour et votre fier dédain.
Vivez, si m’en croyez, n’attendez à demain :
Cueillez dès aujourd’hui les roses de la vie.

Pierre de Ronsard (1524 – 1585), Sonnets pour Hélène, 1578

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Frank Wynne @terribleman.com · 26/05/2026

A rather more atypical Peter Cushing in Hamlet, in 1948. He played Osric (interestingly, Christopher Lee had a non-speaking role in Olivier’s film version)

atypical black-and-white photograph Peter Cushing in Hamlet, in 1948, wearing an or Knight headdress, a uniform with braids and epaulettes, and an earring in his left ear

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Frank Wynne @terribleman.com · 25/05/2026

@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social regularly post beautiful pictures of doors – usually rural, almost always weathered, hugely evocative. I was loved photographing doors – these are from all around the world (this once I am not going to provide all text for every one)

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Frank Wynne @terribleman.com · 25/05/2026

Me aged 22 (1985). Being gay was a crime in Ireland until 1993, but by 85 I was living in Paris. I marched in Dublin after the murder of Declan Flynn, and in the first pride march (1983), in London with ACT-UP, against section 28 with gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and trans people. No going back

A portrait of me in black-and-white taken by my friend Marion Moormann in Paris circa 1985

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Frank Wynne @terribleman.com · 14/04/2026

This is the cover of volume 2 of my translation due out later this year

Mafalda Volume 2, to be published in Fall 2026 by Archipelago Books

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Frank Wynne @terribleman.com · 16/03/2026

“Hurling” Louis Le Brocquy, from “The Tàin” (1969)

“Hurling” a brush and ink illustration by the Irish artist Louis Le Brocquy, from “The Tàin” (1969)

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Frank Wynne @terribleman.com · 09/03/2026

These are known as “Norman French doublets“ because of the rather dramatic version of Norman French that became common in Britain See also wile/guile. But reWard not reGUard.

A diagram of Norman French to English words and how they have changed over time

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Frank Wynne @terribleman.com · 18/02/2026

My finest hour was getting Glenn Fabry too pay tribute to Francis Bacon

Cover of a Judge Dredd Megaspecial featuring A painting by Glenn Fabry of Judge death in the style of Francis Bacon’s screaming pope

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Frank Wynne @terribleman.com · 16/02/2026

Buddo, at home with his friends

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Frank Wynne @terribleman.com · 19/12/2025

Reading the French, it is easy to imagine a punchier opening

The first page of « sueurs froides », previously published as« d’entre les morts ». The novel on which Hitchcock’s film “vertigo” was based.

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Frank Wynne @terribleman.com · 01/12/2025

Thrilled to be shortlisted for both the Scott Moncrieff prize, and the Premio Valle Inclán - congratulations to all those shortlisted for the SoA translation prizes societyofauthors.org/2025/12/01/a...

A pile of books showing the spines of the six titles shortlisted for the Premio Valle Inclán

A pile of books on a table in the library, shown spine out, being the six titles shortlisted for the Scott Moncrieff prize

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Frank Wynne @terribleman.com · 25/11/2025

Share a 90s movie you believe needs more love…

Poster image of the movie “Night Falls on Manhattan“, starring Andy Garcia. Photo shows Andy Garcia crouched behind a pillar.

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Frank Wynne @terribleman.com · 24/11/2025

In one of her first public actions as the newly elected Uachtarán na hÉireann (president of Ireland) Catherine Connolly has written a public letter of solidarity on Trans Remembrance Day. It is a very promising start.

A letter from the newly elected president of Ireland, Catherine Connolly to mark Transgender Day of Remembrance. While the greeting and the signoff are an Irish, the English text reads

“I would like to extend my warmest wishes to all in the transgender community, your families and friends, as you gather this evening for this year's Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Today we pause to honour those whose lives have been cut short by horrific acts of violence or hatred. Their memory calls on each of us to challenge prejudice wherever it arises and to build a society rooted in respect and understanding.
This year's gathering carries particular significance too as we mark the tenth anniversary of Ireland's Gender Recognition Act. That milestone stands as a testament to the courage and perseverance of transgender people and their allies who worked tirelessly for recognition, equality, and the simple affirmation of identity. Yet it also reminds us that the work of safeguarding dignity and ensuring genuine inclusion remains ongoing.”

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Frank Wynne @terribleman.com · 23/10/2025

Spending this evening rewatching this, probably for the first time since it was broadcast in 1977 – since which time it has haunted me

Screen grab of the title sequence of a children’s television series from 1977 called “children of the stones”

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Frank Wynne @terribleman.com · 17/08/2025

A fond good night to Terrence Stamp

Still of Terence stamp from the film theorem, directed by Pasolini.

Still from the film “Priscilla, Queen of the desert”, featuring Terence Stamp. Depicted here in full performance, Reid in black feathers, with a magnificent cockade against an orange polkadot background

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Frank Wynne @terribleman.com · 26/04/2025

The repair patches are fibreglass and you cut them down to size, they then go over the hole and you can skim plaster over the top with pollyfilla. But they would never be strong enough for you to put a screw in it to hold a shelf.

Image of a plaster repair kit, a fibreglass mesh patch with spatula reapplying plaster over the top

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Frank Wynne @terribleman.com · 15/04/2025

John & Yoko waiting for the maid to make the bed so they can continue protesting against the system.

John Lennon& Yoko Ono waiting for the maid to make the bed so they can continue protesting against the system, 1969

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