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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Bad enough I should watch it?

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Lucy English @lucyenglish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Bristol Poetry Film Festival programme is now finalised! Sat 17 Oct Workshops, screenings, discussions PLUS the winners of our International Poetry Film competition PLUS the @bafta.org award winning short film 'Two Black Boys in Paradise' by Dean Atta. Tickets from Eventbrite.

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There's no point being grown-up if you can't be childish sometimes.

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

And so it begins! Very exciting – good luck!

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Finally located – you left it in the back of a cab!

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Christopher Pittard @christopherpittard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

*Literary Illusions* is out in paperback now, but I've noticed that Blackwell's have £5 off at the moment, reducing the price to £14.99. That's almost a normal book price! blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

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Literary Illusions

Explores the dialogue between Victorian literature and one of the nineteenth century's most popular modes of performance: conjuring.

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If my 'employer' unilaterally opted out of all these things, and simultaneously proposed vacating its place of business, I’d assume I was out of work and either (a) not turn up, or (b) make sure I received oustanding wages cash-in-hand at the earliest opportunity.

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Persnal Blongins is officially my next Rogue.

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The Streampunks @streampunksrpg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Streampunks will be headed back into the studio, for an all new actual play adventure. In Partnership with @modiphius.bsky.social #StarTrek60 youtu.be/PgQ-HJb8dm0

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Reslience

YouTube video by Streampunks Rpg Group

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Annalisa Nicholson @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It's just weird isn't it when the British Museum is running a sold-out exhibition, when The Odyssey reports $1billion at the box office, when the V&A has just opened the most innovative and accessible museum model in Europe....and this is what our minister for research comes out with.

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Frankly, I’m astonished you’re not a Lit/CW lecturer some place (*cough cough* @adamroberts.bsky.social) and writing on the side. I have a PhD proposal right here...

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Ant Brown @brownest-ant.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I'm old enough to remember when men wearing balaclavas/ ski masks, intimidating people through their number and anonymity were called 'Terrorists'. Times change I guess? Protesting it is now. Good people on both sides? Is that it? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Disruption at Port of Dover as masked men hold protest

Images appear to show hundreds of protesters, all dressed in black and wearing face coverings.

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Jane A. @jane-in-progress.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

If they have no visible message, is it a protest? Or just a bunch of thugs blocking the road? It is legal to hold a static protest in a public place, but not to block traffic/commerce – why haven't they been arrested and removed? Like when Just Stop Oil blocked roads. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Masked protesters block access at Port of Dover

Images appear to show hundreds of protesters, all dressed in black and wearing face coverings.

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Can honestly say I didn’t notice.

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Lucy English @lucyenglish.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

New collection ‘Dream Time’ book tour. ‘On the cusp. In the cracks. These are the edgy places of Dream Time, where Lucy English's rich imagery finds form…makes for a wild ride. Strap in!' Kate Noakes. burningeye.bigcartel.com/product/drea...

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Tuesday is Mondaying me to death. Really, what IS the advantage of a bank holiday when you have deadlines?

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

When will the summer end? I need my Gothica fix! @gothicauob.bsky.social

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I bought Hazel O’Connor’s ‘Breaking Glass’ and Ants’ ‘Kings of the Wild Frontier’ in Truro’s old WHSmith store. Bought ELO’s ‘Discovery’ in Saffron Records, right across the road.

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Well, it’s canon now. Next #STA game I run, expect to only see my fuzzy hand over the top of the GM’s Screen.

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Yup, right after the washing went out. Even the washing looked excited.

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Bah! I could do that if I still had my eyesight... and talent.

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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

After Stock professed extremist ideology twice this past week (e.g. disabled women are faking; autistic people and people with ADHD are 'unsuited' for academia) and being billed as an expert during the Arday plagiarism scandal, I forgot until now that Stock was involved in her own plagiarism scandal

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 14/08/2026

The UK is in its fifth heatwave. Wildfires. Drought. Record-breaking heat. Exeter University’s response? Close Geography in Cornwall and put vital climate expertise at risk. We need this expertise more than ever. #DefendExeterUni

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Good luck to everybody with A-level and BTEC people around them, and thank you in advance to all the people manning the #Clearing hotlines tomorrow.

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I looked to the heavens for a sign, and they replied, ‘Meh, get back to editing.’

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Pity Philip Broadley having to adapt it for a single 52-minute episode in 1987.

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Again, they will still send THEIR kids to university.

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Logically, this leaves room for a further 7% who ARE going to Colchester but haven’t actually agreed to it. (Junction 19 near Boreham is probably to blame)

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I am jealous of your location, your job, your knowledge, your doctorate, and your students. Apart from that, meh.

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I don’t have many good things to say about Truro School, but Watson Weeks helped me ‘get’ Shakespeare by performing it rather than just having us read it. That influenced not only my own degree but, 40 years on, my daughter is headed to drama school with no fear of Shakespeare.

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ShatteredNeedle🪡🧵 @shatteredneedle.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

All I could think was this old comic feeling somehow relevant still.......

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

At 5.30am, my cat clambered in the 1st floor window, walked over my face and curled up in a washing basket. The disturbed curtain wafted a balloon *towards* the desktop fan (somehow), which, apparently globophobic, fell over in shock and ejected its face. The rest of the day has been much the same.

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Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I absolutely agree with this, but I also think mass social detachment is a response to a world that has consistently demanded more while reciprocating less we study for jobs that don’t exist. we work but can’t afford our lives. we rinse our recyclables but billionaires destroy the world —

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

“Come in, I'll put the kettle on” became a reluctant “Shall I put the kettle on?” became “I haven’t got any milk – I wasn’t expecting anyone” became “Give us a moment, nobody’s properly dressed” became a muffled “[*sigh*] ... What?!!”

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Wessex Water: ‘Your humble hosepipe uses heaps of water...‘. ‘Heaps’? That’s what you're going with?

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

We know that despite advances for disabled students, access issues still drive withdrawals from study. UK universities are responding to 'market' forces and government policies by shrinking access to degrees that afford disabled students good access to university. That's a problem, isn't it? 5/5

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New national survey finds disabled students’ satisfaction rising but access failures still driving withdrawals

Disabled Students UK (DSUK), the UK’s largest disabled student organisation, are proudly launching the findings from our Annual Disabled Student Survey (ADSS) in partnership with the Snowdon Trust. Fo...

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Badenoch says Burnham is a ‘people pleaser’. I’m not convinced that’s the burn she thinks it is.

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Alex Hope @dralexanderhope.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

When the history of these last few years is written, there will multiple chapters on just how monumentally dumb this was. Of course, those chapters will be written by people in other countries who still have history departments.

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Fire Elmo

Alt: Fire Elmo with burning background

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Central cluster seems very localised. Personal, in fact. Any 7th level wizards at the Chippenham branch of Morrisons?

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Having once uttered, “The last thing I’m going to do is read Aeschylus in the original Greek”, he was probably quite relieved to be rescued.

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The world’s worst Super Bowl logo?

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Araukana Media LTD @araukana.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

In Zephyr, players traverse the back of a living, sentient continent to find the source of their passions and convictions, as well as to fulfill sacred obligations to their community. Get it at the ENNIEs Emporium, at 25% off, for the next 24hs only! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Okay, BlueSky, let’s get back to discussing Literature...

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Lucy English @lucyenglish.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Writing for Uncertain Times. A residential course. 13-16th Sept How to explore the power of imagination through creative writing and refresh a vision of what is possible via poetry, story and memoir. Early bird booking until 20th July. www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk/our-programm...

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Rich Gale @waistcoatrich.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Recent charity shop grabs include future mark-up copies of Villette, Alan Bennett’s Writing Home (which Paul Magrs had only just quoted on YouTube as I left the house), and Fell by @jennashworth.bsky.social (I hope she’ll forgive me marring a copy with marginalia!)

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