Paco B. Garcia

Photograph of the Canterbury Quad in St John's College

Today was my last day as Special Collections Photographer at @stjohnsox.bsky.social. I am proud to say that I am responsible for most of the 100+ individual items now available on Digital Bodleian from SJC's special collections. You can view them all here: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/partners/st-...

WHO’S THE BEST HENRY VIII?

V funchat with @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social @alexvont.bsky.social & @drjoannepaul.bsky.social

Watch on History Hit TV or listen here👇

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Just flown in from Riyadh, and boy are my excuses tired

Cat believe these are all owned by one guy.

Polanski expertly dismantling the "rich people will move if we tax them" narrative, while Denham nimbly demonstrates how very patriotic such people are.

Oh good grief, not only did Drumpf not win, they gave it to a woman. He’s going to cancel the ceasefire out of spite, isn’t he.

Only six days to go until Gareth and I's brand new radio show hits BBC Radio 4. Tune in at 11.15pm to hear all about the curious lives of one of this planets most inexplicable animals: humans ✨🌏🌎🌍✨

So that was Wednesday October 8th 2025. Crikey. Another day done, another (more or less) here. So it goes.

(Out this very month in 1995, just 30 years ago, John Constantine - Hellblazer #96, with its fine cover by Sean Phillips.)

And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients of Planet Earth.

A great article from Rachel, who really understands the heart and soul of Dad’s work.

Oscar Wilde could have ridden on the underground drinking a bottle of coke and eating chips with Heinz ketchup.

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

She makes as much sense as a slug saying how much they love salt...

Article reads: Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

The Heist of Hollow London The Heist of Hollow London eBook : Robson, Eddie: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

My new novel, The Heist Of Hollow London, is published TODAY. The hardback may not be out in the UK yet - it's listed for the end of October here - but the ebook is certainly available now. Here are some links but please feel free to buy wherever you can find it: amzn.to/3IOGJRw

Geezers

Geezers at @okcomics.bsky.social now!

Keir Starmer

What are my three favourite euphemisms for sex you ask?

It's International Coffee Day. A moment to put our caffeine-based differences aside and unite against our common enemy: soup.

London Transport - Fall Of The Leaf, 1933, by Walter E. Spradbery.

THREAD

You can't joke about anything anymore. Because you signed a multi figure contract with the Saudi government that said they wouldn't pay you if you did.

King Arthur

I had a great time recording the episode on King Arthur for the Gone Medieval podcast with Matt Lewis, and the episode is out today!

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Couldn't agree more, but... Would you be willing to accept one (1) exception, that of Judd Winick's Exiles? The characters he created or developed were technically X-Men, and felt 'real' to me...

"How many traitors are in Farage's new party?" would, I suggest be a better line than Digital ID.

To beat Reform, make wavering voters ashamed to back them.

Trenaman, Leys, Doherty, the Goat... They're back!

The fruits of these recordings will be available on BBC Radio Wales and BBC Sounds in October. Can’t wait for you to listen.

Paul Cornell's Friday Newsletter News about Paul Cornell's writing, plus a diary of his life as the Dad of an autistic child.

Huge Friday Newsletter coming out at 11.45am today. If you fancy getting all my news (and stories of my life as the parent of an autistic child) for free every week, sign up with @beehiiv.com here! pauls-newsletter-2914ab.beehiiv.com

A headline of a BBC article that reads: 'Ratmageddon: Why rats are overrunning our cities'.

And people say the BBC is not critical of Farage and Reform...

Vote Geezer art

Just one week left to vote in the @comicscene.bsky.social awards, including a certain indie comic... shorturl.at/A2iqK
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