Darren Moan

The paperback is coming, UK readers! And isn’t she a beauty? 🐏 If you pre-order from Waterstones by Friday, you can get 25% off! Use the code FEB26.

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Publishing 18/06 ✨

Girl is devoured. World blames the girl. Girl wonders how this could happen to her. Girl loses her mind. Girl gets angry. Girl wants to be heard but every time she tells someone, her voice feels coated with tar. Girl feels the wound inside her grow. Girl is afraid the wound will one day get so big she will drown in it. Girl finally tells someone and they ask what did she do to ask for it. Girl doesn't speak of it again. Girl wonders if she deserved it. Girl tries to forget. And tries to forget. And tries to forget. But memories have teeth that become fangs. And fangs have never learned how to let go. Eventually she becomes a locked door. Eventually she learns that she is no feast. Eventually she learns that to devour is better than to be devoured. Eventually she becomes the wolf they fear. - Nikita Gill

It’s the oldest story in the world. The Epstein Files reminded me of this piece I wrote on a devastating anniversary.

We had an incredible day on Bandcamp yesterday. We're a small band, no label, no marketing team. Our record's been out over a year & thanks to the BC community it reached number 8 in shoegaze & grunge releases worldwide. If you took a moment to check us out or bought our record, thank you so much.

Hi! A quick reminder my bestselling book, ASK A HISTORIAN, is only 99p on eBook right now!

It was a lot of fun to write! Members of the public asked me 650 questions, and I chose the 50 most interesting ones (and sometimes I had to ask a historian too!) www.amazon.co.uk/Ask-Historia...

Happy National Year of Reading, everyone! 📚✨

We are giving away an English language copy of one of my books for each month of 2026, to a school or college library who makes a request. If you’d also like a foreign language edition -

ClassicsNow The Future of the Past - Dive into the art, literature and ideas of the Ancient Greeks and Romans as interpreted and reimagined by outstanding artists today. Dublin and online, 30 January - 1 February...

Dubliners! You have an amazing classics festival in your city, and just a couple of tickets left for my event…

This Saturday I’m giving you Jason & the Argonauts, Euripides’ Medea, and more!

www.classicsnow.ie

Top10Nathan | Substack Almost always listening to music...

A reminder that you can keep up with all things music discovery on Substack.

All subscriptions are completely free, and you'll get (at least) two blogs a week straight to your email.

RTs and shares appreciated, all available 👇

#MusicSky

Under the Rainbow, by Shapes Like People 12 track album

Vinyl pre-orders for our new album 'Under the Rainbow' are now live.

This record sits firmly between 'Ticking Haze' & @theshopwindow.bsky.social 'Daysdream'.
We're extremely happy with how it has turned out.

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#musicsky #vinylsky

Happy pre-release day! Preordered - loving the 3 releases available right now. Looking forward to a listening part when the album comes out.

Vinyl pre-orders go live for our new album tomorrow over on Bandcamp. 😊

#vinylsky #musicsky #janglepop #indiepop #dreampop #shoegaze #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity

Back on the @dkfm.bsky.social airwaves tonight 7pm PT/10pm ET

We're also coming to Ireland! Again, tickets go on sale tomorrow 10am

22 April: The Grand Social, Dublin - www.ticketmaster.ie/miki-berenyi-trio-tickets/artist/5621996
23 April: Dolan's, Limerick - dolans.yapsody.com/event/index/...
24 April: Bank Lane, Waterford - banklane.ie/event/miki-b...

@suewright.bsky.social - I hope you're free on March 14 and/or March 16 2026!

Medea: Maligned Sorceress or Heartless Murderer? Podcast Episode · The Ancients · 11/01/2026 · 52m

🎧❗️New podcast alert!❗️🎧 Always a joy to hang out with Tristan, and a double joy to talk about my girl Medea…

Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7EqA...

Dublin! I’m delighted to be back for Classics Now at the end of this month. Join me at the Royal Irish Academy of Music on Jan 31 💬

Tickets: riam.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

Check out the rest of the Classics Now programme: www.classicsnow.ie

If you’ve been enjoying Demeter and Persephone on History Hit, you can read more about their mighty mother and daughter bond for CHEAP this month on Kindle! Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth is just 99p.

⚡️ www.amazon.co.uk/Divine-Might...

🚨 BE IN THE AUDIENCE for Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics S12! Ticket application is NOW OPEN for our February 4th recording. Good luck, everyone!

www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtour...

Great album! My (very, very minor) claim to fame is that I once had a smoke with Billy Ficca outside CBGBs.

I loved this back in 1984. I still have the ambition to collect every 12” version of this on vinyl!

One of my favourite songs of all time. I’ve never once skipped past it!

Happy New Year Hildur! Best wishes for 2026.

Such a steal!

Heavenly 2026 shows are selling fast, with London and Coventry already 70% gone. If you want to see a Heavenly show go to skepwax.com/live

you can learn a lot from a person's favourite muppet…

Fantastic record. Enjoy at the appropriate volume! #disappearer

Stonehenge

The Winter Solstice alignment at Stonehenge today.

Photo credit: Nick Bull
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For the record, Robin Ince is a superb comedian, an absolute mensch, a remarkable thinker and the kindest human you’ll ever meet. And the BBC is a genuinely great and globally unique institution that needs to stop being afraid. I think that’s where most of its faults and issues stem from.

No Friend to This House by Natalie Haynes (Signed) Hardback This is what no one tells you, in the songs sung about Jason and the Argo. This part of his quest has been forgotten, by everyone but me . . . Jason and his Argonauts set sail to find the Gol...

🤫 Pssst: did you want a signed special indie edition with sprayed edges for a Christmas gift? They’re almost all gone, but we have just heard there are a few copies at @citybookshove.bsky.social! They ship everywhere, but get in there quickly…

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Part 2: Toys & Games
🏺🎄NATALIE HAYNES’ CLASSICIST CHRISTMAS LIST 2025🎄🏺

Including gorgeously illustrated Greek Goddess playing cards (accompanying booklet written by me!) 🃏

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