Tim Craig

I imagine it was extremely disturbing

‘Union rules Guv. I’ll do you the German, but you’ll have to get a different crew in for the French, innit’

This isn’t a country; it’s an aquarium.

Rolling, rollicking, funny-sad splendidness. The usual, then ;) 👏👏👏

Text: Old adversaries Sir, Your obituary (Jan 19) of Mr Justice Blofeld rightly referred to his fine sense of humour. When he first sat in Winchester a barrister called Richard Bond stood up to open the first case. Mr Justice Blofeld began to stroke the white ermine on the sleeve of his High Court judge’s robes as if stroking a cat. He then said with a smile: “We meet at last, Mr Bond.” Sir John Royce Clifton, Bristol

Letter in Times today

in the plus side, watching the president of the United States destroy the entire geopolitical order because he didn't get a shiny award has successfully cured all my hangups about subtle character motivation in writing

;)

*shudders*

Maybe on Stars in your Eyes?

Congratulassimo!!!! 👏👏👏

Next to Pedants’ Place, presumably?

And sniff thesauruses?

No apostrophe?

😬

Really enjoyed this gentle, illuminating conversation between @ronanhession.bsky.social and Jon Fosse in the new @tolkajournal.bsky.social

Terrible case of nominative determinism too …

Don’t say it.

Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington. Which raises yet further questions!

I have questions

Subs for the 2026 National Flash Fiction Day anthology & micro comp are now open, closing 15 Feb. Please repost for #FlashFiction friends.

<Prince vocals> This is what it sounds like...when we do number things (also our contest ends this Saturday and is excellent)

Like the handbooks say, playing around with narrative time can create a whole new story.

Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Nobel laureate and Trump critic, says US visa revoked Soyinka, 91, who recently compared US president to Idi Amin, says ‘I have no visa – I am banned’

Never forget that the oppression of intellectuals is the sign of a regime’s weakness, not its strength…

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