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Lord of the Rings: A Feminist Manifesto for the Boys A practical guide to overthrowing the patriarchy

Yum yum lovely stuff

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Read Elizabeth Taylor's "The Soul of Kindness" and then listened to the excellent @backlisted.bsky.social episode. Had read "Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont" back in 2015 when Robert McCrum picked it as one of the Guardian's 100 best novels and although I remember it as surprisingly readable, I can 1/5

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 ¾ by Sue Townsend Backlisted · Episode

Another great ep of @backlisted.bsky.social, on the book the first Loki is dedicated to, Adrian Mole. open.spotify.com/episode/6XMr...

Listening to the @backlisted.bsky.social episode on Halo Jones and stopping to exclaim, there were supposed to be nine volumes?? We woz robbed. As were the creators.

Ah! Finally remembering to listen to this! Off I go! Memory lane!

A red shift and a Schrödinger cat cocktail " art by Ian Gibson

Been re-reading Halo Jones thanks to @backlisted.bsky.social apart from enjoying it and loving the whole world and the slang especially I so want to try "Ghost toast" I was reminded of Alan Moore's in jokes . Like these cocktails named after quantum theory. .. #comics

What Remains by Hannah Arendt Podcast Episode · Backlisted · 25/03/2025 · 1h 16m

This @backlisted.bsky.social episode is wonderful, I could listen to Elif Shafak & Lyndsey Stone all day. I’m reading The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien & this adds a new level of appreciation for Hannah Arendt podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/b...

Today in Jake Thackray - The Unsung Writer we read of his admiration for another great storyteller…

For Melville’s birthday, Moby Dick and the Pequod, painted by one of my kids a couple of years ago as their Christmas gift to me.

This is lovely and probably very cool, but it’s also a whisper away from what @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk might post on a quiet Friday afternoon as a skit.

Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamund Lehmann. A lot funnier than I expected. A great book. @backlisted.bsky.social

Books read and listened to July, 2025. An eclectic mix as always. Some @backlisted.bsky.social, one decidedly not. August may skew lighter given the world.

Book recs for contemporary YA for someone who loves Heartstopper and Alice Oseman, please. No horror or fantasy!

July reading. Thanks to @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social
@dauntbookspub.bsky.social @swiftpress.bsky.social @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social @judecook.bsky.social @sinoistbooks.bsky.social @repeaterbooks.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @stuhennigan.bsky.social @backlisted.bsky.social

YouTube video by Niall McCormack Land’s End-John O’Groats Te Araroa Land’s End to John O’Groats. Day 49, Inverness to Alness.

Day 49: Niall starts the John O'Groats trail. About a week left to go! So close to a big target on the fundraising; do chip in if you can and please repost!

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He was very weary; the day had been long, and full of dragons.

Tell me you've just started an Iris Murdoch novel without telling me you've just started an Iris Murdoch novel
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Image shows collage of found paper fragments, handwritten notes and inked abstract drawing. Block printed words Gh st and WILD TWIN. Invite to Private view, 6th August 2025, Dorothy 22B Jordan Street

My exhibition 'Haunted Paper' opens at Dorothy, Liverpool next Wednesday August 6th. The Private View is from 5pm to 7pm.
The Ghost Town and Wild Twin notebooks and pages from them will be on view. It would be lovely to see you there! x

Andy says: A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up as a Locklistener and you’ll get this plus a bunch of other stuff, while supporting the podcast.

This week: Caedmon Feel the Noize: spoken word recordings, pt two.
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There’s a lovely mention of my fucking book on this week’s Locklisted. Thanks a milliam to @iammilliam.bsky.social and Dirk Bogarde for making it happen.
#BuyMyFuckingBook™

now amusing myself greatly by imagining splicing 'THE TRAAAAAIN' into 'Shaft'.
"who's the black private dick who's a sex machine to all the chicks? THE TRAAAAAIN"

A great read

An utter delight. As a thank you I will be sending Andy an album of rambling post-Dylan jazz poetry that I myself find startlingly unlistenable. I know for a fact he will be delighted.

Loved this book as a kid, but after listening to a recent episode of @backlisted.bsky.social on it I was curious to re-read it as an adult. It’s even better than I remembered. Just wonderful.