Mathew Lyons

This was pretty enjoyable. No-one’s finest hour, but some delightful performances and the Degas-sequence set-designs are superb.

I’d rather watch the Garfield movie again.

Oh good god. Hope you’re being looked after. My partner broke her ankle in three places back in February so I’m acutely aware of how hard this must be for you. Sending all good wishes.

Oh the Turtle film is the worst thing Ghibli has put out by a some vast multiplier of a country mile. Kiki is indeed wonderful.

The Turtle film is one of the worst things I’ve ever seen.

I like the cut of their jib.

It is! Does Yvonne read the audio?

Some Sunday teatime reading!

'It doesn’t just work archaeo-astronomically, it also works at an emotional level' Journalist Peter Ross joins Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite at Glasgow’s modern stone circle in Sighthill – part memorial, part urban myth – as…

"Weird things like the standing stones give the city its soul." There's an extract from Upon A White Horse in today's @heraldscotland.bsky.social. It's about Glasgow's only stone circle. I'll be talking about the book at the Aye Write book festival on Nov 15.
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Oh, there are more?! Forgive me for not knowing this already!

I’ve read it four or five times. At least. It’s superbly done. I know its advice is excellent, but I read it for the same reasons I read Wodehouse et al: the sheer wit and energy of the writing.

I’ve read that book several times. It’s such a joy!

Now watching, and wondering if @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social was inspired by the musical number about Catherine the Great. (I mean, Neil’s is different and better, but it’s still quite niche.)

Lovers of vintage fashion, the Cilla Black auction at the end of November looks to have some bargains! www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/4c...

The best recent poetry – review roundup Namanlagh by Tom Paulin; Foretokens by Sarah Howe; Maryville by Joelle Taylor; Hekate by Nikita Gill; Goatsong by Phoebe Giannisi

My latest for @theguardian.com; very fortunate to look at new books by Sarah Howe, Joelle Taylor, Nikita Gill, Phoebe Giannisi, and the return of Tom Paulin: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

You’d be better off watching 108 minutes of the original. You’d die in media res and Clarence would be with you before you even noticed.

Issue twenty-two — Bad Lilies

Delighted to be in such wonderful poetic company in the new issue of @badlilies.bsky.social . The poem might make the new book, might not. Ooooh the decisions! www.badlilies.uk/issue-twenty...

This seems the key point in Mike's detailed rebuttal of Steve Coogan.

Important counterblast to Steve Coogan's defence of The Lost King.

I read this earlier when the issue landed in my email, Clarissa. It's gorgeous!

I'm delighted that my poem 'Pacific Swift' appears in this new issue of
@BadLilies. It's one of a number of glimmers of hope in what has been a dark time for me creatively & otherwise.

This poem is a memory of spending a week on a schooner off Vancouver Island when I was 14.

Some tea-time reading on a day of filthy weather. Eric Idle came in for a lot of stick for his treatment of his erstwhile colleague and friend Neil Innes. I wasn't sure, on the basis of this memoir, whether Idle really deserved much of it.

Some lunchtime reading!

BBC Radio 4 Extra - I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again, Series 1, Episode 1 John Cleese and Tim Brooke-Taylor star in the debut of the cult sketch comedy

"I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again" appears to have popped up from the start on 4 Extra. Series 1 from April '64 started yesterday. Quite muted, with a long way to go before it becomes the prune-filled punfest we're familiar with, but a fascinating start. Listen here - www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Some great books here!

Taking Flight paperback A signed copy of the paperback edition of Taking Flight. Fill in the ‘dedication’ box if you would like a special message as well as a signature. Format: paperback

Me: OK it’s Halloween so I should probably try to find a way to sell a few books, like a sale or something

Also me: well, bats are spooky, aren’t they?

Me: yeeessss…

Also me: and there’s a chapter about bats in Taking Flight?

Me: CLOSE ENOUGH!

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Me too!

Ten books to look out for in October Upcoming history and non-fiction titles that have caught my eye

Some book recs from @mathewlyons.bsky.social . I actually want all of these.
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Picks this month from Allen Lane, @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social, Duckworth, Oxford University Press, @pushkinpress.com, @reaktionbooks.bsky.social, @thamesandhudson.bsky.social, @transworldbooks.bsky.social, @yalebooks.bsky.social

Ten books to look out for in October Upcoming history and non-fiction titles that have caught my eye

My pick of history and non-fiction books for October, featuring slave rebellions, the Weimar Republic, elves and fairies, espionage in the two world wars, snow, graveyards and more!