Cover of Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki, featuring a stylised Japanese scene of a house by a bridge with mountains and a large red sun in the background
Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki
More of my daily folk tale reading. Good to see that it’s not just European fairy tales that can have rambling and fragmented plots. Some gems though and great illustrations. This beautiful edition by my friends at @renardpress.com was a birthday present
SMOOTH AS AN EGG
26.02.2026 17:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Easy: shave it all off, make a wig of it, wear on all non-windy days
26.02.2026 16:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Me again
24.02.2026 09:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Roosevelt had a son called Kermit!
23.02.2026 22:04 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Currently reading The Wise Man’s Fear. The head of the wizard university just told a dickhead colleague to shut the fuck up with the phrase ‘stint thy clep’ and it has instantly entered my lexicon, I fear
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Promotional image for Ben’s set at the Hyperfixation Presentations, featuring @BenGLC’s profile picture of him dressed as Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, holding a book alongside a ‘Kiss the Librarian’ mug, next to an image of Buffy and Giles holding the ‘Vampyr’ book. The caption reads ‘Ben Lund-Conlon x Buffy the Vampire Slayer’
Promotional image for The Hyperfixation Presentations, featuring text over colour-reversed images of strings connecting pins on a cork board. The text reads: ‘The Hyperfixation Presentations. March 16th, The Victoria, Dalston, 7pm. Tickets available on Outsavvy’
Dusting off some Buffy chat for this show next month!
Tickets: www.outsavvy.com/event/32838/...
It’s mad that they let the Director of Intelligence for the IRA pilot the lunar command module
18.02.2026 09:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Enjoy your joints being the best they’ll ever be from now on!
17.02.2026 16:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Happy Birthday!
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Cover of The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, featuring a cloaked figure standing in a gap between green trees
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
A deliberate reread, prep for heading into the sequel. Love a well-thought-through magic system, also a great exploration of stories and storytelling. I’d forgotten quite how male-centric it is, and lampshading that halfway through doesn’t make up for it
It’s a bad day for fans of scansion
14.02.2026 12:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Last night I sat somewhere dark and saw my face, huge. It was a very odd experience
13.02.2026 11:56 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Comedy! Statistics! Vampires! bsky.app/profile/beng...
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Audiobook image for Alan Partridge: Big Beacon, featuring Alan in a fisherman’s getup, pipe between teeth, and a lighthouse in the background
Alan Partridge: Big Beacon
Obviously also part of my Partridge catch up, obviously also great, it’s Partridge
I’d be honoured for my stats to make it into the chat
07.02.2026 00:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0If you find yourself wondering how often Buffy used a pool cue for a stake, do I have a show for you bsky.app/profile/beng...
06.02.2026 23:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0My mum took it up when she was about 50
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There are still some seats available for this, and we’d love to fill the room.
Book free here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/movie-magi...
Watch the trailer (content warning for my chest hair): youtu.be/gx5pC44pMkM
Audiobook image for Alan Partridge: Nomad, featuring Alan attempting to look outdoorsy, with a not-quite keffiyeh and a fish speared on a Swiss Army knife
Alan Partridge: Nomad
A sort-of accidental reread, as I’ve been catching up on a bunch of audio Partridge I’d missed, but turns out I hadn’t missed this. Still great a second time, it’s Partridge
Just Tim Key’s FACE
30.01.2026 21:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Obviously cried my eyes out at The Ballad of Wallis Island
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The cover of Treacle Walker by Alan Garner. Navy blue with gold text, featuring the Uffington White Horse
Treacle Walker by Alan Garner
A brief and strange dip into folklore, magic and dreaming. Not sure what I think about it but I’ll probably be thinking about it for a while
I can’t help needing to piss Steve
28.01.2026 22:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Man at the Barbican, wash your fucking hands
28.01.2026 20:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Yes I somehow got to the end of two books in one evening, it’s annoying that they weren’t more spread out for the thread
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The cover of The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik. Black with gold detailing, featuring eye motifs above a skyline seen through a gate
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik
I’m so glad I stuck with the series, I was finally able to really appreciate the very cool magic system, plus one of those incredible reveals that makes sense as the only possible explanation all along yet I didn’t see it coming at all
Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland by Lisa Schneidau, featuring a crowded thicket of native fauna
Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland by Lisa Schneidau
Result of my recent foray into traditional storytelling and related decision to read a folk story every day. The nature theme gives a lovely seasonal structure. There are a handful of great tales I have now already told versions of
If I never hear the phrase ‘visualised podcast’ again it will be too soon
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