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Really, really excited to be part of this. 17 ghost stories connected to brutalist architecture. Check out, #BrutalistGhostStories, edited by the brilliant @richardvhirst.bsky.social, available for preorder @confingopublishing.bsky.social right now. #BookSky #WritingCommunity #WritersOfBlueSky

15h

Salford… in #monochrome. #Photography #MonochromPhotography #UrbanPhotography #FujiFilm

Loved The Girls & The Guest, but #Switzy is something else: Emma Cline’s masterpiece. A mind coming apart by degrees, told from the inside with complete control. Brilliant craft & a devastating story. #BookSky

Happy Saturday... With Wes Anderson vibes. #Photography #LandscapePhotography #FujiFilm

Rooftops… in #monochrome. #Photography #UrbanPhotography #MonochromePhotography #FujiFilm

It's Friday... and this is my hometown. #Rochdale #Photography #UrbanPhotography #FujiFilm

It's exciting to finally see this out there in the wide world. Seventeen stories responding to Brutalist buildings from across the UK, from writers including Daisy Johnson, Jenn Ashworth, Jeremy Dyson and Naomi Booth. It's an incredible roster.

The book itself, edited by @richardvhirst.bsky.social & illustrated by @leah.leaf.design, is a beautiful thing. It's been a real privilege to be part of this project. You can pick up a copy from @confingopublishing.bsky.social. #brutalistghoststories #writersofBlueSky #BookSky #writing #horror

Breaking the Mould is one of twenty-one monuments designed by Andrew McKeown to mark the Millennium. This overlooks the Irk Valley & Manchester. It's the setting for my short story, A Body is a Door. I was aiming at cosmic horror, but it came out weirder & angrier. #Writing #WritersOfBlueSky

Research… courtesy of the @waterstones.bsky.social sale.

The Tyne at sunset… #Photography #Monochrome #MonochromePhotography #FujiFilm

Happy Saturday… #Photography #BeachPhotography #LandscapePhotography #FujiFilm

"They'd named the wall after the man who’d built it and then presented it to the city. And I'd wondered what it might mean to be gifted a thing so immense, so stark, and so unyielding; all sharp edges, bleached white, but beginning already to stain."

The Hollow Wall, a ghost story inspired by the Hollaway Wall, appears in #BrutalistGhostStories, published by @confingopublishing.bsky.social on 15 October 2026 and available to preorder now. #BookSky #WritersOfBlueSky

#Manchester… in #monochrome. #Photography #StreetPhotography #FujiFilm

Look what arrived in the post today: advance copies of #BrutalistGhostStories. It’s really exciting to see my story, The Hollow Wall, alongside a cast of incredible writers. #Writing #WritersOfBlueSky #BookSky #Horror

It’s Saturday and Cullercoats is lit in orange and magenta… #Photography #LandscapePhotography #BeachPhotography #FujiFilm

20 Sept

Returning to Holy Island... #Photography #LandscapePhotography #FujiFilm

boxd.itResident Evil (2026)Medical courier Bryan unwittingly finds himself fighting for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.

19 Sept

Resident Evil is about as much fun as I’ve had in the #cinema this year. It’s horrifying, relentless, unflinching, inventive, and very, very funny. Another great movie from Zach Creggers, and a great star performance from Austin Abrams. #Movie #Film #Horror #Letterboxd #FilmSky boxd.it/SEXE

14 Sept

People-watching… in #monochrome. #Photography #MonochromePhotography #StreetPhotography #FujiFilm

boxd.itA ★★★ review of Supergirl (2026)I’m not, really, a superhero guy. Were I a superhero guy, I’d be team-Marvel, not DC. And were I a team-DC fella, I’d be Batman, not Superman. And so, really, this is not my kind of movie. However, d...

13 Sept

Unpopular opinion, but I preferred #Supergirl to Superman. And Milly Alcock, predictably, was great. #Movie #Film #Cinema #FilmSky boxd.it/gjpWML

11 Sept

Coastlines… #Photography #LandscapePhotography #BeachPhotography #FujiFilm #PhotographersOfBlueSky

boxd.itA ★★★★★ review of The Red Shoes (1948)There are few films as beautiful, as sumptuous, and as audacious as The Red Shoes. Peeping Tom, earlier this year, was my introduction to Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and, on a first watch, t...

5 Sept

I #watched Powell and Pressburger's The Red Shoes & it really is a perfect movie. Beautiful, audacious, and haunting. It is that rare essential movie. If you've not seen it: watch it. #Movie #Film #Cinema #FilmSky #MovieSky boxd.it/gasNtb

5 Sept

Happy Saturday... This is #Manchester. In #monochrome. #Photography #FujiFilm #PhotographersOfBlueSky

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4 Sept

Nigel Farage is cooked. Nigel Farage is going to prison. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Karl Bode

@karlbode.com

2 Sept

"Gibney’s basic take on Musk is that he’s a confidence man whose power comes only from the stock market and disappears the minute we see through the facade of sales pitches"

hollywoodreporter.comElon Musk Unmasked in Alex Gibney Documentary: “Insane a Person This Chaotic Has So Much Power”He is the richest man on earth. An explosive new film from the Oscar-winning director suggests he may also be the most dangerous.

2 Sept

Luis is an outstanding photographer and shares interesting content - he's well worth a follow.

Cordoba Luis Photographer@cordobaluis.eurosky.social

@thisthom.bsky.social new account here, would love a follow!

2 Sept

All this week, I am #writing... whilst thinking about all the abandoned and forgotten places in this world. #Photography #WritingCommunity

31 Aug

It's Bank Holiday Monday & so it is a day of #writing. And this story just so happens to be set in #Manchester, my home town. #Monochrome #MonochromePhotography #FujiFilm #WritingCommunity #WritersOfBlueSky

boxd.itFavourite Movies of 2026 so farAs of the last day of August, these are my ranked favourite movies of 2026. Both Obsession and No Other Choice were released in 2026 in the UK. So, they make the cut. It's been a hell of a year for ho...

31 Aug

Just updated my favourite movies of 2026 so far... And Obsession is still holding on to that top spot. #Movies #Film #Cinema #Letterboxd #FilmSky boxd.it/V4Cnk

29 Aug

I'm #NowReading Crimson by Niviaq Korneliussen courtesy of @meandmybigmouth.bsky.social and @allgoodbookshop.co.uk... #Reading #BookSky

29 Aug

Happy Saturday... This is #Manchester. #Photography #StreetPhotography #UrbanPhotography #CityPhotography #FujiFilm #FujiFilmXT5 #PhotographersOfBlueSky

28 Aug

Street art... #Manchester style. #Photography #StreetPhotography #UrbanPhotography #CityPhotography #FujiFilm #FujiFilmXT5 #PhotographersOfBlueSky

24 Aug

People… in #monochrome. #MonochromePhotography #Photography #FujiFilm #PhotographersOfBlueSky

23 Aug

Self-portrait... kinda. #Photography #LandscapePhotography #FujiFilm #FujiFilmXT5 #PhotographersOfBlueSky

22 Aug

My short story, The Hollow Wall, is inspired by this: the Holloway Wall, hard edges, unyielding concrete, fenced off from the city. #BrutalistGhostStories: an anthology of #ghoststories inspired by #BrutalistArchitecture, is available for preorder @confingopublishing.bsky.social. #BookSky

boxd.itA ★★★★★ review of Magnolia (1999)Magnolia is messy. It’s overwrought, overwritten, overly convoluted, and overlong. By about an hour. But each time I watch it, I find myself loving it more. Punch Drunk Love is Paul Thomas Anderson’s ...

21 Aug

Yes, it's overlong, overwrought, overindulgent, and messy. But I don't care. I love, I love #Magnolia. "Don't call me 'lady'..." boxd.it/fMlGwd #Movie #Cinema #Film #Letterboxd #MovieSky #FilmSky

21 Aug

It's Friday, I'm writing... while thinking of abandoned places... #Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfBlueSky

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David Gaffney

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@tenpennydreams.bsky.social

I am so excited to be part of this new anthology ‘We live among ruins, surrounded by places built for a future that never arrived.’ Brutalist Ghost Stories is an anthology inspired by Britain's brutalist buildings and landscapes. pre-order your copy here www.confingopublishing.uk/product-page...

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Amy Lord

@richardvhirst.bsky.social

Book news! New ghost story coming 15 October in this collection from @confingopublishing.bsky.social, inspired by Britain's concrete landscapes www.confingopublishing.uk/product-page...

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Richard V. Hirst

@meandmybigmouth.bsky.social

New book! Coming this autumn, Brutalist Ghost Stories - 17 brand new ghost stories inspired by brutalist buildings and structures from across the UK. Featuring Daisy Johnson, Naomi Booth, Jeremy Dyson and many others. Pre-order now and it's a mere £9. www.confingopublishing.uk/product-page...

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Scott Pack

19 Aug

I have given @allgoodbookshop.co.uk £150 so they can give a bunch of you free books, and I have paid for shipping as well. Just message them on here or email control@allgoodbookshop.co.uk to order one of these four books for free.

18 Aug

Please check out @allgoodbookshop.co.uk - they have a great selection. And are local bookstore. We need local bookstores.

Scott Pack@meandmybigmouth.bsky.social

Apparently @allgoodbookshop.co.uk are struggling to pay the rent. This is a great, and important, community bookshop in North London so if you are thinking of buying a book this week, in person or online, perhaps you might consider doing so from them. And maybe I can persuade you with a bribe?

manchesterliteraturefestival.co.ukBrutalist Ghost Stories: Jenn Ashworth, David Gaffney, Beth Barker & Nicholas Royle | Manchester Literature Festival

18 Aug

I'm really excited about this collection... It's a great concept with a raft of stellar writers. Check out the launch event if you happen to be in the North West.

Richard V. Hirst@richardvhirst.bsky.social

I have two books coming out later this year, one of which hasn't actually been officially announced yet, but tickets for the launch event in Manchester are here 👐 manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/bruta...

17 Aug

#Manchester… in #monochrome. #Photography #MonochromePhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #FujiFilm

boxd.itA ★★★★½ review of High and Low (1963)High and Low is my introduction to Akira Kurosawa - and I’m still processing. It’s not the movie I was expecting. The film falls into three distinct acts: mansion, station, slum. The first is a chambe...

16 Aug

I watched High and Low, my introduction to Kurosawa, and it is a masterpiece. One of the best things I've seen this year. #Film #Movie #Cinema #Letterboxd #MovieSky #FilmSky boxd.it/fMlID1

16 Aug

The ocean... #Photography #LandscapePhotography #FujiFilm #FujiFilmXT5 #PhotographersOfBlueSky