Good riddance.
Sidenote: I used to live in a small welsh town called Chepstow and there was a rumour that Maxine Carr had been housed on her release in a flat above a local chippy next to a tesco express over the road from our house.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
‘If the Picts were not a cohesive ethnic group but a heterogeneous coalition of Iron Age tribes, as some scholars now think, what gave rise to the Scythian story? Given the absence of Pictish texts, we may never know.’
Barbara Newman on Britain’s origin stories.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
I have been through Reform's manifesto for Wales so you don't have to.
(Spoiler, there are a lot of holes in it)
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/scrutinisi...
If still available would love a copy of Uketsu's Strange Buildings thank you!!
Can't wait!
This sounds amazing and will be going right onto my pre-order list!!
People like that just give me the ick
Excited to get reading these!
This is shit. I wish theyd stop being so fucking shit all the time.
Today is St David’s Day: patron saint of Wales, of course, but also of vegetarians and poets. He was reputed to have helped introduce bees to Ireland. He is famously quoted as saying “Gwnewch y pethau bychain”, meaning “Do the little things”. Small changes and good choices matter, especially now.
Thank you, that's really lovely of you to say! ☺️
The real threat to democracy doesn't come from 'family voting'. It comes from the losing side refusing go accept they've lost
Currently Reading: One Yellow Eye by Leigh Radford
Thanks to @lydscl.bsky.social for the recommendation.
I was hooked from the very first paragraph.
This book was supposed to go on my March TBR, but who can wait with a premise like this? 😄
So glad some of them resonated! And excited to see you've picked up One Yellow Eye already! Pagans is definitely unique, I loved the premise of a serial killer mystery set in a 'what-if the Norman conquest never happened' UK! The Berry pickers is definitely a different pace from both of them!
I hope you love it too!!
I loved The Berry Pickersthis month and a favourite of 2025 was Pagans - crime/mystery/alt history/fantasy/scifi (waterstones scifi/fantasy book of the month in feb), also loved One Yellow Eye, The Kaiju Preservation Society and Story of a murder recently!
I'm currently reading Boleyn Traitor, I also have The House of Boleyn to start. I've also read Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I & the Marquess House series - The Catherine Howard/Elizabeth Tudor/Arbella Stuart/Jane Seymour Conspiracy and have pre-ordered The Beheading Game.
Very much back in my Tudor era!
This is a very scary page torn from the trump playbook. It needs to be stamped on now.
Sad you missed it! We'll be there for the book 2 tour though!! Xx
😄 probably thought they'd get away with it!! Very glad you got home to everyone in one piece though!
Book talk in Cardiff waterstones for Pagans
Tired selfie outside waterstones with pagans book display.behind me
Love that bookshops close to me are holding events for authors/books I love!
Pagans tonight was fantastic, thank you @jamesbluecat.bsky.social @moonflowerbooks.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social Cardiff!
Next, April: Sophie Keetch & the launch of Storm Over Camelot - a 5 star trilogy, cant wait!
It was a really great evening thank you!!
Hey Lorna!! Are the kids and house in one piece?!!!
The interior of Rosa's Thai cafe in cardiff
The front of waterstones Cardiff with a Pagans book display
@popsiwinkle.bsky.social has the flu so it's me, myself and I in Cardiff for the Pagans book event at Waterstones.
But first dinner - Thai green curry time at Rosa's Cafe!
Oh yes!! 1 wall of wallpaper, the rest just standard painting. Very clear she didn't want my business so waving bye to that and know in future not to bother even contacting for a quote!!
Wee bit gobsmacked at that one!
The Godzilla theme goes so hard! Still can't get over the fact Simon Says used it as a sample, never knew until watching this film the first time!
OK posted this before the first big attack after the island...works amazingly well desaturated!
Finally watching Godzilla minus one / minus colour. I thought it would add to it, but it surprisingly hasn't (hasn't detracted from it either) so i feel better that I can't get the special editions with both versions.
Still an incredible bit of filmmaking, still 5*. Can't wait for minus zero!
We made the decision a couple of weeks ago, news like this just makes the decision feel even better.
