Dr John Cameron Hartley
@drjchartley.bsky.social
"He's not a philosopher, that's just the name of the degree, dear."
It's all very well trying to escape the tyranny of narrative, but what to do when the only way out seems to be to try & emulate #BSJohnson & 'The Unfortunates'?
February 10, 2026 at 2:06 PM
It's all very well trying to escape the tyranny of narrative, but what to do when the only way out seems to be to try & emulate #BSJohnson & 'The Unfortunates'?
Not wishing to spoil it for anyone, but..
When the wonderful Kate Bush brought out 'Wuthering Heights', my friend Duncan & I misheard the lyrics, & we would sing:
Out on the wild & windy moors,
We rolled & tossed like trees;
You had distemper, like those jellied eels:
Too hot, too greasy.
Sorry.
When the wonderful Kate Bush brought out 'Wuthering Heights', my friend Duncan & I misheard the lyrics, & we would sing:
Out on the wild & windy moors,
We rolled & tossed like trees;
You had distemper, like those jellied eels:
Too hot, too greasy.
Sorry.
February 10, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Not wishing to spoil it for anyone, but..
When the wonderful Kate Bush brought out 'Wuthering Heights', my friend Duncan & I misheard the lyrics, & we would sing:
Out on the wild & windy moors,
We rolled & tossed like trees;
You had distemper, like those jellied eels:
Too hot, too greasy.
Sorry.
When the wonderful Kate Bush brought out 'Wuthering Heights', my friend Duncan & I misheard the lyrics, & we would sing:
Out on the wild & windy moors,
We rolled & tossed like trees;
You had distemper, like those jellied eels:
Too hot, too greasy.
Sorry.
Not a religious person, but this is glorious.
The misericords under the choir stalls are cool too!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The misericords under the choir stalls are cool too!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Carlisle cathedral wins best stained glass window vote
Carlisle Cathedral's east window wins a public vote to discover England's favourite stained glass.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Not a religious person, but this is glorious.
The misericords under the choir stalls are cool too!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The misericords under the choir stalls are cool too!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Dr John Cameron Hartley
"Her face was one of the wickedest, most malignant and furtive I have ever seen..."
- Hugh Walpole, 'Mrs Lunt'
#PhantomsFriday #ghosts #ghost #horror #HughWalpole #booksky
- Hugh Walpole, 'Mrs Lunt'
#PhantomsFriday #ghosts #ghost #horror #HughWalpole #booksky
February 6, 2026 at 8:26 AM
"Her face was one of the wickedest, most malignant and furtive I have ever seen..."
- Hugh Walpole, 'Mrs Lunt'
#PhantomsFriday #ghosts #ghost #horror #HughWalpole #booksky
- Hugh Walpole, 'Mrs Lunt'
#PhantomsFriday #ghosts #ghost #horror #HughWalpole #booksky
Good grief!
Take us now Lord!
You seen this Sam? @romgothsam.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
Take us now Lord!
You seen this Sam? @romgothsam.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
‘Chia pudding is Cathy’s composed side’: the wild and worrying world of official Wuthering Heights merchandise
Emerald Fennell’s lust-fuelled take on Emily Brontë’s novel has cued a hot flush of merchandise ranging from themed snacks to thongs. What exactly are they buying into?
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Good grief!
Take us now Lord!
You seen this Sam? @romgothsam.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
Take us now Lord!
You seen this Sam? @romgothsam.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
A week in Wiltshire
A good chance I'll be left to
My own Devises
A good chance I'll be left to
My own Devises
February 2, 2026 at 7:42 PM
A week in Wiltshire
A good chance I'll be left to
My own Devises
A good chance I'll be left to
My own Devises
To HOME in Manchester for Ben Wheatley's 'Bulk', and an excellent Q&A with the Director.
homemcr.org/whats-on/bul...
homemcr.org/whats-on/bul...
Bulk (15) + Q&A — A new mind-bending thriller from Ben Wheatley.
A new mind-bending thriller from Ben Wheatley.
homemcr.org
January 31, 2026 at 11:44 PM
To HOME in Manchester for Ben Wheatley's 'Bulk', and an excellent Q&A with the Director.
homemcr.org/whats-on/bul...
homemcr.org/whats-on/bul...
To HOME in Manchester for 'Breathless'.
One of my friends at school had the look of Belmondo, at least from what I could make out through the blue-haze of cigarette smoke.
homemcr.org/whats-on/bre...
One of my friends at school had the look of Belmondo, at least from what I could make out through the blue-haze of cigarette smoke.
homemcr.org/whats-on/bre...
Breathless (12A) — Iconic and iconoclastic – the quintessential film of the French New Wave.
Iconic and iconoclastic – the quintessential film of the French New Wave.
homemcr.org
January 28, 2026 at 10:49 PM
To HOME in Manchester for 'Breathless'.
One of my friends at school had the look of Belmondo, at least from what I could make out through the blue-haze of cigarette smoke.
homemcr.org/whats-on/bre...
One of my friends at school had the look of Belmondo, at least from what I could make out through the blue-haze of cigarette smoke.
homemcr.org/whats-on/bre...
Another remastered classic from those clever people at Eureka!
January 28, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Another remastered classic from those clever people at Eureka!
Reposted by Dr John Cameron Hartley
Delighted to receive the hard copy of Jimmy Packham’s fabulous Coastal Gothic, 1719-2020 from our Cambridge Elements in the Gothic
@dalegothic96.bsky.social
@jfpackham.bsky.social
@universitypress.cambridge.org
@dalegothic96.bsky.social
@jfpackham.bsky.social
@universitypress.cambridge.org
January 27, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Delighted to receive the hard copy of Jimmy Packham’s fabulous Coastal Gothic, 1719-2020 from our Cambridge Elements in the Gothic
@dalegothic96.bsky.social
@jfpackham.bsky.social
@universitypress.cambridge.org
@dalegothic96.bsky.social
@jfpackham.bsky.social
@universitypress.cambridge.org
Manchester, City of Lights.
January 25, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Manchester, City of Lights.
Reposted by Dr John Cameron Hartley
Not quite #PhantomsFriday but haunting nontheless.
Hugh Walpole’s ‘Red Amber’ in which Mrs Hanney craves Mrs Buck’s piece of red amber. Mrs Buck gifts it to her when she is very ill, but recovers & asks for it back.
Mrs Hanney ends up scaring her to death to get it.
Hugh Walpole’s ‘Red Amber’ in which Mrs Hanney craves Mrs Buck’s piece of red amber. Mrs Buck gifts it to her when she is very ill, but recovers & asks for it back.
Mrs Hanney ends up scaring her to death to get it.
January 23, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Not quite #PhantomsFriday but haunting nontheless.
Hugh Walpole’s ‘Red Amber’ in which Mrs Hanney craves Mrs Buck’s piece of red amber. Mrs Buck gifts it to her when she is very ill, but recovers & asks for it back.
Mrs Hanney ends up scaring her to death to get it.
Hugh Walpole’s ‘Red Amber’ in which Mrs Hanney craves Mrs Buck’s piece of red amber. Mrs Buck gifts it to her when she is very ill, but recovers & asks for it back.
Mrs Hanney ends up scaring her to death to get it.
One of the downsides of ageing is the crap you get through the post urging you to embrace your imminent demise.
I'm currently a little baffled at how 'Pure Cremation' has over 30,000 5-Star reviews, do they employ a medium?
I'm currently a little baffled at how 'Pure Cremation' has over 30,000 5-Star reviews, do they employ a medium?
January 22, 2026 at 1:48 PM
One of the downsides of ageing is the crap you get through the post urging you to embrace your imminent demise.
I'm currently a little baffled at how 'Pure Cremation' has over 30,000 5-Star reviews, do they employ a medium?
I'm currently a little baffled at how 'Pure Cremation' has over 30,000 5-Star reviews, do they employ a medium?
Cumbrian poet John Stagg (1769-1824) expounds his theories on vampirism in the 'Argument', ahead of his poem ‘The Vampyre’, from 'The Minstrel of the North; or, Cumbrian Legends; being a poetical miscellany of legendary, Gothic, and romantic tales' (1810).
Suckosity?
Suckosity?
January 17, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Cumbrian poet John Stagg (1769-1824) expounds his theories on vampirism in the 'Argument', ahead of his poem ‘The Vampyre’, from 'The Minstrel of the North; or, Cumbrian Legends; being a poetical miscellany of legendary, Gothic, and romantic tales' (1810).
Suckosity?
Suckosity?
Long thread, apologies.
Back in the day, Ian McMillan, who has just joined us on here, @imcmillan.bsky.social, hosted a programme on BBC Radio 4, about science fiction poets in the North of England.
Back in the day, Ian McMillan, who has just joined us on here, @imcmillan.bsky.social, hosted a programme on BBC Radio 4, about science fiction poets in the North of England.
January 16, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Long thread, apologies.
Back in the day, Ian McMillan, who has just joined us on here, @imcmillan.bsky.social, hosted a programme on BBC Radio 4, about science fiction poets in the North of England.
Back in the day, Ian McMillan, who has just joined us on here, @imcmillan.bsky.social, hosted a programme on BBC Radio 4, about science fiction poets in the North of England.
In 1976 I enrolled on an Advertising Diploma Course at Watford College.
The tutor asked me why I was interested in a career in Advertising.
I said, it was because of seeing Oliver Reed in ‘I’ll Never Forget What’s ‘is Name’.
He said, ‘Hoho, that’s not the real reason,’
I said, ‘No.’
But it was.
The tutor asked me why I was interested in a career in Advertising.
I said, it was because of seeing Oliver Reed in ‘I’ll Never Forget What’s ‘is Name’.
He said, ‘Hoho, that’s not the real reason,’
I said, ‘No.’
But it was.
January 16, 2026 at 6:14 PM
In 1976 I enrolled on an Advertising Diploma Course at Watford College.
The tutor asked me why I was interested in a career in Advertising.
I said, it was because of seeing Oliver Reed in ‘I’ll Never Forget What’s ‘is Name’.
He said, ‘Hoho, that’s not the real reason,’
I said, ‘No.’
But it was.
The tutor asked me why I was interested in a career in Advertising.
I said, it was because of seeing Oliver Reed in ‘I’ll Never Forget What’s ‘is Name’.
He said, ‘Hoho, that’s not the real reason,’
I said, ‘No.’
But it was.
East German science fiction movies from the 60s & 70s, from those wonderful people at Eureka!
January 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
East German science fiction movies from the 60s & 70s, from those wonderful people at Eureka!
Great 2nd hand purchase from Oxfam!
January 14, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Great 2nd hand purchase from Oxfam!
Science Fiction Book Club edition of Lem's 'Solaris', 1973, following the US (1970), & UK (1971), editions.
English translation by Kilmartin & Cox, from the 1964 French translation of the original Polish. Lem was always critical of this English translation.
Cover artist uncredited, a shame!
English translation by Kilmartin & Cox, from the 1964 French translation of the original Polish. Lem was always critical of this English translation.
Cover artist uncredited, a shame!
January 14, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Science Fiction Book Club edition of Lem's 'Solaris', 1973, following the US (1970), & UK (1971), editions.
English translation by Kilmartin & Cox, from the 1964 French translation of the original Polish. Lem was always critical of this English translation.
Cover artist uncredited, a shame!
English translation by Kilmartin & Cox, from the 1964 French translation of the original Polish. Lem was always critical of this English translation.
Cover artist uncredited, a shame!
Reposted by Dr John Cameron Hartley
Very excited that our Ann Radcliffe edition for CUP is about to make its first appearance in the form of Michael Gamer’s wonderful edition of The Italian! The first of eight volumes in the Radcliffe edition …
Cover reveal for Michael Gamer’s excellent edition of ‘The Italian’, the first volume in the Cambridge edition of Radcliffe’s full oeuvre. Publishing very soon! Look at those rich colours! @radcliffecup.bsky.social @angelawright1794.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Very excited that our Ann Radcliffe edition for CUP is about to make its first appearance in the form of Michael Gamer’s wonderful edition of The Italian! The first of eight volumes in the Radcliffe edition …
Reposted by Dr John Cameron Hartley
Quad movie poster for the film version of Hugh Walpole’s novel ‘Mr Perrin & Mr Traill’ (1911), ‘Acclaimed by Millions’! The film appeared in 1948, seven years after the author’s death.
January 9, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Quad movie poster for the film version of Hugh Walpole’s novel ‘Mr Perrin & Mr Traill’ (1911), ‘Acclaimed by Millions’! The film appeared in 1948, seven years after the author’s death.