Emma Butler
@emmabutler.bsky.social
Creator of horror drama podcast The Rue Papers.
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So my Patreon subscribers will get a story from me on Christmas Eve and I have set it so non-subscribers can buy it if you wish (set it as cheap as Patreon allows)(at least I hope I set this up). So just in case you fancy it…
Watching Alison Janney play the President and Bradley Whitford play her husband in The Diplomat just feels so right
January 5, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Watching Alison Janney play the President and Bradley Whitford play her husband in The Diplomat just feels so right
Looks like my thing for this year will be singing lessons, with a teacher b who loves musicals and wants to teach me Cabaret - and then maybe singing in a band! I’m very excited. The more creative stuff I do, the happier I am (and more of a choice of finding my way out of the day job)
January 5, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Looks like my thing for this year will be singing lessons, with a teacher b who loves musicals and wants to teach me Cabaret - and then maybe singing in a band! I’m very excited. The more creative stuff I do, the happier I am (and more of a choice of finding my way out of the day job)
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Touching grass is hard when the entire field is ablaze...
January 4, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Touching grass is hard when the entire field is ablaze...
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Just in case anyone out there feels like they shouldn’t post art - please do. The constant bullshit from the news is difficult but we can’t allow all of that to stop us from making art and sharing it. That’s all I have to say rn - am planning to enjoy the rest of my weekend working on sketches.
January 3, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Just in case anyone out there feels like they shouldn’t post art - please do. The constant bullshit from the news is difficult but we can’t allow all of that to stop us from making art and sharing it. That’s all I have to say rn - am planning to enjoy the rest of my weekend working on sketches.
Remember that episode of Blackadder where they’re going over the top and Darling says he wrote one word in his journal ‘bugger’
Well my journal for today is much the same, only it’s ‘fuck’
Well my journal for today is much the same, only it’s ‘fuck’
January 3, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Remember that episode of Blackadder where they’re going over the top and Darling says he wrote one word in his journal ‘bugger’
Well my journal for today is much the same, only it’s ‘fuck’
Well my journal for today is much the same, only it’s ‘fuck’
Well, Wag the Dog was brilliant. Why have I not seen than before? Going to watch Tombstone now
January 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Well, Wag the Dog was brilliant. Why have I not seen than before? Going to watch Tombstone now
Watching Wag the Dog for reasons, obvs but struck by opening shot of stairs getting dirtier as the descend onto depths of White House, the way the colour red spreads as the con and lie spreads and grows - brilliant film making.
January 3, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Watching Wag the Dog for reasons, obvs but struck by opening shot of stairs getting dirtier as the descend onto depths of White House, the way the colour red spreads as the con and lie spreads and grows - brilliant film making.
Well, seems like as good a day as any to finally get round to watching Wag the Dog
January 3, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Well, seems like as good a day as any to finally get round to watching Wag the Dog
I watched a video yesterday about ghosts in abandoned nuclear bunkers and it was mentioned that the bunkers were closed because of the Cold War ending and I caught myself thinking ‘might want to open those again’
Oh dear…
Oh dear…
January 3, 2026 at 12:20 PM
I watched a video yesterday about ghosts in abandoned nuclear bunkers and it was mentioned that the bunkers were closed because of the Cold War ending and I caught myself thinking ‘might want to open those again’
Oh dear…
Oh dear…
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Along alleys, wyndes and neglected cobbles, we find ghosts. Not grand names made spectre, not phantoms of infamous murderers, but ghosts none the less. The shades of ratcatchers, laundry workers, gin-soaked spirits on way home from the pub. Ghosts taking the shortcuts they knew in life. – #CJosiffe
January 2, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Along alleys, wyndes and neglected cobbles, we find ghosts. Not grand names made spectre, not phantoms of infamous murderers, but ghosts none the less. The shades of ratcatchers, laundry workers, gin-soaked spirits on way home from the pub. Ghosts taking the shortcuts they knew in life. – #CJosiffe
Sod this. I’m going to go back to my book - I’m reading John and Paul, A Love Story in Songs, about how the music of the Beatles, and afterward, reflected and drove John Lennon’s and Paul McCartney’s complicated, intertwined relationship
January 3, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Sod this. I’m going to go back to my book - I’m reading John and Paul, A Love Story in Songs, about how the music of the Beatles, and afterward, reflected and drove John Lennon’s and Paul McCartney’s complicated, intertwined relationship
Wake up
Look at news
Mutter ‘fuck me’ several times.
Every day in 2026 so far.
Look at news
Mutter ‘fuck me’ several times.
Every day in 2026 so far.
January 3, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Wake up
Look at news
Mutter ‘fuck me’ several times.
Every day in 2026 so far.
Look at news
Mutter ‘fuck me’ several times.
Every day in 2026 so far.
Had a brilliant dream than was a crossover Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Captain Vimes of the Watch. I enjoyed that so much
January 3, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Had a brilliant dream than was a crossover Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Captain Vimes of the Watch. I enjoyed that so much
Bit of a bad nights sleep as twice while falling asleep I heard a woman gasp (a sort of scared, ‘oh no!’ gasp) and as I live alone and can’t really hear the neighbours make noises as soft as that, I was unsettled. Slept with the light on.
January 2, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Bit of a bad nights sleep as twice while falling asleep I heard a woman gasp (a sort of scared, ‘oh no!’ gasp) and as I live alone and can’t really hear the neighbours make noises as soft as that, I was unsettled. Slept with the light on.
I bought a jar of chocolate spread last night and I’ve just finished eating it. Now THAT’S how to start the New Year
January 1, 2026 at 1:32 PM
I bought a jar of chocolate spread last night and I’ve just finished eating it. Now THAT’S how to start the New Year
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The land has been year-walked. The future has been met in the lanes and ways. The cunning folk have conferred. On the doors of The Raven, The Woodwose's Crown and all the other pubs they use, the proclamation has gone up: 'This is the YEAR OF THE GREEN PATHS.'
January 1, 2026 at 12:12 PM
The land has been year-walked. The future has been met in the lanes and ways. The cunning folk have conferred. On the doors of The Raven, The Woodwose's Crown and all the other pubs they use, the proclamation has gone up: 'This is the YEAR OF THE GREEN PATHS.'
Went out with my camera this morning to try and catch some of the thin bright light. I’m still not entirely happy with my but I remember that part in Civil War where the seasoned war photographer tells her protege you have to take 30 terrible shots to get 1 good shot.
January 1, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Went out with my camera this morning to try and catch some of the thin bright light. I’m still not entirely happy with my but I remember that part in Civil War where the seasoned war photographer tells her protege you have to take 30 terrible shots to get 1 good shot.
Nice one, London. They do always do an incredible display. Happy New Year everyone
January 1, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Nice one, London. They do always do an incredible display. Happy New Year everyone
I see all those ‘do your passion project in 2026’ and yes yes! Also I have a different passion project every year, just to keep myself on the ‘what the hell am I doing? How do I do this? Does this work?’ rollercoaster.
December 31, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I see all those ‘do your passion project in 2026’ and yes yes! Also I have a different passion project every year, just to keep myself on the ‘what the hell am I doing? How do I do this? Does this work?’ rollercoaster.
The current piece I’m learning on the piano is Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. I love this piece. I have been struggling with two Mozart pieces for six weeks, knowing once I got those to an acceptable level I could learn this. So glad I got to it by the end of the year
December 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The current piece I’m learning on the piano is Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. I love this piece. I have been struggling with two Mozart pieces for six weeks, knowing once I got those to an acceptable level I could learn this. So glad I got to it by the end of the year
‘I really admire the way you can just read and read and really ignore reality’
(I did lose my temper at that one)
(I did lose my temper at that one)
Forget insults, what’s the most unhinged *compliment* you’ve ever received?
December 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
‘I really admire the way you can just read and read and really ignore reality’
(I did lose my temper at that one)
(I did lose my temper at that one)
Last year the day job got incredibly busy, which meant I was trying to juggle that, the exhaustion from that and all the creative projects I wanted to do and I didn’t get nearly all the stuff I wanted to do done.
Hopefully this next year I’ll be able to concentrate more on the stuff I enjoy
Hopefully this next year I’ll be able to concentrate more on the stuff I enjoy
December 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Last year the day job got incredibly busy, which meant I was trying to juggle that, the exhaustion from that and all the creative projects I wanted to do and I didn’t get nearly all the stuff I wanted to do done.
Hopefully this next year I’ll be able to concentrate more on the stuff I enjoy
Hopefully this next year I’ll be able to concentrate more on the stuff I enjoy
So on 2025, I did the 2nd season of my podcast, got myself a decent camera and started taking proper photos and probably did some other cool stuff which I can’t remember right now
December 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
So on 2025, I did the 2nd season of my podcast, got myself a decent camera and started taking proper photos and probably did some other cool stuff which I can’t remember right now
I’m reading a very interesting book about the 1929 stock market crash (1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin)and there’s this sentence ‘Money was pulled out of savings accounts and stuffed into mattresses. That really happened.’ Love the authors unspoken insistence ‘this isn’t a myth! Stop saying it’s a myth!’
December 31, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I’m reading a very interesting book about the 1929 stock market crash (1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin)and there’s this sentence ‘Money was pulled out of savings accounts and stuffed into mattresses. That really happened.’ Love the authors unspoken insistence ‘this isn’t a myth! Stop saying it’s a myth!’