Lulu Allison
@luluallison.bsky.social
Artist, maker, author. MDANT.
Happenstance and holy smoke
Happenstance and holy smoke
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Lulu Allison
@luluallison.bsky.social
· Oct 9
Alert! Alert! Freaks and Weirdos and Scary Ideas! - Dorset Eye
In a mindless scroll through social media yesterday, due, I hasten to add, to a friend’s indignation rather than my own preferences, I accidentally noticed ex-footballer Joey Barton. Joey Barton, foun...
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Here is a piece I wrote about banned books.
Featuring none of my favourite people - Joey Barton, Rishi Sunak, Bro-normative and his best female-coded-services gal
And some of my favourite things - libraries, dangerous ideas, unthinkable kinks, spanking flamboyance
dorseteye.com/alert-alert-...
Featuring none of my favourite people - Joey Barton, Rishi Sunak, Bro-normative and his best female-coded-services gal
And some of my favourite things - libraries, dangerous ideas, unthinkable kinks, spanking flamboyance
dorseteye.com/alert-alert-...
Gentle Sunday afternoon in Dorset. Think I might hitchhike down to Cincinnati and kick the shit out of your drunk daddy.
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Nashville Pussy - Gonna Hitchhike down to Cincinnati and kick the Shit outta your drunk daddy
YouTube video by fglmusic
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November 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Gentle Sunday afternoon in Dorset. Think I might hitchhike down to Cincinnati and kick the shit out of your drunk daddy.
youtu.be/c556bz43Q90
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This is the logical consequence of Labour’s appeasement of the far right - this is an arms race Labour should never seek to win
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
This is the logical consequence of Labour’s appeasement of the far right - this is an arms race Labour should never seek to win
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If you're able, please do read. A wonderful book by a brilliant writer.
The excellent Jonathan Crain interviewed me about my novel The Orange Notebooks (@pressassembly.bsky.social & @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social). We talked about reclaiming the lost language of mourning, my hospital work, bees, the colour orange, lost libraries & more.
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Writing Against Silence: Susanna Crossman and the Radical Honesty of "The Orange Notebooks"
When Susanna Crossman speaks about her new novel The Orange Notebooks, she talks about process, practice, and experimentation—terms that suggest not a tidy narrative but a living, breathing act of cre...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
If you're able, please do read. A wonderful book by a brilliant writer.
Thank you @waterstones.bsky.social in Dorchester for selecting Beast as one of your favourites. I’m delighted.
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Thank you @waterstones.bsky.social in Dorchester for selecting Beast as one of your favourites. I’m delighted.
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
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Just finished the brilliant 'Beast' by @luluallison.bsky.social. It is supposed to be a reread of Iris Murdoch's 'The Sea, The Sea' next, but I'm a little daunted by its heft.
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Just finished the brilliant 'Beast' by @luluallison.bsky.social. It is supposed to be a reread of Iris Murdoch's 'The Sea, The Sea' next, but I'm a little daunted by its heft.
A special shaming mention of the UK in this. Always worth a listen for both analysis and response.
A word about the ill desire to blame trans people or "the groups," which is wanker for trans people, for the losses in 2024.
It's a perfectly cynical excuse.
It allows you to completely elide the structural crises Dems face while bullying vulnerable people since that seems to be the kink.
It's a perfectly cynical excuse.
It allows you to completely elide the structural crises Dems face while bullying vulnerable people since that seems to be the kink.
Ending Trans Panic
YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer
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November 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
A special shaming mention of the UK in this. Always worth a listen for both analysis and response.
I can't be seen but this is me playing drums with King Loser in Dunedin NZ. Chris Heazlewood and Shayne Carter on guitar. Darling Celia wearing a negligee (and hair done at the beauty salon) on bass. Beloveds. youtu.be/iR-ViVyt3Zg?...
King Loser (live)
YouTube video by chillblue07
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November 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I can't be seen but this is me playing drums with King Loser in Dunedin NZ. Chris Heazlewood and Shayne Carter on guitar. Darling Celia wearing a negligee (and hair done at the beauty salon) on bass. Beloveds. youtu.be/iR-ViVyt3Zg?...
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We are publishing and launching
Orca and Bird by Anna CHilvers at Hebden Bridge library on Wednesday 26th November at 7pm.
It would be lovely to see you there.
@librariesconnected.bsky.social
@calderdalegreenp.bsky.social
Orca and Bird by Anna CHilvers at Hebden Bridge library on Wednesday 26th November at 7pm.
It would be lovely to see you there.
@librariesconnected.bsky.social
@calderdalegreenp.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 AM
We are publishing and launching
Orca and Bird by Anna CHilvers at Hebden Bridge library on Wednesday 26th November at 7pm.
It would be lovely to see you there.
@librariesconnected.bsky.social
@calderdalegreenp.bsky.social
Orca and Bird by Anna CHilvers at Hebden Bridge library on Wednesday 26th November at 7pm.
It would be lovely to see you there.
@librariesconnected.bsky.social
@calderdalegreenp.bsky.social
46,000 words in, I have realised that my original, over-ridden instinct for in-progress book to be in the present tense, was in fact correct.
Any tips? Search all instances of personal pronouns and change what follows? Or just go line by line?
Oh my god ....
Any tips? Search all instances of personal pronouns and change what follows? Or just go line by line?
Oh my god ....
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 AM
46,000 words in, I have realised that my original, over-ridden instinct for in-progress book to be in the present tense, was in fact correct.
Any tips? Search all instances of personal pronouns and change what follows? Or just go line by line?
Oh my god ....
Any tips? Search all instances of personal pronouns and change what follows? Or just go line by line?
Oh my god ....
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I enjoyed @luluallison.bsky.social Beast so I got a copy of her first novel Salt Lick and have enjoyed that too 👍. Highly recommend both. Look forward to her next book. Salt Lick is available direct from Lulu. Beast is available from @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I enjoyed @luluallison.bsky.social Beast so I got a copy of her first novel Salt Lick and have enjoyed that too 👍. Highly recommend both. Look forward to her next book. Salt Lick is available direct from Lulu. Beast is available from @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
Pierre has a robbin regularly visiting him in his studio. He has named him … Rob. The age of whimsy is truly over.
Thank fuck for that, some might say.
Thank fuck for that, some might say.
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Pierre has a robbin regularly visiting him in his studio. He has named him … Rob. The age of whimsy is truly over.
Thank fuck for that, some might say.
Thank fuck for that, some might say.
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Went to the disco on Sunday and copped off with Kevin.
November 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Went to the disco on Sunday and copped off with Kevin.
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Beast by @luluallison.bsky.social — takes the Faust myth and subverts it, making the case for transgression and for turning pain into art. It’s about more than that too, of course. Lovely book.
November 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Beast by @luluallison.bsky.social — takes the Faust myth and subverts it, making the case for transgression and for turning pain into art. It’s about more than that too, of course. Lovely book.
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#Booksky this cult classic has been out of print for ages, essential read if Bukowski with a rainbow flag hanging out his arse pocket sounds like your idea of a good time but these aren't gonna stick around long. @drewgum.bsky.social is brilliant, so book yourself in for a few nights and enjoy💪📚🏳️🌈😀
November 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
#Booksky this cult classic has been out of print for ages, essential read if Bukowski with a rainbow flag hanging out his arse pocket sounds like your idea of a good time but these aren't gonna stick around long. @drewgum.bsky.social is brilliant, so book yourself in for a few nights and enjoy💪📚🏳️🌈😀
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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You are all cordially invited to the launch of:
Orca and Bird by Anna Chilvers.
Hebden Bridge library Wednesday 26th November at 7pm
The event is free and you can book here.
ticketsource.co.uk/calderdalelibraries
Orca and Bird by Anna Chilvers.
Hebden Bridge library Wednesday 26th November at 7pm
The event is free and you can book here.
ticketsource.co.uk/calderdalelibraries
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
You are all cordially invited to the launch of:
Orca and Bird by Anna Chilvers.
Hebden Bridge library Wednesday 26th November at 7pm
The event is free and you can book here.
ticketsource.co.uk/calderdalelibraries
Orca and Bird by Anna Chilvers.
Hebden Bridge library Wednesday 26th November at 7pm
The event is free and you can book here.
ticketsource.co.uk/calderdalelibraries
Just remembered the time I went to visit a friend in young offenders and nearly didn't get out. As I was leaving, due perhaps to my very short hair and boyish clothes, one of the guards grabbed my shoulder, spun me around shouting 'OI!' followed by 'sorry love, thought you were one of ours.'
November 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Just remembered the time I went to visit a friend in young offenders and nearly didn't get out. As I was leaving, due perhaps to my very short hair and boyish clothes, one of the guards grabbed my shoulder, spun me around shouting 'OI!' followed by 'sorry love, thought you were one of ours.'
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1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
I had the world’s stupidest dream last night. In it, real-life Sunderland mid-fielder Granit Xhaka was dating a man called Mick Granits. They were planning to marry and there was well-meaning, lighthearted speculation as to whether said footballer would become known as Granit Granits.
Told you.
Told you.
November 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I had the world’s stupidest dream last night. In it, real-life Sunderland mid-fielder Granit Xhaka was dating a man called Mick Granits. They were planning to marry and there was well-meaning, lighthearted speculation as to whether said footballer would become known as Granit Granits.
Told you.
Told you.
Clearly woke up in a foul mood 5 years ago
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Clearly woke up in a foul mood 5 years ago
I agree. A book where beautiful and bonkers hit the sweet spot.
#Booksky - this cult classic was legendary in the twitter lit scene back in the day and it's been out of print for ages. Fucking brilliant book from one of the most original and versatile voices on the block. You'll need to move fast if you wanna get a copy cos these aren't gonna stick around 🦩📚
Oh… some news from Badger HQ - we’ve pressed CTRL+P to get a small run of the brilliant ‘Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel’ by @drewgum.bsky.social back in print!!
A book this good deserves to be available, and will hopefully serve as a springboard for new titles in 2026!! 🤞🏼
A book this good deserves to be available, and will hopefully serve as a springboard for new titles in 2026!! 🤞🏼
November 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I agree. A book where beautiful and bonkers hit the sweet spot.
