Martin Lake
@martinlake.bsky.social
Published 25 books, mainly historical fiction from ancient Crete to World War 2. I send my characters to places I fear to go.
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Despite what many may think, I'm really not anxious most of the time.
My life & human existence itself is so absurd it's increasingly difficult to take it seriously?🤷🏻♂️
We're sacks of water with rocks in our mouthes, on a living spaceship orbiting a large fusion reactor.
Why take any of it seriously?🤷🏻♂️
My life & human existence itself is so absurd it's increasingly difficult to take it seriously?🤷🏻♂️
We're sacks of water with rocks in our mouthes, on a living spaceship orbiting a large fusion reactor.
Why take any of it seriously?🤷🏻♂️
December 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Despite what many may think, I'm really not anxious most of the time.
My life & human existence itself is so absurd it's increasingly difficult to take it seriously?🤷🏻♂️
We're sacks of water with rocks in our mouthes, on a living spaceship orbiting a large fusion reactor.
Why take any of it seriously?🤷🏻♂️
My life & human existence itself is so absurd it's increasingly difficult to take it seriously?🤷🏻♂️
We're sacks of water with rocks in our mouthes, on a living spaceship orbiting a large fusion reactor.
Why take any of it seriously?🤷🏻♂️
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No me either, despite writing UK government website content for them for decades.
With this there would have been no Mo Farah. No Freddie Mercury. No Lenny Henry. No George Michael. No Meera Syal. No Sadiq Khan. No Sajid Javid. No Salman Rushdie. No Hanif Kureishi.
December 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
No me either, despite writing UK government website content for them for decades.
I like these ten commandments.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I like these ten commandments.
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Taken in 1865 - the year Abraham Lincoln was assassinated & Lewis Carroll's Alice made her first trip to Wonderland - this extraordinary photo of Dickensian London never ceases to take my breath away.
December 7, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Taken in 1865 - the year Abraham Lincoln was assassinated & Lewis Carroll's Alice made her first trip to Wonderland - this extraordinary photo of Dickensian London never ceases to take my breath away.
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“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising”
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Daisy Cooper
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising”
Daisy Cooper
Daisy Cooper
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There aren’t a huge number of folk in my industry I truly, truly admire.
DENZEL however is one I very much do.
“So what a responsibility you all have, to tell the truth. Not just to be first, but to tell the truth.”
DENZEL however is one I very much do.
“So what a responsibility you all have, to tell the truth. Not just to be first, but to tell the truth.”
December 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
There aren’t a huge number of folk in my industry I truly, truly admire.
DENZEL however is one I very much do.
“So what a responsibility you all have, to tell the truth. Not just to be first, but to tell the truth.”
DENZEL however is one I very much do.
“So what a responsibility you all have, to tell the truth. Not just to be first, but to tell the truth.”
Here's a thought. Pepper was one of the most costly of commodities for centuries. Yet a peppercorn rent is the opposite.
December 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Here's a thought. Pepper was one of the most costly of commodities for centuries. Yet a peppercorn rent is the opposite.
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I am delighted to be a finalist in #TheCoffeePotBookClub #Bookoftheyear awards!! Well done and good luck to all the other authors! #Booksky
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November 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I am delighted to be a finalist in #TheCoffeePotBookClub #Bookoftheyear awards!! Well done and good luck to all the other authors! #Booksky
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When the ICE agent is Canadian… 🇨🇦 😍😂
October 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
When the ICE agent is Canadian… 🇨🇦 😍😂
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GEORGE HARRISON with his Aston Martin DB5 in 1965
November 29, 2025 at 6:07 AM
GEORGE HARRISON with his Aston Martin DB5 in 1965
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Remembering one of Hollywood’s greatest and most enduring stars - CARY GRANT - who left us 39yrs ago today, aged 82.
November 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Remembering one of Hollywood’s greatest and most enduring stars - CARY GRANT - who left us 39yrs ago today, aged 82.
Jack Shepherd RIP
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Jack Shepherd RIP
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83 Candles 🎂 today for the glorious BILLY CONNOLLY
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
83 Candles 🎂 today for the glorious BILLY CONNOLLY
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A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
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An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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HEDY LAMARR - born 111yrs ago today - escaped her Nazi husband by disguising herself as her own maid, became a top Hollywood star, then co-developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes - the principles of which are incorporated into today’s Bluetooth & GPS technology.
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 AM
HEDY LAMARR - born 111yrs ago today - escaped her Nazi husband by disguising herself as her own maid, became a top Hollywood star, then co-developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes - the principles of which are incorporated into today’s Bluetooth & GPS technology.
Halloween
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Halloween
Or The Tale of the Great Pumpkin
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October 31, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Halloween
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Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Jimmy Durante and Buster Keaton in 1932
October 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Jimmy Durante and Buster Keaton in 1932
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Dinotopia wasn't just enchanting to me as a kid because of the dinosaurs, but because of all of the little details of the world. How would the architecture accommodate dinosaurs? What kind of tools would we use now that we could work with these creatures? It was so thoughtful and curious.
October 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Dinotopia wasn't just enchanting to me as a kid because of the dinosaurs, but because of all of the little details of the world. How would the architecture accommodate dinosaurs? What kind of tools would we use now that we could work with these creatures? It was so thoughtful and curious.
Prunella Scales RIP
October 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Prunella Scales RIP
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Donald Trump (Still) Hates His Biggest Supporters
October 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Donald Trump (Still) Hates His Biggest Supporters
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The Green Party's proposal for a wealth tax on 1% of assets above £10m and 2% on assets above £1bn comes top of our list of tax reforms that Britons would support, with 75% giving it their backing
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October 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The Green Party's proposal for a wealth tax on 1% of assets above £10m and 2% on assets above £1bn comes top of our list of tax reforms that Britons would support, with 75% giving it their backing
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It's amazing how the weather can plunge from summer to late autumn in 24 hours.
October 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It's amazing how the weather can plunge from summer to late autumn in 24 hours.
I love the epithet, 'Nine jobs Nigel."
Exclusive: Nigel Farage has not updated his register since May, despite continuing to present his GB News show, record Cameo videos and being a verified X user
Qus are now being asked about the non-registration of his shareholding in GB parent co All Perspectives
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Qus are now being asked about the non-registration of his shareholding in GB parent co All Perspectives
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‘Nine-jobs Nigel’ Farage denies not declaring extra earni...
Roles outside Parliament make Reform leader the highest-earning MP, but register of interests has not been updated since end of May
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October 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I love the epithet, 'Nine jobs Nigel."
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Daily Peanuts!
October 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Daily Peanuts!
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