Robert Valentine
@mrrobvalentine.bsky.social
Hack for hire. robertvalentine.net
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Seems the perfect time to migrate and expand an old Twitter thread of mine about the greatest art heist of the twentieth century...
'INDIANA WHO: CRUSADE OF DEATH!' An adventure in art-theft starring Julian Glover... and Julian Glover.
'INDIANA WHO: CRUSADE OF DEATH!' An adventure in art-theft starring Julian Glover... and Julian Glover.
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people are so stupid, it's obvious the Bond markets are tanking because they don't know how to bring him back after he died in No Time to Die (2021)
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
people are so stupid, it's obvious the Bond markets are tanking because they don't know how to bring him back after he died in No Time to Die (2021)
This dark, soggy November morning on the Reading to Waterloo line is the sort of imaginary space George Smiley inhabits.
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This dark, soggy November morning on the Reading to Waterloo line is the sort of imaginary space George Smiley inhabits.
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We're back today with part two of Slaughterhouse-Five! Tune in!
(image is from the amazing graphic novel adaptation)
(image is from the amazing graphic novel adaptation)
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
We're back today with part two of Slaughterhouse-Five! Tune in!
(image is from the amazing graphic novel adaptation)
(image is from the amazing graphic novel adaptation)
Sums my morning up perfectly. 🚂 🌧️
Happy Friday!
‘Gallant Old Engine’ (1962)
(Ladybird Artist John Kenney also illustrated for Rev. W. Awdry’s Railway Series)
‘Gallant Old Engine’ (1962)
(Ladybird Artist John Kenney also illustrated for Rev. W. Awdry’s Railway Series)
November 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Sums my morning up perfectly. 🚂 🌧️
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Just 33 hours to go until the Kickstarter ends
I know it looks bleak but please keep donating and sharing. 33 hours isn’t long. But the more support we have, we may be able to prove to future investors/sponsors how much support we can feasibly raise ourselves.
I know it looks bleak but please keep donating and sharing. 33 hours isn’t long. But the more support we have, we may be able to prove to future investors/sponsors how much support we can feasibly raise ourselves.
Only 4 days left until the campaign ends and as it stands at under 30% that we cannot afford to make Season Two.
Please share our Kickstarter below and help us make Season Two a reality
You can also help by writing your own social media posts and tagging friends you think will enjoy us!
Please share our Kickstarter below and help us make Season Two a reality
You can also help by writing your own social media posts and tagging friends you think will enjoy us!
The Holmwood Foundation - Season Two
Season Two of the horror-fiction audio drama about possession, queer identity, and Dracula's severed head!
Www.tinyurl.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Just 33 hours to go until the Kickstarter ends
I know it looks bleak but please keep donating and sharing. 33 hours isn’t long. But the more support we have, we may be able to prove to future investors/sponsors how much support we can feasibly raise ourselves.
I know it looks bleak but please keep donating and sharing. 33 hours isn’t long. But the more support we have, we may be able to prove to future investors/sponsors how much support we can feasibly raise ourselves.
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The Holmwood Foundation is a wonderful horror audio drama series from Big Finish writers @fiotrethewey.bsky.social and @georgiacooked.bsky.social. And you can back its second season. 😁
www.kickstarter.com/projects/geo...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/geo...
The Holmwood Foundation - Season Two
Season Two of the horror-fiction audio drama about possession, queer identity, and Dracula's severed head!
www.kickstarter.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The Holmwood Foundation is a wonderful horror audio drama series from Big Finish writers @fiotrethewey.bsky.social and @georgiacooked.bsky.social. And you can back its second season. 😁
www.kickstarter.com/projects/geo...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/geo...
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GRIM TALES (1989): Rik Mayall is magnificenly unhinged (of course!) as the storyteller in this glorious children's show, performing the Brothers Grimm's fairy tales like a live action Looney Tune. Written by Anne Caulfield and Anthony (Dramarama, Robin of Sherwood, Crime Traveller) Horowitz.
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
GRIM TALES (1989): Rik Mayall is magnificenly unhinged (of course!) as the storyteller in this glorious children's show, performing the Brothers Grimm's fairy tales like a live action Looney Tune. Written by Anne Caulfield and Anthony (Dramarama, Robin of Sherwood, Crime Traveller) Horowitz.
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Is there anyone on Bsky who remembers this book? It's been out of print for a while, because it needs revising in the light of 5 more years of research & experience (including a proper translation of Umdat ul-Kuttab). Being unpaid work, I've simply not been able to prioritise this, so I've decided…
October 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Is there anyone on Bsky who remembers this book? It's been out of print for a while, because it needs revising in the light of 5 more years of research & experience (including a proper translation of Umdat ul-Kuttab). Being unpaid work, I've simply not been able to prioritise this, so I've decided…
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It's live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/maj...
Inks & Paints of the Middle East REVISED
A new, updated edition of my groundbreaking handbook of early Islamic art technology, incorporating five more years of research.
www.kickstarter.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It's live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/maj...
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
Never give in to pessimism, folks. I left the house without sunglasses and this was a mistake. 🌧️ ☀️ 🌧️ ☀️
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Never give in to pessimism, folks. I left the house without sunglasses and this was a mistake. 🌧️ ☀️ 🌧️ ☀️
Two weeks until the most wonderful time of the year: the London Fortean Society’s The Haunted Landscape at Conway Hall. 👻 ✨ 📚 💀
Two weeks until The Haunted Ladscape VII: Ghosts, Magic and Folklore
Terrific speakers @conwayhall.bsky.social and online.
Full details at the following link:
forteanlondon.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...
@icysedgwick.bsky.social @folklorepod.bsky.social
@magicnotwitches.bsky.social
Terrific speakers @conwayhall.bsky.social and online.
Full details at the following link:
forteanlondon.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...
@icysedgwick.bsky.social @folklorepod.bsky.social
@magicnotwitches.bsky.social
The Haunted Landscape 2025: Ghosts, Magic and Lore
Whose claws are scratching at the church door? What’s that ghost tumbling over the moor? Who’s that figure cut into the earth? What can I do...
forteanlondon.blogspot.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Two weeks until the most wonderful time of the year: the London Fortean Society’s The Haunted Landscape at Conway Hall. 👻 ✨ 📚 💀
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Get unstuck in time with us as we begin Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, a profound novel about war, trauma and plunger-shaped aliens.
New, FREE show! (link in comments)
New, FREE show! (link in comments)
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Get unstuck in time with us as we begin Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, a profound novel about war, trauma and plunger-shaped aliens.
New, FREE show! (link in comments)
New, FREE show! (link in comments)
Good morning, you lot. ☕️
November 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Good morning, you lot. ☕️
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ANNIVERSARY! 🎉 A selection of new-Who Doctors 2005-2025 in a new audio compilation. Click https://bgfn.sh/1125 to read more and to pre-order for release later this month.
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
ANNIVERSARY! 🎉 A selection of new-Who Doctors 2005-2025 in a new audio compilation. Click https://bgfn.sh/1125 to read more and to pre-order for release later this month.
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Celebrate 20 years of New Doctors at @bigfinish.bsky.social
@nickbriggs.bsky.social @johndorney.bsky.social @alexandrakbenedict.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @verbatimfoley.bsky.social @mrrobvalentine.bsky.social
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@nickbriggs.bsky.social @johndorney.bsky.social @alexandrakbenedict.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @verbatimfoley.bsky.social @mrrobvalentine.bsky.social
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Big Finish mark 20 years of new Doctors
Big Finish is celebrating 20 years of “new” Doctor Who with a special collection of adventures featuring the new-Who Doctors, available as a single download package. Creative director Nicholas Brig…
scifibulletin.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Fireworks PIF countdown: number one! HAND (1976) This all-time classic PIF featured bandages that haunted a million nightmares and turned sparklers into something to be feared. It worked on me. Happy Bonfire Night!
November 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Fireworks PIF countdown: number one! HAND (1976) This all-time classic PIF featured bandages that haunted a million nightmares and turned sparklers into something to be feared. It worked on me. Happy Bonfire Night!
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Other work of the Ladybird artists
‘Bonfire Night’ (1951)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘Bonfire Night’ (1951)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Other work of the Ladybird artists
‘Bonfire Night’ (1951)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘Bonfire Night’ (1951)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
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Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘Autumn scene’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘Autumn scene’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
November 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘Autumn scene’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘Autumn scene’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
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An East Anglian week ahead for Nunkie. There's not much ticket availability, but there're a few left for "A Warning to the Curious" in Felixstowe on Friday tinyurl.com/muffd4ez
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
An East Anglian week ahead for Nunkie. There's not much ticket availability, but there're a few left for "A Warning to the Curious" in Felixstowe on Friday tinyurl.com/muffd4ez
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“Do you want to come back to my place?”
“Yeah, alright.”
“Yeah, alright.”
February 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
“Do you want to come back to my place?”
“Yeah, alright.”
“Yeah, alright.”
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A wee bit of news to end the year on: I couldn't be happier to share that I'm writing a BFI Film Classics book on Ishiro Honda's original GODZILLA! It'll be published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social in 2027 🖤
December 19, 2024 at 10:00 AM
A wee bit of news to end the year on: I couldn't be happier to share that I'm writing a BFI Film Classics book on Ishiro Honda's original GODZILLA! It'll be published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social in 2027 🖤
Result! Thought I’d seen Godzilla: King of the Monsters but I have NOT. 🍿
November 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Result! Thought I’d seen Godzilla: King of the Monsters but I have NOT. 🍿
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Great news - one of the best mini-series ever with a dazzling & eccentric screenplay by Troy Kennedy Martin & superb direction by Martin Campbell is back on iplayer.
If you haven’t seen it then you’re in for a real treat.
Come for Bob Peck, stay for Joe Don Baker.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
If you haven’t seen it then you’re in for a real treat.
Come for Bob Peck, stay for Joe Don Baker.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Edge of Darkness - Series 1: 1. Compassionate Leave
Thriller set in a world of obsessive state security. Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own investigation into her death.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Great news - one of the best mini-series ever with a dazzling & eccentric screenplay by Troy Kennedy Martin & superb direction by Martin Campbell is back on iplayer.
If you haven’t seen it then you’re in for a real treat.
Come for Bob Peck, stay for Joe Don Baker.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
If you haven’t seen it then you’re in for a real treat.
Come for Bob Peck, stay for Joe Don Baker.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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The mighty Edge of Darkness is on BBC4 tonight at 9.15 and also on iPlayer www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
You can get yourself in the mood by watching our video podcast up to the spoiler warning. Lots of stuff about Troy Kennedy Martin and other prime movers behind this fantastic series.
You can get yourself in the mood by watching our video podcast up to the spoiler warning. Lots of stuff about Troy Kennedy Martin and other prime movers behind this fantastic series.
Join us as for our latest episode as we watch Edge of Darkness. Audio version available wherever you get your podcasts. youtu.be/YShw_4yO03I?...
World of Telly Episode 2: Edge of Darkness
YouTube video by World of Telly
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The mighty Edge of Darkness is on BBC4 tonight at 9.15 and also on iPlayer www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
You can get yourself in the mood by watching our video podcast up to the spoiler warning. Lots of stuff about Troy Kennedy Martin and other prime movers behind this fantastic series.
You can get yourself in the mood by watching our video podcast up to the spoiler warning. Lots of stuff about Troy Kennedy Martin and other prime movers behind this fantastic series.