Peter Bennett
@pbennett.bsky.social
Writer. Novel — Liberties, available now: https://www.rymour.co.uk/liberties.html & the usual places. Extracts in New Writing Scotland 40 and other publications.
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Get your 'Revolt' stories in to @urbanpigspress.bsky.social -- Subs are open! urbanpigspress.co.uk/2026/01/03/s...
January 9, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Get your 'Revolt' stories in to @urbanpigspress.bsky.social -- Subs are open! urbanpigspress.co.uk/2026/01/03/s...
Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try and impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves:
38d.gs/cc-df
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Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves
Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try to impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petitio...
38d.gs
January 4, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Here we go again. Trump has told the UK that if we want a UK-US tech deal, we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try and impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves:
38d.gs/cc-df
38d.gs/cc-df
Batman and Robin Bastart
Batman and Robin Friday
Batman and Robin Day
January 3, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Batman and Robin Bastart
In the unlikely event that any of you haven’t yet seen the greatest live guitar solo known to man, here it is. You can thank me later.
youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y?...
youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y?...
Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne, more - "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" | 2004 Induction
YouTube video by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 3:32 AM
In the unlikely event that any of you haven’t yet seen the greatest live guitar solo known to man, here it is. You can thank me later.
youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y?...
youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y?...
Enjoying a few beers and some serious reading prior to the bells. 🍻
December 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Enjoying a few beers and some serious reading prior to the bells. 🍻
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Nice review of Saltburn up on Whichbook - ‘Profound and perverse..’
www.whichbook.net/book/13283/S...
www.whichbook.net/book/13283/S...
Saltburn by Drew Gummerson
Profound and perverse, this collection of stories is set in a fictionalised Saltburn. Told with deadpan sincerity, these interconnected tales shift between playful and obscene and include - a gift sh...
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December 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Nice review of Saltburn up on Whichbook - ‘Profound and perverse..’
www.whichbook.net/book/13283/S...
www.whichbook.net/book/13283/S...
1000 times this.😡😡😡
Death to YouTube advertisements when I’m watching something interesting!
December 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
1000 times this.😡😡😡
Student loans are one of the biggest rackets around. Forty-four years old and still being shafted every month.
December 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Student loans are one of the biggest rackets around. Forty-four years old and still being shafted every month.
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Delighted to reveal the cover of:
THE LIGHTNING by @jamesgwriter.bsky.social .
We publish his debut on 28th May 2026 at
No Alibis Bookshop in Belfast.
@belfasttelegraph.co.uk
@wednesdayerskin.bsky.social
@jancarsonwrites.bsky.social
THE LIGHTNING by @jamesgwriter.bsky.social .
We publish his debut on 28th May 2026 at
No Alibis Bookshop in Belfast.
@belfasttelegraph.co.uk
@wednesdayerskin.bsky.social
@jancarsonwrites.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Delighted to reveal the cover of:
THE LIGHTNING by @jamesgwriter.bsky.social .
We publish his debut on 28th May 2026 at
No Alibis Bookshop in Belfast.
@belfasttelegraph.co.uk
@wednesdayerskin.bsky.social
@jancarsonwrites.bsky.social
THE LIGHTNING by @jamesgwriter.bsky.social .
We publish his debut on 28th May 2026 at
No Alibis Bookshop in Belfast.
@belfasttelegraph.co.uk
@wednesdayerskin.bsky.social
@jancarsonwrites.bsky.social
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To be compared in a breath to the mighty Myles is an accolade only Christmas could bring.
#PickoftheDay is a fine piece from one of the most distinctive voices in our community. A true heir to Flann O'Brien, Sean McNulty serves up another slice of well-written whimsy, The Everlasting Hoax.
Do please share if you like it too.
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Do please share if you like it too.
www.abctales.com/story/sean-m...
December 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
To be compared in a breath to the mighty Myles is an accolade only Christmas could bring.
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Can I brazenly point out that someone might appreciate poetry for Christmas? amzn.eu/d/8GeJEBX
December 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Can I brazenly point out that someone might appreciate poetry for Christmas? amzn.eu/d/8GeJEBX
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And have you noticed a big uptick in “benefits” stories at the moment?
Probably completely unrelated(🤔) to the fact we’ve had the longest run with no small boat crossings for 2 years, and the latest immigration stats are down at pre-pandemic levels…
They’ve gotta find a scapegoat somewhere🙄
9/9
Probably completely unrelated(🤔) to the fact we’ve had the longest run with no small boat crossings for 2 years, and the latest immigration stats are down at pre-pandemic levels…
They’ve gotta find a scapegoat somewhere🙄
9/9
December 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
And have you noticed a big uptick in “benefits” stories at the moment?
Probably completely unrelated(🤔) to the fact we’ve had the longest run with no small boat crossings for 2 years, and the latest immigration stats are down at pre-pandemic levels…
They’ve gotta find a scapegoat somewhere🙄
9/9
Probably completely unrelated(🤔) to the fact we’ve had the longest run with no small boat crossings for 2 years, and the latest immigration stats are down at pre-pandemic levels…
They’ve gotta find a scapegoat somewhere🙄
9/9
Death to YouTube advertisements when I’m watching something interesting!
December 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Death to YouTube advertisements when I’m watching something interesting!
This lad deserves more exposure. Keeping Scottish folk music alive, which will always have my support. Have a listen. 🏴
youtu.be/uf5NKTcYtq0?...
youtu.be/uf5NKTcYtq0?...
Tramps and Hawkers
YouTube video by Sam Shackleton - Topic
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December 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This lad deserves more exposure. Keeping Scottish folk music alive, which will always have my support. Have a listen. 🏴
youtu.be/uf5NKTcYtq0?...
youtu.be/uf5NKTcYtq0?...
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Fuck AI, right up the arse with a terminal digital virus.
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Fuck AI, right up the arse with a terminal digital virus.
Man. Life’s precious. Cherish it. Rest in Peace, Mani. ❤️
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Gary 'Mani' Mounfield of Stone Roses dead at 63 - latest tributes
The musician rose to fame with the Stone Roses in the 1980s
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Man. Life’s precious. Cherish it. Rest in Peace, Mani. ❤️
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Pick it oot!
a blue and white flag with an x on it
ALT: a blue and white flag with an x on it
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November 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Pick it oot!
Fuckin yaaaaaaaaaaaasssss!!!!!
November 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Fuckin yaaaaaaaaaaaasssss!!!!!
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My poetry collection, In the Shadow of Gods, is currently selling for eleven whole pence less than usual! amzn.eu/d/8GeJEBX
November 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
My poetry collection, In the Shadow of Gods, is currently selling for eleven whole pence less than usual! amzn.eu/d/8GeJEBX
Friends of BlueSky, meet Wallace, my wee dug that’s just joined the family.
November 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Friends of BlueSky, meet Wallace, my wee dug that’s just joined the family.