Peter Randall
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I don't write as often as I'd like, but I do have a published chapter in If We'd Just Got That Penalty: A Collection of Alternate History Sporting Stories. What might it be like to be a footballer in a post-nuclear war Britain? Read it and find out!
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I am still offering Disney the chance to pick up my 'Alien' prequel script which is just a Weyland-Yutani board meeting and at the 1hr 50 mark a junior vice president says, "Maybe our Q3 returns would be better if we could get hold of some sort of unstoppable killing machine."
Ridley Scott was asked about ‘Gladiator 3’ and another ‘Alien’ film
“Gladiator is in process right now. Another Alien prequel – yeah, if I get an idea, for sure”
(via The Guardian)
“Gladiator is in process right now. Another Alien prequel – yeah, if I get an idea, for sure”
(via The Guardian)
August 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I am still offering Disney the chance to pick up my 'Alien' prequel script which is just a Weyland-Yutani board meeting and at the 1hr 50 mark a junior vice president says, "Maybe our Q3 returns would be better if we could get hold of some sort of unstoppable killing machine."
When I went to Australia I met the world's oldest platypus and got to feed one. They are without doubt my favourite animal.
August 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
When I went to Australia I met the world's oldest platypus and got to feed one. They are without doubt my favourite animal.
Was having a lovely time reading Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, and then he spoiled it by describing an ice-bound bay as being like 'a world covered in semen'.
August 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Was having a lovely time reading Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, and then he spoiled it by describing an ice-bound bay as being like 'a world covered in semen'.
I am saddened by the news of Allan Ahlberg's passing. His stories are firm favourites in my house. Peepo, Burglar Bill and The Jolly Postman have all featured heavily in creating a love of reading for my daughters, and I can read Each Peach Pear Plum with my eyes closed.
July 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I am saddened by the news of Allan Ahlberg's passing. His stories are firm favourites in my house. Peepo, Burglar Bill and The Jolly Postman have all featured heavily in creating a love of reading for my daughters, and I can read Each Peach Pear Plum with my eyes closed.
Best day of the week songs?
Friday I'm in Love - Cure
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting - Elton John
Sunday, Bloody Sunday - U2
Blue Monday - New Order
Ruby Tuesday - Rolling Stones
Wednesday Week - Undertones
Thursday? Who's out there writing the great Thursday song?
Friday I'm in Love - Cure
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting - Elton John
Sunday, Bloody Sunday - U2
Blue Monday - New Order
Ruby Tuesday - Rolling Stones
Wednesday Week - Undertones
Thursday? Who's out there writing the great Thursday song?
July 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Best day of the week songs?
Friday I'm in Love - Cure
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting - Elton John
Sunday, Bloody Sunday - U2
Blue Monday - New Order
Ruby Tuesday - Rolling Stones
Wednesday Week - Undertones
Thursday? Who's out there writing the great Thursday song?
Friday I'm in Love - Cure
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting - Elton John
Sunday, Bloody Sunday - U2
Blue Monday - New Order
Ruby Tuesday - Rolling Stones
Wednesday Week - Undertones
Thursday? Who's out there writing the great Thursday song?
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Tony is a well-respected colleague, a KC and a former legal advisor to the EHRC. Having spoken to constituents and University of Reading students who are concerned about the impact of this guidance, I'm glad to have signed Tony's letter.
🏳️⚧️🚨 New letter from MPs on trans rights & EHRC Consultation on the #ForWomenScotland ruling.
I have written a letter to the EHRC to urgently raise concerns about the Draft Code of Practice consultation after the ruling. I am proud to say that 32 of my colleagues have signed it too.
I have written a letter to the EHRC to urgently raise concerns about the Draft Code of Practice consultation after the ruling. I am proud to say that 32 of my colleagues have signed it too.
July 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Tony is a well-respected colleague, a KC and a former legal advisor to the EHRC. Having spoken to constituents and University of Reading students who are concerned about the impact of this guidance, I'm glad to have signed Tony's letter.
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Project Cybersin.
The pope posted this this morning and I’m thinking a lot about it
June 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Project Cybersin.
Oh sweet, Marlo Snellman from the video of Freestyler by Bomfunk MCs.
June 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Oh sweet, Marlo Snellman from the video of Freestyler by Bomfunk MCs.
@sequelisers.bsky.social Are you sure you don't want to do a 16th season?
June 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
@sequelisers.bsky.social Are you sure you don't want to do a 16th season?
Islands of Abandonmemt: Life in the Post-Human Landscape by Cal Flynn successfully pushed a load of buttons in my head. I'd like the author to be less impartial about events that led to these places being abandoned, but abandoned places are my true crime so I was still rapt.
May 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Islands of Abandonmemt: Life in the Post-Human Landscape by Cal Flynn successfully pushed a load of buttons in my head. I'd like the author to be less impartial about events that led to these places being abandoned, but abandoned places are my true crime so I was still rapt.
I read Atomic Bomb Cinema by Jerome F. Shapiro on the basis of its title alone. What's Atomic Bomb Cinema? Basically anything Shapiro wants it to be. This would not be my recommended text on western cinema's depictions of nuclear weapons.
May 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I read Atomic Bomb Cinema by Jerome F. Shapiro on the basis of its title alone. What's Atomic Bomb Cinema? Basically anything Shapiro wants it to be. This would not be my recommended text on western cinema's depictions of nuclear weapons.
I love the ASOIAF works of George R. R. Martin, so I read Fevre Dream to fill the hole of no new stories. Vampires on the antebellum Mississippi! Sounds awesome! Unfortunately I found the pacing uneven, which detracted from the experience.
April 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I love the ASOIAF works of George R. R. Martin, so I read Fevre Dream to fill the hole of no new stories. Vampires on the antebellum Mississippi! Sounds awesome! Unfortunately I found the pacing uneven, which detracted from the experience.
I liked other books by Daphne du Maurier(like Rebecca and The House on the Strand), so I read The Loving Spirit. A Cornish family saga with some paranormal elements, it's quite enjoyable but not a patch on her more famous works.
March 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I liked other books by Daphne du Maurier(like Rebecca and The House on the Strand), so I read The Loving Spirit. A Cornish family saga with some paranormal elements, it's quite enjoyable but not a patch on her more famous works.
@cheapshow.bsky.social I'm very behind on my Cheapshow listening and am just up to 421. You go past the Watford pyramid, which is now a Cotsworld Outdoor shop. It was built as a Blockbuster (by aliens...or Arthurell + Kirkland Architects) and has gone through a few iterations in its life.
March 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
@cheapshow.bsky.social I'm very behind on my Cheapshow listening and am just up to 421. You go past the Watford pyramid, which is now a Cotsworld Outdoor shop. It was built as a Blockbuster (by aliens...or Arthurell + Kirkland Architects) and has gone through a few iterations in its life.
Forgot to take a photo of this one before I took it back to the library - Timescape by Gregory Benford. My previous experience with Benford was Foundation's Fear, which I didn’t like (because of booby Joan of Arc). Timescape - sending a warning back in time - was much better, really interesting.
March 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Forgot to take a photo of this one before I took it back to the library - Timescape by Gregory Benford. My previous experience with Benford was Foundation's Fear, which I didn’t like (because of booby Joan of Arc). Timescape - sending a warning back in time - was much better, really interesting.
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February 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I read Perfume: the story of a murderer by Patrick Suskind (pictured here in the University library, where I chickened out of reading it in German). Less unsettling than I expected, it put me in mind of The Tin Drum by Günther Grass somewhat.
February 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I read Perfume: the story of a murderer by Patrick Suskind (pictured here in the University library, where I chickened out of reading it in German). Less unsettling than I expected, it put me in mind of The Tin Drum by Günther Grass somewhat.
I read Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford, a work of detective fiction set in a city with a strong Native American identity in an alternate America. It was largely very good, but I prefer my alternate history a lot harder!
February 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I read Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford, a work of detective fiction set in a city with a strong Native American identity in an alternate America. It was largely very good, but I prefer my alternate history a lot harder!
Most recently I read Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. 'What would happen if a comet hit Earth?' it asks, and comes up with some very racist answers. Not recommended!
February 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Most recently I read Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. 'What would happen if a comet hit Earth?' it asks, and comes up with some very racist answers. Not recommended!
I read The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie (on kindle, so no picture), which is a thriller rather than her typical murder mystery. It's not great, but I wonder if it's the first book where a female character has a kink for being strangled.
February 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I read The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie (on kindle, so no picture), which is a thriller rather than her typical murder mystery. It's not great, but I wonder if it's the first book where a female character has a kink for being strangled.
I've not been posting about what I've read this year. Back in January I read Abaddon's Gate by James S. A. Corey. It felt lesser than Caliban’s War, but credit to the authors for keeping an epic sci-fi book focused. The viewpoints were a bit dull, and Holden shouldn't be the main character.
February 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I've not been posting about what I've read this year. Back in January I read Abaddon's Gate by James S. A. Corey. It felt lesser than Caliban’s War, but credit to the authors for keeping an epic sci-fi book focused. The viewpoints were a bit dull, and Holden shouldn't be the main character.
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HELLO I WROTE A NOVELLETTE, about a trans woman who switches places with parallel selves to avoid the consequences of her decisions (www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CPX6VJ54) and a SHORT STORY about sad gay monks on a vineyard of a ring world (www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CPX8172R)
February 22, 2024 at 4:02 PM
HELLO I WROTE A NOVELLETTE, about a trans woman who switches places with parallel selves to avoid the consequences of her decisions (www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CPX6VJ54) and a SHORT STORY about sad gay monks on a vineyard of a ring world (www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CPX8172R)
"I'm a hoopy frood," I think to myself, as I hang a plastic bag up to dry so I can take it to be recycled at Waitrose.
January 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"I'm a hoopy frood," I think to myself, as I hang a plastic bag up to dry so I can take it to be recycled at Waitrose.
I don't write as often as I'd like, but I do have a published chapter in If We'd Just Got That Penalty: A Collection of Alternate History Sporting Stories. What might it be like to be a footballer in a post-nuclear war Britain? Read it and find out!
amzn.eu/d/6NLgsUf
amzn.eu/d/6NLgsUf
January 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I don't write as often as I'd like, but I do have a published chapter in If We'd Just Got That Penalty: A Collection of Alternate History Sporting Stories. What might it be like to be a footballer in a post-nuclear war Britain? Read it and find out!
amzn.eu/d/6NLgsUf
amzn.eu/d/6NLgsUf
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a collection of what-if essay on comics history, asking questions like: what if the Clone Saga had worked out? What if the Dandy pulled off its digital transition? And some even more out-there ideas, like WHAT IF DREDD TOOK HIS HELMET OFF?? #alternatehistory #comics
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09WLMV392
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09WLMV392
January 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
a collection of what-if essay on comics history, asking questions like: what if the Clone Saga had worked out? What if the Dandy pulled off its digital transition? And some even more out-there ideas, like WHAT IF DREDD TOOK HIS HELMET OFF?? #alternatehistory #comics
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09WLMV392
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09WLMV392