David Quantick
@quantick.bsky.social
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE AUSTEN? (French & Saunders, BBC Radio 4) writer. AND OTHER STORIES collection: https://tinyurl.com/msmv7amc. Pre-order IMAGINE A FRIEND:
https://www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagine-a-friend/
https://www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagine-a-friend/
Looks like the pundits were right. Farewell, Keir St - oh.
February 11, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Looks like the pundits were right. Farewell, Keir St - oh.
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Magical #blackandwhitefilm of the day: Miranda, 1948. Brit comedy about playful mermaid Glynis Johns, flirting impishly with Griffith Jones, John McCullum and David Tomlinson. Margaret Rutherford and Googie Withers also star on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social at 12.50pm youtu.be/MwHHvRue1z8?...
Miranda | Miranda 1948 | Old Movie Fanatic
YouTube video by Old Movie Fanatic
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February 11, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Magical #blackandwhitefilm of the day: Miranda, 1948. Brit comedy about playful mermaid Glynis Johns, flirting impishly with Griffith Jones, John McCullum and David Tomlinson. Margaret Rutherford and Googie Withers also star on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social at 12.50pm youtu.be/MwHHvRue1z8?...
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February 10, 2026 at 3:17 PM
That last sentence. I mean, you'd hope so.
February 10, 2026 at 5:24 PM
That last sentence. I mean, you'd hope so.
One month to go until this happens - my all-ages novella IMAGINE A FRIEND.
February 10, 2026 at 5:22 PM
One month to go until this happens - my all-ages novella IMAGINE A FRIEND.
I am looking forward to this and I hope others may too.
One month to release for @quantick.bsky.social's IMAGINE A FRIEND! Preorder your copy of this nostalgic story that @paulcornell.bsky.social calls a "soulful fantasy." www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagin...
#books #comingsoon #fantasy
#books #comingsoon #fantasy
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I am looking forward to this and I hope others may too.
Rambling, chatty, over-detailed - AI is computers on coke.
February 10, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Rambling, chatty, over-detailed - AI is computers on coke.
Alas poor Yorick...
February 10, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Alas poor Yorick...
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Sarwar at the moment....
February 10, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Sarwar at the moment....
Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro (Official Music Video) [HD Upgrade]
YouTube video by PetShopBoys Parlophone
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February 10, 2026 at 11:19 AM
February 10, 2026 at 11:18 AM
McSweeney's parting gesture was his boldest - to cause so many pundits to call for Keir Starmer's resignation that people felt sorry for the Prime Minister and demand that he be left alone.
February 10, 2026 at 11:16 AM
McSweeney's parting gesture was his boldest - to cause so many pundits to call for Keir Starmer's resignation that people felt sorry for the Prime Minister and demand that he be left alone.
SARWAR: Guys? Guys?
New: The First Minister of Wales - Eluned Morgan - has backed Keir Starmer. There was speculation yesterday that Morgan might follow Anas Sarwar in calling for Starmer to go, but instead she said in a statement:
“I support the Prime Minister in the job he was elected to do.”
“I support the Prime Minister in the job he was elected to do.”
February 10, 2026 at 11:14 AM
SARWAR: Guys? Guys?
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Today I become a film star. Well, hardly, but the documentary based on my 2022 London theatre presentation Beatles/Evolver:62 is available from Amazon Prime, 108 minutes of surprising and engaging cultural history for the price of a coffee. In the UK the URL is www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/det...
Watch Evolver 62 | Prime Video
Globally-renowned historian Mark Lewisohn weaves an array of short sharp stories into a savvy and surprising reveal of a band that's stayed both cutting-edge and massively popular, The Beatles.
www.amazon.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Today I become a film star. Well, hardly, but the documentary based on my 2022 London theatre presentation Beatles/Evolver:62 is available from Amazon Prime, 108 minutes of surprising and engaging cultural history for the price of a coffee. In the UK the URL is www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/det...
I agree. We should have the holidays in term time so they're less expensive.
www.ft.com/content/f5cb6fcd-ba01-4e19-871b-d8832237bd8e
www.ft.com/content/f5cb6fcd-ba01-4e19-871b-d8832237bd8e
Timing of England’s school holidays is ‘pretty bizarre’, says Ofsted head
Martyn Oliver calls for debate on long summer break and whether it is sensible to sit exams during hotter months
www.ft.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:38 AM
I agree. We should have the holidays in term time so they're less expensive.
www.ft.com/content/f5cb6fcd-ba01-4e19-871b-d8832237bd8e
www.ft.com/content/f5cb6fcd-ba01-4e19-871b-d8832237bd8e
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Today I am taking out Mum & Dad.
February 10, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Today I am taking out Mum & Dad.
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Happy Neil Aspinall as George Day for those who celebrate
February 10, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Happy Neil Aspinall as George Day for those who celebrate
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I'm not a voracious reader cos, you know, life. But on our shelves we have loads of books that would not have been found if not for @backlisted.bsky.social and its community of nice folk. Mr Bowling... and A Goat's Song particular favourites in this hoose.
February 10, 2026 at 8:06 AM
I'm not a voracious reader cos, you know, life. But on our shelves we have loads of books that would not have been found if not for @backlisted.bsky.social and its community of nice folk. Mr Bowling... and A Goat's Song particular favourites in this hoose.
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Here is my latest art honoring @starsandsabers.bsky.social authors’ books. This is the wondrous and nostalgic IMAGINE A FRIEND by Emmy Award winner @quantick.bsky.social! Out March 10 and available for preorder now. Just the hopeful book you need.
#books #cozyfantasy #fantasy
#books #cozyfantasy #fantasy
February 9, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Here is my latest art honoring @starsandsabers.bsky.social authors’ books. This is the wondrous and nostalgic IMAGINE A FRIEND by Emmy Award winner @quantick.bsky.social! Out March 10 and available for preorder now. Just the hopeful book you need.
#books #cozyfantasy #fantasy
#books #cozyfantasy #fantasy
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You can preorder IMAGINE A FRIEND by @quantick.bsky.social from your favorite bookseller, or find links here: www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagin...
Here is my latest art honoring @starsandsabers.bsky.social authors’ books. This is the wondrous and nostalgic IMAGINE A FRIEND by Emmy Award winner @quantick.bsky.social! Out March 10 and available for preorder now. Just the hopeful book you need.
#books #cozyfantasy #fantasy
#books #cozyfantasy #fantasy
February 10, 2026 at 12:02 AM
You can preorder IMAGINE A FRIEND by @quantick.bsky.social from your favorite bookseller, or find links here: www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagin...
"Oh please believe when I say we were not chums/ Our attitudes were opposed like two opposable thumbs/ I would never let my standards slip so/ And I don't know why I'm singing the Peter Mandelson calypso."
February 9, 2026 at 8:44 PM
"Oh please believe when I say we were not chums/ Our attitudes were opposed like two opposable thumbs/ I would never let my standards slip so/ And I don't know why I'm singing the Peter Mandelson calypso."
"I was never a close friend of Peter Mandelson/ And I fully understand the lessons we must learn/ And I'm not a crazy man or a dipso/ I'm just singing the Peter Mandelson calypso."
Ignore the smears: I was never a close friend of Peter Mandelson. And I fully understand the lessons we must learn | Wes Streeting
Ignore the smears: I was never a close friend of Peter Mandelson. And I fully understand the lessons we must learn | Wes Streeting
I knew him but not well, and worry now that he thrived in our political culture. There was a failure of moral seriousness, says health secretary Wes Streeting
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:43 PM
"I was never a close friend of Peter Mandelson/ And I fully understand the lessons we must learn/ And I'm not a crazy man or a dipso/ I'm just singing the Peter Mandelson calypso."