Scarred For Life
@scarredforlife.bsky.social
A trilogy of books and a podcast about the dark pop culture of the 1970s and 1980s, from public information films to nuclear war!
Buy our books: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
Listen to the podcast: pod.link/1706291698
Contact: ste1bro@hotmail.co.uk
Buy our books: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
Listen to the podcast: pod.link/1706291698
Contact: ste1bro@hotmail.co.uk
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Christmas is coming, and our books make perfect pressies! Get a huge 15% discount off our print books with the case-sensitive code CUSTOMBOOK15 until midnight on Friday November 14!
Also available as colour eBooks.
Store link: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
Also available as colour eBooks.
Store link: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
Check out the brilliant teaser for PLAY TO DEATH, @manoghosts.bsky.social new podcast about the dark side of videogaming. The first guest is... me!
youtu.be/QCYP3ioRYFU?si=KuAImj9oSYzMmCN0
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Play To Death - with Stephen Brotherstone (Scarred for Life) Podcast Teaser
YouTube video by Manoghosts
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November 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Check out the brilliant teaser for PLAY TO DEATH, @manoghosts.bsky.social new podcast about the dark side of videogaming. The first guest is... me!
youtu.be/QCYP3ioRYFU?si=KuAImj9oSYzMmCN0
youtu.be/QCYP3ioRYFU?si=KuAImj9oSYzMmCN0
Christmas is coming, and our books make perfect pressies! Get a huge 15% discount off our print books with the case-sensitive code CUSTOMBOOK15 until midnight on Friday November 14!
Also available as colour eBooks.
Store link: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
Also available as colour eBooks.
Store link: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Christmas is coming, and our books make perfect pressies! Get a huge 15% discount off our print books with the case-sensitive code CUSTOMBOOK15 until midnight on Friday November 14!
Also available as colour eBooks.
Store link: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
Also available as colour eBooks.
Store link: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
LEVI'S - THE STRANGER (1971): This psychedelic Levi jeans advert is a beautifully animated work of art (rotoscoping in action!). Spoken word jazz legend Ken Nordine provides the cool voiceover.
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
LEVI'S - THE STRANGER (1971): This psychedelic Levi jeans advert is a beautifully animated work of art (rotoscoping in action!). Spoken word jazz legend Ken Nordine provides the cool voiceover.
The Scarred For Life Folk Horror show is coming to Leeds @oldwoollen.bsky.social on Thursday 12 February 2026! Me and @bobfischer.bsky.social will don our goat masks to talk about witchcraft, stone circles, and suburban sex orgies (calm down at the back)!
Tickets: bit.ly/483H8JA
Tickets: bit.ly/483H8JA
November 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The Scarred For Life Folk Horror show is coming to Leeds @oldwoollen.bsky.social on Thursday 12 February 2026! Me and @bobfischer.bsky.social will don our goat masks to talk about witchcraft, stone circles, and suburban sex orgies (calm down at the back)!
Tickets: bit.ly/483H8JA
Tickets: bit.ly/483H8JA
THE NIGHTMARE MAN (BBC, 1981): Dr Who legend Robert Holmes adapted David Wiltshire's novel Child of Vodyanoi, in which a Scottish island is plagued by murders after a strange craft is found on the beach. Are they dealing with an alien predator or something far more tragic...?
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
THE NIGHTMARE MAN (BBC, 1981): Dr Who legend Robert Holmes adapted David Wiltshire's novel Child of Vodyanoi, in which a Scottish island is plagued by murders after a strange craft is found on the beach. Are they dealing with an alien predator or something far more tragic...?
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Fans of @scarredforlife.bsky.social will find plenty of 70s/80s childhood neuroses in my upcoming book Capture Spiral. Preorder your copy now! temporalboundary.bigcartel.com/product/capt...
Capture Spiral by Jez Conolly PREORDER
In Capture Spiral: An Escape from Memory, Jez Conolly revisits the haunted textures of a 1970s childhood on the Lincolnshire coast, where faded...
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November 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Fans of @scarredforlife.bsky.social will find plenty of 70s/80s childhood neuroses in my upcoming book Capture Spiral. Preorder your copy now! temporalboundary.bigcartel.com/product/capt...
Cyber Baroque chamber orchestra RONDO VENIZIANO's incredible animated video, 'La Serenissima', would often pop up unannounced on afternoon telly in the early 80s. Here they are performing live on Kafka-esque gameshow 3-2-1, and it's an amazing sight to see (and hear)!
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Cyber Baroque chamber orchestra RONDO VENIZIANO's incredible animated video, 'La Serenissima', would often pop up unannounced on afternoon telly in the early 80s. Here they are performing live on Kafka-esque gameshow 3-2-1, and it's an amazing sight to see (and hear)!
This image from the 1986 'V' annual has so much to unpack
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This image from the 1986 'V' annual has so much to unpack
This 15% discount ends at midnight on Friday!
Get a huge 15% discount off our books with the case-sensitive code 15WRITER till Friday November 7! You *must* sign in as a guest during checkout to activate this code and grab our trilogy of enormous tomes!
Store: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
Store: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This 15% discount ends at midnight on Friday!
ULYSSES 31 - THE KINGDOM OF HADES (1981): CBBC Broom Cupboard-era favourite, famous for its sing-a-long theme tune, had more than its share of dark moments. Here, the dead of Hades literally turn their back on the living, their touch decaying everything in their path...
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
ULYSSES 31 - THE KINGDOM OF HADES (1981): CBBC Broom Cupboard-era favourite, famous for its sing-a-long theme tune, had more than its share of dark moments. Here, the dead of Hades literally turn their back on the living, their touch decaying everything in their path...
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New! Ste from @scarredforlife.bsky.social on Grange Hill, @sugarraybuzzard.bsky.social on The Adventure Game, @superjules84.bsky.social on The Sooty Show, @dannykodicek.bsky.social on Big John Little John and @paulwhitelaw.bsky.social on The Monkees.
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The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – “His Hair Represents Something Or Other”
Watch with Ste Brotherstone on Grange Hill, Martin Ruddock on The Adventure Game, Juliet Harris on The Sooty Show, Danny Kodicek on Big John Little John and Paul Whitelaw on The Monkees.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
New! Ste from @scarredforlife.bsky.social on Grange Hill, @sugarraybuzzard.bsky.social on The Adventure Game, @superjules84.bsky.social on The Sooty Show, @dannykodicek.bsky.social on Big John Little John and @paulwhitelaw.bsky.social on The Monkees.
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What was Ste Brotherstone from @scarredforlife.bsky.social's best era of Grange Hill? You might be surprised by the answer. Or indeed answers...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
What was Ste Brotherstone from @scarredforlife.bsky.social's best era of Grange Hill? You might be surprised by the answer. Or indeed answers...
timworthington.org/2025/11/05/t...
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Get a huge 15% discount off our books with the case-sensitive code 15WRITER till Friday November 7! You *must* sign in as a guest during checkout to activate this code and grab our trilogy of enormous tomes!
Store: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
Store: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Get a huge 15% discount off our books with the case-sensitive code 15WRITER till Friday November 7! You *must* sign in as a guest during checkout to activate this code and grab our trilogy of enormous tomes!
Store: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
Store: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
THE VALIANT BOOK OF MYSTERY AND MAGIC (1975): The brilliant last gasp for Valiant comic, this horror-themed book spotlights 'supernatural Catweazle' The Spellbinder, but The Final Victim's Amicus-tinged black comedy and Of Thee She'll Sing's MR James homage are the real highlights.
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
THE VALIANT BOOK OF MYSTERY AND MAGIC (1975): The brilliant last gasp for Valiant comic, this horror-themed book spotlights 'supernatural Catweazle' The Spellbinder, but The Final Victim's Amicus-tinged black comedy and Of Thee She'll Sing's MR James homage are the real highlights.
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!
Get a huge 15% discount off our books with the case-sensitive code 15WRITER till Friday November 7! You *must* sign in as a guest during checkout to activate this code and grab our trilogy of enormous tomes!
Store: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
Store: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Get a huge 15% discount off our books with the case-sensitive code 15WRITER till Friday November 7! You *must* sign in as a guest during checkout to activate this code and grab our trilogy of enormous tomes!
Store: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
Store: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
Fireworks PIF countdown: WHERE'S YOUR LAD (1976) Two messages for the price of one in this PIF. Dodgy deals, grimy 70s aesthetics, Penny for the Guy (Bonfire Night was 1000 times bigger than Halloween back then), and Patrick 'Dr Who' Troughton and Jean 'Bread' Boht!
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Fireworks PIF countdown: WHERE'S YOUR LAD (1976) Two messages for the price of one in this PIF. Dodgy deals, grimy 70s aesthetics, Penny for the Guy (Bonfire Night was 1000 times bigger than Halloween back then), and Patrick 'Dr Who' Troughton and Jean 'Bread' Boht!
Fireworks PIF countdown: PARENTS (1975). The blink-and-you'll-miss-them shots of the twitching, convulsing, burnt kid caused so many complaints that this PIF was banned. It was considered lost media until the BFI tracked down a copy in 2014!
November 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Fireworks PIF countdown: PARENTS (1975). The blink-and-you'll-miss-them shots of the twitching, convulsing, burnt kid caused so many complaints that this PIF was banned. It was considered lost media until the BFI tracked down a copy in 2014!
Fireworks PIF countdown: BLIND CHILD (1974) feels like a mini horror movie...
November 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Fireworks PIF countdown: BLIND CHILD (1974) feels like a mini horror movie...
Fireworks PIF countdown: in at number five is FIREWORK GIRL (circa 1975), a cautionary tale about flinging bangers around willy nilly...
November 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Fireworks PIF countdown: in at number five is FIREWORK GIRL (circa 1975), a cautionary tale about flinging bangers around willy nilly...
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Episode five is live. It’s a micro episode with some extra bits from my Jane Hazlegrove interview and a few bits of news about the pod.
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November 1, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Episode five is live. It’s a micro episode with some extra bits from my Jane Hazlegrove interview and a few bits of news about the pod.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...
@bangpodcast.bsky.social @scarredforlife.bsky.social
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@bangpodcast.bsky.social @scarredforlife.bsky.social
Tonight's double-bill here at the Scarred For Life bunker. 🎃Happy Halloween, all!🎃
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Tonight's double-bill here at the Scarred For Life bunker. 🎃Happy Halloween, all!🎃
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#horrorsky #horrorwriterschat #doctorwho
Plenty of 70s/80s horror and Doctor Who related content in my new book!
Also right up the street of anyone who loves @scarredforlife.bsky.social
Preorder a copy now!
Plenty of 70s/80s horror and Doctor Who related content in my new book!
Also right up the street of anyone who loves @scarredforlife.bsky.social
Preorder a copy now!
My new book ‘Capture Spiral: An Escape From Memory’, is now available for preorder.
“Capture Spiral is a user's guide for a night gallery of childhood-origin neuroses, and a celebration of the "great escape" we call imagination.” (Stephen Volk)
temporalboundary.bigcartel.com/product/capt...
“Capture Spiral is a user's guide for a night gallery of childhood-origin neuroses, and a celebration of the "great escape" we call imagination.” (Stephen Volk)
temporalboundary.bigcartel.com/product/capt...
Capture Spiral by Jez Conolly PREORDER
In Capture Spiral: An Escape from Memory, Jez Conolly revisits the haunted textures of a 1970s childhood on the Lincolnshire coast, where faded...
temporalboundary.bigcartel.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
#horrorsky #horrorwriterschat #doctorwho
Plenty of 70s/80s horror and Doctor Who related content in my new book!
Also right up the street of anyone who loves @scarredforlife.bsky.social
Preorder a copy now!
Plenty of 70s/80s horror and Doctor Who related content in my new book!
Also right up the street of anyone who loves @scarredforlife.bsky.social
Preorder a copy now!
This big 20% Halloween discount ends at midnight tonight! Our enormous books will last you through to Christmas, at least!
October 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This big 20% Halloween discount ends at midnight tonight! Our enormous books will last you through to Christmas, at least!
Happy Halloween! Here's how classic BBC Schools show WORDS AND PICTURES celebrated in 1975. The Witches of Halloween song is a bop! All together now...
October 31, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy Halloween! Here's how classic BBC Schools show WORDS AND PICTURES celebrated in 1975. The Witches of Halloween song is a bop! All together now...