Jeremy Levett
brosencrantz.bsky.social
Jeremy Levett
@brosencrantz.bsky.social
Grumpy frog enthusiast. Recently started my own webcomic: https://oubliettecomic.com/
Writer of blogs and travelogues: http://brosencrantz.com
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I have been watching sumo since the late 1990s when American Pacific Islanders dominated the sport, then through the Mongolian era and of course Hakuho the GOAT.

This was one of the coolest, most exciting bashos I've ever seen. What a guy!
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Aonishiki: Ukraine sumo prodigy becomes champion in Japan
Aonishiki wins the November sumo tournament in Japan and becomes the first person from Ukraine to claim an elite-level sumo championship.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
This sounds like one of those lame fake "we are selling our business ;_;" posts but I promise it actually isn't: last chance to buy one of the black Matsumoto Hoji frog pin badges, I've got ten left and I almost certainly won't be making any more. www.etsy.com/uk/listing/7...
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I feel like the “effort to anyone-giving-a-shit ratio” of blogging has not been helped by feeling anything posted publicly is going to be copied and fed without my consent into the slop engines. But creating is still fun and recording it still feels worthwhile. brosencrantz.com/2025/11/16/b...
but here I dreamt I was an architect
I have been rather more constructively engaged over the summer than might have been imagined.* Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic, the best and most hardcore city/logistics game ever, has a b…
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November 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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The next Mortal Engines novel, Bridge of Storms, will be published early next year: philipreeveblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/brid...
August 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Now on the blog: Taipei's tallest building, oldest street, and largest ball. brosencrantz.com/2025/04/03/m...
August 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Let me counter by suggesting that every one of these should in fact say "you are a nerd and also wrong" except for Carolingian, which should say "you are a nerd and also correct."
July 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
July 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This week on the blog: some hot (OK, pretty tepid in 2025, but hopefully entertainingly scornful) takes on Chiang Kai-Shek at his memorial in Taipei, and some lovely tea plantations. brosencrantz.com/2025/04/02/g...
June 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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You, a peasant, go to the beach and make sand castles.

Me, a man with humanitas, makes a sand Roman playing-card fort, with fossa et agger.
June 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This year has been so mad I've been to two more countries before having a chance to get out any more Taiwan blogs. But I'm going to do the thing properly! This time: Lungshan Temple and the National Palace Museum. brosencrantz.com/2025/04/01/a...
May 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This week on the blog: Taroko Gorge! brosencrantz.com/2025/05/05/t...
May 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Taiwan travelogue #2, mostly featuring RAIN and MUSEUMS with DELIGHTFUL ART and HIDEOUS REPRESSION. brosencrantz.com/2025/03/30/p...
April 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I went to Taiwan! Back in the travelblogging saddle after many years (fear it's a bit rambly; I'm out of practice.) First entry: night markets, very damp atmospheric old town, a cat village, abandoned coal mines.

More soon.

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April 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
brosencrantz.com/2025/02/19/o... I've been making my webcomic for a year now; here are some thoughts on what I've learned.
February 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Here’s a trailer for my next home-made blockbuster, the Cream Tea Western PRAIRIE RASCALS.

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Prairie Rascals Trailer
YouTube video by Bonehill Films
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January 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
City living
January 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Two more pages of OUBLIETTE! That's it for the January update - but more coming next month. oubliettecomic.com?webcomic1=3-09
January 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Moving my pin badge collection to some new cases (a birthday gift from lovely friends) and just gently basking in the nostalgia of the memories associated with each of them.
January 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
@philipreeve.bsky.social I feel you could enjoy this.
Having pored over 18th/19th century Army Lists these last couple of years, I have kept a running list of some of the more interesting names of British army officers of that era. Here is just a selection.
Yes, there was an actual Lt Johnny Rotten (47th Foot).
#NapoleonicHistory #writing #britisharmy
January 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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After a rather long break (Nov-Dec were disgustingly busy for me), another OUBLIETTE update is with us! Three new pages now, two more at the end of this week, and, life willing, another decent-sized update in early Feb. oubliettecomic.com?webcomic1=3-06
January 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Hmm - as I recall the giant wig is Oliver and the Seawigs (am I right in remembering the pink hair is actually clingfilm...?), the yellow outfits (and pug!) are Pugs of the Frozen North and the radical blue and silver getup on the tor is Cakes in Space.
Reeve & McIntyre end-of-year quiz:
Can you match each costume to its corresponding book?
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@philipreeve.bsky.social
December 29, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Oh these are GREAT.
Slightly late for Christmas, our gingerbread station is go! And this year we've gone for... Farringdon!

Opening as a temporary structure for the terminus of the Metropolitan Railways in 1863, it was moved to its current site in 1895. This frontage, designed by Charles W Clark, opened in 1923.
December 29, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Please enjoy this delightful illustrated piece by my friend Rob (who also created my current icon!)
December 22, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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A new home on my blog for my Innsmouth tale.

thisnorthernboy.blog/2024/12/22/t...

Almost 15k words so far, retelling the strange tale of the Massachusetts town of Innsmouth.

#Lovecraftian #Horror #Writing #Innsmouth
The Innsmouth Lights
Originally begun on social media, written post-by-post, 140 eldritch characters at a time, here is my Lovecraftian tale of the Massachusetts town of Innsmouth, its strange history and the recountin…
thisnorthernboy.blog
December 22, 2024 at 1:31 PM