David Collard
@davidcollard.bsky.social
Autheur. Unfluencer.
'A Crumpled Swan' (2025)
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'Multiple Joyce' (2022)
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'A Crumpled Swan' (2025)
https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/a_crumpled_swan/
'Multiple Joyce' (2022)
https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/multiple_joyce/
(No DMs. I block anonymous followers with no bio or original posts)
So it's a jobshare?
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
So it's a jobshare?
And as if that wasn't Badenoch...'.
November 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
And as if that wasn't Badenoch...'.
And a couple for the young people. (IYKYK)
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
And a couple for the young people. (IYKYK)
Nothing if not topical
November 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Nothing if not topical
if you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
if you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
Thursday 20th November at the Poetry Society in Covent Garden. Four fine authors and myself together for the first time, bringing you some beneficial shocks. Free, but you have to register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/more-abund...
November 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Thursday 20th November at the Poetry Society in Covent Garden. Four fine authors and myself together for the first time, bringing you some beneficial shocks. Free, but you have to register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/more-abund...
Pleased with myself for recognising that the drunk who appears briefly in the bar in 'The Producers' (1967) is William 'Bill' Hickey, who also plays the preacher in 'Wise Blood' (1976).
November 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Pleased with myself for recognising that the drunk who appears briefly in the bar in 'The Producers' (1967) is William 'Bill' Hickey, who also plays the preacher in 'Wise Blood' (1976).
In a separate presentation at Foyles last night M. John Harrison was belatedly presented with the 2020 Goldsmiths Prize trophy for 'The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again'. Here he is with Chris Power (left) and the trophy designer Megan Lim.
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
In a separate presentation at Foyles last night M. John Harrison was belatedly presented with the 2020 Goldsmiths Prize trophy for 'The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again'. Here he is with Chris Power (left) and the trophy designer Megan Lim.
The 2025 Goldsmith Prize trophy, here cradled by winning author C D Rose, was designed by Cherrie Tong from the Goldsmith University Department of Design. It's based on the twirling pattern of Corporal Trim's walking stick in 'Tristram Shandy' (and 5th November is also, happily, Tristam's birthday!)
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The 2025 Goldsmith Prize trophy, here cradled by winning author C D Rose, was designed by Cherrie Tong from the Goldsmith University Department of Design. It's based on the twirling pattern of Corporal Trim's walking stick in 'Tristram Shandy' (and 5th November is also, happily, Tristam's birthday!)
Congratulations to @cdrose.bsky.social, winer of this year's Goldsmith Prize for 'We Live Here Now' publsighed by Melville House Press. Good work Chris!
November 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Congratulations to @cdrose.bsky.social, winer of this year's Goldsmith Prize for 'We Live Here Now' publsighed by Melville House Press. Good work Chris!
I once knew a Swiss businessman who lived in a district of north Lonon that he insisted was called 'Sinjen's Wood'
November 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I once knew a Swiss businessman who lived in a district of north Lonon that he insisted was called 'Sinjen's Wood'
This painting by John Bratby features in 'The Horse's Mouth' (1958, dir. Ronald Neame), adapted from Joyce Carey's novel. Does it still exist?
November 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This painting by John Bratby features in 'The Horse's Mouth' (1958, dir. Ronald Neame), adapted from Joyce Carey's novel. Does it still exist?
A showcase for five European authors published by New York's Sagging Meniscus Press. Free, but you have to register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/more-abund...
November 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A showcase for five European authors published by New York's Sagging Meniscus Press. Free, but you have to register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/more-abund...
My sixth or seventh viewing of Wise Blood (1979, directed by John Huston, and based on the novel by Flannery O'Connor). It's available on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzNs... Some screenshots follow. Rich and strange. I expect David Lynch was a huge admirer.
November 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
My sixth or seventh viewing of Wise Blood (1979, directed by John Huston, and based on the novel by Flannery O'Connor). It's available on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzNs... Some screenshots follow. Rich and strange. I expect David Lynch was a huge admirer.
You've prompted this evening's viewing: John Huston's superb screen version of 'Wise Blood' with Brad Dourif (a perfect performance), Ned Beatty and Harry Dean Stanton. I film I could happily watch a dozen times each year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzNs...
November 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
You've prompted this evening's viewing: John Huston's superb screen version of 'Wise Blood' with Brad Dourif (a perfect performance), Ned Beatty and Harry Dean Stanton. I film I could happily watch a dozen times each year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzNs...
Man alive but I miss The Guardian's Steve Bell. Physical Cartoonist Brant from The Daily Telegraph was a subtler political satirist. www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HK...
November 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Man alive but I miss The Guardian's Steve Bell. Physical Cartoonist Brant from The Daily Telegraph was a subtler political satirist. www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HK...
Spotted at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead last week - a fine Patrick Caulfield print entitled 'Two Whiting' (1972). See www.paintingsinhospitals.org.uk
November 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Spotted at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead last week - a fine Patrick Caulfield print entitled 'Two Whiting' (1972). See www.paintingsinhospitals.org.uk
A round of applause for @jgoldsmith.bsky.social following tonight's relaunch of The Barbellion Prize, which he founded. You can donate to this unique and essential literary award here: barbellionprize.org/donate/ Thank you! (You may wish to note the above)
November 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A round of applause for @jgoldsmith.bsky.social following tonight's relaunch of The Barbellion Prize, which he founded. You can donate to this unique and essential literary award here: barbellionprize.org/donate/ Thank you! (You may wish to note the above)
An excellent snapshot of Bernard Spencer (1909-1963), best known as one of the so-called 'Cairo poets' (alongside Lawrence Durrell). He published just three collections: 'Aegean Islands' (1946), 'The Twist in the Plotting' (1960) and 'With Luck Lasting.' (1963). He should be better known.
November 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
An excellent snapshot of Bernard Spencer (1909-1963), best known as one of the so-called 'Cairo poets' (alongside Lawrence Durrell). He published just three collections: 'Aegean Islands' (1946), 'The Twist in the Plotting' (1960) and 'With Luck Lasting.' (1963). He should be better known.
Bernard Spencer's poem 'Behaviour of Money' appears in his debut collection 'Aegean Islands' (1946) and speaks directly to our times. Especially stanza 4.
November 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Bernard Spencer's poem 'Behaviour of Money' appears in his debut collection 'Aegean Islands' (1946) and speaks directly to our times. Especially stanza 4.
Trump (on top of everything else) is preposterously camp.
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Trump (on top of everything else) is preposterously camp.