Duncan Hill
@duncanducky.bsky.social
LibDem
Secretary of Cymdeithas Lloyd George - Lloyd George Society: https://lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/
Live in: Brighton
Grew up: Cornwall
Blog: https://ramblingducky.blogspot.com/
Secretary of Cymdeithas Lloyd George - Lloyd George Society: https://lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/
Live in: Brighton
Grew up: Cornwall
Blog: https://ramblingducky.blogspot.com/
Dennis Wheatley, author of thrillers, horror stories, and works on the Occult, died this day 1977 #OTD #OnThisDay
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Dennis Wheatley, author of thrillers, horror stories, and works on the Occult, died this day 1977 #OTD #OnThisDay
Bram Stoker, author of "Dracula" and "The Jewel of Seven Stars" (source for the Hammer classic "Blood from the Mummy's Tomb"), born this day 1847. #OTD#OnThisDay
November 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Bram Stoker, author of "Dracula" and "The Jewel of Seven Stars" (source for the Hammer classic "Blood from the Mummy's Tomb"), born this day 1847. #OTD#OnThisDay
Frank Baker, author of "The Call of Cornwall", "Stories of the Strange and Sinister", "Talk of the Devil", and much more, died this day 1983. A recent discovery for me, despite his Cornish connexions. #OTD #OnThisDay
November 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Frank Baker, author of "The Call of Cornwall", "Stories of the Strange and Sinister", "Talk of the Devil", and much more, died this day 1983. A recent discovery for me, despite his Cornish connexions. #OTD #OnThisDay
Watching Count Dracula with #TheFilmCrowd tonight has decided me, my next occult/horror/weird read will be Dracula, by Bram Stoker. Finished "Spores of Doom" by Aaron Worth just before it started, so will get stuck right in.
November 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Watching Count Dracula with #TheFilmCrowd tonight has decided me, my next occult/horror/weird read will be Dracula, by Bram Stoker. Finished "Spores of Doom" by Aaron Worth just before it started, so will get stuck right in.
"The door's jambed"
"Yes, it's a feature of how they are made" #TheFilmCrowd
"Yes, it's a feature of how they are made" #TheFilmCrowd
October 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"The door's jambed"
"Yes, it's a feature of how they are made" #TheFilmCrowd
"Yes, it's a feature of how they are made" #TheFilmCrowd
Go on, feed him blood! #TheFilmCrowd
October 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Go on, feed him blood! #TheFilmCrowd
Now watching... Halloween IV: The Return of Michael Myers
October 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Now watching... Halloween IV: The Return of Michael Myers
Robert Hunt, scientist, photographer, antiquarian, died this day 1887. His books, including "Popular Romances of the West of England or The Drolls, Traditions and Superstitions of Old Cornwall" has been mined over the years by Tor Mark Press for several of their booklets on Cornwall. #OTD #OnThisDay
October 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Robert Hunt, scientist, photographer, antiquarian, died this day 1887. His books, including "Popular Romances of the West of England or The Drolls, Traditions and Superstitions of Old Cornwall" has been mined over the years by Tor Mark Press for several of their booklets on Cornwall. #OTD #OnThisDay
Today's charity shop haul... the Margaret Rutherford Miss Marple films, "Shadow of the Vampire", "The British Invasion of Tibet" by Francis Younghusband, and "In Sicily" by Norman Lewis.
October 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Today's charity shop haul... the Margaret Rutherford Miss Marple films, "Shadow of the Vampire", "The British Invasion of Tibet" by Francis Younghusband, and "In Sicily" by Norman Lewis.
Picked this up in a charity shop today... I have a LOT of ghost/horror/weird reading to keep me busy :) The Mammoth Book of Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories, edited by Richard Dalby
October 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Picked this up in a charity shop today... I have a LOT of ghost/horror/weird reading to keep me busy :) The Mammoth Book of Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories, edited by Richard Dalby
Now watching... Halloween III: Season of the Witch. I think I may actually have seen this one before. Working my way through the original 5 this October.
October 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Now watching... Halloween III: Season of the Witch. I think I may actually have seen this one before. Working my way through the original 5 this October.
David Pinner, author of "Ritual", the novel which inspired The Wicker Man, born this day 1940 #OTD #OnThisDay #FolkHorror Ritual is well worth reading, but don't expect The Wicker Man!
October 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
David Pinner, author of "Ritual", the novel which inspired The Wicker Man, born this day 1940 #OTD #OnThisDay #FolkHorror Ritual is well worth reading, but don't expect The Wicker Man!
Now watching... Halloween (1978). I don't think I've ever watched it before. Recently bought all 5 original movies on DVD, so thought I should get through them this month.
October 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Now watching... Halloween (1978). I don't think I've ever watched it before. Recently bought all 5 original movies on DVD, so thought I should get through them this month.
Ramsay Muir, born this day 1872. British historian, Liberal Party politician and thinker who made a significant contribution to the development of liberal political philosophy in the 1920s and 1930s. #OTD #OnThisDay Some books of his from my collection.
September 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Ramsay Muir, born this day 1872. British historian, Liberal Party politician and thinker who made a significant contribution to the development of liberal political philosophy in the 1920s and 1930s. #OTD #OnThisDay Some books of his from my collection.
Just finished reading "Stories of the Strange and Sinister" by Frank Baker. More strange than sinister, but very good. Several have a Cornish setting, Baker of course having lived there for various periods of his life. Recommended.
September 30, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Just finished reading "Stories of the Strange and Sinister" by Frank Baker. More strange than sinister, but very good. Several have a Cornish setting, Baker of course having lived there for various periods of his life. Recommended.
Now watching... The Legend of Hell House.
It's really a Christmas movie, but just what I felt like tonight. Roddy McDowall is superb in it.
It's really a Christmas movie, but just what I felt like tonight. Roddy McDowall is superb in it.
September 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Now watching... The Legend of Hell House.
It's really a Christmas movie, but just what I felt like tonight. Roddy McDowall is superb in it.
It's really a Christmas movie, but just what I felt like tonight. Roddy McDowall is superb in it.
Now watching... Orson Welles Great Mysteries "Come Into My Parlour"
September 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Now watching... Orson Welles Great Mysteries "Come Into My Parlour"
Now watching... Orson Welles Great Mysteries "Ice Storm".
September 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Now watching... Orson Welles Great Mysteries "Ice Storm".
John Burke, novelist, short story writer, died this day 2011 #OTD #OnThisDay. Amongst his many works were novelisations of some classic Hammer and Amicus horror films.
September 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
John Burke, novelist, short story writer, died this day 2011 #OTD #OnThisDay. Amongst his many works were novelisations of some classic Hammer and Amicus horror films.
Robert Blake, historian and biographer, died this day 2003 #OTD #OnThisDay Author of "An Incongruous Partnership: Lloyd George and Bonar Law", the Welsh Political Archive Lecture for 1991
September 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Robert Blake, historian and biographer, died this day 2003 #OTD #OnThisDay Author of "An Incongruous Partnership: Lloyd George and Bonar Law", the Welsh Political Archive Lecture for 1991
Nobody told them that... #TheFilmCrowd
September 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Nobody told them that... #TheFilmCrowd
David Low, cartoonist died this day 1963.
"I always had the greatest difficulty in making Lloyd George sinister in a cartoon. Every time I drew him, however critical the comment, I had to be careful or he would spring off the drawing board as a loveable cherubic little chap" #OTD #OnThisDay
"I always had the greatest difficulty in making Lloyd George sinister in a cartoon. Every time I drew him, however critical the comment, I had to be careful or he would spring off the drawing board as a loveable cherubic little chap" #OTD #OnThisDay
September 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
David Low, cartoonist died this day 1963.
"I always had the greatest difficulty in making Lloyd George sinister in a cartoon. Every time I drew him, however critical the comment, I had to be careful or he would spring off the drawing board as a loveable cherubic little chap" #OTD #OnThisDay
"I always had the greatest difficulty in making Lloyd George sinister in a cartoon. Every time I drew him, however critical the comment, I had to be careful or he would spring off the drawing board as a loveable cherubic little chap" #OTD #OnThisDay
Now reading: The Tiger Skin and Other Tales of the Uneasy by Violet Hunt, edited by Melissa Edmundson @melissae.bsky.social for the British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social Tales of the Weird series. Violet Hunt is new to me, one of the attractions of subscribing to the series.
September 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Now reading: The Tiger Skin and Other Tales of the Uneasy by Violet Hunt, edited by Melissa Edmundson @melissae.bsky.social for the British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social Tales of the Weird series. Violet Hunt is new to me, one of the attractions of subscribing to the series.
Sorry not joining you tonight, too much like hard work on here. #TheFilmCrowd
September 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Sorry not joining you tonight, too much like hard work on here. #TheFilmCrowd
TV scheduling is so confusing nowadays, just caught the end of the final episode of Kojak, and it's immediately followed by the first episode.
September 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
TV scheduling is so confusing nowadays, just caught the end of the final episode of Kojak, and it's immediately followed by the first episode.