Greville Tombs
@grevilletombs.bsky.social
Law book cataloguer. Graveyard Poet. Queer.
"That's curiously self-destructive, even for you, Grev".
There is no band Greville and the Tombstones.
https://grevilleandthetombstones.blogspot.com/
"That's curiously self-destructive, even for you, Grev".
There is no band Greville and the Tombstones.
https://grevilleandthetombstones.blogspot.com/
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Greville Tombs
@grevilletombs.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Under gothic weather, here lies graveyard poetry.
Hmmm weight now into the safe diabetic zone for me (70-72kg) but my bloods are double what they should be and I want insulin injections. Heroin chic!
November 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Hmmm weight now into the safe diabetic zone for me (70-72kg) but my bloods are double what they should be and I want insulin injections. Heroin chic!
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What's going on in Alabama and Tennessee around transgender books in the library is genuinely disgusting.
Trans stories belong in libraries. Full stop. Trans people have and will always exist.
And if you think this ends with trans stories pal there's a very famous poem I'd like you to read.
Trans stories belong in libraries. Full stop. Trans people have and will always exist.
And if you think this ends with trans stories pal there's a very famous poem I'd like you to read.
"The board overseeing Alabama public libraries on Thursday voted to remove books that discuss being transgender from the teen and children’s sections of all public libraries in the state."
State sanctioned censorship from some of the biggest bigots out there.
apnews.com/article/libr...
State sanctioned censorship from some of the biggest bigots out there.
apnews.com/article/libr...
Alabama board votes to remove books about being transgender from public library youth sections
The board overseeing Alabama public libraries on Thursday voted to remove books that discuss being transgender from the teen and children’s sections of public libraries.
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
What's going on in Alabama and Tennessee around transgender books in the library is genuinely disgusting.
Trans stories belong in libraries. Full stop. Trans people have and will always exist.
And if you think this ends with trans stories pal there's a very famous poem I'd like you to read.
Trans stories belong in libraries. Full stop. Trans people have and will always exist.
And if you think this ends with trans stories pal there's a very famous poem I'd like you to read.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Overly tired after a glam goth weekend.
November 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Overly tired after a glam goth weekend.
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Camilla Horn + F. W. Murnau • Faust, 1926
November 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Camilla Horn + F. W. Murnau • Faust, 1926
Given I have been accused of welcoming occultism into the library, I have a beautiful affinity for this. I believe @helleborezine.bsky.social is doing it right. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Demonic’ Wind in the Willows jumper banned from Westminster Abbey
Woman told to remove or cover up garment featuring 1908 illustration of Pan lest it offend worshippers
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Given I have been accused of welcoming occultism into the library, I have a beautiful affinity for this. I believe @helleborezine.bsky.social is doing it right. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Let other planets be.
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Let other planets be.
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Definitely a fae trap.
Today is #RLSDay which marks the birthday of the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson who would have been 175 today.
It's also a good day to remember that it is NOT actually his birthday because in 1891 he gave it away to a young girl because she didn't like her birthday. 🧵
It's also a good day to remember that it is NOT actually his birthday because in 1891 he gave it away to a young girl because she didn't like her birthday. 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Definitely a fae trap.
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Marcia Resnick • She became an expert shoplifter
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Marcia Resnick • She became an expert shoplifter
It’s Satanic panic but with dialup noises played backwards instead of music.
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It’s Satanic panic but with dialup noises played backwards instead of music.
Knowing Mia Goth was outside my library but I didn’t meet her is both enough and not enough.
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Knowing Mia Goth was outside my library but I didn’t meet her is both enough and not enough.
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
Actually, the performance here is the reading being silent, or “internal” - so probably around the year 400AD.
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Actually, the performance here is the reading being silent, or “internal” - so probably around the year 400AD.
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A reader told me she was asked to take off her Hellebore “Wind in the Willows” jumper before entering Westminster Abbey. The reason given was that it depicts the devil and might offend people. The reader explained it was the Greek god Pan, but the security guard didn’t backtrack. Satanic panic 2025.
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
A reader told me she was asked to take off her Hellebore “Wind in the Willows” jumper before entering Westminster Abbey. The reason given was that it depicts the devil and might offend people. The reader explained it was the Greek god Pan, but the security guard didn’t backtrack. Satanic panic 2025.
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Not to be controversial, but videos of Ravens/Corvids speaking are somewhere between 100 and infinitely times cooler and more impressive than the best Generative AI can (and will ever) manage.
November 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Not to be controversial, but videos of Ravens/Corvids speaking are somewhere between 100 and infinitely times cooler and more impressive than the best Generative AI can (and will ever) manage.
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A few people have asked, so here’s a link to the playlist I created for Hellebore’s Cave of Mysteries at Tate Britain.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A few people have asked, so here’s a link to the playlist I created for Hellebore’s Cave of Mysteries at Tate Britain.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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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)!
Listened to the new Florence and the Machine album. Read a letter written by Mary Shelly to Lord Byron. Watched the new Frankenstein film.
a woman in a black dress is holding an umbrella and a purse .
ALT: a woman in a black dress is holding an umbrella and a purse .
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Listened to the new Florence and the Machine album. Read a letter written by Mary Shelly to Lord Byron. Watched the new Frankenstein film.
It’s new Frankenstein movie day! @natlibscot.bsky.social have brought out their very special treasures for the occasion 🫀
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It’s new Frankenstein movie day! @natlibscot.bsky.social have brought out their very special treasures for the occasion 🫀
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I always find it odd that for all the cacophony of fireworks popping off through the weeks around 5th November, I never EVER hear the sound of anyone enjoying themselves.
No cheers, no happy screams.
As I calm my unsettled dogs I am picturing people watching silently, unsmiling, wondering WHY.
No cheers, no happy screams.
As I calm my unsettled dogs I am picturing people watching silently, unsmiling, wondering WHY.
November 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I always find it odd that for all the cacophony of fireworks popping off through the weeks around 5th November, I never EVER hear the sound of anyone enjoying themselves.
No cheers, no happy screams.
As I calm my unsettled dogs I am picturing people watching silently, unsmiling, wondering WHY.
No cheers, no happy screams.
As I calm my unsettled dogs I am picturing people watching silently, unsmiling, wondering WHY.
The film in tertiary palettes: all browns, rusts, blacks and golds. Layered in orchestral emotions and baroque drama. Textiles of lipstick oil, nylon smoke, and cotton shirts. Heightened concepts to exert pressure with sweat stuck obsessions. - (notes on) an early 90s erotic thriller.
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The film in tertiary palettes: all browns, rusts, blacks and golds. Layered in orchestral emotions and baroque drama. Textiles of lipstick oil, nylon smoke, and cotton shirts. Heightened concepts to exert pressure with sweat stuck obsessions. - (notes on) an early 90s erotic thriller.
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Did you know Mary Shelley once had to correct Sir Walter Scott for crediting her novel, Frankenstein, to her husband? 🔍
For one day only, see this story on paper at the National Library:
➡️ Mary Shelley's letter to Sir Walter Scott
➡️ Rare early editions & items from our archives
➡️ and more!
For one day only, see this story on paper at the National Library:
➡️ Mary Shelley's letter to Sir Walter Scott
➡️ Rare early editions & items from our archives
➡️ and more!
November 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Did you know Mary Shelley once had to correct Sir Walter Scott for crediting her novel, Frankenstein, to her husband? 🔍
For one day only, see this story on paper at the National Library:
➡️ Mary Shelley's letter to Sir Walter Scott
➡️ Rare early editions & items from our archives
➡️ and more!
For one day only, see this story on paper at the National Library:
➡️ Mary Shelley's letter to Sir Walter Scott
➡️ Rare early editions & items from our archives
➡️ and more!