James Lark
@jameslark.bsky.social
Composer, writer, teacher. New episodes of my podcast Neurotic Literature arriving soon: https://www.jameslark.co.uk/neuroticliterature
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In FLIGHTS OF FANCY, Alan discovers that his aptitude for predicting airborne calamity is not entirely misplaced...
A story for everyone a little bit afraid of flying.
The new story from #NeuroticLiterature - listen at pod.fo/e/34b8d1
#aeroplane #flying #stories #fiction #podcastfiction #comedy
A story for everyone a little bit afraid of flying.
The new story from #NeuroticLiterature - listen at pod.fo/e/34b8d1
#aeroplane #flying #stories #fiction #podcastfiction #comedy
Possibly about to be demolished to make way for a bypass or
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Possibly about to be demolished to make way for a bypass or
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Her portrayal of asylum seekers doesn't just respond to the racist narratives of the Far Right: by othering asylum seekers as unworthy winners of riches, in implicit contrast to struggling families, Shabana Mahmood actively promotes and feeds those Far Right lies.
For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
November 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Her portrayal of asylum seekers doesn't just respond to the racist narratives of the Far Right: by othering asylum seekers as unworthy winners of riches, in implicit contrast to struggling families, Shabana Mahmood actively promotes and feeds those Far Right lies.
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The UK Labour party, at this point, is a machine that removes people's rights.
If you currently rely on the European Court of Human Rights for your minority group to *not* be targeted, you're in trouble...
November 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The UK Labour party, at this point, is a machine that removes people's rights.
My reputation, it seems, precedes me.
@jameslark.bsky.social YOU!
YOU!
IT'S YOU!
YOU'RE THE ONE WHO WROTE THE CHEESE SONG THAT HAS BEEN HAUNTING ME FOR TWENTY GODDAMN YEARS
SINGING IT VERBATIM FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK I'M COMPLETELY INSANE
FINALLY I FOUND YOU
YOU!
IT'S YOU!
YOU'RE THE ONE WHO WROTE THE CHEESE SONG THAT HAS BEEN HAUNTING ME FOR TWENTY GODDAMN YEARS
SINGING IT VERBATIM FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK I'M COMPLETELY INSANE
FINALLY I FOUND YOU
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
My reputation, it seems, precedes me.
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Congratulations to Labour who have won the coveted Tommy Robinson endorsement. Excited for sensibles to explain to me why I have to vote for the people enacting actual fascist policy.
November 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Congratulations to Labour who have won the coveted Tommy Robinson endorsement. Excited for sensibles to explain to me why I have to vote for the people enacting actual fascist policy.
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Since Labour decided they were an anti-racist party they have announced that
refugees will be housed in derelict army camps, at great expense
refugees will not get indefinite leave to remain or citizenship
increasing the qualifying time for leave to remain for immigrants to ten years
refugees will be housed in derelict army camps, at great expense
refugees will not get indefinite leave to remain or citizenship
increasing the qualifying time for leave to remain for immigrants to ten years
I see Labour are claiming to be an anti-racist party again.
This can only mean they're about to announce yet another policy to make life more difficult for immigrants or refugees.
Don't trust her, Charlie Brown! She's gonna swipe the ball away!
This can only mean they're about to announce yet another policy to make life more difficult for immigrants or refugees.
Don't trust her, Charlie Brown! She's gonna swipe the ball away!
"Let's not forget, when we remember the service and the sacrifice with this poppy, that the people who bled and died for our democracy and our freedom, weren't just my grandfather who looked like me & worshipped the same God, but people across Empire & Commonwealth, who were Muslim, Sikh & Hindu'
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Since Labour decided they were an anti-racist party they have announced that
refugees will be housed in derelict army camps, at great expense
refugees will not get indefinite leave to remain or citizenship
increasing the qualifying time for leave to remain for immigrants to ten years
refugees will be housed in derelict army camps, at great expense
refugees will not get indefinite leave to remain or citizenship
increasing the qualifying time for leave to remain for immigrants to ten years
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This won’t stop people seeking protection in the UK. It will make it harder for refugees to rebuild their lives, feel secure and contribute to their communities. It will create a load more work for the Home Office, reviewing claims every three years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
This won’t stop people seeking protection in the UK. It will make it harder for refugees to rebuild their lives, feel secure and contribute to their communities. It will create a load more work for the Home Office, reviewing claims every three years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Full-on, unapologetic racism, not dog whistle but bloody foghorn, is now mainstream on the right.
November 15, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Full-on, unapologetic racism, not dog whistle but bloody foghorn, is now mainstream on the right.
Labour vaguely equating diplomacy with bribery perhaps not the most considered messaging ever. Was it wise to give that intern the passwords to the social media accounts?
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Labour vaguely equating diplomacy with bribery perhaps not the most considered messaging ever. Was it wise to give that intern the passwords to the social media accounts?
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This made my morning. Comprehensive, funny, inspiring, and by the end, oddly, genuinely moving. Absolutely worth your time.
Joe & @jameslark.bsky.social talk to one of their favourite authors about writing The Chimes of Midnight and Jubilee, coming to terms with your own work, and the creating unique short story collections. Insight into the writing process from one of the masters.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This made my morning. Comprehensive, funny, inspiring, and by the end, oddly, genuinely moving. Absolutely worth your time.
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Joe & @jameslark.bsky.social talk to one of their favourite authors about writing The Chimes of Midnight and Jubilee, coming to terms with your own work, and the creating unique short story collections. Insight into the writing process from one of the masters.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Joe & @jameslark.bsky.social talk to one of their favourite authors about writing The Chimes of Midnight and Jubilee, coming to terms with your own work, and the creating unique short story collections. Insight into the writing process from one of the masters.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Hello @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social. 'Biweekly' can in fact mean twice a week *or* once every two weeks, because the prefix bi- can be used for both "occurring every two" and "occurring twice." Welcome to the English language.
I propose that a more helpful word for your purpose is 'fortnightly'.
I propose that a more helpful word for your purpose is 'fortnightly'.
November 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Hello @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social. 'Biweekly' can in fact mean twice a week *or* once every two weeks, because the prefix bi- can be used for both "occurring every two" and "occurring twice." Welcome to the English language.
I propose that a more helpful word for your purpose is 'fortnightly'.
I propose that a more helpful word for your purpose is 'fortnightly'.
When your morning's writing has been so successful that your word count is smaller than it was before.
November 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
When your morning's writing has been so successful that your word count is smaller than it was before.
This is one of my very favourite things I have written ever, and the last in the current series of Neurotic Literature, so one to savour!
In FLIGHTS OF FANCY, Alan discovers that his aptitude for predicting airborne calamity is not entirely misplaced...
A story for everyone a little bit afraid of flying.
The new story from #NeuroticLiterature - listen at pod.fo/e/34b8d1
#aeroplane #flying #stories #fiction #podcastfiction #comedy
A story for everyone a little bit afraid of flying.
The new story from #NeuroticLiterature - listen at pod.fo/e/34b8d1
#aeroplane #flying #stories #fiction #podcastfiction #comedy
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is one of my very favourite things I have written ever, and the last in the current series of Neurotic Literature, so one to savour!
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This is the fearless journalism Britannia deserves.
November 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This is the fearless journalism Britannia deserves.
If you ever want a laugh, add 'composer' as a job title on LinkedIn and enjoy the job suggestions that come rolling in.
Amongst many, many not-composing roles, the algorithm is absolutely determined that I should become a caterer at King's College Cambridge.
Amongst many, many not-composing roles, the algorithm is absolutely determined that I should become a caterer at King's College Cambridge.
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 AM
If you ever want a laugh, add 'composer' as a job title on LinkedIn and enjoy the job suggestions that come rolling in.
Amongst many, many not-composing roles, the algorithm is absolutely determined that I should become a caterer at King's College Cambridge.
Amongst many, many not-composing roles, the algorithm is absolutely determined that I should become a caterer at King's College Cambridge.
In FLIGHTS OF FANCY, Alan discovers that his aptitude for predicting airborne calamity is not entirely misplaced...
A story for everyone a little bit afraid of flying.
The new story from #NeuroticLiterature - listen at pod.fo/e/34b8d1
#aeroplane #flying #stories #fiction #podcastfiction #comedy
A story for everyone a little bit afraid of flying.
The new story from #NeuroticLiterature - listen at pod.fo/e/34b8d1
#aeroplane #flying #stories #fiction #podcastfiction #comedy
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
In FLIGHTS OF FANCY, Alan discovers that his aptitude for predicting airborne calamity is not entirely misplaced...
A story for everyone a little bit afraid of flying.
The new story from #NeuroticLiterature - listen at pod.fo/e/34b8d1
#aeroplane #flying #stories #fiction #podcastfiction #comedy
A story for everyone a little bit afraid of flying.
The new story from #NeuroticLiterature - listen at pod.fo/e/34b8d1
#aeroplane #flying #stories #fiction #podcastfiction #comedy
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The Mathshow 'Dr Where' skits on the Season 13 collection are put together with astonishing care - they make efforts with visuals that a schools programme really didn't need to make, including a miniaturisation effect that is... er... rather more successful than any equivalent in *real* Doctor Who.
November 2, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The Mathshow 'Dr Where' skits on the Season 13 collection are put together with astonishing care - they make efforts with visuals that a schools programme really didn't need to make, including a miniaturisation effect that is... er... rather more successful than any equivalent in *real* Doctor Who.
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The future of the Hamster Book Club looks great: @dwcoverstory.bsky.social
@jonarnold.bsky.social @grumpy2eb.bsky.social
are delving into the Earth and Timewyrm arcs, @jameslark.bsky.social & @michaelmills.bsky.social are getting festive and final with Chimes of Midnight and Lungbarrow…
@jonarnold.bsky.social @grumpy2eb.bsky.social
are delving into the Earth and Timewyrm arcs, @jameslark.bsky.social & @michaelmills.bsky.social are getting festive and final with Chimes of Midnight and Lungbarrow…
November 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The future of the Hamster Book Club looks great: @dwcoverstory.bsky.social
@jonarnold.bsky.social @grumpy2eb.bsky.social
are delving into the Earth and Timewyrm arcs, @jameslark.bsky.social & @michaelmills.bsky.social are getting festive and final with Chimes of Midnight and Lungbarrow…
@jonarnold.bsky.social @grumpy2eb.bsky.social
are delving into the Earth and Timewyrm arcs, @jameslark.bsky.social & @michaelmills.bsky.social are getting festive and final with Chimes of Midnight and Lungbarrow…
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Pretty much every Culture Secretary we've had since the post was created has reinforced my impression that our frontline politicians simply do not know or care about culture.
Hi Lisa Nandy! I’m a BAFTA winner from a small town. Instead of asinine questions like this, why not tell us how we can continue to make a living in the eviscerated creative sector over which you notionally preside?
October 31, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Pretty much every Culture Secretary we've had since the post was created has reinforced my impression that our frontline politicians simply do not know or care about culture.
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Hi Lisa Nandy! I’m a BAFTA winner from a small town. Instead of asinine questions like this, why not tell us how we can continue to make a living in the eviscerated creative sector over which you notionally preside?
October 31, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Hi Lisa Nandy! I’m a BAFTA winner from a small town. Instead of asinine questions like this, why not tell us how we can continue to make a living in the eviscerated creative sector over which you notionally preside?
Today's #neuroticliterature - THE CALL OF THE VOID. A story about ghosts, whether real or imagined.
Listen to the full episode at pod.fo/e/34806f
#podcast #fiction #story #stories #ghost #halloween #spooky
Listen to the full episode at pod.fo/e/34806f
#podcast #fiction #story #stories #ghost #halloween #spooky
October 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Today's #neuroticliterature - THE CALL OF THE VOID. A story about ghosts, whether real or imagined.
Listen to the full episode at pod.fo/e/34806f
#podcast #fiction #story #stories #ghost #halloween #spooky
Listen to the full episode at pod.fo/e/34806f
#podcast #fiction #story #stories #ghost #halloween #spooky
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If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
![[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS]
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NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]:
Hello there
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[A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk].
DAD:
Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE:
Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail!
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MUM:
That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]:
Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot!
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NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]:
Listen - that's their call
[Calls emanating from the landscape]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
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NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]:
They are extremely sensitive and fragile...
But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery.
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KIDS [pointing]:
There they are!
[Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure].
[Little people noises]:
woke-woke
tut-tut
woke-woke
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[Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]:
Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house.
[Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
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MUM [pointing]:
What's that one doing there?
NT EMPLOYEE:
Oh, that's so sweet…
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[We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away].
NT EMPLOYEE:
I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph…
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[We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]:
Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE?
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October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...