Keith Sands
@keithsands.bsky.social
Cambridge-based, work in ELT publishing / ed tech for a university press. Semi-competent rock climber. Half Man Half Biscuit & Cardiacs enjoyer. Occasional writing and translation.
I'm tired of him in my lifetime.
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I'm tired of him in my lifetime.
Have to say I'm also excited by the new possibilities Aptos offers for expressing indifference bordering on contempt
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Have to say I'm also excited by the new possibilities Aptos offers for expressing indifference bordering on contempt
When Calibri is not enough
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
When Calibri is not enough
The "equalities watchdog", snarling at the idea of equality
November 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The "equalities watchdog", snarling at the idea of equality
And it's 75% self-inflicted.
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
And it's 75% self-inflicted.
It's a terse microfiction. The ambiguity about Wilson's motives (outraged moralist, or insecure braggart, who rather rates his own achievements in the field?) remains unresolved. In this essay I will (cont. p94)
November 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
It's a terse microfiction. The ambiguity about Wilson's motives (outraged moralist, or insecure braggart, who rather rates his own achievements in the field?) remains unresolved. In this essay I will (cont. p94)
Too music hall, though. The original is on a higher plane.
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Too music hall, though. The original is on a higher plane.
Hahaha, "point by point response" makes this so much funnier
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Hahaha, "point by point response" makes this so much funnier
He looks uncannily like John Craven.
October 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
He looks uncannily like John Craven.
That's not where I would put Llanberis.
Otherwise, excellent work.
Otherwise, excellent work.
October 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
That's not where I would put Llanberis.
Otherwise, excellent work.
Otherwise, excellent work.
Just when you think he couldn't possibly get more patrician contempt into his delivery, he turns it up to 11 with "London's untidy spraawwl" at 15.14
October 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Just when you think he couldn't possibly get more patrician contempt into his delivery, he turns it up to 11 with "London's untidy spraawwl" at 15.14
A really good, strange writer, not fascist. Looking at the dates though, Berg was probably written before the unlikely relationship with Williamson. It was later adapted into a terrible black comedy film called Killing Dad.
October 15, 2025 at 6:10 AM
A really good, strange writer, not fascist. Looking at the dates though, Berg was probably written before the unlikely relationship with Williamson. It was later adapted into a terrible black comedy film called Killing Dad.
That's, um... I have questions
October 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
That's, um... I have questions
Odd coincidence (?) came to mind reading this. The experimental novelist Ann Quin had a relationship with the elderly Williamson in the mid 1960s, and her first novel, written around then, about a disturbed murderer, was titled Berg.
October 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Odd coincidence (?) came to mind reading this. The experimental novelist Ann Quin had a relationship with the elderly Williamson in the mid 1960s, and her first novel, written around then, about a disturbed murderer, was titled Berg.
No I did not! Thanks!
HMHB in NME in the late 80s might be a desert though. They split in 1986 (citing "musical similarities, haha) then reonvened in 1990.
HMHB in NME in the late 80s might be a desert though. They split in 1986 (citing "musical similarities, haha) then reonvened in 1990.
October 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
No I did not! Thanks!
HMHB in NME in the late 80s might be a desert though. They split in 1986 (citing "musical similarities, haha) then reonvened in 1990.
HMHB in NME in the late 80s might be a desert though. They split in 1986 (citing "musical similarities, haha) then reonvened in 1990.
Sounds a great find. If you happen to chance across anything Half Man Half Biscuit related in that lot, I'd be interested to see it (it's for a thing)
October 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Sounds a great find. If you happen to chance across anything Half Man Half Biscuit related in that lot, I'd be interested to see it (it's for a thing)
Could be better, could be worse!
October 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Could be better, could be worse!
Anyway, hope you're well. The Stirling job sounds like it was a great move.
October 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Anyway, hope you're well. The Stirling job sounds like it was a great move.
You were loitering in the area of it
October 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
You were loitering in the area of it