Lins Rumbold
@linsrumbold.bsky.social
Cold War thriller author, part-time engineer. History buff. Big fan of things with engines & wheels, but also baking. And tea. All views my own.
http://bio.site/lins_rumbold for books and my blog.
http://bio.site/lins_rumbold for books and my blog.
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Lins Rumbold
@linsrumbold.bsky.social
· Sep 14
It’s HERE! My Cold War novel, Banshee, is now officially out on Kindle and paperback! Preorders should be landing on people’s doorsteps today and in the next few days.
#authorsky #booksky
#authorsky #booksky
I wish I could remember which writer gave me this advice on Twitter - it must be well over a decade ago - when I was struggling to write a particular character.
“Just talk to them”, she suggested. So I metaphorically took this character out for a coffee - just me and them, having a chat.
“Just talk to them”, she suggested. So I metaphorically took this character out for a coffee - just me and them, having a chat.
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I wish I could remember which writer gave me this advice on Twitter - it must be well over a decade ago - when I was struggling to write a particular character.
“Just talk to them”, she suggested. So I metaphorically took this character out for a coffee - just me and them, having a chat.
“Just talk to them”, she suggested. So I metaphorically took this character out for a coffee - just me and them, having a chat.
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There's lots you can and should criticise the BBC for.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
Zack Polanski on President Trump, "It's difficult to call him anything other than a fool"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
November 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
There's lots you can and should criticise the BBC for.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
Having one of those mornings when it feels like every writing idea I have is 💩, every scene I’ve written for Book 2 is 💩, and in fact Book 2 is going to be a massive steaming pile of 💩 …
I suppose even a pile of crap is easier to edit than a blank page …
#WritingCommunity #WriterSky
I suppose even a pile of crap is easier to edit than a blank page …
#WritingCommunity #WriterSky
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Having one of those mornings when it feels like every writing idea I have is 💩, every scene I’ve written for Book 2 is 💩, and in fact Book 2 is going to be a massive steaming pile of 💩 …
I suppose even a pile of crap is easier to edit than a blank page …
#WritingCommunity #WriterSky
I suppose even a pile of crap is easier to edit than a blank page …
#WritingCommunity #WriterSky
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You are essentially stuck between an ageing society desiring nostalgia and / or risk removal and a shrill social media cacophony demanding everything is sorted out now. With glib supposedly edgy one-liners far too often passing as serious commentary.
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
You are essentially stuck between an ageing society desiring nostalgia and / or risk removal and a shrill social media cacophony demanding everything is sorted out now. With glib supposedly edgy one-liners far too often passing as serious commentary.
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Shittification and shareholder return
A rehash of an old thread
Why is everything crap. Well, here we learn why Adam Smith was an early Marxist, in that though he had great faith in markets
He had zero faith in merchants
And the reason why, is why no one answers your helpline
1/n
A rehash of an old thread
Why is everything crap. Well, here we learn why Adam Smith was an early Marxist, in that though he had great faith in markets
He had zero faith in merchants
And the reason why, is why no one answers your helpline
1/n
a woman is wearing a headset while sitting at a desk .
ALT: a woman is wearing a headset while sitting at a desk .
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Shittification and shareholder return
A rehash of an old thread
Why is everything crap. Well, here we learn why Adam Smith was an early Marxist, in that though he had great faith in markets
He had zero faith in merchants
And the reason why, is why no one answers your helpline
1/n
A rehash of an old thread
Why is everything crap. Well, here we learn why Adam Smith was an early Marxist, in that though he had great faith in markets
He had zero faith in merchants
And the reason why, is why no one answers your helpline
1/n
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AI is essentially incompatible with net zero, in the short term. I know which I'd rather have www.newscientist.com/article/2503...
AI power use forecast finds the industry far off track to net zero
Several large tech firms that are active in AI have set goals to hit net zero by 2030, but a new forecast of the energy and water required to run large data centres shows they’re unlikely to meet thos...
www.newscientist.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
AI is essentially incompatible with net zero, in the short term. I know which I'd rather have www.newscientist.com/article/2503...
A post about remembrance, from my protagonist Flt Lt Alex Farnsworth.
Lest we forget.
www.lindsayrumbold.com/blog/remembrance
Lest we forget.
www.lindsayrumbold.com/blog/remembrance
Remembrance … — Lindsay Rumbold Writes
Flt Lt Alex Farnsworth, my protagonist in the October 2022 plot of Banshee, has a few thoughts about Remembrance Day …
www.lindsayrumbold.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
A post about remembrance, from my protagonist Flt Lt Alex Farnsworth.
Lest we forget.
www.lindsayrumbold.com/blog/remembrance
Lest we forget.
www.lindsayrumbold.com/blog/remembrance
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Today, we honour those who served and those who never came home.
We will remember them.
We will remember them.
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Today, we honour those who served and those who never came home.
We will remember them.
We will remember them.
The Telegraph routinely spreads myths about a range of subjects - especially climate change.
It has been forced to publish over 100 corrections this year so far.
Yet it has the gall to lecture the BBC - and whip up a national panic - about journalistic standards
It has been forced to publish over 100 corrections this year so far.
Yet it has the gall to lecture the BBC - and whip up a national panic - about journalistic standards
The Telegraph’s Record of Climate Falsehoods
The Telegraph, which has accused the BBC of bias and a lack of editorial rigour, has been forced to amend a swathe of climate inaccuracies. The BBC’s director-general and CEO resigned this weekend aft...
www.desmog.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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🔴US-Style Culture Wars Have Come to Britain but Who Is Starting Them?
A new study raises stark questions about links between extreme rhetoric in the media and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
A new study raises stark questions about links between extreme rhetoric in the media and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
US-Style Culture Wars Have Come to Britain but Who Is Starting Them?
A new study raises stark questions about the link between extreme rhetoric in the media and politics and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues Professor Bo...
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🔴US-Style Culture Wars Have Come to Britain but Who Is Starting Them?
A new study raises stark questions about links between extreme rhetoric in the media and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
A new study raises stark questions about links between extreme rhetoric in the media and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
Thank you to whoever flew the DH Chipmunk over the village war memorial today, as we gathered around it on Remembrance Sunday earlier. It was appreciated (not least by me).
November 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Thank you to whoever flew the DH Chipmunk over the village war memorial today, as we gathered around it on Remembrance Sunday earlier. It was appreciated (not least by me).
I remember seeing it on the news (I was a schoolgirl at the time), and I remember feeling such a sense of hope (the innocence of youth!).
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I remember seeing it on the news (I was a schoolgirl at the time), and I remember feeling such a sense of hope (the innocence of youth!).
When your husband is a book ferret, and finds you complete sets of books he’s pretty sure you’ll find interesting … and he’s correct 😃 #BookSky
November 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
When your husband is a book ferret, and finds you complete sets of books he’s pretty sure you’ll find interesting … and he’s correct 😃 #BookSky
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Who would have guessed
November 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Who would have guessed
Having nailed down the plots for Book 2, my head is filled with ideas and I have that burning urge to sit and type for HOURS.
So of course, Life has decided that I will absolutely not have more than 5 minutes to do so between now and probably next Tuesday 🙄
So of course, Life has decided that I will absolutely not have more than 5 minutes to do so between now and probably next Tuesday 🙄
October 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Having nailed down the plots for Book 2, my head is filled with ideas and I have that burning urge to sit and type for HOURS.
So of course, Life has decided that I will absolutely not have more than 5 minutes to do so between now and probably next Tuesday 🙄
So of course, Life has decided that I will absolutely not have more than 5 minutes to do so between now and probably next Tuesday 🙄
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New post just out:
"Never again?"
On how the radical right are trying to change our collective memory about World War Two as part of their assault on the postwar order.
And why that memory remains a critical defence against nationalism.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/n...
"Never again?"
On how the radical right are trying to change our collective memory about World War Two as part of their assault on the postwar order.
And why that memory remains a critical defence against nationalism.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/n...
Never again?
Memory entrepreneurship and the radical right’s assault on the postwar order
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
New post just out:
"Never again?"
On how the radical right are trying to change our collective memory about World War Two as part of their assault on the postwar order.
And why that memory remains a critical defence against nationalism.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/n...
"Never again?"
On how the radical right are trying to change our collective memory about World War Two as part of their assault on the postwar order.
And why that memory remains a critical defence against nationalism.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/n...
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I have prints!
October 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I have prints!
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One benchmark of a democracy is whether it is willing to hold those who have served at the very highest levels to account.
Can you imagine the United States ever doing something like this?
Can you imagine the United States ever doing something like this?
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy enters a prison in Paris on the first day of a five-year sentence https://cnn.it/4hvGEiD
October 21, 2025 at 8:35 AM
One benchmark of a democracy is whether it is willing to hold those who have served at the very highest levels to account.
Can you imagine the United States ever doing something like this?
Can you imagine the United States ever doing something like this?
After bashing out the skeleton of my 1955 plot over the last couple of weeks, I’m now turning my attention back to the 2024 plot and making sure it lines up.
This is the fun bit. I feel like I actually know what I’m doing now 😁
(It won’t last.)
#WriterSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity
This is the fun bit. I feel like I actually know what I’m doing now 😁
(It won’t last.)
#WriterSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity
October 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
After bashing out the skeleton of my 1955 plot over the last couple of weeks, I’m now turning my attention back to the 2024 plot and making sure it lines up.
This is the fun bit. I feel like I actually know what I’m doing now 😁
(It won’t last.)
#WriterSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity
This is the fun bit. I feel like I actually know what I’m doing now 😁
(It won’t last.)
#WriterSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity
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Labour has already delivered or making progress towards two-thirds of its manifesto pledges
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/lab...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/lab...
Labour has already delivered or making progress towards two-thirds of its manifesto pledges
The Labour government has already delivered or is making progress towards around two thirds of its manifesto pledges.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Labour has already delivered or making progress towards two-thirds of its manifesto pledges
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/lab...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/lab...
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I completely missed this story, so sharing it in case you missed it too
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
What are the Boris Files and what do they reveal about former PM’s conduct?
Leaked material from Johnson’s private office raises serious questions relating to his time in No 10 and since he resigned
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I completely missed this story, so sharing it in case you missed it too
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Our #WeepingLancaster commemoration has been re-installed in #LancasterCorner in #NAMHangar1
www.newarkairmuseum.org/on-the-radar...
#LestWeForget
Photo credit #DTEParchive
www.newarkairmuseum.org/on-the-radar...
#LestWeForget
Photo credit #DTEParchive
October 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Our #WeepingLancaster commemoration has been re-installed in #LancasterCorner in #NAMHangar1
www.newarkairmuseum.org/on-the-radar...
#LestWeForget
Photo credit #DTEParchive
www.newarkairmuseum.org/on-the-radar...
#LestWeForget
Photo credit #DTEParchive
Super proud and pleased to announce you can now support Vulcan XH558 and Vulcan To The Sky by buying Banshee from their web shop!
All copies are signed, too.
vulcantothesky.org/product/bans...
All copies are signed, too.
vulcantothesky.org/product/bans...
October 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Super proud and pleased to announce you can now support Vulcan XH558 and Vulcan To The Sky by buying Banshee from their web shop!
All copies are signed, too.
vulcantothesky.org/product/bans...
All copies are signed, too.
vulcantothesky.org/product/bans...