Philip Marsh
@misterpalomar.bsky.social
Runs the A Plunge Into Calvino podcast (@aplungeintocalvino.bsky.social). Sometime writer / editor. UEA graduate. The views expressed here are personal, and not that of my employer.
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And some of that 0.001% own media outlets and social media outlets thats sole purpose is to convince the poorest 50% that the 0.001% aren't the problem, and encourage them to vote for political parties who will make the rich richer , and the poor poorer
December 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
And some of that 0.001% own media outlets and social media outlets thats sole purpose is to convince the poorest 50% that the 0.001% aren't the problem, and encourage them to vote for political parties who will make the rich richer , and the poor poorer
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Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
Oh great. I had a bunch of tabs open on my laptop containing possible Christmas present ideas. I just opened it to order some of them and found i've lost them all because the laptop auto-updated to force more unwanted AI onto it. FFS.
December 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Oh great. I had a bunch of tabs open on my laptop containing possible Christmas present ideas. I just opened it to order some of them and found i've lost them all because the laptop auto-updated to force more unwanted AI onto it. FFS.
It's so sadly typical of some Dr Who fans that their reaction to the lovely mini-epidode that dropped the other day is to use it to bash other Dr Who that they don't like. They can't just enjoy something for itself.
A reminder to *never* read the Comments section of anything.
A reminder to *never* read the Comments section of anything.
December 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It's so sadly typical of some Dr Who fans that their reaction to the lovely mini-epidode that dropped the other day is to use it to bash other Dr Who that they don't like. They can't just enjoy something for itself.
A reminder to *never* read the Comments section of anything.
A reminder to *never* read the Comments section of anything.
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Merriam-Webster has spoken...
December 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Merriam-Webster has spoken...
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For fun - what are your top 3 Calvino works?
My top three Calvino: 1. The Nonexistent Knight 2. Mr. Palomar 3. Cosmicomics (just edging Invisible Cities). My recent Calvino discovery is that he spent time in America during the civil rights movement (‘59-‘60), met MLK, and wrote of his experiences during that time. A marvelous human.
December 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
For fun - what are your top 3 Calvino works?
Well done Villa. Absolutely deserved that win. Especially funny that they scored just after ex-Arsenal Martin Keown inevitably gave Man of the Match to an Arsenal player even though Villa were by far the better side.
December 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Well done Villa. Absolutely deserved that win. Especially funny that they scored just after ex-Arsenal Martin Keown inevitably gave Man of the Match to an Arsenal player even though Villa were by far the better side.
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Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
February 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
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As a species we have done nothing to deserve Calvino. He’s like David Bowie or Édouard Manet or Brunelleschi…from some other universe of vision and talent.
December 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
As a species we have done nothing to deserve Calvino. He’s like David Bowie or Édouard Manet or Brunelleschi…from some other universe of vision and talent.
It is utterly ridiculous that they made such an elaborate new episode of Doctor Who just to advertise a bluray box set.
December 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It is utterly ridiculous that they made such an elaborate new episode of Doctor Who just to advertise a bluray box set.
Cut The Crap really isn't that bad. It doesn't sound like The Clash and the absence of Jones and Heddon makes it easy to take against but there's some good stuff amid the tracks that don't work - and This Is England is genuinely great. It's the 80s version of Chinese Democracy.
Q Magazine's list of the 50 Worst Albums is a list of albums that are broadly speaking far more interesting than *any* magazine's list of the 50 Best Albums.
December 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Cut The Crap really isn't that bad. It doesn't sound like The Clash and the absence of Jones and Heddon makes it easy to take against but there's some good stuff amid the tracks that don't work - and This Is England is genuinely great. It's the 80s version of Chinese Democracy.
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A man has become the 7th person to be left HIV-free after receiving a stem cell transplant to treat blood cancer. He’s also the second of the 7 who received stem cells that were not actually resistant to the virus, strengthening the case that HIV-resistant cells may not be necessary for an HIV cure.
Man unexpectedly cured of HIV after stem cell transplant
A handful of people with HIV have been cured after receiving HIV-resistant stem cells – but a man who received non-resistant stem cells is also now HIV-free
www.newscientist.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A man has become the 7th person to be left HIV-free after receiving a stem cell transplant to treat blood cancer. He’s also the second of the 7 who received stem cells that were not actually resistant to the virus, strengthening the case that HIV-resistant cells may not be necessary for an HIV cure.
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Cult TV Script Donation
Film is Fabulous! work closely with DMU. In July, a large collection of scripts, including original annotated camera scripts, production documents, schedules, and film diaries, were donated by a former television and film writer.
Film is Fabulous! work closely with DMU. In July, a large collection of scripts, including original annotated camera scripts, production documents, schedules, and film diaries, were donated by a former television and film writer.
November 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Cult TV Script Donation
Film is Fabulous! work closely with DMU. In July, a large collection of scripts, including original annotated camera scripts, production documents, schedules, and film diaries, were donated by a former television and film writer.
Film is Fabulous! work closely with DMU. In July, a large collection of scripts, including original annotated camera scripts, production documents, schedules, and film diaries, were donated by a former television and film writer.
We have new minisodes of Dr Who made just to advertise bluray box sets and Tales of the TARDIS featuring old Doctors and companions. It is frankly ridiculous how well-served we are.
We can watch the majority of the episodes from the entire run at the touch of a button if you pay your licence fee in the UK. We have episodes beautifully restored. Missing episodes have been animated. We can choose to watch different edits and new SFX, even colourisations of old episodes.
You know what? Old #DoctorWho fans are *insanely* lucky. We're lucky the show got revived at all. We're lucky it got made by top-rank writers, directors, producers and actors who loved it. We're lucky it became a worldwide hit. We're lucky we were still around to see it happen all over again.
November 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We have new minisodes of Dr Who made just to advertise bluray box sets and Tales of the TARDIS featuring old Doctors and companions. It is frankly ridiculous how well-served we are.
We can watch the majority of the episodes from the entire run at the touch of a button if you pay your licence fee in the UK. We have episodes beautifully restored. Missing episodes have been animated. We can choose to watch different edits and new SFX, even colourisations of old episodes.
You know what? Old #DoctorWho fans are *insanely* lucky. We're lucky the show got revived at all. We're lucky it got made by top-rank writers, directors, producers and actors who loved it. We're lucky it became a worldwide hit. We're lucky we were still around to see it happen all over again.
November 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
We can watch the majority of the episodes from the entire run at the touch of a button if you pay your licence fee in the UK. We have episodes beautifully restored. Missing episodes have been animated. We can choose to watch different edits and new SFX, even colourisations of old episodes.
Just walking down the street, wearing my fedora in case it rains, and a man in a white van shouted 'Hey mate - I like your hat!' at me as I walked past.
Mind you I was in Chorlton at the time.
Mind you I was in Chorlton at the time.
November 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Just walking down the street, wearing my fedora in case it rains, and a man in a white van shouted 'Hey mate - I like your hat!' at me as I walked past.
Mind you I was in Chorlton at the time.
Mind you I was in Chorlton at the time.
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J G Ballard on the South Bsnk Show , twenty years ago. I first found his work in the SF section of the local library when /i was ten or so, and and got hooked on the atmospherics of the first three novels. Later, called by the vast temporal resonances of the far night sky... youtu.be/8LosxrbL3sU?...
J G Ballard Documentary
YouTube video by matley virgo
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
J G Ballard on the South Bsnk Show , twenty years ago. I first found his work in the SF section of the local library when /i was ten or so, and and got hooked on the atmospherics of the first three novels. Later, called by the vast temporal resonances of the far night sky... youtu.be/8LosxrbL3sU?...
Blade Runner
The Elephant Man
Withnail & I
Big Trouble In Little China
Honourable mention: Videodrome
The Elephant Man
Withnail & I
Big Trouble In Little China
Honourable mention: Videodrome
Name your top 4 80s films.
November 28, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Blade Runner
The Elephant Man
Withnail & I
Big Trouble In Little China
Honourable mention: Videodrome
The Elephant Man
Withnail & I
Big Trouble In Little China
Honourable mention: Videodrome
I watched Sinners tonight. I enjoyed the first 2/3rds of it but can't help feeling there was a much more satisfying ending that they had done all the groundwork for and then just didn't do, settling for a fairy generic action ending instead.
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I watched Sinners tonight. I enjoyed the first 2/3rds of it but can't help feeling there was a much more satisfying ending that they had done all the groundwork for and then just didn't do, settling for a fairy generic action ending instead.
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A little late, but I read my SF military horror story "Unaccounted" for WAYO FM's Halloween fundraiser on Jessica Bisko's Bedtime Stories show. Lightly edited because the loooong tally of equipment, weapons and meds that *are* accounted for didn't work for audio www.mixcloud.com/wayoradio/be...
Bedtime Stories - Fundraiser Special
Bedtime Stories presents Lauren Beukes! Guest reader and best selling author reading her short story 'Unaccounted'
www.mixcloud.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A little late, but I read my SF military horror story "Unaccounted" for WAYO FM's Halloween fundraiser on Jessica Bisko's Bedtime Stories show. Lightly edited because the loooong tally of equipment, weapons and meds that *are* accounted for didn't work for audio www.mixcloud.com/wayoradio/be...
Still the greatest Demon in cinema.
30 minute klaxon to NIGHT OF THE DEMON (1957) at 9:45pm #TPTVsubtitles
November 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Still the greatest Demon in cinema.
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If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
I contributed to the Kickstarter for this!
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I contributed to the Kickstarter for this!
I hate how much I want this just because of how beautiful it is. I would never play it. I can hear the audio on the iPlayer with telesnaps. But look at the colour of that vinyl...
Coming 13th February 2026
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
3 x 140g translucent 'Bernalium Blue' vinyl
The 1968 adventure complete on vinyl for the first time. Starring Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines and introducing Wendy Padbury as Zoe (who also provides narration)
amzn.to/4o06kFH #ad
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
3 x 140g translucent 'Bernalium Blue' vinyl
The 1968 adventure complete on vinyl for the first time. Starring Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines and introducing Wendy Padbury as Zoe (who also provides narration)
amzn.to/4o06kFH #ad
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I hate how much I want this just because of how beautiful it is. I would never play it. I can hear the audio on the iPlayer with telesnaps. But look at the colour of that vinyl...