Pete Hartley
@pmghartley.bsky.social
Sometime dramaturg, perennial scribbler, perpetual Prestonian.
Whilst being weighed, Pete the hog took a peep at today's Lancashire Post which features an extract from Great Hedgepectations. All proceeds from the book go to Leyland Hedgehog Rescue.
www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Hedgep...
www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Hedgep...
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Whilst being weighed, Pete the hog took a peep at today's Lancashire Post which features an extract from Great Hedgepectations. All proceeds from the book go to Leyland Hedgehog Rescue.
www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Hedgep...
www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Hedgep...
A ghost story to chill the owners of the (former) Punch Bowl pub near Hurst Green in Lancashire, who demolished the listed building and refused to rebuild it. Published in last Saturday's Lancashire Post.
October 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A ghost story to chill the owners of the (former) Punch Bowl pub near Hurst Green in Lancashire, who demolished the listed building and refused to rebuild it. Published in last Saturday's Lancashire Post.
Still available for purchase and performance.
www.amazon.co.uk/Making-Myra-...
www.amazon.co.uk/Making-Myra-...
August 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Still available for purchase and performance.
www.amazon.co.uk/Making-Myra-...
www.amazon.co.uk/Making-Myra-...
14 years ago I wrote a play about Ian Brady and Myra Hindley. Last night I discovered that Brady had obtained a copy. I'm obliged to a former Drama student for informing me. I was planning on watching the programme on iplayer, and I'm not sure I'd have survived the shock if I'd not been forewarned.
July 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
14 years ago I wrote a play about Ian Brady and Myra Hindley. Last night I discovered that Brady had obtained a copy. I'm obliged to a former Drama student for informing me. I was planning on watching the programme on iplayer, and I'm not sure I'd have survived the shock if I'd not been forewarned.
Tea and owls with Carl McGarrigle, author of the truly original fantasy The Talents. Tea and owls are in book 2.
July 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Tea and owls with Carl McGarrigle, author of the truly original fantasy The Talents. Tea and owls are in book 2.
Today's Lancashire Post contains my latest tongue -in-cheek cultivation. The satire is probably only appreciated by those who have seen the great serpent of tuber-chewers snaking across Preston flag market and slithering into the labyrinth of social media to erupt from the tummies of PNE players.
July 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Today's Lancashire Post contains my latest tongue -in-cheek cultivation. The satire is probably only appreciated by those who have seen the great serpent of tuber-chewers snaking across Preston flag market and slithering into the labyrinth of social media to erupt from the tummies of PNE players.
David Cousins, the single biggest influence on my creativity, died this morning aged 85. Some understanding of his influence can be gained from my September 2020 blog about the band he fronted: uneasywords.com/2020/09/27/savouring-strawbs/
I snapped the picture of Dave at Salford Uni in 1978
I snapped the picture of Dave at Salford Uni in 1978
July 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
David Cousins, the single biggest influence on my creativity, died this morning aged 85. Some understanding of his influence can be gained from my September 2020 blog about the band he fronted: uneasywords.com/2020/09/27/savouring-strawbs/
I snapped the picture of Dave at Salford Uni in 1978
I snapped the picture of Dave at Salford Uni in 1978
Cool off with something swiftly citric.
www.amazon.co.uk/Ice-Lemon-Pe...
www.amazon.co.uk/Ice-Lemon-Pe...
July 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Cool off with something swiftly citric.
www.amazon.co.uk/Ice-Lemon-Pe...
www.amazon.co.uk/Ice-Lemon-Pe...
Thanks to everyone who purchased Great Hedgepectations after the reading from it at Chorley Theatre this week. Your full purchase spend has been deposited in the funds of Leyland Hedgehog Rescue.
June 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Thanks to everyone who purchased Great Hedgepectations after the reading from it at Chorley Theatre this week. Your full purchase spend has been deposited in the funds of Leyland Hedgehog Rescue.
Two weeks tonight, I'll be telling a tiny bit of a story in Chorley.
June 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Two weeks tonight, I'll be telling a tiny bit of a story in Chorley.
From Papercuts: www.amazon.co.uk/Papercuts-sh...
June 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
From Papercuts: www.amazon.co.uk/Papercuts-sh...
The Male Fern. Plucked from The Atheist's Prayer Book. Snapped at sundown in The Unspoken Garden.
May 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The Male Fern. Plucked from The Atheist's Prayer Book. Snapped at sundown in The Unspoken Garden.
Did a touch and go at Halfpenny Green Airfield, where I learned to fly 51 years ago while an air cadet. It was a personal highlight that has featured little in my fiction, but watch this airspace. Maybe.
May 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Did a touch and go at Halfpenny Green Airfield, where I learned to fly 51 years ago while an air cadet. It was a personal highlight that has featured little in my fiction, but watch this airspace. Maybe.
From 'Hellfire Blues' one of Dave Cousins' anti-war songs. From 'The Boy in the Sailor Suit' album inspired by his father, who died in a submarine.
May 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
From 'Hellfire Blues' one of Dave Cousins' anti-war songs. From 'The Boy in the Sailor Suit' album inspired by his father, who died in a submarine.
Preston folk singer Brian Dewhurst (later known as Brian Preston) on the cover of his 1977 album, the title of which is a smug boast that I would very much like to reestablish in the vernacular.
April 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Preston folk singer Brian Dewhurst (later known as Brian Preston) on the cover of his 1977 album, the title of which is a smug boast that I would very much like to reestablish in the vernacular.
This response to a Scandinavian residency is mischievous in its charm. A zesty zine.
Available at the moment only from @davidhartley.bsky.social
Available at the moment only from @davidhartley.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This response to a Scandinavian residency is mischievous in its charm. A zesty zine.
Available at the moment only from @davidhartley.bsky.social
Available at the moment only from @davidhartley.bsky.social
The mining bees are back in business.
April 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The mining bees are back in business.
Spent the afternoon upcyling Sunday supplements into book gift bags, ahead of next Sunday's visit to Buckshaw Village in Lancashire, to help promote their hedgehog project.
March 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Spent the afternoon upcyling Sunday supplements into book gift bags, ahead of next Sunday's visit to Buckshaw Village in Lancashire, to help promote their hedgehog project.
Every year at this time, our water feature becomes, depending on your point of view, either a love nest, a brothel, a maternity ward, or a pre-Raphaelite nymph pool.
March 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Every year at this time, our water feature becomes, depending on your point of view, either a love nest, a brothel, a maternity ward, or a pre-Raphaelite nymph pool.
A very old companion was delighted to get his paws on this lovely book today. Manchester and High Peak people could find out more about book and bear from author and host at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
February 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A very old companion was delighted to get his paws on this lovely book today. Manchester and High Peak people could find out more about book and bear from author and host at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
This is Eden who came to us for foster care in November weighing just just 500 grammes. Here she is back at Leyland Hedgehog Rescue prior to being released last night, weighing over 830 grammes. Wherever she goes will be a garden of Eden.
February 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is Eden who came to us for foster care in November weighing just just 500 grammes. Here she is back at Leyland Hedgehog Rescue prior to being released last night, weighing over 830 grammes. Wherever she goes will be a garden of Eden.
Sometimes the trickiest bit is negotiating the negotiators.
February 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Sometimes the trickiest bit is negotiating the negotiators.
Listening to a pod cast on paving.
February 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Listening to a pod cast on paving.
An extract from Ice & Lemon, a work from 2012.
January 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
An extract from Ice & Lemon, a work from 2012.
Today's Lancashire Post features a little fictional snippet inspired by an overnight stay whilst promoting Modern Gothic: www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page...
January 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Today's Lancashire Post features a little fictional snippet inspired by an overnight stay whilst promoting Modern Gothic: www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page...