Rhys
@rhysthomashello.bsky.social
Author of The Unlikely Heroics of Sam Holloway, On the Third Day & The Suicide Club. I sell tiny stories on scrolls on Etsy (rhysthomashello). Science communicator at Cardiff Uni. One hand in my pocket and the other one giving the peace sign.
I was shuffling the Stone Roses albums on my night walk tonight and Your Star Will Shine came on, hurltling me back to the Boars Head when I was a teenager learning the art of afternoon drinking with Rafe et al. Man I was happy then, the type of happiness you can only really have when you're young.
December 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I was shuffling the Stone Roses albums on my night walk tonight and Your Star Will Shine came on, hurltling me back to the Boars Head when I was a teenager learning the art of afternoon drinking with Rafe et al. Man I was happy then, the type of happiness you can only really have when you're young.
Scenes from the night walk
November 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Scenes from the night walk
A bit of a weird side door entry into Dumas' catalogue but this book really fucked
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A bit of a weird side door entry into Dumas' catalogue but this book really fucked
Ambition is like the vault of heaven; it appears to be bounded by the horizon, but it covers the whole earth - A. Dumas.
November 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Ambition is like the vault of heaven; it appears to be bounded by the horizon, but it covers the whole earth - A. Dumas.
Oh no Mani, I really loved you
November 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Oh no Mani, I really loved you
If anybody is wondering what's happened to my drawing practice I'm currently following a very long court case so am spending my lunch hours in the public gallery. I hope to get back to drawing practice in 2026!
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
If anybody is wondering what's happened to my drawing practice I'm currently following a very long court case so am spending my lunch hours in the public gallery. I hope to get back to drawing practice in 2026!
Was sad to hear of the passing of Marina Lewycka. I always respected her after watching a piece on a TV show where she revealed she wrote in bed. I've had her Ukrainian tractor book on my shelf for years - I will read it in 2026.
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Was sad to hear of the passing of Marina Lewycka. I always respected her after watching a piece on a TV show where she revealed she wrote in bed. I've had her Ukrainian tractor book on my shelf for years - I will read it in 2026.
I swear I get possessed by an 80 year old woman at midnight - why else would I have just bought these?
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I swear I get possessed by an 80 year old woman at midnight - why else would I have just bought these?
Heard some great writing advice from Jonathan Franzen today. "Take a hard look at every sentence. Shake it. Shake it again. I guarantee you, it can be better."
November 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Heard some great writing advice from Jonathan Franzen today. "Take a hard look at every sentence. Shake it. Shake it again. I guarantee you, it can be better."
Very impressive place!
October 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Very impressive place!
I watched One Battle for a 2nd time yesterday & loved it even more. The cast and pacing are electrifying, the Jonny Greenwood score is insanely beautiful and the final car chase demonstrates an audacious mastery of the craft, but Benico del Toro steals it for me. What a character, what a performance
October 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I watched One Battle for a 2nd time yesterday & loved it even more. The cast and pacing are electrifying, the Jonny Greenwood score is insanely beautiful and the final car chase demonstrates an audacious mastery of the craft, but Benico del Toro steals it for me. What a character, what a performance
Scenes from the night walk
October 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Scenes from the night walk
This book man. Jeez
October 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This book man. Jeez
I love my new bookmark.
September 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I love my new bookmark.
I can not wait for PTA's new movie
September 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I can not wait for PTA's new movie
I absolutely loved Don't Delete the Kisses as soon as I heard it, and the same is true of Leaning Against the Wall. Ellie Rowsell writes about love so vulnerably, beautifully and novelistically. I think she'd write a banging 180 page novel.
September 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I absolutely loved Don't Delete the Kisses as soon as I heard it, and the same is true of Leaning Against the Wall. Ellie Rowsell writes about love so vulnerably, beautifully and novelistically. I think she'd write a banging 180 page novel.
I love finding random things in the pages of second hand books but I've struck gold this time. A four leaf clover!
September 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I love finding random things in the pages of second hand books but I've struck gold this time. A four leaf clover!
Had a great time helping out at the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences conference at the Millennium Stadium this week and was very touched and happy that the team bought me this awesome Lego plum blossom. These trees bloom in winter and remind us that even in the darkest times there is beauty.
September 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Had a great time helping out at the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences conference at the Millennium Stadium this week and was very touched and happy that the team bought me this awesome Lego plum blossom. These trees bloom in winter and remind us that even in the darkest times there is beauty.
It's been too long my old friend
September 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It's been too long my old friend
Doing some shelving and am just putting back what I consider to be humanity's greatest literary achievement
September 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Doing some shelving and am just putting back what I consider to be humanity's greatest literary achievement
This is my living room but that is not my cat!
August 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is my living room but that is not my cat!
I wanna fly faster than the speed of light to the rock of eternity
August 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I wanna fly faster than the speed of light to the rock of eternity