Richard V. Hirst
@richardvhirst.bsky.social
Another writer you've never heard of / books with Confingo and Dead Ink / runs Levenshulme Old Library
https://richardvhirst.co.uk/
https://richardvhirst.co.uk/
Strong Nathan Barley vibes.
November 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Strong Nathan Barley vibes.
This, for reasons I can't really fathom, is 100% 'fully non-Christmas music which feels incredibly Christmassy to me'.
open.spotify.com/track/6e65fH...
open.spotify.com/track/6e65fH...
November 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This, for reasons I can't really fathom, is 100% 'fully non-Christmas music which feels incredibly Christmassy to me'.
open.spotify.com/track/6e65fH...
open.spotify.com/track/6e65fH...
I came across Mark Edwards via his cover for Helen Cresswell's Stonestruck, which isn't her best book but has a pleasingly odd quality emphasised by the artwork.
October 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I came across Mark Edwards via his cover for Helen Cresswell's Stonestruck, which isn't her best book but has a pleasingly odd quality emphasised by the artwork.
I love these Mark Edwards paintings - the Whitewood series. Strange, snow-covered worlds where men in bowler hats linger among winter trees. Part Magritte, part children's book illustration, part ghost story.
October 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I love these Mark Edwards paintings - the Whitewood series. Strange, snow-covered worlds where men in bowler hats linger among winter trees. Part Magritte, part children's book illustration, part ghost story.
Huge day for total bollocks.
October 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Huge day for total bollocks.
Also - Keaton was part of the Twin-Peaksiverse.
October 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Also - Keaton was part of the Twin-Peaksiverse.
I also think this might be the best acting streak of the decade (if you ignore 1976).
October 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I also think this might be the best acting streak of the decade (if you ignore 1976).
Includes some excellent cigarette smoking from 70s Diane Keaton.
October 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Includes some excellent cigarette smoking from 70s Diane Keaton.
I know Woody Allen is problematic to say the least, but I really can't undo the love I have for that long run of classic films - Interiors in particular is one I think hugely undervalued.
October 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I know Woody Allen is problematic to say the least, but I really can't undo the love I have for that long run of classic films - Interiors in particular is one I think hugely undervalued.
In 2009 I split up with my ex and took her new internet DAB radio - it was played a random selection of podcasts and I found something called Comedy Death Ray which has now been doing a running joke on this bit pretty much every Halloween for 16 years as Comedy Bang Bang.
October 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
In 2009 I split up with my ex and took her new internet DAB radio - it was played a random selection of podcasts and I found something called Comedy Death Ray which has now been doing a running joke on this bit pretty much every Halloween for 16 years as Comedy Bang Bang.
Very odd sense of vertigo.
October 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Very odd sense of vertigo.
Long story but I'm taking my son an open top bus tour through Manchester during Storm Amy.
October 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Long story but I'm taking my son an open top bus tour through Manchester during Storm Amy.
Strangely nostalgic for stock images of internet piracy.
September 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Strangely nostalgic for stock images of internet piracy.
There's a bloody Reform UK pop-up by my local Tesco.
I live in Andrew Gwynne's constituency so I guess they think there's some truth to the rumours about Andy Burnham trying to take it on.
I live in Andrew Gwynne's constituency so I guess they think there's some truth to the rumours about Andy Burnham trying to take it on.
September 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
There's a bloody Reform UK pop-up by my local Tesco.
I live in Andrew Gwynne's constituency so I guess they think there's some truth to the rumours about Andy Burnham trying to take it on.
I live in Andrew Gwynne's constituency so I guess they think there's some truth to the rumours about Andy Burnham trying to take it on.
Hey! I have a new book out!
It's called Writing the Magic and it's a collection of essays on fantasy writing co-edited by @dancoxon.bsky.social and myself (but mainly Dan), and it's published by @deadinkbooks.bsky.social today.
deadinkbooks.com/product/writ...
It's called Writing the Magic and it's a collection of essays on fantasy writing co-edited by @dancoxon.bsky.social and myself (but mainly Dan), and it's published by @deadinkbooks.bsky.social today.
deadinkbooks.com/product/writ...
September 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hey! I have a new book out!
It's called Writing the Magic and it's a collection of essays on fantasy writing co-edited by @dancoxon.bsky.social and myself (but mainly Dan), and it's published by @deadinkbooks.bsky.social today.
deadinkbooks.com/product/writ...
It's called Writing the Magic and it's a collection of essays on fantasy writing co-edited by @dancoxon.bsky.social and myself (but mainly Dan), and it's published by @deadinkbooks.bsky.social today.
deadinkbooks.com/product/writ...
Nice to see the Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water dressed for a state visit.
September 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Nice to see the Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water dressed for a state visit.
I don't think we talk enough about what a big deal it is that all of Doctor Who is just there for free on iPlayer.
September 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I don't think we talk enough about what a big deal it is that all of Doctor Who is just there for free on iPlayer.
"Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?"
September 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?"
Obviously there's Peepo, Funnybones, Each Peach Pear Plum etc but here's a couple of less well known Ahlbergs, both strange tales of the supernatural.
July 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Obviously there's Peepo, Funnybones, Each Peach Pear Plum etc but here's a couple of less well known Ahlbergs, both strange tales of the supernatural.
Always loved these daft little poems - powerful dissections of suburban masculinity really.
July 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Always loved these daft little poems - powerful dissections of suburban masculinity really.
Was at a train station yesterday and my son pointed out a 'weird furry slug thing which looks like a bat' on the wall which, on closer inspection, turned out to indeed be a bat.
July 31, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Was at a train station yesterday and my son pointed out a 'weird furry slug thing which looks like a bat' on the wall which, on closer inspection, turned out to indeed be a bat.
With Oasis being in town, I've decided to cash in by writing my own sentimental poem about Manchester.
July 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
With Oasis being in town, I've decided to cash in by writing my own sentimental poem about Manchester.
Think this - Think They're Looking by Girl Group - might be my album of the year, and it's not even an album, it's an EP.
I guarantee you will like this song:
youtu.be/1B5yLUI0IUM?...
I guarantee you will like this song:
youtu.be/1B5yLUI0IUM?...
July 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Think this - Think They're Looking by Girl Group - might be my album of the year, and it's not even an album, it's an EP.
I guarantee you will like this song:
youtu.be/1B5yLUI0IUM?...
I guarantee you will like this song:
youtu.be/1B5yLUI0IUM?...