Richard V. Hirst
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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/
Strong Nathan Barley vibes.
November 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 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.
October 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
@jennashworth.bsky.social - this feels very you
October 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This fucking thing is still rattling around in there damnit.
October 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"In 1992 Barry Killerby first played which role, known for-"

*BUZZ*

[jiggling in seat, visibly sweating]: "IT'S MR BLOBBY."
October 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
*abject silence for four episodes*

"Another starter question. 4291 is the phone number for-"

*buzz*

"ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE!"

"... Ten points to Liverpool John Moore's..."

*polite applause*
October 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Whenever there's a team on University Challenge that romps to the final there's always one among them who basically keeps their head down only to occasionally blast through the pop music questions. I could do that (maybe not the music bit).
October 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Bam!
October 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I quite like 👀 because I think it does a job of conferring a particular tone or meaning which language alone doesn't really do so succinctly.
October 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Also - Keaton was part of the Twin-Peaksiverse.
October 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I also think this might be the best acting streak of the decade (if you ignore 1976).
October 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Includes some excellent cigarette smoking from 70s Diane Keaton.
October 11, 2025 at 10:21 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.
October 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM