Rob Watts
@robwatts88.bsky.social
Media Person (TV, Podcasts, Books)
Follow me if you like horror, chocolate, Iceland, pop punk and/or David Lynch
Please enjoy my podcast: www.linktr.ee/KVIKMYNDAPOD
Follow me if you like horror, chocolate, Iceland, pop punk and/or David Lynch
Please enjoy my podcast: www.linktr.ee/KVIKMYNDAPOD
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@robwatts88.bsky.social I did it!! Two pages a day as a nightstand book (sometimes more when the mood strikes!) & you're through it in a year! I listened to the @sagathingpodcast.bsky.social episodes prior to starting each new saga as well, which helps with insights to look out for 😁 #BookSky 💙📚🇮🇸
September 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
@robwatts88.bsky.social I did it!! Two pages a day as a nightstand book (sometimes more when the mood strikes!) & you're through it in a year! I listened to the @sagathingpodcast.bsky.social episodes prior to starting each new saga as well, which helps with insights to look out for 😁 #BookSky 💙📚🇮🇸
Just watched the video for One Step Closer by Linkin Park for the first time in HD and it looks great!
A classic video that I’d only ever seen in piss poor noughties Kerrang channel quality!
A classic video that I’d only ever seen in piss poor noughties Kerrang channel quality!
July 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Just watched the video for One Step Closer by Linkin Park for the first time in HD and it looks great!
A classic video that I’d only ever seen in piss poor noughties Kerrang channel quality!
A classic video that I’d only ever seen in piss poor noughties Kerrang channel quality!
Books that I have read in the last few months
July 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Books that I have read in the last few months
Episode 6 of the Penguin Podcast, Ask Penguin has dropped, featuring Alex Rider and Marble Hall Murders author Anthony Horowitz!
Plus plenty of great summer reading recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
pod.fo/e/2e861a
Plus plenty of great summer reading recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
pod.fo/e/2e861a
The Penguin Podcast: S2 E6: Summer Reads with Anthony Horowitz
On the final episode of this series of the Penguin Podcast, Marble Hall Murders author Anthony Horowitz tells us how, when a famous actress asks you to write another novel, you do as you're told! P...
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June 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Episode 6 of the Penguin Podcast, Ask Penguin has dropped, featuring Alex Rider and Marble Hall Murders author Anthony Horowitz!
Plus plenty of great summer reading recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
pod.fo/e/2e861a
Plus plenty of great summer reading recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
pod.fo/e/2e861a
Episode 5 of the Penguin Podcast, Ask Penguin has dropped, featuring Nova Scotia House author Charlie Porter!
Plus plenty of great queer book recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
pod.fo/e/2dfc78
Plus plenty of great queer book recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
pod.fo/e/2dfc78
The Penguin Podcast: S2 E5: Queer Literature with Charlie Porter
This week on the Penguin Podcast we talk to writer, critic and curator Charlie Porter about his novel Nova Scotia House, discuss queer books and the importance of hearing queer voices in art. Plus ...
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June 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Episode 5 of the Penguin Podcast, Ask Penguin has dropped, featuring Nova Scotia House author Charlie Porter!
Plus plenty of great queer book recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
pod.fo/e/2dfc78
Plus plenty of great queer book recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
pod.fo/e/2dfc78
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Pour yourself a cup of coffee! ☕
Empire has a brand-new interview special with Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost and star Kyle MacLachlan — all about the show and their incredible friendship and working relationship with David Lynch.
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0FOr...
Empire has a brand-new interview special with Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost and star Kyle MacLachlan — all about the show and their incredible friendship and working relationship with David Lynch.
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0FOr...
June 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Pour yourself a cup of coffee! ☕
Empire has a brand-new interview special with Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost and star Kyle MacLachlan — all about the show and their incredible friendship and working relationship with David Lynch.
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0FOr...
Empire has a brand-new interview special with Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost and star Kyle MacLachlan — all about the show and their incredible friendship and working relationship with David Lynch.
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0FOr...
Episode 4 of the Penguin Podcast, Ask Penguin has dropped, featuring @yrsadaleyward.bsky.social!
Plus plenty of great book club tips and book recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
pod.fo/e/2d8dd3
Plus plenty of great book club tips and book recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
pod.fo/e/2d8dd3
The Penguin Podcast: S2 E4: Book Club Books with Yrsa Daley-Ward
Whether you are in a book club or fancy starting your own, we have the book recommendations and conversation starters to make it a success! Plus we talk to Merky books author Yrsa Daley-Ward about ...
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May 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Episode 4 of the Penguin Podcast, Ask Penguin has dropped, featuring @yrsadaleyward.bsky.social!
Plus plenty of great book club tips and book recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
pod.fo/e/2d8dd3
Plus plenty of great book club tips and book recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
pod.fo/e/2d8dd3
Episode 3 of the Penguin Podcast, Ask Penguin has dropped, featuring 3 debut authors!
Plus plenty of great and wide-ranging book recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
pod.fo/e/2d24bc
Plus plenty of great and wide-ranging book recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
pod.fo/e/2d24bc
The Penguin Podcast: S2 E3: Debut Books with Catherine Airey, William Rayfet Hunter and Fiza Saeed McLynn
What is it like to write and publish your first ever novel? We find out by asking the authors William Rayfet Hunter (Sunstruck), Catherine Airey (Confessions), and Fiza Saeed McLynn (The Midnight C...
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May 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Episode 3 of the Penguin Podcast, Ask Penguin has dropped, featuring 3 debut authors!
Plus plenty of great and wide-ranging book recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
pod.fo/e/2d24bc
Plus plenty of great and wide-ranging book recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
pod.fo/e/2d24bc
We continue the new series of the Penguin Podcast, Ask Penguin with the Queen of Romance, Emily Henry.
Plus plenty of love and romance book recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
pod.fo/e/2cc200
Plus plenty of love and romance book recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
pod.fo/e/2cc200
The Penguin Podcast: S2 E2: Love and Romance with Emily Henry
Bestselling author, and Queen of the Romantic comedy novel, Emily Henry joins us on this week's episode to discuss her brand new book, Great Big Beautiful Life, novels full of spice, and which fict...
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April 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
We continue the new series of the Penguin Podcast, Ask Penguin with the Queen of Romance, Emily Henry.
Plus plenty of love and romance book recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
pod.fo/e/2cc200
Plus plenty of love and romance book recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
pod.fo/e/2cc200
And the new series of the Penguin Podcast, Ask Penguin dropped this week!
Children’s books with Greg James and Chris Smith. Plus plenty of book recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/0Yac...
Children’s books with Greg James and Chris Smith. Plus plenty of book recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/0Yac...
April 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
And the new series of the Penguin Podcast, Ask Penguin dropped this week!
Children’s books with Greg James and Chris Smith. Plus plenty of book recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/0Yac...
Children’s books with Greg James and Chris Smith. Plus plenty of book recommendations.
Please have a listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/0Yac...
It’s been a while because of a new job (at Penguin Books!) but here’s what I read over the last two months!
#books #booksky #booksiveread #catherineairey #charlieporter #emilyhenry #fizasaeedmclynn #williamrayfethunter #yrsadaleyward #erikaxlsund #gregjames #chrissmith
#books #booksky #booksiveread #catherineairey #charlieporter #emilyhenry #fizasaeedmclynn #williamrayfethunter #yrsadaleyward #erikaxlsund #gregjames #chrissmith
April 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It’s been a while because of a new job (at Penguin Books!) but here’s what I read over the last two months!
#books #booksky #booksiveread #catherineairey #charlieporter #emilyhenry #fizasaeedmclynn #williamrayfethunter #yrsadaleyward #erikaxlsund #gregjames #chrissmith
#books #booksky #booksiveread #catherineairey #charlieporter #emilyhenry #fizasaeedmclynn #williamrayfethunter #yrsadaleyward #erikaxlsund #gregjames #chrissmith
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🚨🚨New Episode Alert 🚨🚨
Rob and Ellie travel across continents and decades for Baltasar Kormákur’s ‘Touch’, or ‘Snerting’ from 2024.
A gorgeous and gentle long-lost love story, set in modern Iceland and Japan and 1960s London.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...
#iceland #worldcinema #japan #film
Rob and Ellie travel across continents and decades for Baltasar Kormákur’s ‘Touch’, or ‘Snerting’ from 2024.
A gorgeous and gentle long-lost love story, set in modern Iceland and Japan and 1960s London.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...
#iceland #worldcinema #japan #film
February 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🚨🚨New Episode Alert 🚨🚨
Rob and Ellie travel across continents and decades for Baltasar Kormákur’s ‘Touch’, or ‘Snerting’ from 2024.
A gorgeous and gentle long-lost love story, set in modern Iceland and Japan and 1960s London.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...
#iceland #worldcinema #japan #film
Rob and Ellie travel across continents and decades for Baltasar Kormákur’s ‘Touch’, or ‘Snerting’ from 2024.
A gorgeous and gentle long-lost love story, set in modern Iceland and Japan and 1960s London.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...
#iceland #worldcinema #japan #film
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Always remember how much my equine vet daughter laughed when I asked 'is he 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 the black horse, or....?'
The answer, of course, is 'or....' 🤭
Great #film, and great episode from @robwatts88.bsky.social & Ellie on #Kvikmyndapod 🎬🍿
The answer, of course, is 'or....' 🤭
Great #film, and great episode from @robwatts88.bsky.social & Ellie on #Kvikmyndapod 🎬🍿
S03E04— Of Horses and Men (2008) Hross í oss
Director Benedikt Erlingsson's feature debut is a series of darkly comic beautifully shot interconnected vignettes that demonstrate just how integral horses are to rural Icelandic life.
open.spotify.com/episode/6xuT...
#iceland #filmsky #horses #ísland
Director Benedikt Erlingsson's feature debut is a series of darkly comic beautifully shot interconnected vignettes that demonstrate just how integral horses are to rural Icelandic life.
open.spotify.com/episode/6xuT...
#iceland #filmsky #horses #ísland
February 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Always remember how much my equine vet daughter laughed when I asked 'is he 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 the black horse, or....?'
The answer, of course, is 'or....' 🤭
Great #film, and great episode from @robwatts88.bsky.social & Ellie on #Kvikmyndapod 🎬🍿
The answer, of course, is 'or....' 🤭
Great #film, and great episode from @robwatts88.bsky.social & Ellie on #Kvikmyndapod 🎬🍿
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Underrated Icelandic movie - 2021’s Dýrið / Lamb.
a sheep wearing a floral wreath on its head
ALT: a sheep wearing a floral wreath on its head
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February 4, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Underrated Icelandic movie - 2021’s Dýrið / Lamb.
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S02E06 - And Breathe Normally (Andið eðlilega) 2018
On the Reykjanes Peninsula two women of different backgrounds learn how to help each other.
Ísold Uggadóttir's debut is a beautifully stark look at immigration and the struggle for normalality
open.spotify.com/episode/16pO...
#iceland #filmsky
On the Reykjanes Peninsula two women of different backgrounds learn how to help each other.
Ísold Uggadóttir's debut is a beautifully stark look at immigration and the struggle for normalality
open.spotify.com/episode/16pO...
#iceland #filmsky
February 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
S02E06 - And Breathe Normally (Andið eðlilega) 2018
On the Reykjanes Peninsula two women of different backgrounds learn how to help each other.
Ísold Uggadóttir's debut is a beautifully stark look at immigration and the struggle for normalality
open.spotify.com/episode/16pO...
#iceland #filmsky
On the Reykjanes Peninsula two women of different backgrounds learn how to help each other.
Ísold Uggadóttir's debut is a beautifully stark look at immigration and the struggle for normalality
open.spotify.com/episode/16pO...
#iceland #filmsky
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S02E05 - A White, White Day (Hvítur, hvítur dagur) 2019
Hlynur Pálmason’s astonishing drama set in the south-east of Iceland follows Ingvar Sigurðsson’s police officer working through his grief while supporting his family.
open.spotify.com/episode/0OBS...
#iceland #filmsky #worldcinema
Hlynur Pálmason’s astonishing drama set in the south-east of Iceland follows Ingvar Sigurðsson’s police officer working through his grief while supporting his family.
open.spotify.com/episode/0OBS...
#iceland #filmsky #worldcinema
February 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
S02E05 - A White, White Day (Hvítur, hvítur dagur) 2019
Hlynur Pálmason’s astonishing drama set in the south-east of Iceland follows Ingvar Sigurðsson’s police officer working through his grief while supporting his family.
open.spotify.com/episode/0OBS...
#iceland #filmsky #worldcinema
Hlynur Pálmason’s astonishing drama set in the south-east of Iceland follows Ingvar Sigurðsson’s police officer working through his grief while supporting his family.
open.spotify.com/episode/0OBS...
#iceland #filmsky #worldcinema
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S02BONUS - LAMB & Cop Secret (Leynilögga) 2021
A non-spoiler discussion of two Icelandic movies that played at the 2021 BFI London Film Festival!
A very Icelandic folk horror and a very Icelandic ‘Hollywood’ buddy action movie!
open.spotify.com/episode/0bwD...
#iceland #filmsky #lamb #copsecret
A non-spoiler discussion of two Icelandic movies that played at the 2021 BFI London Film Festival!
A very Icelandic folk horror and a very Icelandic ‘Hollywood’ buddy action movie!
open.spotify.com/episode/0bwD...
#iceland #filmsky #lamb #copsecret
February 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
S02BONUS - LAMB & Cop Secret (Leynilögga) 2021
A non-spoiler discussion of two Icelandic movies that played at the 2021 BFI London Film Festival!
A very Icelandic folk horror and a very Icelandic ‘Hollywood’ buddy action movie!
open.spotify.com/episode/0bwD...
#iceland #filmsky #lamb #copsecret
A non-spoiler discussion of two Icelandic movies that played at the 2021 BFI London Film Festival!
A very Icelandic folk horror and a very Icelandic ‘Hollywood’ buddy action movie!
open.spotify.com/episode/0bwD...
#iceland #filmsky #lamb #copsecret
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My local bookshop has hit on an incredible business strategy: be nice to customers | Joel Snape
My local bookshop has hit on an incredible business strategy: be nice to customers | Joel Snape
It’s weird more high-street shops don’t behave like this. Friendliness is one one of the few things they have going for them in the war against the machines
In today’s hyper-connected world, where I can have anything from a power drill to a little…
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January 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My local bookshop has hit on an incredible business strategy: be nice to customers | Joel Snape
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If you’re planning on watching any Lynch, my advice is: don’t watch any analysis videos, don’t think about what stuff is “supposed” to mean, just get your own unique experience from it!!
I think people have become far too concerned with the “correct” interpretations of media. Just experience it!!!
I think people have become far too concerned with the “correct” interpretations of media. Just experience it!!!
January 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
If you’re planning on watching any Lynch, my advice is: don’t watch any analysis videos, don’t think about what stuff is “supposed” to mean, just get your own unique experience from it!!
I think people have become far too concerned with the “correct” interpretations of media. Just experience it!!!
I think people have become far too concerned with the “correct” interpretations of media. Just experience it!!!
Strange timing with The Traitors’ backwards speech challenge today
January 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Strange timing with The Traitors’ backwards speech challenge today
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Something’s coming…
January 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Something’s coming…
I’m back to banging the rock musician autobiography audiobook drum again!
This time it’s Serj Tankian’s memoir and it’s fascinating.
I’ve already learnt loads about the Armenian genocide and the fact he set up and ran a successful software business before music.
I’ve not even got to Toxicity yet!
This time it’s Serj Tankian’s memoir and it’s fascinating.
I’ve already learnt loads about the Armenian genocide and the fact he set up and ran a successful software business before music.
I’ve not even got to Toxicity yet!
January 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I’m back to banging the rock musician autobiography audiobook drum again!
This time it’s Serj Tankian’s memoir and it’s fascinating.
I’ve already learnt loads about the Armenian genocide and the fact he set up and ran a successful software business before music.
I’ve not even got to Toxicity yet!
This time it’s Serj Tankian’s memoir and it’s fascinating.
I’ve already learnt loads about the Armenian genocide and the fact he set up and ran a successful software business before music.
I’ve not even got to Toxicity yet!
I’ve done well this Christmas. What book should I read first from this stack?! 📚
January 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I’ve done well this Christmas. What book should I read first from this stack?! 📚
Really enjoying BBC Two’s Quizmas as always! Especially tonight’s Books special of Only Connect 📚
December 26, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Really enjoying BBC Two’s Quizmas as always! Especially tonight’s Books special of Only Connect 📚