Alan Barnes
@senrabnala.bsky.social
Post boom, second doom. Stealing cake to eat the moon. Writes and edits - Doctor Who, Hammer horror, Sherlock Holmes, Judge Dredd (etc). Available for hire.
"James Bond? But you're dead!"
<looks to camera>
"Something happened to the other fella."
<looks to camera>
"Something happened to the other fella."
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"James Bond? But you're dead!"
<looks to camera>
"Something happened to the other fella."
<looks to camera>
"Something happened to the other fella."
So I went for my usual weekend 12k round Oxford this morning. Listening to a podcast about Aleister Crowley, the Great Beast himself. You know, just because. Coming out of Uni Parks, there's a humpback bridge you can't run up or down, so I pause there. And I swear, I swear this is how far I'd run:
October 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
So I went for my usual weekend 12k round Oxford this morning. Listening to a podcast about Aleister Crowley, the Great Beast himself. You know, just because. Coming out of Uni Parks, there's a humpback bridge you can't run up or down, so I pause there. And I swear, I swear this is how far I'd run:
Eight word horror story.
October 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Eight word horror story.
Hadn't realised that my fall on Monday left me with a bit of a shiner, chiz
September 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Hadn't realised that my fall on Monday left me with a bit of a shiner, chiz
My Australian The Keep box set just turned up, months after I preordered it. It is huge, and very heavy, and comes with a metal cross, and so much STUFF and oh God I love it
September 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
My Australian The Keep box set just turned up, months after I preordered it. It is huge, and very heavy, and comes with a metal cross, and so much STUFF and oh God I love it
Reading the 2011 edition of Christopher Priest's notorious 1971 novel Fugue For A Darkening Island - near future England, boats, refugees, you get the picture - and on page 13:
September 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Reading the 2011 edition of Christopher Priest's notorious 1971 novel Fugue For A Darkening Island - near future England, boats, refugees, you get the picture - and on page 13:
Let us know when you get to the neet of the long Niamhs.
September 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Let us know when you get to the neet of the long Niamhs.
Re the stippled Tharg head -- Dave sometimes stippled...
August 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Re the stippled Tharg head -- Dave sometimes stippled...
Here she is being "Poor Tom"
August 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Here she is being "Poor Tom"
Oh, bless you! No, she finished last Thurs. Full most nights, which was amazing. I think the Camden Fringe Shakefest is still going, though.
August 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Oh, bless you! No, she finished last Thurs. Full most nights, which was amazing. I think the Camden Fringe Shakefest is still going, though.
So a wasp stung my neck and some wazzock spilled champers all over my jacket, but that was still the best day. Lifetime ambition fulfilled.
July 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
So a wasp stung my neck and some wazzock spilled champers all over my jacket, but that was still the best day. Lifetime ambition fulfilled.
Unbelievably... we're on Centre.
July 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Unbelievably... we're on Centre.
You've been watching Glastonbury, I've been watching PIL. Anger still an energy.
June 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
You've been watching Glastonbury, I've been watching PIL. Anger still an energy.
70 years after I started -- well, alright, 7 -- tonight, I have finally reached the final episode of Voyager. Wish me luck, I'm going in.
June 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
70 years after I started -- well, alright, 7 -- tonight, I have finally reached the final episode of Voyager. Wish me luck, I'm going in.
Headington Oxfam. It's been a LONG time since I last saw one of these in the wild...
May 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Headington Oxfam. It's been a LONG time since I last saw one of these in the wild...
Knew I still had this somewhere. I saw Morocco the following year, too... All thanks to @markwyman.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Knew I still had this somewhere. I saw Morocco the following year, too... All thanks to @markwyman.bsky.social
The view from my window.
May 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The view from my window.
Did anyone else read these? It's only taken me 44 years, but I've finally got the full set.
May 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Did anyone else read these? It's only taken me 44 years, but I've finally got the full set.
The prize for the most desperate, shoehorned-in reference to The Space Museum goes, perhaps surprisingly, to the Isle of Man Daily Times.
May 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The prize for the most desperate, shoehorned-in reference to The Space Museum goes, perhaps surprisingly, to the Isle of Man Daily Times.
This photo came up in a thread, and I had to stop what I was doing to admire it. This is ART. This is like Rembrandt. The faces. The richness of the blooding colours. ART.
April 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This photo came up in a thread, and I had to stop what I was doing to admire it. This is ART. This is like Rembrandt. The faces. The richness of the blooding colours. ART.
I've been dipping in and out of Series 2 of The Avengers, which I've stupidly neglected until now. Many delights, not least the casts. Tonight: Lupton, young Geoffrey Palmer, and this sauve French airline pilot...
March 31, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I've been dipping in and out of Series 2 of The Avengers, which I've stupidly neglected until now. Many delights, not least the casts. Tonight: Lupton, young Geoffrey Palmer, and this sauve French airline pilot...
Update: I just realised why my addled brain never separated "monkey" and "mafia". As usual, @2000ad.bsky.social was to blame.
March 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Update: I just realised why my addled brain never separated "monkey" and "mafia". As usual, @2000ad.bsky.social was to blame.
The greatest Doctor Who sandwich.
March 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The greatest Doctor Who sandwich.
I've heard it said that Fury From the Deep is boring, but I'm watching June Murphy as a Welsh barmaid in a Season 2 ep of The Avengers and boys, I think we may have failed to sufficiently factor in the cuteness of Maggie Harris.
March 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I've heard it said that Fury From the Deep is boring, but I'm watching June Murphy as a Welsh barmaid in a Season 2 ep of The Avengers and boys, I think we may have failed to sufficiently factor in the cuteness of Maggie Harris.