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Chris
@staggerlee42.bsky.social
Love cinema, literature, music and art. Write occasionally about cinema. Married with two kids. Originally from Greater Manchester/Cheshire. Now based in Northern Ireland. Teacher of History and Politics. Degree, PGCE and MA Ed from University of Durham.
November 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
La Chimera/Alice Rohrwacher
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Um.
I may have just had a wee orgasm…
🤣🤣🤣
November 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Just finished Andrew Michael Hurley’s ‘Starve Acre’ and am currently reading Philip Pullman’s ‘The Secret Commonwealth’. #nowreading #BookSky💙📚
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Ormeau Book Club today and I am a little nervous today because:
a) I put the book forward for selection
B) one of my mates at the book club really, really hated some elements of it (if Storygraph review is anything to go by 😬)
FWIW, I really enjoyed it… #BookSky💙📚
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Um. I’m a bit late with these things…
Finally #nowreading #BookSky💙📚
November 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A new arrival and a welcome addition to the fabulous steampunk fictional universe of ‘Grandville’. Bryan Talbot is a genius of the art form 😎😍❤️#BookSky💙📚
November 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Just finished a collection of Edith Wharton’s brilliant ghost stories. Currently reading ‘Starve Acre’ by Andrew Michael Hurley. #BookSky💙📚
November 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM
November 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Ach, right! Yes, the collection of Wharton ghost stories is genuinely unsettling and fun. I thought you were referring to Mariana Enriquez’s ‘Somebody is Walking on Your Grave’.
November 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
‘“I never knew a place,” Deacon Hibben said, “as seemed as far away from humanity. And it ain’t so in miles.”
“Miles ain’t the only distance,” Orrin Bosworth answered’

This Edith Wharton collection is wonderful… 😬👻
#BookSky💙📚
November 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Indeed! Talking of spooky, book club asked for images to put on the Insta feed (I am no longer on the site). Our choice for next week’s meet is…
November 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Quote with your favourite film and album from the year you were born.
November 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I’ve read Tokyo Express but that one is sitting on my shelf as we speak. Must get to it!! In fact, I have two waiting for my attention 🤣😬
November 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Three stories in and you were right @jacquiwine.bsky.social
Edith Wharton writes exquisite ghost stories… #BookSky💙📚
November 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I have just got the Radiance release of Daughters of Darkness on Blu-ray. Cannot wait to watch it!!
November 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
November 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
October’s viewing (in order of preference)… #FilmSky
November 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The Eureka ‘Masters of Cinema’ release was a thing of beauty ❤️❤️❤️❤️
November 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
#nowwatching #FilmSky
An old favourite for Halloween… ❤️❤️❤️
October 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
October 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
October reading was of an exceptional quality. All bangers, no clangers.
Eleanor Catton, Mariana Enriquez, Thomas Pynchon and Juan Rulfo… 🙏🙏🙏
#BookSky💙📚
October 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
October 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The rearranging just proved that even the shelves for my newest Blu-rays are becoming unwieldy… (my older dvds are scattered throughout the house or boxed up… 😬)… #FilmSky
October 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 AM