ravenglass-railway.co.uk @willsergeant.com
ravenglass-railway.co.uk @willsergeant.com
My profile picture on here was taken at Muncaster Castle last year.
Ravenglass is a fabulous place. Did you go on the Ratty? My parents live a few miles down the road. If you go again next year, and want a beautiful converted barn nearby, not theirs, to stay in let me know 👍
@traceythorn.bsky.social have you read this? Pretty good. As is Will Sergeant’s autobiography
Love the choker 👍
Oi lass, how’s it hanging? 😂
Sorry to continue, but one of the articles on the website has the word undertheorized 😂 😂 Ivory Towers and all that
And describing oneself as “ distinguished” is ?? Ah well, takes all sorts. You enjoy wanking off about Japanese culture. About which, your self description suggests you know very little of 😉
What a very clever reply
How is it that none of the editorial team are Japanese and none work at Japanese universities or institutions? Do any even live in Japan?
Or should we try and get some funding together and make it happen for real? Would be fun and great 😊
You do, in my mind 👍
I don’t think the animals are confused at all and your ‘commentary’ is just a load of bollox. They are simply helping each other
It is fascinating and whilst too busy to look often I love etymology and this, not sure how rock solid it is, is interesting www.etymonline.com
I posted this cause I hadn’t known of the spelling Ballad but only Ballard
@liammcilvanney.bsky.social Ballard can refer to a surname or a type of song , poem. As a surname, it is of English origin and means "bald-headed man," deriving from Middle English. "Ballad," on the other hand, refers to a narrative poem or song, typically with a simple structure and telling a story
I am a Lancastrian and know nothing of the Scottish ballads, thank you for the insight and I will look into them more
It’s amazing. Born in Longton and grew up around there - beautiful place but a bugger to find work unless you wanted to farm, no to that from me 😂
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j... @alanparks.bsky.social Nice review in The Guardian 👍
Problem! The plan was to save it for my flight but I have started it and can’t stop. My flight isn’t for 6 hours and then the flight itself takes 10 + hours 😂
It is very tasty. In Japan it is somewhat of a summer tradition as they think it helps with stamina during the heat
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... @mrjeffu.bsky.social It’s a disgrace. I’ve been here 30 years and these issues are nonsense. What they really mean by foreign residents is people of color, and this needs to be pointed out each and every time the topic crops up. It’s disguised racism
@alanparks.bsky.social Yes!! That’s the reading for the flight sorted, can’t wait. Congratulations on publication day 👏
Just looked at the website, cool stuff. I’m in Japan and didn’t know that brand. Do you have any other recommendations for lines based here?
@alanparks.bsky.social @liammcilvanney.bsky.social I eat unagi (Japanese Eel). Very nice too
Preordered it 👍 So that’s one sale at least 👏
Haven’t seen them, no opportunity to do so, jealous. Remind me a tad of Sparklehorse, who burned very brightly but way too briefly
Egg custard?
Really hope so 🤞
What is it?
@liammcilvanney.bsky.social @alanparks.bsky.social I eat ramen, fried rice and gyoza- all for less than 6 quid 😉
Enjoy! Not long now, all the best with reviews and sales. I fly back to work on the 17th and if it’s available before my flight will be reading it on the plane.
And he’s a tax avoiding piece of 💩
That is a nice looking piece of fish
Whereas all you eat is Subway 😆 What’s your favorite Subway sandwich?
Nice
Have you no “I eat” photos to share and make @alanparks.bsky.social jealous?
@theguardian.com the obituary of Norman Tebbit in today’s edition has me seriously canceling my financial subscription; it’s close to fan mail and he was obnoxious and beyond vile.
He was self righteous, obnoxious and vile. The obituary in @theguardian.com is an utter disgrace
Have you listened to, and if you have, what do you think of Fontaines DC?
I hope so too. Thanks for all the songs and memories, btw 👍❤️
@traceythorn.bsky.social hi, I’m pretty sure this isn’t you. Just thought you would want to know 👍 I reported and blocked
Might have to wait until September when I am in the UK, it’s not on Amazon Japan 😢, but get it I will
Congratulations and will be getting it today or tomorrow.
Waiting for publication day here
Beautiful gear but doesn’t come cheap!
She’s clearly moronic why are you reposting this rubbish? Only gives air to a moron
Could Rebus go to the Deep South of America? Just an idea. Rebus in New Orleans and meeting Clete and some of the other worldly characters JLB has created over the decades. Might be fun
Yes he has and amazing to still be so in his advanced years. Let’s home that he and you continue for many more years to come❤️❤️ He makes it ‘look’ so easy but, as you know more than I, it is so far from that. Thanks for the reply
@alanparks.bsky.social @liammcilvanney.bsky.social @oliharris.bsky.social @ianrankin1.bsky.social @joerlansdale.bsky.social James Lee Burke is back and man oh man wow what a writer.
@oliharris.bsky.social have you read any/many Joe R Lansdale books? Just starting Freezer Burn and his introduction is about the villain as hero 👍 The Bottoms and The Thicket are both fabulous
@joerlansdale.bsky.social dead chuffed. Just found 2 of your books on the kindle, sorry live abroad and can’t find paper copies, Japan that I haven’t read. Great day to be alive ❤️
I've had enough. I'm fighting back against the Far Right. Danny Rampling thought he could scare us into silence but I am going to countersue. Help me take these nutcases to court. Every little helps. A like and a share costs nothing at all. gofund.me/c43dcaef
Hadn’t heard of him. Just googled him and bought a book of his. Thanks
Way too obvious
Who wants to?
Oh dear, life is hard, isn’t it? 😂
Morons one and all
Wish I could
I’ll be getting it as soon as I can 👍
That’s great but for which novel?
All entitled to our best Beatles track. Mine is Across The Universe 😘 Words are flowing out Like endless rain into a paper cup They slither while they pass They slip away across the universe Pools of sorrow, waves of joy Are drifting through my opened mind Possessing and caressing me
He has no idea what it means
@alanparks.bsky.social you still on toast and a pint?
Lived in some hovels but the venues and gigs! Preston, The Warehouse. Manchester, The Hacienda. Sheffield, The Leadmill.
I knew, just had to be, that you were a punk 👍 Good on you, great times X
When can we read it?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Met raids Quaker meeting house and arrests six women at Youth Demand talk What the actual fuck is this? The UK is now Germany in the 1930s?? There’s a labour government in place? It’s a disgrace
He’s a fucking moron, look at his syntax. An absolute fucking moron.
You seem to reply less on here than you did on that other place, Muskselfmasturbation . Com, but please don’t stop the fight. Your words and opinions are massively important and are read and appreciated
Absolutely!
@alanparks.bsky.social @liammcilvanney.bsky.social Airport water!! Ramadan. Planning on a Bloody Mary on the plane 😂
@liammcilvanney.bsky.social does he need an intervention? Getting close, I’d say
A pint and toast?? I fear you are regressing to somewhere most of us have been but should never go again
They’ll be telling each other “That bloke at number 7, nice fella and always has a bit of spare fish.” 😂 Did you hear the vicar, priest and rabbit walk into a bar joke? Not related to cats at all
Do you feed them? You know that they tell each other if you do 😂
At the end of the day, even if true which it isn’t, wtf does it have to do with him? Self entitled asshole
Get the sander and some paint out! Don’t forget the primer.
He still looks like a zombie
Your front door needs some work!
@liammcilvanney.bsky.social new Ken Bruen book out 👏
Perfection is, in this instance, Leonard Cohen and Leonard Cohen. Sorry, but true
I want to attend, please
Hope the release and tour and sales etc go well. Can’t wait to read it
He changed my life forever and in only a good way. RIP. Left us way too young. Love and respect ✊ Would have been 75 today ❤️
Cool, fabulous city. Enjoy
Looks great 🍻 . Where are you off to?
Investigation of Christian persecution by people who cannot be called Christian at all.
Are you enjoying the trip?
Looks good but aren’t the eggs a tad firm?
“ The Scottish Register of Tartans” fascinating is @alanparks.bsky.social someone with his own tartan? He should be
Niche indeed but interesting and spot on stylish. Tartan, a mystery to be explored
@alanparks.bsky.social not joking or messing around, have you got writer’s block with the next novel? Been waiting and waiting ❤️
I like that, like that it’s a mystery. Even from seeing the label I’m clueless 🤔 Would it help were I Scottish? I’m not, just wondering 🤔
Looking very smart 👍 Does the tie pattern have any significance?
Thanks for that. I’ll have reread today 👍
Just a coincidence, really, I’m not a stalker - tonight’s dinner
He is brilliant. I can’t remove which one of the Slow Horses books it is but there’s a ‘scene’ where a cat walks through and describes the building they occupy- brilliant
Interesting name. Eat them quite often but never heard that name before. Lovely dipped in a nice sweet chili sauce