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Writer: Green Wing, Smack The Pony, Delivery Man, Piglets, my first novel Pagans out now: https://www.waterstones.com/book/pagans/james-alistair-henry/9781916678064
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Some people have been leaving some absolutely lovely reviews for Pagans on Goodreads (I won't embarrass any of us by linking to them) and I just want to thank anyone who's taken the time to do that, it's very much appreciated.

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“Students should be ready to be shocked and offended at university, according to the man in charge of ensuring free speech on campuses.” Sorry, but… why? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Ha, the first scene I ever wrote for Green Wing just flashed by on Instagram. www.instagram.com/reel/DKfIOx1...

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It's notable that the only student speech frequently shut down on university campuses is a) pro-Palestine b) pro-trans-rights. The OfS seems *deeply* unconcerned about that speech being limited. In fact, they want academics who oppose those positions to have the right to 'shock and offend' students.

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today is the UK release day of Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil ✨🌱 and while this is a big moment for me I really do have to insist that you do NOT eat the goblin fruit. don't do it. not even once. no fruit for you, it's a terrible idea, truly. hodderscape.co.uk/products/isa...

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okay, so. i have bipolar disorder. we have a suicide rate of about 1/5. i've basically spent my entire teenage and adult life trying not to kill myself. so with that in mind, here are my tips on how to hang in there: 1) don't isolate. i know all the excuses. but don't do it

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At this point, it would genuinely be more interesting to have a Jurassic Park movie where the dinosaurs *don't* escape and we follow a handful of visitors, keepers and creatures, the camera drifting wistfully though intertwining stories of their ambitions, fears and regrets, soundtrack by M83.

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Just had a callsheet for a show I was writing for (but am done with now, so being sent callsheets is just making me feel guilty, honestly) which includes the phrase 'Risk Assessment: Choreography', which made me lol.

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Facebook seems convinced I want lots of short videos of people miming to things and doing weird little dances. This is incorrect!

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Great thread by Jess on the deeply unheroic origins of detectives (and detective fiction).

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What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders? Unless you can print a book in huge quantities, the profit at each stage of sale – the total being divided between the retailer, the publisher, the author and their agent, don’t forget – very often ends up as pennies rather than pounds.

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New Cornish Cinematic Universe Villain Introduced.

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I will be causing Loki chaos and entertaining children this sunday at 4pm in Barnes, Kitson Hall. Come and help me lower the tone of a west london literary festival! #KidLitUK Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/checkout-ext...

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BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.

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Because a few people have been kind enough to ask: yes, there will be a follow-up to Pagans, with the same main characters, I'm writing it at the moment. Plan is to do a trilogy, which has the appropriate Nordic Noir-ish vibe, then move onto something completely different.

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Newly Discovered Pictish Stone Goes on Display in Scotland www.medievalists.net/2025/06/newl...

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This article is so fascinating for those wishing to understand MI6 and female spies.

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Because a few people have been kind enough to ask: yes, there will be a follow-up to Pagans, with the same main characters, I'm writing it at the moment. Plan is to do a trilogy, which has the appropriate Nordic Noir-ish vibe, then move onto something completely different.

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I kid you not, my work knows that I do drawing on the side and someone in the office told me AI could save me time and my response was "but I like drawing" and it broke them. They didn't know how to answer, they just couldn't comprehend that people make art because they like making art.

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Oligargle my balls and National Guard deez nuts.

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Loving the US Army doing a whole 'not arsed mate, off for cigs' for Trump's big military parade, magical stuff.

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Good morning, I am at the ghost town that is the Army Birthday Celebration, excited to experience what promises to be an incredibly stupid day The Army Strength Competition is about to begin Let's do this 🧵

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Anti-trans Anti-assisted dying Anti-abortion You see the pattern

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