Month Notes, October 2025
The Hastings Borough Bonfire Society’s Torchlit Procession, October 2025. Photograph by the author.
: “This weekend just past was the Hastings Borough Bonfire Society’s torchlit procession. …”
Blogposts tagged as “Books”
Battle Abbey and some week notes
The monks’ common room beneath the dormitory of Battle Abbey turned into the chapel of the Green Knight, and the nearby Battle Great Wood. Photographs by the author.
: “I’ve got the week off work (I had some annual leave I needed to use or lose before April 30th) so I have time to log some week notes: …”
Myth and Masks offer
Some sample pages of Myth and Masks
: “As I prepare to move to a new rented property next month I keep looking at all my belongings and want to lighten the load. …”
Acid Renaissance as we approach the end of 2023
Silbury Hill, Avebury - photograph by the author
: “A post by web developer Jeremy Keith (who, by coincidence, is also based in Brighton & Hove) came up in my RSS feeds today entitled After the end. …”
Read the rest of “Acid Renaissance as we approach the end of 2023”…
Anarchism in Speculative Fiction
: “One of my first Mastodon posts was a request: …”
Crafting Utopias with Ursula
: “Yesterday was St Swithin’s Day and it hasn’t rained for days. …”
On the reading necessary to make art
: “Since 2019 I’ve been reading various books which all seem to circle around the themes and ideas that make up my Acid Renaissance series of artwork. This will be the thirtieth blog post I’ve…”
Floodland
the islands of Great Britain and Ireland at current sea level, at a 40m rise in sea level, and at a 60m rise in sea level
: “The images above are taken from flood.firetree.net and show the islands of Great Britain and Ireland at current sea level, at a 40m rise in sea level, and at a 60m rise in sea level, dramatically…”
England’s Dark Dreaming book
: “As those of you who follow me on Twitter will know, the book of my England’s Dark Dreaming series of drawings is now available to pre-order. It’s due to be published in early/mid August priced…”
Artists and Public Libraries
: “If you’re in the UK then you’ll probably be aware of the threat to public libraries due to local government cuts imposed as part of the Conservative government’s dogma of austerity. …”
The Reading Pile
: “I seem to have got into the habit of only posting long-form posts here - reasonably long blog posts of 1200+ words. This is not a bad thing, but it has had the effect of making me shy away from…”