Pendaran the Poet

Thanks to the great @nadiashireen.bsky.social.

She's always right

This - after a public consultation that came down c95% against corporate copyright theft - is a hearty move towards this government’s spineless purchased representatives needing to be hoofed in the crotch by us all, in a big queue until they get the message.

I've created a new web page for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (#SGGK) which as well as covering my own illustrated translation (published by @wiltonsquare.bsky.social) also contains links to numerous articles about this literary masterpiece. More here: www.mythicalbritain.co.uk/sir-gawain-a...

The only reason we are alive to debate this is because Stanislav Petrov decided not to trust a computer.

On St David’s Day I’m celebrating North Wales - land of myth, mist & memory.

An Arthurian Odyssey - North Wales
is my audio guide exploring Arthurian sites on the free @guidltours.bsky.social app.
Download, search & begin.
The first part is free.

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus
#StDavidsDay #Cymru

JOIN US. JOIN US.

Symptoms of middle-age I'd not have anticipated in my 20s:
1. Going off (a huge amount of) classic rock.
2. Finding it even harder to cope when confronted with the suffering of animals.
3. Thinking of 9pm as a totally reasonable bedtime.
4. Still wanting to climb trees & explore abandoned buildings.

Huh, I feel like Lead Mojo is insulting me

Post from twitter on our @clarkesworld account from 11:48AM on Feb 20, 2023. "Submissions are currently closed. It shouldn't be hard to guess why."

Today is the 3rd slopiversary of us having to temporarily close submissions. The problem of "AI"-generated submissions hasn't gone away and is still a huge waste of our time. House policy remains the same: #noAI stories, translation, art, or anything else.

The time an old lady fat shamed my baby. Subscribe to my YouTube for more.

http://www.youtube.com/@alicerfraser

#AliceFraser #YouTubeComedy #StandupComedy #Comedian

Alice Fraser Riding A Dragon

This week’s @realmsunknown.bsky.social deep dive is Moving Cities. Tell me your favourite Moving City Stories from Sci Fi and fantasy!

The Gargle is BACK! Podcast Episode · The Gargle · 12/02/2026 · 37m

It’s very exciting, The Gargle is back! @alicefraser.bsky.social returns with the latest science and tech stories through a Bugle lens!

Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Life goes through seasons, and this feels like the right season to double down; some thoughts over on the Patreon [no paywall]

https://www.patreon.com/posts/doubling-down-150448117?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=web_share

#AliceFraser

Valentine’s Day is an important and profound time to imagine how much chaos an armed boy toddler with wings would cause, and be grateful that he’s not real.

I am looking forward to this and I hope others may too.

After 22 years as a letterer, I now only have enough regular lettering work to keep me busy for 2 days per week. So if you’re staffing a new project, please keep me in mind as your letterer! Or request me via your editor! Recent clients include DC, Marvel, BOOM, Dark Horse, 2000AD, etc.
Thank you 🙏🏻

Scene is a spoof TV news item. The NEWSREADER is talking to camera from behind the desk. NEWSREADER: Now, here to discuss the smartphone ban in schools… We have with us, YouTube Shorts. [Pull back to show an anthropomorphised version of the YOUTUBE SHORTS screen, sat in the interviewee's chair across from the newsreader] NEWSREADER: Good morning. YOUTUBE SHORTS: Hi NEWSREADER: You Tube Shorts, you work in education... YOUTUBE SHORTS: Yes. I work in schools across the country teaching Epic Dance Fail, Try Not To Cringe Challenge and Al Slop. NEWSREADER: And will the proposed phone ban limit your ability to do your job? YOUTUBE SHORTS: No. I'll still be on all school laptops because YouTube is vaguely educational and Google have made me impossible to turn off. NEWSREADER: So children are being asked to do their homework on... ...the most advanced distraction machine ever created? YOUTUBE SHORTS: Well- I think a more constructive way to frame that question might be: Can IShowSpeed jump over a moving Lamborghini? [The newsreader silently looks at the screen on YOUTUBE SHORTS's front, where a YouTuber jumps over a Lamborghini. This continues for an awkward beat] NEWSREADER: Woah. NEWSREADER [returning to awareness]: What were we talking about? YOUTUBE SHORTS [pointing at the next Short which has appeared on its own front]: Look at this fat dog. [ends]

I like the govt's plan to ban smartphones and social media in schools but nobody's mentioned the glaring hole in it

Seems like a good time to reshare my Radio Four Infinite Jest documentary. We tried to make it so it gives you a decent idea whether or not you'd like the book.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Brightwell Barrow, from the Oxfordshire Series by Anna Dillon @annadillon.bsky.social This will also be a familiar viewpoint to Paul Nash fans, but I think Anna's version here is far better. More information and prints below;
annadillon.com/brightwell.html

Kindle edition currently 99p. www.amazon.co.uk/Anglo-Saxons...

The #Thames at Streatley and St Mary's church, nestled up against the majestic Berkshire Downs earlier today.

I would not use the concept of "calm" to describe this massive pilled-up cat staring at you.

This brilliant show starring @rosieisaholt.bsky.social is on tonight on Radio 4.

It just feels like erecting a golden statue of yourself is starting a countdown timer

Some things I’m not allowed to say on business calls

https://www.patreon.com/posts/unprofessional-i-149880437?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=web_share

#AliceFraser
#writingCommunity
#ComedyWriting

This Guy Sucked | Patreon A podcast where historians can finally be haters.

We don’t negotiate ludicrous or expensive contracts, we don’t make people pay to come on the show, and I have the final say on everything. It’s only possible because of the show’s financial structure.

With that in mind, it would rock if more people joined our Patreon!

patreon.com/thisguysucked

Grandfather Time ... and Daisy Quantock

Grandfather Time and Daisy Quantock.

open.substack.com/pub/quantick...

$25* tickets for 25 hours!

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Edward Kelly?

A man with a very long beard, his face scratched out

THURSDAY ON TGS: I am joined by the teams at American Prestige (@amprestigepod.bsky.social) and We’re Not So Different (@wnsdpod.bsky.social) to take down our most wizard-coded guy yet! Now accepting guesses.