The Author, Séamas O'Reilly

seamas.bsky.social

06 October 2026 11:33

Jeffrey Archer's death reminds me of the time he told a really boring story while a guest on Dame Edna's show. "Marvellous" said Edna after it petered out to its conclusion, "and I'm sure that'll make a wonderful anecdote someday".

Marcus Bark

artus69.bsky.social

06 September 2026 19:38

44 Prozent "Uneindeutigkeit". Außerdem "Demokratie in Anwendung". Alles klar, ich gucke mir besser die Highlights vom HSV-Spiel an.

Adam Bienkov

adambienkov.bsky.social

03 September 2026 15:10

The utter hypocrisy of Kemi Badenoch here, after banning myself and the late great David Hencke from Conservative Party conference last year. Needless to say my application to attend this year on behalf of Byline Times has still not been approved

Lev Parikian

levparikian.bsky.social

20 August 2026 10:56

I had an email the other day. It was one of the nice ones, from a reader who had found a copy of Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear in an Oxfam shop, bought it, read it, enjoyed it. It was a signed copy, dedicated to [redacted] & [redacted]. [redacted] and [redacted] are longstanding friends of mine.

John Self

john-self.bsky.social

20 August 2026 10:56

This reminds me of Simon Armitage's brilliant entry in the book Mortification: Writers' Stories of their Public Shame.