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The wonderful @treadwells-books.bsky.social have signed copies of 'Hookland Fragments Volume One' with a free Right To Reside card back in stock if you want to buy from one of my favourite bookshops. www.treadwells-london.com/product-page...

The original story - Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en - is worth reading. There's some great comedy in it. Tripitaka (aka Hsuan Tsang) the monk on pilgrimage who Monkey and his chums accompany was a real historical person from the seventh century AD.

Some structures demand stories. Given that Hookland was stripped of what tin and lead it once had before the Saxons and has never had any significant reserves of coal, it doesn't feel unreasonable to ask just what was being mined at Kitling Tor. – Chris Whitelock #VOH

Went there in June. Spent too much money - and only visited four shops. Need to go back.

My favourite is "A return to form by ..." Which translates as "Their last book was crap."

I hope my memories come true. I hope my dreams don't.

We don't need no education.

✨ Arches National Park, Utah 🇺🇸 by Elliot McGucken

Hookland - there to be used by those who need it or want it.

For it is St. Lazarus Eve or as we Hooklanders call it, Pale Harvest Eve. It is a night when the dead twitch and the living worry about restless spirits. Some say it is like most nights in the county, but this is more than a little unfair. – #CLNolan

One of the most haunting places in Britain. To walk amongst these ancient yews is to hear the ages’ whispers as they dust the channels of your ears like moths in all their fluttering.

Goodnight from Tilly Hope, hiding the stuffed Headless Bear that Nanna gave her today behind all her other soft toys. Goodnight from David Ash and Billy Burrows, standing guard St. Mary’s at Ufford in case the dead decide to leave the ground on St. Lazarus Eve. Goodnight from Hookland.

I have been into @treadwells-books.bsky.social and signed a huge pile of ‘Hookland Fragments’ and inserted dozens of Right To Reside cards, so there are definitely back in stock if you want a copy from one of my favourite bookshops.

This has been happening, as I understand it, under both Republican and Democrat administrations for decades. Is the system broken?

Life gets so much better when you stop trying to follow modern trends and just stick with what you like.

OK. Serious and non-partisan question from a non-American. Why is Congress allowed to staple two, three, four or even more different pieces of legislation that have to be passed or rejected in unison? I can't think of any other democracy where this would be allowed.

Keith Richards, on the other hand, has been 110 years old for three decades.

My old flat mate, who is the biggest Goodies fan I know sent me this beautiful tribute to Bill Oddie - and Tim Brooke-Taylor really. I think I'm sadder about Bill tonight than I was last night 😪 (and note the bird on the back seat as well where Bill used to sit. Perfect!)

We tread the green-walled lane towards Tingle Hill. Our boots scuffing up stories, waking a folklore of Moss Maidens, Headless Bears. Every step deepens our conversation with place. We've moved beyond wristwatch time into the deep calendar count of the land. – #DAKilroy, 1982

Night ✨has fallen upon Giza 🇪🇬