Nerd Church - The Iconic Darkness of Andrew Scott's Moriarty

 

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Warning: this post contains brief discussions of mental health issues, and brief references to murder

I can think of very few performances as utterly iconic as Andrew Scott's Jim Moriarty.

Long before he was Fleabag's Sexy Priest, Andrew Scott was BBC Sherlock's Sexy Criminal Genius. 

(Sexy being his baseline - it must be a difficult burden to bear; imagine being sexy while you pay your electric bills, or putting the bins out sexily...)

Nerd Church - The Writer Diaries: The Writerly Urge To Face-Plant the Laptop

 

It's not that easy, being a writer.

Sometimes, you just want to face-plant your goddamn laptop.

I've had a frustrating couple of weeks, writer-ness-wise.

• A piece of poetry I'd submitted to a magazine got rejected (again.)

• I got declined for rejoining the Google AdSense programme (again.)

• And I made only pennies on Medium (...again.)

Nerd Church - The Salt Path ...A True Story?

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Warning: this post discusses terminal illness and Ableism

I watched a normal-looking woman on The One Show sofa, sitting next to the actor Jason Isaacs, and talking about her memoir being turned into a movie (starring, oddly enough, Jason Isaacs.)

(The One Show - for those of you who aren't British - is a Big Deal™.)

Something about her - the woman, Raynor Winn - seemed... off. 

But then, I try not to judge too much based on brief interviews - I don't know these people, y'know?

Sometimes people seem off - not least when they're not TV people, and suddenly find themselves talking to the nation in the prime-time flagship slot (Lord knows, that would def. make me seem off!)

The Bookish Diversity Link List 2026

  

Your resource for all things bookish diversity is here!

Welcome to the 11th Bookish Diversity Link List, 2026 - my 10th year running the list!

OK, so the '25 list wasn't as complete as I'd like it to be.

...But lord knows, the list was made for butterfly-wings style positivity, and that's how it will continue!

(Also, it helps if people actually submit links - saves me some time!)

It takes a lot of positivity to counter negativity - and the world has plenty of negativity right now, so here I am, once again, holding up a little sign marked 'hope,' and I hope (lol) that you like it 😊

3 From My TBR: Books With House or Home in the Titles

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Since my To-Be-Read (TBR) list is continually growing, from time to time I like to throw together a list focussing on some of the (often diverse) titles on there.

I may never get to all of the 1k+ books on there, but that doesn't mean they don't deserve some attention!

As this is a TBR, I haven't read any of these, so have no idea whether or not they're any good!

This time, I've picked out 3 books from my TBR which have 'house' or 'home' in the title - check 'em out:

Nerd Church - Christmas Hurts, This Year

 

Warning: grief, death, serious illness, mental health issues, general trauma

I've always loved Christmas.

But Christmas? It hasn't treated me so well. Especially the whole lead-up-to part of Christmas.

In 2023, my father had brain surgery a few days before Christmas - that was stressful (he's OK now, mostly.)

My grandfather died not long before Christmas in 2018.

Eleven years ago, my other grandparents died at Christmas within four days of each other. We had a double funeral. 

...That still wasn't the worst Christmas of my life.

Poetry: Today Hurts

 

This poem was originally published in the The Brain Is A Noodle publication on Medium, in response to the prompt 'coping by producing' from the lovely Lucy Dan

Today Hurts

‘Now don’t drown in your tears, babe
Push your head towards the air’
— The Editors, Push Your Head Towards The Air.

Image by Lucija Rasonja from Pixabay