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New book review on my Substack (free!): The Last Decade of Cinema by Scott Ryan. open.substack.com/pub/ashcaton/p…

My latest podcast on Robert Fergusson's The Daft Day is now on YouTube! youtu.be/dYzAfQ5x8ls?si…

Iconic Edinburgh poet Robert Fergusson is the subject of today's podcast, as I look at his breakthrough poem, 'The Daft Days': earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-daft-day… #edinburgh #LiteraturePosts

I wrote the second life of an existentialist classic: Mortal Leap by Macdonald Harris, reissued by @bhousepress. My full review: open.substack.com/pub/ashcaton/p… #BookReview

So delighted with reviews in for SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177322/ @earreadthis @OLRReview @Mind_the_Blog @KirkusReviews @insidestorymag @HistoryEpoch @LRB @washingtonpost @guardianculture @LAReviewofBooks @TheSpectator @books2cover @RodMannix @prospect_uk

'A thrilling account of one artist’s evolutionary takeoff.' Over the moon with this fabulous, sensitive, and richly detailed review of SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS @ManchesterUP @YaleRepUK @earreadthis ashcaton.substack.com/p/shakespeares…

@Kali_de_Armas Thank you Kali! Hope you enjoy the book

Great review! Check it out! i had a conversation about this very topic recently but was completely unaware of the Freebury-Jones book. Definitely adding it to my tbr!

As a bird and bard lover, I had a lot to say about Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers by Darren Freebury-Jones @Freeburian. My full review here: open.substack.com/pub/ashcaton/p… #Shakespeare #bookreviews

@bmay "inciting a succulent race war?"

Wow. This is seemingly what hundreds of people who incited the violence online have to look forward to. The gloves too. Wonder if any big names will be getting a visit? 😬😬

@colone1flanders @courtenaywrites Is gammon a skin colour thing? I thought it just meant fat and salty

@courtenaywrites And yet here you are attacking people using a term that refers to skin colour. How racist.

For all those gammons on here, children (and others potentially) losing their lives is NOT the place to spout your racist propaganda. #Southport

@LeoKearse @PoliticsJOE_UK Only as a clue to our neanderthal past

@PoliticsJOE_UK If Cockneys were a tribe in the Amazon river basin, leftoids would be falling over themselves to preserve their culture

"Being labelled a racist is actually boring now." This man in Clacton tells us why he's voting for Nigel Farage.

@JaneyGodley Oh, I don't know... Sort of agree with throwing that at him

Clacton Wetherspoons - Farage launched his bid for election… For the record I don’t agree with throwing anything at anyone …

@Amuns_Ra Courageous and correct

@ObnoxandAnony @thornewip Thank you! Love your work

@earreadthis @thornewip Just shared it on FB (Twin Peaks Worldwide).

My interview with @thornewip about #TwinPeaks is now on YouTube! youtu.be/k2zgAEXgVBo?si…

@sylviaplathinfo @UVicLib Bravo Peter! Can't wait to see it

@TPgrammar Really, really into it.

Hospitalised myself last year opening a tuna can. Never seen so much blood

@RufusTSuperfly Sadly?