Allan Wright

@sefton.bsky.social

He / Him. Write stuff for @claretzine "Beware those men, the jokers and the tricksters and the clowns. They will laugh us into Hell."

We defeated Hellfire Henry by raising over £14,000 for Scottish Huntington's Association, the most we've ever raised for a charity thanks to your amazing support. The Scottish Huntington's Association team were amazing all three days, really engaging with the event and being visible and available.

Image shows the Tabletop Scotland logo, which was held from the 4th to the 6th September 2026.
Image includes a photo of Hellfire Henry, the inflatable two-headed dragon used by Scottish Huntington's Association for their stand.
Caption reads: "We defeated Hellfire Henry! Thanks to YOU we raised over £14,000 for our amazing Charity Partner!"
Image also includes a special thanks to Gaming Rules (Paul Grogan) and Genki Gear who made sizable donations.

I think what Badenoch meant to say here is: “British employers are dependent on welfare to subsidise a massively underpaid workforce” - particularly when you consider that around 40% of claimants are actually in work. But that’s just me splitting hairs, I suppose.

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Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...

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Being attacked in the other place over this, but maybe you don’t get to meet trans people because of who you are and what you’ve said. And I do. And I get to look into their beautiful eyes and say, yes, you deserve the world. I’ll keep saying it until the hatefuelled dinosaurs have moved on.

Patrick Ness@patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 3w ago

Had a TERF troll come to my event at Edinburgh today, who wanted to defend the “lovely Jo Rowling” during my q&a. Reader, my reply was impassioned. I didn’t insult her or call her a name; but I robustly and heatedly defended the lives of young trans people against very unlovely billionaires.

"It's given a lot of people permission to be themselves, to not dream it, be it, which is the motto of the movie, really. I would like to be remembered for that." Farewell to Tim Curry (1946-2026) #RIP

Tim in costume as Dr. Frank-N-Furter

ALA is heartbroken at the passing of country music legend and literacy champion Dolly Parton. Her Imagination Library initiative, inspired by her father's inability to read or write, has put millions of books into children's hands and was considered by her to be among her greatest achievements.

An ALA READ poster featuring Dolly Parton holding copies of "The Little Engine that Could" and "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"

The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️

Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.

Jon Ronson surveys the ruins of manhood In The Castle, the author seeks out men who have seemingly pulled up the drawbridge on reality, from a delusional Connecticut ‘lord’ to gender-critical obsessive Graham Linehan ✍️ Megan Nolan https://bit.ly/4c0Qojp

The Castle review: Jon Ronson surveys the ruins of manhood

Te author seeks out men who have seemingly pulled up the drawbridge on reality, from a delusional Connecticut ‘lord’ to gender-critical obsessive Graham Linehan

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