Cover of The Hugh Walpole Review, showing a view of the fell Catbells, & the Newlands Valley. Photo by Cristina Rimini

Back cover of The Hugh Walpole Review, showing a photograph of the back view of three people sitting on Hugh Walpole's memorial bench, with a view of Derwentwater in the background. Photograph by Elzbieta Turniak.

Latest issue of The Hugh Walpole Review.
Lake District edition, reflecting Walpole's affinity with Cumberland where he had a house overlooking Derwentwater.
Articles on Sir Walter Scott's influence on Walpole's Cumberland family saga. The Herries Chronicle, & much more!

Stede: Do you know how to make pirate angry? ... You take away the 'P'.
Izzy: Ed, can I stab him again?

Timezone boost! I’m really putting the hours into this fic and I’ve had some lovely feedback on it so far - if you’re a fan of Izzy being forced to accept love and affection, maybe come and check it out? 🥺👉🏻👈🏻

#OFMDfic

Our Flag Means Kristian, closes 16/4 10pm BST https://tinyurl.com/56d74ye5

Ok OFMD crew. Let's fill a treasure chest [digital scrapbook] for our beloved Calypso. Send your fanart, cosplays, or things Calypso has inspired you to make/do/be. Messages wishing Kristian well would also be lovely! Please share with those not on Bsky too 💚🤍💙https://forms.gle/qQb5LEFsvisLayCj6

I’m sorry this is absolutely SENDING ME 🤣

Happy birthday! 🥳❤️

Screenshot of the fics tags and summary, reading: The traces you leave behind by hideplueshi  Fandoms:Our Flag Means Death (TV)   • Mature • Major Character Death • M/M • Complete Work 10 Apr 2026 Tags • Major Character Death • Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Israel Hands • Blackbeard | Edward Teach • Israel Hands • Background Crew • POV Blackbeard | Edward Teach • Epistolary • hurt with little comfort • Emotional Hurt • grief and grieving • Alcoholism • Depression • Suicidal Ideation • Blackbeard | Edward Teach Needs a Hug • Sad Ending • With a bit of hope • Terminal Illnesses • Izzy is dying • Israel Hands Whump • Blackbeard | Edward Teach Whump • POV First Person • fic contains art • Artist Blackbeard | Edward Teach • Podfic Welcome Summary Recommended by his therapist, Edward starts to write a grief-journal while his husband is losing the fight against cancer. Language: English Words: 7,489 Chapters: 1/1

Remember the sad EdIzzy thing I was talking about? It's posted now 🖤
archiveofourown.org/works/82863551

Please read the tags and CW, though, I'm serious when I say it's sad with only a little bit of comfort.

#ofmd #ofmdfanfic #ofmdfic #EdIzzy #IzzyHands

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“You are enough just as you are.” Brené Brown

We’re can be thoughtful about others. Encouraging, supporting, lifting them up.

Sometimes we forget to include ourselves in that same care.

A small reminder today. You matter too. 🧡

#kindness #SelfCompassion

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Congratulations to you - maybe it’s been a while, but never forget that this is such an amazing achievement!! 🥳🎉☺️

Ohhh that was beautiful 🥲 look what humans can do when we set our minds to it! ☺️❤️

The Artemis missioun doth show that the thinges that are trulye the most astoundinge yn thys worlde, the thinges that will echo on thrugh historye, are not technologye, howevir marvelous, but common human braverye, wondir, and love. These will be the themes when thys storye ys tolde for centuryes.

Happy birthday!!! 🥳❤️

"What a crusade, and to have failed so spectacularly at such a simple mission. She who had spent her life in the fields, tending to crops and animals, strong like the earth she cared for, cheeks bronzed by the sun like baked clay."

Bittersweet bite by @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social in Swamp Pink!!

Angst for sale! Angst for sale!

The fifth chapter of my Izzy fic, ‘Much Abides’, is now up! This installment featuring:

- Angst (obviously)
- EdIzzy backstory
- Wee John’s Custom Drag and Therapy Hour™️

I hope you like it! ☺️❤️

archiveofourown.org/works/597736...

Come on then, and remove him.

Happy Easter to everyone celebrating today - Christ is Risen! 🥳 Also, happy early Easter to those celebrating next week, and happy Sunday to those who aren’t ☺️❤️

words to live by!

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Some brave souls choose to face the feare of failure and the terror of a blanke page. Thrugh harde worke and luck thei come back wyth storyes that bringe us mirthe, or horror, or thrilles, or beautye, or wisdom, or delighteful surreal confusioun. Gen A.I. ys nothinge lyke that. Long live artists.

“It’s all part of the process”, I say, as I discover that my “final” proofread of the fanfic chapter I’ve been editing for *five whole months* now was, in fact, merely “another” proofread, cunningly disguised as the final one

LRP: very relevant to my next fanfic chapter, which will hopefully be dropping within the next few days! 👀

izzy hands below deck, observing as wee john begins to transform into calypso, considering what kind of look he might be able to use (our flag means death s2e6 set photo by nicola dove/lyndon katene)

izzy hands on deck of the revenge for calypso's birthday, now with a full look as calypso made him pretty (our flag means death s2e6 set photo by nicola dove/lyndon katene)

make me pretty 🌹

Happy Birthday Hugh!
On this day, March 13, we are all especially thinking of you. One hundred and forty two years after the momentous event of your birth in faraway New Zealand you are not forgotten.

Measuringe the value of educacioun by returne on ynvestment onlye ys lyke measuringe the value of a garden by the weight of the floweres

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A photograph of two pieces of green stone on a round black surface. On the left, a dark green truangular piece with gold mottled and black cord threaded through the top. On the right, a slightly lighter green elongated oval with pale yellow mottles

Two hand-picked and hand-polished stones. On the left, flower jade aka pounamu from the Arahura river in AoNZ. On the right, probably serpentine from St Columba's bay on Iona in Scotland. Almost exactly the opposite side of the earth.

Folk thynke that innovacioun yn academia will come from technologye. It will come ynstead from settinge asyde olde assumptions and hierarchies and givinge people more chances to trulye and radicallye thynke wyth each othir wyth no specific outcome yn mynde.

Image by Lukejohnmatthewarnold art by lukejohnmatthewarnold featuring a simple, hand drawn style illustration. In the centre, bold black lettering reads: “THERE’S ALWAYS TIME TO BE COMPASSIONATE AND KIND.” The words are arranged in stacked lines, with “TIME” and “KIND” larger and more prominent. The text sits inside an uneven green hand drawn rectangular border. A blue flower with a yellow centre appears on the left side of the border, and a red flower with a pink centre appears on the right. The background is white, and the overall feel is bright, friendly and uplifting. Picture by lukejohnmatthewarnold

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” Dalai Lama

There is always time to be compassionate and kind.

Even on the days that feel a bit stretched. Even when we may be juggling more than we would choose.

🧡

#kindness #compassion

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Haha yes, it’s SO silly but so much fun 😂 Actually it’s been a really long time since I last saw it - maybe it’s time for a rewatch… 😁