Guitarist. Coffee wraith. #Hookland resident. #Fortean. He/Him. ADHD. Yorkshire by marriage. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Ally.https://bsky.app/profile/mattstanhope7.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattstanhope7.bsky.social/post/3mvmsw6z2uc2wI haven’t smoked in maybe 20 years now. Occasionally I miss being young enough to be in a position to smoke all day and damn the consequences. Mind you, if you handed me a pouch of Golden Virginia and a packet of green Rizlas right now I reckon I could still roll you a perfect cig.16 Sep 2026 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:txmkxwidojd2bhr34h44i4be/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmsw6z2uc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mattstanhope7.bsky.social/post/3mvf6itz6rk22More bunnies [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Sep 2026 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:txmkxwidojd2bhr34h44i4be/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvf6itz6rk22https://bsky.app/profile/mattstanhope7.bsky.social/post/3mvdik6gjtc2yA rather excellent frog, Aysgarth Falls12 Sep 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:txmkxwidojd2bhr34h44i4be/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdik6gjtc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattstanhope7.bsky.social/post/3mvczv37rec27Moonlit village12 Sep 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:txmkxwidojd2bhr34h44i4be/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvczv37rec27https://bsky.app/profile/mattstanhope7.bsky.social/post/3mvcgz3emks2rRobert Smith looking gothtastic performing with Siouxsie And The Banshees in (I think) 1983.12 Sep 2026 06:23 +0000at://did:plc:txmkxwidojd2bhr34h44i4be/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvcgz3emks2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattstanhope7.bsky.social/post/3mvcgphhdus2rA couple of rather beautiful (and rather Fortean) examples from the Japanese print exhibition at York Art Gallery this summer12 Sep 2026 06:18 +0000at://did:plc:txmkxwidojd2bhr34h44i4be/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvcgphhdus2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattstanhope7.bsky.social/post/3mvcgkcnuvk2rBunnies, it must be bunnies12 Sep 2026 06:15 +0000at://did:plc:txmkxwidojd2bhr34h44i4be/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvcgkcnuvk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattstanhope7.bsky.social/post/3mv4gzqwnt22zOn a first reading I enjoyed the warmth of Remembering Differently; I love a mission statement. On a second reading, I really appreciated the list of influences. The story of Commander Zudov of Soyuz 23 now haunts me. Plus I need to investigate the work of Fay Godwin. And watch La Jetée. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:txmkxwidojd2bhr34h44i4be/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4gzqwnt22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattstanhope7.bsky.social/post/3mv3ovgyds22iRecord of the day this afternoon is the mighty Garlands by Cocteau Twins from 1982. Holy f**k, this sounds incredible on vinyl! What an album. Manna to an old and completely unrepentant goth like myself #vinyl09 Sep 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:txmkxwidojd2bhr34h44i4be/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3ovgyds22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mattstanhope7.bsky.social/post/3mv3llstxzk2tIt’s very refreshing somehow to have a friend describe their apparently quite serious job as “a load of old wank, really”09 Sep 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:txmkxwidojd2bhr34h44i4be/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3llstxzk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mattstanhope7.bsky.social/post/3muziwbomfc2aRecord of the day here at Stanhope Towers is Let’s Stick Together by Bryan Ferry (1976). I’m now feeling that I immediately need to swap out all my Roxy Music CDs for vinyl. Resist, Matt, resist!! #vinyl08 Sep 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:txmkxwidojd2bhr34h44i4be/app.bsky.feed.post/3muziwbomfc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mattstanhope7.bsky.social/post/3m3uibcdsgk2hWhat’s it like inside your head? [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Oct 2025 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:txmkxwidojd2bhr34h44i4be/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3uibcdsgk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattstanhope7.bsky.social/post/3muxhv5mu222iIt occurs to me that many of my happiest times have involved hiding from reality.07 Sep 2026 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:txmkxwidojd2bhr34h44i4be/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxhv5mu222ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mattstanhope7.bsky.social/post/3muxctwyzbs2cBeer and Fortean Times therapy (which I very much recommend)07 Sep 2026 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:txmkxwidojd2bhr34h44i4be/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxctwyzbs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mattstanhope7.bsky.social/post/3muxacduhpk2cSome images are just part of your psychological make up07 Sep 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:txmkxwidojd2bhr34h44i4be/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxacduhpk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mattstanhope7.bsky.social/post/3mutgrveeqs26Perfect dawn if you ask me, cool and ripe with mystery06 Sep 2026 07:09 +0000at://did:plc:txmkxwidojd2bhr34h44i4be/app.bsky.feed.post/3mutgrveeqs26https://bsky.app/profile/mattstanhope7.bsky.social/post/3muscfvuq222nLovely to see Arcturus and Vega glittering in the heavens once again as the nights start to draw in05 Sep 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:txmkxwidojd2bhr34h44i4be/app.bsky.feed.post/3muscfvuq222nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattstanhope7.bsky.social/post/3muoqcvblxk2dDragon’s Domain absolutely haunted me as a child…it still does as an adult! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:txmkxwidojd2bhr34h44i4be/app.bsky.feed.post/3muoqcvblxk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattstanhope7.bsky.social/post/3mujsg6hxrs2iI love living in the North of England. An acquaintance just described the mean old lady next door as “a right bastard”02 Sep 2026 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:txmkxwidojd2bhr34h44i4be/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujsg6hxrs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mattstanhope7.bsky.social/post/3muief6isi22n“I rowed down the gutter to the Blood Bank” [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:txmkxwidojd2bhr34h44i4be/app.bsky.feed.post/3muief6isi22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattstanhope7.bsky.social/post/3muh5kyr6zs269 years ago, we were fortunate enough to visit The Doctor Who Experience in its final week!01 Sep 2026 09:52 +0000at://did:plc:txmkxwidojd2bhr34h44i4be/app.bsky.feed.post/3muh5kyr6zs26