claire biddles

you don’t have to x I accepted the same for myself last week x

ofc you get it my brother in hate xx

An illustration of the film 28 Years Later in black, red and white. The character of Spike, surrounded by forest and a rising/setting sun, places a skull atop a tower of skulls.

An illustration of the film 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple in black, red and white. The character of Jimmy Crystal stares at a tower of skulls and seems to be thinking “I don’t get it.”

An illustration of the film 28 Years Later in black, red and white. A hand holds a skull.

An illustration of the film 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple in black, red and white. The character of Dr Kelson stands in fire retardant clothing and theatrical make up as fire rages behind him.

This is an Art Attack.

A new newsletter discussing art at the end of the world, trench and plague art, memento mori, the danger of a frozen culture, and reading too much into the 28 Years Later sequels.

Read it here: grave-offerings.ghost.io/this-is-an-a...

being a hater means you have experienced bliss from your chosen artform(s), you know what is possible, and you are rightly disappointed when those possibilities are undermined!!!!!

true haters are lovers at heart, speaking as one

🤝

AND based on my favourite shakespeare!!

thee greatest movie in my opinion

saw some experimental music and had three negronis for international women’s day

karl

Bandcamp Friday Out Now
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Add to playlist: the maximalist melancholy of Hannah Lew and the week’s best tracks The Californian creative navigates seamlessly from bass-driven disco to sparse electronic beats on her expansive debut album

cheerleading for hannah lew's gorgeous synth pop in the guardian today! album out next month via thee greatest @nightschoolrecords.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

hahahah

taking this on as a personal quest, to make u understand x

More songs should start like Monkey Gone to Heaven. "There was a guy." Ok I'm listening, what's this guy up to

Dave review – prodigiously skilled rapper conjures thrilling intimacy on a grand scale Showcasing chart-topping album The Boy Who Played the Harp, Dave charismatically switches between heavy beats, rock-show grandeur and searching introspection

went to see superstar rapper/cute boy dave last night and loved it – from clubby ragers to big '90s rock ballad bombast with ease. review at @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

went to see lily allen‘s highly anticipated new show for the guardian….she was fully not on stage for the first half, then ran through her new album like she was in a dress rehearsal she wanted to skive. not great!!!

walk out to winter/Aztec Camera YouTube video by kondowsan

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Nv...

under "Reception and Legacy" for The Wild Angels

ME NEITHER i couldn't believe that i mentioned him in passing and then he was like 'oh yeah he literally wrote my reference for art school'

Daniel Blumberg: ​‘The ingredients were there to make something… Meeting the compositional maestro behind the complex web of sounds and rhythms in Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee.

just seen that my @lwlies.com interview with daniel blumberg about THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE is now online as well as in the magazine :) have a read please lwlies.com/interviews/d...

YUKIO MISHIMA: Suddenly I came across a picture whose only purpose had been to lie in wait and ambush me.

PHILIP GLASS:
duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh

YUKIO MISHIMA: The white matchless beauty of Tifa Lockhart's body, her midriff engorged with icing.

PHILIP GLASS: duhnuhnuhnuhnuhnuhnuhnuh

yeah, from my POV I went from covering fandom as an expert specialist staff writer, to being a freelancer who *can't* cover fan culture in the same way due to market contractions and layoffs.

two months on from this and @msclairebiddles.bsky.social is about to watch the olympic men's final with me... hockey fan transformation complete

🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️THAT’S MY BESTIE

extremely good release

😭

let dogs have a go on the luge track

I had a hoot talking to fellow goth millennial and confirmed cutie patootie jamie campbell bower about his fav records for @thequietus.com!

omg the ultimate claire x rishaad crossover!!

Scott Walker - Darkness (Plague of Locusts) YouTube video by samuraiinCfede

Hat-tip to @msclairebiddles.bsky.social for her terrific Invisible Jukebox with Daniel Blumberg in the current issue of The Wire, and a special thanks for turning me on to this absolute belter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Lm...