Seán Martin
@paracelsus1966.bsky.social
Writer, maker of films. Weird, gothic, mediaeval, uncanny. Edinburgh.
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Lovecraft: When the Stars are Right
This is the first film ever made about H. P. Lovecraft — and almost no one has seen it. Shot in 1989–90, it features unique interviews with Lovecraft's friends and colleagues. It has sat unfinished fo...
greenlit.com
The crowdfunder to finish my 1989 documentary on H P Lovecraft is now live: greenlit.com/project/love...
The crowdfunder to finish my 1989 documentary on H P Lovecraft is now live: greenlit.com/project/love...
Lovecraft: When the Stars are Right
This is the first film ever made about H. P. Lovecraft — and almost no one has seen it. Shot in 1989–90, it features unique interviews with Lovecraft's friends and colleagues. It has sat unfinished fo...
greenlit.com
August 5, 2026 at 8:47 PM
The crowdfunder to finish my 1989 documentary on H P Lovecraft is now live: greenlit.com/project/love...
Kick the Nazis out of the NHS: notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org
May 13, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Kick the Nazis out of the NHS: notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
End the sewage pollution scandal
We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...
you.38degrees.org.uk
March 27, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
you.38degrees.org.uk
March 21, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Unbelievable. King Charles is STILL set to fly to the US to celebrate with Trump in April. With everything Trump is saying and doing right now - and the hate and chaos he's spreading - this trip must be cancelled. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence
With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...
you.38degrees.org.uk
March 12, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Unbelievable. King Charles is STILL set to fly to the US to celebrate with Trump in April. With everything Trump is saying and doing right now - and the hate and chaos he's spreading - this trip must be cancelled. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
Use @pscupdates.bsky.social new e-action to report UK Lawyers for Israel to the Charity Commission today: palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/uklfi-charit...
Report UKLFI to the Charity Commission
Dear Charity Commission,
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk
March 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Use @pscupdates.bsky.social new e-action to report UK Lawyers for Israel to the Charity Commission today: palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/uklfi-charit...
Sad news from Wigtown: Richard van der Voort, proprietor of the sci-fi, crime, and horror bookshop At the Sign of the Dragon, has died.
March 3, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Sad news from Wigtown: Richard van der Voort, proprietor of the sci-fi, crime, and horror bookshop At the Sign of the Dragon, has died.
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: URGENT Kick Out Genocide Diplomats! Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/call...
Call on the Scottish government to oppose visit by diplomats of the genocidal state
Representatives of the genocidal state of Israel are being welcomed to a public meeting in Scotland on Thursday, 26 February, in Glasgow.
Send a letter to John Swinney, First Minister of Scotland, t...
actionnetwork.org
February 25, 2026 at 11:24 AM
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: URGENT Kick Out Genocide Diplomats! Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/call...
I’ve posted updates on the Lovecraft Documentary Restoration Project over on my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/paracels...
The Lovecraft Documentary: First Look at Footage
Last year, I received a small research grant from Edinburgh Napier University (where I teach filmmaking) to digitise some of the Lovecraft documentary footage.
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I’ve posted updates on the Lovecraft Documentary Restoration Project over on my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/paracels...
Reposted by Seán Martin
Show your support for Ukraine at the US Consulate in Edinburgh (3 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh, EH7 5BW)
Wednesday 5 March @ 18h
More info and let them know you're coming here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emergency-...
#edinburgh
Wednesday 5 March @ 18h
More info and let them know you're coming here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emergency-...
#edinburgh
EMERGENCY DEMO: STOP PUTIN - STOP TRUMP! STAND BY UKRAINE! EUROPE WAKE UP!
It's time to come together and show our support for Ukraine, Stop Putin and Trump, and for Europe to wake up to prevent another Munich.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Show your support for Ukraine at the US Consulate in Edinburgh (3 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh, EH7 5BW)
Wednesday 5 March @ 18h
More info and let them know you're coming here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emergency-...
#edinburgh
Wednesday 5 March @ 18h
More info and let them know you're coming here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emergency-...
#edinburgh
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We're very sorry to hear the news about the death of poet Michael Longley. He will be sorely missed but he leaves an incredible legacy through his wonderful poetry. Our sincere condolences to Edna, their children and all his family and friends. RIP Michael
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
Michael Longley remembered as ‘one of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced’ following death aged 85
Tributes have been paid to the celebrated poet after he died on Wednesday
www.irishnews.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
We're very sorry to hear the news about the death of poet Michael Longley. He will be sorely missed but he leaves an incredible legacy through his wonderful poetry. Our sincere condolences to Edna, their children and all his family and friends. RIP Michael
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
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Michael Longley has died. A very dear soul indeed.
January 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Michael Longley has died. A very dear soul indeed.
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The Profanity Embroidery Group, Whitstable, UK, known for their stitching and swearing #WomensArt
January 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The Profanity Embroidery Group, Whitstable, UK, known for their stitching and swearing #WomensArt
Getting ready to start digitising and restoring the #lovecraft documentary. We’re doing some of the footage of Frank Belknap Long, and Stuart Gordon, first.
January 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Getting ready to start digitising and restoring the #lovecraft documentary. We’re doing some of the footage of Frank Belknap Long, and Stuart Gordon, first.
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Yesterday, the 34x convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, defamer, fraudster, and twice impeached Trump was given the keys to government again.
Today, Louisiana is experiencing its first ever blizzard.
Climate change?
God’s wrath?
You decide.
Today, Louisiana is experiencing its first ever blizzard.
Climate change?
God’s wrath?
You decide.
a person in a blue coat walking through the snow
ALT: a person in a blue coat walking through the snow
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Yesterday, the 34x convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, defamer, fraudster, and twice impeached Trump was given the keys to government again.
Today, Louisiana is experiencing its first ever blizzard.
Climate change?
God’s wrath?
You decide.
Today, Louisiana is experiencing its first ever blizzard.
Climate change?
God’s wrath?
You decide.
Reposted by Seán Martin
Good morning. Today we celebrate the America of Walt Whitman, Sitting Bull, Rosa Parks and Woody Guthrie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3V-... Music: newly-discovered recording of The Waterboys playing Woody's THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND in 1988.
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND today we celebrate the America of Walt Whitman and....
YouTube video by The Waterboys
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January 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Good morning. Today we celebrate the America of Walt Whitman, Sitting Bull, Rosa Parks and Woody Guthrie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3V-... Music: newly-discovered recording of The Waterboys playing Woody's THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND in 1988.
Master criminals are among us.
January 20, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Master criminals are among us.
One of the great vacuum cleaner salesman novels. #julianmaclarenross
January 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
One of the great vacuum cleaner salesman novels. #julianmaclarenross
It’s that “throw the damn ball” moment!
January 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
It’s that “throw the damn ball” moment!
Restoring an unseen (well, screened only once) documentary about H. P. Lovecraft.
December 20, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Restoring an unseen (well, screened only once) documentary about H. P. Lovecraft.
Book of the Week: Who the hell is David Vann? newsroom.co.nz/2020/03/04/b...
Book of the Week: Who the hell is David Vann?
Steve Braunias tracks down the American author who surprised many when made the shortlist for the Ockham New Zealand book awards.
newsroom.co.nz
December 10, 2024 at 9:49 AM
Book of the Week: Who the hell is David Vann? newsroom.co.nz/2020/03/04/b...