About

Allo! I’m L.J. (aka Lee), a fairly run-of-the-mill bloke from Stoke, and this site exists because I need (i) a Hugo sandbox to play with, and (ii) motivation to write more often. Hopefully, it will provide the impetus that keeping a diary never did.

You’ll find posts here on a mishmash of my personal interests. Right now, that’s mostly French films (from the ’50s to the ’80s inparticular), French pop culture and Franco-Belgian graphic novels (mainly the grown-up kind I discovered while learning French). Antiquity fascinates me too, particularly Ancient Roman scandal and literature. When I’m not buried in films, history or books, I’m usually tinkering with Visual Studio Code, or creating vector art using Affinity Designer.

Social media is great for keeping up with interests, but let’s face it, it’s mostly full of dicks¹ and the emphasis on engagement is a bit distracting. Here, I hope to focus on writing for the sake of writing without getting bogged down by algorithms or follower expectations.

If you need to contact me, there is a feedback form, and you can also reach out via Bluesky. I’m seldom there, but it hasn’t gone to shit yet, so the app remains installed, and I still get notifications.