Lesser things and trivia column
The leaden days of socialist monotony in the 1970s and 80s had an odd way of pressing on the spirit, like a cold fog that never actually lifted. But even in the dreary grind of lining up for bread, sugar…...
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The New “Job”
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Blackbird Monthly Column
Allow me to introduce myself: James Byrne is my name, and I am a member of Redfox Archers Club. I also host a small podcast called Blackbird Podcast, which I endeavor to publish once a week on YouTube and Spotify.
TIFAM FESTIVAL UPDATE
This year’s festival, now in its third edition, promises something very different from all its precedents. It will be a celebration not only of the discipline of archery but also of its growing reach and resonance in Irish communities. Perhaps…
Archery Gear Reviews:
Bearpaw’s Arrow Analyser So first up for the Archer Gear Review is the Bearpaw Arrow Analyzer. So what does an Arrow Analyzer do, well it measures the weight, the spine and estimates the straightness of the arrows. The analyzer comes…...
Archers Talkin’ Archery – Daria Casement
More quick interviews with archers here in the north and elsewhere. Archers Talkin' Archery is back!
Freedom’s Quiet Flame
The dimly lit, rain-soaked cinemas of 1980s Soviet life provided brief but significant havens. Among the films, Sergei Tarasov's 1985 Чернaя стрела (The Black Arrow) stood out not only as entertainment but also as an event—an artefact of a society struggling with its paradoxes. Under the heavy shadow of a collapsing Soviet ideology, this rendition of Robert Louis Stevenson's story connected as both metaphor and adventure, a revolt against the ordinary disguised as historical epic.
Archers Talkin’ Archery – Karen Tufts
More quick interviews with archers here in the north and elsewhere. Archers Talkin' Archery is back!
Archers Talkin’ Archery – Jack Tomlinson
More quick interviews with archers here in the north and elsewhere. Archers Talkin' Archery is back!
Arrows of Inspiration
A life spent among words—their ripples, their surges, their deceptive ebbs—is also a life surrendered to a quiet yet consuming enchantment. The strangely beautiful paths they carve alternate between the solid ground of reality and the mercurial landscapes uplifted in…...
Steel, Shadows, and Scorched Earth
Edward of Woodstock, the Black Prince—his name, steeped in ink as dark as a storm-laden sky, calls forth images of a knight both magnificent and terrible, a figure who rode the tangled path between chivalry and carnage. The chronicles recount…...
The Lions’ Den
A concise write up of the Portsmouth Round hosted by Muckamore Company of Archers on the 27th of October with a look at archery from an autistic perspective.
The Phoenix Archer – Orion’s Legacy – Chapter 4
Considered the most established of Anordaithe’s five continents, The Sigel still hides beautiful and wicked revelations yet to be found.
After receiving an invitation from the Maytoni Summiteers, Alejandro Zaragosa, Ksenia Kiamount, and Blair Ruthvane travel to The Sigel. The trio fall into a conspiracy, millennia in the making, forcing them along a path which crosses into the works of the very legend whose crusade sought to slay Alejandro - Orion Aldenberg.
Lost on another trail, Luciana Doran is in mourning for the man who restored a life to her. With a rogue Summiteer, she pursues the tracks of an unknown force threatening to bring forth an evil Orion worked to keep secret.
Presenting, the follow up to The Phoenix Archer, set shortly after the events of the first story, The Phoenix Archer - Orion's Legacy.
Andrew’s Monthly Photo Roundup
IT’S RED FOX TIME!
Field-ready outdoor Column
ANDREW’S 20 Questions – #24 CONOR STOKES
Conor, hi and welcome to this, our 24th interview and I’m delighted you are our archer of the moment for today’s interview.
Will we learn some new aspects of your life through this… I’m sure the answer shall be a firm yes, so lets make a start.
Smack my controversy – Anchor Point Arrogance
Welcome, readers! This time, I’ve got something for you that’s bound to ruffle some feathers—but hey, that’s the whole point of this column. It’s here to provoke, to poke, and to stick a thorn right where it hurts the most. Remember, though, the conversation doesn’t end here—I’m eagerly awaiting your responses! Be outraged, tear my opinions to shreds, and “smack my controversy” as hard as you can!