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Lots Of People Will Unsubscribe As A Result Of This, Solely Because It's My Second Post In Consecutive Days, But The Fact Is My Cat Died And…
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What Will Life Really Be Like After The Internet Gets Incinerated?
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The Struggle To Leave The Footbath
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At Home With The Actor, Influencer And Designer Philippa Islington-Smythe
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Things About The Countryside That Make Me Angry, And Some Photographs I Have Taken Of Them
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A Great School
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Nine Things I've Had On My Mind, Including Amsterdam
This week I’m offering 25% off all full annual subscriptions to this page.
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The Ghost House
Even before I moved from Devon to the Peak District, I could already feel my accent rushing back, doing a happy jig in my larynx at the knowledge that…
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Why Don't We Read Like We Used To?
I’ve had Covid for the last fortnight.
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The Cat Who Travelled Through Time
Also: LOADS of free books and art!
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North Devon
“Put your arms out and you’ll take off and fly right up over the sea,” said the old man who passed me on the lane yesterday as I walked towards the old…
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Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover (But Also Do, A Bit, Actually)
After weeks of tantalising waiting, today I am hugely excited to be able to show you the cover art for my third novel, Everything Will Swallow You…
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IMPORTANT NEWSFLASH 21st-Century Yokel Is Currently FREE To Listen To On Audible
I feel duty bound to inform you that my 2017 book 21st-Century Yokel is currently available to listen to for FREE on Audible, worldwide. If you’ve never…
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The Villager
The Villager
New writing on landscape, music, books, folklore, psychedelia, the natural world and other misty magical things outside the mainstream.
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