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The True Stories Behind Some Of The Photos In The 1970s Habitat Catalogues
Serendipity Range (1971) 11.39am. Carol’s head felt like a fire in a neglected pedal bin. The vodka had been a mistake, the downers a larger one. There…
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Dust
Something I wrote a short while ago about the Beatles, the Get Back documentary, and what time does to art
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The Sense Of An Ending
All of my recent Substack posts have been free but, as this is a long one, you need to be a paying subscriber to read it in its entirety. With this in…
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SOME INTERDIMENSIONAL PORTALS I HAVE COME ACROSS DURING WALKS IN THE BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE
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HELLO! (A little bit of an explanation about why I am here.)
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Ladybird's Well-Loved Tales Deconstructed
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Why I Am Here And Not There
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A Few Of The Many Houses I Won't Be Purchasing This Year
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100 Things About Moving House You Must Know Before You Die
Not really; there are only 17, and they're just some thoughts I've had, and you don't have to know them before you die, or at all, if you don't want…
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The Way Publishing Works
(Sorry for the three posts in as many days. I promise I'll calm it down a bit after this.)
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The Lost Valley
A very short account of a place where I used to try to live
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A Very Pagan Walk And The Unavoidable Interface Between Walking And Writing
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My Dad And The Toad In His Shoe
It was 2011 and I had driven up from Norfolk to Nottinghamshire to see my mum and dad. Not long after I arrived, my dad took me to one side. “TOM, CAN I…
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Some Photos From My Family's Archive And The Cult Low Budget Horror Films They Became
I’m keeping all the writing on my Substack page free at the moment, and I welcome all free subscribers, but if you are able to take out a paid…
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The Making Of A Cult Classic
RJ McKendree's amazing 'Wallflower' album, and how it became no longer fictional...
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