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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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The Magic Room (including free book and art offer)
I started this Substack page a little under a year ago. I felt a little nervous, making the transfer, since it was unknown territory for me and I…
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The Man With A Bull In His Living Room
It was the week before I moved house and I was haring around, begging local businesses for old cardboard boxes and dropping off unwanted possessions at…
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The Ginger Man
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SOME INTERDIMENSIONAL PORTALS I HAVE COME ACROSS DURING WALKS IN THE BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE
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Why I Am Here And Not There
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The Magic Room (including free book and art offer)
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Househunting On Behalf Of My Cat: A Poem
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Fast Days, Owls Company
An Early Winter Compendium
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(Probably) The Most Unsettling Walk I've Ever Been On
A photo essay, now free for everyone to read, about a walk I’m still thinking about, over six months later… What is more remarkable: our capacity to…
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The Ginger Man
One of the writers on the internet who tell people what they need to do to be a proper writer recently said you should write about what keeps you awake…
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Playlist
A Brief Journey Through A Tiny Bit Of My Record Collection
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Water
This is a piece I wrote in 2020, which the majority of you probably won’t have previously read. It popped into my mind because I was thinking about the…
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MESSAGE BOARD (and an offer of a free signed book with a handmade bookmark)
Hello! Today’s post is a free one, which you’ll need to click through to Substack to read in full as it’s too long to fit in the email format. It’s an…
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Firewood
As I drive, as well as trying to stay aware of potential hazards, I scan around for the names of small businesses and their owners on vans and roadside…
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The Villager
The Villager
New writing and podcasting on landscape, music, books, folklore, psychedelia, the natural world and other misty magical things outside the mainstream.
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