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I posted the excerpt below from Villager on this page once before but, as my subscriber list has grown significantly since then, most of you won’t have…
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Why Reading Online Reviews Of Your Book Will Lead You Nowhere Good
Even if you can't avoid doing it sometimes
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BOOKS!
Including the new one
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The Gun's Always Loaded, The Horse Always Kicks
Two Days With My Dad
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The Very Grungy Caterpillar
The Shopping Malls Of The Past, And Their Art
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The Magic Room
I posted this piece in autumn last year which means it’s in my paywalled archive but I’ve decided to make it available to read for free again, prompted…
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June 2024

Can You Please Stop Telling Me To Live My Best Life Please
Thoughts On The Advice Pandemic
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A Writing Pledge From Me To Me For The Future
I wrote this for myself but you can read it too if you like
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The True Stories Behind Some Of The Photos In The 1970s Habitat Catalogues
It’s now only seven weeks, precisely, until my second novel, 1983, comes out (if you’d like to, you can pre-order it here from Blackwells with free…
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All The Life Coaches Have Life Coaches
Notes About Music, Primates, Bedclothes, Eggs And The Future Of The Universe
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A Brief, Unsparingly Honest Guide To The Real British Countryside From Someone Who Knows
It comes as something of a surprise to me to realise I have now been living in the British countryside for almost five decades. Before those…
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What Has The Nasty Little Syrup-Based Fucker Been Up To?
Ladybird's Well-Loved Tales Deconstructed
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