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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 astonishing weight of water and how often we underestimate it, after the frightening recent floods in my mum and dad’

MESSAGE BOARD

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 extract from my most recent book, Villager, although it’s a little different to the

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 signs. It’s always an insight into the brain-frying number of jobs that are genuinely out there: jobs you never conceived

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He's Writing About Taylor Swift Again, Delete

Why Do We Not Let Each Other Like The Music We Like?

The Shepshank Redemption

Exploring Britain's Most Haunted Prison

Talking To Art Garfunkel About Books On A Bridge In South West England

This is a free post, but should you be considering going paid, I’ve reduced my annual membership fees to half-price this week. In addition, if you subscribe before the end of Friday, you’ll receive a signed paperback of my novel Villager, wherever you happen to be in the

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Root Canal

I moved house, for the 25th time. It’s over now, finally, and to my surprise I find that I am - to the naked eye, at least - still alive and in one piece. I’m hoping this one, despite once again being just a tenancy, might have a

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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 mind, I’ve recently reduced my subscription costs, and I’m offering a free signed paperback of my

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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 to...