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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 3h

Actually the Baillie Gifford rang but I said I was too busy

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 3h

A smattering of rain on the roof. Somewhere a goose looks up approvingly

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 18h

Truth about all 6 Music contemporary band names. 1. All bands to have banal uninflected 2 word names - Wedding Guest; Nit Nurse. 2. If a band is called something like Ladywoman it’s all male; if it’s called Penis, all female; if it has no vowels or phonetic spelling, queer.

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

AUTUMN TALES OF THE SUBURBS TOUR! Birmingham Literature Festival, 8 Oct Off the Shelf, Sheffield, 11 Oct Coast is Queer, Brighton, 18 Oct Write Idea Festival, Tower Hamlets, 21 Nov (tix not yet available) www.johngrindrod.co.uk/events

Copy of Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains held up in front of some suburban houses

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tonight I’ll be recording the first interview about my new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class. Wish me luck!

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Voltage Poetry Project @voltagepoetry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If anyone delved into (and enjoyed) either the @grindrod.bsky.social Pet Shop Boys @thequietus.com article or any of the ‘52 albums to shape a soul’ blogs by @lippykidmusic.bsky.social, as a result of one of my #21IntrosToSketchesOfSheep posts - this is the song I was alluding to.

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Luci Gosling (it’s short for Lucinda) @lucigosling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Have been booked to do 3 WesternFrontAssociation talks recently, but all in 2027. If you're a historical group/society looking for speakers, consider me. I do talks on WWI cartoonists, John Hassall,Fortunino Matania, WW1 messenger dogs, Riviera, roadhouses, history of exotic pet ownership & more!

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Meg @roaringmeg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Doulton pottery building in Vauxhall. #Architecture #London

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Modernism in Metro-Land @modinmetro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Priory, Blackheath 1956 Eric Lyons and Partners buff.ly/Cp2oIOb

A colour photograph of an entrance to part of the maisonette block of The Priory, Blackheath

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Finally time for my oft-cancelled ophthalmology appointment. An eye watering prospect

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Had a great time at the Southbank Centre this afternoon talking Brutalism with Noris Obijiaku, Sandy Rattray, Eva Branscome, @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and Rhael ‘LionHeart’ Cape. Here we are backstage lined up like we’re on Bargain Hunt. Thanks to everyone who came along x

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The joy of Brutalism. A @c20society.bsky.social celebration! A lot of love in the (Purcell) Room this afternoon.

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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My Lancastrian mum continues her commitment to speaking as if she's in a Victoria Wood sketch: “Andrea's so posh I had to show her how to open a cheese triangle the other day.”

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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Good morning. Today, I'm going to give a little push to my second collection of stories, 'Intervals of Darkness', from 2024, partly because I think of it as particularly autumnal. www.amazon.co.uk/Intervals-Da...

The cover of Intervals of Darkness in black and red with an image of a figure being stalked through a dark space by an unseen figure, with a quote from author John Grindrod: "Existing somewhere between Robert Aickman and J.G. Ballard, these blackly funny tales are sure to chill you, no matter how high you turn the central heating."

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This afternoon I’m at the Southbank Centre talking about brutalist architecture with Samira Ahmed as part of a panel (of people, not rough concrete). Lots of upcoming events listed here: www.johngrindrod.co.uk/events

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Forthcoming events by the author of Tales of the Suburbs — John Grindrod.

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Idly wondered what boyf’s sister’s new place is like. 15 minutes later their mum is still describing the hall cupboard

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Simon Pegg

Alt: Tim in Spaced saying ‘skip to the end’

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Seán Barrett, the actor who brilliantly reads the Slough House audiobooks, is also the cover star of the single of How Soon is Now

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Postmodern pranks and outrageous fantasy art: the new Monstrosities Mon Amour with Will Wiles is half an hour of cheery excess podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

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Monstrosities Mon Amour: Onyx House, Mile End, with Will Wiles

Podcast Episode · Monstrosities Mon Amour · 23 September · 29min

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Goodnight from the St. Urith clergy house, its nuns giving each retired priest their nightly blessing of whisky as members of the Ghost-layers' Club mutter in a corner. Goodnight from Abigail Ash, calling spirits from all five directions of the cunning compass. Goodnight from Hookland.

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Always odd to hear a band you love and still listen to described as forgotten. Anyway, the Young Knives.

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This new Beck album is ridiculously, swooningly beautiful and sad, and because I was such a fan of Sea Change all those years ago it feels like being taken right back there.

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Oh good, just lost the 700 words I'd just written. Great way to end the week...

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Very much enjoyed Ludwig. Well done everyone.

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Owen Booth @owenbooth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is predictably wonderful. And bonus points to @willwiles.bsky.social for the Chris Achilleos shout out

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Bethan Angharad @bethanangharadl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I love this building, I pass it most days on the way to & from work. The hedge around it is also a haven for house sparrows.

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The latest Monstrosities Mon Amour is out, with novelist @willwiles.bsky.social choosing the bonkers postmodern extravaganza of Onyx House in Mile End, and the no less outrageous fantasy art of Boris Vallejo johngrindrod.substack.com/p/monstrosit...

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Monstrosities Mon Amour: Onyx House, Mile End, with Will Wiles

#21 John Grindrod and novelist Will Wiles explore the postmodern outrageousness of Onyx House in Mile End and the kitschy, fleshy fantasy art of Boris Vallejo

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

johngrindrod.substack.com

Monstrosities Mon Amour: Onyx House, Mile End, with Will Wiles

#21 John Grindrod and novelist Will Wiles explore the postmodern outrageousness of Onyx House in Mile End and the kitschy, fleshy fantasy art of Boris Vallejo

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Yes yes yes it’s my autumn equinox

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Anyway, might stop crying about 70up at some point

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Richard Sales @theblueacorn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I used to think ‘potential’ was pronounced ‘protential,’ and ‘pedigree’ was ‘petigree’ I also thought ‘hearse’ had a ‘t’ on the end. I was only a boy, why am I telling you this?

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Jonathan Gibbs @jonathangibbs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Great to see M. John Harrison on the Booker shortlist. We were honoured to have him contribute to A Personal Anthology, picking and introducing a dozen favourite short stories, with some writers you'll expect, some you won't and some you just love to see: apersonalanthology.com/category/m-j...

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M John Harrison (as editor) – A Personal Anthology

M. John Harrison was born in 1945. He published his first story in 1966 and his first novel, The Committed Men, in 1968. Climbers won the Boardman Tasker prize for Mountain Literature in 1989. His …

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

‘Is on HBO Max’ is a tragic twist ending to any review

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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Tuesday

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James Goss @gossjam.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Revenge of the Blurboids - cultural historian and suburbophile @grindrod.bsky.social takes us on an even wilder tour of back covers and The Confessions Of Idi Amin for #DoctorWho #TargetBookClub TIckets: bit.ly/smallbluebox

Revenge of the Blurboids - John Grindrod - The increasing insanity of the Target Back Covers

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The only TV show I’d like to be on is a 1979s edition of Call My Bluff

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Actually did stuff today. I know, awful.

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Cannot wait to be doing this. Target Book Club was a real highlight of 2025, and my talk is looking to be even more absurd than last time.

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P.C. Hipsta @pchipsta.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Took a Heritage Open Day visit to Brackenfell, a modernist house built in 1938 by Sadie Speight and Leslie Martin for Alistair Morton, artist and director of Morton Sundour textiles and Edinburgh Weavers. Such generosity from the owner, thanks! @grindrod.bsky.social

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hoping to have a new Monstrosities Mon Amour out this week!

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Tomorrow I’m roaring back into the world like a tortoise

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ask Q if the triumphal arch can also be a Transformer and go brmm brmm pow pow kerboom

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Robyn Skyrme @skyrmerobyn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

My first novel Old Owl and Matt is on sale now — £13.50 + s/h to pre-order from Book Works. bookworks.org.uk/publishing/s...

Front cover: Deep green background, an illustration of what looks like trees at sunset. Title 'Old Owl and Matt' in bold bright yellow all-caps, centred. At the top, author name 'Robyn Skyrme' in the same bright yellow. Below, in white, publisher name 'Book Works'

Back cover. Solid bright yellow background. Text in deep green, serif.

‘The world was getting dark, and they willed it on. After a wrong turn, a bad guess, they walked a road familiar to neither of them.’

Will and Jay haven’t slept for days. After meeting at a party, they’ve gone back to Will’s flat where they can chat and kiss and fuck forever—but something else happens. In the aftermath of what he believes to be a haunting, and troubled by the memory of a radio show from his childhood, Will lands in America and embarks on an all-consuming journey. The first novel from poet Robyn Skyrme, Old Owl and Matt is a queer road trip through memory, grief and magic.

‘The heart of Old Owl And Matt is big and warm and generous, and filled with a smudged kind of purity that is always endearing, sometimes sublime. But nothing is just heart. The body of this novel is by turns terrifying, sensual, ecstatic, disturbing, and its mystery unravels and re-ravels. It clouds and clears like the surface of a lake. The storytelling is entirely engaging, and it is one of those books that feels like a companion, a friend, a presence.’ – Keith Ridgway, author of Dooneen and A Shock

‘Robyn Skyrme’s debut novel reflects a talent long on display in his poetry: an electrifying precision with emotion, place and meaning, and the desire to wield it in powerful, discomforting ways. As a book that’s both queer and ghostly, Old Owl and Matt prioritises complexity over comfort, and through his compelling storytelling Skyrme lets us sit with pain and loss in all its shapes, offering us almost euphoric glimpses of hope and joy within the cold landscape of grief.’ – Huw Lemmey, author of Unknown Language

Barcode. ISBN 978 1 912570 38 6

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Jack Shoulder @jackshoulder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The AIDS memorial Quilt display at Tranway was so moving and powerful. The tears welled up with every panel: love, care & emotion came through with every stitch. The archival material told the story of HIV and AIDS in Scotland. Our Stories Scotland's workshops beautifully connected it all.

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