Writer of To Rise in the Dark (2024) and Hunter (2025) “He speaks in your voice, Salfordian, and there’s a pie in his hand bought half-price from the Co-op.”
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30 years after a teenage band imploded, their late singer's daughter leads the surviving members on a booze-fuelled odyssey through Manchester in search of a secret they would rather remained buried…
Available in ebook and paperback.
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“Is it Giro day?”
Presenting GQ’s October global cover star: Tom Cruise.
It’s been 20 years since @TomCruise last appeared on the cover of GQ, and, in some ways, he’s living like it’s 2006 again.
He's taking his riskiest creative swing in decades in #DiggerMovie—and delivering GQ a rare in-depth (on-camera!) interview gq.visitlink.me/vpo-E1
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Very special day episode this!!!
Recorded live at Futures and Pasts, this special episode sees Paul and Steve joined by the Poet Laureate himself, Simon Armitage, who looks back on discovering The Fall as a teenager, his early gigs, and what it is about Mark E. Smith's lyrics that captivates so many writers. (+)
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I'm searching for the now
I'm looking for the real thing, yeah
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I'm looking for the home of the real
I want a happy time now
#FallFriday
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Had a beard which was weird,
Some time ago,
Heard Ramones in ‘81,
Has a Spanish guitar.
#FallFriday
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“Can’t believe I’m still waiting for a publisher to pick up my ‘A Briefs History of Underpants’…”
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The gatekeepers and the sentinels,
Their jokes are humdrum.
#FallFriday
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“Oh! Hello,French polishers? It’s just possible you could save my life"
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This week, Paul and Steve welcome Liverpool musician Barry Sutton, former Fall roadie and founder of Beatnik Hurricane. Barry recalls hearing Slates at 15, abandoning prog on the spot and beginning his long association with The Fall. (+)
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