Lovely to see @shardcore.org's excellent 'On The Hill' get a tremendous review in @thequietus.com. You really should give the album a listen: thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

#Booksof2026 15 - Watling Street by @johnhiggs.bsky.social Much better than most travel books, especially the chapter on Northampton. And it doesn't fall into the usual Milton Keynes clichés. An interesting read. #BookSky

the new DRASS album, On The Hill, is out today - please listen now and listen often, tell your friends (and ideally leave it playing on repeat ) drass.art open.spotify.com/album/53ZJeS...

@thebrainofchris.bsky.social looks at Terry Pratchett’s legacy, @evilrobotbill.bsky.social speaks to @johnhiggs.bsky.social about his brilliant book on Doctor Who, @monagle.bsky.social casts his eye over the Alien Earth series & I chat with the awesome Castle Rat, look at fantasy art exhibitions

Just finished Exterminate/Regenerate by @johnhiggs.bsky.social and it's an absolute must-read if you are a Doctor Who fan, of course, but also more broadly a fascinating history of the changing TV landscape and the BBC

Another wonderful journey to the weirder shores of popular culture with @johnhiggs.bsky.social as guide. A necessary read for those of us who love David #Lynch and his work.

PREORDER: 'Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984–1994' by Simon Reynolds The acclaimed writer returns with a book focusing on the blissful fuzz-heavy sounds of the UK/Irish and US indie underground. @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social www.normanrecords.com/records/2138...

Looking forward to heading to Faversham @favlit.org to talk about David Lynch with Nicholas Royal - details and tickets are here www.favershamliteraryfestival.org/2026/events/...

On Lifestyles with Selina MacKenzie from 14.00CET - @joannemallon.bsky.social on 'How to De-Stress in Five Minutes a Day', and Emma Thorne Lees and Louise Hazleden (Em & Lou) from 'Sobers Socials' on 'How to have fun without drinking'.

If you read just one thing today then please consider reading more than one thing, honestly it’s good for you, but still if you are going to read just one thing today then I’d suggest @johnhiggs.bsky.social new piece on subcultures, disappearing countercultures & escaping from the algorithmic yoke

𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓. Coming June 2026: the wildly inventive, magnificently surreal story of the impact of a pop group on one man's life, from Michael Bracewell - a writer unlike any other. geni.us/TheSmiths

My book about how to de-stress is out today! amzn.to/49x2Fu1 Nice green cover with shiny foil bits. Sharing its birthday with David Bowie and Elvis Presley, a good sign I hope. #publicationday

This is a wild deranged claim which I am more than happy to amplify

One of the best and most interesting writers out there makes a very convincing case for introducing a paid subscription level to his newsletter (with a great Venn diagram)

There's a paid tier opening up on my Substack - introducing New Moon Letters and Midsummer Annuals in the post each year... It's all explained here johnhiggs.substack.com/p/john-higgs...

Big love to Robin, this has not been easy for him

Winter Non Fiction edit for Shortlist feat. @kdenkwrites.com @johnhiggs.bsky.social @katieprescott.bsky.social Cameron Crowe, Giles Tremlett, Mat Watson, Katy Hessel, Kayleigh Garthwaite, Matthew Costa @plutopress.bsky.social Joel Wainwright @versobooks.bsky.social www.shortlist.com/books/10-new...

I'm introducing a screening of Eraserhead at 5pm on Saturday at the Soho Curzon, and doing a signing, come along and say hello! www.curzon.com/films/film-c...

This by @johnhiggs.bsky.social is smashing.

Thursday treat from @thequietus.com and @johnhiggs.bsky.social thequietus.com/interviews/s...

I've written a Strange World... article for @thequietus.com, on David Lynch thequietus.com/interviews/s...

An article, a video, and a new book announcement! My latest blog entry, announcing the publication next year of my new book When Saturday Came and talking about some related bits and pieces.

The Estonian translation of Love & Let Die out on the shelves, looking very handsome

Attention UK: #DavidLynch

OK. All done. Pedants? I'm not interested, this is MY Doctors. If you are interested in an A2 print I've decided to knock the price down so that it's £60 plus postage (assuming I get enough interest to make it worth my while) Let me know here or in DMs if you are interested. Probably print 10.

Big love to all at @wnbooks.bsky.social for the publication day cherry pie! I am going in!

When you forget you pre-ordered something lovely and it turns up at the start of your long weekend ♥️ @johnhiggs.bsky.social

New @johnhiggs.bsky.social has arrived! I’m looking forward to reading it

I've been talking to the Bureau of Lost Culture about David Lynch, you can find that here bureauoflostculture.podbean.com/e/the-spell-...

Listen back here: www.totallyradio.com/shows/planet... @johnhiggs.bsky.social @slackcityradio.bsky.social @davidlynchsworlds.bsky.social

Author John Higgs talks to me about his new book on David Lynch tomorrow. Saturday 8th. Tune in from 5pm. slackcity.org.uk/planet-of-so... @davidlynchsworlds.bsky.social @johnhiggs.bsky.social

Exterminate/Regenerate: The Story of Doctor Who is now 99p on Kindle, for a short time only, so fill your boots! www.amazon.co.uk/Exterminate-...

Recommended reading just landed from the great @johnhiggs.bsky.social... LYNCHIAN is a short but powerful exploration of a true enigmatic genius. It looks at how the late visionary reshaped cinema from the inside out, and why his work affects people so deeply. Out 13 November 🎞️

The praise is building for @danielrachel.bsky.social's timely and eye-opening and account of pop music's complicated history with fascism. THIS AIN'T ROCK 'N' ROLL is out next week. geni.us/ThisAintRock...

Kickstarter is now approved and ready to launch. Follow here for more info: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sgt... #sgtpepperX10

This should be fun, I'll be talking with Tom Huddleston - author of David Lynch: His World, His Work - at Stoke Newington Bookshop on 18 November. Details and tickets here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/john-higgs...

Very excited to be chatting to @johnhiggs.bsky.social about all things Who this Saturday!

The paperback of Exterminate/Regenerate is out next April - but if you pre-order it from Waterstones you'll get 25% off if you use the code OCTOBER25. But only until the end of the week! See here www.waterstones.com/book/extermi... #DoctorWho

A conversation with John Higgs, author of the book Exterminate/Regenerate: The Story of Doctor Who at the Liverpool Literary Festival. www.liverpool.ac.uk/literary-fes... Use the code FESTIVALFRIEND for 10% discount #DoctorWho #JohnHiggs #book #Liverpool #festival

Shardcore giving you a sneak preview of some if our Oblique Strategy tribute cards from Alan Moore, Thurston Moore and @leahmoore.bsky.social as well as from @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social Steve Albini, @robinince.bsky.social And others...

Thrilled to have an interview with counter culture national treasure @johnhiggs.bsky.social in the latest issue of the goddamn gorgeous @wyrdscience.bsky.social.

Delighted to get the new edition of this classic by @johnhiggs.bsky.social from @resident-music.com If you’ve not read it I can’t recommend it strongly enough.

I'm doing two events at the brand new Whitby Lit Fest in November -- talking David Lynch with @johnhiggs.bsky.social on Thursday November 6 and chatting to the fabulous Yvette Fielding on Friday November 7. Event and ticket details: whitbylitfest.org.uk

Finally, our Northampton ArtsLab Oblique Strategies tribute act, Ambagious Tactics has arrived! Celebrating 50 years of Eno and Schmidt's deck. Will start getting them out to contributors over the next few days.

This (via @johnhiggs.bsky.social and his excellent newsletter) looks like it will be an amazing and completely authentic telling of a moment in music history www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2eb...

JESUS CHRIST KINSKI is out in the wild. "Like Susan Sontag's diaries, but times dirtier and ten times angrier..." www.shortlist.com/health-and-f...

62 years ago today, the very first filming for Doctor Who took place at Ealing Studios. Read about the show's origins and early months in Pull to Open: The Inside Story of How the BBC Created and Launched Doctor Who, available now from tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com

Delighted to inform you that Alan Moore is on tonight's BBC Front Row, discussing The Great When, psycho-geography, comics, fascism and the trouble with superheroes... 715pm Radio 4 or link after.. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

JOHN HIGGS Lynchian : The Spell of David Lynch Signed Book Preorder : www.resident-music.com/product/higg... We can think of few more qualified than @johnhiggs.bsky.social to explore the cinematic and cultural appeal of Lynch's eccentricity and unique path.

Stock up on triple As for your sonic screwdriver as @johnhiggs.bsky.social makes an appearance (materialises, if you will) at this year's @liverpooluni.bsky.social Liverpool Literary Festival. He'll be discussing the hidden history behind Doctor Who on 18 Oct www.liverpool.ac.uk/literary-fes...