Just saw my favorite take on an unlikeable main character: It's a novel, not a date. I so love an unlikeable character.

Hello Londoners. there are signed copies of The Glorious Dead (new novel, out last week, darker than the others) at @gaystheword.bsky.social and @waterstones.bsky.social Tottenham Ct Rd if you fancy one. (One in Foyles too and another in Waterstones Lewisham.)

This has inspired me to watch Alexandra Burke win The X Factor again

I want Karen Hauer to empty a bowl of gazpacho over my head

In 2019, my world was blown apart by the death of my best friend Nichola. This week I wrote about how much she meant to me, and the specific challenges that come with grieving a close friend, in @theguardian.com

Brand new on Dirty Feed: to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Fawlty Towers, here's a look at all the various parodies of the show over the years. "Yes madam, I am frightfully tall." www.dirtyfeed.org/2025/09/herr...

I was interviewed by the lovely Jill’s Book Café and reveal my sock obsession, a disturbing fact about my toes, and my biggest regret – the mullet I got at Toni & Guy in 2003. And much more!

Walking round H&M these days is like being trapped inside a packet of bourbons.

Happy Publication Day to @theguyliner.bsky.social! 💐📚 His new novel, The Glorious Dead, is excellent: buy it forthwith.

It’s publication day for The Glorious Dead, my dark, twisted melodrama on grief, greed, and deceit. Buy it wherever you like. And if you enjoy it, please leave a review on Amazon (even if you don’t buy it there, it helps a lot). Links to buy: geni.us/TheGloriousDead ♥️♠️♦️♣️

I hate the Glambot

TONIGHT. COME! www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

The bestselling phenomenon @amateuradam.bsky.social – alongside the not quite as phenomenal but still very personable me – will be hosting an evening of book chat and furthering the gay agenda at Waterstones TCR on Wed 17 Sept. Do come and see us! www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

In this week's Guardian Blind Date: A hundred words for no + nani puri confusion. My review digs deep:

This used to be my autoplay song on my MySpace profile. 🥶

In this week's Guardian Blind Date: A hundred words for no + nani puri confusion. My review digs deep:

What are you doing on Weds 17th? INCORRECT! You're coming to hear me talk to @theguyliner.bsky.social about his SENSATIONAL new novel. @WaterstonesTCR 7pm. Only £7! What can you get for £7? I paid more than that for a Cornish pasty at the station yesterday. www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

The bestselling phenomenon @amateuradam.bsky.social – alongside the not quite as phenomenal but still very personable me – will be hosting an evening of book chat and furthering the gay agenda at Waterstones TCR on Wed 17 Sept. Do come and see us! www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

The urge to eat an orange Toblerone all in one go is almost incapacitating today

Very strange to be releasing a book during a dress rehearsal for the apocalypse but here we are. THE GLORIOUS DEAD out a week today. Pre-orders to an author are like crash helmets for cyclists, WD40 for uncles, and vodka martinis for Joan Collins – they save our lives! Please do if you can!

The Glorious Dead Tour (Blond Ambition II: The Revenge) kicks off a week today at @waterstones.bsky.social TCR, with bestselling king @amateuradam.bsky.social next week! With Waterstones Leeds and QueerLit Manchester dates to follow. Tickets at geni.us/TheGloriousDead

The Glorious Dead by @theguyliner.bsky.social is out from @quercusbooks.bsky.social Renegade on 18th September and sounds brilliant. Thanks so much for sending me a signed copy 📚💙x www.dialoguebooks.co.uk/titles/justi...

I saw someone ranting about Coldplay the other day and I thought, look, these are decent, humane, good-humoured people who actively support refugees, climate activism, LGBTQ rights, inclusivity, etc. Even if you hate their songs, they're really not the bad guys in 2025

IYKYKK #nicheoneforthezippernerds

Wuthering Heights is one of my favourite books but I've never bothered with any of the onscreen adaptations – it's too bonkers a book to fully capture. The new version looks fun, though! Do we need another straight adaptation? Probably not! Can't wait to hear the ACCENTS!

Happy publication day to the Two Roberts! Welcome back to the world, which loved you then almost forgot you and is now turning towards you again. My novel is a celebration of them and their bravery and brilliance, as artists, lovers, outsiders. 🖼️ 🌈 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🧑‍🎨 🧑‍🎨 📕 buythebook.online/the-two-robe...

My new book The Glorious Dead is out two weeks today! It’s darkly funny, twisty, and is about a bunch of terrible people. My publisher calls it “Gay ‘Rebecca’ meets ‘The Talented Mr Ripley’ via ‘Notes on a Scandal’”. I love it and maybe you will too. Preorder if you can! geni.us/TheGloriousD...

It’s been one of those days so I choose to believe this is about me.

I wrote about the joy and pain of visiting a very crap branch of high street staple Boots.

The most relaxing thing I did all summer was move house

What happened before, during, and after a hurricane, flood, and lies and racist violence hit Katrina should be remembered accurately, even though it was narrated with wild, destructive inaccuracy at the time, by government officials and mainstream media. Wrote about it here, five years after:

OMG. open.spotify.com/track/3G06ao...

I love pre-ordering books because I always forget I did it, then future-me gets a magic surprise present. Anyway, pre-order @theguyliner.bsky.social's book because there's just enough time for you to forget you did it so your future self can be pleasantly surprised geni.us/TheGloriousD...

I think it’s totally fine for taste to be partly performative when you’re young. Books, records, movies, posters: it’s all part of identity formation and telling people who you want to be. The line between authentic and inauthentic is blurry at that age

*branches of my Christmas tree twitch in anticipation*

I got my first inkling life wasn’t going to go my way when Starburst merged the lemon and lime chews into one

In this week's Guardian Blind Date, some gonk at the next table butts in, plus an American flavour, and a gentleman's zero. My review:

Reminded by this (excellent, as always) GBD review to pre-order Justin Myers' latest book! He's rapidly becoming one of my favourite authors, so much so that I'm actually springing for the hardback 🤣 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

In this week's Guardian Blind Date, some gonk at the next table butts in, plus an American flavour, and a gentleman's zero. My review:

You come into my pub on the day my treadmill is to be married and you ask me to do murder

fundamentally the problem is that if you think "hotels are where I stay on holiday and I like being on holiday so living in a hotel must be fun and it's not fair others get to do it and not me" then you have the intellectual reasoning of a little child and it's going to be hard to engage with you

This features the first review of ‘The Glorious Dead’ that I’ve actually read, so thank goodness it was a 5⭐️ one, eh?

In a month’s time, @amateuradam.bsky.social and I will be taking over @waterstones.bsky.social Tottenham Court Road to celebrate our books and talk over each other! Wednesday 17 Sep at 7pm. Do come! Tickets and more info: www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

I really feel for Sex and the City fans who are so disappointed by AJLT. I’d be the same if an inferior sequel was made to my favourite show, This Life. But luckily after two seasons it ended decisively and that was that.

This is a beautiful interview with Mark Gatiss about his work and background, and some great insights into the realities of the entertainment industry Not at all surprised that, due to his success, people assume he went to Oxford - and he delights in correcting them

It’s Madonna’s birthday! I did a deep dive into the first Madonna song I ever fell in love with.

Since we moved into our new house, a fox has crapped on the doorstep, someone left a… full condom on the wall, and now a cat has shat on it. Not quite the welcome I was hoping for.

My godson did very well and is off to Leeds! He lost his mum when he was 11 and his resilience and ambition have blown me away. If I had a heart instead of a brick swinging on a shoelace, it would melt.

I literally can't wait for the new book by @theguyliner.bsky.social (THE GLORIOUS DEAD), but I literally have to wait, given this is how time works. I recommend a pre-order, whilst tarrying ... and this delicious tease: theguyliner.substack.com/p/the-truth-...

Hit an important milestone today: first stubbing of toe on furniture in the new house.