Really good portrait of a town where I spend a lot of time.

‘For local Farage fans, immigration is more important than carbon emissions. There is, of course, no necessary connection between the two, but Reform has made one: vote for swift deportations, get fracking.’ James Meek visits Blyth, online early from the next issue. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

I've been meaning to write about me, my family and murder for decades and have finally plucked up the courage... open.substack.com/pub/ferguscr...

Hi everyone! I’ve made the migration over to Bluesky. I’ll be simul-posting most of my content on both platforms, though it might look slightly different over here given the character limit. Hope to see many familiar faces.