Glad this went down well with the family.

Just caught wonderful @coryhanson.bsky.social Kpex performance on You Tube. Top stuff. Looking forward to UK tour.

Afraid I laughed just now when I read that all the novels on the Booker list are ‘brilliantly human.’

Deeply alarmed to see the world’s leading demagogue on the news just now wearing a ‘What would Orwell think!’ T shirt.

Great to hear the wonderful @coryhanson.bsky.social is playing the Moth Club Hackney in February!

Always a reliable critic..,

Apropos of this, very sorry to hear just now of death of Byron Rogers, Carr’s biographer.

Greatly enjoyed this tribute to the great Jim Carr.

Published today in paperback, the retitled Who is Big Brother? @yalepress.bsky.social @orwellprize.bsky.social Great design job.

Enjoyed doing this. And he turned out to be a fan of Rock and Roll is Life, which is always a good start.

Terrific stuff! This is the view of Norwich market from Caffè Nero, where much of Poppyland @saltpublishing.com was written. Greatly obliged to @jonathancoe.bsky.social

Delighted to report that @coryhanson.bsky.social ‘I Love People’ is the business and joins @stereolabgroop.bsky.social album as best thing I’ve heard this year.

Superb design job by @yalebooks.bsky.social for pb of Who is Big Brother? Out next month @orwellprize.bsky.social

Great to see three generations of the family getting a mention!

Very depressed to learn that @thetls.bsky.social is going fortnightly as of 6 September. Little enough space for serious book reviewing as it is.

Love this illustration to Critic piece in support of my new short story collection Poppyland @saltpublishing.com This is ‘The Frogman’, who prowled the streets of south-west Norwich in my childhood.

Andrew O’Hagan terrific on Joan Didion in new @lrb.co.uk

Glad to have hit the spot!

With JS Barnes, who conducted the Q&A, at launch of Poppyland @saltpublishing.com @bookhive.buzz

Very much obliged to Mr Cochrane here.

Obliged to Mr Akram here. Gather he’s never been to Norfolk. Ought to visit!

More reviews of @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social’s sensational Poppyland – here's Harry Cochrane in The Tablet. #Booksky

Another splendid production and publicity job from the fine people @saltpublishing.com Looking forward to Thursday’s launch at The Bookhive, Norwich.

🌺 New from DJ Taylor – Poppyland 🌺 Published Mon 2nd June, a dazzling collection of short stories explores the murky edges of nostalgia, ambition, and identity in England. 📖 Buy now: www.saltpublishing.com/products/pop... #Poppyland #DJTaylor #ShortStories #BookSky #IndieBooks #SaltModernStories

With two top lads just before Iggy Pop’s arrival on stage at the Alexandra Palace last night. He was terrific. Adroitly managed exit in a coffin.

Publication date not until Monday,but pleased to see copies in Norwich @waterstones.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com

Happy Birthday to Paul Weller, who was and is the man. Bought this in November 1978 to celebrate finishing Oxbridge exams.

Highly recommended for all kinds of reasons.

Wonderful to see that the mighty @stereolabgroop.bsky.social have a new album out and are touring. I’ll be there:

Wonderful design and production job here!

Poppyland coming on 2 June from the wonderful people at @saltpublishing.com More Norfolk stories, and one or two from beyond the Great Eastern Land.

The Independent reports that 120 people in Texas have been ‘sickened’ by an outbreak of measles.

Was delighted to read this long and highly astute piece by Martin Tyrrell @yalepress.bsky.social @littlebrown.bsky.social @orwellfdn.bsky.social

Pleased to discover that Oxford Orwell Companion now out. Less pleased that it’s £160 on Amazon and that no contributors got paid

A very happy 80th birthday to the mighty Robert Wyatt, to whose ‘Moon in June’ suite I shall be listening in tribute.

This month’s Uncut with a feature on Sean O’Hagan’s best albums, including the Microdisney and Stereolab stuff - just what one wants on a freezing Sunday afternoon.

Give MPs assisted dying to debate and they suddenly sound impressive and decent rather than dim and self-serving.

Delighted to read encomium to the late Paul Bailey by @john-self.Bsky.social in current Critic.

Enjoying Tim Blanchard’s Behind the Moon, insider’s take on early ‘90s indie, and especially loving chapter on the mighty Fatima Mansions. Amazing what the TLS invites you to review these days.

Albums of the Year: Wand - Vertigo Field Music - Limits of Language @fieldmusicmusic.bsky.social Reissue - Magazine vinyl LPs