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Events in Sheffield, Nottingham and Manchester next week for my new book Tales of the Suburbs

Am on Lauren Laverne’s 6 Music show today talking about Tales of the Suburbs. (In theory, sometimes these things don’t happen, do they?) It’s my favourite radio show so I’m very excited!

Had to get a copy, you should too. @Grindrod is always worth reading and the Sunil Gupta cover picture is an inspired choice. He really provided queer visibility at a very difficult time in the UK. And rightfully his work is in the @Tate collection.

'Tales of the Suburbs' by John @Grindrod is featured with a book preview in this weekend’s email newsletter from @blackwellbooks

Excited!

https://t.co/wqmRuUF5Qs

My new book Tales of the Suburbs is Book of the Day in the Guardian!

It’s a month until Tales of the Suburbs is published. And I have loads of events lined up… https://t.co/0Beo1TMtDQ #lgbtqhistory

My podcast Monstrosities Mon Amour has been going for a year now. I know! Thanks so much to all my brilliant guests, and for everyone who's listened in. Here's a little guide to the show

Let's take a ride... My next book is coming out with Faber. Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains will be published March 12 2026. Lots more on the book and the remarkable stories people told me to come over the next few months... Pre-order now!

Latest episode of my podcast, Monstrosities Mon Amour, features wonderful writer Travis Elborough on the charms of a seafront multi-storey in Worthing and a prog rock tribute to Tolkien https://t.co/QKB6AyEBOU

Lovely review of my podcast in the Radio Times

📷 On the latest episode of my podcast, Monstrosities Mon Amour, Philip Downer shares his love of pomo gothic Minster Court and the falsetto thrills of Sugar Baby Love

Lovely review by @juderogers in the Observer today of my new podcast, Monstrosities Mon Amour

Monstrosities Mon Amour: episode 2 of my podcast is out. Join journalist Helen Barrett in her love for the optimistic Americana of Swindon, with a side helping of Status Quo's Down Down. Link in profile ⬆️

Welcome to the first episode of my geeky new podcast, Monstrosities Mon Amour, where a guest and I explore somewhere they love, a place more commonly dismissed. First up, Mike Althorpe on the charms of Corby Bus Station. See link in profile ⬆️

Hello! Pamphlets are back in stock on my website: a motorway services fantasia and the story of a lost modernist Christmas...

Hello! Pamphlets are back in stock on my website: a motorway services fantasia and the story of a lost modernist Christmas...

Coming up for our paying subscribers tomorrow, our latest podcast including Croydon’s unbalanced budget, Black History Month *and* Farridge on the trams! Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse… Thanks to all our terrific guests @CFergusFerrell @FisherAndrew79