John Grindrod's new book is a 'fantastically entertaining alternative history of queer life in Britain' (the Guardian). Join us Thursday in-person or online.
Tickets: www.mklitfest.org
Full review...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...
#lgbtqbooks #nonfiction #miltonkeynes @grindrod.bsky.social
He is an absolute lamb that one
next Concrete Atlantis matinee event - Sunday 10 May 2pm @thehorsehospital.bsky.social
With performance from Mira Aroyo (Ladytron), live version of Monstrosities Mon Amour with @grindrod.bsky.social and Gillian darley & music from Opal X & MICROCORPS
www.thehorsehospital.com/events/concr...
Milton Keynes event for Tales of the Suburbs this Thursday!
Milton Keynes event for Tales of the Suburbs this Thursday!
A poster of me pulling a face in the glow of a red light. The text reads: Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan. 12 May - Hasselt, Belgium. 14 May - Dunk Festival, Belgium. 20 June - Iklecktik, Peckham.
UPCOMING GIGS! I’m really looking forward to all of these. Two dates in Belgium and one in London at Iklectik Level. London always pops off! Tickets at warringtonruncorn.com/live
If you listened to the latest Monstrosities Mon Amour with Lucy on Nottingham’s Victoria Centre you’ll want to see this!
Oh that’s awful news
Glad you liked it! @notrock.bsky.social might know better than me re: the chimes...
Email text: Subject: The "Anchor Title" strategy for Hardwick Hall Message: Dear Mark Girouard, I’ve been analyzing the market positioning of Hardwick Hall, specifically your framework regarding the architectural expression of power and the revolutionary use of light and glass in Elizabethan England. In a landscape of disposable content, your work stands out as an Anchor Title—a foundational resource for what I call the Active Reader demographic.
A message arrives via my website. ‘Dear Mark Girouard.’ Oh dear. Got our architectural writing Gs muddled, have we? Also, he passed away four years ago aged 90, so might not be all that into market positioning.
Saw old mates this weekend and it was a wonderful restorative thing, while also being knackering
He was very prolific
He was everywhere!
We don’t look it
William Hartnell as the first Doctor looking white haired and elderly
Just realised I’m the same age as William Hartnell was here when he started playing the first Doctor
Magnificent!
Hey thank you! May your privet always be lustrous
A photo of the hardback non-fiction book 'Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains' by John Grindrod
Spent the last week in the suburbs with @grindrod.bsky.social and this excellent history of LGBTQ+ lives beyond the cities
It’s the charger of the light brigade
Those fucks
Or: cheapness
No plugs near the bed. Thanks Travelodge.
Thanks Bob. I will never learn
Another fascinating episode. John gets kidnapped in an Austin Maxi (will he never learn?) and taken to a gigantic car park below Nottingham. Trigger Warning - there is much discussion of Berni Inns.
You have been warned. Essential listening.
Boxes that go beep
Little lights that leap
Tapping on a keyboard
What's happening to me?
Five Star’s System Addict had the future down alright
Watching The Towering Inferno (1975) is still a stressful watch, even though we live in a bungalow.
So glad to see this playing on BBC Sounds. Yet another wonderful book from @peteralanross.bsky.social 🙂
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Cover of John Grindrod’s fantastic book Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains. A black and white image by Sunil Gupta from 1985 of a gay couple embracing each other in small kitchen fills the orange cover.
A remarkable book. A history of LGBTQ+ lives in suburbia that made me angry, sad, happy, full of regrets and hopes. I’m an elder on the fringes of a city, becoming invisible but this reminds me how important it is to be seen, wherever you live. It’s time to tell our own stories. #Booksky #LGBTQ+
There’s a lovely interview with @grindrod.bsky.social over on Ailish‘s Sense of Place podcast: www.senseofplacepod.com/podcast/epis...
Thank you so much Frank. I’m so sorry to hear of what a time you’ve been having and I’m so glad the book has felt like the right thing to be reading. Much love to you x