Mark Dudley
@markdudley.bsky.social
Writing crime
'High Water' - shortlisted: 2024 Yeovil Novel Prize, longlisted: 2025 Retreat West Opening Lines: Top 100 Bath Novel Award
'Dead Wood' - longlisted: 2022 Exeter Novel Prize and 2023 Grindstone Literary Prize
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'High Water' - shortlisted: 2024 Yeovil Novel Prize, longlisted: 2025 Retreat West Opening Lines: Top 100 Bath Novel Award
'Dead Wood' - longlisted: 2022 Exeter Novel Prize and 2023 Grindstone Literary Prize
https://linktr.ee/markdudleyauthor
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Since we’re apparently talking about people who aren’t the Chancellor as though they are, I’m sure in the interests of unbiased reporting the Telegraph will ‘unveil’ Zack Polanski’s, Ed Davey’s, f*ck it why not, even my plans to fill the economic black hole in the coming days….
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Since we’re apparently talking about people who aren’t the Chancellor as though they are, I’m sure in the interests of unbiased reporting the Telegraph will ‘unveil’ Zack Polanski’s, Ed Davey’s, f*ck it why not, even my plans to fill the economic black hole in the coming days….
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Just for any academics, let me be clear, Hookland is anti-nostalgic. It's an exploration and exorcism of my childhood, not a celebration of falsely remembered sunshine. Nostalgia is a warping gravity.
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Just for any academics, let me be clear, Hookland is anti-nostalgic. It's an exploration and exorcism of my childhood, not a celebration of falsely remembered sunshine. Nostalgia is a warping gravity.
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“So it was, on that misty morning, that Brenda set off for the capital. She knew not what she would find there, only that the time had come to move on - away from small-minded rural attitudes and people who called her ‘Oreo’ and ‘the wide panda’ - to seek a more fulfilling life.”
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.
Trump on Ilhan Omar: "I look at somebody who comes from Somalia...and she comes in and tells us how to run our country. 'The Constitution says this, the Constitution says that.' The whole thing is crazy."
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842), French portrait painter. Her subjects included Marie Antoinette and she enjoyed the patronage of European aristocrats, actors, and writers, and was elected to art academies in ten cities #WomensArt
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842), French portrait painter. Her subjects included Marie Antoinette and she enjoyed the patronage of European aristocrats, actors, and writers, and was elected to art academies in ten cities #WomensArt
How very apt.
![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
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CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreibw4ldc3fhslbvxgy2oqrof2oys5kpgh7zu6a5f3usmx3lf4547qm@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
How very apt.
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Given how much the China spy case has dominated headlines, it really does beg the question: why is our political-media class so uninterested in Nathan Gill, his Russian bribes, his once close associate Nigel Farage, and Reform UK?
Our new Byline Times edition investigates what the media won't 👇
Our new Byline Times edition investigates what the media won't 👇
October 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Given how much the China spy case has dominated headlines, it really does beg the question: why is our political-media class so uninterested in Nathan Gill, his Russian bribes, his once close associate Nigel Farage, and Reform UK?
Our new Byline Times edition investigates what the media won't 👇
Our new Byline Times edition investigates what the media won't 👇
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Angela Rayner's work is starting to pay off, after leaving office (as is often the way)
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www.gov.uk/government/n...
Mayors to lead the charge for thousands of new social homes
Mayors outside of London to be given greater influence over the government's historic £39 billion Social and Affordable Homes Programme.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Angela Rayner's work is starting to pay off, after leaving office (as is often the way)
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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The moon is looking pretty this morning.
November 8, 2025 at 6:45 AM
The moon is looking pretty this morning.
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Happy birthday Joni Mitchell 🎂
📷 Baron Wolman, Laurel Canyon, 1968
"When I listen to Joni, I feel like this beautiful, magical siren is telling me a story and I tune in instantly because everything about her is captivating."
- Bethany Cosentino
📷 Baron Wolman, Laurel Canyon, 1968
"When I listen to Joni, I feel like this beautiful, magical siren is telling me a story and I tune in instantly because everything about her is captivating."
- Bethany Cosentino
November 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Happy birthday Joni Mitchell 🎂
📷 Baron Wolman, Laurel Canyon, 1968
"When I listen to Joni, I feel like this beautiful, magical siren is telling me a story and I tune in instantly because everything about her is captivating."
- Bethany Cosentino
📷 Baron Wolman, Laurel Canyon, 1968
"When I listen to Joni, I feel like this beautiful, magical siren is telling me a story and I tune in instantly because everything about her is captivating."
- Bethany Cosentino
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*New Post*
My latest post discusses the story of Hannah Phillips, who folklore states drowned on the eve of her wedding. Discover her story and the maiden's garland that still bares her name.
#Folklore #Ghosts #Shropshire #hauntings
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My latest post discusses the story of Hannah Phillips, who folklore states drowned on the eve of her wedding. Discover her story and the maiden's garland that still bares her name.
#Folklore #Ghosts #Shropshire #hauntings
nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2025/10/in-s...
October 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
*New Post*
My latest post discusses the story of Hannah Phillips, who folklore states drowned on the eve of her wedding. Discover her story and the maiden's garland that still bares her name.
#Folklore #Ghosts #Shropshire #hauntings
nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2025/10/in-s...
My latest post discusses the story of Hannah Phillips, who folklore states drowned on the eve of her wedding. Discover her story and the maiden's garland that still bares her name.
#Folklore #Ghosts #Shropshire #hauntings
nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2025/10/in-s...
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Keats’ House, partially concealed by mellow fruitfulness.
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Keats’ House, partially concealed by mellow fruitfulness.
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I don't know what is more depressing. That the BBC seems to have no clue what democratic socialism is or that someone who comments on politics for a living thinks it's the same as communism.
Jesus wept, indeed. GCSE, Introduction to Politics, Chapter 1, stuff.
Jesus wept, indeed. GCSE, Introduction to Politics, Chapter 1, stuff.
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I don't know what is more depressing. That the BBC seems to have no clue what democratic socialism is or that someone who comments on politics for a living thinks it's the same as communism.
Jesus wept, indeed. GCSE, Introduction to Politics, Chapter 1, stuff.
Jesus wept, indeed. GCSE, Introduction to Politics, Chapter 1, stuff.
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
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November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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It's not uncommon to label all of the rooms in a facility for dementia patients
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It's not uncommon to label all of the rooms in a facility for dementia patients
A Publisher with a Conscience: Fly on the Wall Press
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Fly on the Wall Press, Manchester, lifts the curtain on independent publishing, political fiction, and the business of books that matter. ...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A Publisher with a Conscience: Fly on the Wall Press
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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More poems like this, please.
At a foodbank near you. 😢
The quiet anarchy of the volunteer who cannot be in the photo with the MP.
#poetry #foodbank #poverty #CeasefireNOW #welfarerights #politics #GazaCeasefire @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @plaidcymru.bsky.social @libdems.org.uk @socialistworker.bsky.social
The quiet anarchy of the volunteer who cannot be in the photo with the MP.
#poetry #foodbank #poverty #CeasefireNOW #welfarerights #politics #GazaCeasefire @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @plaidcymru.bsky.social @libdems.org.uk @socialistworker.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
More poems like this, please.
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I'm just asking questions.
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I'm just asking questions.