m john harrison
@mjohnharrison.bsky.social
New novel: The End of Everything
Serpent's Tail, June, 2026.
Blog: https://ambientehotel.wordpress.com/about
Serpent's Tail, June, 2026.
Blog: https://ambientehotel.wordpress.com/about
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Landscapes are written about, but there will be no landscape writing. Ghosts appear, but not in the ghost stories. Animals feature heavily, but there is nothing here that might be described as “animal fiction”.
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Merry Christmas. One thing I learned in 2025 was that you haven't lived unless you've experienced the exquisite pain of accidentally getting hot Marmite in a fresh paper cut.
December 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Merry Christmas. One thing I learned in 2025 was that you haven't lived unless you've experienced the exquisite pain of accidentally getting hot Marmite in a fresh paper cut.
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Untitled, 2015 - by Ileana Serban
December 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Untitled, 2015 - by Ileana Serban
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My piece on why Keir Starmer isn't turning out to be the human rights hero he talked himself up as is in the Long Read's best of 2025 - and in great company... www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
The best of the long read in 2025
The long read: Our 20 favourite pieces of in-depth reporting, essays and profiles from the year
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
My piece on why Keir Starmer isn't turning out to be the human rights hero he talked himself up as is in the Long Read's best of 2025 - and in great company... www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
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This little chap has really brightened up the year end. Raised on a diet of scrambled eggs, bougie dog food, stolen slippers and ten thousand kisses.
The house just didn‘t feel right without a dog. So here he is, a 16 week old Patterdale with the heart of a lion.
Merry Christmas everyone!
The house just didn‘t feel right without a dog. So here he is, a 16 week old Patterdale with the heart of a lion.
Merry Christmas everyone!
December 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This little chap has really brightened up the year end. Raised on a diet of scrambled eggs, bougie dog food, stolen slippers and ten thousand kisses.
The house just didn‘t feel right without a dog. So here he is, a 16 week old Patterdale with the heart of a lion.
Merry Christmas everyone!
The house just didn‘t feel right without a dog. So here he is, a 16 week old Patterdale with the heart of a lion.
Merry Christmas everyone!
"It was not finished," she said coldly.
December 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"It was not finished," she said coldly.
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Why would people feel worse off living in a society where bridges are collapsing Vs living in one where bridges are being built? A total mystery.
December 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Why would people feel worse off living in a society where bridges are collapsing Vs living in one where bridges are being built? A total mystery.
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You can't count a park in income figures, or a pub. But they matter. Universal services, social security, all this stuff was being fought for and won, and now we're at the end of a process of taking it away.
December 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
You can't count a park in income figures, or a pub. But they matter. Universal services, social security, all this stuff was being fought for and won, and now we're at the end of a process of taking it away.
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The neoliberal state has spent 50 years systematically dismantling state capacity, selling off the public sphere, taking away all the things that substitute for wages in society, like public space, healthcare, social care, even free time. And then it complains people don't feel well off.
December 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The neoliberal state has spent 50 years systematically dismantling state capacity, selling off the public sphere, taking away all the things that substitute for wages in society, like public space, healthcare, social care, even free time. And then it complains people don't feel well off.
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Jean Rhys being furious with Diana Athill that Wide Sargasso Sea went out with two unnecessary words: “then” and “quite”.
December 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Jean Rhys being furious with Diana Athill that Wide Sargasso Sea went out with two unnecessary words: “then” and “quite”.
money poor but earplug rich, what more can you ask
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
money poor but earplug rich, what more can you ask
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Yet another day, and no news of the hunger strikers on our national BBC News channel. Disgraceful.
December 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Yet another day, and no news of the hunger strikers on our national BBC News channel. Disgraceful.
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Nice one to the 10 people who've already registered for the OFFICIAL KESHED ONLINE LAUNCH on 5th Feb, the week before publication. Anyone wanting to join the fun, feat. me being interviewed by @regretteruane.bsky.social etc, please email GetKeshed@gmail.com and I'll add you to The List 👍😎
December 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Nice one to the 10 people who've already registered for the OFFICIAL KESHED ONLINE LAUNCH on 5th Feb, the week before publication. Anyone wanting to join the fun, feat. me being interviewed by @regretteruane.bsky.social etc, please email GetKeshed@gmail.com and I'll add you to The List 👍😎
that utterly cursed pic of Norris as the Joker
December 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
that utterly cursed pic of Norris as the Joker
I hated The Mastermind with a passion for about 3 days, then realised to what degree it wasn't really a retro movie at all--its revelation is of contemporary character & entitlements.
December 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I hated The Mastermind with a passion for about 3 days, then realised to what degree it wasn't really a retro movie at all--its revelation is of contemporary character & entitlements.
Down goes one of the absolutely foundational pillars of internet populism. It'll be a slow slump at first, benchmarked by specific events & quite ironic laughter. But then the slow, steady, acumulating slide of a damp spoil heap.
December 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Down goes one of the absolutely foundational pillars of internet populism. It'll be a slow slump at first, benchmarked by specific events & quite ironic laughter. But then the slow, steady, acumulating slide of a damp spoil heap.
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Hampstead Heath, 08:28
December 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Hampstead Heath, 08:28
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Good morning.
Lottie walked and came back with half of the moors.
Time for a brew.
Lottie walked and came back with half of the moors.
Time for a brew.
December 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Good morning.
Lottie walked and came back with half of the moors.
Time for a brew.
Lottie walked and came back with half of the moors.
Time for a brew.
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Lost the post & forgot what the the question was, but my answer was going to be Lady & the Tramp, what can you say
December 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Lost the post & forgot what the the question was, but my answer was going to be Lady & the Tramp, what can you say
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Now reading Missing Person by Patrick Modiano, translated by Daniel Weissbort.
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Now reading Missing Person by Patrick Modiano, translated by Daniel Weissbort.
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US galleys for xmas x
December 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
US galleys for xmas x