Dominic Utton
@domutton.bsky.social
I write. I read. I don't really 'rithmetic. Author, novelist, screenwriter, podcast scripter, journalist, occasional DJ.
Literally one of the coolest people to have ever lived.
Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.
Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?
Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.
on.wsj.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Literally one of the coolest people to have ever lived.
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Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)
October 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)
Ffs, REALLY Home Bargains?
September 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Ffs, REALLY Home Bargains?
September 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
He’s back… and he’s mad as hell.
The Passion of the Christ 2??🤨
18 movies set to release in 2027 🍿
September 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
He’s back… and he’s mad as hell.
Adding Pushbike Royals to my potential new band names list.
As William moves to Forest Lodge, an era of pushbike royals beckons. Will that save the monarchy? | Simon Jenkins
As William moves to Forest Lodge, an era of pushbike royals beckons. Will that save the monarchy? | Simon Jenkins
By eschewing living in Buckingham Palace and suggesting ‘the firm’ be heavily scaled back, the prince has a survival plan that might work, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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August 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Adding Pushbike Royals to my potential new band names list.
Just had my first Advent Calendar press release. It’s August.
August 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Just had my first Advent Calendar press release. It’s August.
Six-thirty pm, the allotment, an encounter with a man at the water trough.
“Good morning,” he says.
“Good morning,” I reply.
We continue to fill our watering cans in silence, neither of us willing to acknowledge what just happened.
“Good morning,” he says.
“Good morning,” I reply.
We continue to fill our watering cans in silence, neither of us willing to acknowledge what just happened.
August 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Six-thirty pm, the allotment, an encounter with a man at the water trough.
“Good morning,” he says.
“Good morning,” I reply.
We continue to fill our watering cans in silence, neither of us willing to acknowledge what just happened.
“Good morning,” he says.
“Good morning,” I reply.
We continue to fill our watering cans in silence, neither of us willing to acknowledge what just happened.
Say what you like about Stella Rimington, but Stella Rimington is a fucking amazing name.
August 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Say what you like about Stella Rimington, but Stella Rimington is a fucking amazing name.
Tl;dr - everyone is insane, most are related to each other, most are cheating on their partners (sometimes with people they’re related to), there’s at least one serial killer, there’s a whole lot of other murders and everyone’s plotting revenge against someone else. It’s perfect.
So look, will someone please commission me to write a long form piece on why #Hollyoaks is the purest example of Jacobean revenge drama since Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy?
Because it really is and I really am the man to write it. #journorequest
Because it really is and I really am the man to write it. #journorequest
August 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Tl;dr - everyone is insane, most are related to each other, most are cheating on their partners (sometimes with people they’re related to), there’s at least one serial killer, there’s a whole lot of other murders and everyone’s plotting revenge against someone else. It’s perfect.
So look, will someone please commission me to write a long form piece on why #Hollyoaks is the purest example of Jacobean revenge drama since Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy?
Because it really is and I really am the man to write it. #journorequest
Because it really is and I really am the man to write it. #journorequest
August 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
So look, will someone please commission me to write a long form piece on why #Hollyoaks is the purest example of Jacobean revenge drama since Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy?
Because it really is and I really am the man to write it. #journorequest
Because it really is and I really am the man to write it. #journorequest
This. For example, The Smiths were life changingly wonderful, even though Morrissey has subsequently turned out to be a dick. (See also Ian Brown and Matt Le Tissier.)
I want to remind everyone: It's PERFECTLY OKAY to still love art made by people who turn out to be terrible. It's good not to SUPPORT those people, once you know they've done horrible things, but the WORK ITSELF lives in your heart and you own it as much as anyone else does.
January 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This. For example, The Smiths were life changingly wonderful, even though Morrissey has subsequently turned out to be a dick. (See also Ian Brown and Matt Le Tissier.)
Wham! at the BBC is giving me all the joy and all of the sad and that’s exactly the power and beauty of pop music in a nutshell, kids.
December 14, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Wham! at the BBC is giving me all the joy and all of the sad and that’s exactly the power and beauty of pop music in a nutshell, kids.
If you’re in #Oxford tonight and love good music, I’m DJing the INDIE DISCO at the Tap Social Taphouse in Botley - come get loaded!
a man wearing sunglasses and a white shirt is dancing in front of a neon sign .
ALT: a man wearing sunglasses and a white shirt is dancing in front of a neon sign .
media.tenor.com
December 6, 2024 at 7:16 PM
If you’re in #Oxford tonight and love good music, I’m DJing the INDIE DISCO at the Tap Social Taphouse in Botley - come get loaded!
I’m telling you, they’re going to be massive. #Nightbus #SpotifyWrapped
December 4, 2024 at 3:13 PM
I’m telling you, they’re going to be massive. #Nightbus #SpotifyWrapped
“…if it wasn’t for those meddling middle class women of a certain age.”
December 1, 2024 at 9:46 AM
“…if it wasn’t for those meddling middle class women of a certain age.”
I wonder how legitimate Nigel Farage would consider a spuriously concocted petition of a million people calling for him to step down as an MP?
Or perhaps he’d claim that’s not how British parliamentary democracy works?
Or perhaps he’d claim that’s not how British parliamentary democracy works?
November 24, 2024 at 5:59 PM
I wonder how legitimate Nigel Farage would consider a spuriously concocted petition of a million people calling for him to step down as an MP?
Or perhaps he’d claim that’s not how British parliamentary democracy works?
Or perhaps he’d claim that’s not how British parliamentary democracy works?
Update. Everyone is really nice to each other? Crazy.
Tomorrow I start a new job in a corporate office and the only “offices” I’ve ever previously worked in have been newsrooms and am I right in thinking people don’t shout and swear at each other quite so much in corporate offices?
November 19, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Update. Everyone is really nice to each other? Crazy.
Belle & Sebastian. Always dismissed them as fey indie bedwetters until I fell in love and then suddenly they were my favourite band…
Is there a band/artist that you wish you had got into earlier than you did? For me it’s The Cure who I feel would have really spoken to sixteen year old me, but who I only really started listening to in my mid-twenties.
November 17, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Belle & Sebastian. Always dismissed them as fey indie bedwetters until I fell in love and then suddenly they were my favourite band…
Tomorrow I start a new job in a corporate office and the only “offices” I’ve ever previously worked in have been newsrooms and am I right in thinking people don’t shout and swear at each other quite so much in corporate offices?
November 17, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Tomorrow I start a new job in a corporate office and the only “offices” I’ve ever previously worked in have been newsrooms and am I right in thinking people don’t shout and swear at each other quite so much in corporate offices?
Well that was a most peculiar game of football, momma.
November 17, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Well that was a most peculiar game of football, momma.
Did the booing at Wembley just drown out BOTH national anthems? Or was that just my telly?
November 17, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Did the booing at Wembley just drown out BOTH national anthems? Or was that just my telly?
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i encourage you all to be more like my son. take in the beauty of your everyday surroundings. smile. take a nap without worrying about how it might disrupt your day. and every two or three hours, shit your pants as hard as you possibly can
November 16, 2024 at 3:52 PM
i encourage you all to be more like my son. take in the beauty of your everyday surroundings. smile. take a nap without worrying about how it might disrupt your day. and every two or three hours, shit your pants as hard as you possibly can
While obvs the starter pack thing is lovely, I think it’s getting a wee bit jump the sharky and “here’s a starter pack for Cumbrian geologists into anime and cosy crime”.
November 16, 2024 at 11:13 PM
While obvs the starter pack thing is lovely, I think it’s getting a wee bit jump the sharky and “here’s a starter pack for Cumbrian geologists into anime and cosy crime”.