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John Higgs
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Writing your dad's Christmas present since 2012 - https://linktr.ee/johnhiggs
Big love to all at @wnbooks.bsky.social for the publication day cherry pie! I am going in!
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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When you forget you pre-ordered something lovely and it turns up at the start of your long weekend ♥️

@johnhiggs.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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New @johnhiggs.bsky.social has arrived! I’m looking forward to reading it
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I've been talking to the Bureau of Lost Culture about David Lynch, you can find that here
bureauoflostculture.podbean.com/e/the-spell-...
The Spell of David Lynch | Bureau of Lost Culture
When the filmmaker David Lynch died earlier this year, fans created shrines filled with coffee, doughnuts, cigarettes and blue roses; a level of spontaneous mourning more common for dead rock stars or...
bureauoflostculture.podbean.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Author John Higgs talks to me about his new book on David Lynch tomorrow. Saturday 8th.
Tune in from 5pm.
slackcity.org.uk/planet-of-so...
@davidlynchsworlds.bsky.social @johnhiggs.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Exterminate/Regenerate: The Story of Doctor Who is now 99p on Kindle, for a short time only, so fill your boots! www.amazon.co.uk/Exterminate-...
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Recommended reading just landed from the great @johnhiggs.bsky.social...

LYNCHIAN is a short but powerful exploration of a true enigmatic genius. It looks at how the late visionary reshaped cinema from the inside out, and why his work affects people so deeply. Out 13 November 🎞️
October 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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The praise is building for @danielrachel.bsky.social's timely and eye-opening and account of pop music's complicated history with fascism.

THIS AIN'T ROCK 'N' ROLL is out next week. geni.us/ThisAintRock...
October 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Kickstarter is now approved and ready to launch. Follow here for more info:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sgt...

#sgtpepperX10
October 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This should be fun, I'll be talking with Tom Huddleston - author of David Lynch: His World, His Work - at Stoke Newington Bookshop on 18 November. Details and tickets here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/john-higgs...
John Higgs and Tom Huddleston: David Lynch
The authors of Lynchian : The Spell of David Lynch and David Lynch : His Work, His World discuss the late filmmaker's life and legacy
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Very excited to be chatting to @johnhiggs.bsky.social about all things Who this Saturday!
From Dr Who to digital detox, Mo Salah to magic and witches, the Liverpool Literary Festival, happening this weekend, has something for every reader. Check out the full listings here www.liverpool.ac.uk/literary-fes... #LivLitFest
October 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The paperback of Exterminate/Regenerate is out next April - but if you pre-order it from Waterstones you'll get 25% off if you use the code OCTOBER25. But only until the end of the week! See here www.waterstones.com/book/extermi... #DoctorWho
October 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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A conversation with John Higgs, author of the book Exterminate/Regenerate: The Story of Doctor Who at the Liverpool Literary Festival.

www.liverpool.ac.uk/literary-fes...

Use the code FESTIVALFRIEND for 10% discount

#DoctorWho #JohnHiggs #book #Liverpool #festival
October 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Shardcore giving you a sneak preview of some if our Oblique Strategy tribute cards from Alan Moore, Thurston Moore and @leahmoore.bsky.social as well as from
@andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social
Steve Albini,
@robinince.bsky.social
And others...
delighted to receive my set of Ambagious Tactics cards from @fruishfruish.bsky.social and the good people of Northampton Arts Lab.

my card is in excellent company!

(also, the cat approves)
October 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Thrilled to have an interview with counter culture national treasure @johnhiggs.bsky.social in the latest issue of the goddamn gorgeous @wyrdscience.bsky.social.
September 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Delighted to get the new edition of this classic by @johnhiggs.bsky.social from @resident-music.com If you’ve not read it I can’t recommend it strongly enough.
September 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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I'm doing two events at the brand new Whitby Lit Fest in November -- talking David Lynch with @johnhiggs.bsky.social on Thursday November 6 and chatting to the fabulous Yvette Fielding on Friday November 7.

Event and ticket details: whitbylitfest.org.uk
September 26, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Finally, our Northampton ArtsLab Oblique Strategies tribute act, Ambagious Tactics has arrived!

Celebrating 50 years of Eno and Schmidt's deck.

Will start getting them out to contributors over the next few days.
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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This (via @johnhiggs.bsky.social and his excellent newsletter) looks like it will be an amazing and completely authentic telling of a moment in music history www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2eb...
EBONY & IVORY | Official Red Band Trailer | Drafthouse Films
YouTube video by Drafthouse Films
www.youtube.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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JESUS CHRIST KINSKI is out in the wild.

"Like Susan Sontag's diaries, but times dirtier and ten times angrier..."

www.shortlist.com/health-and-f...
September 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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62 years ago today, the very first filming for Doctor Who took place at Ealing Studios. Read about the show's origins and early months in Pull to Open: The Inside Story of How the BBC Created and Launched Doctor Who, available now from tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Delighted to inform you that Alan Moore is on tonight's BBC Front Row, discussing The Great When, psycho-geography, comics, fascism and the trouble with superheroes... 715pm Radio 4 or link after.. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
September 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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JOHN HIGGS
Lynchian : The Spell of David Lynch
Signed Book
Preorder : www.resident-music.com/product/higg...

We can think of few more qualified than @johnhiggs.bsky.social to explore the cinematic and cultural appeal of Lynch's eccentricity and unique path.
August 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Stock up on triple As for your sonic screwdriver as @johnhiggs.bsky.social makes an appearance (materialises, if you will) at this year's @liverpooluni.bsky.social Liverpool Literary Festival. He'll be discussing the hidden history behind Doctor Who on 18 Oct www.liverpool.ac.uk/literary-fes...
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August 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM