Tim Burrows
@timburrows.bsky.social
Writer, Guardian and others. The Invention of Essex is published by Profile Books: http://bit.ly/3Bj9lLi
Guardian profile: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/tim-burrows
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/timburrows
Agent: ZRoss@unitedagents.co.uk
Guardian profile: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/tim-burrows
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/timburrows
Agent: ZRoss@unitedagents.co.uk
We need a long read on the post-punk archeology of Starmerism, how its detachment lay not in any deep lying discomfort with a role he felt he was born to have, but just his love of groups like Josef K
November 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
We need a long read on the post-punk archeology of Starmerism, how its detachment lay not in any deep lying discomfort with a role he felt he was born to have, but just his love of groups like Josef K
My latest working theory about the fact Starmer *simply can never look directly at the camera* is it is a hangover from his much-reported obsessive infatuation with 1980s post-punk bands such as Orange Juice
November 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
My latest working theory about the fact Starmer *simply can never look directly at the camera* is it is a hangover from his much-reported obsessive infatuation with 1980s post-punk bands such as Orange Juice
Excited to announce the first London screening of We Are Making a Film About Mark Fisher, a film I have been helping with this past year. I'm in conversation with Andy Beckett (who features in the fim) afterwards.
30 October, Good Shepherd Studios, Leytonstone: www.tickettailor.com/events/weflo...
30 October, Good Shepherd Studios, Leytonstone: www.tickettailor.com/events/weflo...
September 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Excited to announce the first London screening of We Are Making a Film About Mark Fisher, a film I have been helping with this past year. I'm in conversation with Andy Beckett (who features in the fim) afterwards.
30 October, Good Shepherd Studios, Leytonstone: www.tickettailor.com/events/weflo...
30 October, Good Shepherd Studios, Leytonstone: www.tickettailor.com/events/weflo...
I heard you fight fascism by simply saying: 'Sir! Your deportation numbers! They simply do not stack up!'
September 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I heard you fight fascism by simply saying: 'Sir! Your deportation numbers! They simply do not stack up!'
It's like someone tried to do Gilbert and George with AI
September 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It's like someone tried to do Gilbert and George with AI
100% pure Gove commission
September 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
100% pure Gove commission
Of all the former Tory ministers I'd have had down as a Weimar fantasist, it would have been Gove tbf
September 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Of all the former Tory ministers I'd have had down as a Weimar fantasist, it would have been Gove tbf
Absolutely love these @thequietus.com Baker's Dozen selections from Jack Barnett of These New Puritans, including this on the Columbo soundtrack. thequietus.com/interviews/b...
July 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Absolutely love these @thequietus.com Baker's Dozen selections from Jack Barnett of These New Puritans, including this on the Columbo soundtrack. thequietus.com/interviews/b...
Torode's agent furiously sending voice notes to the producer as Nick Knowles is unveiled. 'John *IS* Malbec in this country, and you fucking know that, Iain.'
July 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Torode's agent furiously sending voice notes to the producer as Nick Knowles is unveiled. 'John *IS* Malbec in this country, and you fucking know that, Iain.'
Another inauspicious omen for Labour courtesy of my transcripton software
July 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Another inauspicious omen for Labour courtesy of my transcripton software
We sent this off to print today: an anthology of essays published with Estuary Festival 2025 on the legacy of Essex nightlife. Featuring essays from myself, Emma Edmondson, @danhancox.bsky.social , Morgan Quaintance, Sarah Wayman and Michael Fordham
June 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We sent this off to print today: an anthology of essays published with Estuary Festival 2025 on the legacy of Essex nightlife. Featuring essays from myself, Emma Edmondson, @danhancox.bsky.social , Morgan Quaintance, Sarah Wayman and Michael Fordham
Proper love this gallery of the new Ibiza book by Dean Chalkley. www.theguardian.com/music/galler...
May 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Proper love this gallery of the new Ibiza book by Dean Chalkley. www.theguardian.com/music/galler...
Is Google winding me up?
May 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Is Google winding me up?
I prefer it when either/or constructions are more binary than this
May 10, 2025 at 6:38 AM
I prefer it when either/or constructions are more binary than this
Can't read this in anything other than the cadence of Addicted to Bass by Puretone
May 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Can't read this in anything other than the cadence of Addicted to Bass by Puretone
Ken Worpole is a gentle yet fervent genius of writing about place and politics, and a great inspiration. I'm asking him questions about his new book tomorrow 24 April at Westcliff Library in Southend on Sea. Free entry &, as Thursday is the new Friday, BYOB www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/southend-l...
April 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Ken Worpole is a gentle yet fervent genius of writing about place and politics, and a great inspiration. I'm asking him questions about his new book tomorrow 24 April at Westcliff Library in Southend on Sea. Free entry &, as Thursday is the new Friday, BYOB www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/southend-l...
Finally found out what Train Guy does @bobmort.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Finally found out what Train Guy does @bobmort.bsky.social
Plus: TNP looking menacing/fetching ON Southend seafront WITH text by me ON paper IN today's Guardian newspaper
March 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Plus: TNP looking menacing/fetching ON Southend seafront WITH text by me ON paper IN today's Guardian newspaper
I remember reading it was from her first marriage
March 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I remember reading it was from her first marriage
Can also be found in the centre pages of today's Guardian!
March 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Can also be found in the centre pages of today's Guardian!