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Jeff Young
@wildtwin.bsky.social
Writer, collagist, memoirist, essayist. Scavenger. Ex-Radio Dramatist, Ex-Playwright. Retired wanderer.

Author of Ghost Town: A Liverpool Shadowplay, (Little Toller); Deliria, (Rough Trade Books)
Wild Twin was published by Little Toller on 18th Sept
News! The Sacred Memory Bank is an exhibition of assemblage, collage and word at Kirkby Gallery. It’s a joint exhibition with the mighty Mike Badger and we open on 19th January. We would love to see you there! @mikebadger.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Lost souls
November 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Six Time Machines.
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Time Machine Factory…(photo: Mike Badger)
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Finally got hold of a copy of Tribune’s winter edition with Adelle Stripe’s marvellous review of Wild Twin. @adellestripe.bsky.social @littletollerbooks.bsky.social
And this one of my favourite bits!
November 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Sometimes I build Time Machines.…
November 16, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I wrote about this street in Liverpool and about memory and myth for the 12th edition of Science & Magic, full of splendid writing as ever. You can read the magazine here: www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
(Photo taken from the window of what used to be O’Halligan’s Parlour)
November 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Oh good! Here’s one for you, Leasowe:
October 31, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I wrote about this decommissioned lighthouse for the 11th edition of Science & Magic, the Violette newsletter. You can read it here along with my previous Magnetic North missives and you can subscribe. Chock full of delights!
www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 AM
It’s two years ago today since my dad Cyril died at the age of 92. Here he is in the early 50’s inventing Post Punk. What a lovely man he was. If you want to know more about him here’s a piece I wrote for The Observer about his final year:
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
October 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I wrote about this house and a memory evoked by Patti Smith’s Birdland at the Lond Palladium. You can read it in the current edition of Science & Magic. Available here along with my previous 9 Magnetic North musings:

www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
October 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I wrote about this buddleia portal for the 9th edition of Science & Magic. You can read it here and you catch up on the back issues here too. Subscribe, it’s a splendid thing!

www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
October 3, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Farewell Pepper, best cat ever. Best friend, comedian, typist, spirit animal, constant shadow, juggler, gourmand, recluse, dreamer, surrealist. What will we do without her… xx
October 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Lovely to be a contributor alongside lots of wonderful people to this 50th anniversary tribute to Eno’s Oblique Strategies.
If you're interested in getting hold of a box of Ambagious Tactics email the address below for price and payment details:
ambagious_tactics@fruishon.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Wandering…
September 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Ghost Ghost
September 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I wrote about this derelict pub for the 8th edition of Science & Magic, Violette's newsletter. There are lots of great pieces of writing in the newsletter. You can read the current edition here and read the archived editions too. Subscribe!

www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
September 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It’s the last day of Haunted Paper at Dorothy on Jamaica Street. Thanks to everyone who’s visited, bought a print, visited again, shared their stories, listened to mine and generally been splendid! Open until 5 today. Love x
September 19, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Happy Birthday Wild Twin, one year old today. Shortlisted for the Stanford Travel Book Award/ winner of the TLS Ackerley Prize. It’s done ok! Thanks to everyone who’s read it and if you haven’t yet you can buy it here:
www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...

@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Final week for the Haunted Paper exhibition at Dorothy, Jamaica Street Liverpool. It’s been a great few weeks with visitors from near and far. Come and have a look! Mon-Fri 9-5.
September 15, 2025 at 7:31 AM
New Ghost Town stash in Liverpool Waterstones if you’re looking for one!
September 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I wrote about this kinetic sculpture for the new edition of Science & Magic, the Violette Records newsletter. There's also a lovely review by Darcie Chazen of my 'Haunted Paper' show. AND my Misadventures in Music playlist! A feast!

Read and subscribe here:
www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
September 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The Haunted Paper exhibition has a special Saturday opening and book signing. This Saturday at Dorothy on Jamaica Street from 11 - 4. Ghost Town and Wild Twin book signing from 12 - 2. We hope to see you there!
September 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Haunted Paper exhibition continues at Dorothy, Jamaica Street Liverpool. Weekdays, 9-5. Come along and see the Wild Twin and Ghost Town notebooks and collages!
August 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Haunted Paper. At Dorothy, Jamaica Street Liverpool. Weekdays 9-5 until September 19th.
August 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM