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
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
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
Time Machine Factory…(photo: Mike Badger)
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Time Machine Factory…(photo: Mike Badger)
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!
And this one of my favourite bits!
November 19, 2025 at 12:39 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!
And this one of my favourite bits!
Sometimes I build Time Machines.…
November 16, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Sometimes I build Time Machines.…
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)
(Photo taken from the window of what used to be O’Halligan’s Parlour)
November 14, 2025 at 8:22 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)
(Photo taken from the window of what used to be O’Halligan’s Parlour)
Oh good! Here’s one for you, Leasowe:
October 31, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Oh good! Here’s one for you, Leasowe:
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-...
www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 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-...
www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
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...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
October 28, 2025 at 8:01 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...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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-...
www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
October 17, 2025 at 10:00 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-...
www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
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-...
www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
October 3, 2025 at 7:47 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-...
www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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-...
www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
September 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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-...
www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
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
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
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
www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 7:17 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
www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
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
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.
New Ghost Town stash in Liverpool Waterstones if you’re looking for one!
September 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
New Ghost Town stash in Liverpool Waterstones if you’re looking for one!
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-...
Read and subscribe here:
www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
September 5, 2025 at 1:11 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-...
Read and subscribe here:
www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
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
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!
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 exhibition continues at Dorothy, Jamaica Street Liverpool. Weekdays, 9-5. Come along and see the Wild Twin and Ghost Town notebooks and collages!
Haunted Paper. At Dorothy, Jamaica Street Liverpool. Weekdays 9-5 until September 19th.
August 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Haunted Paper. At Dorothy, Jamaica Street Liverpool. Weekdays 9-5 until September 19th.