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Exclusive story: Complete Harmony With Yourself; Forgotten Suns Instagram art; Poem - At Night; House/Disco Mix: Xmas on Planets; Tales From The UniversE 43 - newsletter from A Stroll Into New Year

Exclusive story: 'all that sex out there waiting'; Forgotten Suns Instagram art installation; Poem - Xmas; Adventures in LovE - FINAL part!: Tales From The UniversE 42 - newsletter from the eggnog jug

Exclusive story: 1.32am Runner; Poem - How Many Adults?; Forgotten Suns Instagram art installation; Adventures in LovE - part 24 LIVE!: Tales From The UniversE 41 - newsletter from Belgrade

Exclusive story: The Deal; Poem - And The Geese; Forgotten Suns Instagram art exhibition; Adventures in LovE - part 23 LIVE!: Tales From The UniversE 40 - newsletter from The Christmas hearth

Exclusive story: A Walk with The Mutt; Poem - Language; Forgotten Suns Instagram art exhibition; Adventures in LovE - part 22 LIVE!: Tales From The UniversE 39 - newsletter from a pre-Christmas hearth

Exclusive story: A Day At The Track; Poem - The Songs I'll Go Down With; Cole Palmer penalty taker?; Adventures in LovE - part 21 LIVE!: Tales From The UniversE 38 - newsletter from a bus stop

Exclusive short story: Remember To Acknowledge Existence; Poem - Man of 84; Adventures in LovE - part 20 LIVE!: Tales From The UniversE No 37 - this newsletter from Poynton

Exclusive short story: Who Forgets Childhood; Poem - The Tragedy; Shoeless Joe; Adventures in LovE - part 19 LIVE!: Tales From The UniversE No 36 - this newsletter from Copenhagen

Train Tracks; Exclusive Poem - Money; American Tabloid; Create Immortality; Adventures in LovE - part 17 LIVE!: Tales From The UniversE No 35 - this newsletter from Switzerland Somewhere

The Magic Of Behind The Line; Exclusive Poem - Breathe; Create Immortality; Adventures in LovE - part 17 LIVE!: Tales From The UniversE No 34 - this newsletter from The Floods Of Derbyshire

'With my pictures I'm trying to capture magical moments - walking in countryside, lake swimming, losing yourself on a crowded dance floor'

'I love when the Geordies get on the LNER between Edinburgh and London'

Escaping From Detroit Summer 2014; Exclusive Poem - Clouds; Create Immortality; Adventures in LovE - part 16 LIVE!: Tales From The UniversE No 33 - this newsletter from The Autumn Fireside

Ronan McMahon: 'Art is for all, Art is within all'

The Friend Who Ran Away To Avoid Hitting Our Friend; Exclusive Poem - Galaxy No 9; Adventures in LovE - part 15 LIVE!: Tales From The UniversE No 32 - this newsletter from A TapDance On Jupiter

Who Can Get Through Life?; Adventures in LovE - part 14 LIVE!; Poem - The Whole World: Tales From The UniversE No 31 - this newsletter from LEIPZIG, East Germany

Choose married life, choose single one; Erik ten Hag jokes with MOI; Adventures in LovE - part 13 LIVE!; Poem - Who?: Tales From The UniversE No 30 - this week's newsletter from Turf Moor

Remembering Forgotten Days; Tweet-tastic; Adventures in LovE - part 12 LIVE!; Exclusive poem - He Fell Asleep: Tales From The UniversE No 29 - this newsletter from Monton, Salford

The Father I've Never Known; Robinson Jeffers on a stamp; Adventures in LovE - part 11 LIVE!; Exclusive poem - Be Champagne: Tales From The UniversE No 28 - this newsletter from the inside of dreams

PJ Harrison's Regent Street #7

'The half-life of questions is very powerful. It's a Chernobyl of the soul.' O Brother, John Niven's bestselling memoir of his brother, Gary, who killed himself, is scabrous, hilarious and poignant

Tales From The UniversE No 27 - this week's newsletter is from the Manchester Riviera: Playing Cricket With The Kids of Karimabad, Pakistan; Adventures in LovE - part 10 LIVE!; Exclusive poem - i know

Tales From The UniversE No 26 - this week's newsletter comes from Lord's: Rain - everyone disappears, the world is yours; Adventures in LovE - part 9 LIVE!; Exclusive poem - What Will Save Us; More…

Tales From The UniversE No 25 - this week's newsletter comes from Angelsey: Running - Soul Medicine; Adventures in LovE - part 8 LIVE!; Exclusive poem - Time To Dream Again; One Tweet to move YA…

Tales From The UniversE No 24 - this week's newsletter comes from Athens: The Glitter of Slang; Adventures in LovE - part 7 LIVE!; Exclusive poem - Childhood Again; a tweet to move YA…

Tales From The UniversE No 23 - This week's newsletter: The Emperor's New Clothes - greatest yarn ever (fore)told; Adventures in LovE - part 6 LIVE!!!; Exclusive poem - The Stars of Baseball; more…

Tales From The UniversE No 22 - This week's newsletter comes from LAS VEGAS: Dancing - personal and communal; Adventures in LovE - part 5 LIVE!!!; Exclusive poem - An American Diet; more...

Tales From The UniversE No 21 - This week's newsletter from SAN DIEGO: Live a summer in Ibiza (1991) - on Dame Fortune; Adventures in LovE - part 4 LIVE!!!; Exclusive poem - this feels fine

Tales From The UniversE No 20 - This week's newsletter comes from New York: Sheep And How They Can Save Us; Adventures in LovE - part 3 LIVE!!!; Exclusive poem - you win victories; MORE

'I'm Annie, isn't this weird?' I said, 'Hi, I'm Richard': Anne Hathaway, 'caricature gangster' Dave Courtney, too-brown bananas, and an exiled hippie in Goa

Tales From The UniversE No 19 - This week's newsletter: Therapy - the skies skedaddling in your pocket; Adventures in LovE - part 2 LIVE!!!; Exclusive poem - Die Smiling You Beautiful Bastard; MORE

Tales From The UniversE No 18 - This week's newsletter: The PAIN of rejection for my LA novel sent to publishers last month; Adventures in LovE - LAUNCHED!!!; Exclusive poem - Ladakh; MORE

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Adventures in Love - the trailer for my new novel

TALES FROM THE UNIVERSE No 17 - This week's newsletter: Adventures in Love - COVER reveal; my Substack for 12 months - SPECIAL offer; on location at Glastonbury; PS: Create 1 Thing Immortal...

TALES FROM THE UNIVERSE No 16 - This week's newsletter: SPECIAL OFFER to sign up to my Substack for a year with gift; exclusive poem - Regent's Park; Rah Band; PS: Create One Thing Immortal...

Coming 1 July, my latest novel: ADVENTURES IN LOVE

BECAUSE THEY CAN PLAY F'CKING GOOD FOOTBALL: THE LAST CHAPTER

poem - lying across Istanbul

TALES FROM THE UNIVERSE No 15 - This week's newsletter on LOCATION in Istanbul for Champs League final: exclusive poem - Stranger; Heavenly Cadavers; Taxi Driver; PS: Create One Thing Immortal...

BECAUSE THEY CAN PLAY F'CKING GOOD FOOTBALL: PART 15

TALES FROM THE UNIVERSE No 14 - This week's newsletter: exclusive poem - there is a beach; William Faulkner's last novel; Saint Etienne; PS: Create One Thing Immortal...

BECAUSE THEY CAN PLAY F'CKING GOOD FOOTBALL: PART 14

poem - this is what death…

TALES FROM THE UNIVERSE No 13 - This week's newsletter: 1920s LA gas station; always some item telling you you're wrong; C McCarthy book review IS a novel; eisteddfod; PS: Create One Thing Immortal...

BECAUSE THEY CAN PLAY F'CKING GOOD FOOTBALL: PART 13

Walking into Narnia and erectile dysfunctions: David Scott on the path to writing Mancunians, his seminal book on Manchester

TALES FROM THE UNIVERSE No 12 - This week's newsletter: Rick Astley; how many laws are there?; 'much to your chagrin'; exclusive poem - 'main drag of magalluf'; PS: Create One Thing Immortal...

poem: Senegal

BECAUSE THEY CAN PLAY F'CKING GOOD FOOTBALL: PART 12

TALES FROM THE UNIVERSE No 11 - This week's newsletter: single malt; origin of 'hoary chestnut'; sun forever; exclusive poem - 'and the wine'; PS: Create One Thing Immortal...

BECAUSE THEY CAN PLAY F'CKING GOOD FOOTBALL: PART 11

TALES FROM THE UNIVERSE No 10 - This week's newsletter: Andrew Weatherall; is east west???; exclusive poem - 'to see the clouds'; PS: Create One Thing Immortal...

Talking on BBC Radio Manchester with Dave Haslam and David Scott about Picasso, DJ-ing, 15 DUD novels I penned, why Ten Hag book is POETRY, CRITICISM, plus BUY Dave and David's TOMES...

BECAUSE THEY CAN PLAY F'CKING GOOD FOOTBALL: PART 10

TALES FROM THE UNIVERSE No 9 - This week's newsletter: The Farm; Surfing Sun; Shakespeare; an exclusive poem - All The Lies; PS: Create One Piece Immortal; more...

Talking Art on BBC Manchester ce soir from 7.10-7.50pm

BECAUSE THEY CAN PLAY F'CKING GOOD FOOTBALL: PART 9

TALES FROM THE UNIVERSE No 8 - This week's newsletter: an exclusive poem - A Long Time from Florida; Hitting Print; Punting a novel; PS The Skies; more...

all the way from Southampton Row

BECAUSE THEY CAN PLAY F'CKING GOOD FOOTBALL: PART 8

TALES FROM THE UNIVERSE No 7 - This week's newsletter: George Formby, Fólkvangr, Fax Yourself, an exclusive poem, Lord Bertrand Russell The Third, more...

only whisky can save you

BECAUSE THEY CAN PLAY F'CKING GOOD FOOTBALL: PART 7

TALES FROM THE UNIVERSE No 6 - This week's newsletter: Malibu, Robert Altman, an exclusive poem, Jackson Browne, Lord Bertrand Russell The Third, more...

sun: nothing else

BECAUSE THEY CAN PLAY F'CKING GOOD FOOTBALL: PART 6

TALES FROM THE UNIVERSE No 5 - This week's newsletter: LA and Dennis Wilson, timelessness, if EVERYTHING is wrong, Sri Lanka, All art baby, an exclusive poem, Lord Bertrand Russell The Third, more...

BECAUSE THEY CAN PLAY F'CKING GOOD FOOTBALL: PART 5

TALES FROM THE UNIVERSE No 4 - This week's newsletter: a 1998 telephone call, a dream I had, no one talks SEX, Peter Carey, It is all art baby, an exclusive poem, and more...

talkSPORT appearance today, chatting Because They Can Play F'cking Good Football, and Man Utd sale

BECAUSE THEY CAN PLAY F'CKING GOOD FOOTBALL: PART 4

TALES FROM THE UNIVERSE No 3 - This week's newsletter features: Jamie Carragher, Pep Guardiola, Jack Johnson, 'who owns language', It is all art baby, an exclusive poem, and more...

BECAUSE THEY CAN PLAY F'CKING GOOD FOOTBALL: PART 3

TALES FROM THE UNIVERSE No 2 - Featuring: How brave are you? House music, David Attenborough, Manuel Pellegrini, Mason Greenwood, Book Club, an original poem, and much more...

lie down and wait

BECAUSE THEY CAN PLAY F'CKING GOOD FOOTBALL: PART 2

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not enough world

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Sat night poem from Londinium

The Tales From The Universe Chat

BECAUSE THEY CAN PLAY F*CKING GOOD FOOTBALL

BECAUSE THEY CAN PLAY F*CKING GOOD FOOTBALL is coming soon...

Tuesday poem

Sunday morn poem

Thursday morning poem

Who do I think is Manchester United's best signing since Sir Alex Ferguson left???

Tonight: Man Utd v Leeds Utd

wednesday morn poem

Adventures IN Love

Manchester United 2 Crystal Palace 1

sunday poem rocket

NEWS: Wednesday afternoon and I'm off in a bit to Old Trafford to see Man Utd (3) Nottingham Forest (0) in the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg

Poems should hit like a fluttering punch to the heart - RIGHT???

Adventures IN Love