Author of David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God, published by Bloomsbury | Ents editor for NationalWorld
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Lovely to see my book in the Guardian's Brilliant Books for the Summer - thanks to those who compiled the list and to those of you who've bought the book
People aren't ready to hear it but there's loads of proper cultural stuff going on in Milton Keynes: a theatre that gets all the big shows; The Stables, one of our best arts centres; the excellent MK Gallery; MK Bowl for huge festivals; plus gig venues like the Craufurd Arms
Grateful to the good folks at Northern Soul for this kind write-up of my talk at Ilkley Literature Festival (and glad my Suede t-shirt is getting some attention)
'Buddhism's philosophy of impermanence would underpin the restlessness of Bowie's own reinventions'
NS sees Peter Ormerod talk about his book, David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God, at Ilkley Literature Festival.
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Back from a wonderful time at @wellslitfest. Wonderful audience, wonderful questions, wonderful conversations. @Chrissalmon is an expert interlocutor; we bonded over shared love of Brannigans Beef & Mustard crisps. And this is how the cathedral looked as the sun began to set
Superb book, this. Suede were the first band I properly fell in love with, and the fact they're still going at all is pretty amazing. But they're redefining what it means to be a band of their vintage in the 2020s, and Rodge Glass captures this so well. See 'em live if you can
Happy memories of listening often to this with my mum in the last few months of her life. She had dementia but enjoyed the music and remembered all the liturgy (although she'd be quick to complain if she felt a Bible passage was read poorly)
📻 Review: Gerry Lynch on a century of broadcasting sacred music, and how the beauty of choral worship can lead the lost towards faith #RadioReview #ChurchTimes @GerryLynch churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2…
Ilkley - the moor and the town - looking mighty fine this morning. Huge thanks to @ilkleylitfest for inviting me to speak, looking after me so well and putting on such a great event, and thanks to all who attended or watched online - the turnout was fantastic!
Really nice to be in today's @yorkshirepost talking Bowie, God and all that. Very much enjoyed being interviewed by a big Bowie fan for one of our great regional papers
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Quite a night @TheRSC's As You Like It: Jonathan Groff, Richard McCabe, Gary Wilmot - actual Wilmot! - a set you just want to roll around in, a cappella Welsh hymns, a tech fault that held things up for an hour, all ending defiantly
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I’m delighted to say I’ll be appearing at a few literary festivals this month. It would be lovely to see you if you can make it along to one or more of them - details coming up
And the third is in Warwickshire, at Stratford Literary Festival on Saturday October 31. V happy to be joined for this one by @alexlarman - his superb book Lazarus: The Second Coming of David Bowie focuses on Bowie’s career from the early 1990s onwards
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