A May Substack essay on the last day of the month. I wrote about Larkin and hometowns in Passing Home: The Less Deceived. Read it for free here

An April Substack essay from me on the last day of the month. Read Paris on the Page: Writing the Impossible for FREE here

Delighted that Cōnfingō Magazine have published my new short story, 'Wingbeats', in their Spring 2026 issue. Order a copy here

I reviewed Albertine Clarke's terrific and radically strange debut novel, The Body Builders, in the Guardian

 

A piece of memoir for my March Substack: Read The Happiest Man Alive: My Iranian Uncle for free here

I reviewed Howard Jacobson's 18th novel, Howl, in the new edition of the TLS

Here's my review of Will Self's provocative new novel, The Quantity Theory of Morality, in the Spectator