From the producers of Line of Duty, Save Me and Vigil, brand-new thriller series The Gathering, starts on 14 May

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Latest daily chapter of Far Foreign Land. The journey reaches Munich. It deals with 1980s hooliganism and the positive side of terrace culture in The End. Honourable mentions to TheFarm/PeterHooton and Kevin Sampson open.substack.com/pub/tonyevans9…

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This is a brilliant edition of a fabulous fanzine - if you’re a Liverpool fan and they haven’t all gone already, I would urge you to get your mitts & minces on a copy, pronto.

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From the company behind Line Of Duty, ‘The Gathering’ is full of twists and turns.

The show is also among 9 fiction programmes nominated for a Golden Nymph Award 🎉

Catch it soon on Channel 4.

Produced by World Productions, part of ITV Studios.

Lots of lovely preview press for The Gathering today (as it's out Tuesday 14th!) but Total TV Guide will forever have my heart for going with Larkin's 'They fill you with the faults they had' as their headline.

Stormy Daniels is next up to testify

Kevin Sampson Writing on the Wall If I may.

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The talented ⁦Joe Mckechnie “posting entity”⁩ is behind sinuous words&beats releases featuring ⁦Jeff Young⁩ and meeself among others. Have a look-see (and listen.)

On Tuesday evening, the House of Lords voted to agree an amendment for a duty of candour following major incidents to the Victims and Prisoners Bill.

We urgently need a duty of candour on public officials to end the culture of denial during investigations.

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Less than 2 weeks till this drop, chums - brilliant new thriller The Gathering c/o World Productions Gareth Bryn Channel 4 ITV Studios Lals Cotton

Only 34 years too late - All Together Now finally gets its Glastonbury airing ❤️

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Reading New York Trilogy 35 years ago was a life-changing literary experience for me. Auster was the best of company: an intellectual bon viveur who felt like he belonged in late Habsburg Europe rather than contemporary America. A writer out of time writing timeless literature 🖤

My review of BBC Three doc about #Ibiza is getting hundreds views a day & the verdict is unanimous. I’ve spoken to people who appeared in it & it’s clear that producers knew what they were doing & drove the narrative in a certain direction😡

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Great night at the True Crime Awards last night and nice to pick up the award for Best Drama Adaptation with our brilliant writer @Kevin Sampson and exceptional director @Gareth Bryn and the amazing team @Worldprods with Jake Lushington and Simon Heath

Sick Mick, debut novel by Daily Mirror journalist and writer Brian Reade “Savagely funny” - The New European, a darkly humorous tale of one man’s unwitting journey through the battlefield of culture wars. Published & launched by Writing on the Wall 28th May tickets: tinyurl.com/ycytzc3j

Chuffed to announce I've written a novel - a satire on culture wars hypocrisy - out next month. Details of the launch at Waterstones Liverpool One, and how to pre-order, here.