Philip Miller

Stefan Collini · Capital Brandy: Eliot on the Run For much of the second half of his life, T.S. Eliot was a man on the run, retreating to actual or symbolic boltholes,...

TS Eliot to Virginia Woolf: ‘…. it is one kind of agony while you are writing, and another kind when you aren’t.’

Indeed.
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Philip Miller | Nine Pens

‘Blame Yourself’, a collection of poetry, is published by Nine Pens.

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A beautiful day here…

A dogged reporter takes on a mysterious cabal in 'The Diary of Lies' Philip Miller's sinister thriller is set in a Great Britain that's lost its bearings. But even when she's terrified, fictional journalist Shona Sandison will always risk everything to get the story.

NPR’s ‘The Diary of Lies' review: Philip Miller's thriller about a dogged reporter

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Looking forward to talking about my books at Kirkcudbright Book Festival on Friday. Come along…

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Kirkcudbright Book Festival 2026
5–8 March

Kirkcudbright Book Festival celebrates local & national voices, local history, Scottish culture, children’s authors, crime fiction, nature & the environment & much more – full programme online now
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Love Song, a poem published last year.

I’m an Ambassador for this brilliant charity, Bookbanks, giving away books with food parcels at food banks. There are two part-time jobs going for Regional Leads in London and East Anglia.

Link below.

Please share far and wide :)

My second book, out of print in the UK…but takes in the afterlife, the cosmos, the rise of fascism, a boy and his dog, and the fate of newspapers….

Allan Massie, 1938-2026 Father died this afternoon.

We've lost the great Allan Massie. An absolute giant of Scottish literature and journalism, and an inspirational, kind and generous man, too. I think his son @alexmassie.bsky.social is only sporadically on Bluesky, but he has written a beautiful obituary. alexmassie.substack.com/p/allan-mass...

A dogged reporter takes on a mysterious cabal in 'The Diary of Lies' Philip Miller's sinister thriller is set in a Great Britain that's lost its bearings. But even when she's terrified, fictional journalist Shona Sandison will always risk everything to get the story.

‘When Shona finally discovers the masterplan, it's a social policy so cruel and retrograde that, 10 years ago, I would have laughed at its hyperbolic preposterousness. It says something about our historical moment that the scheme no longer seems laughable.’

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Grendel over Victoria Park.

There’s not going to be another Boards of Canada album is there.

A dogged reporter takes on a mysterious cabal in 'The Diary of Lies' Philip Miller's sinister thriller is set in a Great Britain that's lost its bearings. But even when she's terrified, fictional journalist Shona Sandison will always risk everything to get the story.

‘When Shona finally discovers the masterplan, it's a social policy so cruel and retrograde that, 10 years ago, I would have laughed at its hyperbolic preposterousness. It says something about our historical moment that the scheme no longer seems laughable.’

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Scottish Noir, THE DIARY OF LIES by Philip Miller (3rd Shona Sandison Book) Reviews of mystery books and crime fiction, classic to cutting edge, cozies to hard-boiled to espionage.

‘There's no need to read the two preceding novels, but those who have will notice right away that the sense of ancient mythos and of a universe that's not automatically friendly is still throbbing in Miller's version of Edinburgh and its surroundings.’

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Morning in Edinburgh.

Thrillers With Twists You Won’t See Coming

The @nytimes.com on The Diary of Lies… ‘Excellent . . . Admirers of Mick Herron’s Slow Horses series will appreciate the similarly jaundiced tone.”

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What a band, Agriculture. Second half of their latest record is particularly immense.

Well played, Transport for London

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Looking forward to talking about my books in Kirkcudbright in March….@kbtbookfestival

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Outside my friends, Mark Fisher was one of the first people to say he rated my (non-journalism) writing. I think if K-Punk often and those times. Another world.

It’s taken me this long to realise Will Stanton’s circles are not solid. How else could he put them on his belt….#thedarkisrising

Festive goodwill to most of you from here.

Not out of the woods yet. But there’s always hope.

Henri-Pierre Danloux | National Galleries of Scotland A society portrait painter in his native France, Danloux's career was interrupted by the French Revolution. He moved to London where he exhibited…

Personally, thinks it’s probably by Danloux. Especially when you look at his other work.

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Iconic Scottish painting was work of little known Frenchman, say experts Research challenges Raeburn as artist EXCLUSIVE

This is probably one of my favourite stories from my time as a journalist. It led to a bit of a stir.

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Enter - New Writing North The Northern Writers’ Awards discover and support writers in the North of England, with a focus on supporting new work-in-progress.

Budding writers: we'll soon be announcing details of how to enter the Finchale Prize for Short Fiction 2026.

It's for anyone living or working in the North of England, and we've got a couple of smashing judges lined up.

£1000 and a rosey glow to the winner.

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‘Miller is chilling and doom-laden in his furiously poetic depiction of a once great civilization going off the rails. Addressing this through the framework of crime fiction—laced with surreal doses of Old English and Celtic folklore—produces a fascinating hybrid that is Miller’s alone’ - Airmail.

‘Philip Miller hears England screaming. His version of post-Brexit, post-pandemic Great Britain, viewed through the investigative journalism of his heroine, Shona Sandison, is dark and apocalyptic.’

The Best Books of 2025: Mystery Great crime fiction can take root almost anywhere—in a rock-strewn wilderness, a London legal sanctuary or a swanky Manhattan apartment tower.

Thanks to @wsj.com for naming The Diary of Lies as a mystery book of the year alongside such fine writers including @damedenisemina.bsky.social

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The Best Books of 2025 and More Our reviewers select the year’s outstanding books. Plus, 50 luminaries from politics, business and the arts share what they read in 2025.

Our reviewers select the year’s outstanding books. Plus, 50 luminaries from politics, business and the arts share what they read in 2025. on.wsj.com/3Mzqeuj