John Grindrod

Loved putting this together!

Fantastic!

‘Can I get the washing on the line before I speak to Attitude magazine?’ feels very on brand right now

Forthcoming events by the author of Tales of the Suburbs — John Grindrod.

So looking forward to the first Tales of the Suburbs event tonight, at Foyles with the brilliant @luketurner.bsky.social www.johngrindrod.co.uk/events

Thank you so much! I really love that sort of thing too. It was a delight to write, I could have carried on for pages more...

Thank you! So much fun to write

Not a real doctor…

Yes! How odd

Very odd that was the Clothes Show theme…

How Pet Shop Boys Sold City Glamour to Queer Suburban Kids | The Quietus I’m sat on the floor behind my dad’s armchair, chunky headphones on, listening to a new 12” my brother has bought. Our music centre lives in a compartment on an MFI divider unit, beside my parents’ co...

If, like me, you’ve been a Pet Shop Boys fan ever since there were Pet Shop Boys, you might like this piece I wrote for the Quietus thequietus.com/opinion-and-...

Thank you so much!

Whoop!

Thank you so much! x

Interviewing Mat for Tales of the Suburbs was an utter delight

And I was honoured to be able to share your story x

An absolute dream to write this for @thequietus.com about Pet Shop Boys, suburbia and the city

I imagined they were going to wrap it in a giant red rose

Great, another podcast to listen to!

(That there's an episode just titled 'Swindon' had me subscribing)

Gaby was amazing

Thank god

Oh gawd. Good luck with LBF!

Welcome to the Gaybourhood: Tales of the Suburbs tour graphic. London Foyles with Luke Turner – 11 March Crystal Palace Bookseller Crow with Karen McLeod – 19 March Bath Curious Minds Festival – 21 March Edinburgh Portobello Bookshop with Rosa Campbell – 24 March Glasgow Waterstone's Byres Rd with Rose Ruane – 25 March Nottingham Five Leaves Bookshop – 31 March Sheffield – 1 April TBA Manchester – 2nd April TBA Margate – 30 April TBA Ipswich – 3 October TBA More to come at johngrindrod.co.uk/events

BOOK TOUR!

www.johngrindrod.co.uk/events

(More to come)

Ha! A Matey fetish

Welcome to the Gaybourhood: Tales of the Suburbs tour graphic. London Foyles with Luke Turner – 11 March Crystal Palace Bookseller Crow with Karen McLeod – 19 March Bath Curious Minds Festival – 21 March Edinburgh Portobello Bookshop with Rosa Campbell – 24 March Glasgow Waterstone's Byres Rd with Rose Ruane – 25 March Nottingham Five Leaves Bookshop – 31 March Sheffield – 1 April TBA Manchester – 2nd April TBA Margate – 30 April TBA Ipswich – 3 October TBA More to come at johngrindrod.co.uk/events

BOOK TOUR!

www.johngrindrod.co.uk/events

(More to come)

Oh wow, yes I can see why it might strike a chord…

Woo! Hope you enjoy it!

Forthcoming events by the author of Tales of the Suburbs — John Grindrod.

Join @luketurner.bsky.social and I at Foyles on Wednesday to talk Tales of the Suburbs. Bring your own Gypsy Creams www.johngrindrod.co.uk/events

Really lovely to have Tales of the Suburbs featured in this beautiful article by Luke, also taking in the marvellous Bishopsgate Institute and the brilliant history of Switchboard, The Log Books

Oooh! In the actual world?!

A nostalgic monstrosity for me. As a kid, going to "the pyramid" to see a film was incredibly exciting. Then, Northampton got its first multiplex and I didn't go back until the early 2000s and a friend from 6th Form wanted to see a Bollywood film they were showing.