Pretty sure this review of Phantom at the Feast from #noexitpress is the first time a novel of mine has been reviewed in the Mail on Sunday, although not the first time I’ve been reviewed by @johnelwilliams.bsky.social — that was in Time Out c. 1999! (Swipe to see!) — thanks, all🫡🙏✊

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Great piece on Fela Kuti by @graemethomson.bsky.social in @mojomagazine.bsky.social which fills in some gaps in my knowledge. I saw him in 1986 in the Roman amphitheatre in Nimes (these pics by me). I was 21, on holiday with friends. We were amazed to see this flyer as we’d thought he was in jail!

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Just discovered this absolute gem. I was 3 that summer, and my poor mum heavily pregnant with my sister. Brilliant book, am thoroughly enjoying it.

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This bit makes me want to track It down; “And even survival leaves you for ever in danger from the mysterious black brothel-owning arms dealer, Golden-smith, who is always somewhere, waiting to feed upon the next guerrilla…” Brothel owning arms dealer may be my fictional jam.

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Yes. I remember being able to walk around at will at the front. I was so close at one point, elbows up on the lip of the stage I could smell June and the other dancer's gorgeous perfume.

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