Archive - The Only Gaijin in the Village

July 2025

Review: First Time Solo

Press and Journal, 16th August 2014

Jul 26 •

Review: Mountain Retreats

From The Bottle Imp 36

Jul 19 •

The Execution of Tertius Lafontaine: a novel

It fills me with huge delight to see this book out in the world.

Jul 12 •

This month began with this biography of Klaus Fuchs, the man who single-handedly gave the Soviet Union the means to build their own atomic bomb.

Jul 5 •

Books About Bands

I was starting to feel left out as the only middle-aged white guy in the world without a podcast, but that has finally been dealt with.

Jul 1 •

1:20:47

June 2025

Silma Hill 10th anniversary

That time Sandi B and I shared a page...

Jun 28 •

It’s been a long time coming, but my band, Red Flag Waltz, has new music out: a single, “And it Goes” and an album, “Electric Light”.

Jun 21 •

4:32

Press & Journal: Silma Hill extract

Continuing the anniversary

Jun 14 •

Anniversary: Silma Hill

This month marks the tenth anniversary of the publication of my second novel, Silma Hill.

Jun 7 •

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