Peter Ormerod

Author of David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God, published by Bloomsbury | Ents editor for NationalWorld

[Peter Ormerod @EntsPeter]

Lovely to see my book in the Guardian's Brilliant Books for the Summer - thanks to those who compiled the list and to those of you who've bought the book

[Peter Ormerod @EntsPeter]

https://t.co/YtQdoYwmX8

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Good to read this - it's something I've been noticing for a while and Adam Curtis has talked about too. A quietly fascinating phenomenon. Wonder though if we're also more guarded than we used to be off-camera too

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@nationaltrust It's like it's desperate not to be seen as staid and stuffy so it thinks it has to be 'sassy' or something. I'm more than happy for it to be staid and stuffy to be honest

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Maybe it's just me getting old and grumpy but I'm really not sure the @nationaltrust should be saying things like this

[Peter Ormerod @EntsPeter]

@MadsDavies Incidentally, I'm pretty sure they lean a bit more evangelical and use Common Worship and the NIV - there's evidently more than one way to growth in rural parishes (although conviction and commitment are perhaps what they have in common with the Prayer Book/KJV success stories)

[Peter Ormerod @EntsPeter]

@YstradHistory Might be worth checking if you're on the 'For you' tab or the 'Following' tab. Also, the algorithm shows you the sorts of things you've replied to or retweeted.

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@YstradHistory Are you using the Following tab or the For You tab?

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And a big international festival every couple of years

It's also pretty successful as a forward-looking kind of place

But, you know, concrete cows, roundabouts etc

[Peter Ormerod @EntsPeter]

People aren't ready to hear it but there's loads of proper cultural stuff going on in Milton Keynes: a theatre that gets all the big shows; The Stables, one of our best arts centres; the excellent MK Gallery; MK Bowl for huge festivals; plus gig venues like the Craufurd Arms

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@danny__kruger Surely as a Christian your primary loyalty is to Christ, not to the British state

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@barneyronay Kind of feels like there's a Crisis of Meaning in football at the moment and the only way out is to have less football but that's not going to happen so hmm

[Peter Ormerod @EntsPeter]

Grateful to the good folks at Northern Soul for this kind write-up of my talk at Ilkley Literature Festival (and glad my Suede t-shirt is getting some attention)

[Northern Soul @Northern_Soul_]

'Buddhism's philosophy of impermanence would underpin the restlessness of Bowie's own reinventions'
NS sees Peter Ormerod talk about his book, David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God, at Ilkley Literature Festival.
https://t.co/gFfyKubqPI

[Peter Ormerod @EntsPeter]

Back from a wonderful time at @wellslitfest. Wonderful audience, wonderful questions, wonderful conversations. @Chrissalmon is an expert interlocutor; we bonded over shared love of Brannigans Beef & Mustard crisps. And this is how the cathedral looked as the sun began to set

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Twin Peaks, Japan, Bob Dylan, murder ballads, advertising, Gnosticism - all sorts came up in my interview with Marco Zoppas about Bowie and my book. Great questions!

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https://t.co/IiUvbwOqzz

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I'll be speaking at the wonderful Wells Festival of Literature tomorrow night, and it would be lovely to see you if you can make it. These events have gone so well so far, and I'm pretty sure tomorrow's will be another good one!

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Superb book, this. Suede were the first band I properly fell in love with, and the fact they're still going at all is pretty amazing. But they're redefining what it means to be a band of their vintage in the 2020s, and Rodge Glass captures this so well. See 'em live if you can

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A short piano piece for you. Hope it brings something pleasing to your day