Author. Social researcher. Karaoke superstar. New novel ‘The Wicker Man Preservation Society’ is pretty good actually. https://xitter.gq/t.co/AUmKlPVzKu
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Sir Sean Connery (a UK actor) and Thomas Brodie Sangster (another UK actor). Both age 34 in their respective photographs.
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An update on what I #amwriting, including a new chapter two describing the imprisonment and escape of our hero from the dungeon of an ancient fortress. Comments welcome here and on blog.
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I don't want this kind. I want little beep boop R2D2 and BB8 style droids. 😭
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Read the latest chapter of The Sculptor of Frog Lane, where we meet several new characters and learn of the murder of two Italian nationalists. (Comments welcome here or on the blog).
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ALT 1840s autopsy at an Italian university with the body in the centre of a wood-panelled room.
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Did you know that emojis actually premiered at the Great Exhibition of 1851?
In chapter 3 of WIP The Sculptor of Frog Lane, John explores several real exhibits that were on display, including a facial telegraph and leech-powered weather prediction.
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5,000 year Egyptian spy thriller - read chapter three of my work in progress now. NOW! Or later - if you're really busy.
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Chapter 2 of The Sculptor of Frog Lane introduces the book's second POV character, who is fleeing Paris and travelling to Bologna. You've met John the pickpocket, now meet Alice Black - magician.
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Read chapter 2 of my WIP - an Egyptian spy thriller set over five thousand years. Comments welcome and follow for more :)
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Here's the draft chapter one of my other WIP - The Sculptor of Frog Lane. Comments welcome.
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Apparently we're not supposed to use hashtags on this site anymore - so, uh, writing. I am writing. Words. Author. Book. And so forth.
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NEW PODCAST: “The 9pm Weeds of Disappointment with David F Porteous” @dfpiii (1h26m48s) the9pmedict.com/edict/00239/
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NEW PODCAST: “The 9pm Hippopotamus of Doom with David F Porteous” @dfpiii (1h31m11s) the9pmedict.com/edict/00233/
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NEW PODCAST: “The 9pm Collapse of an Evil Empire with David F Porteous” @dfpiii (1h24m34s) the9pmedict.com/edict/00225/
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4.5 years after episode 25 - it’s episode 26 of the Cheerful Despair podcast!
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“How shall we start the campaign?”
“Speech in the rain whilst Steve Bray plays the anthem that reminds people of Labour’s 1997 landslide.”
“OK. And in the evening?”
“Kick Sky out of your launch event but make sure they film it before you cut the line.”
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NEWS
Thames Water sewage discharges cause dangerous levels of E.coli pollution for Oxford Cambridge Boat Race
This Tory pursuit of profit is destroying our rivers and seas for pure greed
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NEW PODCAST: “The 9pm Extruded Cheese Snack of Destiny with David F Porteous” @dfpiii (1h10m15s) the9pmedict.com/edict/00214/
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Just finished this by @dfpiii and seen on @mrlockyer ‘s tiny bookshelf! I loved it!
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"Seventy years ago, no one would have recognised local charm as a valuable commodity; they'd have mislabelled it as grim poverty and polio."
Chapter One, The Wicker Man Preservation Society by David F. Porteous
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