Jeff Young
@wildtwin.bsky.social
Writer, collagist, memoirist, essayist. Scavenger. Ex-Radio Dramatist, Ex-Playwright. Retired wanderer.
Author of Ghost Town: A Liverpool Shadowplay, (Little Toller); Deliria, (Rough Trade Books)
Wild Twin was published by Little Toller on 18th Sept
Author of Ghost Town: A Liverpool Shadowplay, (Little Toller); Deliria, (Rough Trade Books)
Wild Twin was published by Little Toller on 18th Sept
Pinned
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‘The Surrealists saw colonialism and imperialism as intrinsic to fascism, and from start to finish they campaigned against both.’
Hal Foster on the Surrealists and anti-fascism.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Hal Foster on the Surrealists and anti-fascism.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Hal Foster · Tightrope of Hope: Surrealism v. Fascism
The Surrealists saw colonialism and imperialism as intrinsic to fascism, and from start to finish they campaigned...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
‘The Surrealists saw colonialism and imperialism as intrinsic to fascism, and from start to finish they campaigned against both.’
Hal Foster on the Surrealists and anti-fascism.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Hal Foster on the Surrealists and anti-fascism.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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News! The Sacred Memory Bank is an exhibition of assemblage, collage and word at Kirkby Gallery. It’s a joint exhibition with the mighty Mike Badger and we open on 19th January. We would love to see you there! @mikebadger.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
News! The Sacred Memory Bank is an exhibition of assemblage, collage and word at Kirkby Gallery. It’s a joint exhibition with the mighty Mike Badger and we open on 19th January. We would love to see you there! @mikebadger.bsky.social
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I've written a big piece for the Observer about the Big C. Would be lovely if you find time to read it sometime and feel free to share.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
‘He suggested we go to a quiet room to talk. I knew that was not good news’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I've written a big piece for the Observer about the Big C. Would be lovely if you find time to read it sometime and feel free to share.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
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More than half a century before the Cubists supposedly “invented” collage, the sensational “blood collages” of Victorian businessman John Bingley Garland, ca. 1850–1860: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/garland-blood-collages
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
More than half a century before the Cubists supposedly “invented” collage, the sensational “blood collages” of Victorian businessman John Bingley Garland, ca. 1850–1860: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/garland-blood-collages
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Science & Magic 13 also features Joe McKechnie’s latest meditation on his ongoing Drifting project, this week on our collaboration ‘Ghost Cinemas’ ( including the audio). Tune in! @gottobedrifting.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Science & Magic 13 also features Joe McKechnie’s latest meditation on his ongoing Drifting project, this week on our collaboration ‘Ghost Cinemas’ ( including the audio). Tune in! @gottobedrifting.bsky.social
I wrote about the Jung stone for the 13th edition of Science & Magic, the second instalment of my Mathew Street wander and the 13th of my Magnetic North bulletins from the Liverpool drift. You can read it here along with lots of other delights:
www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
November 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I wrote about the Jung stone for the 13th edition of Science & Magic, the second instalment of my Mathew Street wander and the 13th of my Magnetic North bulletins from the Liverpool drift. You can read it here along with lots of other delights:
www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
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I wrote about systemic medical bias, chocolate medals and Eamonn Holmes
Diagnosed but not believed: Autistic women and the medical gaze
A GP I met for the first time three minutes ago is glancing over my electronic health record, trying to match it with the woman before him…
medium.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I wrote about systemic medical bias, chocolate medals and Eamonn Holmes
News! The Sacred Memory Bank is an exhibition of assemblage, collage and word at Kirkby Gallery. It’s a joint exhibition with the mighty Mike Badger and we open on 19th January. We would love to see you there! @mikebadger.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
News! The Sacred Memory Bank is an exhibition of assemblage, collage and word at Kirkby Gallery. It’s a joint exhibition with the mighty Mike Badger and we open on 19th January. We would love to see you there! @mikebadger.bsky.social
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Belle Brocante (Oscar Naylor), a Master collector of Vintage Ephemera.
Dance of the Graces
Vintage sheet music, antique glass bottles from England and France, antique French eyeglasses. glass bottle stoppers, ointment tube, Doan's pill tin and an antique German doll head.
#Ephemera
Dance of the Graces
Vintage sheet music, antique glass bottles from England and France, antique French eyeglasses. glass bottle stoppers, ointment tube, Doan's pill tin and an antique German doll head.
#Ephemera
January 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Belle Brocante (Oscar Naylor), a Master collector of Vintage Ephemera.
Dance of the Graces
Vintage sheet music, antique glass bottles from England and France, antique French eyeglasses. glass bottle stoppers, ointment tube, Doan's pill tin and an antique German doll head.
#Ephemera
Dance of the Graces
Vintage sheet music, antique glass bottles from England and France, antique French eyeglasses. glass bottle stoppers, ointment tube, Doan's pill tin and an antique German doll head.
#Ephemera
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love this 🤗 and am inspired!
Reminds me of a box that was left in my great grandmother’s attic: enameled match boxes, flapper girl hand mirror and various trinkets from the NY Worlds Fair.
Reminds me of a box that was left in my great grandmother’s attic: enameled match boxes, flapper girl hand mirror and various trinkets from the NY Worlds Fair.
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
love this 🤗 and am inspired!
Reminds me of a box that was left in my great grandmother’s attic: enameled match boxes, flapper girl hand mirror and various trinkets from the NY Worlds Fair.
Reminds me of a box that was left in my great grandmother’s attic: enameled match boxes, flapper girl hand mirror and various trinkets from the NY Worlds Fair.
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Liverpool.
Seel street.
1980s.
Seel street.
1980s.
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Liverpool.
Seel street.
1980s.
Seel street.
1980s.
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Science & Magic Part 13.
Opens at all Ghost Cinemas on Friday 28th November.
Reserve your tickets.
www.violetterecords.com
#violetterecords
#jeffyoung
#wildtwin
#drifting
Opens at all Ghost Cinemas on Friday 28th November.
Reserve your tickets.
www.violetterecords.com
#violetterecords
#jeffyoung
#wildtwin
#drifting
November 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Science & Magic Part 13.
Opens at all Ghost Cinemas on Friday 28th November.
Reserve your tickets.
www.violetterecords.com
#violetterecords
#jeffyoung
#wildtwin
#drifting
Opens at all Ghost Cinemas on Friday 28th November.
Reserve your tickets.
www.violetterecords.com
#violetterecords
#jeffyoung
#wildtwin
#drifting
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We are between a rock and a hard place, pleading for help.
An excerpt from our latest @gofundme.com update:
www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-i...
An excerpt from our latest @gofundme.com update:
www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-i...
November 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
We are between a rock and a hard place, pleading for help.
An excerpt from our latest @gofundme.com update:
www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-i...
An excerpt from our latest @gofundme.com update:
www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-i...
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"...the ever-increasing pace and price of work/life leaves little time to simply connect with the land, with ourselves and each other."
– William Parsons, in an excerpt from his forthcoming book on pilgrimage, via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
– William Parsons, in an excerpt from his forthcoming book on pilgrimage, via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
On Pilgrimage by William Parsons
Photo by William Parsons The Paradox of Connectivity Modern life is increasingly connected: central heating to phone, fridge to supermarket, watch to heartbeat. Without touching a button we can cha…
burninghousepress.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
"...the ever-increasing pace and price of work/life leaves little time to simply connect with the land, with ourselves and each other."
– William Parsons, in an excerpt from his forthcoming book on pilgrimage, via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
– William Parsons, in an excerpt from his forthcoming book on pilgrimage, via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
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New episode up now. Last and First Men (1930) by Olaf Stapledon, with guest Matthew De Abaitua in conversation with Andy Miller and Una McCormack. @mdeabaitua.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social www.backlisted.fm/episodes/253...
253. Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon — Backlisted
Writer and critic Matthew De Abaitua joins Andy, Una and Nicky to discuss Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future (1930), the astounding first novel by Olaf Stapledon. The...
www.backlisted.fm
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
New episode up now. Last and First Men (1930) by Olaf Stapledon, with guest Matthew De Abaitua in conversation with Andy Miller and Una McCormack. @mdeabaitua.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social www.backlisted.fm/episodes/253...
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The screwball psychedelia of this particular Puffin Post sent me off in the direction of the Bonzos Son of Exploding Sausage, which is always a place I’m happy to go
youtu.be/8WnQCSfnsFw
youtu.be/8WnQCSfnsFw
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The screwball psychedelia of this particular Puffin Post sent me off in the direction of the Bonzos Son of Exploding Sausage, which is always a place I’m happy to go
youtu.be/8WnQCSfnsFw
youtu.be/8WnQCSfnsFw
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Edith Head and Her Miniature Sewing Machine Collection — Robert Cumming, 1977
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Edith Head and Her Miniature Sewing Machine Collection — Robert Cumming, 1977
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Time Slips from Jeff
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Time Slips from Jeff
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Beautiful.
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Beautiful.
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Jeff's collages and mini-sculptures are SO COOL.
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Jeff's collages and mini-sculptures are SO COOL.
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Oh wow! Can’t wait to see this exhibition.
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Oh wow! Can’t wait to see this exhibition.
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@katherinelucyg.bsky.social @wildtwin.bsky.social @lindamaire.bsky.social and many more can be found in this starter pack of Brilliant People on BlueSky. Please follow and repost if you can
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
@katherinelucyg.bsky.social @wildtwin.bsky.social @lindamaire.bsky.social and many more can be found in this starter pack of Brilliant People on BlueSky. Please follow and repost if you can