Craig Snelgrove, PhD

The Sunday Tea Show with Ruth - Sunday 05 October 2025 Listen to 'The Sunday Tea Show with Ruth' broadcast on all fm 96.9 on Sunday 05 October 2025.

Had a great chat on All FM yesterday afternoon about my book Young Mancunians, short fiction, and a bit of poetry as well! Really pleased with the reception to the book so far!
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One of my friends said my book, Young Mancunians, is better than Dostoevsky. Of course, that's an outrageous statement, but I'm running with it anyway.

Young Mancunians - out now.
"Better than Dostoevsky" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Flags Return The Union Jack, St. George's Flag, and British Identity

A piece on British identity in 2025

a man in a striped shirt is smiling and waving at the camera with the word nice . ALT: a man in a striped shirt is smiling and waving at the camera with the word nice .

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Four 5-star reviews for Young Mancunians so far...

@ofcom.bsky.social I'd like to make a complaint here as it seems that Richard Tice MP is misleading the public in a way that could cause potential harm to audiences.

Someone should tell Richard Tice that a head of state doesn't have the freedom to lie. Claims made by, say, the US President have to be as factual as possible. Stating on live TV that Tylenol can cause autism is not protected under "free speech".

In the Name of Political Violence: A History of Incendiary Language from the MAGA Base and MAGA Affiliates Accompanied by Calculated Gross Hypocrisy

In the Name of Political Violence: A History of Incendiary Language from the MAGA Base and MAGA Affiliates Accompanied by Calculated Gross Hypocrisy

Part 3 - Pete Hegseth, Elon Musk, Mecha Hitler, and RFK Jr

In the Name of Political Violence: A History of Incendiary Language from the MAGA Base and MAGA Affiliates Accompanied by Calculated Gross Hypocrisy

Just a long list of quotes to look at in response to the current lies and hypocrisy around an imaginary American “radical left”.

On Konstantin Kisin's Eulogy to Charlie Kirk A Comment on Stupidity in Political Discourse

Feel compelled to share this - a piece I wrote last week in response to an absurd eulogy by Konstantin Kisin

One of the greats

A copy of the 1983 Penguin paperback of William Carlos Williams' Selected Poems. The cover design is by Wendy Taylor based on a photo by John D. Schiff. The quote is from The Great Figure.

"Among the rain
and lights
I saw the figure 5
in gold
on a red
firetruck
moving
tense
unheeded
to gong clangs
siren howls
and wheels rumbling
through the dark city."

Happy birthday William Carlos Williams.

Echo By Christina Rossetti

A close reading of Echo, by Christina Rossetti #Poetry #WritingCommunity

Paperback's out!

It certainly appears so

Nigel Farage is making another speech broadcast live on BBC News and radio 5live. His party have 4 MPs. This coverage is not normal.

The Existential Reader Magazine #2 Second edition of The Existential Reader, with essays on British identity in response to Operation Raise the Colours, AI and our attitudes towards wage labour, the silence of God in Ingmar Bergman's W...

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Out now - only £1!
The theme of this issue is 'Identity', with essays on Britishness, AI, our attitudes towards wage labour, as well as some poetry and film criticism.
Check it out!

Full expect Zack Polanski to get as much air time as Farage from now on. Will be a bit weird if he doesn't.

The Media Endorsement of Nigel Farage The transportation of Nigel Farage from a joke figure into the forefront of politics has been aided by mainstream media, none more so than the BBC - that is the taxpayer funded, supposedly woke, left ...

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Latest piece on Nigel Farage and media complicity in the rise of Reform UK.

YouTube video by Tom Nicholas How the Far Right Took Over Britain | Documentary

Worth a watch this.

Reflections on Writing The demand to make money that demeans us all

Thinking about trying to live life as a writer and the demand to make money

On Form, Genre, and the Literary Purpose of A Clockwork Orange I have recently shared my thoughts on A Clockwork Orange in The Existential Reader, and will share the link to that piece below.

Latest piece from The Subtext

Borders, Hotels, and the Illusion of Containment And the need for an Internationalist politics

Epping, the crisis of displaced people, and why only an Internationalist approach can provide a solution

Manchester Happened Part Two Place as Protagonist

Protagonist as place - a look at Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s Manchester Happened, and what aspiring writers can learn from it when thinking about the construction of place.

I'm seeing a lot of acorns on my walks. Is this normal? I've never noticed acorns in August before.

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Would anyone be interested in reviewing my book? I can send over a copy free of charge. It might be of interest to anyone passionate about short fiction, social realism in fiction, or sense of place in fiction.

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Just in time for your Sunday reading pleasure! Young Mancunians is available now in ebook form! #booksky #iamwriting

Young Mancunians 16. Mother's Day

The final story from Young Mancunians - Mother's Day #booksky #imprinting

The New Gatekeepers: Why Self-Publishing Might Be the Only Way Forward If you’re an aspiring author in 2025, the publishing landscape is a peculiar kind of limbo.

As I prepare to self-publish my debut book, I thought I’d do another piece on the pros and cons of self-publishing, and the need to address the crisis of traditional publishing.
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The importance of authentic dialogue in relation to sense of place, with a writing exercise and some recommended reading included!
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Young Mancunians 15. Observations

Working in a mental health hospital is challenging for anyone, but going in blind can inflict its own trauma on the worker unable to help people in the way they need.

The penultimate story in Young Mancunians - Observations.

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