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Very good!
16.01.2026 17:29 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
@alanparks.bsky.social bought me this (excellent) bootleg for Christmas. Anyway, there’s a great version of Charlie Don’t Surf on it…
‘A one way street in a one horse town,
One way people starting to brag around,
You can laugh, put em down,
These one way people gonna blow us down.’
It’s USA 2026
Time has caught up on Tiger Woods – and it’s cost me.
It once looked as though the master golfer would always be a surefire bet, but an ill-advised punt has left me in the rough.
✍️ @nivenj1.bsky.social
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Trump will invade Greenland by the summer. Mark it.
04.01.2026 10:22 — 👍 47 🔁 4 💬 9 📌 2
The Fathers by @nivenj1.bsky.social is a bargain £2.19 on Kindle today #affiliatelink
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Never thought I’d witness the end of American democracy in real time.
Full blown fascist state now.
Europe is alone.
What the actual fuck is going on?
25.11.2025 09:42 — 👍 89 🔁 21 💬 24 📌 10FUCK
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When the world’s most notorious paedo says you’re a terrible person….
13.11.2025 16:48 — 👍 87 🔁 16 💬 3 📌 1
Leseempfehlung! (allerdings SZ+), SZ-Gastbeitrag von John Niven @nivenj1.bsky.social
"Der US-Präsident hat den Rücktritt des Chefs der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalt eines anderen Landes [BBC] gefordert – und durchgesetzt. Wie bitte?" 🤯
www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/bbc-d...
There are British Trump fans on Twitter openly begging him to sue the BBC so we the tax payer can hand him a few million.
What a time to be alive.
I watched Trump’s entire Capitol speech live. He 100% encouraged what happened. Now people are resigning over saying that?
WHAT THE FUCK?
Really looking forward to this
05.11.2025 18:14 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New Halloween Kween
01.11.2025 09:26 — 👍 57 🔁 2 💬 5 📌 0
Sorry - had to
31.10.2025 16:36 — 👍 58 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0aww - thanks man x
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Delighted to announce I’ll be chatting to @nivenj1.bsky.social about his latest novel, The Fathers, and his career, at Chesham Library on Nov 13.
Tickets here: buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
Which was nice...
deadline.com/2025/10/josh...
all good pal x
18.10.2025 08:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I'm genuinely worried about things going south at the No Kings protests in US today. Trump is begging for a reason to trigger Insurrection Act. Not beyond belief there'll be Agent Provocateurs in the crowds. One Battle After Another for real.
18.10.2025 08:13 — 👍 58 🔁 4 💬 8 📌 1
“A brilliant time capsule. Debsey writes wonderfully” @nivenj1.bsky.social
“A pure delight”
Mark Ellen
“An inspiring, insightful read”
Lucy O’Brien
“A vivid, rollercoaster read. Highly recommended”
@garycrowleyonair.bsky.social
OUT TOMORROW
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@debseyonbass.bsky.social
"THERE IS A SUBMARINE BEHIND YOU". "Aye,aye,in a minute"
Dad loving "The Fathers". Cheers @nivenj1.bsky.social
Tylenol surely about to sue Trump and RFK into oblivion?
23.09.2025 12:50 — 👍 83 🔁 1 💬 11 📌 0
Live Radio 4 Bookclub recording in Glasgow on Friday with the legendary @nivenj1.bsky.social John Niven for his 2008 debut Kill Your Friends. If you wanna be in the audience, message me and I’ll put you on the list. Should be a cracker!
22.09.2025 15:00 — 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1Thank you @nivenj1.bsky.social What a book The Fathers is. You had me at 'howling pizza'. A genuinely great Glasgow novel..bravo 👌
15.09.2025 10:43 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
@nivenj1.bsky.social Ffs, John. Needed a trigger warning on the audio version of Fathers. Was walking the dog this morning and reached the 🍇 scene. Luckily, nobody saw me greetin' my eyes out.
Amazing writing, though. 👌
@nivenj1.bsky.social I’m a new dad in my 40s and have just literally been stopped dead in my tracks upon reaching the end of Part 2 of The Fathers. I’ve never had such a physical reaction to a book before. Why did you have to do it??!! I shall read on…
16.09.2025 15:23 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
