Author: Bone & Cane, The Pretender & other novels. Memoir: Don't Mention the Night. Music nerd. Poetry reader. Founding chair @nottmcityoflit Busier @Bluesky.
Nottingham UK
Joined March 2007
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David Belbin retweeted
Isobel Hardman in the Observer belittling prison libraries. Annoying when writers use cheap throwaway remarks on what they know little about. I’ve visited over 70. Most are excellent particularly if part of local council service. Each is a proper library and valued as such.
David Belbin retweeted
Sending solidarity and birthday wishes to Gaie Delap, a peaceful climate protester who is spending her 78th birthday behind bars – all because the private company responsible for fitting electronic tags couldn't find one the right size for her. Will keep pushing for her release.
David Belbin retweeted
Cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigns from Washington Post amp.theguardian.com/media/20…
David Belbin retweeted
In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile—and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: Not necessarily to Win, but mainly to keep from Losing Completely. We owe that to ourselves and our crippled self-image as something better than a nation of panicked sheep … but we owe it especially to our children, who will have to live with our loss and all its long-term consequences.
David Belbin retweeted
Middleton's 'Holiday is ... a novel in which "nothing happens"', which was George #Orwell's complaint against so many lifeless short stories, but this article says the book has something in it:
theguardian.com/books/booksb…
Celebrate Stanley Middleton at our new City Library. On the 50th anniversary of his Booker win, view an original Booker Prize statuette & hear all about his brilliant novel, 'Holiday'. I'll be speaking with Stanley's daughter, Penny & @nigelhawkins12 Book:
gigantic.com/nottingham-cent…
David Belbin retweeted
Tuesday 5 November: Longbarrow poets Steve Ely & Pete Green read with Karl Riordan & @RoryWaterman as part of the University of Sheffield’s Centre for Poetry and Poetics series.
Lecture Theatre 2, The Diamond, 32 Leavygreave Road, S3 7RD. Tuesday 5 November, 6pm start, free
David Belbin retweeted
the £3 billion annual cost of extending the 5p fuel duty cut is roughly equivalent to the annual fare take of every bus in England — £3.1 billion in 2023. so you could nearly make every bus free for the same cost gov.uk/government/statistica…
David Belbin retweeted
Loved The Catchers by @XanBrooks Beautifully written & structured odyssey along the Mississippi with a love of music & the blues at its core, hitting all my sweet spots. Buy a signed copy direct from @saltpublishing to support their just one book campaign. saltpublishing.com/products/…
David Belbin retweeted
Sadly, I’ve just learned of the death of Robert Coover, a friend and mentor to me since I was in my early twenties. His first collection, “Pricksongs and Descants,” opened up a new world for me. Tonight I will reread his novella, “A Political Fable” which addresses our elections
David Belbin retweeted
Apologies for the greengrocer's style apostrophe. It will be deleted.
1st LP in 46 years from the original Gaffa line-up @FiveLeavesBooks Priced low, so while you're there why not buy my book about the band (also the only one in English about the great Kevin Coyne) + a chapter on an obscure folkie called Nick Drake, who I first wrote about in 1975.
David Belbin retweeted
📢Announcing our Spring 2025 season – including one regional premiere, one classic adaptation, a follow-up to one of our bestselling shows and some phenomenal dance!
📅Priority Booking now open for Members
📅 General Booking opens 10am Fri 11 Oct
bit.ly/NottPlayhouse
ALT 4 Images for new shows at Nottingham Playhouse including a woman's face, for Dennis Kelly's Girls & Boys, a man with a pig skull for a head for Animal Farm, the outline of a woman walking across a sundrenched desert for A Thousand Splendid Suns and two men embracing, one with his legs wrapped round the others shoulders for the Gary Clarke Dance Company DETENTION.
David Belbin retweeted
⏰If you want to catch Dear Evan Hansen here at Nottingham Playhouse time is running out - and so are tickets! With the 4 & 5 ⭐️reviews flooding in, you'd better hurry!
See below for dates with:
🟩 best availability
🟧 few seats remaining
🎟️bit.ly/DearEvanHansenNP
David Belbin retweeted
#BSLinterpreted 27th Sept @NottmPlayhouse
also later @CurveLeicester 3rd Oct (interpreter: Ryan McLean)
Book at whichever is easiest/nearest for you!
Dear Evan Hanson @NottmPlayhouse is outstanding. My niece, who saw the original London production, thought that this compelling show, which is touring soon, was even better. Congratulations to the terrific cast, director Adam Penford & everyone involved. evanontour.com
David Belbin retweeted
Reminder that we’re doing instore shows at Rough Trade Nottingham & East on the 18th & 19th of October.
Tickets include the option of purchasing the Limits of Language RT Exclusive CD (2 extra tracks)
Nottingham: link.dice.fm/R2DL6k8OXMb?sha…
East: link.dice.fm/BDd4Ft9OXMb?sha…
David Belbin retweeted
Nice Zoot Money obituary for the Guardian by Chris Welch:
theguardian.com/music/2024/s…
David Belbin retweeted
NEW EPISODE: Ricky Nelson, T. Rex, Lobo, Color Me Badd, Jamiroquai, David Guetta/Taio Crux/Ludacris
A teen idol hires a guitar legend, Bolan invents the 70s, the Schlagerfication of DJ culture, doo-wop hip hop's swansong, a Van Outen diss track, and an EDM slobberfest.
