In my latest blog post, I revisit a series of crime novels set in 1990s/00s York, and remember their author, who encouraged my own writing.

John Baker captured a city on a point of transition, and injected a little extra humanity into the hardboiled PI genre

#books #writing #bookstadon #authors #crimefiction #reading #blogging #JohnBaker #York #Yorkshire

https://martblog.bearblog.dev/poet-in-the-gutter-remembering-john-baker-and-1990s-york/

Some grooves to end the workday with, ready move to chillout zone. I hear a definite Hancock/Laswell vibe here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWJHhCpc2fU

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