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John Harris

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Guardian. Free Substack pieces at maybeimamazed.substack.com Plus music writing in MOJO. Maybe I'm Amazed, my new memoir about autism & music, out now. Order here https://linktr.ee/maybeimamazed

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Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club @rnrbook-club.bsky.social · 1h

Two weeks tonight we welcome author @keithcameron2.bsky.social to Walthamstow for the deepest of dives into the history of The Manic Street Preachers 📕 168 Songs of Hatred and Failure @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social

🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-history-...

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 4h

It is!

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Latest from me: the era of the £100+ gig ticket spells cultural disaster www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The best gig I ever saw cost £4. Spiralling concert prices are a cultural disaster | John Harris

Tickets for big tours have vastly outstripped inflation, while smaller artists and venues struggle. The magic is in danger of being snuffed out entirely, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 1d

The stuff in it about autism is shockingly bad.

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Frank Finlay @frankjf.bsky.social · 2d

Really looking forward to interviewing @johnharris1969.bsky.social @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social. #MaybeImAmazed is my personal choice for book of the year; a tender, deeply moving memoir about music and autism — and essential reading!

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Frank! See you on Sunday

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Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, America famously was politically correct in Vietnam.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 2d

Yes

John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 3d

A point not heard often enough is that the Labour Party was founded on a civil liberties issue www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you!

John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 4d

Next weekend I'm going to be talking about my book Maybe I'm Amazed, music, neurodivergence & more at two festivals
Saturday: Durham, chaired by Paul Smith from Maximo Park galadurham.co.uk/galapost/joh...
Sunday: Ilkley itsoninbradford.co.uk/events/john-...

John Harris: Maybe I’m Amazed - It's On In Bradford

When prize-winning writer and journalist John Harris’s son James was diagnosed with autism, it was music – The Beatles, Kraftwerk, Funkadelic, The Velvet Underground and more – that became a source of...

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 4d

I made it! He was great

John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 5d

So chuffed to hear this. Thank you!!

Bedside Reading @bedsidereading.bsky.social · 8d

Out now @jtjbooth.bsky.social and I explore @johnharris1969.bsky.social fabulous book “Maybe I’m Amazed”

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Maybe I'm Amazed - Bedside Reading

John Harris' excellent book Maybe I'm Amazed has been one of my non-fiction top reads this year. It was a huge pleasure to welcome James Booth to the podcast to discuss it, and share some of our ...

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Sarcophagus Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 6d

You don’t actually have to both sides this. The Jewish community in the UK is not the Israeli government. You can just condemn the murder of two British Jews killed in their place of worship and you don’t have to say a single other thing.

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 6d

Yes!

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 6d

This is about my Dad, who was among the few people left on-site for the Windscale nuclear accident of 1957. Quite the story www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...