Peter Ormerod

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Peter Ormerod

@EntsPeter

Author of David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God, out January 15 2026 via Bloomsbury | Ents editor for NationalWorld

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It's an honour to have my book reviewed by the great Simon Critchley in today's @guardian And as for the review itself, it's beyond anything I could have dreamed of
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@stusfootyflash @FootballInT80s Wembley was never the same again. Old or new. Almost a line in the sand for when football started becoming rubbish.
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Stu’s Football Flashbacks@stusfootyflash·
30 years ago today, Steve Claridge’s 120th minute winner in the First Division play-off final became the last ever goal to be scored in the old traditional Wembley nets, before they were changed for Euro ‘96. The end of an era. (📹 @FootballInT80s)
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Obviously the conversations around Bowie were astonishing - McCaslin was to Blackstar what Ronson was to Ziggy - but McCaslin's own work is fantastic too and deserves to be heard far and wide. Great to meet him and get my copy of his latest album signed. And he's v nice!
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Pretty amazing to see and hear the great @DonnyMcCaslin at @PrestoMusicCom in Leamington tonight. Aside from anything else, what a privilege to hear him play a tribute to Sonny Rollins on this day of days
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Peter H@SirPeter64·
@RestIsFootball Foden and Cole are flyweights. When it works, great. But it hasn't in an England shirt. If we are going to win this thing (and not impossible) we need all-hands-to-the-pump and these guys are born disappearing acts. As is Bowen - to be frank.
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The Rest Is Football@RestIsFootball·
Gary shares his thoughts on some of the England squad snubs 👀
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New Bowie/God bits from me! Some pictures, some videos, a response to the thoughtful review in @firstthingsmag and more besides
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Bad Spit@BadSpit·
In September 1963, a 21-year-old John Cale—then a budding avant-garde musician and future founding member of The Velvet Underground—appeared as a guest on the CBS game show I've Got a Secret. The "secret" shared by Cale and his fellow guest, actor Karl Schenzer, was their participation in a grueling 18-hour and 40-minute piano marathon organized by John Cage. Cale was one of 11 pianists who performed the first-ever full-length recital of Erik Satie’s Vexations. Vexations is a short, 80-second piano piece that Satie’s manuscript suggested should be played 840 times in a row. While Cale was one of the relay team of performers, Karl Schenzer was the only audience member who stayed for the entire 18-hour duration. During the broadcast, Cale performed the piece through just once for the panel and viewers.
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@philmcnulty 'If predecessor Gareth Southgate was criticised for being cloaked in conservatism and playing it safe, Tuchel's iron will in following his instincts has now effectively positioned himself as the anti-Southgate' This was only two years ago! bbc.co.uk/sport/football…
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Phil McNulty@philmcnulty·
England head coach Thomas Tuchel's wildcard World Cup picks and gamblers' roll of the dice will see him positioned as the "anti-Southgate". Big choices. Big stakes. Big consequences. bbc.co.uk/sport/football…
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Peter Ormerod@EntsPeter·
@alexlarman Ha! Yes, it was good of DB to leave room for various possible opinions. And yes, gratified by the continuing interest in our works!
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Alexander Larman@alexlarman·
@EntsPeter Well you know the category I'm in Peter...! Very much enjoyed reading this, and delighted our books are still being written about (and bought!)
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Grateful for this interesting and deep review of my book in @firstthingsmag. I tend not to respond to reviews but this one asks why I didn't make more of the Lord's Prayer incident, 'dispensing with it in about two pages'. Good question!
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The bigger issue the reviewer raises is about Bowie and repentance. I think he *was* a bit contradictory about this, but I don't think this prayer is evidence of that in itself. I think Bowie saw the Church's use of confession as a means of control, but repented in his own way
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@FootballCliches Not really been '22 years in the making', surely! They didn't start making this in 2004. It's England's Years of Hurt all over again
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Peter Ormerod@EntsPeter·
Most pleased to be appearing at this year's Also Festival! It takes place in July in a lovely corner of Warwickshire, and is packed with fascinating talks and great food and music and whatnot and is, well, Quite a Thing. I'm much happier about all this than the photo suggests
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Peter Ormerod@EntsPeter·
@spriggsy78 It's hardly an outrageous suggestion - Middlemarch frequently ranks highly on lists like this
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Dominic Sandbrook@dcsandbrook·
The Guardian's much-debated list of the greatest novels is ... a perfectly good and sensible list. The people whining about it can't have read the books. But don't worry. We'll cover them all on @bookclubpodhq eventually.
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@vbspurs The Union Flag was more common than the St George's flag at England games in those days, as this picture shows! It changed at Euro 96
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vbspurs@vbspurs·
@Carmelamotto Oh I quite forgot about that! Funny how they're wearing the Union flag in the hats. No one actually did that back then. Just St George's. Believe me, the Scots were cheering on the Germans.
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The Duke of Windsor watching the 1966 WC Final between England v Germany. England won their only WC trophy to date, 4-2.
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@prodnose Quite a few nostalgics on here, forgetting the dreadful cup finals of the 90s!
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Danny Baker@prodnose·
An FA Cup Final that will live in the memory for years. Well, not years - possibly months. Maybe weeks. Days. Actually, what were we talking about? #FACup
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