Jason Ayres - Author

Perfect for fans of Minder, Big Deal, and Ashes to Ashes: My new novel is now a bestseller on Amazon! Best Sellers Rank: #809 in Kindle Store #1 in Gambling #2 in Time Travel Science Fiction #3 in British & Irish Humour & Satire Literature amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F642MJCW

@mrmikeMTL Up the Junction by Squeeze.

The best story telling song you’ve ever heard?

@CathrynFry @MikeParcej @CheltenhamRaces I've been toying with the idea of membership for a while, since I live locally and attend several times a year already. Seems decent value. Perhaps it's time I took it up.

@MikeParcej @CheltenhamRaces I found the email rather confusing, Mike. I think this is basically entry and level 1 facilities so no members bar etc?

Folks have i got this right? Have @CheltenhamRaces reduced their standard annual membership cost for 2026/27, from £500 to £379? Email received today?

@oliviacarter321 Thanks, Sophia! It's a series of books, all set on different topics in different years of the 1980s. This one focuses on the seedy world of grime, gamblers, and gangsters, that was very much a part of working class London at that time.

@TheTimeBubble Striking cover and a great premise. What sparked the idea for this story?

Great news, the 1984: A Year in the Life of Nobby Clarke audiobook is now live! Travel back in time to 1980s London, a world of grime, gamblers, and gangsters! You can find it on Audible now. Enjoy! audible.co.uk/pd/B0GMYHFKHL

Read @TheTimeBubble's "1985: A year in the Life of Robbie James". Had been saving this up until I was in a reading slump, and I've been in a big one this month. This fast page-turning read-in-one-sitting feelgood nostalgiafest hit all the right notes and hopefully cured it. 1/5

@BookLuvvr Many thanks! Really glad you enjoyed it, and well spotted on the Fast Show reference!

'having a lot of trouble with the drainage in the lower field' has to be a "Fast Show" reference! As enjoyable as always. The perfect antidote to reading blues. 5/5

@RussWWFC Yes, that's a nice little benefit that a lot of people are not aware of.

@TheTimeBubble Nice one, got it for £3.47 having already purchased the Kindle version.

@JonasLeng @BarstewardsThe @CookonSunday1 Why is the quality of Sunday racing in this country so poor, when for almost every other sport, it's a showcase day?

@CathrynFry @masterfeathers @LydiaHislop I was there yesterday, and no one seemed to know what was happening, and yes, unless you're right underneath a speaker, it's hard to hear what's going on.

@masterfeathers @LydiaHislop Yes. Was very quiet yesterday. Was struggling to hear. Weird as the pre race previews boom out around the place.

This was the water table in town mid-week. The rain has been relentless this week. I was at the course today but couldn’t hear or see what was going on. Screens said ‘false patch of ground’. Kudos to @LydiaHislop for the interview with the CoC. Questions need to be asked.

@JonasLeng @BarstewardsThe @CookonSunday1 Not a question, but regarding Cheltenham yesterday. I was on course and it was not that dark. As for the photo, I backed the 2nd and it was clearly beaten as they passed the post. I was so confident of this I was halfway back to the car by the time the result was called.

@JonasLeng @BarstewardsThe @CookonSunday1 What on earth was going on with the race times on Saturday? Navan and Lingfield, as well as Haydock and Taunton clashing all afternoon. And then a 15 minute gap between Taunton and Ascot.

I had the absolute privilege this week of being a guest on the Middle Raged podcast alongside Keith A Pearson. Between us, we covered everything from supermarket trolley etiquette to the golden era of the Little Chef! Check it out here: middleraged.uk/episodes/

I'm delighted to announce that my latest novel, 1985: A Year in the Life of Robbie James is out now! mybook.to/1985_kindle_ed…

@JonasLeng @BarstewardsThe @CookonSunday1 What has happened to the television coverage of races over the National fences? No head on at Becher's, no iconic outside shot from the Canal Turn. You can't even tell they're going around a corner anymore! It's ruined it as a spectacle.

Episode 38 is now live - The Middle Raged Budget. We fail to see how it can be any less popular than the actual budget, but let's see. 😏 middleraged.uk/episodes/

@JonasLeng I'm going back 40 years in time for a bit of Moonraker and Minder on the Orient Express. And a bit of Gregory's Girl to top it off.

Read @TheTimeBubble's "1984: A Year in the Life of Nobby Clarke". This was just as unputdownably page-turningly readable as the previous four books. Not being a gambler, I was initially uncertain whether I would like this one, but I needn't have worried. All the feel-good, 1/2

@JonasLeng @BarstewardsThe @CookonSunday1 The Barstewards are in a desperate situation, and the bad guys are closing in. Your only option is to call on one of these two legends of kids’ TV for help. Godzooky from Godzilla or Croc from Emu's Pink Windmill show. Who do you choose?

@JonasLeng @BarstewardsThe @CookonSunday1 Last night I dreamt I rode in a National Hunt flat race at Plumpton, and came tenth, which wasn't bad, given that I am 55 years old, and was putting up 84lb overweight. Have any of the Barstewards ever had a less inspiring racing related dream than that?

@JonasLeng @BarstewardsThe Probably Penguin. Never liked them, and now they've replaced so much of the cocoa with cheap and nasty ingredients they aren't even allowed to call it chocolate anymore - it's "chocolate flavoured".