Back in June 2019 I started acquiring books for a new imprint I was setting up at Orion Books called…
Apr 08 2020
The View From Here: Andy Kelly
The View From Here One of the first things we wanted to do when we started The Social Gathering was…
Apr 07 2020
Ferreting With Rambo – Maxy Bianco
White Rabbit: I’m assuming the film is set in Hartlepool judging by those accents. When did you first come across…
Apr 07 2020
Isolation Observations: 2 – Sophie Green
Waved at people a lot. Bathed less regularly than I’d imagined I would in the circumstances. Thanked God this wasn’t…
Apr 06 2020
Groovy Times Forever More – Robin Turner
During the last decade or so, Andrew Weatherall was a regular presence at The Social. It wasn’t uncommon to see…
Apr 06 2020
The Thursday Afternoon Perambulation – Lee Brackstone
flaneur noun a man who saunters around observing society ————————— Of all Andrew Weatherall’s many celebrated talents, the most under-appreciated…
Apr 06 2020
The Temple of Gnostic Sonics – Catherine Eccles
It’s impossible to know how you’re going to react when someone dies. In early February, my good friend Lee Brackstone…
Apr 05 2020
Divers to Dive: A Pandemic Dream Journal #1 – David Keenan + Eleni Avraam
Latitude 55.860916 Longitude -4.251433 Monday 16/3/20 No dream recovered. Vague recollection of probing a hole. Freud said: dreams are pathogenic. …
Apr 04 2020
Shabby Magic – Michael Smith
This is an extract from the new book I’ve been working on, about a bloke having a midlife crisis while…
Apr 03 2020
Life Beyond the Neutral Zone – Lias Saoudi
Arthur Schopenhauer, it was reputed, would stick to a strict daily routine. He would reveille at 7am, drink a strong…
Apr 03 2020
Sonic Cathedral – bdrmm
Earlier today, our friends at Sonic Cathedral announced ‘Bedroom’, the debut album by the brilliant Leeds/Hull-based band bdrmm. To celebrate,…
Apr 02 2020
Country Music – Will Burns
Happy publication day to Will Burns, whose long-awaited debut collection, Country Music, is now out! We had a big blowout launch…
Apr 01 2020
Hey Hi Hello
Less than a year after it opened, The Social hosted a huge birthday party for Annie Nightingale on both floors of the bar….
Mar 31 2020
Seeds and Stems – Richard King
The escalation of the virus has coincided with the Vernal Equinox, the immediate prospect of the clocks going backwards (time…
Mar 30 2020
Isolation Observations 1 – Sophie Green
Thanked God I didn’t have to tell my children Tom Hanks had died. Wore a lot of big earrings. Extended…
Mar 29 2020
Liberation Through Hearing – Richard Russell
Rap, Rave & The Rise of XL Recordings
Mar 29 2020
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