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Nick J. Brown @NorthernMailman

Writer of To Rise in the Dark (2024) and Hunter (2025) “He speaks in your voice, Salfordian, and there’s a pie in his hand bought half-price from the Co-op.”

Joined January 2016
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Nick J. Brown@NorthernMailman
5 Sep 2024
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30 years after a teenage band imploded, their late singer's daughter leads the surviving members on a booze-fuelled odyssey through Manchester in search of a secret they would rather remained buried… Available in ebook and paperback. amazon.co.uk/Rise-Dark-Nick-…

To Rise in the Dark

To Rise in the Dark

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DanRobbinsArts@danro_art
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Another painting inspired by the work of Samuel Beckett... Endgame Acrylic on paper
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🎶 Every Sunday… is jam… butty day 🎶
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Disappointing to be passing Band on the Wall on my way to a 10-hour shift rather than almost 12 hours of Fall-related business and Murphy’s on tap…
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The Fall Futures and Pasts@fallfuturepast
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A salute to the festival engine room. Fall royalty, Fall publishers and the paramount festival organiser. There was a first class support network too. A fine team effort.
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Dead Gramsci@PolprofWatch
Jun 10
For all you Fall lovers #fallfriday has come two days early this week #fallfridayonwednesday.
Nick J. Brown@NorthernMailman
Jun 10
A look back at three glorious days of Prole Art Treats… @fallfuturepast northernmailman.substack.com…
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There's a grave somewhere only partly filled, A sign in a graveyard on a hill reads, Bingo-master's break-out! #FallFriday youtube.com/watch?v=-OARikMm…
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Barbara H-R 🔪❤💀🖤@tellthee
8 Mar 2024
Don't call me darling Don't call me darling Harbouring on it hates this wants this she hates this #FallFriday youtu.be/d4d3idJzTkI?si=OnBj…

The Fall - Dont Call Me Darling

The Fall - Dont Call Me DarlingAlbum : The Fall - Cerebral Caustic...

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DanRobbinsArts@danro_art
Jun 11
New painting inspired by the Samuel Beckett play 'Krapp's Last Tape', acrylic on paper
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Steve Hill@HillyTheFish
Jun 10
LA fans, Mark E Smith’s sisters and Frank Skinner doing the quiz: inside the totally wired festival on the Fall theguardian.com/music/2026/j…

LA fans, Mark E Smith’s sisters and Frank Skinner doing the quiz: inside the totally wired festival...

Featuring cover bands, walking tours and the poet laureate as DJ, The Fall: Futures and Pasts is the ultimate Fall fan experience. But can our writer get through Eat Y’Self Fitter at karaoke?

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The Fall Futures and Pasts@fallfuturepast
Jun 10
Festival review by @NorthernMailman | ➡️northernmailman.substack.com…
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A look back at three glorious days of Prole Art Treats… @fallfuturepast northernmailman.substack.com…
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Si Wolstencroft@simonWolstencr1
Jun 9
FUNKY SI’S WALKING TOURS COMING SOON #walkingtour
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Louder Than Words@Lthanwordsfest
Jun 8
And it’s a wrap! What a weekend! All the hard work with THE BEST team paid off - it’s fair to say WE HAD A BLAST and THANK YOU to EVERYONE who made @fallfuturepast such a brilliant weekend! 👏❤️👏❤️👏❤️
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Charlie Chuck@cakeyswine
Jun 7
"Round the barnyard dosie doe"
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The Fall Futures and Pasts Day Three
Nick J. Brown@NorthernMailman
Jun 7
Off to the last day of @fallfuturepast in my Society of Professional Salfordians outfit…
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