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Stuart Steen McFaull
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May 24, 2022

To Pippy: My Best ̶P̶r̶i̶c̶k̶ Friend

Birth 24 April 1984 3 weeks after Marvin Gaye is killed — shot in the head by his own father — you are born. However, you bring your own form of friendly fire with you. As you arrive into the world, a time of Thatcher and Reagan; Lionel Ritchie and the…

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To Pippy: My Best ̶P̶r̶i̶c̶k̶ Friend
To Pippy: My Best ̶P̶r̶i̶c̶k̶ Friend

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Mar 31, 2022

Happy Birthday Hunter: 9 lessons for a 9 year old.

Dear Hunter Steen McFaull, Happy Birthday, son. 9 years old. Pfft. Where does the time go? Perhaps you’ll read your old man’s ramblings some day. …

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Happy Birthday Hunter: 9 lessons for a 9 year old.
Happy Birthday Hunter: 9 lessons for a 9 year old.

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Feb 24, 2022

RIP Mark Lanegan — The Indestructible Dark Angel

Glastonbury, 2002. The scent of floral marijuana smoke contends with stale beer and rancid sweat, as my friend Ben and I squeeze ourselves in among the masses on this sun-kissed late afternoon. “Do you want a go, mate?”, asks the man to my right. He is clutching a comically tiny…

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RIP Mark Lanegan — The Indestructible Dark Angel
RIP Mark Lanegan — The Indestructible Dark Angel

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Aug 13, 2021

Buddy just loves life

Three years ago today, Buddy Yorke McFaull — a cherubic-faced terror, forever on the hunt for adventure, perennially in motion, thundering and charging round the gaff like a barrel-chested tiny Godzilla — said what would be deemed, on the grounds of technicality*, his first word. *(let the record show, he…

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Buddy just loves life
Buddy just loves life

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Apr 22, 2021

Happy 60th Mum: An imagined conversation

I make my way onto the drive. The soft crunch of gravel — speckled whites, elephant greys — alerts her to my presence. …

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Happy 60th Mum: An imagined conversation
Happy 60th Mum: An imagined conversation

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Apr 18, 2021

Ode to John Mc

Yesterday, as lockdown restrictions began to ease on the Isle of Man, my Dad and I spent a nondescript, mostly uneventful day together. We took my sons on a walk and we fed overfed, disinterested ducks. We sat in my garden reading, as the scorching sun lay her hands upon…

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Ode to John Mc
Ode to John Mc

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Apr 16, 2021

Writing about Writing: Being McMalkovich.

He shuffles awkwardly. The echoing hall is silent but for the gulp of throat, the twitching, nervous rustles and tremulous chair-leg screeches that fill the vacuum before somebody speaks… Hey, everyone. My name is Stuart Steen McFaull and I’m writing a novel. Well, I’ve kind of, sort of, in a…

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Writing about Writing: Being McMalkovich.
Writing about Writing: Being McMalkovich.

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Apr 6, 2021

Gogglebox: Lockdown’s real hero

There’s a moment in the latest episode of Channel 4’s ‘Gogglebox’ that for me, sums up its enduring appeal. Clone-faced siblings Pete and Sophie Sandiford are engrossed, staring at the telly, mugs of tea perched on the table opposite. They are watching a preposterous looking American drama about the blonde…

Isle Of Man

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Gogglebox: Lockdown’s real hero
Gogglebox: Lockdown’s real hero
Isle Of Man

6 min read


Mar 25, 2021

Swimming away from empathy: The Laxey Bay debacle

The ‘a few bad apples’ metaphor has, over time, been used to defend the actions of supposedly rogue police officers. Those under the arm of the law who, perhaps, enjoyed the uniform, the baton, the shiny badge and the power a little too much. The bully at school in a…

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Swimming away from empathy: The Laxey Bay debacle
Swimming away from empathy: The Laxey Bay debacle

5 min read


Mar 22, 2021

Andreas Airfield: The Aftermath of a Transformers Orgy

In Emily Bronte’s seminal literary work — Wuthering Heights — the author not only explores the vagaries of the ever-complex human spirit, musing on the ties that bind between the most troubled of souls; she also uses symbolism and stuff to show that the moors are wild, extremely shaggable things…

Isle Of Man

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Andreas Airfield: The Aftermath of a Transformers Orgy
Andreas Airfield: The Aftermath of a Transformers Orgy
Isle Of Man

5 min read

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