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Scott Manley Hadley

Llandanwg Railway Station, Toronto
As seen in: Medium, Metro (UK), HuffPost UK, 3AM Magazine, Ink Sweat and Tears
Covers:  mental health, literature, body image, travel, TV, film, movies
solid bald poet n blogger w bad mental health n a dog n a baby / books from @brokensleep n others / once 'Highly Commended' in the @ForwardPrizes / very cool

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Scott Manley Hadley writes about mental illness, contemporary masculinities and baldness. Their work has appeared on the BBC, at Metro UK, Huffington Post, Berfrois, CityMetric, Minor Literature[s], Open Pen and many others. Scott was 'Highly Commended' in the Forward Prizes for Poetry 2019 and their books include <i>Bad Boy Poet</i> (Open Pen, 2018) and <i>the pleasure of regret</i> (Broken Sleep Books, 2020).

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Our love of anti-heroes is the reason Boris Johnson is prime minister

Our love of anti-heroes is the reason Boris Johnson is prime minister

Boris Johnson is the UK's new Prime Minister. Just like Donald Trump, another morally-dubious man has been ha…

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Nearly ten years ago, I spent three days walking the Manchester Ship Canal. Here's what I learnt

Nearly ten years ago, I spent three days walking the Manchester Ship Canal. Here's what I learnt

Most of a decade ago I took a three day minibreak to walk the Manchester Ship Canal. Almost everyone I told a…

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Things Not To Say To Bald Men

Things Not To Say To Bald Men

From being referred to as 'one of the Mitchell brothers' to having people ask if they can touch - or even sla…

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Why Ricky Gervais' new show After Life is a damaging depiction of mental health

Why Ricky Gervais' new show After Life is a damaging depiction of mental health

Scott Manley Hadley discusses Ricky Gervais' new show After Life, and how its depiction of mental health migh…

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I lied when friends asked me how I was. Their persistence stopped me from killing myself

I lied when friends asked me how I was. Their persistence stopped me from killing myself

Content warning: This article discusses suicidal thoughts. Mental illness is a difficult topic because - part…

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Burning Cities by Kai Aareleid (trans. Adam Cullen) - Scott Manley Hadley

Burning Cities by Kai Aareleid (trans. Adam Cullen) - Scott Manley Hadley

Burning Cities is a 2016 Estonian novel by Kai Aareleid that won major critical acclaim upon its release. It …

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Never Seen The Sea by Holly Watson

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By Scott Manley Hadley
| triumphofthenow.com
cw: classism Have you – I’m sure you have, but if you haven’t by now (2023 CE) don’t bother – read Eton toff and police informer George Orwell’s best novel, Keep The Aspidistra Flying? Even if you haven’t, you probably know the premise, right?
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I, Nerd by Max Sydney Smith

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By Scott Manley Hadley
| triumphofthenow.com
cw: mental illness, suicide ideation, radicalisation Something I often avoid doing on this blog is writing about work by people who I know IRL. Actually, that’s not true, scratch that, start again- Something I often avoid doing on this blog is writing about the work of people who I know at all, whether that is online or offline. I’m particularly reticent to discuss the writing of people who I feel like I kinda owe something, somehow, y’know.
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You Ruin It When You Talk by Sarah Manvel

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By Scott Manley Hadley
| triumphofthenow.com
You Ruin It When You Talk is a 2020 novelette from the always great and often excellent (especially when they publish poetry), Open Pen, a hip East London micro-indie press and free-at-the-point-of-use short fiction magazine. They’ve published many excellent physically small books since they segued into this in 2018, and this book, all about livin’ and lovin’ in London is a great example of what they do.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Whenever I see a typewriter, I sit before it and type under my fingers hurt. There are few things more beautiful than that zinnnnng.

How is social media changing news?

Often, we now encounter opinion on an event before we encounter a description of it, which can be a problem...

What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?

Every party I've been to in the last few months I've tried to explain to non Twitter people the #adultbabytakeover. No one laughs.