I’ve moved to Substack!
Dear honoured and lovely readers, I have moved my newsletter over to Substack. You should have had your subscription transferred over automatically, but in...
Next Level Sketch with Joz Norris next Wednesday! / County Cricket Travels / New Newsletter launch on Friday
Hello everyone! The birds are singing on my estate, and the cat is staring furiously out the window. Spring, or something that feels a lot like it, is...
Brighton Folk Choir on t’radio / Trust Us, We’re Doctors! / Next Level Sketch’s April Show
Hello! I hope everyone enjoyed their Easter Weekend, filled with rampaging rabbits, symbolic eggs, and chocolate Jesus. Shows!!! I have two main plugs for...
Cat Sitting in the Panopticon / Trust Us, We Are Doctors! / Next Level Sketch’s busy spring
Hello everyone! Big exciting news here in James-land: I have belatedly realised wireless keyboards for tablets exist, and now I can write newsletters...
Horse Passports ride again / Next Level Sketch spring dates now on sale
Hi readers! A tired James this lunchtime, after watching much more of England’s cricketing defeat in New Zealand than he perhaps should have, given that New...
Next Level Sketch tomorrow / 52 postcards
Hello everyone! Apologies for no newsletter last week. I hope you got through without it, and used the time you usually spend reading it equally...
Horse Passports through to the Quarter Finals! / This Machine Killed Wasps
Hi everyone! Sorry for late newsletter, I caught something flu-ish and shook it off slowly, like Taylor Swift wading through treacle. This Machine Killed...
Half Man Half Biscuit / Upcoming Shows / A Letter to the Editor
Hi valued subscribers! Half Man Half Biscuit I saw my favourite band ever last week thanks to being The Mate Of The Bloke I met at the Walthamstow Wassail,...
Tudor Wassail at Michelham Priory / A Brighton Cyclist / This Machine Kills Wasps
Hello subscribers old and new! I hope you are not too cold, wherever you are. This is one of those mornings where I like to go and look at the sea, to remind...
Vermillion Monday
Today is "Blue Monday", a conceit dreamt up by a now-defunct travel company to convince you to buy more holidays. Regardless of whether it's real or not...
This Machine Kills Wasps / Walthamstow Wassail 2023
Howdy newsletter subscribers! I hope you all enjoyed the first New Moon of 2023. What else has happened? I had a lovely sauna session at the Porchester Spa...
This Machine Kills Wasps / Sketch-Off tickets on sale now
Hello! I hope you are enjoying the futuristic year of 2023 so far, with its flying cars, modernist housing and chocolate bars named after space hardware....
My Top Podcasts of 2022 / Next Level Sketch Early Bird Tickets / Hovercrafts
Hello comrades! Hope you’re all full of sprouts, in a non-denominational kind of way. Top Podcasts of 2022 I listen to too many podcasts. Here are the ones I...
The Last of the Great Indie Discos: interview with Chris from Offbeat
Hi everyone! A very short edition of the newsletter today to share an interval I did with Chris Stride, of the wonderful Offbeat in Sheffield. He’s been...
Park Hill: Urban Splashback
Hi everyone! I’ve been sick but now I am slowly emerging from my cocoon, like a beautiful, snot-encrusted butterfly. The whole city is your jewellery box...
It’s hard to be an anteater at Christmas
It’s 4am, it’s freezing, and the birds are singing. The dawn has never felt further away. Definitely the ideal time to send a newsletter. Well tonight thank...
Suburb on the Edge of Forever: Paris Edition
Hi there! I trust whoever reads this newsletter is feeling good, perhaps has a cup of tea or coffee within easy reach, and is situated somewhere safe, kind...
Next Level Sketch Halloween Special this Thursday! / Spooky Infrastructure Month / Write-Up of my gig in Brighton with MJ Hibbett
We're getting towards the business end of spooky month, with ghosts, spectres and the like becoming ever more brazen in their haunting antics. Stay safe out...
Interview with Phoenix Remix / Spooky Infrastructure Month / Come and see me and MJ Hibbett / Halloween Sketch Show!
Hello everyone, from this beautiful autumn day. My conkers, abandoned, slowly shrivel on my windowsill. And this is beautiful. Interview Please read this...
Tory Conference / Cycling / Next Level Sketch / Hibbett Gig / "James Walsh Month"
Hi Comrades! Lots to get through this week, please delay the singing of The Internationale until you get to the end. #CPC22 Some friends have found it...