Writer of reflective essays on memory, music, and place. Attempting to live slower in the middle of the chaos. Irish living in West Yorkshire.
https://storiessongsseasons.substack.com
Tom Shiels
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@itstomshiels.bsky.social has a collection of reflective essays on memory, music, and place
storiessongsseasons.substack.com/p/stories-so...
This Saturday, I’ll be joining Hannah Sackville-Bryant on BBC Upload to talk about the essay “Tell me there’ll be Saturdays”.
Catch it live on BBC Radio Leeds, Sheffield, York, or Humberside, from 6pm-8pm or on the BBC Sounds app.
Looking forward to it!
This has just got real.
Stories. Songs. Seasons. collection available to pre-order now. Out December 2026.
And if you’re in Leeds, tickets for the live event are available to pre-order now.
All info and links here: storiessongsseasons.substack.com/p/stories-so...
@siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social Hey Siobhán, I've just sent you a short email. I hope you received it but if it's gone into spam will you give me a shout? All the very best.
A setlist from a gig l did with my band "Far From Havana" 22 years ago this summer. It was an outdoor gig and it rained so heavily the audience watched from their cars and beeped their horns in place of clapping. We were as dreadful as our name suggests but we thought we had made it.
A short piece about Saturday's in the 90s - local football, Saturday night TV, and that feeling of belonging that technology seems to be eroding.
storiessongsseasons.substack.com/p/tell-me-th...
I’ve got bacon for sandwiches in the pan, lamb shoulder slow cooking in the oven, lemon cheese cake chilling in the fridge next to an Easter egg. Now I just need some good songs on and the day is complete. Happy Easter Sunday.
For the first time, I've added audio, a reading of the piece to live alongside the words. This is something I hope to be better at as time goes on!
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Rooted in memory, place, and music, the essays move between childhood, family, loss, the changing seasons, and growing up in Northern Ireland by Tom Shiels
@itstomshiels.bsky.social
storiessongsseasons.substack.com/p/stories-so...
