Adrian Harvey
Writer, public policy bod, urbanist. Iceland obsessive. Author of The Whirligig, Being Someone, The Cursing Stone and Time's Tide.
www.adrian-harvey.uk
- "...evokes memories of discovery and awakening which sit in the reader's mind. Like the time in which it is set, the story is by turn chaotic and violent, claustrophobic and secretive." www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1919175008
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Post war western Europe is simply the best society that this species has ever managed to create. Never forget it. Defend it for all we're worth. - Reposted by Adrian HarveyIf I was President of the United States, the last thing I’d do is start questioning territorial claims based on ‘people arriving in boats hundreds of years ago’.
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- Over Xmas, I finally got around to reading The War of the Worlds. One of those books you 'know' (the films, the concept albums...) but one that is just so much richer in its original text. The setting is familiar, parochial even, the language very much of its time, but the vision is immense... 1/2
- The description of war is familiar to anyone with a passing knowledge of the first world war, but Wells was writing 15 years before that started. It is brilliantly brutal and desolate, not least in how it explores the humans themselves - our weaknesses, fortitude and hubris. Felt very timely. 2/2
- Oh, and that cover is amazing. ##amreading #writersdayoff
- "A riveting political thriller... I loved the intrigue and machinations in smoke filled rooms, fuelled by acrid coffee. But it’s also timeless and humane in the way it tracks how idealism collides with politics." The Whirligig is out now. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1919175008
- The sun goes down on 2025 over Ponta Delgada. It's not raining, which is nice. #saomiguel #azores
- Thought from the North Atlantic, after a week in the Azores: the far right candidate in next year's Portugese presidential election has posters everywhere (some comically defaced) and it's clear that today's Nazis are absurdly well-funded, the world over.
- Christmas swim in (the margins of the) north Atlantic...
- Happy Christmas from an island in the North Atlantic where they knit their Christmas trees.
- This chart is astonishing and yet so unsurprising. I always ask friends and family caught up in this delirium 'what has changed?' and the answer isn't this.
- Reposted by Adrian HarveyNigel Farage on GB News the other day said: “We have a Mayor of London who is happy to celebrate every other religious festival around the world, but just not Christmas.” One of his more brazen lies. What would he have made of Sadiq's 2025 Christmas Carol Service? www.onlondon.co.uk/sadiq-khans-...
- Had a lovely time at last night's launch of my new novel, The Whirligig. Delighted that old friend @labourpaul.bsky.social showed up. (In case it needs saying, the book makes an ideal Xmas gift - www.waterstones.com/book/the-whi...)
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- Memory-holing is not new, exhibit 3271. Of course, tech makes it (much) easier these days to stand up the lie, but we've always been bad at knowing things.
- The rules, as set out by Douglas Adams. 1 everything that’s in the world when you’re born is normal; 2 anything that gets invented before you turn 30 is exciting and with any luck you can make a career out of it; 3 anything that gets invented after that is the beginning of the end of civilisation
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- The Whirligig is a gripping story of politics and power, of loyalty and betrayal, and of the good intentions that pave the road to hell. Sounds like an ideal Christmas present! Available from www.waterstones.com/book/the-whi... and other booksellers!
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- I used to really like #wato but I've just sat through 45 minutes and heard no news whatsoever, and in fact nothing I would describe as comment or analysis. Utterly vacuous.
- “Harvey weaves a magnetic tale of human hope and betrayal with depth and insight. A triumph.” The first reviews are in for The Whirligig and you can read some of them here - www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... A story loyalty and betrayal, and of the good intentions that pave the road to hell.
- Reposted by Adrian HarveyThe "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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- Reposted by Adrian Harvey"sharp and assured, balancing suspense with thoughtful character work" The Whirligig is a story of politics and power, of loyalty and betrayal, and of the good intentions that pave the road to hell. Available now - www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1919175008
- "sharp and assured, balancing suspense with thoughtful character work" The Whirligig is story of politics and power, of loyalty and betrayal, and of the good intentions that pave the road to hell. Available now - www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1919175008
- Reposted by Adrian HarveyHe's very good, that Adrian Harvey.
- Happy Publication Day to me! “Harvey weaves a magnetic tale of human hope and betrayal with depth and insight. A triumph.” A gripping story of politics and power, of loyalty and betrayal, and of the good intentions that pave the road to hell. Available now from wherever you buy your books.
- A gripping story of politics and power, of loyalty and betrayal, and of the good intentions that pave the road to hell. "The mood is unmistakably tense —smoke-hazed rooms, uneasy political currents, and a constant sense that something is shifting just out of sight."
- My novel, The Whirligig, is out on Thursday (the 50th anniversary of Franco's death). In part, it explores what happens when 'good' people turn against vulnerable minorities for votes. Feels kind of relevant...
- Can't wait until 20 November? The Whirligig is available to pre-order in the UK at Waterstones - www.waterstones.com/book/the-whi...
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- My new novel is published on 20 November, the fiftieth anniversary of Franco's death. Unintentional, but somehow fitting... A story of politics and power, of loyalty and betrayal, and of the good intentions that pave the road to hell.
- 2016 really was an act of unprecedented national self-harm, wasn't it?
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- It's a grey day in London, but not as grey as the Skeiðarárjökull...
- My journal of the trip this 'summer' is here - pointtopointnavigation.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/n...
- This chart (in a fascinating thread comparing coverage of a mass stabbing 30 years ago) should be seen by a lot more people.
- Reposted by Adrian HarveyIt’s fascinating comparing the front page coverage of the Huntingdon train attack (below) with how the British press treated another case 30 years ago. I’m referring to the 1995 Netto supermarket attack in Birmingham in which a man stabbed 10 people, killing one of them.
- What happens to the true-believer when politics becomes detached from the truth? My timely new novel is out on 20 November.
- Reposted by Adrian HarveyWherever we looked for the prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler. manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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- A slightly creepy short story for Halloween adrian-harvey.uk#/fiction/sho... #amwriting
- Reposted by Adrian Harvey“a new model of public engagement is emerging that builds on the experience of design review to put the views of local people into the mix” Community engagement provides a more holistic approach to housing development, argues @ade-harvey.bsky.social fabians.org.uk/building-com...
- “Harvey weaves a magnetic tale of human hope and betrayal with depth and insight. A triumph.” The Whirligig is published on 20 November but is available for pre-order at Waterstones (UK) www.waterstones.com/book/the-whi... and Barnes and Noble (US) www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-whirli...
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- The curds are in the mould for this autumn's make. In a couple of months - just in time for Xmas! - they'll look something like the cheese on the right - the last of summer's make. Mmmm.
- A dark little short story for the dark months... Two: adrian-harvey.uk#/fiction/sho...
- “Harvey’s beautiful prose explores the personal side of professional politics and the flawed people who pursue it.” - Emma Burnell, political journalist and playwright
- Reposted by Adrian HarveyBertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley. Perfection.
- Advance copies of The Whirligig have arrived - always exciting to the meet your books in the flesh for the first time... The Whirligig is out on 20th November, but should be available for pre-order soon.
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- Up on the acropolis at Monemvasia.
- From Monemvasia in the Peloponese, where the sea is inviting even in October.
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- I’m very excited to reveal the cover of my new novel! 'The Whirligig' is out in November 2025. “Harvey weaves a magnetic tale of human hope and betrayal with depth and insight. A triumph.” - James Silvester, author of 'Escape to Perdition'
- Reposted by Adrian HarveyCan’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
- Reposted by Adrian HarveyA good day to join the Fabians… fabians.org.uk/membership/j...
- Proofs for for the new book have arrived, so here's a bit of love for my second novel, The Cursing Stone. From the Small Isles to the big city, a coming of age story - and something of a love letter to London. www.amazon.co.uk/Cursing-Ston...
- To remind myself of good things, here's some cheese I made in July, finally opened. Punchy, crumbly and very satisfying. #cheese
- Film4 has just described The Killing Fields as a docudrama, and I'm dying a little bit inside.
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- Ten years ago... back when I was fresh and talented.
- This summer, I went walking in Iceland again, this time over a glacier, as well as some mountains. I wrote about it here: pointtopointnavigation.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/n... #iceland #walking
- If we want to build the houses we need, we need to make places where people want to live. Constructive community engagement will be cirtical to that. humanise.org/opinions/com...
- I'm on my way back from hiking in southern Iceland. Day three was across a glacier (Skeiðarárjökullinn for those interested). This is not a black and white photo.
- I'm off to Iceland for a bit of walking. I hope the weather is a little kinder than last year...
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