Justin Myers

@theguyliner

Author, journalist, and Guardian Blind Date superfan. A body like Arnold with a Denzel face. (he/him) theguyliner.com theguyliner.substack.com

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Justin Myers@theguyliner· 3d

The Glorious Dead is out now in paperback and this is one of my favourite lines from it.

Dialogue between two characters in The Glorious Dead. Ned ends his long screed with ‘I will die on that hill.’
Laurie replies: ‘Weird hill for you to die on, of all people, but, hey, at least you're dead’

Justin Myers@theguyliner· 12d

I see Jonathan and Jennifer Hart have opened a shop together

A K-beauty shop in Westfield White City, named Moida, which looks like it may sound like the word ‘murder’ in a New York accent, making this a very niche 80s joke. (I know it probably isn’t pronounced like that, please don’t write in)

Justin Myers@theguyliner· 19d

Moving house tomorrow, against my will, for the second time in a year. I have never before looked or felt as vivacious, optimistic and cheerful as I do today.

Madonna in a shoot for Interview magazine looking doleful in a head scarf, serial killer glasses and a cardigan

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Jul 11

There will be a Guardian Blind Date review today. impeccable.theguyliner.com

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Jul 10

This is he.

A photo of my black greyhound in the kitchen in a red collar.

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Jun 29

ICON.

Dame Penelope Keith as Margo Leadbetter in The Good Life, sitting on a sun lounger, smoking a cigarette in a zany patterned dress.

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Jun 25

Shipley Clock Tower, a boxy brutalist design from 1961 featuring a white cube with clock faces and a strange elf tolling the bell, atop concrete pillars then two further concrete cubes, each with a small balcony. Yeah.

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Jun 25

Happy birthday Grandma!

A photo of me and my grandma on her 80th birthday in 2006.

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Jun 22

Some great lines – in every sense – in this new Madonna interview. www.interviewmagazine.com/music/madonn...

MADONNA: So anyway, we made out, we did a little blow, and then he agreed to listen to my demo. Is this too long of a story?
OTTENBERG: No. Please never stop talking.

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Jun 12

I have a picture of David Hockney, painting a David Hockney, in my living room.

A print of a photograph taken by Cecil Beaton, featuring David Hockney, Maudie James, and Peter Schlesinger, in front of a David Hockney painting of Christopher Isherwood

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Jun 6

There will indeed be a Guardian Blind Date review today. impeccable.theguyliner.com

Alexis Carrington in Dynasty, played by joan collins thoughtfully chewing a pen

Justin Myers@theguyliner· May 19

Twiggy and Coleen Nolan pose on the set of This Morning, which they presented during a disastrous revamp after Richard and Judy left.

Justin Myers@theguyliner· May 8

When the kind of pollen that destroys you every year finally decides to show up

Jackie Stallone enters the big brother house in a huge fur and insane amounts of jewellery

Brigitte Nielsen in big brother looking overwhelmed as her former mother in law Jackie Stallone enters the house

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Apr 15

Can’t wait for the new Adrian Mole adaptation. Pauline Mole was the Madonna of TV mothers.

Julie Walters as Pauline Mole and Gian Sammarco as Adrian Mole, in the 1980s TV adaptation of the secret diary of Adrian mole age 13 3/4

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Apr 5

An Easter treat that won’t rot your teeth and hasn’t been shrinkflated! My ‘deliciously dark’ and ‘twisty and witty’ banger is 99p on Kindle/ebook today only. amzn.eu/d/0btjRlMk

A graphic showing the cover of my book, the glorious dead, with a badge that says 99p

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Apr 4

Am eating a tiramisu hot cross bun

Madonna dances in front of a burning cross in the video for “like a prayer”

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Apr 3

Me, but with home ownership instead of cake.

A headline from The Onion about a horse who wants to eat cake, that says “I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake”

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Apr 3

Me looking at screen as I take the photo: this is stunning Me looking at final photo:

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Mar 21

There will be a Guardian Blind Date review today. impeccable.theguyliner.com

Patricia Routledge as Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances, looking startled

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Mar 18

Oh I forgot to post about my new dog here. Anyway: hi.

A photograph of me in the park with my black greyhound.

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Mar 14

When did your obsession with hot toxic women begin?

Margaret Lockwood in the 1940s movie The Wicked Lady

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Feb 7

There will be a Guardian Blind Date review going live today. impeccable.theguyliner.com

The two stars of Heated Rivalry in a scene from the show, at a press conference

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Jan 29

The audiobook for THE GLORIOUS DEAD is out today and it’s brilliant. Read with gusto by the talented @liamgerrard.bsky.social [and me doing the dedication and acknowledgments] I couldn’t be happier with how it’s come to life. Available wherever you get your audiobooks. Here’s a snippet.

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Jan 19

The nepobaby debate that circles culture’s landing strip until good weather and boredom allow it to finally touch down every few years doesn’t feel like it quite applies to Brooklyn Beckham. He didn’t live his childhood shielded from the spotlight, only to be whisked out of nowhere, to snatch book deals and air fryer endorsements from the starving mouths of the more deserving working classes. He was groomed for stardom, if not by his parents – although I’d love to know their original plans for their eldest son, the ambitions of the Beckham offspring never feel overly workshopped – then by the media circus that has surrounded him all his life. Brooklyn was on magazine covers before he was out of nappies, usually without his permission, and for a good sixteen years, he played his assigned role of well-adjusted celebrity kid relatively uneventfully.

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Jan 6

My Christmas tree is still up and probably won’t be down before the weekend. We moved house in June so am considering sticking a notice in the window for the new neighbours, explaining: ‘not a weirdo, just lazy’.

My Christmas tree featuring numerous baubles, including a stack of presents, a jellyfish, Cookie Monster, Rue McLanahan, and lights.

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Jan 3

Final few days of THE GLORIOUS DEAD being 99p! Don’t miss it! amzn.eu/d/1r9SWBW

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Dec 31

“Happy New Year when it comes.”

Martin McCutcheon as Tiffany Mitchell from EastEnders on New Year’s Eve in 1998 after being fatally run over by Frank Butcher.

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Dec 22

Final evening of my 40s and I’m feeling wonderful

A young man looking into a mirror and seeing an old man

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Dec 20

There will be a Guardian Blind Date review today. impeccable.theguyliner.com

Lindsay Lohan stares into mid-00s MacBook Pro

Justin Myers@theguyliner· Dec 15

If you are after signed copies of THE GLORIOUS DEAD, in the last few days I’ve scribbled in copies in @foylesforbooks.bsky.social at Waterloo Station, Columbia Road Books, and @hatchards.bsky.social at St Pancras. And there’s one at @waterstones.bsky.social Leadenhall and one at Lewisham too.