4 Quotes & Sayings By Mark Barrowcliffe

Mark Barrowcliffe is a former music journalist and now lives in Cornwall with his wife and two sons. Mark has been a finalist in The Great British Book Awards, the UK's largest national reading competition, as well as a finalist in The Author's Academy Awards. He has written for publications including Q Magazine, MOJO, The Independent on Sunday and The Telegraph, and was a contributor to the seminal book 1000 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. His first novel, Kicking Against the Pricks won the First Novel Award from the Crime Writers Association in 2012 Read more

He has a second novel out now called The Family Tree which features football hooligans on holiday in Cornwall.

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At the time I thought the winner in an argument was the person who put forward the most logical support for his position. Of course, this isn't true. Human history, from gardening disputes to genocide, is full of examples of people with the most decent, well-argued stance ending up with their face in the mud in front of a naked display of power. Mark Barrowcliffe
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...an obsession is a way for damaged people to damage themselves more. Mark Barrowcliffe
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With the help of fanzines and close attention to the text of the game you can actually learn to speak Tsolyanu while wondering why the school still makes you learn French—it's not like you're going to use it. Mark Barrowcliffe