• Pumping Irony: What John Patrick Higgins Listens to to Avoid Listening to the Gym

    Hear ye! For our money, John Patrick Higgins isn’t just one of the sharpest, most wickedly funny writers on the island—he also has impeccable taste in music. Unfortunately, he is not paying us to say this. Here, the Belfast-based author (and more besides) waxes lyrical on how artists like Wire, Cornelius, Ottawan, and Beth Gibbons have made his recent volte-face to gym life that bit more endurable. John Patrick Higgins’ acclaimed debut book, Teeth, is out now via Sagging Meniscus Press. His debut novel, Fine, is out on 4th November When I’m in the gym, staring vacantly at footage of…