John Grindrod
@grindrod.bsky.social
Social historian of modern places. Wrote Concretopia and Iconicon. Tales of the Suburbs, on LGBTQ+ history, out March 2026. Also, maps. Disappointingly unserious. Podcast: Monstrosities Mon Amour
https://linktr.ee/johngrindrod
https://linktr.ee/johngrindrod
Reskeet with a time you looked cool.
November 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Reskeet with a time you looked cool.
(More running obsessiveness of a 1993 sort on my most recent Substack) open.substack.com/pub/johngrin...
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
(More running obsessiveness of a 1993 sort on my most recent Substack) open.substack.com/pub/johngrin...
First reader review just in from bookstagrammer canreadwillread www.instagram.com/p/DROqhJfDNy...
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
First reader review just in from bookstagrammer canreadwillread www.instagram.com/p/DROqhJfDNy...
All the leaves have fallen off the acer overnight
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
All the leaves have fallen off the acer overnight
Second hand treasure from 1969
November 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Second hand treasure from 1969
Let's take a ride... My next book is coming out with @faberbooks.bsky.social. Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains will be published March 12 2026. Preorder links in profile, and lots more on the book and the remarkable stories people told me to come over the next few months...
October 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Let's take a ride... My next book is coming out with @faberbooks.bsky.social. Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains will be published March 12 2026. Preorder links in profile, and lots more on the book and the remarkable stories people told me to come over the next few months...
Been at the RSPB in Sandy today. Lost my glasses at some point, and some kind soul found them and handed them in. Cheers whoever you are!
October 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Been at the RSPB in Sandy today. Lost my glasses at some point, and some kind soul found them and handed them in. Cheers whoever you are!
Well this looks great
October 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Well this looks great
Extraordinary memorial service for @booksellercrow.bsky.social today, who will be so much missed in Crystal Palace. There’s a fundraiser to help support Justine and the bookshop www.gofundme.com/f/bookseller...
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Extraordinary memorial service for @booksellercrow.bsky.social today, who will be so much missed in Crystal Palace. There’s a fundraiser to help support Justine and the bookshop www.gofundme.com/f/bookseller...
Let’s go to Blackpool’s Golden Mile with seaside historian Kathryn Ferry, in the latest episode of Monstrosities Mon Amour podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
September 27, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Let’s go to Blackpool’s Golden Mile with seaside historian Kathryn Ferry, in the latest episode of Monstrosities Mon Amour podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
Lovely evening at the launch of When Worlds Collide, a book on video game storytelling by writer of numerous successful games (and my best mate from university) the brilliant @cbharvey.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Lovely evening at the launch of When Worlds Collide, a book on video game storytelling by writer of numerous successful games (and my best mate from university) the brilliant @cbharvey.bsky.social
Two Croydon walks ✅
One Milton Keynes walk ✅
One tired Grindrod ✅
Thanks so much to everyone who came along and hope you enjoyed the geekery
One Milton Keynes walk ✅
One tired Grindrod ✅
Thanks so much to everyone who came along and hope you enjoyed the geekery
September 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Two Croydon walks ✅
One Milton Keynes walk ✅
One tired Grindrod ✅
Thanks so much to everyone who came along and hope you enjoyed the geekery
One Milton Keynes walk ✅
One tired Grindrod ✅
Thanks so much to everyone who came along and hope you enjoyed the geekery
Thanks so much to everyone who came along to the Milton Keynes walk today for Pooleyville. Tomorrow: TWO walks in Croydon! Pic: @bertiefox.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Thanks so much to everyone who came along to the Milton Keynes walk today for Pooleyville. Tomorrow: TWO walks in Croydon! Pic: @bertiefox.bsky.social
Hello from your intrepid writer paddling in the sea
September 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Hello from your intrepid writer paddling in the sea
Pass that Dutch baby! A taste of Hollandaise in Cley next the Sea, Norfolk
September 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Pass that Dutch baby! A taste of Hollandaise in Cley next the Sea, Norfolk
Excellent buy from Norwich: the German version of Boring Postcards I didn’t even know existed
September 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Excellent buy from Norwich: the German version of Boring Postcards I didn’t even know existed
Chuffed to have a long article in the FT magazine’s design special today: How To Make A New Town
September 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Chuffed to have a long article in the FT magazine’s design special today: How To Make A New Town
Found this in a lovely 1975 Puffin Annual, a game about a cat called Grindrod.
September 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Found this in a lovely 1975 Puffin Annual, a game about a cat called Grindrod.
More universe-changing stories should take place in lay-bys
August 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
More universe-changing stories should take place in lay-bys