Jonn Elledge
@jonnelledge.bsky.social
#1 Sunday Times bestselling author, because apparently that matters. New Statesman, New World, Oh God What Now, The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything, Paper Cuts (RIP). Londoner. *Not* an American.
got my friend back
December 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
got my friend back
December 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
someone should probably get fired for this
November 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
someone should probably get fired for this
had a go on The Bridge
November 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
had a go on The Bridge
I am in the happiest place on Earth! (Heathrow Terminal 5)
November 27, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I am in the happiest place on Earth! (Heathrow Terminal 5)
"If that Adams quote is ringing any bells, that’s probably because it’s been widely reproduced all over the internet – though often, strangely, with slightly different wording which pushes the cut off to 35, in a manner that makes it look hilariously like some tech-savvy 33 year felt miffed."
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"If that Adams quote is ringing any bells, that’s probably because it’s been widely reproduced all over the internet – though often, strangely, with slightly different wording which pushes the cut off to 35, in a manner that makes it look hilariously like some tech-savvy 33 year felt miffed."
Jon Stone was very wise here
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Jon Stone was very wise here
new translation! Spanish version comes with a new introduction (will stick the original English version out on the newsletter at some point soon). having written it i know what it says, but i nonetheless turned to the acknowledgements to check what "best dog in the world" is in a new language
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
new translation! Spanish version comes with a new introduction (will stick the original English version out on the newsletter at some point soon). having written it i know what it says, but i nonetheless turned to the acknowledgements to check what "best dog in the world" is in a new language
The longest and least noticed mountain range in the world.
(Amazing what you can miss when you’re not paying attention, isn’t it?)
jonn.substack.com/p/the-longes...
(Amazing what you can miss when you’re not paying attention, isn’t it?)
jonn.substack.com/p/the-longes...
![How long the resulting chain is depends on how you count – Encyclopaedia Britannica suggests 80,000km, the US National Ocean Service just 60,000km; I suspect the former counts the branches and the latter does not. Either way, though, it’s an order of magnitude longer than the Andes.
A map of the system, dating from 1999. But I’m pretty confident it’s not radically changed since.
[a map of the oceanic ridge]
It’s standard practice to describe this chain – probably the largest physical feature of the planet that isn’t an ocean or a continent, which we tend to ignore, because it’s](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ec4ocjzt53cytl42amsbpxbp/bafkreigkbsrmq5rrsyamkwdr6qpadinda35e45m4e5kz42ykep7bwbomde@jpeg)
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The longest and least noticed mountain range in the world.
(Amazing what you can miss when you’re not paying attention, isn’t it?)
jonn.substack.com/p/the-longes...
(Amazing what you can miss when you’re not paying attention, isn’t it?)
jonn.substack.com/p/the-longes...
Research has found that Britain has the smallest houses in Europe, by the way. I find the claim that we are "over housed" baffling.
www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/prop...
www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/prop...
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Research has found that Britain has the smallest houses in Europe, by the way. I find the claim that we are "over housed" baffling.
www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/prop...
www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/prop...
Right that's your lot
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Right that's your lot
down through Mayfair
November 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
down through Mayfair
down to Marble Arch
November 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
down to Marble Arch
reassuring to know that consumption of chicken remains voluntary on the Edgware Road
November 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
reassuring to know that consumption of chicken remains voluntary on the Edgware Road
little Venice in all its finery
*finery may not be visible
*finery may not be visible
November 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
little Venice in all its finery
*finery may not be visible
*finery may not be visible
by this point in all honesty I was dehydrated and had no clue what I was photographing any more
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
by this point in all honesty I was dehydrated and had no clue what I was photographing any more
through Cricklewood to Kilburn
November 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
through Cricklewood to Kilburn
walking along a trunk road next to some retail parks as it got dark was not a highlight tbh
November 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
walking along a trunk road next to some retail parks as it got dark was not a highlight tbh
Across to the A5, the long straight road once known as Watling Street. the reservoir is colloquially known as Welsh Harp - had always assumed this was because of its shape but apparently it was a pub
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Across to the A5, the long straight road once known as Watling Street. the reservoir is colloquially known as Welsh Harp - had always assumed this was because of its shape but apparently it was a pub
across the fields to Silk Stream
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
across the fields to Silk Stream
past some kind of temple
November 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
past some kind of temple