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Join me for a ramble through 2000 years of culture and history at the heart of old London. www.thegentleauthorstours.com
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Meet me on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral at Christmas for a walking tour of storytelling and sightseeing through the alleys and byways of the Square Mile to London Bridge in search of the wonders and wickedness of the City of London. Tickets: thegentleauthorstours.com/p/booking
Looking forward to Tessa Hunkin's talk about Hackney Mosaic Project at the WRITE IDEA FESTIVAL this Sunday 23rd November at 5:30pm at Tower Hamlets Town Hall in Whitechapel. Free tickets from: ideastore.co.uk/whats-on/wri...
November 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Looking forward to Tessa Hunkin's talk about Hackney Mosaic Project at the WRITE IDEA FESTIVAL this Sunday 23rd November at 5:30pm at Tower Hamlets Town Hall in Whitechapel. Free tickets from: ideastore.co.uk/whats-on/wri...
Tickets are free for Tessa Hunkin's talk about Hackney Mosaic Project at the WRITE IDEA FESTIVAL this Sunday 23rd November at 5:30pm at Tower Hamlets Town Hall in Whitechapel.
Tickets from: ideastore.co.uk/whats-on/wri...
Tickets from: ideastore.co.uk/whats-on/wri...
November 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Tickets are free for Tessa Hunkin's talk about Hackney Mosaic Project at the WRITE IDEA FESTIVAL this Sunday 23rd November at 5:30pm at Tower Hamlets Town Hall in Whitechapel.
Tickets from: ideastore.co.uk/whats-on/wri...
Tickets from: ideastore.co.uk/whats-on/wri...
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Ich wisshe Ich koude clearlye communicate to my cat that the litel guy doth literallye make lyfe worth livinge everye daye. Ich wisshe Ich koude let hym knowe.
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Ich wisshe Ich koude clearlye communicate to my cat that the litel guy doth literallye make lyfe worth livinge everye daye. Ich wisshe Ich koude let hym knowe.
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They come across fresh on every encounter. I never knew until now of @thegentleauthor.bsky.social's role in saving them.
Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social Dorothy Annan’s Murals At The Barbican spitalfieldslife.com/2025/11/17/d...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
They come across fresh on every encounter. I never knew until now of @thegentleauthor.bsky.social's role in saving them.
Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social Dorothy Annan’s Murals At The Barbican spitalfieldslife.com/2025/11/17/d...
Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social Dorothy Annan’s Murals At The Barbican spitalfieldslife.com/2025/11/17/d...
Meet me on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral at Christmas for a walking tour of storytelling and sightseeing through the alleys and byways of the Square Mile to London Bridge in search of the wonders and wickedness of the City of London. Tickets: thegentleauthorstours.com/p/booking
November 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Meet me on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral at Christmas for a walking tour of storytelling and sightseeing through the alleys and byways of the Square Mile to London Bridge in search of the wonders and wickedness of the City of London. Tickets: thegentleauthorstours.com/p/booking
Tickets are free for Tessa Hunkin's talk about Hackney Mosaic Project at the WRITE IDEA FESTIVAL this Sunday 23rd November at 5:30pm at Tower Hamlets Town Hall in Whitechapel.
Tickets available from: www.ideastore.co.uk/whats-on/wri...
Tickets available from: www.ideastore.co.uk/whats-on/wri...
November 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Tickets are free for Tessa Hunkin's talk about Hackney Mosaic Project at the WRITE IDEA FESTIVAL this Sunday 23rd November at 5:30pm at Tower Hamlets Town Hall in Whitechapel.
Tickets available from: www.ideastore.co.uk/whats-on/wri...
Tickets available from: www.ideastore.co.uk/whats-on/wri...
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Thei wante us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe, and Broadway to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop makinge a living. Thei want to sell us hell and have us pay for it.
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Thei wante us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe, and Broadway to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop makinge a living. Thei want to sell us hell and have us pay for it.
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Some brave souls choose to face the feare of failure and the terror of a blanke page. Thrugh harde worke and luck thei come back wyth storyes that bringe us mirthe, or horror, or thrilles, or beautye, or wisdom, or delighteful surreal confusioun. Gen A.I. ys nothinge lyke that. Long live artists.
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Some brave souls choose to face the feare of failure and the terror of a blanke page. Thrugh harde worke and luck thei come back wyth storyes that bringe us mirthe, or horror, or thrilles, or beautye, or wisdom, or delighteful surreal confusioun. Gen A.I. ys nothinge lyke that. Long live artists.
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It ys a such challenging, turbulent, scarye tyme. My greatest wisshe ys that you may fynde sum small moment of peace, delight, mirthe, pleasure, discoverye, connectioun, or fascinacioun that doth make yower day just a litel bettir. Ich wisshe thys for thee wyth all of myne hearte.
November 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It ys a such challenging, turbulent, scarye tyme. My greatest wisshe ys that you may fynde sum small moment of peace, delight, mirthe, pleasure, discoverye, connectioun, or fascinacioun that doth make yower day just a litel bettir. Ich wisshe thys for thee wyth all of myne hearte.
I am delighted that Karolina Merska of FOLKA is giving a talk on FORGOTTEN CRAFTS & CUSTOMS IN POLISH FOLK ART this Saturday at 2pm at @bloomsburyjamboree
TICKETS: shorturl.at/1xnaL
TICKETS: shorturl.at/1xnaL
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I am delighted that Karolina Merska of FOLKA is giving a talk on FORGOTTEN CRAFTS & CUSTOMS IN POLISH FOLK ART this Saturday at 2pm at @bloomsburyjamboree
TICKETS: shorturl.at/1xnaL
TICKETS: shorturl.at/1xnaL
We need volunteers for the BLOOMSBURY JAMBOREE this weekend. We offer goody bags of books in return. If you can help please email [email protected]
November 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
We need volunteers for the BLOOMSBURY JAMBOREE this weekend. We offer goody bags of books in return. If you can help please email [email protected]
Come to hear James Binning tell the story of the Turner Prize-winning architectural collective ASSEMBLE next Sunday 16th November 12:15pm at the Bloomsbury Jamboree at Art Workers’ Guild in Queen Square WC1N 3AT. Tickets: shorturl.at/1xnaL
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Come to hear James Binning tell the story of the Turner Prize-winning architectural collective ASSEMBLE next Sunday 16th November 12:15pm at the Bloomsbury Jamboree at Art Workers’ Guild in Queen Square WC1N 3AT. Tickets: shorturl.at/1xnaL
Ranunculus from Columbia Road Market this morning
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Ranunculus from Columbia Road Market this morning
Read my feature about Maureen Rose of Taylors Buttons & Belts at The World of Interiors online.
www.worldofinteriors.com/story/taylor...
www.worldofinteriors.com/story/taylor...
The fastener show: Taylors Buttons and Belts is as Dickensian as a shop can be
Located in Dickens's childhood home, the century-old Taylors needs crowdfunding to stay afloat
www.worldofinteriors.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Read my feature about Maureen Rose of Taylors Buttons & Belts at The World of Interiors online.
www.worldofinteriors.com/story/taylor...
www.worldofinteriors.com/story/taylor...
Today is publication day for Gillian Tindall's JOURNEY OF A MAN UNKNOWN and we are sending out copies with some freebies. Copies: shorturl.at/Q5rtg
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Today is publication day for Gillian Tindall's JOURNEY OF A MAN UNKNOWN and we are sending out copies with some freebies. Copies: shorturl.at/Q5rtg
Today is publication day for Gillian Tindall’s novel JOURNAL OF A MAN UNKNOWN. Although Gillian died last month at the age of 87, we take consolation in the knowledge that her final work is published thereby fulfilling her dying wish. Copies: shorturl.at/Q5rtg
November 6, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Today is publication day for Gillian Tindall’s novel JOURNAL OF A MAN UNKNOWN. Although Gillian died last month at the age of 87, we take consolation in the knowledge that her final work is published thereby fulfilling her dying wish. Copies: shorturl.at/Q5rtg
You are welcome to join us for the launch of Gillian Tindall's novel at Hatchard's Piccadilly on 19th Nov. At 7pm Colin Thubron will speak and Alan Cox will read from the novel. To register a place email [email protected]
Copies available from: shorturl.at/Q5rtg
Copies available from: shorturl.at/Q5rtg
November 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
You are welcome to join us for the launch of Gillian Tindall's novel at Hatchard's Piccadilly on 19th Nov. At 7pm Colin Thubron will speak and Alan Cox will read from the novel. To register a place email [email protected]
Copies available from: shorturl.at/Q5rtg
Copies available from: shorturl.at/Q5rtg
Asters and eryngium from Columbia Road Market this morning
November 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Asters and eryngium from Columbia Road Market this morning
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Such happy news! Button shops are marvellous places. There's a place in Dallas, #BennosButtons, that use to have fabulous early 20th century buttons. Not sure that they still do.
I am delighted to announce that we have reached the total in just 48 hours. The entire sewing, dressmaking and costume community rallied round to save our beloved Maureen Rose. Good job everybody!
Please help SAVE TAYLORS BUTTONS, Maureen Rose's legendary shop in Cleveland St. They will shut in November forever unless they can pay their rent arrears from the Covid lockdowns:
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/taylorsbut...
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/taylorsbut...
November 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Such happy news! Button shops are marvellous places. There's a place in Dallas, #BennosButtons, that use to have fabulous early 20th century buttons. Not sure that they still do.
I am delighted to announce that we have reached the total in just 48 hours. The entire sewing, dressmaking and costume community rallied round to save our beloved Maureen Rose. Good job everybody!
Please help SAVE TAYLORS BUTTONS, Maureen Rose's legendary shop in Cleveland St. They will shut in November forever unless they can pay their rent arrears from the Covid lockdowns:
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/taylorsbut...
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/taylorsbut...
November 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I am delighted to announce that we have reached the total in just 48 hours. The entire sewing, dressmaking and costume community rallied round to save our beloved Maureen Rose. Good job everybody!
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November 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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In collaboration with Mainstone Press and Design for Today, I am hosting our annual BLOOMSBURY JAMBOREE a festival of books and print, illustration, talks and seasonal merriment on SATURDAY 15th & SUNDAY 16th NOVEMBER at the magnificent Art Workers Guild , 6 Queens Sq, WC1N 3AT.
November 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
In collaboration with Mainstone Press and Design for Today, I am hosting our annual BLOOMSBURY JAMBOREE a festival of books and print, illustration, talks and seasonal merriment on SATURDAY 15th & SUNDAY 16th NOVEMBER at the magnificent Art Workers Guild , 6 Queens Sq, WC1N 3AT.