the best halloween poem of them all - william dunbar's "harry, harry, hobbillschowe" (there are many many more stanzas of this)
October 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
the best halloween poem of them all - william dunbar's "harry, harry, hobbillschowe" (there are many many more stanzas of this)
dominos. the home of low value pizza
October 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
dominos. the home of low value pizza
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The carefully trodden language of grief - Goose to Donkey from Les Murray ‘Translations from the Natural World’.
October 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The carefully trodden language of grief - Goose to Donkey from Les Murray ‘Translations from the Natural World’.
this will almost certainly be quicker than taking the central line
October 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
this will almost certainly be quicker than taking the central line
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REQUEST FOR BLUESKY HELP
i have put a couple of courgettes in the fridge and am very nervous that, when i get off work at half 6, i am going to forget to transfer them into my rucksack.
i have put a couple of courgettes in the fridge and am very nervous that, when i get off work at half 6, i am going to forget to transfer them into my rucksack.
September 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
REQUEST FOR BLUESKY HELP
i have put a couple of courgettes in the fridge and am very nervous that, when i get off work at half 6, i am going to forget to transfer them into my rucksack.
i have put a couple of courgettes in the fridge and am very nervous that, when i get off work at half 6, i am going to forget to transfer them into my rucksack.
you'd think that would be the first thing they'd get the hang of
September 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
you'd think that would be the first thing they'd get the hang of
baby eel at the Thames Tidefest
September 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
baby eel at the Thames Tidefest
5.15 - 7pm is a baffling time to hold a pub quiz
August 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
5.15 - 7pm is a baffling time to hold a pub quiz
very pleased that David Jones' *In Parenthesis* includes a bit part for a carpenter called Nat West
August 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
very pleased that David Jones' *In Parenthesis* includes a bit part for a carpenter called Nat West
Loki, pursued by the frost giantess Thiazi disguised as an eagle (and carrying the goddess Idun disguised as a walnut), approaches Asgard (mislabelled Midgard in picture) where the gods are building a bonfire
June 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Loki, pursued by the frost giantess Thiazi disguised as an eagle (and carrying the goddess Idun disguised as a walnut), approaches Asgard (mislabelled Midgard in picture) where the gods are building a bonfire
Emily's illustration of Marie de France's lai of Guigemar - Guigemar, hunting in the forest, finds a talking deer, completely white with golden antlers, and shoots an arrow which deflects from the deer's hoof to lodge itself in Guigemar's thigh
June 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Emily's illustration of Marie de France's lai of Guigemar - Guigemar, hunting in the forest, finds a talking deer, completely white with golden antlers, and shoots an arrow which deflects from the deer's hoof to lodge itself in Guigemar's thigh
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Our Book of the Week is *An Opinionated Guide to Literary London*, published by Hoxton Mini Press and written by our very own @johnclegg37.bsky.social - order your copy here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/an-opi...
June 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Our Book of the Week is *An Opinionated Guide to Literary London*, published by Hoxton Mini Press and written by our very own @johnclegg37.bsky.social - order your copy here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/an-opi...
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1. A story. Please read.
Reposts hugely appreciated on this. You'll see why in a bit.
I was born in Pakistan and lived there until I was 4. My parents worked there as doctors. While we were there we were very close to a couple called Christine and Mike Miles.
Reposts hugely appreciated on this. You'll see why in a bit.
I was born in Pakistan and lived there until I was 4. My parents worked there as doctors. While we were there we were very close to a couple called Christine and Mike Miles.
June 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
1. A story. Please read.
Reposts hugely appreciated on this. You'll see why in a bit.
I was born in Pakistan and lived there until I was 4. My parents worked there as doctors. While we were there we were very close to a couple called Christine and Mike Miles.
Reposts hugely appreciated on this. You'll see why in a bit.
I was born in Pakistan and lived there until I was 4. My parents worked there as doctors. While we were there we were very close to a couple called Christine and Mike Miles.
Isabel's first figurative drawing, a self-portrait
June 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Isabel's first figurative drawing, a self-portrait
does anyone have any suggestions for "unnovercal"? A misprint presumably, but for what?
May 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
does anyone have any suggestions for "unnovercal"? A misprint presumably, but for what?
keen on this Easter poem from William Dunbar, especially the Devil as "the auld kene tegir with his teith on char" (on char = ajar)
April 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
keen on this Easter poem from William Dunbar, especially the Devil as "the auld kene tegir with his teith on char" (on char = ajar)
isabel's picture of her sister (apparently in the form of some kind of flame goblin)
March 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
isabel's picture of her sister (apparently in the form of some kind of flame goblin)
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lovely bloke just came in with a copy of a Sunday Times music supplement from 2003, to show us this interview with Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers fame. it was just after they'd released 'By the Way' - I really do think that we might have been the shop Kiedis is talking about. astonishing
March 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
lovely bloke just came in with a copy of a Sunday Times music supplement from 2003, to show us this interview with Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers fame. it was just after they'd released 'By the Way' - I really do think that we might have been the shop Kiedis is talking about. astonishing
Emily's drawing of the parliament of fowls, presided over by the elephant hummingbird
March 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Emily's drawing of the parliament of fowls, presided over by the elephant hummingbird
Goose in tree, St James Park @lrbbookshop.bsky.social #scavengerhunt
March 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Goose in tree, St James Park @lrbbookshop.bsky.social #scavengerhunt
joint picture by Emily and Isabel. a rainbow dinosaur approaches a rainbow tree furiously
March 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
joint picture by Emily and Isabel. a rainbow dinosaur approaches a rainbow tree furiously
ye gods what a sunset
February 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
ye gods what a sunset
weighing out 30g of spaghetti for Isabel's tea and got it in one
February 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
weighing out 30g of spaghetti for Isabel's tea and got it in one
a happy valentine's day from mildmay fane
February 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
a happy valentine's day from mildmay fane
Emily's drawing of the "donkey dog", a dog-donkey hybrid
February 13, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Emily's drawing of the "donkey dog", a dog-donkey hybrid