Kirkdale Bookshop
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indie bookshop in Sydenham, SE London | open since 1966
| new books | second hand books | children's books | gifts |
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| new books | second hand books | children's books | gifts |
Mon-Sat 9:30-5 Sun 12-4 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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I dreamed that Michael Ondaatje had a new book out.
He hasn't. There's a new selected poems coming next year though
He hasn't. There's a new selected poems coming next year though
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I dreamed that Michael Ondaatje had a new book out.
He hasn't. There's a new selected poems coming next year though
He hasn't. There's a new selected poems coming next year though
Ite domum saturae, venit Hersperus, ite capellae.
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Ite domum saturae, venit Hersperus, ite capellae.
Will it be PERFORMATIVE she asks! It'll be the exact opposite of demure and mindful
Will it be PERFORMATIVE though
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Will it be PERFORMATIVE she asks! It'll be the exact opposite of demure and mindful
In seven minutes' time, I (a man, in fact) am going to go and read in public. Absolutely anything could happen.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
In seven minutes' time, I (a man, in fact) am going to go and read in public. Absolutely anything could happen.
Buddo says you're nearly home & dry.
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Buddo says you're nearly home & dry.
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The Red Hand
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The Red Hand
hoping to be just as* perturbed by the new Jeremy Cooper as I still am by "BRIAN"
*(pleasantly)
where's the best place I can perform reading this?
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
*(pleasantly)
where's the best place I can perform reading this?
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
hoping to be just as* perturbed by the new Jeremy Cooper as I still am by "BRIAN"
*(pleasantly)
where's the best place I can perform reading this?
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
*(pleasantly)
where's the best place I can perform reading this?
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
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And a couple for the young people. (IYKYK)
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
And a couple for the young people. (IYKYK)
Ite domum saturae, venit Hesperus, ite capellae.
November 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Ite domum saturae, venit Hesperus, ite capellae.
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a rather good sort of god, who perhaps meant well enough upon the whole, but in all cases did not succeed in his benevolent designs
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
a rather good sort of god, who perhaps meant well enough upon the whole, but in all cases did not succeed in his benevolent designs
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This resets everything we've done. Incredible!
November 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
This resets everything we've done. Incredible!
Either I have forgotten how to do them, or this week's Gemelo crossword is particularly nasty.
November 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Either I have forgotten how to do them, or this week's Gemelo crossword is particularly nasty.
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Nothing if not topical
November 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Nothing if not topical
You're not going to believe what just sold *AGAIN*
a black and white cartoon of a man holding a sign that says ' sickos ' .
Alt: a black and white cartoon of a man holding a sign that says ' sickos ' .
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
You're not going to believe what just sold *AGAIN*
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"The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin." 🥹
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin." 🥹
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Ah, now it's doing what it ought - wasn't doing it last night - hence:
November 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Ah, now it's doing what it ought - wasn't doing it last night - hence:
Aaaaaaaaaaaaand there goes YET ANOTHER copy of Dark Entries. Flooding the zone. Ha
November 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Aaaaaaaaaaaaand there goes YET ANOTHER copy of Dark Entries. Flooding the zone. Ha
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Saw someone with the same teeth as me at the coincidentist.
November 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Saw someone with the same teeth as me at the coincidentist.
Customer: Thanks for recommending that book btw
me: Remind me....?
Customer:
me: Remind me....?
Customer:
a black and white cartoon of a man holding a sign that says ' sickos ' .
Alt: a black and white cartoon of a man holding a sign that says ' sickos ' .
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Customer: Thanks for recommending that book btw
me: Remind me....?
Customer:
me: Remind me....?
Customer:
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Day of the Iron Crown
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Day of the Iron Crown
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Finally someone focused on the issues that matter.
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Finally someone focused on the issues that matter.