Katie Kemp
@ktwok.bsky.social
Arbitrary ramblings from pottering around that there London and further afield.
Most likely some music and nature.
Most likely some music and nature.
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
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This design by local Haringey artist Ellie Bradford.
Want a unique and local Christmas gift? Need a new bookshop tote for your collection? How about ours? Just £10.
#tote #christmas #haringey #haringeybookshop
#tote #christmas #haringey #haringeybookshop
November 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
This design by local Haringey artist Ellie Bradford.
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There's another planning permission that will seriously impact the wonderfully special Moth Club.
Please sign to help preserve this essential community, cultural and grassroots venue
c.org/s2hL8jyyG6
Please sign to help preserve this essential community, cultural and grassroots venue
c.org/s2hL8jyyG6
Sign the Petition
Moth Club Faces Second Building Planning Application
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November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
There's another planning permission that will seriously impact the wonderfully special Moth Club.
Please sign to help preserve this essential community, cultural and grassroots venue
c.org/s2hL8jyyG6
Please sign to help preserve this essential community, cultural and grassroots venue
c.org/s2hL8jyyG6
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A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
emptycity.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
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Ok President Trump, if you sue the BBC for $1bn for spreading lies, I’ll sue you for the same amount. I reckon Planet Earth would crowdfund that. Then I’ll buy Mar A Largo, turn it into a climate change research centre, free Melania, and put a 1000% tariff on orange face paint.
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Ok President Trump, if you sue the BBC for $1bn for spreading lies, I’ll sue you for the same amount. I reckon Planet Earth would crowdfund that. Then I’ll buy Mar A Largo, turn it into a climate change research centre, free Melania, and put a 1000% tariff on orange face paint.
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This is unbelievable. Just a complete lack of belief in objectivity. And the BBC fucking caved to it
Michael Prescott was ‘“shocked” that after an hour-long Panorama documentary dealing with Trump and the January 6 insurgency, there was no “similar, balancing” programme about Kamala Harris.’
More read about the machinations between the BBC resignations, the more worrying it becomes
More read about the machinations between the BBC resignations, the more worrying it becomes
The departure of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness means the BBC is leaderless when it needs leadership more than ever. Where are the people at the head of the BBC standing up for it?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This is unbelievable. Just a complete lack of belief in objectivity. And the BBC fucking caved to it
I am absolutely beyond proud and honoured to have been able to work with such incredibly talented and dedicated teams on a truly outstanding series.
Premiering tonight at 9pm on National Geographic or streaming on Disney+ or Hula in the U.S..
Check out the trailer:
youtu.be/W4KdFr5-21E?...
Premiering tonight at 9pm on National Geographic or streaming on Disney+ or Hula in the U.S..
Check out the trailer:
youtu.be/W4KdFr5-21E?...
September 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I am absolutely beyond proud and honoured to have been able to work with such incredibly talented and dedicated teams on a truly outstanding series.
Premiering tonight at 9pm on National Geographic or streaming on Disney+ or Hula in the U.S..
Check out the trailer:
youtu.be/W4KdFr5-21E?...
Premiering tonight at 9pm on National Geographic or streaming on Disney+ or Hula in the U.S..
Check out the trailer:
youtu.be/W4KdFr5-21E?...
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A lovely collection of #littlefluffyclouds over north London this afternoon
July 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A lovely collection of #littlefluffyclouds over north London this afternoon
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Clear my dining room! Copies of Our Child of the Stars/Our Child of Two Worlds - 40% off hardback, 20% paperback.
60s set! Aliens! Found family! Government conspiracies!
"Riveting, compelling, and emotionally charged: a page turner I loved” "beautiful and tender"
stephencox.co.uk/buy-the-books/
60s set! Aliens! Found family! Government conspiracies!
"Riveting, compelling, and emotionally charged: a page turner I loved” "beautiful and tender"
stephencox.co.uk/buy-the-books/
July 12, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Clear my dining room! Copies of Our Child of the Stars/Our Child of Two Worlds - 40% off hardback, 20% paperback.
60s set! Aliens! Found family! Government conspiracies!
"Riveting, compelling, and emotionally charged: a page turner I loved” "beautiful and tender"
stephencox.co.uk/buy-the-books/
60s set! Aliens! Found family! Government conspiracies!
"Riveting, compelling, and emotionally charged: a page turner I loved” "beautiful and tender"
stephencox.co.uk/buy-the-books/
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Yet another venue under threat from developers. These venues are an absolutely essential part of the live music ecosystem.
Please sign and share to help keep this wonderful venue stay as part of the local community and keep its important place in the wider music community.
Yet another venue under threat from developers. These venues are an absolutely essential part of the live music ecosystem.
Please sign and share to help keep this wonderful venue stay as part of the local community and keep its important place in the wider music community.
Sign the Petition
Moth Club Faces Second Building Planning Application
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June 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Yet another venue under threat from developers. These venues are an absolutely essential part of the live music ecosystem.
Please sign and share to help keep this wonderful venue stay as part of the local community and keep its important place in the wider music community.
Yet another venue under threat from developers. These venues are an absolutely essential part of the live music ecosystem.
Please sign and share to help keep this wonderful venue stay as part of the local community and keep its important place in the wider music community.
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Simon O' Hagan has written this lovely piece about the end of NowPlaying@6Music on his Substack - if you like it, please share: simonohagan.substack.com/p/tom-robins...
June 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Simon O' Hagan has written this lovely piece about the end of NowPlaying@6Music on his Substack - if you like it, please share: simonohagan.substack.com/p/tom-robins...
Cherry blossom looking fabulous and full of the hope of spring in north London.
April 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Cherry blossom looking fabulous and full of the hope of spring in north London.
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Etymology of the day: ‘book’ comes from an ancient root shared by ‘beech’, a wood that people used for engraving inscriptions. ‘Paper’ comes from ‘papyrus’, and ‘volume’ is from the Latin for a ‘roll’ of parchment.
Happy World Book Day.
Happy World Book Day.
March 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Etymology of the day: ‘book’ comes from an ancient root shared by ‘beech’, a wood that people used for engraving inscriptions. ‘Paper’ comes from ‘papyrus’, and ‘volume’ is from the Latin for a ‘roll’ of parchment.
Happy World Book Day.
Happy World Book Day.
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Don’t gift our work to AI billionaires: Mark Haddon, Michal Rosen and other creatives urge government
Don’t gift our work to AI billionaires: Mark Haddon, Michal Rosen and other creatives urge government
More than 2,000 cultural figures challenge Whitehall’s eagerness ‘to wrap our lives’ work in attractive paper for automated competitors’
Original British art and creative skill is in peril thanks to the rise of AI and the government’s plans to loosen…
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Don’t gift our work to AI billionaires: Mark Haddon, Michal Rosen and other creatives urge government
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Volunteers needed to work in the bookshop.
Can you do a regular slot each week?
In return you’ll get 15% off books, discounted tickets to events, and earn membership to the cooperative.
Can you do a regular slot each week?
In return you’ll get 15% off books, discounted tickets to events, and earn membership to the cooperative.
February 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Volunteers needed to work in the bookshop.
Can you do a regular slot each week?
In return you’ll get 15% off books, discounted tickets to events, and earn membership to the cooperative.
Can you do a regular slot each week?
In return you’ll get 15% off books, discounted tickets to events, and earn membership to the cooperative.
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"The UK is a nation of animal lovers and so its people need a national animal to love; it's been my privilege to fill that furry brief for 14 years and counting." #Larryversary
February 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"The UK is a nation of animal lovers and so its people need a national animal to love; it's been my privilege to fill that furry brief for 14 years and counting." #Larryversary
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Online booking for three free (and relatively infrequent) tours on 18 March of the former television studios at Alexandra Palace opens at 10am on 18 February.
www.alexandrapalace.com/whats-on/gui...
www.alexandrapalace.com/whats-on/gui...
Guided Tour: BBC Studios < Alexandra Palace
www.alexandrapalace.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Online booking for three free (and relatively infrequent) tours on 18 March of the former television studios at Alexandra Palace opens at 10am on 18 February.
www.alexandrapalace.com/whats-on/gui...
www.alexandrapalace.com/whats-on/gui...
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On Saturday 15 February the All Good Bookshop at 2pm will be hosting a 'Haringey Creatives Against AI' meeting.
The meeting will get together and briefly discuss a campaign to raise a petition and present it to local MP Catherine West showing opposition to the over riding of copyright protections
The meeting will get together and briefly discuss a campaign to raise a petition and present it to local MP Catherine West showing opposition to the over riding of copyright protections
February 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
On Saturday 15 February the All Good Bookshop at 2pm will be hosting a 'Haringey Creatives Against AI' meeting.
The meeting will get together and briefly discuss a campaign to raise a petition and present it to local MP Catherine West showing opposition to the over riding of copyright protections
The meeting will get together and briefly discuss a campaign to raise a petition and present it to local MP Catherine West showing opposition to the over riding of copyright protections
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Number crunching: Ticketmaster’s donation to Music Venues Trust v compensation package of Ticketmaster CEO Michael Rapino
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
January 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Number crunching: Ticketmaster’s donation to Music Venues Trust v compensation package of Ticketmaster CEO Michael Rapino
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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get a warm friendly welcome at the All Good Bookshop.
Bookshops are the places to chill and relax without grief
#bookshop
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Bookshops are the places to chill and relax without grief
#bookshop
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My local bookshop has hit on an incredible business strategy: be nice to customers | Joel Snape
It’s weird more high-street shops don’t behave like this. Friendliness is one of the few things they have going for them in the war against the machines, writes Joel Snape
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
get a warm friendly welcome at the All Good Bookshop.
Bookshops are the places to chill and relax without grief
#bookshop
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Bookshops are the places to chill and relax without grief
#bookshop
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...