Harriet Griffey
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Harriet Griffey
@harrietgriffey.bsky.social
Writer. Suffolk raised, London based, European. MA in Modern & Contemporary Literature.
www.writersretreats.org
Commemorating the Battle of Cable Street on October 4th 1936, when the people of London’s East End stood against Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists. And remembering why we should all be Antifa.
October 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Alan Parker’s 1989 film Mississippi Burning was my introduction to this terrible, terrible story.
June 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A Group of Poor Clares (Claire’s?) from the Siena exhibition at the @nationalgallery — a fresco fragment by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, painted around 1340. Discovered under whitewash in 1855.
June 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Writers’ retreat
May 24th - 31st 2025
Time to actually WRITE plus
optional workshops, one-to-one support, peaceful surroundings, great food & company — a week of creative focus & inspiration in the beautiful Alpujarra region of southern Spain.
www.writersretreats.org
February 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Just reading this … edited by Mahmoud Muna the Palestinian bookseller whose bookshop was recently raided, it’s wonderful, published by @saqibooks.bsky.social & all profits to @medicalaidpal.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Join me, on retreat to develop, explore & enjoy your writing, in the beautiful foothills of the Alpujarra, Spain.
May 24th-31st May, 2025
www.writersretreats.org

#writersretreat
#writerscommunity
February 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
January 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
January 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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January 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Join me, on retreat to develop, explore & enjoy your writing, in the beautiful foothills of the Alpujarra, Spain.
May 24th-31st May, 2025
www.writersretreats.org

#writersretreat
#writerscommunity
January 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I met & interviewed Joan Plowright several times, back in the day. She was very professional but also humorous & pragmatic & told great stories. I liked her.

#joanplowright
January 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Still have mine but it will be known as Shrunken White Elephants from now on 🙂
January 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
All US citizens will need an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) to enter the UK for most travel purposes starting January 8, 2025 — & in theory Trump could be prohibited 🤷🏻‍♀️
January 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Is it too soon to make plans
for the summer?

Come join me May 24th-31st, 2025 on retreat to find your writer’s voice.

Beautiful, peaceful surroundings,
delicious food & inspiring conversations —
what better place to pick up a pen?

All details via
www.writersretreats.org
January 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Featured in @rollingstone.com top 20 films of 2024 — The Disappearanceof Shere Hite directed by @nicolenewnham.bsky.social www.rollingstone.co.uk/film/rolling...
December 17, 2024 at 8:28 PM
🌿 I grew up with this actual view from my bedroom window, entitled Fields above Boxford, Suffolk - by Elinor Bellingham-Smith [1906-1988] - owned by the Government Art Collection & currently residing at Old Admiralty Building, Admiralty Place, London.
December 5, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Did you ever see this ad (& its graffiti)? Always made me laugh that a Fiat 127 could ever be considered remotely sexy 😂
December 2, 2024 at 10:32 PM
It’s lovely!
December 2, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Just a reminder … 💥
December 1, 2024 at 3:11 PM
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From February 27th to April 3rd, I’ll be teaching a six-week course,Thursdays 2-4pm at the Highgate Literary & Scientific Institute.
Details via the link ⬇️
hlsi.org.uk/courses/spri...
November 27, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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How does he do it? Robert Icke’s brilliantly reimagined modern day version of Sophocles’ tragedy, Mark Strong in the title role with an utterly credible Jocasta from Lesley Manville.
November 21, 2024 at 10:03 AM
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More than just Moomins,
Tove Jansson exhibition @hamhelsinki

And check out her non-Moomin books, The Summer Book (soon to be released as a film), Sculptor’s Daughter (foreword by Ali Smith), The Listener, Fair Play— so many to enjoy — published by @sortofbooks 📚
November 19, 2024 at 9:30 AM
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“If Paris suggests intelligence, if London suggests experience, then the word for New York is activity.”
V S Pritchett

Amazing photographs by Evelyn Hofer

Published in 1964, @chattobooks

#evelynhofer
#evelynhoferphotography
#vspritchett
November 11, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Write Now ✍🏻
Published Hardie Grant
October 2024

#writenow
#writersresource
#writers
November 11, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Blackfriars bridge.
#London
November 11, 2024 at 11:02 AM