Helen MacDonald
@helen8macdonald.bsky.social
Historian, writer, reader, interested in nature.
Books: Human Remains / Possessing the Dead / A Cultural History of Death in the Age of Empire (ed.)
Books: Human Remains / Possessing the Dead / A Cultural History of Death in the Age of Empire (ed.)
It’s this kind of day again, here.
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It’s this kind of day again, here.
It’s a route map of sorts
September 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It’s a route map of sorts
Made a friend.
September 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Made a friend.
It’s a frosty morning in the veggie patch.
August 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It’s a frosty morning in the veggie patch.
June 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
At the end of the street #SmallBeauties
June 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
At the end of the street #SmallBeauties
She’s setting off for a night of skittering along fence tops and tap-dancing on roofs.
June 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
She’s setting off for a night of skittering along fence tops and tap-dancing on roofs.
June 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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NB On Thursday, we’ll be closing early (at 5pm) so that we can all go to the HEAT party. Maybe we’ll see you there 💚
May 19, 2025 at 4:56 AM
NB On Thursday, we’ll be closing early (at 5pm) so that we can all go to the HEAT party. Maybe we’ll see you there 💚
Jack Frost visited last night.
May 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Jack Frost visited last night.
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Just two weeks to go until we help to launch Josephine Rowe’s beautiful new novel, Little World. Josephine will be in conversation with Anna MacDonald. We’d love to see you there.
When: 6pm Tuesday 29 April
Where: downstairs at Bard’s Apothecary
RSVP to paperbackbookshop.events@gmail.com
📚🍷📚
When: 6pm Tuesday 29 April
Where: downstairs at Bard’s Apothecary
RSVP to paperbackbookshop.events@gmail.com
📚🍷📚
April 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Just two weeks to go until we help to launch Josephine Rowe’s beautiful new novel, Little World. Josephine will be in conversation with Anna MacDonald. We’d love to see you there.
When: 6pm Tuesday 29 April
Where: downstairs at Bard’s Apothecary
RSVP to paperbackbookshop.events@gmail.com
📚🍷📚
When: 6pm Tuesday 29 April
Where: downstairs at Bard’s Apothecary
RSVP to paperbackbookshop.events@gmail.com
📚🍷📚
Last night, such a lambent moon; and this morning a hot diggetty dog (as my dad would say).
April 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Last night, such a lambent moon; and this morning a hot diggetty dog (as my dad would say).
The last of summer’s tomatoes on their wizened vines.
March 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The last of summer’s tomatoes on their wizened vines.
There are balloons this morning. Also, flocks of corellas. Autumn :)
March 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
There are balloons this morning. Also, flocks of corellas. Autumn :)
Autumn light on the pantry door #smallbeautieshour
March 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Autumn light on the pantry door #smallbeautieshour
This was fun! Buster Keaton accompanied by Blue Grassy Knoll at Melbourne’s Federation Square.
February 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This was fun! Buster Keaton accompanied by Blue Grassy Knoll at Melbourne’s Federation Square.
A King Parrot’s eating tomatoes in the veggie patch. Oh for a cloak of invisibility and a telephoto lens.
February 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A King Parrot’s eating tomatoes in the veggie patch. Oh for a cloak of invisibility and a telephoto lens.
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New & recent delights 😍
February 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
New & recent delights 😍
