Karen Hart
@karenjkhart.bsky.social
Writer, former reporter & press officer. Back in Folkestone after London. She’s my rescue greyhound Cassie.
Stephen Briggs is the GOAT.
October 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Stephen Briggs is the GOAT.
You can see them in Hackney.
October 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
You can see them in Hackney.
Wow. Husband saw two gardens full like this.
September 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Wow. Husband saw two gardens full like this.
I’m about to spend a king’s ransom on a box of greengages.
July 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I’m about to spend a king’s ransom on a box of greengages.
And to you, dear Sir Higgers.
March 20, 2025 at 8:14 AM
And to you, dear Sir Higgers.
I liked the first part of This Hideous Strength on Sunday.
February 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I liked the first part of This Hideous Strength on Sunday.
First time we had a long talk about the setting of Riddley W - I live at The Warnings.
February 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
First time we had a long talk about the setting of Riddley W - I live at The Warnings.
I met him twice - the second time he was perturbing British Library security staff by insisting on signing and chatting by his torchlight after they’d turned the lights out!
February 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I met him twice - the second time he was perturbing British Library security staff by insisting on signing and chatting by his torchlight after they’d turned the lights out!
Always and forever my favourite. I treasure my signed copy and am proud to live by The Warnings at Forkstoan.
February 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Always and forever my favourite. I treasure my signed copy and am proud to live by The Warnings at Forkstoan.
With you 100%. It’s blissfully rare to hear a siren here, whereas our location there meant going barely ten minutes without one.
February 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
With you 100%. It’s blissfully rare to hear a siren here, whereas our location there meant going barely ten minutes without one.
I am SO envious. Folkestone is a vast improvement on our previous auditory hellscape in Whitechapel though.
February 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I am SO envious. Folkestone is a vast improvement on our previous auditory hellscape in Whitechapel though.
I am so sad to see this. David recruited me as City’s media manager. He was a great believer in positive and open media, and a good friend.
January 15, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I am so sad to see this. David recruited me as City’s media manager. He was a great believer in positive and open media, and a good friend.
‘Tis unnatural, I tell ye. No good can come of this.
January 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
‘Tis unnatural, I tell ye. No good can come of this.
A wretched sunny day … may her memory be a blessing x
January 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A wretched sunny day … may her memory be a blessing x
I got Bobby Moore’s autograph when I was a government press officer at Euro ‘96 game against Netherlands. I treasure it x
January 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I got Bobby Moore’s autograph when I was a government press officer at Euro ‘96 game against Netherlands. I treasure it x
Hilary is horrible. Don’t trust his/her choice.
January 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Hilary is horrible. Don’t trust his/her choice.
My tree is staying up until then. Just the lights. It is so joyful amid the bleakness.
January 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
My tree is staying up until then. Just the lights. It is so joyful amid the bleakness.