Kieron Connolly
@kieronconnolly.bsky.social
Commissioning Editor, Old Street Publishing @oldstpublishing
Previously Bloomsbury, Mail on Sunday, Amber Books
Author of THE HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD and
ABANDONED PLACES, among others.
Editorial consultancy work at:
kieronconnolly.com
Previously Bloomsbury, Mail on Sunday, Amber Books
Author of THE HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD and
ABANDONED PLACES, among others.
Editorial consultancy work at:
kieronconnolly.com
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My book ABANDONED PLACES has been lightly updated and is republished today by Amber Books.
First published in 2016, it was featured on the front page of the Guardian and widely translated - German, French, Japanese, among others - as well as launching a whole series of Abandoned books.
First published in 2016, it was featured on the front page of the Guardian and widely translated - German, French, Japanese, among others - as well as launching a whole series of Abandoned books.
The Boiler House Singers Christmas concert is on Saturday 6 December in St Matthias Church, N16. Concert begins at 6.30pm. www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lon...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The Boiler House Singers Christmas concert is on Saturday 6 December in St Matthias Church, N16. Concert begins at 6.30pm. www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lon...
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
An old photograph of mine - the remains of the Berlin Wall in 1992 - but it's new to Bluesky.
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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An old photograph of mine - the remains of the Berlin Wall in 1992 - but it's new to Bluesky.
April 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
An old photograph of mine - the remains of the Berlin Wall in 1992 - but it's new to Bluesky.
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Children playing in the ruins of Lehrter Bahnhof. Berlin, 1956. Photo by Peter Brüchmann.
October 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Children playing in the ruins of Lehrter Bahnhof. Berlin, 1956. Photo by Peter Brüchmann.
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Morning all.
Photograph by David Hurn. Sheep shelter from the rain, on an artillery range Mynydd Epynt, Wales 1973.
Photograph by David Hurn. Sheep shelter from the rain, on an artillery range Mynydd Epynt, Wales 1973.
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Morning all.
Photograph by David Hurn. Sheep shelter from the rain, on an artillery range Mynydd Epynt, Wales 1973.
Photograph by David Hurn. Sheep shelter from the rain, on an artillery range Mynydd Epynt, Wales 1973.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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November 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Hello Oxford! That's what I'll be saying in a couple of weeks. Join me at the Ashmolean to talk notebooks on November 17th. @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social
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HOW PUTTING PEN TO PAPER CHANGED THE WORLD
In this author talk by Roland Allen, explore the pivotal role notebooks have played – and continue to play – in shaping the creativity and ingenuity of artists, writers, scientists and thinkers of all...
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November 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Hello Oxford! That's what I'll be saying in a couple of weeks. Join me at the Ashmolean to talk notebooks on November 17th. @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social
www.ashmolean.org/event/member...
www.ashmolean.org/event/member...
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So pleased to be featuring your story. Thank you for sending it our way @judecook.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction
Delighted to have a new short story published by @fictivedream.bsky.social. Read my take on Gogol's How the Two Ivans Quarrelled here 👇
"The braying seemed to be in their very bedrooms, if not inside their minds…" A Donkey’s Tale (or How the Two Renés Quarrelled) by Jude Cook @judecook.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/11/02/a...
November 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
So pleased to be featuring your story. Thank you for sending it our way @judecook.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction
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October 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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This is Mortimer at his accessible and witty best. As ever, his aim is not only to bring the past to life but also to illuminate our own times.
October 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
This is Mortimer at his accessible and witty best. As ever, his aim is not only to bring the past to life but also to illuminate our own times.
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How did the button change life in the Middle Ages? If you found yourself at a smart Elizabethan party, should you kiss your hostess on the lips? Why were pistols safer than swords in a duel? And how come Regency Londoners drank so much port?
October 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
How did the button change life in the Middle Ages? If you found yourself at a smart Elizabethan party, should you kiss your hostess on the lips? Why were pistols safer than swords in a duel? And how come Regency Londoners drank so much port?
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Out today, MORTIMER's A-Zs of ENGLISH HISTORY. In these sparkling A to Zs, time-travelling historian Ian Mortimer visits four classic periods of English history: the fourteenth century, the Elizabethan age, the Restoration and the Regency.
October 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Out today, MORTIMER's A-Zs of ENGLISH HISTORY. In these sparkling A to Zs, time-travelling historian Ian Mortimer visits four classic periods of English history: the fourteenth century, the Elizabethan age, the Restoration and the Regency.
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Morning all.
Photograph by Shirley Baker, Lonely House, Manchester 1960s.
Photograph by Shirley Baker, Lonely House, Manchester 1960s.
October 23, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Morning all.
Photograph by Shirley Baker, Lonely House, Manchester 1960s.
Photograph by Shirley Baker, Lonely House, Manchester 1960s.
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Morning all
Photographer unknown, image from Lee Sulman’s Anonymous Project. More images in this link www.blind-magazine.com/en/stories/t...
Photographer unknown, image from Lee Sulman’s Anonymous Project. More images in this link www.blind-magazine.com/en/stories/t...
October 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Morning all
Photographer unknown, image from Lee Sulman’s Anonymous Project. More images in this link www.blind-magazine.com/en/stories/t...
Photographer unknown, image from Lee Sulman’s Anonymous Project. More images in this link www.blind-magazine.com/en/stories/t...
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Bar’s open!
Star and Garter pub, Hessle Road, Hull, 1983.
Photographer Russell Boyce.
Star and Garter pub, Hessle Road, Hull, 1983.
Photographer Russell Boyce.
October 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Bar’s open!
Star and Garter pub, Hessle Road, Hull, 1983.
Photographer Russell Boyce.
Star and Garter pub, Hessle Road, Hull, 1983.
Photographer Russell Boyce.
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Giuliano da Empoli: 'Liberal democratic institutions and the political class suddenly see these strange [tech bro] characters in hoodies. They don’t understand them. They just know that there’s something advanced about them...'
October 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Giuliano da Empoli: 'Liberal democratic institutions and the political class suddenly see these strange [tech bro] characters in hoodies. They don’t understand them. They just know that there’s something advanced about them...'
'In 1986, I was working as a cook when Dr and the Medics took it back to No 1 in the UK.' - Norman Greenbaum on SPIRIT IN THE SKY - the song that's been No.1 in three decades. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
‘I was working as a cook when it went to No 1’: how Norman Greenbaum made Spirit in the Sky
‘My label said a four-minute single with lyrics about Jesus would never get played on radio. But, in 1969, the song sold two million copies. It’s now been No 1 in three different decades’
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October 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
'In 1986, I was working as a cook when Dr and the Medics took it back to No 1 in the UK.' - Norman Greenbaum on SPIRIT IN THE SKY - the song that's been No.1 in three decades. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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UK screenwriters: BBC Writers Room ‘Open Call’ submission for TV dramas window opens on Tuesday 5th November and closes midday on Tuesday 3rd December.
Who doesn’t love a bit of cracking drama? Here’s a prime opportunity to be among those making it.
More info here: www.bbc.co.uk/writers/oppo...
Who doesn’t love a bit of cracking drama? Here’s a prime opportunity to be among those making it.
More info here: www.bbc.co.uk/writers/oppo...
How to submit a script to us
Open Call is our system for receiving unsolicited original scripts.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 4, 2024 at 12:34 PM
UK screenwriters: BBC Writers Room ‘Open Call’ submission for TV dramas window opens on Tuesday 5th November and closes midday on Tuesday 3rd December.
Who doesn’t love a bit of cracking drama? Here’s a prime opportunity to be among those making it.
More info here: www.bbc.co.uk/writers/oppo...
Who doesn’t love a bit of cracking drama? Here’s a prime opportunity to be among those making it.
More info here: www.bbc.co.uk/writers/oppo...
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Earth at night viewed from space.
October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Earth at night viewed from space.