Mathew Clayton
@mathewclayton.bsky.social
https://rcommendr.com
Trustee: Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft
Trustee: Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft
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“Raymond Briggs's
forgotten classic is just as charming as The Snowman”
Thank you to @telegraphnews.bsky.social for this wonderful review of our new book - The Strange House by Raymond Briggs, introduced by @chrisriddell.bsky.social
💙📚 #booksky
manderleypress.com/shop/p/strangehouse
forgotten classic is just as charming as The Snowman”
Thank you to @telegraphnews.bsky.social for this wonderful review of our new book - The Strange House by Raymond Briggs, introduced by @chrisriddell.bsky.social
💙📚 #booksky
manderleypress.com/shop/p/strangehouse
The Strange House by Raymond Briggs, A Manderley Press edition 2025, introduced by Chris Riddell — Manderley Press
These stories for children were written and illustrated by Raymond Briggs and set in Wimbledon, London, where he grew up. Briggs is perhaps best known for Father Christmas, and The Snowman (which was ...
www.manderleypress.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
“Raymond Briggs's
forgotten classic is just as charming as The Snowman”
Thank you to @telegraphnews.bsky.social for this wonderful review of our new book - The Strange House by Raymond Briggs, introduced by @chrisriddell.bsky.social
💙📚 #booksky
manderleypress.com/shop/p/strangehouse
forgotten classic is just as charming as The Snowman”
Thank you to @telegraphnews.bsky.social for this wonderful review of our new book - The Strange House by Raymond Briggs, introduced by @chrisriddell.bsky.social
💙📚 #booksky
manderleypress.com/shop/p/strangehouse
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Not long til #GhostsoftheFarm is launched, in convo with Sarah Langford! Tix here, I'd love to see people. Can't wait to bring these pioneering, forgotten farming women into the light. 1940s, 80s cowgirls, the sound of the northern lights, barn owls, horses & more! It's CINEMATIC IN SCOPE! #booksky
Nicola Chester in conversation with Sarah Langford for Ghosts of the Farm
An evening with award-winning nature writer, Nicola Chester as she talks about her new book which is set in her local village of Inkpen
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September 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Not long til #GhostsoftheFarm is launched, in convo with Sarah Langford! Tix here, I'd love to see people. Can't wait to bring these pioneering, forgotten farming women into the light. 1940s, 80s cowgirls, the sound of the northern lights, barn owls, horses & more! It's CINEMATIC IN SCOPE! #booksky
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I'll be talking at Beyond The Band, an all-access pass to the music industry for 16-25 year olds event in Manchester Oct 2nd at the Co-op Live Arena louderthanwar.com/beyond-the-b... via @louderthanwar
Beyond The Band, an all-access pass to the music industry for 16-25 year olds event in Manchester Oct 2nd
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September 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I'll be talking at Beyond The Band, an all-access pass to the music industry for 16-25 year olds event in Manchester Oct 2nd at the Co-op Live Arena louderthanwar.com/beyond-the-b... via @louderthanwar
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A little video about painting birds on beer mats .
September 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
A little video about painting birds on beer mats .
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We are pleased to announce the next in our Mini Guide series, Erno Goldfinger, covering the architect's work from 1936-76, exploring his buildings from his own house in Hampstead, to his last projects, the estates with their prominent tower blocks www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/erno-goldfin...
September 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We are pleased to announce the next in our Mini Guide series, Erno Goldfinger, covering the architect's work from 1936-76, exploring his buildings from his own house in Hampstead, to his last projects, the estates with their prominent tower blocks www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/erno-goldfin...
Loved this from @shardcore.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaDa...
DRASS - Nucleation Point
YouTube video by Eric Drass
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September 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Loved this from @shardcore.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaDa...
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Proofs are in.
Design by Paul Kelly.
‘Teenage Daydream’ by @debseyonbass.bsky.social is out 25th September
“A humorous memoir from the godmothers of indie pop ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️” @mojomagazine.bsky.social
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Design by Paul Kelly.
‘Teenage Daydream’ by @debseyonbass.bsky.social is out 25th September
“A humorous memoir from the godmothers of indie pop ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️” @mojomagazine.bsky.social
RT: tinyurl.com/3cf7y4r2
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August 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Proofs are in.
Design by Paul Kelly.
‘Teenage Daydream’ by @debseyonbass.bsky.social is out 25th September
“A humorous memoir from the godmothers of indie pop ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️” @mojomagazine.bsky.social
RT: tinyurl.com/3cf7y4r2
M: tinyurl.com/78z94zrr
HMV: tinyurl.com/yz77z22f
R: tinyurl.com/p5wmy5wr
Design by Paul Kelly.
‘Teenage Daydream’ by @debseyonbass.bsky.social is out 25th September
“A humorous memoir from the godmothers of indie pop ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️” @mojomagazine.bsky.social
RT: tinyurl.com/3cf7y4r2
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London! Tonight! A Passion for Passion is at Soho Theatre.
It's a show about writing a book about romance. If you love romance novels or if you have no idea how anyone could, this is the show for you.
6 - 9 August | 8:45 pm
🎟️ https://sohotheatre.com/events/alice-fraser-a-passion-for-passion/
It's a show about writing a book about romance. If you love romance novels or if you have no idea how anyone could, this is the show for you.
6 - 9 August | 8:45 pm
🎟️ https://sohotheatre.com/events/alice-fraser-a-passion-for-passion/
August 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
London! Tonight! A Passion for Passion is at Soho Theatre.
It's a show about writing a book about romance. If you love romance novels or if you have no idea how anyone could, this is the show for you.
6 - 9 August | 8:45 pm
🎟️ https://sohotheatre.com/events/alice-fraser-a-passion-for-passion/
It's a show about writing a book about romance. If you love romance novels or if you have no idea how anyone could, this is the show for you.
6 - 9 August | 8:45 pm
🎟️ https://sohotheatre.com/events/alice-fraser-a-passion-for-passion/
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we are forsaken
July 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
we are forsaken
Congrats @rinathepublicist.bsky.social and @tigerteamcreative.bsky.social - i am sure a bright future awaits!
Some personal news‼️📢
@tigerteamcreative.bsky.social, our new book publishing agency for authors and publishers has launched!
Our mission is to align every part of the publishing process - strategically and creatively - to help authors and publishers thrive.🐅🐅🐅
www.thebookseller.com/news/rina-gi...
@tigerteamcreative.bsky.social, our new book publishing agency for authors and publishers has launched!
Our mission is to align every part of the publishing process - strategically and creatively - to help authors and publishers thrive.🐅🐅🐅
www.thebookseller.com/news/rina-gi...
Rina Gill and former Unbound colleagues launch Tiger Team Creative
Three former Unbound employees have launched a new publishing agency, Tiger Team Creative, signing up Sunday Times bestselling-author Melanie Blake as its first client.
www.thebookseller.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Congrats @rinathepublicist.bsky.social and @tigerteamcreative.bsky.social - i am sure a bright future awaits!
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Mix some Moss roses with it and you will soon have a rose-hedge so thick and romantic that all the nightingales of the neighbouring woods will come to press their breasts in song against the thorns. #garden #gardening
heirloomroses.com/collections/...
heirloomroses.com/collections/...
July 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Mix some Moss roses with it and you will soon have a rose-hedge so thick and romantic that all the nightingales of the neighbouring woods will come to press their breasts in song against the thorns. #garden #gardening
heirloomroses.com/collections/...
heirloomroses.com/collections/...
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This hybrid became the parent of the whole race of Bourbon roses which in turn have given rise to the modern roses we call Hybrid Perpetuals and Hybrid Teas. #gardening
historicroses.org/bourbons/
historicroses.org/bourbons/
July 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This hybrid became the parent of the whole race of Bourbon roses which in turn have given rise to the modern roses we call Hybrid Perpetuals and Hybrid Teas. #gardening
historicroses.org/bourbons/
historicroses.org/bourbons/
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July 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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i dno, maybe time to let it go
July 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
i dno, maybe time to let it go
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'A delight from start to finish, casting new light on the customs, writing, art and songs that have told the story of these isles for centuries.' Prospect
The Lost Folk by Lally MacBeth is out now.
The Lost Folk by Lally MacBeth is out now.
July 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
'A delight from start to finish, casting new light on the customs, writing, art and songs that have told the story of these isles for centuries.' Prospect
The Lost Folk by Lally MacBeth is out now.
The Lost Folk by Lally MacBeth is out now.
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Hey there! My new non-fiction book When Worlds Collide – How Video Games Reinvent Storytelling will be published by Canbury Press on September 25th 2025. Canbury are offering a 10% discount to anyone who orders the book directly - lnkd.in/e3pyXfPU
June 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Hey there! My new non-fiction book When Worlds Collide – How Video Games Reinvent Storytelling will be published by Canbury Press on September 25th 2025. Canbury are offering a 10% discount to anyone who orders the book directly - lnkd.in/e3pyXfPU
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"At the dawn of UK synth-pop‘s imminent explosion, a little-known electronic quartet called Silicon Teens dropped an audacious cover of Chuck Berry’s ‘Memphis Tennessee’."
Read in full: faroutmagazine.co.uk/silicon-teen...
Read in full: faroutmagazine.co.uk/silicon-teen...
Silicon Teens: Daniel Miller's synth-pop virtual group
Shortly after founding the indie label Mute, Daniel Miller produced a string of rock and roll covers behind the virtual synthpop band ruse Silicon Teens.
faroutmagazine.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
"At the dawn of UK synth-pop‘s imminent explosion, a little-known electronic quartet called Silicon Teens dropped an audacious cover of Chuck Berry’s ‘Memphis Tennessee’."
Read in full: faroutmagazine.co.uk/silicon-teen...
Read in full: faroutmagazine.co.uk/silicon-teen...
When you reach an age where you no longer understand the spam you are sent...
June 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
When you reach an age where you no longer understand the spam you are sent...
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Lally MacBeth, author of The Lost Folk, interviewed about her new book about the past, present and future of the UK's folk culture on Front Row yesterday.
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002db9r
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002db9r
Front Row - Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys remembered. - BBC Sounds
Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys remembered.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Lally MacBeth, author of The Lost Folk, interviewed about her new book about the past, present and future of the UK's folk culture on Front Row yesterday.
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002db9r
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002db9r
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I was very sorry to hear of the death of Douglas McCarthy of Nitzer Ebb. I interviewed him for tQ 15 years ago:
thequietus.com/interviews/a...
thequietus.com/interviews/a...
Angst Music For Sex People: A Nitzer Ebb Interview | The Quietus
Nitzer Ebb’s powerful electronic punch – their electronic steel fist of EBM/hardbeat – is landing blows on target tonight. In a dark London venue the violence rains down. Doug McCarthy, is slim and fu...
thequietus.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I was very sorry to hear of the death of Douglas McCarthy of Nitzer Ebb. I interviewed him for tQ 15 years ago:
thequietus.com/interviews/a...
thequietus.com/interviews/a...
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Happening tomorrow! Get your ticket here: irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/the-of...
June 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Happening tomorrow! Get your ticket here: irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/the-of...
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A Brief History of Movies Today Are Too Sexy
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June 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A Brief History of Movies Today Are Too Sexy
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As the #Ukraine #war grinds on (with no #ceasefire in sight), step back to 1990s #Moscow, to #arms reductions and more freedoms — yet also an era that paved the way for #Putin
#Soviet collapse, jungle #capitalism, covert #gay love — all in 'Last Dance' in the #Russia section @dauntbooks.bsky.social
#Soviet collapse, jungle #capitalism, covert #gay love — all in 'Last Dance' in the #Russia section @dauntbooks.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
As the #Ukraine #war grinds on (with no #ceasefire in sight), step back to 1990s #Moscow, to #arms reductions and more freedoms — yet also an era that paved the way for #Putin
#Soviet collapse, jungle #capitalism, covert #gay love — all in 'Last Dance' in the #Russia section @dauntbooks.bsky.social
#Soviet collapse, jungle #capitalism, covert #gay love — all in 'Last Dance' in the #Russia section @dauntbooks.bsky.social
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Arsenal to play all their WSL fixtures at the Emirates Stadium next season
Arsenal to play all their WSL fixtures at the Emirates Stadium next season
Arsenal have announced that all of the club’s Women’s Super League matches will be played at the Emirates Stadium next season
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Arsenal to play all their WSL fixtures at the Emirates Stadium next season