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Vince Wood
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Creative writing grad, award-winning short story #writer, #coffee blogger for GetBeand.com, amateur #vegan home cook and average #drummer just trying to get heard.
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Today we celebrated the Colombian Christmas tradition of Dia de las velitas. I wrote about it last year here https://city-sights.blogspot.com/search?q=Velitas&m=1
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December 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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My latest #blog post is about being silly to elicit smiles and pretending to be a vampire in #Yorkshire

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#whitbyabbey #amwriting
Echoes of Giggles Along the English Coast
A soft mist lays over the city, blanketing in a gentle grey whilst the moisture clings to my cheeks as I peer out to the horizon, trying t...
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November 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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My latest blog is about Seven Sisters Market and the struggle it took to get it to reopen.

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#london #amwriting #sevensistersmarket
The Free Market
The Latin Village of Seven Sisters has been recognised by the local authority as a multicultural hub of Tottenham and Elephant and Castle ...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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My latest blog post is about partying at the London Transport Museum, for Halloween.

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Infernal Engines
I  don’t know if it’s just my association of the humble kebab with alcohol, but waiting for my chips and hummus wrap from the “bossman” at ...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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A couple more coffee reviews have hit GetBean’d.
Willow & Co. in Gloucestershire and The Roasting Shed of Hackney Wick.

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#getbeand #coffee #review #amwriting
Willow & Co., Nailsworth
Wheelwrights Corner Old Market, Nailsworth, Stroud GL6 0DU https://www.willow-and-co.co.uk/ The soft drizzle starts to patter down a little heavier becoming a definite rain. I find myself in rural...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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On Saturday I attend the Free Palestine march in London 🇵🇸

I wrote a blog about it: city-sights.blogspot.com/2025/10/we-g...

#amwriting #freepalestine #solidarity #london #gaza
We Go Marching On!
One might think, with the sun dappling the Embankment, where crowds mount in support of Palestine,and a cease fire being declared just hou...
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October 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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My latest City Sights blog post is about the delightful Coven of Whices at Wood Street Indoor Market

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Hunting for 'Wiches
Cluttered corridors filled with crafts and second hand items of all sorts. Navigate the narrow maze of vintage boots and books, records a...
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October 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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My latest #blog post for City Sights is about ‘The Purpose of Light’ at hope93gallery.

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#amwriting #london #art #photography #protest #missanharriman
The Face of Protest
The face of protest is not one of homogeneity but encompasses us all in our many forms. In a period when protestors against genocide are hav...
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October 6, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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I write about the #parakeets of London. 🦜
My article on the subject is now on substack - read below

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#article #amwriting #wildlife #london #birds
Birds of Paradise
The African Parakeets of Walthamstow
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October 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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My latest video for Get Bean’d is now live, a review of Conscious Coffee’s Dos Pueblos house blend.

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Can You Make a Coffee That Tastes Like Bourbon biscuits? (Pact Coffee 'Bourbon Cream Blend' review)
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September 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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I write about the current spate of flag waving nationalism plaguing our streets. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 My article on the subject is now on @substack - read below

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#article #amwriting #flags #nationalism #migration #politics #migrantswelcome
Flag Shaggers
Behold, St. George, proud defender of mini round-a-bouts!
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August 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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I look at the Gorillaz - House of Kong experience in my latest blog post.

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House of Kong
Dark, flickering lights in a gloomy warehouse set a ramshackle scene of tailored dilapidation with slightly ominous overtones. It’s hardly t...
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August 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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A couple of Hertford cafes hit the Get Bean’d site. Check out the reviews of Soulseed & Nourish -

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#cafe #coffee #specialitycoffee #review #amwriting #writingcommunity #hertford #getbeand
Hertfordshire Coffee Shop Reviews
Reviews of speciality coffee shops and cafes in Hertfordshire.
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August 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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In my latest blog post, I talk about some select adventures in the South of France 🇫🇷

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Into the Sun
I’d almost given up writing about France. Visiting my sister every year means that I’m treading over the same ground again and again. Whilst...
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July 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Happy 34th birthday to Sonic the Hedgehog. Here’s something I wrote about his 30th anniversary, and my ever lasting fondness for the blue blur…

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Ode to a Hedgehog: A Story of Fond Obsession
It sort of started out as a joke. At some point in my mid-teens, my mother pointed out a piece of merchandise and reminded me of my childho...
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June 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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My latest coffee shop review for GetBeand is of Hermanos Colombian Coffee, Walthamstow

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#content #copy #blog #coffee #cafe #coffeeshop #london #amwriting #getbeand #writingcommunity
Hermanos Coffee, Walthamstow
https://hermanoscoffeeroasters.com​ 7 Blackhorse Ln, London E17 6DS I didn’t realise how much of a hub for the London coffee scene Walthamstow was.  Driving around a light industrial estate...
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June 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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I wrote a thing about the #kurtcobainunplugged exhibition at royal college of music museum for my latest #blog post.

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#amwriting #travel #explore #culture #wanderlust #travelgram #travelblogger #blog #newpost #london #kurtcobain #nirvana #mtvunplugged
Dead Man’s Cardigan
There are things we cling to from our youth. We’re formed by our attachments, our teenage years allowing our identities to become more solid...
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June 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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With my blog series about Istanbul now complete (see previous post), I’ve also updated GetBeand.com with reviews of #coffee shops in #Istanbul including and more
Find them at:

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#coffee #coffeereviews #vegan #plantbased #Istanbul #amwriting
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June 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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My final #blog post about #Istanbul is now up where I talk about getting soaped up and roughly manhandled.

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#amwriting #travel #explore #culture #wanderlust #travelblogger #blog #newpost #travelpic #travelphotography #amwriting #writingcommunity
Istanbul: Day 6 & 7 - Hammams Before Home
Day 6 The plan is to have no plan! It’s our last full day in Istanbul and we decide to wander the streets of Fener and Balat, apparently nic...
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June 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Nearing the end of my #blog series on #Istanbul. Day 5 is now live, where I talk about the Cat Museum, and the joy of just eating!

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#amwriting #travel #explore #culture #wanderlust #travelblogger #blog #amwriting #writingcommunity #Turkey #türkiye
Istanbul Day 5: Felines and Filo
Day 5   The castle is fucking closed!  Not a word about it on the website  so ,  after a 40-minute bus ride and another 10 minutes of walkin...
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May 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Another in my series of #blog posts about #Istanbul is now live. Days 3 & 4 where I cross the #Bosphorous Strait into Asia and visit Princes Islands.

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#amwriting #travel #explore #culture #wanderlust #travelgram #travelblogger #blog #newpost #amwriting
Istanbul Day 3 & 4: Islands in the Strait
Day 3 - Asia We hadn’t planned on ending up in Asia today  but  here we are, having woken up late and missed the earlier ferries to some isl...
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May 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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My latest #blog post is about Day 2 in #Istanbul, where I discuss how #coffee and the call to prayer brought me closer to God!

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#amwriting #travel #explore #culture #wanderlust #travelblogger #blog #newpost #amwriting #writingcommunity
Istanbul Day 2: Religious Experiences
Day 2 - Religious Experiences It’s pure, heart-pounding eroticism: the smell, the taste, the touch, the preparation! Some people find my ob...
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May 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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My blog post about my first day in #Istanbul is now live, where I talk about how a criminal network of cats run the city and how I gamed hawkers for free Turkish delight.

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#amwriting #travel #explore #travelblogger #newpost #amwriting #writingcommunity
Istanbul Day 1: Cat Piss and Smoke
Cat piss and smoke It’s almost as if the universe is telling me I shouldn’t go to Istanbul. Just a few weeks out from my flight, and there a...
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May 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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A new coffee review for GetBeand.com is now live as I try a rare Colombian coffee that tastes like Pink Lemonade

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May 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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More #Bristol #coffee reviews up on GetBean’d with @littlevicsbris the latest to go live. Check it out here:

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#specialitycoffee #amwriting
Little Victories, Wapping Wharf
https://www.littlevics.co.uk 7 Gaol Ferry Steps, Wapping Wharf, Bristol, BS1 6W I’ve long been aware of Bristol’s coffee scene and Little Victories ekes out an existence serving up roasts from...
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April 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM