Vicky Dunne
@vwd.bsky.social
Books, London, history, art, transport
Gorgeous autumn colours in Regent's Park today.
October 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Gorgeous autumn colours in Regent's Park today.
Today's library haul!
September 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Today's library haul!
Very fun afternoon at first ever Gosh!Fest @goshcomics.bsky.social today and a good haul too
August 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Very fun afternoon at first ever Gosh!Fest @goshcomics.bsky.social today and a good haul too
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#OnThisDay in London transport history: women tube workers return to work after equal pay strike, 1918
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Today in London transport history: women tube workers return to work after equal pay strike, 1918
It’s generally well-known that during World War I, thousands of jobs normally done by men were taken over by women, as hundreds of thousands of men left to fight in the trenches and at sea (whether…
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August 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM
#OnThisDay in London transport history: women tube workers return to work after equal pay strike, 1918
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We got film! Very appealing packaging from Analogue Revival here
August 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
We got film! Very appealing packaging from Analogue Revival here
Good library haul today
June 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Good library haul today
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☀️ Happy Summer Solstice! ☀️
Across centuries, artists have imagined the sun not just as a blazing sphere, but as a living presence: expressive, watchful, sometimes a little melancholy.
Image from the Warburg's Iconographic Database.
#SummerSolstice #SolsticeSun #Iconography
Across centuries, artists have imagined the sun not just as a blazing sphere, but as a living presence: expressive, watchful, sometimes a little melancholy.
Image from the Warburg's Iconographic Database.
#SummerSolstice #SolsticeSun #Iconography
June 21, 2025 at 10:28 AM
☀️ Happy Summer Solstice! ☀️
Across centuries, artists have imagined the sun not just as a blazing sphere, but as a living presence: expressive, watchful, sometimes a little melancholy.
Image from the Warburg's Iconographic Database.
#SummerSolstice #SolsticeSun #Iconography
Across centuries, artists have imagined the sun not just as a blazing sphere, but as a living presence: expressive, watchful, sometimes a little melancholy.
Image from the Warburg's Iconographic Database.
#SummerSolstice #SolsticeSun #Iconography
The garden of the Museum Rodin is one of my happy places 😊
June 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The garden of the Museum Rodin is one of my happy places 😊
Very excited to pick up the new Alison Bechdel graphic novel and also badges at @goshcomics.bsky.social this morning.
May 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Very excited to pick up the new Alison Bechdel graphic novel and also badges at @goshcomics.bsky.social this morning.
The crows are gathering in Lincoln's Inn Fields
March 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The crows are gathering in Lincoln's Inn Fields
Loved seeing these Polish cold war-era posters for Hollywood films (King's Cross, part of Kinoteka Polish Film Festival).
March 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Loved seeing these Polish cold war-era posters for Hollywood films (King's Cross, part of Kinoteka Polish Film Festival).
Highly recommended
March 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Highly recommended
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I have signed this. Perhaps some of you may want to also?
Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat!
We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I have signed this. Perhaps some of you may want to also?
New year's eve wall gone up at Waterloo Bridge. Hope I can get home again tonight !
December 31, 2024 at 9:10 AM
New year's eve wall gone up at Waterloo Bridge. Hope I can get home again tonight !
This is very poignant: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Archive on 4 - Victoria Wood - Loose Chippings - BBC Sounds
Victoria Wood’s audio diaries with never-before-heard material.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 15, 2024 at 6:31 PM
This is very poignant: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Grand Theft Hamlet review – in-game Shakespeare performance is brilliantly exciting
Grand Theft Hamlet review – in-game Shakespeare performance is brilliantly exciting
In a hilarious and surreal documentary, two out-of-work actors decide to stage the tragedy within Los Santos with dreamlike and fascinating results
A brilliant idea, brilliantly executed; hilarious, surreal and, yes, in its weird way, genuinely exciting.…
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:52 AM
Grand Theft Hamlet review – in-game Shakespeare performance is brilliantly exciting
THE PROOF OF MY INNOCENCE by Jonathan Coe
SPIES by Calder Walton
GLORIOUS PEOPLE by Sasha Salzmann
OLDLADYVOICE by Elisa Victoria
AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY by Michael Chabon
SPIES by Calder Walton
GLORIOUS PEOPLE by Sasha Salzmann
OLDLADYVOICE by Elisa Victoria
AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY by Michael Chabon
Repost with your five favourite reads of the year.
ANGEL by Elizabeth Taylor
A SAVAGE INNOCENCE by Avril Horner
MOLLY FOX’S BIRTHDAY by Deirdre Madden
RHINE JOURNEY by Ann Schlee
THUNDERCLAP by Laura Cumming
ANGEL by Elizabeth Taylor
A SAVAGE INNOCENCE by Avril Horner
MOLLY FOX’S BIRTHDAY by Deirdre Madden
RHINE JOURNEY by Ann Schlee
THUNDERCLAP by Laura Cumming
Repost with your five favourite reads of this year
Cold Nights of Childhood by Tezer Özlü (tr. Maureen Freely)
It Lasts Forever then It’s Over by Anne de Marcken
My Death by Lisa Tuttle
Great Granny Webster by Caroline Blackwood
Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban
Cold Nights of Childhood by Tezer Özlü (tr. Maureen Freely)
It Lasts Forever then It’s Over by Anne de Marcken
My Death by Lisa Tuttle
Great Granny Webster by Caroline Blackwood
Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban
November 10, 2024 at 7:35 PM
THE PROOF OF MY INNOCENCE by Jonathan Coe
SPIES by Calder Walton
GLORIOUS PEOPLE by Sasha Salzmann
OLDLADYVOICE by Elisa Victoria
AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY by Michael Chabon
SPIES by Calder Walton
GLORIOUS PEOPLE by Sasha Salzmann
OLDLADYVOICE by Elisa Victoria
AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY by Michael Chabon
Nice haul from my local public library today
November 7, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Nice haul from my local public library today
Highly recommend oldladyvoice by Elisa Victoria, tr Charlotte Whittle #books #translation
June 8, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Highly recommend oldladyvoice by Elisa Victoria, tr Charlotte Whittle #books #translation
Enjoyed visiting St Luke's, the bombed-out church in Liverpool city centre
March 2, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Enjoyed visiting St Luke's, the bombed-out church in Liverpool city centre
Beryl Bainbridge
Jonathan Coe
Sarah Waters
Hakan Nesser
Barbara Pym
Javier Marias
Pat Barker
Leif GW Persson
Sjowall & Wahloo
William Boyd
Jonathan Coe
Sarah Waters
Hakan Nesser
Barbara Pym
Javier Marias
Pat Barker
Leif GW Persson
Sjowall & Wahloo
William Boyd
Noel Streatfeild
Deborah Levy
Ali Smith
Tessa Hadley
Kate Atkinson
Rumer Godden
Lauren Groff
Tove Jansson
Elizebeth Strout
Anne Tyler
Deborah Levy
Ali Smith
Tessa Hadley
Kate Atkinson
Rumer Godden
Lauren Groff
Tove Jansson
Elizebeth Strout
Anne Tyler
Ten writers by whom I’ve read five books:
Penelope Fitzgerald
Doris Lessing
M John Harrison
Lavinia Greenlaw
JL Carr
Natalia Ginzburg
Thomas Bernhard
Italo Calvino
Jorge Luis Borges
Penelope Lively
Penelope Fitzgerald
Doris Lessing
M John Harrison
Lavinia Greenlaw
JL Carr
Natalia Ginzburg
Thomas Bernhard
Italo Calvino
Jorge Luis Borges
Penelope Lively
January 4, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Beryl Bainbridge
Jonathan Coe
Sarah Waters
Hakan Nesser
Barbara Pym
Javier Marias
Pat Barker
Leif GW Persson
Sjowall & Wahloo
William Boyd
Jonathan Coe
Sarah Waters
Hakan Nesser
Barbara Pym
Javier Marias
Pat Barker
Leif GW Persson
Sjowall & Wahloo
William Boyd
BRIXMIS and SOXMIS vehicle plates from the IWM spying exhibition. I know about them thanks to @coldwarpod.bsky.social
December 6, 2023 at 8:06 PM
BRIXMIS and SOXMIS vehicle plates from the IWM spying exhibition. I know about them thanks to @coldwarpod.bsky.social
New cycle hangers in the West End!
November 19, 2023 at 12:46 PM
New cycle hangers in the West End!
The Ascent by Stefan Hertmans (trans David McKay) is great in so many ways, but let's focus on this sentence for now
November 11, 2023 at 7:17 PM
The Ascent by Stefan Hertmans (trans David McKay) is great in so many ways, but let's focus on this sentence for now