This thing seems to be out in the open now, so even though publication’s eight months away, let’s drum up some early interest, shall we? Wayfarers is out next April. Here’s the cover.

'Hell is other people, as some chump once said.' The ever brilliant @adellestripe.bsky.social on Nuts in May at 50, on @thequietus.com . thequietus.com/culture/film...

Get Back to your Tenements! The Modern Relevance of Nuts In May | The Quietus

I must have seen Nuts In May over 20 times since first watching it as a film student back in my late teens. Back then, I was an outsider trying to understand where I fitted in. Mike Leigh’s films help...

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‘These are two very different books, that crystallise the perennial question, what is folklore? Whatever you might decide, and although this review does neither Worpole nor Boyd justice, it is impossible to recommend these two books too highly.’ Richard Jenkins, Folklore Journal, 24 July 2026

Good morning - I hope you slept like a berry-stuffed mistle thrush - I'm starting with with the arresting 'May' by Eric Ravilious. If you'd like a set, they're available from our website as a postcard collection. Currently 25% off too! www.rathergoodart.co.uk/product/the-... #ericravilious

Post a picture that should be an album cover.

Susannah Walker@susannahwalker.bsky.social · 3d ago

Post a picture that should be an album cover

All kicking off in Shetland. If the local police weren't always off solving complex multi-layered murder mysteries they could be catching these real criminals.

In a very 'me on Bluesky' way I'm having 2 separate conversations about how underrated Lovesexy by Prince is, and the diarist Francis Kilvert.

Come hear me talk about my book in a full multimedia experience (slides) for the wonderful Teasel and Skylark on 15 September in Dorchester. @quartobooksuk.bsky.social

My cereal box has never seen the likes.

Toby Earle 🇺🇦@tobyontv.bsky.social · 2w ago

colanders across the country are sharing incredible tales of parks and streets and high-rise locations with baking trays, pans, and dishes, all gathered round in a circle in their cupboard

...also features reference to @jonwoolcott.bsky.social's excellent new book on the chalk figures of England, which weaves the Cloudbusting video in with Eric Ravilious, XTC, and a deep exploration of why humans have had the urge to carve images into our hillsides www.quarto.com/books/978180...

The Tattooed Hills

In The Tattooed Hills, writer and publisher Jon Woolcott journeys to Britain’s enigmatic chalk hill figures uncovering their origins, meanings and enduring role in shaping ideas of English identity.

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boiling a batch of eggs for the cold salads I'll be eating during this nth heatwave with the enthusiasm of someone being made to dig their own grave by the mob

This excellent piece reveals the truth behind one of Ravilious' best loved paintings, and how the Westbury White Horse is really in Sussex...

Henry Rothwell@henryrothwell.bsky.social · 2w ago

If you're a Ravilious enthusiast, or just like a bit of an art mystery, I've just uploaded a new blog to the Rather Good Art website, which reveals another facet to one of Ravilious' best known paintings.

If you’re in London this evening, my good mate @jonwoolcott.bsky.social is presenting his book The Tattooed Hills at @stanfordstravel.bsky.social in Covent Garden. A wise and witty tour of England through its astonishing chalk figures, TTH is great, and Jon too! www.stanfords.co.uk/event-jon-wo...

Thrilled to pieces to be shortlisted @wainwrightprize.bsky.social! My quirky fusion of a book & its delightful & opinionated ghosts (human, wild & otherwise) revisiting the points in recent wildlife & rural history where we could have taken different paths, why we didn’t, & what we do now!

Me, talking in London, this Wednesday at @stanfordstravel.bsky.social . Some tickets left: www.stanfords.co.uk/event-jon-wo...

Jon Woolcott@jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What do I have in common with Kenneth Williams, aside from Infamy! Infamy! ? Both of us once worked for the excellent @stanfordstravel.bsky.social .I'm back there on 5 August to do a talk for The Tattooed Hills. With jokes. Kenneth would be proud. Tickets here: www.stanfords.co.uk/event-jon-wo...

Just finished The Tattooed Hills by @jonwoolcott.bsky.social terrific read - exploration of chalk hill figures and narratives and people around them. Beautifully written and readable!

Liberal England: The white horses of Lutterworth They are the work of the artist and sculptor Graeme Mitcheson, who was inspired by Lutterworth's role as a staging post for the coaching trade in the 18th century.

The white horses of Lutterworth

I went to Lutterworth today and was taken by these four white horses on a grassed bank at the bottom of the town's main street, which climbs...

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Rainbows. I had forgotten rainbows.

Wild Twin @littletollerbooks.bsky.social Winner of the TLS Ackerley Prize 2025 ‘This exceptional memoir…richly detailed and observant.’ Adelle Stripe, Tribune ‘A surging heart-song…’Iain Sinclair www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...

Wild Twin by Jeff Young - Little Toller Books

Wild Twin is the new memoir by the Costa Prize shortlisted author of Ghost Town. In this new book Jeff leaves Liverpool for the Europe of his dreams.

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I think we're all ready for The Muppet Odyssey.

This is a brilliant podcast and this episode, a conversation between 2 of my favourite people, is tremendous and tremendous fun.

John Grindrod@grindrod.bsky.social · last mo.

Need something cheery? Explore William Mitchell’s Great Wall of Kidderminster and the joys of The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady with me and @mikeparker.bsky.social on the latest Monstrosities Mon Amour, half an hour of curious chat podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

Count Binface has announced his Cabinet... Transport.......... Wheelie bin Environment..... Recycling bin Trade................. Pedal bin Health............... Dust bin Media................ Swing bin Justice.............. Sin bin Chancellor.........Bread bin

Saw your boyfriend on the train and immediately texted the British Transport Police on 61016 to report something that doesn’t look right

Today's lengthy, lunatic, AI generated book marketing pitch, offering 'luminary shelf mapping' to solve the 'problem' of Real Dorset, which is on its 4th reprint. How shall I respond?

Haven't seen any football in years. It seems to have morphed into some kind of high-speed wrestling. Exciting.

The living landscape of The Vale of the White Horse, by @annadillon.bsky.social (photo courtesy of Friends of the Ridgeway).

"Emergency podcasts, sir. Thousands of 'em"

What do I have in common with Kenneth Williams, aside from Infamy! Infamy! ? Both of us once worked for the excellent @stanfordstravel.bsky.social .I'm back there on 5 August to do a talk for The Tattooed Hills. With jokes. Kenneth would be proud. Tickets here: www.stanfords.co.uk/event-jon-wo...

Original Mick was also my driving instructor. #claimtofame

Simon McLean@simonmclean.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Not only has Mick outlived all the other members of DDBM&T, he's also outlived Mick II who replaced him in 1976

PUBLICATION DAY! Signed ones available Blackwell's, who also do FREE international delivery: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro... Extract here: www.tom-cox.com/one-week/ You might like it if you like the sea, walking, knitting, old records, community, crows, dogs, silliness, folklore or the sea.