Elin Morgan
@nilebackwards.bsky.social
Writer, comms person and recent UEA Creative Writing (Non-fic) grad. Gooner. E17. She/Her. New here...
I enjoyed digging into Vic Keegan's history of London's Thorney Island (where many of Westminster's famous insitutions now sit). Here's my review for OnLondon
Dave Hill@davehillonlondon.bsky.social · 4mo agoA review by @nilebackwards.bsky.social of a book about a very particular part of central #London, written by one of On London's most illustrious contributors - www.onlondon.co.uk/book-review-....
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Something Gothic this way comes… Submissions are OPEN for The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry. We want poems of neon dread, fractured love, haunted minds. Closing date: October 31st #PoetrySubmissions #SubmissionWindow #TheHavishamSteps #ModernGothicPoetry
Something Gothic This Way Comes: Submit to The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout October 2025 | Publication in 2026
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After a beautiful (hot and thirsty!) London summer, here's my latest piece for @davehillonlondon.bsky.social / On London about the history of London's drinking fountains and how they're being restored. Thanks to @holtoflondon.bsky.social for help in my research www.onlondon.co.uk/elin-morgan-...
Elin Morgan: Reviving London's historic drinking fountains
With the ownership of water again an issue for concerned debate, there is much to be learned from the pioneers of public provision
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Oh I’m so down! Baby yellow warbler says hip hip hurray (feed me)!!! #birds
Daryll Marie@daryllmarie.bsky.social · 11mo agoThe Birds Feed just passed 14k likes 🤯 you know what time it is… post celebratory birb! 🎉🪶
I wrote a bit for @davehillonlondon.bsky.social about when Gandhi and Charlie Chaplin met in Canning Town, East London in 1931 onlondon.co.uk/elin-morgan-... #filmhistory @newhamheritage.bsky.social
Elin Morgan: When two little men met in Canning Town
A pocket park in Newham, close to a polluted major road, commemorates a famous conversation between Mahatma Gandhi and Charles Chaplin
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If you're free this evening do go check this out. Something truly different. Very much enjoyed it last night
the Space Theatre@thespacetheatre.bsky.social · last yr.This week - Oscar Edelstein A UK Premiere as we welcome the great Argentine Composer and Pianist Oscar Edelstein in the new concert “Bitácoras”, Oscar plays “un-classic” piano with vocals and video made by multimedia artist Deborah Claire Procter. 28th - 30th March space.org.uk/event/in-con...
Aaron Boehmer traces a history of underground presses and political dissent in America.
A Brief History of America’s Campaign Against Dissident Newsmaking
In an early issue of The Rag, there was a warning: “Gentle Thursday Is Coming.” Only it wasn’t so much a warning as it was an invitation, first appearing in a one-inch section of the paper and then…
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I wrote for On London about the starring role my corner of East London played in cinema history, now mostly forgotten. Thanks to @davehillonlondon.bsky.social for edits!
Elin Morgan: 'Combing out' Walthamstow's filmmaking past
Not many traces of it remain, but London E17 was a force to be reckoned with in the early days of silent movies
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Number crunching: Ticketmaster’s donation to Music Venues Trust v compensation package of Ticketmaster CEO Michael Rapino From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
“After all, what is a ghost or an eidolon but an enormous psychic need made externally visible?” @legroff.bsky.social on the nuances of A Room of One’s Own.
Judith Shakespeare, Grinning Literary Ghost: Lauren Groff on the Nuances of A Room of One’s Own
Of all the eidolons that Virginia Woolf conjured up off the page and into the world, perhaps her most insistent is that of Shakespeare’s sister. How alive she is, this Judith Shakespeare, who in re…
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My current favourite place to write is the cafe at my local library. Coffee and tea is cheap and good and throughout the day, all life is here...
So it seems that if if you're the one person staying in London for Christmas this year, what you'll mostly be doing is feeding cats...Three so far!
Sounds like a writing technique I'd like to try...
Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 2y agoPicked up this little book of writers’ writing rituals, & I think most of em are liars — “up at dawn, 6 hours at my desk, followed by calisthenics, liquor, & reading edifying works.” But David Lynch delivers the goods.
