Hudson Versus The Volcano. I wrote about WH Hudson's Birds In London for the latest @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social Quarterly.
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‘the nature of memory became ever more fascinating: the way it keeps certain moments vividly frozen while obliterating others, the way in which it endlessly reshapes the palimpsest that is our life story.’ Venda Goldsworthy in the latest @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social
@slightlyfoxed.bsky.social, the real reader's quarterly, was founded in 2004. Today, we're taking you back to that very first issue... 🦊 Read the magazine here: https://loom.ly/okCfxqE
‘The magazine is rather like that voice you always hope to hear behind you in old bookshops which, when you finger a volume . . . would pipe up and say: “Ah, now that's an interesting one”.’ Independent OUT NOW: Slightly Foxed Issue 91, Autumn 2026 🦊🍂 foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightl...
Indeed, the seasons change all too quickly! It always brings to mind that Dr Seuss quote: 'How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn.' We hope issue 91 brings some cheer during the cooler months ahead!🦊
tom slists@tomslists.bsky.social · 2mo ago@slightlyfoxed.bsky.social arrived! Great! But it says it’s autumn and I’m not ready for autumn. Although the dead leaves and declining daylight seem to point the same way. Everything is early this year
Wonderful to see this! The most perfect comfort reads. We hope you enjoy revisiting the world of BB and thank you for sharing. 🦊
@sandi13.bsky.social · last mo.@slightlyfoxed.bsky.social These arrived today. A comfort reread of some of my childhood favourites – BB’s “The Little Grey Men” and his other two titles. Slightly Foxed Cubs are nostalgia-inducing and very moreish. #SlightlyFoxed #Books #classics
Last month, the we had the pleasure of heading up to Yorkshire to visit the lovely team at Smith Settle, who print and bind Slightly Foxed (editions and quarterly). It was a wonderful afternoon. We hope you enjoy this behind the scenes video from our trip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFoS...
Slightly Foxed & Smith Settle | R. C. Sherriff, No Leading Lady in two limited-edition volumes
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I’m re-reading Blue Remembered Hills - the memoirs of Rosemary Sutcliff - aptly covered in cornflower cloth and gorgeously published by @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social. A perfect tonic for our times - an utterly compelling autobiography. What should I read next? #booksky
Many thanks to @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social for reissuing Les Girls last year with an introduction by yours truly.
Les Girls | *New* from the Slightly Foxed bookshelves
Introducing the forthcoming addition to the Slightly Foxed Editions list, No. 73: Constance Tomkinson | LES GIRLS ‘A Nova Scotian and the daughter of a clergyman, Constance Tomkinson was in her early ...
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🎧OUT NOW!🎧 The Slightly Foxed Podcast Episode 58 | The Other Mitford Girl foxedquarterly.com/the-slightly... #Mitford #Podcast #SlightlyFoxed
There is a nice appreciation of Moby Dick by Chris Saunders in the latest edition of Slightly Foxed magazine @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social – not just the novel, but the illustrations by Rockwell Ken
We lost our buoys to the storm, despite investing in heavier anchors and chains over the winter. We had trees down across access roads. Power went. I was well drenched before we opened to the public who (wisely) didn't come. But I came home to this, so, yeah, good day. @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social
Henry James famously said that for him ‘summer afternoons’ are the two most beautiful words in the English language.’ from @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social No. 90 just received. Same sentiment as the quote post, 20 years/ 80 issues apart
tom slists@tomslists.bsky.social · 5mo ago‘An old lady looking out across her garden on a gorgeous summer morning said “I were just wondering if Heaven be so very much better”
OUT NOW! The Slightly Foxed Podcast Episode 57: Travels with Norman Lewis #podcast #bookish #travelwriter foxedquarterly.com/norman-lewis...
We are thrilled to announce that Slightly Foxed editors Hazel Wood and Gail Pirkis will be giving a talk about life at a literary magazine on Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 10:00am as part of the Barnsbury Book Festival. Tickets are available here: www.barnsburybookfestival.org/authors/slig...
A great write-up by Pippa Roome of #HorseandHound about our recent podcast episode on Dick Francis, with his son and co-author Felix Francis and the racing commentator Derek ‘Tommo’ Thompson. Please read here: www.horseandhound.co.uk/racing/dick-...
‘I’ve watched it 1000 times’ – Dick Francis’s son on Devon Loch’s Grand National collapse
Felix Francis, son of bestselling author Dick Francis, talks about the moment when Devon Loch collapsed under his father in the 1956 Grand National
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What a joy to see a couple of Slightly Foxed Spring Issues (20 years apart!) side by side. SF marches on, bright eyed and bushy tailed as always! 🦊📚 Thank you for sharing @tomslits View our new Spring Issue here: foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightl...
Slightly Foxed Issue 89
The independent-minded quarterly that combines good looks, good writing and a personal approach. Slightly Foxed introduces . . .
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tom slists@tomslists.bsky.social · 7mo agoTwenty years of spring @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social
I wrote a bit about this for @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social (though it's mostly paywalled, sorry). About how meaningful the act of eating is for Sendak ("well eat you up, we love you so!"). foxedquarterly.com/richard-smyt...
Marvellous Meals
There are four books in Sendak’s Nutshell Library: the cautionary tale Pierre, the ‘book of months’ Chicken Soup with Rice . . .
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A lovely write up of our latest Slightly Foxed Edition: Les Girls by Constance Tomkinson. foxedquarterly.com/shop/constan...
Les Girls (No. 73)
‘Wanted. Dancers for Scandinavian tour. Must be experienced tap and ballet,’ read the advertisement in The Stage. Constance Tomkinson . . .
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Neglected Books@neglectedbooks.com · 8mo agoA fun review of Constance Tomkinson's memoir of life as a chorus girl in 1930s Europe, Les Girls, recently reissued by @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social.
Reminded, by a newsletter from @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social, that Ronald Blythe, whose archive has been acquired by the British Library (theguardian.com/books/2026/jan/12/british-library-acquires-archive-ronald-blythe), figures himself in the Slightly Foxed archive: foxedquarterly.com/ronald-blyth....
British Library acquires archive of rural life writer and essayist Ronald Blythe
Exclusive: Collection includes workbooks and index cards, and papers that show his research for bestseller Akenfield
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Episode 56 | The Thrilling World of Dick Francis 🎧 OUT NOW 🎧 foxedquarterly.com/dick-francis...
@ccmatters.bsky.social read and enjoyed (of course), I can turn my attention to @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social, also awaiting my return from warmer climes. Yes, that’s a blanket it is photographed against, a blanket I am sitting under as I settle in. I expect to be rewarded.
Coming 1 December from @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social editions: Les Girls, Constance Tomkinson's rollicking (and for once, this is not just blurb-ese) memoir of life as a chorus girl in 1930s Europe, with an introduction by yours truly. A wonderful Christmas treat! foxedquarterly.com/shop/constan...
Always a good day when my copy of @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social ‘Slightly Foxed’ arrives. Looking forward to each & every item, especially ‘The Secret Life of Second-hand Books’ 📚📚📚 #slightlyfoxed #bibliophile
Thanks to @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social for including my piece on Peter Ross's Steeple Chasing in the upcoming winter Foxed Quarterly. foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightl...
Slightly Foxed Issue 88
In this issue: Laurie Graham relishes a story of mushrooms and murder • Sam Leith pays homage to The Once and Future King . . .
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Doc Sarah Lonsdale@sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social · 11mo agoLast year, I found an old love letter between the yellowing pages of a second hand book, and asked Bluesky whether you had found similar. I was inundated with responses (see 🧵 below)! My essay has just been published in @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social ! Thank you so much everyone who replied and helped