Mike Hall
@thisismikehall.com
Award-winning mapmaker and illustrator in Valencia, Spain | My first book THE BOROUGHS OF LONDON is now available! https://www.batsfordbooks.com/book/the-boroughs-of-london | More info: linktr.ee/thisismikehall
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Mike Hall
@thisismikehall.com
· Oct 17
The Boroughs of London by me and @mattfromlondon.bsky.social is now in the shops (out Oct 21st in North America)! 📚
Here’s a thread on what it’s about, what’s inside, and why - if you love all things London, local history, boundaries, facts, trivia and above all MAPS - you’re in for a treat.
🧵⬇️
Here’s a thread on what it’s about, what’s inside, and why - if you love all things London, local history, boundaries, facts, trivia and above all MAPS - you’re in for a treat.
🧵⬇️
Here we go then. As @diamondgeezer.bsky.social has decreed it, and for the amusement of ~3 people, I am bound for the great borough of Sutton.
Stand by for a reportage.
Stand by for a reportage.
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Here we go then. As @diamondgeezer.bsky.social has decreed it, and for the amusement of ~3 people, I am bound for the great borough of Sutton.
Stand by for a reportage.
Stand by for a reportage.
All right come on guys. At the moment (if I go through with this idea) I’m spending tomorrow travelling all the way from Stratford down to Sutton then back up to Enfield for the book thing by 6pm. My Oyster card’s gonna take a pasting.
Any votes for literally any other borough? 🙏🏻
Any votes for literally any other borough? 🙏🏻
💡 Publicity stunt idea:
I have a whole day to kill in London tomorrow. In homage to @diamondgeezer.bsky.social, my challenge is to visit all of the key locations we feature within a single borough in our book.
Which borough is up to you! Vote in the replies - the borough with most votes wins. Go!
I have a whole day to kill in London tomorrow. In homage to @diamondgeezer.bsky.social, my challenge is to visit all of the key locations we feature within a single borough in our book.
Which borough is up to you! Vote in the replies - the borough with most votes wins. Go!
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
All right come on guys. At the moment (if I go through with this idea) I’m spending tomorrow travelling all the way from Stratford down to Sutton then back up to Enfield for the book thing by 6pm. My Oyster card’s gonna take a pasting.
Any votes for literally any other borough? 🙏🏻
Any votes for literally any other borough? 🙏🏻
So far it’s a choice between Sutton or Hillingdon. Both perfectly fine places to visit though rather inconveniently distant from the north London place I need to be at by 6pm...
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
So far it’s a choice between Sutton or Hillingdon. Both perfectly fine places to visit though rather inconveniently distant from the north London place I need to be at by 6pm...
💡 Publicity stunt idea:
I have a whole day to kill in London tomorrow. In homage to @diamondgeezer.bsky.social, my challenge is to visit all of the key locations we feature within a single borough in our book.
Which borough is up to you! Vote in the replies - the borough with most votes wins. Go!
I have a whole day to kill in London tomorrow. In homage to @diamondgeezer.bsky.social, my challenge is to visit all of the key locations we feature within a single borough in our book.
Which borough is up to you! Vote in the replies - the borough with most votes wins. Go!
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
💡 Publicity stunt idea:
I have a whole day to kill in London tomorrow. In homage to @diamondgeezer.bsky.social, my challenge is to visit all of the key locations we feature within a single borough in our book.
Which borough is up to you! Vote in the replies - the borough with most votes wins. Go!
I have a whole day to kill in London tomorrow. In homage to @diamondgeezer.bsky.social, my challenge is to visit all of the key locations we feature within a single borough in our book.
Which borough is up to you! Vote in the replies - the borough with most votes wins. Go!
Got a catchy, witty or evocative alternative name for your favourite (or least favourite) London borough? Send it to us and you could win a print AND a copy of our book! ⤵️
🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨
💭 Play the role of a 1960s London councillor and invent a new name for an existing London Borough!
The best suggestions will win a signed map of Greater London by me, AND a copy of 'The Boroughs of London' courtesy of Batsford Books!
ℹ️ More info at bit.ly/BorosComp
💭 Play the role of a 1960s London councillor and invent a new name for an existing London Borough!
The best suggestions will win a signed map of Greater London by me, AND a copy of 'The Boroughs of London' courtesy of Batsford Books!
ℹ️ More info at bit.ly/BorosComp
November 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Got a catchy, witty or evocative alternative name for your favourite (or least favourite) London borough? Send it to us and you could win a print AND a copy of our book! ⤵️
A reminder that this time next week @mattfromlondon.bsky.social and I will be at Enfield Waterstones signing copies of our book The Boroughs of London! ✍🏻📚
If you're in north London that evening, do stop by!
⏰ 6pm, Wed 26 Nov
📍 26 Church St, Enfield EN2 6BE
www.waterstones.com/events/the-b...
If you're in north London that evening, do stop by!
⏰ 6pm, Wed 26 Nov
📍 26 Church St, Enfield EN2 6BE
www.waterstones.com/events/the-b...
November 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A reminder that this time next week @mattfromlondon.bsky.social and I will be at Enfield Waterstones signing copies of our book The Boroughs of London! ✍🏻📚
If you're in north London that evening, do stop by!
⏰ 6pm, Wed 26 Nov
📍 26 Church St, Enfield EN2 6BE
www.waterstones.com/events/the-b...
If you're in north London that evening, do stop by!
⏰ 6pm, Wed 26 Nov
📍 26 Church St, Enfield EN2 6BE
www.waterstones.com/events/the-b...
Lots of good submissions for this so far, including one *really* good one which definitely ought to win a prize 🌟
(Incidentally, all of them so far have come from blokes - any ladies out there with ideas for new borough names? 🙋🏻♀️)
(Incidentally, all of them so far have come from blokes - any ladies out there with ideas for new borough names? 🙋🏻♀️)
🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨
💭 Play the role of a 1960s London councillor and invent a new name for an existing London Borough!
The best suggestions will win a signed map of Greater London by me, AND a copy of 'The Boroughs of London' courtesy of Batsford Books!
ℹ️ More info at bit.ly/BorosComp
💭 Play the role of a 1960s London councillor and invent a new name for an existing London Borough!
The best suggestions will win a signed map of Greater London by me, AND a copy of 'The Boroughs of London' courtesy of Batsford Books!
ℹ️ More info at bit.ly/BorosComp
November 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Lots of good submissions for this so far, including one *really* good one which definitely ought to win a prize 🌟
(Incidentally, all of them so far have come from blokes - any ladies out there with ideas for new borough names? 🙋🏻♀️)
(Incidentally, all of them so far have come from blokes - any ladies out there with ideas for new borough names? 🙋🏻♀️)
🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨
💭 Play the role of a 1960s London councillor and invent a new name for an existing London Borough!
The best suggestions will win a signed map of Greater London by me, AND a copy of 'The Boroughs of London' courtesy of Batsford Books!
ℹ️ More info at bit.ly/BorosComp
💭 Play the role of a 1960s London councillor and invent a new name for an existing London Borough!
The best suggestions will win a signed map of Greater London by me, AND a copy of 'The Boroughs of London' courtesy of Batsford Books!
ℹ️ More info at bit.ly/BorosComp
November 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨
💭 Play the role of a 1960s London councillor and invent a new name for an existing London Borough!
The best suggestions will win a signed map of Greater London by me, AND a copy of 'The Boroughs of London' courtesy of Batsford Books!
ℹ️ More info at bit.ly/BorosComp
💭 Play the role of a 1960s London councillor and invent a new name for an existing London Borough!
The best suggestions will win a signed map of Greater London by me, AND a copy of 'The Boroughs of London' courtesy of Batsford Books!
ℹ️ More info at bit.ly/BorosComp
Very nice review here of The Boroughs of London on the London Historians blog!
"A rather wonderful and illuminating combination of history and travel guide"
➡️ londonhistorians.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/t...
"A rather wonderful and illuminating combination of history and travel guide"
➡️ londonhistorians.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/t...
The Boroughs of London
Book review: The Boroughs of London by Mike Hall and Matt Brown. This team has already collaborated on previous geographical works: Atlas of Imagined Places: from Lilliput to Gotham City (2021) and…
londonhistorians.wordpress.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Very nice review here of The Boroughs of London on the London Historians blog!
"A rather wonderful and illuminating combination of history and travel guide"
➡️ londonhistorians.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/t...
"A rather wonderful and illuminating combination of history and travel guide"
➡️ londonhistorians.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/t...
Reposted by Mike Hall
Boroughs of London fans! My co-author Matt and I will be signing copies at Waterstones on Enfield Church St from 6pm on Wed 26th Nov 📚 ✍🏻 (incidentally a short hop from the site of the world's first ATM, which you can read about in our book!)
Come say hi! 👋🏻
www.waterstones.com/events/the-b...
Come say hi! 👋🏻
www.waterstones.com/events/the-b...
The Boroughs of London | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about The Boroughs of London today.
www.waterstones.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Boroughs of London fans! My co-author Matt and I will be signing copies at Waterstones on Enfield Church St from 6pm on Wed 26th Nov 📚 ✍🏻 (incidentally a short hop from the site of the world's first ATM, which you can read about in our book!)
Come say hi! 👋🏻
www.waterstones.com/events/the-b...
Come say hi! 👋🏻
www.waterstones.com/events/the-b...
Boroughs of London fans! My co-author Matt and I will be signing copies at Waterstones on Enfield Church St from 6pm on Wed 26th Nov 📚 ✍🏻 (incidentally a short hop from the site of the world's first ATM, which you can read about in our book!)
Come say hi! 👋🏻
www.waterstones.com/events/the-b...
Come say hi! 👋🏻
www.waterstones.com/events/the-b...
The Boroughs of London | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about The Boroughs of London today.
www.waterstones.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Boroughs of London fans! My co-author Matt and I will be signing copies at Waterstones on Enfield Church St from 6pm on Wed 26th Nov 📚 ✍🏻 (incidentally a short hop from the site of the world's first ATM, which you can read about in our book!)
Come say hi! 👋🏻
www.waterstones.com/events/the-b...
Come say hi! 👋🏻
www.waterstones.com/events/the-b...
Around the time I moved to Spain (11 years ago now!) I was reading As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee, a book that captivated me so completely I ended up drawing a map of the author's journey. One day, I’ll get around to doing the same for its follow-up, A Moment of War.
November 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Around the time I moved to Spain (11 years ago now!) I was reading As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee, a book that captivated me so completely I ended up drawing a map of the author's journey. One day, I’ll get around to doing the same for its follow-up, A Moment of War.
Full marks for this costume from this Hieronymus Bosch fan 💯
We have the same unnamed critter lurking on our bookshelf, though I genuinely never noticed the little yellow crest on the red cloak until now!!
We have the same unnamed critter lurking on our bookshelf, though I genuinely never noticed the little yellow crest on the red cloak until now!!
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Full marks for this costume from this Hieronymus Bosch fan 💯
We have the same unnamed critter lurking on our bookshelf, though I genuinely never noticed the little yellow crest on the red cloak until now!!
We have the same unnamed critter lurking on our bookshelf, though I genuinely never noticed the little yellow crest on the red cloak until now!!
🎃 This Halloween, here are some creepy characters from my illustrated maps in the Atlas of Imagined Places and the Atlas of Imagined Cities. In these books you can discover where the Ghostbusters HQ, Chucky’s house, Dracula’s castle and more can all be found.
www.thisismikehall.com/imaginaryatl...
www.thisismikehall.com/imaginaryatl...
October 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🎃 This Halloween, here are some creepy characters from my illustrated maps in the Atlas of Imagined Places and the Atlas of Imagined Cities. In these books you can discover where the Ghostbusters HQ, Chucky’s house, Dracula’s castle and more can all be found.
www.thisismikehall.com/imaginaryatl...
www.thisismikehall.com/imaginaryatl...
Any decent politician with an ounce of humility* would have resigned over this a long time ago. Not Carlos Mazon; his days as the regional president of Valencia are surely numbered.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘Still angry’: more than 50,000 protest in Valencia on first anniversary of floods
Demonstrators call on regional leader to resign over handling of one of Europe’s deadliest natural disasters in decades
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Any decent politician with an ounce of humility* would have resigned over this a long time ago. Not Carlos Mazon; his days as the regional president of Valencia are surely numbered.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Lovely review of The Boroughs of London by the London Society: "At less than a £1.00 a Borough this is surely the best value book on London around at the moment." Can't argue with that! 😉
➡️ londonsociety.org.uk/the-boroughs...
➡️ londonsociety.org.uk/the-boroughs...
The Boroughs of London - The London Society
londonsociety.org.uk
October 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Lovely review of The Boroughs of London by the London Society: "At less than a £1.00 a Borough this is surely the best value book on London around at the moment." Can't argue with that! 😉
➡️ londonsociety.org.uk/the-boroughs...
➡️ londonsociety.org.uk/the-boroughs...
That East Wing construction site, per OpenStreetMap:
October 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
That East Wing construction site, per OpenStreetMap:
Guarantee you he chose to demolish the East Wing *specifically* due to that photo of Obama jogging through it.
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Guarantee you he chose to demolish the East Wing *specifically* due to that photo of Obama jogging through it.
Reposted by Mike Hall
So, so chuffed that The Boroughs of London is currently filling the window of @dauntbookspub.bsky.social in Marylebone. It’s a real honour. If you can’t get to the shop you can order from them here dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/books/t...
October 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
So, so chuffed that The Boroughs of London is currently filling the window of @dauntbookspub.bsky.social in Marylebone. It’s a real honour. If you can’t get to the shop you can order from them here dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/books/t...
Reposted by Mike Hall
Part of me is *slightly* disappointed that nobody looked at the maps in this image from my thread about my new book* last week and sent me an indignant reply of outrage. "Redbridge merged with Waltham Forest, are you MAD" or "Sevenoaks part of Greater London? Over my dead body"
🔮 Lastly, we gaze into our crystal balls, have some fun inventing some new boroughs and imagine how they might evolve in the future.
Will they be reorganised and merged into a smaller number? Or will Greater London expand to include more of the surrounding area? Seems unlikely, but you never know.
Will they be reorganised and merged into a smaller number? Or will Greater London expand to include more of the surrounding area? Seems unlikely, but you never know.
October 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Part of me is *slightly* disappointed that nobody looked at the maps in this image from my thread about my new book* last week and sent me an indignant reply of outrage. "Redbridge merged with Waltham Forest, are you MAD" or "Sevenoaks part of Greater London? Over my dead body"
Part of me is *slightly* disappointed that nobody looked at the maps in this image from my thread about my new book* last week and sent me an indignant reply of outrage. "Redbridge merged with Waltham Forest, are you MAD" or "Sevenoaks part of Greater London? Over my dead body"
🔮 Lastly, we gaze into our crystal balls, have some fun inventing some new boroughs and imagine how they might evolve in the future.
Will they be reorganised and merged into a smaller number? Or will Greater London expand to include more of the surrounding area? Seems unlikely, but you never know.
Will they be reorganised and merged into a smaller number? Or will Greater London expand to include more of the surrounding area? Seems unlikely, but you never know.
October 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Part of me is *slightly* disappointed that nobody looked at the maps in this image from my thread about my new book* last week and sent me an indignant reply of outrage. "Redbridge merged with Waltham Forest, are you MAD" or "Sevenoaks part of Greater London? Over my dead body"
Students who email professional artists asking for advice should have the decency to at least reply with a simple “thank you” when those artists take the time to respond.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 20, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Students who email professional artists asking for advice should have the decency to at least reply with a simple “thank you” when those artists take the time to respond.
Good news and bad news for my US customers 🇺🇸
Good news: Shipping to the US has resumed, so I’m now accepting orders again! 🙌
Bad news: You’ll need to pay a little bit extra at the checkout to cover the new import tariffs. Sorry about that - blame your president.
ℹ️ shop.thisismikehall.com
Good news: Shipping to the US has resumed, so I’m now accepting orders again! 🙌
Bad news: You’ll need to pay a little bit extra at the checkout to cover the new import tariffs. Sorry about that - blame your president.
ℹ️ shop.thisismikehall.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Good news and bad news for my US customers 🇺🇸
Good news: Shipping to the US has resumed, so I’m now accepting orders again! 🙌
Bad news: You’ll need to pay a little bit extra at the checkout to cover the new import tariffs. Sorry about that - blame your president.
ℹ️ shop.thisismikehall.com
Good news: Shipping to the US has resumed, so I’m now accepting orders again! 🙌
Bad news: You’ll need to pay a little bit extra at the checkout to cover the new import tariffs. Sorry about that - blame your president.
ℹ️ shop.thisismikehall.com
Reposted by Mike Hall
The Boroughs of London by me and @mattfromlondon.bsky.social is now in the shops (out Oct 21st in North America)! 📚
Here’s a thread on what it’s about, what’s inside, and why - if you love all things London, local history, boundaries, facts, trivia and above all MAPS - you’re in for a treat.
🧵⬇️
Here’s a thread on what it’s about, what’s inside, and why - if you love all things London, local history, boundaries, facts, trivia and above all MAPS - you’re in for a treat.
🧵⬇️
October 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The Boroughs of London by me and @mattfromlondon.bsky.social is now in the shops (out Oct 21st in North America)! 📚
Here’s a thread on what it’s about, what’s inside, and why - if you love all things London, local history, boundaries, facts, trivia and above all MAPS - you’re in for a treat.
🧵⬇️
Here’s a thread on what it’s about, what’s inside, and why - if you love all things London, local history, boundaries, facts, trivia and above all MAPS - you’re in for a treat.
🧵⬇️
The Boroughs of London by me and @mattfromlondon.bsky.social is now in the shops (out Oct 21st in North America)! 📚
Here’s a thread on what it’s about, what’s inside, and why - if you love all things London, local history, boundaries, facts, trivia and above all MAPS - you’re in for a treat.
🧵⬇️
Here’s a thread on what it’s about, what’s inside, and why - if you love all things London, local history, boundaries, facts, trivia and above all MAPS - you’re in for a treat.
🧵⬇️
October 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The Boroughs of London by me and @mattfromlondon.bsky.social is now in the shops (out Oct 21st in North America)! 📚
Here’s a thread on what it’s about, what’s inside, and why - if you love all things London, local history, boundaries, facts, trivia and above all MAPS - you’re in for a treat.
🧵⬇️
Here’s a thread on what it’s about, what’s inside, and why - if you love all things London, local history, boundaries, facts, trivia and above all MAPS - you’re in for a treat.
🧵⬇️