Robin Kinross
kinross.bsky.social
Robin Kinross
@kinross.bsky.social
Editor, typographer. Wants UK constitutional remake. Supports underdogs.

‘Books that lie open’: https://robinkinross.substack.com/profile/posts
Sonntag insbesonders.
November 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Ich muss der Blueskyschen künstlich Intelligenz danken. Er hat mich ingeladen auf deutsch zu antworten.
November 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Es ist als ob das Satz auf deutsch geschrieben was!
November 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
or Ian McEwan?
October 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Fresh constitutions usually come after defeat in war, or after a political revolution. Neither very likely in the UK.

But these could be motivating factors (most to least likely):

Irish unity win in NI
Scotland votes for indy
Wales ditto
monarchy loses all credibility
England votes for indy
October 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Thanks for this.

Substack seemed a better place for discussions that try to reach beyond the typo/design audience.

It makes its money through subscriptions. So I wonder about the longevity there of those of us who aren't charging anything.
October 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Count me out too!
The TLS review of her latest said something similar.
October 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
In my memory, the second album, Sankt Gerold, works a lot better than their first encounter:
ecmrecords.com/product/sank...
Sankt Gerold - ECM Records
ECM brought this trio of innovative free jazz veterans together for the first time to make the critically-acclaimed "Time Will Tell" album in 1994 – since then, it has become a popular institution on ...
ecmrecords.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Richard was one of the best to follow on Twitter. I've looked in vain for him here.

Splendid piece of writing, as usual.
September 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
BWV 150
September 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
About then I first set eyes on Django, maybe as a dep, in some group or other, playing electric keyboards in a pub in Camden Town. This one?
www.closedpubs.co.uk/london/nw1_c...
Camden Falcon, Camden
www.closedpubs.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Radio London, Saturday (morning?), 1980s?
August 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
COYS!
August 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
More on Bill/Tsch here:
hyphenpress.co.uk/2025/02/24/b...
and see fn 1
August 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The signature is in the black bar at the base of the image, and is roughly above 9.

This Cecil Keeling did work on commissions from the BBC, and post-war there are Penguin covers... I'm glad to be reminded of him.
August 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
C. Keeling
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_K...
(the signature above the '9' – it's illegible, unless you have some dim memory of having seen his name before)
Cecil Keeling - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
+ Madurodam
August 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Items are held in the steel-framed shelving system that KM uses in his own studio. The printed exhibition guide explains everything, compartment by compartment.
August 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM