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London explorer. Chief pilot of Londonist: Time Machine, a Substack about London History. Follow for lots of geeky observations about London.
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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...
Want to win our new book, The Boroughs of London? It’s the only competition ever (probably) where you have to pretend to be a 1960s London councillor…
🚨 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 12:05 PM
Want to win our new book, The Boroughs of London? It’s the only competition ever (probably) where you have to pretend to be a 1960s London councillor…
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...
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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.
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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.
🧵⬇️
I’ve been and done a book, with @thisismikehall.com It’s out now! A cartographic celebration of the 32 London boroughs (plus the Square Mile), with around 350 ideas of places to visit. It’s turned out handsomly (even if I haven’t) open.substack.com/pub/londonis...
The Boroughs of London at 60
I put some words into a book.
open.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I’ve been and done a book, with @thisismikehall.com It’s out now! A cartographic celebration of the 32 London boroughs (plus the Square Mile), with around 350 ideas of places to visit. It’s turned out handsomly (even if I haven’t) open.substack.com/pub/londonis...
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🚨 London lovers! Come see me and Londonist supremo
@mattfromlondon.bsky.social talk about our new book THE BOROUGHS OF LONDON at Stanfords next month!
📍 Stanfords (@stanfordstravel.bsky.social) 7 Mercer Walk, WC2H 9FA
🗓️ 7pm, Thu 9th October
🎟️ £8.00 (inc 🍷)
➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-boroug...
@mattfromlondon.bsky.social talk about our new book THE BOROUGHS OF LONDON at Stanfords next month!
📍 Stanfords (@stanfordstravel.bsky.social) 7 Mercer Walk, WC2H 9FA
🗓️ 7pm, Thu 9th October
🎟️ £8.00 (inc 🍷)
➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-boroug...
September 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🚨 London lovers! Come see me and Londonist supremo
@mattfromlondon.bsky.social talk about our new book THE BOROUGHS OF LONDON at Stanfords next month!
📍 Stanfords (@stanfordstravel.bsky.social) 7 Mercer Walk, WC2H 9FA
🗓️ 7pm, Thu 9th October
🎟️ £8.00 (inc 🍷)
➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-boroug...
@mattfromlondon.bsky.social talk about our new book THE BOROUGHS OF LONDON at Stanfords next month!
📍 Stanfords (@stanfordstravel.bsky.social) 7 Mercer Walk, WC2H 9FA
🗓️ 7pm, Thu 9th October
🎟️ £8.00 (inc 🍷)
➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-boroug...
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🚨 One month to go till THE BOROUGHS OF LONDON by me and @mattfromlondon.bsky.social hits the shops!
Packed with maps and illustrations, learn about London's 32 boroughs, how they came to be, the fascinating places in each, and much more history and trivia besides. Preorder today!
ℹ️ bit.ly/BorosLdn
Packed with maps and illustrations, learn about London's 32 boroughs, how they came to be, the fascinating places in each, and much more history and trivia besides. Preorder today!
ℹ️ bit.ly/BorosLdn
September 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
🚨 One month to go till THE BOROUGHS OF LONDON by me and @mattfromlondon.bsky.social hits the shops!
Packed with maps and illustrations, learn about London's 32 boroughs, how they came to be, the fascinating places in each, and much more history and trivia besides. Preorder today!
ℹ️ bit.ly/BorosLdn
Packed with maps and illustrations, learn about London's 32 boroughs, how they came to be, the fascinating places in each, and much more history and trivia besides. Preorder today!
ℹ️ bit.ly/BorosLdn
At the lovely Mercia Marina — supposedly the largest inland marina in Europe — in Derbyshire. Besides the obvious, it has shops, restaurants, a Norse goddess, free bikes, and a Cheese Boat that also sells novelty socks. Idyllic.
August 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
At the lovely Mercia Marina — supposedly the largest inland marina in Europe — in Derbyshire. Besides the obvious, it has shops, restaurants, a Norse goddess, free bikes, and a Cheese Boat that also sells novelty socks. Idyllic.
Think I’ll pass, cheers. But thanks for the offer
August 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Think I’ll pass, cheers. But thanks for the offer
The Apple Store, Dorset style
August 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The Apple Store, Dorset style
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A reminder that the nice people at Waterstones are offering a 25% discount on preorder copies of me and @mattfromlondon.bsky.social’s new book The Boroughs of London (UK shipping only). Offer ends midnight tomorrow!
➡️ www.waterstones.com/book/the-bor...
➡️ www.waterstones.com/book/the-bor...
July 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
A reminder that the nice people at Waterstones are offering a 25% discount on preorder copies of me and @mattfromlondon.bsky.social’s new book The Boroughs of London (UK shipping only). Offer ends midnight tomorrow!
➡️ www.waterstones.com/book/the-bor...
➡️ www.waterstones.com/book/the-bor...
An explicit version of Beethoven’s Fifth? What? I thought it was the Third that was dubbed the Erotica Symphony
July 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
An explicit version of Beethoven’s Fifth? What? I thought it was the Third that was dubbed the Erotica Symphony
I’m pretty sure the Royal Courts of Justice in London inspired Castle Grayskull
July 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I’m pretty sure the Royal Courts of Justice in London inspired Castle Grayskull
The perils of naming your shop after a living person (these in Southgate and Waltham Forest)
July 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The perils of naming your shop after a living person (these in Southgate and Waltham Forest)
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I created a scan of the whole length of the Covid Memorial Wall opposite Westminster Palace!
#London #photogrammetry
3D: skfb.ly/pyuoS
#London #photogrammetry
3D: skfb.ly/pyuoS
June 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I created a scan of the whole length of the Covid Memorial Wall opposite Westminster Palace!
#London #photogrammetry
3D: skfb.ly/pyuoS
#London #photogrammetry
3D: skfb.ly/pyuoS
Kids got me this lovely Star Wars pint glass for fathers’ day. And now they’ve gone to bed, can anyone explain what the round blueberry thing is… because I got it in my head that it’s Darth Vader’s sphincter, but I can’t say that out loud.
June 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Kids got me this lovely Star Wars pint glass for fathers’ day. And now they’ve gone to bed, can anyone explain what the round blueberry thing is… because I got it in my head that it’s Darth Vader’s sphincter, but I can’t say that out loud.
Spotted in Elstree. Awful and bizarre in equal measure.
June 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Spotted in Elstree. Awful and bizarre in equal measure.
“Ronald Reagan? The escapologist?”. The President’s statue in Grosvenor Square, London is not quite how I remember it.
June 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
“Ronald Reagan? The escapologist?”. The President’s statue in Grosvenor Square, London is not quite how I remember it.
Loved this whole series of Doctor Who. Triumphant, imaginative, jubilant television. The look of wonderment on my 9yo daughter’s face at the end was priceless. Hope they sort out the behind-the-scenes stuff and come back soon. #doctorwho
May 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Loved this whole series of Doctor Who. Triumphant, imaginative, jubilant television. The look of wonderment on my 9yo daughter’s face at the end was priceless. Hope they sort out the behind-the-scenes stuff and come back soon. #doctorwho
Just been served my first £8 pint. In a Sam Smiths pub! It’s not even very nice.
May 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Just been served my first £8 pint. In a Sam Smiths pub! It’s not even very nice.
Some interesting photo captioning in the Independent
May 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Some interesting photo captioning in the Independent
Reading with my six year old. His answer to this was “Using the Safari browser?”
May 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Reading with my six year old. His answer to this was “Using the Safari browser?”