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Sandra Lawrence
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Author, MouldLark & Scribehound. Enthused by Victorian gardeners, Noir femmes fatales, Arthurian legend, magic lanterns, weird folklore & rotting trunks. www.SandraLawrence.com. www.MissWillmottsGhosts.com. Rep'd by @elladkahn at www.dkwlitagency.co.uk.
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July 28, 2025 at 7:21 AM
After publication day on Thursday, the first sighting of The Psychedelic Garden in the wild, alongside its brothers and sisters at #RoyalBotanicGardensKew
July 26, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Oh boy, Lost Gardens is in the window at #Hatchards. Okay, so it's smaller than the others and at the back but I'm A Contender! Thanks to
@franceshardinge.bsky.social
for the photo!
June 4, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Daffodils at #WarleyPlace coming into their prime...
March 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Looking forward to chatting about Ellen Willmott next Wednesday at the Lindley Library!

Lindley Late - Horticultural Heroes: Spotlight on Miss Ellen Willmott Tickets, Wed, Mar 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM | Eventbrite
February 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The 18th and early 20th century period celebrated romance, and especially St Valentine's Day...
February 16, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Art at Canary Wharf's Winter Lights Festival this evening. Reminds me of the old RKO ident.
January 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A wet Sunday. What better project than taking the problem lantern to bits...
January 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
With a complex 24 hours ahead, wishing everyone a Happy New Year and a great 2025. Mine will be filled with rotting trunks, strange magic lantern slides and...well, who knows what...
December 31, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Bargains agogo at my local Asda
December 20, 2024 at 4:55 PM
What a treat Conclave is - equal parts thrilling, pensive and camp. Fiennes is a shoe-in for Best Actor; Rossellini Best Supporting Actress. Best Supporting Actor more difficult to call but almost certainly from this film.
December 6, 2024 at 8:39 PM
The mysterious, crumbling Murs a Peche at Montreuil, Paris.
December 4, 2024 at 10:21 PM
An angel conducts the heavenly host.
December 4, 2024 at 3:10 PM
An extraordinary, surreal production of the already surreal Tales of Hoffmann at @royaloperahouse.bsky.social. Wonderful cast but Olga Pudova as Olympia particularly stands out.
November 29, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Gutted to discover that my favourite restored lost garden, #Dewstow in Wales, is now closed permanently. After being re-dug from underneath a pile of Motorway spoil, it's particularly upsetting to lose it again. Praying it will be maintained and opened at least occasionally.
November 28, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Another of the dragons at #Waddesdon this Christmas, altogether scarier...
November 26, 2024 at 4:31 PM
One of the dragons at #Waddesdon this Christmas
November 26, 2024 at 4:27 PM
A good evening for a candlelit #magiclantern show...
November 17, 2024 at 12:03 AM
People of Bluesky. Let's get to know each other better. What is your favourite movie?
Quote share your answer only in gif form.
November 16, 2024 at 11:50 PM
My favourite #magiclantern kaleidoscopic chromotrope, as projected. The distant firework-like sounds are from the crank mechanism.
November 16, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Oh Boy! Just discovered that #EllenWillmott first visited Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood 30th June 1892, with her friend Lady Fitzhardinge. She enjoys it so much she returns 20 days later 20th July 1892, this time alone. It's the first concrete proof they knew each other this early.
November 14, 2024 at 2:43 PM

The tree fern, all tucked up with straw and fleece, and cosy for winter.
November 13, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Remembrance Day poppies at #HRP Tower of London last night. Both beautiful and solemn.
November 10, 2024 at 10:27 AM
This morning I just wanted to join Seta in this box but there wasn't room so I decided to do something positive and get the hell off X. I've followed as many of my old Twitter chums as I can find but I hardly have any, and must be missing loads. Please tell me who to follow here...
November 6, 2024 at 5:46 PM
I still can't quite believe I've been invited to join this extraordinary project. Sharing this as there's a special offer of an opening subscription for £1 if you join before November 1st www.scribehound.com/member.
October 25, 2024 at 9:08 AM