Tomilyn
@tomilyn.bsky.social
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books / buildings / bicycles Writing on urbanism in Lewisham for Salamander News
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Please to have a new piece of fiction out with The Table Review today! Second in my series of short stories set around Overground Stations, this one starts on the CS4 with very length waits at traffic signals.

thetablereview.org/2025/09/18/s...

#shortstories #booksky #litmags
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Lovely existing 4 and 5 story buildings in Blackheath, & carpark where millionaires launched a celebrity campaign saying building a 5 story building and 3 story townhouses would ruin historic Blacheath...(don't worry, the farmers market wouldn't go in the development). What's Jude Law so afraid of?!
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A treat to visit a similarly urbanism minded friend in Dublin, and get new cycle & pedestrian infrastructure and freshly planted street trees pointed out on a sunny weekend walk.
tomilyn.bsky.social
Please to have a new piece of fiction out with The Table Review today! Second in my series of short stories set around Overground Stations, this one starts on the CS4 with very length waits at traffic signals.

thetablereview.org/2025/09/18/s...

#shortstories #booksky #litmags
tomilyn.bsky.social
New story @salamandernews.org about cycle lane in Deptford: despite not opening till November, it is already abuzz with journeys. It connects to the C4 and C10, and could form part of 'Lewisham spine' cycle path www.salamandernews.org/deptford-chu...

#londoncycling #cyclinginfrastructure #deptford
Deptford Church Street - Lewisham's newest cycle lane already in use
The protected cycle route is due to be completed in November, but cyclists couldn't wait to start using it.
www.salamandernews.org
tomilyn.bsky.social
Offered to be a cycle buddy to a colleague and neighbour who's nervous but curious about commuting by bike, with strike as perfect opportunity to break the routine and try.

Alas, the lift being out at Greenwich foot tunnel still has put her off, as we would have to carry bikes several flights.
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I wrote up a few of the excellent options for #openhousefestival and some bonus sites not listed.

Surprising how few participating sites there are in Lewisham, despite a lot of great architecture. Still, grab your cycle and see some very cool self-builds.
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Today Lewisham Council has cancelled planned part-time pedestrianisation of #Deptford High Street, focusing instead on graffiti removal.
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7:30pm on a perfect Friday evening and Spring, and with cars lining both sides of Deptford High Street cyclists struggling to move through. Fingers crossed for pedestrianisation...
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"Life had been unkind to her, but I didn't come to this country to be a parable, an example or comparison. I didnt take the long journey to be put in a museum for English people to come to remind themselves that life could be harder."

The Seers by Sulaiman Addonia, an absolutely transfixing text
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What a thrill to see Sofrito performed at Greenwich Theatre last night as part of Deptford Scratch! Amazing team that made Ayesha and I's script come to life, and another sold-out show.
tomilyn.bsky.social
Love, loss, and parsley.

Come see my play Sofrito next Sunday at Greenwich Theatre, part of The Albany's very fun Deptford Scratch Night. It's showing alongside 5 other excellent shorts.

greenwichtheatre.org.uk/events/deptf...
#Greenwich #Londontheatre #newwriting #southlondon
Deptford Scratch - Greenwich Theatre
Following a successful sell out show at Deptford Lounge, Deptford Scratch is coming to the Greenwich Theatre studio! We are thrilled to be sharing new work in such a prestigious venue. The pieces bein...
greenwichtheatre.org.uk
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New article out! Could this long boarded up stretch of New Cross finally see change? Goldsmith's Vision of becoming open to the community with an enterprise hub permanently shuttered. #newcross #goldsmiths
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"for whatever reason, in that concrete coffin of a room, curtain drawn across the door, across the day, no company but for the occasional tiny arms of those portentous twins next door - I'd watched and watch and watch this man buy and sell and buy and sell"
Goodlord by Ella Frears is fierce + great
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New article up. This time on the disappointing Healthy Street Scorecard results: Lewisham has dropped several places and falls behind everywhere but school streets. Particularly grim on cycle casualties! Time to do better.
tomilyn.bsky.social
Great list! If you havent read it, On the Greenwich Line by Shady Lewis is one of my favourite London set books (tied with My Friends already on your post!)
tomilyn.bsky.social
So pleased Spfrito got its first review and a positive one at that!
"Deft" and an "admirably light touch and just the gravity needed"
Come see it in August at Greenwich Theatre!
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Really disappointing if the council has a U-turn on this, especially in light of the investment to the Silvertown tunnel and design to make that impossible for cycles too.
tomilyn.bsky.social
Most depressing might be the lack of progress on Vision Zero over a five year period, which aims
to reduce fatalities and serious injuries from road collisions.
tomilyn.bsky.social
Sat in on rehersal last night, very excited for these actors and director to share their version of Sofrito next week at Deptford Lounge. Plus always a thrill for a bookworm to sit in a library after closing.
www.thealbany.org.uk/shows/deptfo...
Come watch on July 3!
#scratchnight #newwriting
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"To hell with God," Fern said. "I'm worried about the Internet."
- The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
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"A story is a frank, intimate conversation between equals. We keep reading because we continue to feel respected by the writer. We feel her, over there on the production end of the process, imagining that we are as intelligent and worldly and curious as she."
George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond