preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi... Leslie Greentree is one of my favourite authors. Do read her latest newsletter. Better still buy one of her collections of poetry (go-go dancing for Elvis) or read one of her novels (Not the Apocalypse I Was Hoping For) You won’t regret it.

'The Italian Room, 42 Hyde Park Gate, London' (c.1930) by Richard Jack (Glasgow Museums Resource Centre)

'A Blue Room in Kensington' (c.1930) by James Durden (Christchurch Art Gallery)

'Hadestown tour heads to Newcastle and Sunderland in 2027'

Good evening! This week's theme is Interiors. ------ 'Kensington Interior' (1912) by Frank L. Emanuel (Tate)

I’ll be talking about Charles Booth’s Poverty Maps (1889-1903) on Sunday 12 July as part of Stanfords’ ‘Mapping Lost London’ mini-festival, at the Guinness Vaults, Mercer St, Covent Garden. 3pm, £12.50 (£30 for a day pass) www.designmynight.com/london/whats...

The Quest for the Purple Fleece?! A snippet from my heatwave show at Hay this year, looking at the different versions of the Golden Fleece myth, and Medea… Off now to listen to The Cure 💜 📗 No Friend to This House, out now in all good bookshops

Hate to be ungrateful because we still have a lot of summer to come, but my heart does a little groan when we pass the summer solstice (tomorrow) and the days gradually get shorter. ¿Sabes a qué me refiero mi amiga @dannyve.bsky.social ?

On Wednesday I'm giving my online talk for @citylit.bsky.social ‘The World of the London Bodysnatchers’, 7.30pm. We'll tour some of London’s lesser-known graveyards and meet the Resurrection Men, who made a profit from other people's tragedies To book: www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/the-...

'Battersea Roofs' (1923-4) by Miguel Mackinlay (Private collection)

Scam Alert ⚠️ Someone has been approaching people through social media offering to sell them a donkey while claiming to be associated with the Donkey Sanctuary of Canada. Please be aware that this is a scam. The DSC does not sell donkeys, and no one is authorized to sell animals on our behalf.

No Friend to This House, a Guardian best book to read in June! Woohoo!! www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

The Lady of Shalott http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/waterhouse-the-lady-of-shalott-n01543

🌿🗡️ I won’t deign to perform spells to make a man like Jason love me once more. 📗 OUT NOW IN PAPERBACK 📗 No Friend to This House is an extraordinary reimagining of the myth of Medea from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes.

I’m thrilled so many of you are supporting indies this week- I’ve loved meeting the booksellers on my tour so far. But some of you have been buying online & I wanted to say a big thank you to you too, because you have propelled NFTTH to be an Amazon bestseller in this, her paperback release week! 🗡️📗

2) The second is ‘The World of the London Bodysnatchers’ on 24 June, 7.30pm. An online tour of some of London’s lesser-known graveyards, and some of the unsentimental folk who made a profit from death and bereavement To book: www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/the-...

The Lady of Shalott https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-william-waterhouse/the-lady-of-shalott-1888

Here is the list of poster locations (long and quite mysterious)…

Some news: 🇺🇦 Next month I'm driving to Ukraine. 🇺🇦 I'll be delivering an evacuation vehicle, specially modified for saving lives in areas of the highest danger. But that's only possible if I can fundraise enough - £3,500. I'd be so grateful for any support you can give. donorbox.org/johnoxleydu

Booked!

Settle a work debate. What is the 'proper' British pronunciation of tortoise. Tortoys (like) or Tortuss (retweet). Now go!

An observation test for your inner 8-year-old. Can you spot the 13 mistakes in the picture? From Treasure magazine, 1965 Official answers coming soon (Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)

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I’m in YORK in two weeks’ time! Catch me on Sunday June 14 at the Citadel, standing up for the Golden Fleece and Euripides’ Medea… 🐏 Tickets here: www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/york/...

This month marks Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month. Despite facing discrimination in many areas of life, our Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities have long contributed to life in our capital and today we celebrate that rich legacy.

Series 12 in the bag! With a special episode recorded live at Hay Festival 🫶 That was a heap of fun. Coming your way on Radio 4 starting in July!

Evil, Rasputin and Medea for Start the Week! On your radios at 9am tomorrow. Historian Antony Beevor, philosopher Susan Neiman, and me. Lovely Hay Festival audience! 🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

She’s here!!! ✨ 🗡️ Thank you to Pan Macmillan for sending the absolutely gorgeous indie paperback of No Friend to This House. Even the spine is fantastic. Available exclusively from UK indie bookshops, June 18! 📗 linktr.ee/nofriendtoth...

I am confident of both intentions ☺️

This is absolutely hilarious 😂

Here’s me chatting a bit about my new book OUTSIDE and a pre-order discount voucher 😃🦜

I’m excited to appear at @shelflifebooks.bsky.social on Wednesday, May 27 at 7 pm for readings and a fun, writerly conversation with the brilliant @juliesedivy.bsky.social as part of her Edmonton Comes to Calgary series. I hope to see all my Calgary peeps there! shelflifebooks.ca/events/51291...

The best way to start your day is with a bouncing sheep called Squirrel

LISTEN NOW! 'The Plaiter' with Dr Janet Few, where we hear about hard-working women given a bad press, and we go looking for a woman's parents in Highgate, Middlesex. #genealogy #ancestry #FamilyHistory #podcast

I wanted to write something purely funny, but I fell in love with my lead character along the way. 'My Name is MacKenzie Bly' is out in Hardback/Kindle/Audio at the end of August but for those who read and review books on @netgalley.bsky.social, it's available now. netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...

Just a thought, US readers... 🐏 tinyurl.com/4nhwhe8x

Three tickets left, Swindon! Could do a girl a solid and sell her out?

Other tour dates: nataliehaynes.com/tour/

I’ll be leading a guided 2-hour walk of Soho on Weds 20 May for @citylit.bluesky.social at 11am We'll explore the area as a site of radical politics, the policing of vice and the working lives of those who made the gorgeous clobber in the department store windows More info: tinyurl.com/5x4zaarw

Ooh, just a few tickets left, I’m told!

I’m one of the speakers at the Society of Genealogists’ online mental health family history day, Mon 11 May, 1pm-9pm. I’ll be talking about people wrongly certified into asylums, c1830-1890. Open to non-SoG members. Full details: portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/1...

fuck it, give it another spin why not

Just finished listening to @mhut25.bsky.social reading her own wonderful novel #TheMercyStep. It is truly an amazing piece of writing - funny, heartbreaking, warm - and very deservedly on the short list for the #WomensPrizeforFiction

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... So he gets caught and then he sells it 🤦‍♀️ No wonder he doesn’t like being scrutinized

What do these pictures have in common? They were taken at @hayfestival.bsky.social, where writers and readers can experience this much joy! 💖 Don’t miss the chance to come hang out in their magical book world. You can join me for these events…

My April newsletter features bird butt, details on three upcoming readings I'm doing, and a wonderful interview with Marina Endicott in which we discuss writing a fictionalized version of yourself, horsetail mysteries, and the magic and oppressiveness of prairie skies. Sign up at lesliegreentree.ca

Next weekend I’m in North London, at Alexandra Palace! Come get mythological with me! I’ll even sign your books after 💜 🎤 www.alexandrapalace.com/whats-on/nat...