In which @juliehamill.bsky.social steps into Christmas: www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill... #london #truelondon

Vividly told. Definitely speaks to a common experience. I landed here at the age of 18, circa 1978, desperate to escape Cornwall for the city where the Sex Pistols live, probably next door to The Clash. Several decades later I'm still here and glad of it. Oi oi!

The UK is too dependent on the magnetism of #London but that won't be changed by trying to weaken or undermine the city. This story by @juliehamill.bsky.social illustrates the strengths and benefits that come with inflows of talent and energy from elsewhere: www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill...

More art coverage from OnLondon, in this case by @juliehamill.bsky.social who went to see - and hear - the work of Peter Doig: www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill.... #london

Station to Station with @juliehamill.bsky.social www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill... #bowie #london

I haven't been yet but this review by @juliehamill.bsky.social looks to contain some valid criticisms. www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill...

Brilliant honest stuff. Welcome @zackpolanski.bsky.social at last. youtube.com/shorts/0MDzM... #Greenparty #backzack

15 Minutes With You 📖 is ten years old this month - heres a bit of background x www.instagram.com/p/DOD1OyIiL7...

Music fans! I guested on the 10 tracks podcast, picking 10 songs I love, plus chat of my writing & passions. If inclined, tune in here and you’ll get everything from The Smiths to Roy Orbison to the Sisters of Mercy to The Real Thing PLUS an overview of my novels 🖤 open.spotify.com/episode/699j...

Ready for a heart-warming tale of kindness, community and a parrot called Arthur in north west #London"? Enjoy this one from @juliehamill.bsky.social - www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill.... #truelondon @lewisgoodall.com @lewisbaston.bsky.social @richardbrown.bsky.social @charleswright57.bsky.social

Stripes, headgear, Scottish women, American men, the Jubilee line, Wembley, Oasis mania has converged on the city from everywhere. Observed for On London by @juliehamill.bsky.social. #london #oasis

Another great read from @juliehamill.bsky.social www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill...

Oasis fever on the streets of #London. @juliehamill.bsky.social takes the temperature: onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill... #OasisLive25 #wembley #OasisWembley

A virtual voyage with ABBA at the edge of the Olympic Park. With @juliehamill.bsky.social for OnLondon: www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill... #london #ABBA

You never realise how precious and brilliant a fun & silly childhood is until it goes. RIP Jim. X

No money for people with disabilities. No money for the elderly. No money for children in poverty. Always money for war.

What more could you ask for?

Gladstone Park isn't known as "Gladstone Bark" for nothing, as @juliehamill.bsky.social knows from her many excursions with a four-legged queen called Dolly on the dog paradise of Dollis Hill: www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill.... #london

New piece for OnLondon by @juliehamill.bsky.social - Risk and reward on Park Lane (aka the art of infiltrating posh #London events to which you weren't invited): www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill...

Become a paid subscriber and help to fund OnLondon, an entire London news, comment and analysis website and its writers: davehillonlondon.substack.com #london

In which @juliehamill.bsky.social encounters dark side pizza in #camden: www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill.... #london

Marilyn in #London, brains, beauty, defiance of convention and all. By @juliehamill.bsky.social: www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill...

In which @juliehamill.bsky.social takes a deep breath and travels further east than Dalston: www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill... #london

A lot of people slag off Euston station, but it has its charms and consolations if you know where to find them. Ask @juliehamill.bsky.social - www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill.... #london @nickbowes.bsky.social @quinlet.bsky.social @garius.bsky.social

A clearly-focussed sketch by @juliehamill.bsky.social - www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill...

New piece for OnLondon by @juliehamill.bsky.social - Abuses of power: www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill.... Everyday perils when visiting accountant. #london

Sunderland is the best place for EVERYTHING as @juliehamill.bsky.social now knows

NEW piece for OnLondon by @juliehamill.bsky.social - A brief guide to cafés and shopping centres in which she has written novels (and, it turns out, this column): www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill.... #london

New piece for OnLondon by Julie Hamill. This city may be open, but not to Scottish bank notes: www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill.... #London

Ian, Julie's old and grey and talented.

Overjoyed to be one of @ianrankin1.bsky.social’s favourite reads of 2023. What great, warm company to be in. #author #writingcommunity #trilogy #novels

Back in the paper. #author #writingcommunity #bookreview www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/grie...

10 December 1-5pm it’s ‘day fever’ at The Dublin Castle, Camden. Free entry

Signing books like a diva 🖊️

Just ended the rereading of Frank and started with Jackie. The pile is still high! 😉

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Times radio Today (Sunday) Talking Voices/songs that heal 👍🏽

I’ll be back on Times Radio at 3.30pm Sunday 19th Nov talking songs to soothe the soul. If you have a request/suggestion let me know!

I haven’t read David Keenan but heard great things. Flattered!

If you’d like to know what my books are about watch this 6 min video outside The Dublin Castle. #author #writingcommunity #grief #lifeandsoul m.youtube.com/watch?v=zMbd...

Tomorrow (Tuesday) I’ll be on Clyde 1 Bowie at Breakfast talking about my new book ‘June’ + the Life and Soul Trilogy which focuses on three generations of a family in 1980s/1990s Airdrie, Scotland & their ordinary/extraordinary path through grief. From 06:00am planetradio.co.uk/clyde/schedu...

I had a wonderful time at the rock n roll book club in Camden for my launch. June has set sail now and had its first review. If you do decide to read the trilogy, let me know your thoughts x #author #writingcommunity #skywriters

Tomorrow I’ll be at the Dublin Castle in Camden. Hope you can make it x

Wayne Hussey from The Mission on ‘Jackie’ the second book in the Life and Soul trilogy

Today my dad texts to say how proud he is I made page 3 of the paper 😳 then @ianrankin1.bsky.social tweets he enjoyed the first novel in my trilogy. 😍😍 Need to have a quick hula hoop about this! 💫#author #writingcommunity

Can’t believe no one on here has called themselves Mister Blue Sky

#friends #authors #writers Come along to the launch of ‘June’ on Nov 2nd. All about the final book in the trilogy and a fantastic 80s/90s playlist. In lovely London. I’ll sign some too. Here’s more info -

If you missed my quick music picks on Times Radio yesterday you can catch up on what I’m currently spinning here: m.mixcloud.com/julie-hamill...