And this morning the Shed is a camera obscura, reflecting a world of shadows…

And this morning the Shed is the face of a banknote, regal; crowned with trefoil...

Here I am on the One Show, talking chocolate, Vianne and magic with my friend, chocolatier David Greenwood-Haigh... youtu.be/d5tJTfjhX04?...

I think I got something in my eye. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAYb...

And this morning the Shed is a hatful of rain...

Okay but hear me out: A nighttime café in which the only lighting comes from lanterns, free pastry samples are served to all who enter, the walls are adorned with van Gogh paintings, there are emotional support black cats roaming about, and Edgar Allan Poe readings occur during every full moon.

This recipe is wild y'all

And this morning the Shed is a hieroglyph of a shed painted on a mysterious stela, unearthed in the desert miles away from any sign of habitation...

And this morning the Shed is a forgotten room in a house filled with secrets…

Just a friendly reminder that your desire to spend the weekend reading Agatha Christie and eating emotional support scones by a crackling fire in a Scottish Highlands cottage is valid. Don’t allow anyone to disrespect you by telling you otherwise.

And this morning the Shed is a mad March hare, dancing with the windswept hills...

Lovely warm audience at Barton grange - and look! They have my roses! #Vianne

Out this week!!

And this morning the Shed is a lantern room at the apex of a tall tower…

And this morning the Shed is a tattoo of a Shed astride a flaming motorcycle...

And this morning the Shed is a carving, deep in the bark of an ancient tree…

And this morning the Shed is a constellation, marking the course of those lost at sea…

Still slightly amazed I got to sit down with Joanne Harris for Tarot DMs. From tarot and perfume to authors’ rights and the return of Vianne, it was one of those conversations that could have gone on all afternoon. #tarot #booksky #joanneharris

And this morning the Shed is a billet-doux, tied with a rose-pink ribbon…

And this morning the Shed is a staircase standing in a forest; rooted in a blackthorn-hedge; rising high above the trees.

And this morning the Shed is a colourful stencil portrait of a shed, on the side of a trunk bound for distant lands...

If we ate the billionaires and made 60 a mandatory retirement age for politicians, we wouldn’t be having so many unprecedented events but what do I know.

Literally on our millionth unprecedented event at this point.

And this morning the Shed is a black sedan, waiting at a crossroads…

The welcome face of spring…

And this morning the Shed is a pattern on the wing of a butterfly: basking sweetly in the sun; fluttering through the shadows…

My book, LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK, comes out in just over a month! In the run-up, I went to Spark’s birthplace to drop off proofs in lots of brilliant bookshops. Here are some photos of me gallivanting about like a big smiley tea cosy.

And this morning the Shed is a safe haven for anybody requiring one…

March Hares! ‘I shall go into a hare’…. Painted, engraved stained glass, private collection.

And this morning the Shed is a tinderbox, itching for conflagration…

And this morning the Shed is a snow globe, inside which a tiny shed stands in perpetual blizzard…

Alice Augusta Ball (1892 – 1916) was an African-American chemist whose groundbreaking work produced the first effective treatment for leprosy. She died at age 24 before she could publish her findings, and others took credit for her work, but her legacy has now been acknowledged. #CelebratingWomen

A revolving door to the absurd and brilliant portal into the housings of monsters, hobbits, ... and twats.

I was interviewed by a newspaper and asked what the most beautiful book I own is. Tough choice but I went for this.

Post mstattsyrup.bsky.social ‪@mstattsyrup.bsky.social‬ Dydd Gwŷl Dewi Hapus - A Happy St David's Day from Wales where the Daffodils are out. Xx Lizzie Spikes, Driftwood Designs 07:10 · 1 Mar 2026

Good morning , and thank you to @dianadwilder.bsky.social for your #FoxOfTheDay !

I am so tired of fragile little men starting wars. I am so tired of fragile little men making policy decisions that harm us all. I am so tired of fragile little men doing horrendous harm to children and expecting us all to forget about it. I am so tired of fragile little men with their tantrums.

And this morning the Shed is a park bench in memory of sheds past…

And this morning the Shed is a shedscape, with nothing but sheds from the edge of the sky to the furthest horizon…

And this morning the Shed is a skerry, so small it might be nameless, standing off the rocky coast of a land of myths and monsters...

BREAKING: “This bluntly is going to be a story that will really scare Labour MPs because what you’re seeing is a massive drop in the Labour vote .. Labour voters have quite clearly gone to the greens in this by-election”

BREAKING: A wonderful speech from Green Party's Hannah Spencer after winning the Gorton and Denton by-election. Congratulations!

And this morning the Shed is a mechanical beast, steel bones moving silenty under its slightly moth-eaten fur...

And this morning the Shed is a small ceramic object, crammed onto a shelf of bric-a-brac, in a shop far off the beaten track...

Margaret Murray (1863 – 1963) was an Anglo-Indian Egyptologist, archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, and folklorist. The first woman to be appointed as a lecturer in archaeology in the United Kingdom, she worked at University College London (UCL) from 1898 to 1935. #CelebratingWomen

And this morning the Shed is a silent machine of smoke and angled mirrors...

Dorothy Levitt (1882 – 1922) was a British racing driver, author and journalist. She was the first British woman racing driver, the holder of the world's first water speed record, the women's world land speed record holder, and the inventor of the rear view mirror. #CelebratingWomen

The paperback of VIANNE comes out on March 6th. And doesn't it look terrific?

Want to feel old? This is what Dean from The Gilmore Girls looks like now.