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I was interviewed about ghost signs for a feature that's now published in the current (November) issue of Homes & Antiques magazine: https://www.homesandantiques.com/magazine/november-2025-issue. This is the opening spread, with the headline image of London's […] [Original post on typo.social]

Little Egret on the River Camel at Wadebridge #Cornwall

Wadebridge Sunset #Cornwall

Honey Fungus (armillaria mellea) #Autumn

Storm Amy breaking on Trethias Island at Treyarnon Bay #Cornwall

Just one more sleep now until I get my hands on an advance copy of the American Sign Museum book that I've written. I cannot wait to see it! March feels a long time ago now, but this trip was the catalyst for the intense months that followed: https://bl.ag/my-week-at-the-american-sign-museum/ […]

Shaggy Ink Cap (coprinus comatus) #toadstool #funghi #autumn

This building has recently been demolished 💔 It was a house w a storefront added onto the front. At one time it was Robert’s Confectionery. Demolition of the corner building on Linwood revealed an old ghost sign, w bright colors kept crispy fresh bc the other building had covered it for so long.

Surfing's over as the sun sets at Constantine Bay #Cornwall

Am giving this talk tonight 🙂

A little ampersand story towards the bottom of this 2017 Ghostsigns post for World Ampersand Day: https://ghostsigns.co.uk/2017/03/quernmore-road-signs-and-ghostsigns-cluster/ #ghostsigns #ampersands #worldampersandday

The Telegraph: what a piece of work.

Still lots to do, but here's where I'm up to with rebuilding my personal website: https://samroberts.co.uk/ 'Scribbling stuff about signs' is what I'm really into, so the site now reflects that. And perhaps it'll open up some new opportunities for collaboration as a nice side effect...

A sunflower moment.

Some Putney #ghostsigns Window Cleaning & Carpet Beating Co Tarrant Juvenile Outfitter H Roffe & Sons Contractors Hair Cutting and Shaving Saloon

I can't possibly tell you where I photographed this sign.

Sunflower for a sunny day.

The water companies have failed us. Bring water back into public ownership. actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...

An old signpost in Wadebridge #Cornwall on the NE corner of the old town bridge. #FingerPostFriday

Last weekend the light was perfect to photograph all the detail on the Nestlé Milk #ghostsign on the corner of Wandsworth Rd and Killyon Rd in Clapham, which allowed me to make a reconstruction of each of the three layers of the sign. Boro were the agency responsible for letting the wall space.

Signpost and old wayside cross near Cardinham #Cornwall #FingerpostFriday

Victorian #letterbox at the junction of Admiral's Walk and Windmill Hill, Hampstead

My update on anger over the closure of the Glasgow School of Art's stained glass studio. It feels as if there's a gulf between the efforts of people on the ground to save the endangered craft & the apathy of the GSA & others paid to care about our heritage. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2534139...

I was taking some photos in the Leake Street graffiti tunnel yesterday and saw a woman painting a pink duck. It's a promotion for the Pink Ribbon Foundation for breast cancer who are holding a duck race on the River Cam in September. It's only £5 to adopt a duck. Go on! pinkduckrace.com/uk-2025/

OK, I'm down to my last new copy of the ghost signs book. After that I guess it's ebay and other secondhand marketplaces... https://typo.social/@blag/114864110784002559

Welcome followers that I've migrated from my previous Ghostsigns account on mastodon.social. I'm now posting that stuff here, alongside my wider adventures in sign painting with @sam . I won't be offended if you just want the ghost signs stuff and choose to […] [Original post on typo.social]

Blagging it for Letterheads 50 at the American Sign Museum last month. A full report from this historic event should follow this week, but in the meantime, thank you Yao Yao for this photo of me at my booth. PS. BLAG back issues here: https://bl.ag/backissues […] [Original post on typo.social]

Some beautiful fuchsias in a front garden in Clapham. #mindfullness

Mawgan Porth, Cornwall #FingerpostFriday

Wadebridge, Cornwall #AdoorableThursday

Egyptian Goose, Leucistic Female Mallard and a Greylag/Canada Goose (hybrid) - all seen in Battersea Park.

St Mary's Church, Bryanston Square #London - built in 1823-4 and designed by Greek Revivalist architect Robert Smirke.

The Stripple Stones #Cornwall #StandingStoneSunday

One of my photos of the Chaldon Purgatorial Ladder mural has been used in an article by Meg Bernstein, “Climbing the Ladder to Heaven: Inventing an Iconography of Purgatory,” Different Visions: New Perspectives on Medieval Art 7 (2025). differentvisions.org/climbing-the...

A yellow moment - St John's Wort #Cornwall #flowers #yellow #mindfulness

📢 Join us at Secular Hall on Sun 29 June, 6.30pm for The Ghost Signs of Leicester and Leicestershire—an illustrated talk by Colin Hyde exploring old painted ads on local buildings. Discover the stories behind them. Free entry. Tea & biscuits probided. Donations welcome.

A purple moment - opium poppies #Cornwall #flowers #purple #mindfulness

Canada Geese in Line Astern

Another purple moment - foxgloves on the Camel Trail #Cornwall #flowers #blossom #purple #mindfulness

Faint Impression • Gonzales, Texas, USA Rolleiflex 2.8 D • Kodak Tri-X 400 • 2025 #FilmPhotography #Kodak #TriX #Camera #Film120 #MediumFormat #Rolleiflex #BWfilm #Monochrome #Photography #Gonzales #TX #Texas #Outdoors #Antique #Signage #Weatherworn #Building #Stonework #June_1_2025

A faded ghost sign the side of a building on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow. I can't quite make out the first, but lower down it says: carpets, curtains, drapes, etc. Durable and inexpensive. #glasgow #sauchiehallstreet #ghostsign #glasgowghostsign

Thousands of people are being needlessly killed and seriously injured on our strategic road network every year. Things need to change 👇🏽 transportactionnetwork.org.uk/road-safety-...

Common Gull with a small crab on the River Camel #Cornwall

I'm giving a little ghost signs tour in London next month, which happens to mark ten years since this one was first developed. https://betterbankside.co.uk/events/29-july-ghostsigns-of-bankside-tour/ #ghostsigns #bankside #london #se1

A purple moment - foxgloves and lilac blossom #flowers #blossom #purple #mindfulness

I saw the otter on the River Camel in Wadebridge #Cornwall again last night at about half an hour before sunset.