John Vane

London Stories. Pen name of @DaveHill. London novel Frightgeist: On Substack too:

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These days, I am mostly somewhere else.

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On Hendrix and Handel - Londoners, renters and migrants: https://t.co/993u9ZXn5x

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@ArchRose90 How do you know where the picture was taken? How do you know where the man in it is from? How do you what sort of interraction he is having with the police officer? How can you tell by looking at it what the man's facial expression reveals about his attitude to anything? Ever?

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First sketch for a while. Man kicks Lime bike: https://t.co/4rmHaHlwEE #London

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If I'm going to write a second London novel, the start of it might be a bit like this: https://t.co/0D1dFr6aQU. #londonfiction

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Sketch: Ward evacuation - a close encounter with a sick man and his bowels https://t.co/tTKsjDstxe #London

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My review of a new and very enjoyable piece of London fiction written by @F_keating which, as well as being a hectic crime tale with love interest, provides a fresh perspective on the Victorian East End: https://t.co/BFcmHSGIJo Published by @MtLeopardPress #Londonfiction

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A little sketch I produced last month: https://t.co/7eICwCXWP1 #London

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London fiction mission 2024 was accomplished: https://t.co/fo2XmVXW8A

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Here's the 25th and final instalment of my 25-part #londonfiction series: https://t.co/uXD6C4gnuf Applause! Applause!

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Here's the 24th instalment of my 25-part series: https://t.co/LPNeLbTa3d. #londonfiction

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Here is part 23 of my 25-part series for 2024. Enjoy that numerical alignment while it lasts: https://t.co/mKTdqf6Okc. #londonfiction

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I went to see some comic turns in #Camden. It was funny and (mostly) sweet: https://t.co/jXlUWsiGwl #comedy #London

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I read a London-set short story by Esther Freud called The Bodyguards. I liked it: https://t.co/0JsrJBrtVu… #londonfiction

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I've been flat-hunting with Agatha Christie: https://t.co/Rcus3V0dyI. #londonfiction

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Crouch End as scarily imagined by Stephen King: https://t.co/r2XVE4l5pP. #CrouchEnd #Londonfiction

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London as portrayed in Crime Queen Margery Allingham's The Tiger in the Smoke: https://t.co/LDLuefRo58 #LondonFiction

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Me on the London of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist: https://t.co/C5SFUVFa7e. #Dickens #London #LondonFiction

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On helping an old lady cross a road, and on being treated like an old man: https://t.co/JIvOdl4nvO #London

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My latest sketch is about paying more attention to things: https://t.co/HnlqfWxgn8. #London