Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Jesus wept, Instagram, I'm posting a short reel about some book events not the Three Colours trilogy. Hurry the fuck up. 020
Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Me: 'Are you an American State whose politics, especially in the 21st century have overwhelmingly favoured the Republican Party ? Because you're the only Tennessee. That's ten I see, can I buy you a machiatto oh OK.' 010
Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Despite my sombre face, I'm looking forward to this event tomorrow in Dorchester. There's a bar too. www.teaselandskylark.com/events/the-t...teaselandskylark.comThe Tattooed Hills: Journeys to Chalk Figures with author Jon Woolcott — Teasel & SkylarkA journey through Britain’s chalklands, uncovering the stories, symbolism and shifting meanings of the mysterious figures carved into our hills 041
Reposted by Jon WoolcottTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 06/09/2026"I recalled now the boyhood thrill of climbing the ladder and peering through the window into the abysmal depth of the bull's eyes." Highly recommended. Especially if you like Alan Garner, elegiac social history or the East Midlands. @littletollerbooks.bsky.social 0398
Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This is a fabulous essay about cuckoos, family and more. Honoured to publish it. 051
Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Me again, rabbiting on about My book. A few events this autumn, would be lovely to see you (all of you) there. Tickets from the venues or via link in my bio. 062
Reposted by Jon WoolcottLev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 24/08/2026This thing seems to be out in the open now, so even though publication’s eight months away, let’s drum up some early interest, shall we? Wayfarers is out next April. Here’s the cover. 35517100
Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 24/08/2026'Hell is other people, as some chump once said.' The ever brilliant @adellestripe.bsky.social on Nuts in May at 50, on @thequietus.com . thequietus.com/culture/film...thequietus.comGet Back to your Tenements! The Modern Relevance of Nuts In May | The QuietusI must have seen Nuts In May over 20 times since first watching it as a film student back in my late teens. Back then, I was an outsider trying to understand where I fitted in. Mike Leigh’s films help... 182
Reposted by Jon WoolcottKen Worpole @kgeorgew.bsky.social · 24/08/2026‘These are two very different books, that crystallise the perennial question, what is folklore? Whatever you might decide, and although this review does neither Worpole nor Boyd justice, it is impossible to recommend these two books too highly.’ Richard Jenkins, Folklore Journal, 24 July 2026 071
Reposted by Jon WoolcottRather Good Art @rathergoodart.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Good morning - I hope you slept like a berry-stuffed mistle thrush - I'm starting with with the arresting 'May' by Eric Ravilious. If you'd like a set, they're available from our website as a postcard collection. Currently 25% off too! www.rathergoodart.co.uk/product/the-... #ericravilious 0335
Reposted by Jon WoolcottCharlie Connelly @charlieconnelly.bsky.social · 21/08/2026All kicking off in Shetland. If the local police weren't always off solving complex multi-layered murder mysteries they could be catching these real criminals. 091
Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 18/08/2026In a very 'me on Bluesky' way I'm having 2 separate conversations about how underrated Lovesexy by Prince is, and the diarist Francis Kilvert. 050
Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Come hear me talk about my book in a full multimedia experience (slides) for the wonderful Teasel and Skylark on 15 September in Dorchester. @quartobooksuk.bsky.social 1113
Reposted by Jon WoolcottLuke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social · 13/08/2026...also features reference to @jonwoolcott.bsky.social's excellent new book on the chalk figures of England, which weaves the Cloudbusting video in with Eric Ravilious, XTC, and a deep exploration of why humans have had the urge to carve images into our hillsides www.quarto.com/books/978180...quarto.comThe Tattooed HillsIn The Tattooed Hills, writer and publisher Jon Woolcott journeys to Britain’s enigmatic chalk hill figures uncovering their origins, meanings and enduring role in shaping ideas of English identity. 151
Reposted by Jon WoolcottMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 11/08/2026boiling a batch of eggs for the cold salads I'll be eating during this nth heatwave with the enthusiasm of someone being made to dig their own grave by the mob 1230613
Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 11/08/2026This excellent piece reveals the truth behind one of Ravilious' best loved paintings, and how the Westbury White Horse is really in Sussex... 190
Reposted by Jon WoolcottMike Parker @mikeparker.bsky.social · 05/08/2026If you’re in London this evening, my good mate @jonwoolcott.bsky.social is presenting his book The Tattooed Hills at @stanfordstravel.bsky.social in Covent Garden. A wise and witty tour of England through its astonishing chalk figures, TTH is great, and Jon too! www.stanfords.co.uk/event-jon-wo...stanfords.co.ukEvent- Jon Woolcott: The Tattooed Hills | StanfordsThe World's Biggest and Best Map and Travel Bookshop. For over 170 years, explorers, travellers and adventurers have looked to us as map specialists to get them where they need to go, and back again. 244
Reposted by Jon WoolcottNicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Thrilled to pieces to be shortlisted @wainwrightprize.bsky.social! My quirky fusion of a book & its delightful & opinionated ghosts (human, wild & otherwise) revisiting the points in recent wildlife & rural history where we could have taken different paths, why we didn’t, & what we do now! 187713
Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Me, talking in London, this Wednesday at @stanfordstravel.bsky.social . Some tickets left: www.stanfords.co.uk/event-jon-wo...stanfords.co.ukEvent- Jon Woolcott: The Tattooed Hills | StanfordsThe World's Biggest and Best Map and Travel Bookshop. For over 170 years, explorers, travellers and adventurers have looked to us as map specialists to get them where they need to go, and back again. 030
Reposted by Jon WoolcottClint Sp♾️n @clintspoon.eurosky.social · 03/08/2026Just finished The Tattooed Hills by @jonwoolcott.bsky.social terrific read - exploration of chalk hill figures and narratives and people around them. Beautifully written and readable! 3203
Reposted by Jon WoolcottJonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Liberal England: The white horses of Lutterworth They are the work of the artist and sculptor Graeme Mitcheson, who was inspired by Lutterworth's role as a staging post for the coaching trade in the 18th century.liberalengland.blogspot.comThe white horses of LutterworthI went to Lutterworth today and was taken by these four white horses on a grassed bank at the bottom of the town's main street, which climbs... 1102
Reposted by Jon WoolcottJeff Young @wildtwin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Wild Twin @littletollerbooks.bsky.social Winner of the TLS Ackerley Prize 2025 ‘This exceptional memoir…richly detailed and observant.’ Adelle Stripe, Tribune ‘A surging heart-song…’Iain Sinclair www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...littletoller.co.ukWild Twin by Jeff Young - Little Toller BooksWild Twin is the new memoir by the Costa Prize shortlisted author of Ghost Town. In this new book Jeff leaves Liverpool for the Europe of his dreams. 13212
Reposted by Jon WoolcottMarie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I think we're all ready for The Muppet Odyssey. 945598
Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 17/07/2026This is a brilliant podcast and this episode, a conversation between 2 of my favourite people, is tremendous and tremendous fun. 231
Reposted by Jon WoolcottTed Wicks @t166er.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Count Binface has announced his Cabinet... Transport.......... Wheelie bin Environment..... Recycling bin Trade................. Pedal bin Health............... Dust bin Media................ Swing bin Justice.............. Sin bin Chancellor.........Bread bin 2116845
Reposted by Jon WoolcottTits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Saw your boyfriend on the train and immediately texted the British Transport Police on 61016 to report something that doesn’t look right 512317
Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Today's lengthy, lunatic, AI generated book marketing pitch, offering 'luminary shelf mapping' to solve the 'problem' of Real Dorset, which is on its 4th reprint. How shall I respond? 260
Reposted by Jon WoolcottIan Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Haven't seen any football in years. It seems to have morphed into some kind of high-speed wrestling. Exciting. 415116
Reposted by Jon WoolcottHedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The living landscape of The Vale of the White Horse, by @annadillon.bsky.social (photo courtesy of Friends of the Ridgeway). 3459
Reposted by Jon WoolcottSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/07/2026"Emergency podcasts, sir. Thousands of 'em" 161763250
Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 06/07/2026What do I have in common with Kenneth Williams, aside from Infamy! Infamy! ? Both of us once worked for the excellent @stanfordstravel.bsky.social .I'm back there on 5 August to do a talk for The Tattooed Hills. With jokes. Kenneth would be proud. Tickets here: www.stanfords.co.uk/event-jon-wo... 0123
Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Original Mick was also my driving instructor. #claimtofame 020
Reposted by Jon WoolcottTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 02/07/2026PUBLICATION DAY! Signed ones available Blackwell's, who also do FREE international delivery: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro... Extract here: www.tom-cox.com/one-week/ You might like it if you like the sea, walking, knitting, old records, community, crows, dogs, silliness, folklore or the sea. 3023953
Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Documenting the project to vaguely label every feature in the countryside with spraypaint. 040
Reposted by Jon WoolcottRamin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 29/06/2026Thank you Google maps for protecting the cow's privacy 221072220
Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 29/06/2026I sure am eclectic, as this review by @lauraparker.bsky.social adroitly observes. 061
Reposted by Jon WoolcottMax Tundra @maxtundra.com · 23/06/2026The most “metal” photo you’ll see all day. (Pic credit: Nick Bull) 18926232