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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

We all have a box of lost futures.

A box full of leads for recently defunct technology.

Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'm on the lineup for the Isle of Wight Festival this weekend! Lit fest that is. I'm very much the Pink Fairies to Clare Balding's Jimi Hendrix. I love the IoW, am looking forward to it hugely. I get to go on a Red Funnel Ferry too (smaller than this). Tickets: www.ticketsource.com/booking/sele...

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Me: '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.'

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Me 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.

A list of events for The Tattooed Hills: Teasel & Skylark 15 September, Isle of Wight lit festival 10 October, Real Magic Books 15 October, Yeovil lit festival 23 October, Bridport literary festival 12 November.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Reminding me of the time my brother used the voice function on his notes app to list what he needed that day for some decorating while listening to Today on Radio 4.

A list of items for decorating followed by the words Oh for fuck's sake, you absolute twat.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Post a picture that should be an album cover.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Come 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

A poster for an illustrated talk on 15 September with QR code.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Rainbows. I had forgotten rainbows.

A rainbow and its shadow over a field in north Dorset.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

That was Luminary Shelf Mapping. Now here's The Fall.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Today'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?

Gosh his AI has definitely skimmed some of the themes in the book.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

What 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...

A photograph of Kenneth Williams as Caesar in Carry on Cleo.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Documenting the project to vaguely label every feature in the countryside with spraypaint.

A photo of some roots spraypainted with the word roots.

A photo of a tree trunk spraypainted tree.

A photograph of a branch spraypainted with the words Not Root.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Here's a lovely review of The Tattooed Hills by @public-history.bsky.social in British Archaeology, with @peteralanross.bsky.social and @stonelands.bsky.social for excellent company. What would call us? (Polite answers only). The New Antiquarians?

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Maggi Hambling and Helen on Aldeburgh beach.

A photograph of Maggi Hambling's scallop on Aldeburgh beach.

A photograph of Helen on Aldeburgh beach.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Very Turner-adjacent storm on Orford Ness today.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Look what my excellent publisher @quartobooksuk.bsky.social sent me. A limited edition of two. One @waterstones.bsky.social Plus winner gets one too, and a signed book. #merch

A framed print of the artwork for The Tattooed Hills.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Just a few tickets left for my event with the excellent @foldedorset.bsky.social on 15 June. With apologies for my face. www.ticketsource.com/folde-dorset...

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Sorry I'm late. Cuckoo in the copse on the hill.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Oh Barry www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

My mum and dad, on the day they got engaged, June 1957 in Polperro. And Polperro last week from approximately the same spot.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

This is lovely Fowey on the Cornish coast, snapped a couple of years ago. I'm delighted to be speaking at the lit festival on 4 May about chalky wonders, here on the granite limb: do come! Tickets: www.foweyfestival.com/event/jon-wo...

A view of Fowey harbour photographed through a hole in a wall.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Well ain't that a coincidence...

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Not from the same train line as I'm on my way to Bath for a talk/reading at the Waterstones but here's the Westbury White Horse and Eric Ravilious' Train Landscape. His is a stitched together painting, by Tirzah Garwood, his wife.

Westbury White Horse snapped from my train.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Oooh, thank you! I hope to get to Wendover on the Live! Tour (ahem) so maybe we can catch up then. In The meantime here's me yesterday..

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Furthermore here's a similar but somewhat different approach by Tirzah Garwood, and note the people in the carriage, notably the artist herself.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I have JUST now finished going over a talk I'm doing this week about my new book which includes a bit about both paintings and the chalk horses in general !

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I am reliably informed that since this photo was taken in the window of Waterstones in Salisbury that just 5 tickets remain. So roll up, roll up! Link in bio for events.

A poster with details of my talk in Waterstones Salisbury on 30 April.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

My book (did I mention my book?) The Tattooed Hills is published today! In bookshops in many places. The tour begins next week, kicking off at The White Horse Bookshop, Marlborough, on 16th April. Tickets via my bio or here www.whitehorsebooks.co.uk/event-ticket... Out now in hardback,audio,ebook.

A stack of The Tattooed Hills on a table

A stack of The Tattooed Hills on a table in a Waterstones.

4 bottles of Cerne Abbas Brewery beer. Yum.

A copy of The Tattooed Hills on the counter of an indie bookshop.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

My village whatsapp group: January: nothing February: nothing March 1 to 23: nothing March 24. Bins are not collected. Village whatsapp group:

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Snarley Bob is Dead Papa Toothwort de nos jours. share.google/hVO7ukXUd8vT...

The cover of Mad Shepherds by L P Jacks.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Celebrity dinner party. You can invite two people.

A photograph of Nina Simone and James Baldwin.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

If you fancy The Tattooed Hills Live! experience then here are some dates for your diary. Links for tickets in my bio or from the bookshops etc. I'd love to see you there for some chalky weirdness. @quartobooksuk.bsky.social

A list of events for The Tattooed Hills book tour. Best clicked from my bio, includes Marlborough, Bath, Salisbury, Fowey, Crediton, Abingdon, Shaftesbury, Romsey, Sherborne.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Here's a lovely quote from the wonderful @stonelands.bsky.social about The Tattooed Hills, out next month (from bookshops and links in my bio). Buy her book, Stone Lands, while you're at it: it's brilliant.

A quote from Fiona Robertson which reads 'a fascinating story told with humour and joy that reveals the strange stories of Britain's hill figures 'g

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Didn't check size guide on britches.

A painting in the Alcazar, Seville showing a man with extremely tight britches.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

There's other stuff to worry about; but I've just had advance copies of The Tattooed Hills, and it's a handsome thing. Preorders etc via my bio or in bookshops. Fine work @quartobooksuk.bsky.social Cover & internal illustrations by Jon McCormack.

The back of The Tattooed Hills. describing the book

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Helen filmed me making a video for Instagram which has had lots of views, and now she thinks she's Antonionionioni. One for the kids.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

People have been very kind about The Tattooed Hills, out in April, not least the excellent @grindrod.bsky.social , whose book Tales of the Suburbs should be on everyone's reading list. Link to preorder The Tattooed Hills in my bio.

Picture shows detail of the cover of The Tattooed Hills and this quote by John Grindrod: As warm as Detectorists and as poetic as an English folk ballad.

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Ain't nothing wrong with that. I hope.

My laptop screen showing the progress of my latest book.

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