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Jon Woolcott

@jonwoolcott.bsky.social
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Author Real Dorset (Seren), The Tattooed Hills (Aurum, April 2026), editor Going to Ground, works Little Toller, editor The Clearing. Events/writing/buy: linktr.ee/jonwoolcott

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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
They very much were.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
IYKYK
An London Underground sign reading Quainton Road.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Possibly enjoying this too much.
A London Underground sign advertising the station of Mordor
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I was there for my foot, honest.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A London Underground sign reading Stand on the right, you knob
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Our doctors' surgery has perky local radio playing in the waiting rooms, and this morning I enjoyed hearing New Order's Bizarre Love Triangle in a room full of posters about STIs.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
'The Fermat's Last Theorem of difficult wanks' is quite the opener.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Me, taking a long Dorset coastal walk in The Guardian today.
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Excellent piece by @jonwoolcott.bsky.social ... I know this bit of coast very well, but had no idea about the Henry Fielding cousin abduction until now! www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...
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Stepping back in time: a historic walk along Dorset’s Jurassic Coast
A ride in a water taxi transforms a stunning hike from Lyme Regis to West Bay into a perfect circular route
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Jesus wept, Instagram, I'm posting a short reel about some book events not the Three Colours trilogy. Hurry the fuck up.
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Eamonn-Forde @eamonn-forde.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Oh, Viz.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
V good it is too. Love me a bit of Slightly Foxed.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Oh no.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm not much one for the 'things were much better before the internet, we played out all day with hoops and sticks' schtick but I'm profoundly grateful that my parents had no idea where I was (even which city I was in), what I was doing and who I was doing it with, for weeks at a time.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I'm a cyclist and I endorse this message. Dicks are dicks, no matter how many wheels.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is what I do.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Dour indeed. I thought it was just that people hated my jokes; they only seem to like it when I'm sincere or sincerely self-promoting. Or maybe my jokes are shit. It could be that.
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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.'
A sign reading Pickup Cafe.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Gloopy and chunky, did weird things to pasta.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Despite my sombre face, I'm looking forward to this event tomorrow in Dorchester. There's a bar too. www.teaselandskylark.com/events/the-t...
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The Tattooed Hills: Journeys to Chalk Figures with author Jon Woolcott — Teasel & Skylark
A journey through Britain’s chalklands, uncovering the stories, symbolism and shifting meanings of the mysterious figures carved into our hills
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Happy Birthday Adelle, welcome to the greatest decade.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is giving Pink Panther energy.
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Tom 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
Water And Sky by Neil Sentance (2014).
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A photograph of Gloria Steinem.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
All the vibes for Jim.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This is a fabulous essay about cuckoos, family and more. Honoured to publish it.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Yes! Just asked him to post again , good spot!
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
That's OK then.
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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 · 27/08/2026
Not sure that set up is quite what we'd do now, safety wise...
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Terrific!
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A photograph of Dolly Parton
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This 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.
A book cover. Wayfarers: The Incredible Story of Animal Migration, by Lev Parikian. It’s mostly blue, with swirling patterns representing movement, and stylised images of various migrating animals (butterflies, terns, a whale, bats, wildebeest, dragonflies, penguins, an arctic fox) dotted about the place.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
It's much better than Catcher in the Rye (says the writer trying to get hounded out of publishing).
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
It's top notch and made me wonder too how Keith I have become.
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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 · 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...
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Get Back to your Tenements! The Modern Relevance of Nuts In May | The Quietus
I 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...
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Ken 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
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Once home to the vanished mural by Eric Ravilious and Tirzah Garwood.
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Rather Good Art @rathergoodart.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Good 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
A wood engraving depicting the Wilmington Giant above a star-filled dew pond - on the right, a bull enters the picture from the air. A full moon is apparent.
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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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Charlie Connelly @charlieconnelly.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
All 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.
SHetland TImes headline: ‘Absolutely disgusting’ - Wheelbarrow thief told to ‘get a grip’ and return stolen item.
With photograph of wheelbarrow filled with foliage, possibly not the actual stolen wheelbarrow.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I will buy this book immediately. Armitage has similar tales in Walking Away. I could now add a few of my own.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Reminds me of something from The Old Place from an author who found his book in a charity shop and found it inscribed 'To mum and dad'.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I stopped eating a packet halfway through (and I LOVE crisps) because I realised it had 'tasting notes' on it FFS.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Good to know!
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
In a very 'me on Bluesky' way I'm having 2 separate conversations about how underrated Lovesexy by Prince is, and the diarist Francis Kilvert.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Indeed. Still a great album. I vaguely remember reading some sniffy reviews at the time. I guess, how really do you follow that run of previous albums? BUT IT'S GOT ALPHABET STREET ON IT.
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Oh are you? That's the place of his dreams. Hiraeth and all that. I thought my conclusions might offend some Kilvert fans...
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Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I did not know that. I bought it on vinyl, not because I was some audio purist, but because I am a late adopter. Just dug it out, it's split into tracks. Maybe that was for DJs specifically?
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