“Detrain”: new on me but on the rise (London North Eastern Railway), after an initial 1930s boon. #ClimateCrisis

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My friend Anna-Marie Solowij - one of our great writers at The Gentlewoman and the daughter of a Ukrainian refugee - is fundraising for IRT to bring supplies to Ukraine & refugees to the UK. Visit her JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thanks! justgiving.com/fundraising/an…

Bow down to Sampa The Great, Zambia’s new queen of rap, profiled by Jude Rogers 💙 in the new issue of #TheGentlewoman. “I‘m obsessed with the power in songs to shock people into reaction and emotion”. Prepare for a jolt. Order your copy here: thegentlewoman.co.uk/shop #SampaTheGreat

#BouchraBaibanou is the only North African to have conquered #MountEverest, the only Moroccan to have climbed to the highest peak of each of the seven continents. “The mountains belong to nobody; going there teaches us to have an open mind.”⁠ Read on in #TheGentlewoman. #TGW26

Very sorry to hear of Ian Jack’s death, a great Scot who wrote beautifully about women, among so many things. His essay on Kathleen Ferrier is astounding. granta.com/klever-kaff/

Good God: I quite forgot we got J G Ballard to contribute. I was just typing as fast as humanly possible, to keep up with them both.

All new, all now: The Gentlewoman Nº 27 rolls out across the land from today. Order your copy from the Shop: bit.ly/409ZRgm ⁠ #TheGentlewoman⁠ #TGW27⁠ #SpringSummer2023⁠

Saturday! We're open 12—6pm for new issues of GIRLS LIKE US Aesthetica Magazine the modernist® Private Eye Magazine selfservice magazine and, there in our window, The Gentlewoman goo.gl/maps/xHc7Uebqx… Always open online too for international shipping: magculture.com/collections/ma…

Hud tha bus: #JazzerMcCreary’s a Celtic Football Club supporter?? #TheArchers

#RonnieOSullivan 💗 #DesertIslandDiscs

“It sounds crazy, but #Barbie is not so dissimilar from the process of adapting Little Women.”⁠ #GretaGerwig, interviewed by @sebemina – read on in the Library: bit.ly/42EGkVH. #TheGentlewoman #SpringSummer23 #TGW27 #BarbieTheMovie📷 Barbie Movie

“If you don’t like somebody, buy them a boat.” 🤣 All hail #Anstruther’s local hero, Ellie Deas! #EastNeuk #Fife bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

“The singers we love are the people who, from the first syllable you know who they are, because they’re 100 per cent themselves.” Sinéad O’Connor, 1966-2023, singer, iconoclast, gentlewoman Portrait by Andreas Larsson, from Issue n° 5. #TGW5 #SineadOConnor

This episode of BBC Radio 4 #TheReunion, Kirsty Wark!! 👌🏼 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Issue nº 28 arrives to funk up your autumn with C H A K A | K H A N as our sizzling cover star – on newsstands from 21 September.⁠ Pre-order your copy from @magCulture: bit.ly/3sJUbxI. #ChakaKhan⁠ #TheGentlewoman⁠ #AutumnWinter23⁠ #Chaka50 #TGW28

The Gentlewoman Club welcomes a new season of festivities with our dear friends at Burberry and a special preview of Sarah Lucas: Happy Gas at Tate Britain. To join us, sign up to the Club: bit.ly/43qosyi. #TheGentlewomanClub #Burberry #SarahLucas #HappyGas

As fashion’s most discriminating critic, Cathy Horyn is adored by readers and insiders alike for her runway dispatches. But when she’s not on the front row, she’s down on the farm in deepest Virginia.⁠ Read Matthew Schneier’s report in the Library: bit.ly/3t8xQtW.

Clare Waight Keller presents UNIQLO : C, a total wardrobe of modern classics that is every woman’s for the wearing, as showcased by the artist Sahara Longe for The Gentlewoman.⁠ UNIQLO UK #TheGentlewoman #ClareWaightKeller #UniqloC

Live on Regent Street, London W1: get your Gentlewoman T-shirt at ARKET or from The Gentlewoman Shop. While stocks last! bit.ly/3PZkNmg ⁠ #TheGentlewoman⁠ #TheGentlewomanClub⁠ #Arket