The bug hotel in Old Paradise Gardens, Lambeth (Insects only!) Lovely idea and a work of art as well.

Looking for that special Christmas present? Amazon have just reduced Vic Keegan’s (that’s me!) Lost London(2) to £23.50 mybook.to/lostlondon2

My poem on Writer’s Block challenged by two composed by ChatGPT artificial intelligence bot londonmylondon.co.uk/writing-a-poem…

Lines written after the blissful “Monet in London” show flickr.com/photos/shakesp…

Some people still can’t believe we have vineyards in the UK. What are they going to make of olive groves in Essex? inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…

My micro verse play about Puck from A Midsummer Night’s Dream meeting Ariel from The Tempest after both had lost their jobs has almost reached 10,000 views on Flickr flic.kr/p/poTs27

In praise of the buds of Spring- a painted poem flic.kr/p/Lytzi8

In Praise of Ben Jonson’s Burial flic.kr/p/2r6aMVT

17 years ago I registered Twoems (a merger of Twitter and poems) where I quietly parked my mini rhymes (Call them small language models).Follow for numerous brief distractions from the world around us. A free book!

A 3 line (small language) poem about sugar and slavery Twoems

Interesting letters in the Guardian today

Delighted by the transformational changes at Stratford-upon-Avon since we were last there a few years despite being hit by the sharp drop in cultural visits across the country

Join me on Sunday Sept 14 at the Guards Chapel in Birdcage Walk at 2.45 for a free talk about the history beneath out feet in Westminster including a new discovery I think will surprise you. eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-lo…

Forget Black Friday - these two well received books of mine about Lost London will make lasting Christmas presents amazon.co.uk/s?k=vic+keegan…

For Christmas cheer bury yourself in . . . amazon.co.uk/s?k=vic+keegan…

My brother Victor has just published the last of his “Lost London” books about Thorney, a forgotten island in central London, formed by the Thames and the subterranean Tyburn, host to the densest concentration of ‘history’ anywhere. shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=N…

Thorney saw Britain’s biggest heist - in 1303 by the monks of the Abbey-(all were arrested) and a school for pickpockets that inspired Fagin’s Den. It was the site of the palace of King Canute, whose father Sven Forkbeard, ruled England for 5 weeks (less than Liz Truss!)Read on!

Lost for a present for a fellow Londoner? Try Vic Keegan’s Lost London tinyurl.com/4p6yvfsd Still selling well

Huge thanks to Matt Brown and the Londonist for giving a warm welcome to my new book London’s Forgotten Island londonist.substack.com/p/thorney-lond…

It has a chapter on Shakespeare’s unusual visit to Thorney Island