Ian Simmons
@iansimmons1960
Curator, Fortean Times news editor, blockchain ontologist, author of Haunted London and the forthcoming Little Book of London Lore, cognitive dissident and discontent provider - all opinions are my own
BREAKING: ABBA have also withdrawn from the Freedom 250 celebration
The Chap Flaneur Walk in London today. The crowd was huge. And we were better dressed
Saw this, described as an 'early 20th century African ritual object', made of power cable and electrical fittings, in, of all places, a rural antiques centre near Cambridge, and thought of @greatdismal.bsky.social as it felt very Count Zero voodoo cyberpunk
I used to visit my much missed friend Melanie in Istanbul and breakfast in cafes overlooking the Bosphorus. I'm now recreating the experience with the family by having a Turkish breakfast in a cafe overlooking the Thames Estuary in Southend
From my week in Cornwall, the smallest of the many Nine Maidens in the county #standingstonesunday
I'm reading Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James. Refreshingly different fantasy by a virtuoso writer
The full Strange Days lineup is out! I'll be talking Haunted London this time
The first poster for this year's Strange Days is out! Many cool speakers, and the bands are yet to be announced - keep watching the skies!
This is Cromwell, sitting on the shopping list I am trying to write. Whenever I do a shopping list, at whatever time, he turns up and sits on it. Just shopping lists; I can write different things sitting in the same place without being molested. How does he know?
White Chappel, Scarlet Tracings is the book that develops the Hawksmoor mythos, and was my way in. I have a first edition with promotional materials published by Goldmark and signed by Sinclair, which I treasure! I now have a LOT of Sinclair and none of it is duff
Alice in Sunderland is an actual book, by Bryan Talbot, and very good it is too
A shameless plug for my latest, which you might like to add to the collection 🙂