Julie Hamill

Julie Hamill: Sparkling steps into a London Christmas - OnLondon Have you ever been to the hidden restaurant at Selfridges? Alto by San Carlo is only accessible via a particular lift on the ground floor. You rise to the top and arrive at the restaurant reception vi...

In which @juliehamill.bsky.social steps into Christmas: www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill... #london #truelondon

Vividly told. Definitely speaks to a common experience. I landed here at the age of 18, circa 1978, desperate to escape Cornwall for the city where the Sex Pistols live, probably next door to The Clash. Several decades later I'm still here and glad of it. Oi oi!

Julie Hamill: Where are you going, strange little girl? Punk politics and patchouli in a Prius - a spirited ride through the capital of contradictions

The UK is too dependent on the magnetism of #London but that won't be changed by trying to weaken or undermine the city. This story by @juliehamill.bsky.social illustrates the strengths and benefits that come with inflows of talent and energy from elsewhere: www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill...

Julie Hamill: How Peter Doig taught me to listen to London The artist's new exhibition at the Serpentine is all about how music has influenced his painting, but can also help you hear the city

More art coverage from OnLondon, in this case by
@juliehamill.bsky.social who went to see - and hear -
the work of Peter Doig: www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill.... #london

Julie Hamill: Bowie overshadowed - OnLondon “Don’t let me hear you say life’s taking you nowhere…” David Bowie is playing on Greatest Hits Radio (the Ken Bruce show) as I do up my top button and think about a jacket for the weather, which has s...

Station to Station with @juliehamill.bsky.social www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill... #bowie #london

The green party's woke new leader is even more deluded than we thought.

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Thank you - please do. I agree. I’m not criticising his sainthood, but this is not how he exists for me:

Julie Hamill: Bowie overshadowed - OnLondon “Don’t let me hear you say life’s taking you nowhere…” David Bowie is playing on Greatest Hits Radio (the Ken Bruce show) as I do up my top button and think about a jacket for the weather, which has s...

I haven't been yet but this review by @juliehamill.bsky.social looks to contain some valid criticisms.
www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill...

Thank you. It seems to have upset some people, but I have to be honest. It could have been so much better ⚡️

Vote for Bold Leadership for the Green Party on August 1st. YouTube video by Zack Polanski

Brilliant honest stuff. Welcome @zackpolanski.bsky.social
at last.
youtube.com/shorts/0MDzM...

#Greenparty #backzack

15 Minutes With You 📖 is ten years old this month - heres a bit of background x www.instagram.com/p/DOD1OyIiL7...

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Music fans! I guested on the 10 tracks podcast, picking 10 songs I love, plus chat of my writing & passions. If inclined, tune in here and you’ll get everything from The Smiths to Roy Orbison to the Sisters of Mercy to The Real Thing PLUS an overview of my novels 🖤 open.spotify.com/episode/699j...

Julie Hamill: Return of Arthur the parrot - a story of modern London Scared by a cat, a much-loved pet took flight - but the good people of Willesden got him back home

Ready for a heart-warming tale of kindness, community and a parrot called Arthur in north west #London"? Enjoy this one from @juliehamill.bsky.social - www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill.... #truelondon @lewisgoodall.com @lewisbaston.bsky.social @richardbrown.bsky.social @charleswright57.bsky.social

Stripes, headgear, Scottish women, American men, the Jubilee line, Wembley, Oasis mania has converged on the city from everywhere. Observed for On London by @juliehamill.bsky.social. #london #oasis

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Julie Hamill: Oasis fever on the streets of London The Wembley gigs on the band's world tour has brought people and their tribute wardrobes to the capital from far and wide

Another great read from @juliehamill.bsky.social

www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill...

Julie Hamill: Oasis fever on the streets of London The Wembley gigs on the band's world tour has brought people and their tribute wardrobes to the capital from far and wide

Oasis fever on the streets of #London. @juliehamill.bsky.social
takes the temperature: onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill... #OasisLive25 #wembley #OasisWembley

Julie Hamill: My cruise on ABBA Voyage Take a trip to the bespoke dome at the edge of the Olympic Park and go on a joyful virtual musical journey

A virtual voyage with ABBA at the edge of the Olympic Park. With @juliehamill.bsky.social for OnLondon: www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill... #london #ABBA

You never realise how precious and brilliant a fun & silly childhood is until it goes. RIP Jim. X

No money for people with disabilities. No money for the elderly. No money for children in poverty.

Always money for war.

What more could you ask for?

Thanks Dave. She’s beside me now, only because I have food

Julie Hamill: Gladstone Park - the Dollis Hill dog paradise A queenly canine enjoys celebrity recognition on her many walks, but is choosy about her human company

Gladstone Park isn't known as "Gladstone Bark" for nothing, as @juliehamill.bsky.social knows from her many excursions with a four-legged queen called Dolly on the dog paradise of Dollis Hill: www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill.... #london

Julie Hamill: Risk and reward on Park Lane There's nothing quite like the thrill of infiltrating posh London events you weren't invited to

New piece for OnLondon by @juliehamill.bsky.social - Risk and reward on Park Lane (aka the art of infiltrating posh #London events to which you weren't invited): www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill...

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Julie Hamill: Lost Souls of Mornington Crescent In a shadowy part of Camden, a charcoaled pizza experience lies in wait

In which @juliehamill.bsky.social encounters dark side pizza in #camden: www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill.... #london

Julie Hamill: Marilyn Monroe's long-lasting kiss for womankind A London Bridge exhibition featuring many of her personal possessions also displays her intellectual interests and impatience with convention

Marilyn in #London, brains, beauty, defiance of convention and all. By @juliehamill.bsky.social: www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill...

Yum! I need to get there

Julie Hamill: Karma at the MOTH Club Don’t talk about north or south of the river, London's true division is east-west

In which @juliehamill.bsky.social takes a deep breath and travels further east than Dalston: www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill... #london