for the tribune, i reviewed the first collection of diaries from the esteemed @dickon-edwards.bsky.social – where he is both the man-about-(london) town and its chronicler. recommended!!
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Come to this in Brighton next Saturday! @dickon-edwards.bsky.social is giving a talk on Aubrey Beardsley at 1pm and it's all free (you just do need to book tickets). www.bhasvicfestival.co.uk
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This Saturday 28th, 1pm I will be at the BHASVIC festival in Brighton to give an excellent talk about the Victorian artist Aubrey Beardsley.
I will also be selling copies of my diary book, which has a cover influenced by Beardsley.
More info at www.bhasvicfestival.co.uk
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I’m giving a talk on Aubrey Beardsley. Brighton. Sat 28 March. 1pm. Free, but tickets need to be booked.
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www.ticketsource.co.uk/bhasvic-even...
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The pre-launch page for our Kickstarter for Orlando by @julesscheele.bsky.social is now up!
This stunning adaptation of Virginia Woolf's classic novel will be funding in April, but you can sign up now so you don't miss it when it goes live!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ave...
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A portrait of the author Ronald Firbank
"...he flitted by with an ingenuity of tartlettes."
Possibly the 8 campest words in literature.
- From 'Valmouth', 1919, by Ronald Firbank
#BookologyThursday #BookChatWeekly #gayauthor #gayliterature
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a shelf of books in alphabetical order by author
a shelf of books in alphabetical order by author
a shelf of books in alphabetical order by author
SATURDAY CLEAROUT!
Here are 3 shelves of my books in A-Z order by author.
You can have any 2 for £10 (free P+P).
Please share (and buy).
UK only.
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Of all the Wire contributors best and worsts of 2025 this is by far my favourite by @dickon-edwards.bsky.social of this parish.
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Songwriter, dyspraxic dandy-about-town, DJ, late-flowering academic, and accidental pioneering blogger, Dickon Edwards bears witness to history, squeamishly uncertain about becoming part of it himself. Dickon Edwards has one of the longest-running Internet diaries in the world. Between 1997 and 2007, Dickon leads his band Fosca to new heights, plays with Scarlett’s Well, walks a lobster, represents the Green Party for his beloved London district of Highgate, appears on the BBC’s Imagine, serves as a literary and film critic for fledgling magazine Plan B, comes to terms with his newfound status as a mildly prominent diarist, and serves as Shane McGowan‘s “New Romantic butler” in Tangier. A young genius loci of the queer and indiepop scenes of turn-of-the-millennium London, the diary takes us to clubs like Kash Point, Trash, and Edwards’s own The Beautiful and Damned, through sites of historic Soho with his friends Rowan Pelling and Sebastian Horsley. With amusing cameos from Paul Weller, Mark Gatiss, Billy Bragg, Momus, Pete Docherty and Ali Smith, Diary at the Centre of the Earth is a party for the ages. This is the first time the diary has been edited, in full, for print. In the well-manicured hands of Robert Wringham with specially-commissioned cover art by Lawrence Gullo and a new introduction by Travis Elborough, the book will be an object of beauty in its own right. It is designed to be both a handbag-friendly fashion accessory to be seen with in public, and a comforting talisman to grab during a sudden eviction. “Invaluable … Historians seeking some understanding of what on earth went on in London in the late 1990s and beyond, just as they might turn to Pepys for the 1660s, have no better resource.” Travis Elborough
The author, May 2005
This beautiful book arrived today; it’s absolutely delightful, so happy to have a copy. Thanks @dickon-edwards.bsky.social for the job of condensing & curating.
poniesandhorsesbooks.com/product/dick...
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Post Sadie Maskery @saccharinequeen.bsky.social Gorgeous booty from a splendid man / splendid booty from a gorgeous man. Thank you so much @dickon-edwards.bsky.social, cant wait to dive in x Dickon Edwards Diary at the Centre of the Eartg, vol 1 1997-2007, with a luscious yellow Aubrey Beardsleyesque cover... plus pretty postcards and a black and white copy of the cover. Copies available from www.poniesandhorsesbooks.com or www.dickonedwards.com ALT 17 November 2025 at 12:34 Everybody can reply Dickon Edwards Diary at the Centre of the Earth, vol 1 1997-2007, with a luscious yellow Aubrey Beardsleyesque cover... plus pretty postcards and a black and white copy of the cover. Copies available from www.poniesandhorsesbooks.com or www.dickonedwards.com
Gorgeous booty from a splendid man / splendid booty from a gorgeous man. Thank you so much @dickon-edwards.bsky.social, can't wait to dive in x
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My copy of Flowers/Sky Lantern has arrived! This split 7” with the magnificent Goodbye Wudaokou has been a total delight to work on from start to finish! Every 7” went out with an insert which shared lyrics, background info, the name of every purchaser, a list of bands we love and a unique quote. I have two copies - one quote is by Julian Cope and the other, this one, says: “I don’t kiss and tell. I’m too fond of kissing” - Dickon Edwards.
Very happy to say that my own copy of Flowers/Sky Lantern has arrived, & happy that the quote randomiser has landed me with a @dickon-edwards.bsky.social quote on mine.
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Things that i have enjoyed this week
Lost in Blue: Annie Hogan
@anniehogan-dns.bsky.social
Only half a decade late!
Diary at the Centre of the Earth: Dickon Edwards
@dickon-edwards.bsky.social
For once on time.
Heartily recommend both if like me you like the bleak and beautiful
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#JFR
10/10.
I'm in it, natch: "urbane, wry" and "shouting". Sounds like me.
@dickon-edwards.bsky.social hats off, Doc.
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Introduced to me a few years ago by @dickon-edwards.bsky.social now part of the Halloween rotation.
youtu.be/5zHoaLl9340?...
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Lovely books and lovely flowers!
Dickon not only signing, but adding a purple seahorse stamp.
Dickon reading from the book standing up on a balcony. He was very brave. I'd have had a fit of the vapours just with the height.
As before, only a wide shot of all the people at the lovely Kino in St. Leonards.
St. Leonards-on-Sea launch for @dickon-edwards.bsky.social's 'Diary at the Centre of the Earth vol. 1' tonight at the Kino-Teatr.
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More old Sarah people with new things, but this one’s literary: the internet diaries of @dickon-edwards.bsky.social collected, edited and – archly raising an eyebrow at Beardsley* – wrapped in yellow paper and inky black woodcuts to produce, you might smile knowingly and say, a yellow book. [1/4]
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Featured Soundcheck/Boomerang reviews this issue:
Black Eyes by Louis Pattison
Sophie Agnel by @drstewartsmith.bsky.social
feeo by Esi Eshun
Mozart Estate/John Francis/Andy Blade/Karl Frog by @dickon-edwards.bsky.social
The Dream Syndicate/Rain Parade by @msclairebiddles.bsky.social
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Poet Town is published this month, launching at Hastings Book Festival with exhibition and poetry party, September 18th! Two books, the poetry anthology celebrating 200 years of poetry from Hastings and thereabouts, plus poets portraits by Maxine Silver - www.hastingsbookfest.org/events/launc...
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Pitch: The Thirst Trap Murder Club
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Hullo! Did you get my email okay?
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Much of Cleo's music making lies off the beaten path, but if you'd like to check out something particularly off the beaten path you might want to explore the original London cast recording of Valmouth, Sandy Wilson's bizarre musicalization of Ronald Firbank's bizarre novel.
C.L. is delightful.
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Delighted to see that this is now funded, and really looking forward to reading @dickon-edwards.bsky.social's diaries!
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The Kickstarter link is here dickonedwards.substack.com/p/diary-book...
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