John Vane

@VaneWriter

London Stories. Pen name of @DaveHill. London novel Frightgeist: http://onlondon.co.uk/shop/frightgei…. On Substack too: https://johnvane.substack.com/.

Joined March 2020

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John Vane@VaneWriter · Dec 10

These days, I am mostly somewhere else.

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John Vane@VaneWriter · Aug 27

On helping an old lady cross a road, and on being treated like an old man: onlondon.co.uk/john-vanes-lon… #London

John Vane@VaneWriter · Jul 22

First sketch for a while. Man kicks Lime bike: onlondon.co.uk/john-vane-man-… #London

VaneWriter's tweet card. An unexpected assault on a mis-parked e-bike prompted a bout of random speculation

John Vane@VaneWriter · Apr 21

If I'm going to write a second London novel, the start of it might be a bit like this: onlondon.co.uk/john-vane-retr…. #londonfiction

VaneWriter's tweet card. He'd never seen so many tampons. He'd never seen so many bras

John Vane@VaneWriter · Apr 9

Sketch: Ward evacuation - a close encounter with a sick man and his bowels johnvane.substack.com/p/ward-evacuat… #London

John Vane@VaneWriter · Apr 8

My review of a new and very enjoyable piece of London fiction written by @F_keating which, as well as being a hectic crime tale with love interest, provides a fresh perspective on the Victorian East End: onlondon.co.uk/john-vane-lond… Published by @MtLeopardPress #Londonfiction

VaneWriter's tweet card. Fiona Keating's entertaining crime novel provides new angles on the Victorian East End

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John Vane@VaneWriter · Feb 3

A little sketch I produced last month: onlondon.co.uk/john-vane-nerv… #London

VaneWriter's tweet card. It began with a late evening door knock. The good residents of WhatsApp Street had their dishwashers whirring, their laptops recharging and their bicycles secured. Their craft beer bottles were...

John Vane@VaneWriter · Jan 6

London fiction mission 2024 was accomplished: onlondon.co.uk/john-vane-lond…

VaneWriter's tweet card. As I’ve mentioned more than once in recent months, I set myself the task for 2024 of reading and then writing about 25 pieces of London fiction I hadn’t read before. As the list below shows, I have...

John Vane@VaneWriter · Dec 28

Here's the 25th and final instalment of my 25-part #londonfiction series: onlondon.co.uk/john-vane-lond… Applause! Applause!

VaneWriter's tweet card. I set myself the task for 2024 of reading and then writing about 25 pieces of London fiction I haven’t read before. This is the 25th and final article in the series. Applause, applause. * Today’s...

John Vane@VaneWriter · Dec 28

Here's the 24th instalment of my 25-part series: onlondon.co.uk/john-vane-lond…. #londonfiction

VaneWriter's tweet card. I set myself the task for 2024 of reading and then writing about 25 pieces of London fiction I haven’t read before. This is number 24 in the series. Thanks to Richard Derecki for bringing it to my...

John Vane@VaneWriter · Dec 10

Here is part 23 of my 25-part series for 2024. Enjoy that numerical alignment while it lasts: onlondon.co.uk/john-vane-lond…. #londonfiction

John Vane@VaneWriter · Dec 1

I went to see some comic turns in #Camden. It was funny and (mostly) sweet: onlondon.co.uk/john-vanes-lon… #comedy #London

VaneWriter's tweet card. An autumn night in Camden Town, where, long ago, Kilburn and The High Roads played Dingwalls and a famous pet shop sold enormous snakes. The market was full of bongs back then. Maybe it still is....

John Vane@VaneWriter · Oct 27

I read a London-set short story by Esther Freud called The Bodyguards. I liked it: onlondon.co.uk/john-vane-lond…… #londonfiction

John Vane@VaneWriter · Sep 25

I've been flat-hunting with Agatha Christie: onlondon.co.uk/john-vane-lond…. #londonfiction

VaneWriter's tweet card. Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot short story reveals, among other things, that flat-hunting in the capital has never been straightforward

John Vane@VaneWriter · Sep 16

Crouch End as scarily imagined by Stephen King: onlondon.co.uk/john-vane-lond…. #CrouchEnd #Londonfiction

VaneWriter's tweet card. Legendary US horror writer Stephen King made a lot of weird stuff happen in the north London suburb inside his head

John Vane@VaneWriter · Sep 11

London as portrayed in Crime Queen Margery Allingham's The Tiger in the Smoke: onlondon.co.uk/john-vane-lond… #LondonFiction

VaneWriter's tweet card. Crime queen Margery Allingham brought to life a post-war London of bereavement and peasoupers in her 1952 novel

John Vane@VaneWriter · Aug 31

Me on the London of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist: onlondon.co.uk/john-vane-lond…. #Dickens #London #LondonFiction

VaneWriter's tweet card. Charles Dickens's second novel maps the social geography of Victorian London and documents the depravity of its criminal class

John Vane@VaneWriter · Aug 22

My latest sketch is about paying more attention to things: onlondon.co.uk/john-vane-a-su…. #London

VaneWriter's tweet card. There is a lot to be said for noticing and appreciating things mostly taken for granted

John Vane@VaneWriter · Aug 14

To my deep shame I am only now *properly* reading Oliver Twist for the first time. Can confirm that Charles Dickens was good at his job. #LondonFiction

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City of London@cityoflondon · Aug 12

We have moved #Banksy’s City of London artwork to Guildhall Yard to ensure it is properly protected and open for the public to view safely. A permanent home for the piece will be decided in due course. #DestinationCity

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