tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059825326353558046.post5624347576850685881..comments2024-03-28T11:13:52.692+00:00Comments on THE HORNSEY ROAD: London belonged to themdellamirandolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14408597887346997944noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059825326353558046.post-35906395505455244292012-06-29T19:12:01.418+01:002012-06-29T19:12:01.418+01:00And just after I sent that I remembered Peter Pipe...And just after I sent that I remembered Peter Piper. It's been a long week.dellamirandolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408597887346997944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059825326353558046.post-69707545796867163742012-06-29T19:10:22.089+01:002012-06-29T19:10:22.089+01:00Hi Steven. Good luck with pickled pepper - where d...Hi Steven. Good luck with pickled pepper - where did you get the name by the way?dellamirandolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408597887346997944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059825326353558046.post-40987390197972067622012-06-29T11:36:45.342+01:002012-06-29T11:36:45.342+01:00finally read london belongs to me recently myself....finally read london belongs to me recently myself. great book, surely due another television translation? the Josser's very brief trip to crouch end was most amusing too.<br /><br />great to see from your most recent blog post that there's a range of different childrens bookshops opening at the moment. i'm co-owner of pickled pepper books a new childrens bookshop opening at 10 Middle Lane (the old sally bourne site) on saturday 7 july. hope to see you there!stevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059825326353558046.post-50009545923948744082012-06-13T10:17:30.262+01:002012-06-13T10:17:30.262+01:00Well, I know you've read Greenmantle because I...Well, I know you've read <i>Greenmantle</i> because I was there when it happened. There are three more after that. Probably he did retire, but ... you know how it is ... can't keep away.mswnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059825326353558046.post-36422286538519896812012-06-12T23:46:32.134+01:002012-06-12T23:46:32.134+01:00Is that the Hannay? I thought he retired after the...Is that the Hannay? I thought he retired after the 39 steps.dellamirandolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408597887346997944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059825326353558046.post-3516562847265831582012-06-12T23:26:39.149+01:002012-06-12T23:26:39.149+01:00It never occurred to me that the North London Spir...It never occurred to me that the North London Spiritualist Church was actually for spiritualists. I can't really account for this oversight.<br /><br />This is not the only literary link between spiritualists and North London. Hannay in <i>The Three Hostages</i> goes to a psychic in "Palmyra Square" in Gospel Oak. Not quite Hornsey Rd, but possibly evidence for a persistent North London stereotype.<br /><br />Kate Macdonald <a href="http://www.literarylondon.org/london-journal/march2009/macdonald.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> unwittingly reveals that along with "Antioch St" this reflect's Buchan's apparent habit of naming invented streets after cities in ancient Syria.mswnoreply@blogger.com