For the last 8 years — since I was wheeling a small baby through the streets of Melbourne to try and get him off to sleep and pushed his buggy past a glasses shop with interesting glasses in the window — I’ve been mostly wearing Dresden glasses. These days they arrive from Australia with helpful notes on the side. Thank you @dresdenvision
For the last 8 years — since I was wheeling a small baby through the streets of Melbourne to try and get him off to sleep and pushed his buggy past a glasses shop with interesting glasses in the window — I’ve been mostly wearing Dresden glasses. These days they arrive from Australia with helpful notes on the side. Thank you @dresdenvision
Morning walk. Disappointingly, we saw no grandmothers or girls in red riding hoods.
Morning walk. Disappointingly, we saw no grandmothers or girls in red riding hoods.
Today I had the first fitting of the Dickens Beard. It looks incredibly real. Tomorrow it will be worn with hair and clothes and will be very Dickensian indeed. @loryn_pretorius made the beard and applied it and is seen here discussing making me into Mr D tomorrow. Still a handful of tickets left for Monday and several big handfuls of tickets for Tuesday. NY town hall…
Today I had the first fitting of the Dickens Beard. It looks incredibly real. Tomorrow it will be worn with hair and clothes and will be very Dickensian indeed. @loryn_pretorius made the beard and applied it and is seen here discussing making me into Mr D tomorrow. Still a handful of tickets left for Monday and several big handfuls of tickets for Tuesday. NY town hall…
Today I had the first fitting of the Dickens Beard. It looks incredibly real. Tomorrow it will be worn with hair and clothes and will be very Dickensian indeed. @loryn_pretorius made the beard and applied it and is seen here discussing making me into Mr D tomorrow. Still a handful of tickets left for Monday and several big handfuls of tickets for Tuesday. NY town hall…
Attend the tale of Sweeney Gaiman… About to get my beard on. @loryn_pretorius is making me look Dickens. Next photo will be the finished article.
Attend the tale of Sweeney Gaiman… About to get my beard on. @loryn_pretorius is making me look Dickens. Next photo will be the finished article.
Attend the tale of Sweeney Gaiman… About to get my beard on. @loryn_pretorius is making me look Dickens. Next photo will be the finished article.
Me as Dickens. What an excellent beard. There are (I was just told) just 8 tickets left for tonight and about a hundred left for tomorrow.
Today was one for the books (and I get to do it again tomorrow)! I made this beard for @neilhimself to be able to achieve his Charles dickens cosplay dreams, and I’m so very pleased with how everything turned out. I also got to get @mollyoldfieldwrites all gussied up! Beyond grateful for this opportunity. 🥹💖🙏🏻✨
Went to @strandbookstore and signed 1400 books that they can sell tomorrow and Tuesday at Town Hall… Photos by @nina_cochran_
Went to @strandbookstore and signed 1400 books that they can sell tomorrow and Tuesday at Town Hall… Photos by @nina_cochran_
Webgoblin here, interrupting the feed, to plug this charity auction that ends in 4 HOURS. A signed first edition, signed art, and an exclusive meet & greet are on the block.
Charles Dickens’ novella “A Christmas Carol” was published on December 19, 1843. By Christmas Eve, it had sold out in all the shops and has remained a festive favorite ever since. The New York Public Library has in its collections Dickens’ prompt copy of the book, which he used when doing his famous readings. In 2013, to celebrate the 170th anniversary of the novella’s publication, author Neil Gaiman performed the story as Dickens himself at NYPL, a role he will reprise at Town Hall in New York City on December 18 and 19. Visit nypl.org/dickenschristmas to revisit the very special reading with @mollyoldfieldwrites and plan your visit to see NYPL’s “A Dickens Christmas” display. Visit @neilhimself’s link in bio for information about this year’s reading at Town Hall. Marley’s ghost appearing to Scrooge. 1911–1912. Illustration by S.J. Woolf via #NYPLDigitalCollections, ID: 834596; Dickens evoking the spirit of Father Christmas. 1880. Illustration via #NYPLDigitalCollections, ID: 4057977; Author Charles Dickens’ personal prompt copy of “A Christmas Carol.” #NYPLDigitalCollections, ID: 1697458
Charles Dickens’ novella “A Christmas Carol” was published on December 19, 1843. By Christmas Eve, it had sold out in all the shops and has remained a festive favorite ever since. The New York Public Library has in its collections Dickens’ prompt copy of the book, which he used when doing his famous readings. In 2013, to celebrate the 170th anniversary of the novella’s publication, author Neil Gaiman performed the story as Dickens himself at NYPL, a role he will reprise at Town Hall in New York City on December 18 and 19. Visit nypl.org/dickenschristmas to revisit the very special reading with @mollyoldfieldwrites and plan your visit to see NYPL’s “A Dickens Christmas” display. Visit @neilhimself’s link in bio for information about this year’s reading at Town Hall. Marley’s ghost appearing to Scrooge. 1911–1912. Illustration by S.J. Woolf via #NYPLDigitalCollections, ID: 834596; Dickens evoking the spirit of Father Christmas. 1880. Illustration via #NYPLDigitalCollections, ID: 4057977; Author Charles Dickens’ personal prompt copy of “A Christmas Carol.” #NYPLDigitalCollections, ID: 1697458
Charles Dickens’ novella “A Christmas Carol” was published on December 19, 1843. By Christmas Eve, it had sold out in all the shops and has remained a festive favorite ever since. The New York Public Library has in its collections Dickens’ prompt copy of the book, which he used when doing his famous readings. In 2013, to celebrate the 170th anniversary of the novella’s publication, author Neil Gaiman performed the story as Dickens himself at NYPL, a role he will reprise at Town Hall in New York City on December 18 and 19. Visit nypl.org/dickenschristmas to revisit the very special reading with @mollyoldfieldwrites and plan your visit to see NYPL’s “A Dickens Christmas” display. Visit @neilhimself’s link in bio for information about this year’s reading at Town Hall. Marley’s ghost appearing to Scrooge. 1911–1912. Illustration by S.J. Woolf via #NYPLDigitalCollections, ID: 834596; Dickens evoking the spirit of Father Christmas. 1880. Illustration via #NYPLDigitalCollections, ID: 4057977; Author Charles Dickens’ personal prompt copy of “A Christmas Carol.” #NYPLDigitalCollections, ID: 1697458
In all honesty, Mr Dickens’ signature is printed. But I signed on the right.
“The magic of a play is that it never happens in the same way twice.” For the latest in our dunhill Profiles series we sat down with writer @neilhimself. In our interview, we speak to the prolific author about seeing his characters come to life, the endless appeal of ‘magical reality’, and the joy of writing first drafts by fountain pen. Read the full story at our link in bio. Photographed by @paulhempstead Styled by @tonycooky #dunhillPROFILES
“The magic of a play is that it never happens in the same way twice.” For the latest in our dunhill Profiles series we sat down with writer @neilhimself. In our interview, we speak to the prolific author about seeing his characters come to life, the endless appeal of ‘magical reality’, and the joy of writing first drafts by fountain pen. Read the full story at our link in bio. Photographed by @paulhempstead Styled by @tonycooky #dunhillPROFILES
“The magic of a play is that it never happens in the same way twice.” For the latest in our dunhill Profiles series we sat down with writer @neilhimself. In our interview, we speak to the prolific author about seeing his characters come to life, the endless appeal of ‘magical reality’, and the joy of writing first drafts by fountain pen. Read the full story at our link in bio. Photographed by @paulhempstead Styled by @tonycooky #dunhillPROFILES
“The magic of a play is that it never happens in the same way twice.” For the latest in our dunhill Profiles series we sat down with writer @neilhimself. In our interview, we speak to the prolific author about seeing his characters come to life, the endless appeal of ‘magical reality’, and the joy of writing first drafts by fountain pen. Read the full story at our link in bio. Photographed by @paulhempstead Styled by @tonycooky #dunhillPROFILES
“The magic of a play is that it never happens in the same way twice.” For the latest in our dunhill Profiles series we sat down with writer @neilhimself. In our interview, we speak to the prolific author about seeing his characters come to life, the endless appeal of ‘magical reality’, and the joy of writing first drafts by fountain pen. Read the full story at our link in bio. Photographed by @paulhempstead Styled by @tonycooky #dunhillPROFILES
