Married 25 years today!
July 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Married 25 years today!
Today is publication day!
johngrindrod.substack.com/p/tales-of-t...
johngrindrod.substack.com/p/tales-of-t...
March 12, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Today is publication day!
johngrindrod.substack.com/p/tales-of-t...
johngrindrod.substack.com/p/tales-of-t...
Found this in a lovely 1975 Puffin Annual, a game about a cat called Grindrod.
September 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Found this in a lovely 1975 Puffin Annual, a game about a cat called Grindrod.
This afternoon I’m at the Southbank Centre talking about brutalist architecture with Samira Ahmed as part of a panel (of people, not rough concrete). Lots of upcoming events listed here: www.johngrindrod.co.uk/events
Forthcoming events by the author of Tales of the Suburbs — John Grindrod.
www.johngrindrod.co.uk
September 27, 2026 at 8:01 AM
This afternoon I’m at the Southbank Centre talking about brutalist architecture with Samira Ahmed as part of a panel (of people, not rough concrete). Lots of upcoming events listed here: www.johngrindrod.co.uk/events
Me: I'm *so English* I'm eating a crumpet with marmalade.
Grindrod: Hold my Pimm's, I'm
Grindrod: Hold my Pimm's, I'm
Sat having a sandwich by Frederick Gibberd’s Orwell Bridge, Rick Wakeman at the next table
September 6, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Me: I'm *so English* I'm eating a crumpet with marmalade.
Grindrod: Hold my Pimm's, I'm
Grindrod: Hold my Pimm's, I'm
Here's John Grindrod talking about 'the grey plague' as a trend for suburban houses. Definitely a thing, and it's horrible. londoninbits.substack.com/p/john-grind...
John Grindrod on the suburbs, the grey plague and post-pandemic architecture
Part one of our conversation with the author and architecture geek
londoninbits.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Here's John Grindrod talking about 'the grey plague' as a trend for suburban houses. Definitely a thing, and it's horrible. londoninbits.substack.com/p/john-grind...
An infrared shot of a bend in Johnson Creek just north of Grindrod, British Columbia ᨒ
#bluesky #photography #nature #photo #blackandwhite #landscape #bwphotography #bnwphotography #infrared #monochrome #classicmono #art #ir #river #trees
#bluesky #photography #nature #photo #blackandwhite #landscape #bwphotography #bnwphotography #infrared #monochrome #classicmono #art #ir #river #trees
February 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
An infrared shot of a bend in Johnson Creek just north of Grindrod, British Columbia ᨒ
#bluesky #photography #nature #photo #blackandwhite #landscape #bwphotography #bnwphotography #infrared #monochrome #classicmono #art #ir #river #trees
#bluesky #photography #nature #photo #blackandwhite #landscape #bwphotography #bnwphotography #infrared #monochrome #classicmono #art #ir #river #trees
It’s a month until Tales of the Suburbs is published. And I have loads of events lined up… www.johngrindrod.co.uk/events
Forthcoming events by the author of Tales of the Suburbs — John Grindrod.
www.johngrindrod.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 8:32 AM
It’s a month until Tales of the Suburbs is published. And I have loads of events lined up… www.johngrindrod.co.uk/events
On the brilliant Tales of the Suburbs by John Grindrod, which I’ve been thinking of all week: 0tralala.blogspot.com/2026/04/tale...
Tales of the Suburbs, by John Grindrod
0tralala.blogspot.com
April 5, 2026 at 6:43 PM
On the brilliant Tales of the Suburbs by John Grindrod, which I’ve been thinking of all week: 0tralala.blogspot.com/2026/04/tale...
Let's take a ride... My next book is coming out with @faberbooks.bsky.social. Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains will be published March 12 2026. Preorder links in profile, and lots more on the book and the remarkable stories people told me to come over the next few months...
October 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Let's take a ride... My next book is coming out with @faberbooks.bsky.social. Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains will be published March 12 2026. Preorder links in profile, and lots more on the book and the remarkable stories people told me to come over the next few months...
Students learn democracy by doing. In the new #AmericanEducator, Brian Grindrod shares how programs like We the People and Project Citizen help students research issues, debate ideas and make their voices heard. aft.org/ae/summer2026/grindrod
America 250
aft.org
June 9, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Students learn democracy by doing. In the new #AmericanEducator, Brian Grindrod shares how programs like We the People and Project Citizen help students research issues, debate ideas and make their voices heard. aft.org/ae/summer2026/grindrod
Tales of the Suburbs by John Grindrod review – an entertaining alternative history of queer Britain
Tales of the Suburbs by John Grindrod review – an entertaining alternative history of queer Britain
From London’s commuter belt to the country village gay club, these portraits of LGBTQ+ life are filled with humour, compassion and observational flair
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Tales of the Suburbs by John Grindrod review – an entertaining alternative history of queer Britain
First finished copy of my new pamphlet has arrived! So chuffed with it. Limited 100 copy run will be available from my website from 1st December
November 22, 2024 at 3:12 PM
First finished copy of my new pamphlet has arrived! So chuffed with it. Limited 100 copy run will be available from my website from 1st December
Here’s @grindrod.bsky.social giving some BIG CAPS energy.
July 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Here’s @grindrod.bsky.social giving some BIG CAPS energy.
Offered a construction job in Texas today. Delighted, but turns out it was a different John Grindrod. Might go anyway.
March 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Offered a construction job in Texas today. Delighted, but turns out it was a different John Grindrod. Might go anyway.
As it’s LGBTQ+ History Month I thought I’d share some bits from my new book Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains (out in mid March) just to give a flavour of what was going on beyond the privet…
February 1, 2026 at 11:59 AM
As it’s LGBTQ+ History Month I thought I’d share some bits from my new book Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains (out in mid March) just to give a flavour of what was going on beyond the privet…
With thanks to John Grindrod.
Don’t go to 2026.
Let it come to you.
It’s more scared of you than you are of it.
Let it come to you.
It’s more scared of you than you are of it.
December 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
With thanks to John Grindrod.
A mix of classroom and field learning looking at all we’ve learnt and with Caroline Grindrod
Has had farmers with over a million acres on it… and loads have changed because of it…
Has had farmers with over a million acres on it… and loads have changed because of it…
March 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A mix of classroom and field learning looking at all we’ve learnt and with Caroline Grindrod
Has had farmers with over a million acres on it… and loads have changed because of it…
Has had farmers with over a million acres on it… and loads have changed because of it…
No other artist articulates the tension between city, suburbia and LGBT+ lives quite so beautifully as Pet Shop Boys, says John Grindrod
How Pet Shop Boys Sold City Glamour to Queer Suburban Kids
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How Pet Shop Boys Sold City Glamour to Queer Suburban Kids
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March 9, 2026 at 12:51 PM
No other artist articulates the tension between city, suburbia and LGBT+ lives quite so beautifully as Pet Shop Boys, says John Grindrod
How Pet Shop Boys Sold City Glamour to Queer Suburban Kids
buff.ly/KnGzoGJ
How Pet Shop Boys Sold City Glamour to Queer Suburban Kids
buff.ly/KnGzoGJ
This is what a dust storm on Mars looks like.
As seen by the Curiosity rover in 2018. Images taken over nearly a month, with roughly the same view.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Peter Grindrod
As seen by the Curiosity rover in 2018. Images taken over nearly a month, with roughly the same view.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Peter Grindrod
January 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This is what a dust storm on Mars looks like.
As seen by the Curiosity rover in 2018. Images taken over nearly a month, with roughly the same view.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Peter Grindrod
As seen by the Curiosity rover in 2018. Images taken over nearly a month, with roughly the same view.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Peter Grindrod
Without federal funding, students lose out on experiential learning opportunities like the We The People program. We shouldn't be shortchanging our kids. aftvoices.org/we-the-peopl...
‘We the people’ are losing invaluable educational opportunities
By Brian Grindrod
aftvoices.org
March 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Without federal funding, students lose out on experiential learning opportunities like the We The People program. We shouldn't be shortchanging our kids. aftvoices.org/we-the-peopl...
‘We existed unknown to one another. Queerness was always hidden in the suburbs.’
Author John Grindrod on Tales of the Suburbs and growing up gay in Croydon
attitude.co.uk/culture/author-john-grindrod-on-tales-of-the-suburbs-524726/
Author John Grindrod on Tales of the Suburbs and growing up gay in Croydon
attitude.co.uk/culture/author-john-grindrod-on-tales-of-the-suburbs-524726/
'These are not my people': author John Grindrod on Tales of the Suburbs and growing up gay in Croydon (EXCLUSIVE)
Are the suburbs the “hell” portrayed by the Pet Shop Boys, or can queer people feel quite at home there? John Grindrod shares his story.
www.attitude.co.uk
June 11, 2026 at 11:00 AM
‘We existed unknown to one another. Queerness was always hidden in the suburbs.’
Author John Grindrod on Tales of the Suburbs and growing up gay in Croydon
attitude.co.uk/culture/author-john-grindrod-on-tales-of-the-suburbs-524726/
Author John Grindrod on Tales of the Suburbs and growing up gay in Croydon
attitude.co.uk/culture/author-john-grindrod-on-tales-of-the-suburbs-524726/
Dublin friends! Next week I’m doing my first ever event in Ireland, at the Dublin International Literary Festival, with the brilliant @emmett-scanlon.bsky.social www.johngrindrod.co.uk/events/the-s...
The Secret Life of Suburbia at Dublin International Literature Festival — John Grindrod.
John Grindrod will be conversation with Emmett Scanlon, architect, curator and director of the Irish Architecture Foundation, talking about Tales of the Suburbs . Presented in partnership with the Ir...
www.johngrindrod.co.uk
May 13, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Dublin friends! Next week I’m doing my first ever event in Ireland, at the Dublin International Literary Festival, with the brilliant @emmett-scanlon.bsky.social www.johngrindrod.co.uk/events/the-s...
Revenge of the Blurboids - cultural historian and suburbophile @grindrod.bsky.social takes us on an even wilder tour of back covers and The Confessions Of Idi Amin for #DoctorWho #TargetBookClub
TIckets: bit.ly/smallbluebox
TIckets: bit.ly/smallbluebox
September 21, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Revenge of the Blurboids - cultural historian and suburbophile @grindrod.bsky.social takes us on an even wilder tour of back covers and The Confessions Of Idi Amin for #DoctorWho #TargetBookClub
TIckets: bit.ly/smallbluebox
TIckets: bit.ly/smallbluebox