Author Archives: SallyK

The Queen in my suitcase

‘Aha!’ said a member of Glasgow airport’s security staff as a small Royal person was revealed lurking at the bottom of my suitcase.  Ten years ago this summer, whilst returning from the Outer Hebrides, my luggage set off a shrill … Continue reading

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Travelling to Mars by boat

As a pre-Christmas treat last year I visited Mars, travelling by boat. After all I’ve worked as a travel writer,and was always interested in space.  But it’s an uneasy interest now, after intentions for space colonialism were made by a … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg and Smithfield Market

Recently I took a short cut through Smithfield Market. The gates’ colour scheme reflect the Victorian’s invention of super bright colours, especially green and purple.  The meat market has been here for over 800 years, and is currently under threat … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg and exercises

Cold/stormy/apocalyptic weather conditions mean you may have to give up on your usual exercise regime. If you have a home, chair exercises can be rather exhausting, especially if the chair is heavy to lift off the ground.  I’m now developing … Continue reading

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House of Dreams workshop with Sally Kindberg at Swedenborg House

The painted wooden summer house where eighteenth century polymath Emanuel Swedenborg sometimes wrote his mysterious books,  thought of inventions, planned his garden or played music on his organ, is now in Skansen, Sweden.  I visited here when I was three … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg at the Artworkers Guild Table Top Museum

On October 12th I joined thirty other collectors of the obscure and intriguing and showed a collection of objects again at the Artworkers Guild . This time a selection of relics, votives and a shrine dedicated to Dandy comic’s Desperate … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg and National Poetry Day at the seaside.

The sun shone on National Poetry Day, and I was lured to the seaside to add a contribution to a Poetathon held at Kollectiv Arts Centre in Folkestone.  En route to the coast via High Speed train, I wrote a … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg meets Mr Doodle (briefly)

Meeting  and chatting with Mr Doodle today on Primrose Hill bridge, where he was doodling away – part of London Mural Festival – reminded me of one of my Draw It! series, the Doodle a Day book.  

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Sally Kindberg and a Michaelmas comic strip

As Michaelmas approaches, here’s one of my comic strip stories from the Kindberg archive

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Sally Kindberg and pirates

One of my Draw It! series of six books was this one about pirates, and I loved working on it, as I rather fancied myself as a pirate.  I only got as far as firstly, rowing a little boat on … Continue reading

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