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Another fine day for secrets, spreadsheets and lukewarm coffee on the fire escape.Lamb’s London – a guide to Mick Herron...
24/07/2025

Another fine day for secrets, spreadsheets and lukewarm coffee on the fire escape.
Lamb’s London – a guide to Mick Herron’s city of safe houses, dead drops and career dead-ends.
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Happy birthday to Raymond Chandler, born this day in 1888. Trace his footsteps, follow the crimes and haunt the bars wit...
23/07/2025

Happy birthday to Raymond Chandler, born this day in 1888. Trace his footsteps, follow the crimes and haunt the bars with The Raymond Chandler Map of Los Angeles, our guide to the city of hardboiled dreams. Written by with design and illustration by

Friday night at 7.30pm on Times Radio, Gary Lachman discussed the anatomy of his composition, Blondie’s Presence Dear, a...
18/07/2025

Friday night at 7.30pm on Times Radio, Gary Lachman discussed the anatomy of his composition, Blondie’s Presence Dear, and the new guide Fear City. 🎶

There are 41 stops on our Canadian road trip. Along the way we encounter a multitude of giants (coffee pots, beavers, co...
14/07/2025

There are 41 stops on our Canadian road trip. Along the way we encounter a multitude of giants (coffee pots, beavers, cowboy boots, Mounties, squid, potatoes and an Easter egg), a tall moose, igloo church and even a mammoth. It may take a while to see them all, but it’ll be worth it.
Design Text Carmen Kinniburgh

We’re here for holiday plans.
11/07/2025

We’re here for holiday plans.

It’s appropriate that you need to take a little time to appreciate the many delightful details in Unhurried Canada. 🇨🇦 D...
09/06/2025

It’s appropriate that you need to take a little time to appreciate the many delightful details in Unhurried Canada. 🇨🇦 Design

Step into the raw energy of 1970s NYC with Fear City – a fold-out map + insider’s guide by (aka Gary Valentine of Blond...
05/06/2025

Step into the raw energy of 1970s NYC with Fear City – a fold-out map + insider’s guide by (aka Gary Valentine of Blondie – that's him, top right).
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On this day in 1966, Bob Dylan’s Blonde On Blonde was released, completing a peerless trilogy of LPs that began just 15 ...
16/05/2025

On this day in 1966, Bob Dylan’s Blonde On Blonde was released, completing a peerless trilogy of LPs that began just 15 months earlier with Bringing It All Back Home.
I have tasks on my to-do list that have lingered longer than it took him to reshape musical history.
Explore Dylan’s New York journey in our illustrated guide Bob Dylan’s New York Revisited 1961-69

New publication alert! Let Me Tell You About Copenhagen. This insider’s guide is thoughtfully organised by neighbourhood...
07/05/2025

New publication alert! Let Me Tell You About Copenhagen. This insider’s guide is thoughtfully organised by neighbourhood, making it easy to explore the city, whether you’re visiting for a weekend or a longer/ stay.
Written by Copenhagen native and beautifully designed by our longtime collaborator , the guide unfolds to 10 A5 panels, luxuriously litho-printed on premium 300gsm stock – as practical as it is desirable.

Coming next! Pre-order yours now.Written by Design & illustration by
28/04/2025

Coming next! Pre-order yours now.
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On this day in 1977, the S*x Pistols were fired by A&M Records with the ink barely dry on the contract. The relationship...
16/03/2025

On this day in 1977, the S*x Pistols were fired by A&M Records with the ink barely dry on the contract. The relationship got off to a bad start, with a press event outside the gates of Buckingham Palace. Already loaded, the group moved on to hurl insults at a lunchtime press reception and create mayhem at the record company’s offices, which contributed toward the new contract being terminated after just a week.

Read all about it in Situation Vacant!
Written by and designed by .rs

On this day in 1977, the S*x Pistols were fired by A&M Records with the ink barely dry on the contract. The relationship...
16/03/2025

On this day in 1977, the S*x Pistols were fired by A&M Records with the ink barely dry on the contract. The relationship got off to a bad start, with a press event outside the gates of Buckingham Palace. Already loaded, the group moved on to hurl insults at a lunchtime press reception and create mayhem at the record company’s offices, which contributed toward the new contract being terminated after just a week.

Read all about it in Situation Vacant!
Written by and designed by .rs

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We started Herb Lester in 2010, making simple folded guides to the cities we love. It’s our intention to have a distinctive voice and follow our interests rather than respond to passing fashions. Everything we include in our guides and everything we do is because we like it and think our readers will too.