{"id":2194,"date":"2021-10-31T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T14:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=2194"},"modified":"2024-07-28T17:47:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T17:47:41","slug":"ghost-signs-a-london-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/2021\/10\/31\/ghost-signs-a-london-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghost Signs &#8211; A London Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the last year I\u2019ve been working with <a href=\"https:\/\/ghostsigns.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sam (Mr Ghostsigns) Roberts<\/a> on producing a book documenting London\u2019s Ghost Signs.<\/p>\n\n\n<div tabindex=\"0\" class=\"cycloneslider cycloneslider-template-standard cycloneslider-width-responsive\" id=\"cycloneslider-book-1\" style=\"max-width:451px\" > <div class=\"cycloneslider-slides cycle-slideshow\" data-cycle-allow-wrap=\"true\" data-cycle-dynamic-height=\"off\" data-cycle-auto-height=\"451:295\" data-cycle-auto-height-easing=\"null\" data-cycle-auto-height-speed=\"250\" data-cycle-delay=\"0\" data-cycle-easing=\"\" data-cycle-fx=\"fade\" data-cycle-hide-non-active=\"true\" data-cycle-log=\"false\" data-cycle-next=\"#cycloneslider-book-1 .cycloneslider-next\" data-cycle-pager=\"#cycloneslider-book-1 .cycloneslider-pager\" data-cycle-pause-on-hover=\"true\" data-cycle-prev=\"#cycloneslider-book-1 .cycloneslider-prev\" data-cycle-slides=\"&gt; div\" data-cycle-speed=\"1000\" data-cycle-swipe=\"1\" data-cycle-tile-count=\"7\" data-cycle-tile-delay=\"100\" data-cycle-tile-vertical=\"true\" data-cycle-timeout=\"4000\" > <div class=\"cycloneslider-slide cycloneslider-slide-image\" > <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/book01-451x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/> <\/div> <div class=\"cycloneslider-slide cycloneslider-slide-image\" > <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/book02-451x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/> <\/div> <div class=\"cycloneslider-slide cycloneslider-slide-image\" > <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/book03-451x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/> <\/div> <div class=\"cycloneslider-slide cycloneslider-slide-image\" > <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/book04-451x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/> <\/div> <div class=\"cycloneslider-slide cycloneslider-slide-image\" > <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/book05-451x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/> <\/div> <div class=\"cycloneslider-slide cycloneslider-slide-image\" > <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/book06-451x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/> <\/div> <div class=\"cycloneslider-slide cycloneslider-slide-image\" > <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/book07-451x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/> <\/div> <div class=\"cycloneslider-slide cycloneslider-slide-image\" > <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/book08-451x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/> <\/div> <div class=\"cycloneslider-slide cycloneslider-slide-image\" > <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/book09-451x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/> <\/div> <\/div> <a href=\"#\" class=\"cycloneslider-prev\"> <span class=\"arrow\"><\/span> <\/a> <a href=\"#\" class=\"cycloneslider-next\"> <span class=\"arrow\"><\/span> <\/a> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sam has done all of the writing, most of the photography is mine and we&#8217;ve shared the research. The book features over 250 of London&#8217;s ghost signs and we think it&#8217;s the most comprehensive book on ghost signs ever published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book is accompanied by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/ghostsignsmap\/\" target=\"_blank\">a detailed online map<\/a>, locating all the signs featured and many more, with itineraries for those wanting to venture out and discover the signs in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Edited 28\/07\/2024<\/strong>: The book has almost sold out and unfortunately will not be going to a second edition. The last few copies are available through <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.bl.ag\/products\/ghost-signs-a-london-story\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/shop.bl.ag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sam&#8217;s shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last year I\u2019ve been working with Sam (Mr Ghostsigns) Roberts on producing a book documenting London\u2019s Ghost Signs. Sam has done all of the writing, most of the photography is mine and we&#8217;ve shared the research. The book features over 250 of London&#8217;s ghost signs and we think it&#8217;s the most comprehensive book [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,15],"tags":[45,42,44],"class_list":["post-2194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ghostsigns","category-photography","tag-ghost-sign","tag-ghostsign","tag-london"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2194"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2383,"href":"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194\/revisions\/2383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}