Way back in March 2022, after recording an episode to The Strike and Ellacott Files podcast with Beatrice Groves, we discussed the possibility of creating a database of all the Twitter headers that J. K. Rowling has used to signal what has been on her mind. The fruit of that idea was the (newly update) All J. K. Rowling’s Twitter Headers. Reviewing the full list in all its glory prompts the fact that this year has been a vintage year for header clues, likely all hints for The Hallmarked Man. Any guesses as the what they mean? Let me know in the comments!
1st February 2024 The façade of Freemason’s Hall in London. The headquarters of the United Grand Lodge of England, discussed here.
16th February 2024 Identified by @LudicrousMonica as La Coupee, a narrow isthmus that connects Greater and Little Sark.
16th March 2024 A detail from a silver Nef, identified by @PoolsVB.
7th April 2024 The Crieff Hydro Hotel, identified by @Badly_Wired.
31st May 2024 an iron bridge called The Iron Bridge in Ironbridge.
16th June 2024 The red lift at The Savoy in London, identified by @IrisThinksMeh. Discussed by Beatrice Groves here.
27th June 2024 Identified as Gods Own Junkyard by @CasualNaming.
10th August 2024 an excerpt from “The Golden Journey to Samarkand” by James Elroy Flecker, identified by the Strike and Ellacott Files podcast. Discussed by Beatrice Groves here.
27th September 2024 Not a red herring, but a blue goldfish! A blue oranda, the meaning of whose name is parsed by John Granger here.
11th October 2024 A second swan image after the 18th August 2017 one.
1st December 2024 Wild Court alley in London WC2. John Granger discusses here.
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