Five days after updating her Twitter header to Wild Court alley, J. K. Rowling has changed her header again. The last time she changed headers this quickly was in January 2023, when she realised she had posted two headers for Cromer Pier. This photograph doesn’t look like it is The Hallmarked Man related, and looks like a personal photograph from Rowling’s Greenland getaway. Why the quick change? Why Greenland? I have three theories:
- J. K. Rowling obsessively haunts these pages and noticed that I had updated All J. K. Rowling’s Twitter Headers. In a spirit of mischief she decided to make the title wrong yet again. In the words of my under 16 Rugby coach when asked my chances of making the first team – possible but doubtful.
- Rowling has finished (after a long struggle with the final chapters) The Hallmarked Man! To celebrate she posted a sunset picture to mark the closure of her work on the book. Traditionally this celebration takes the form of a stack of manuscript pages, but this time she is having trouble with her printer. This was my preferred theory until:
- The owner of the photograph ianVisits noticed and, quite politely, wondered why she didn’t contact before using the image. I do hope she does contact. Copyright and image usage, especially on social media can be a minefield, and a signed book can do wonders to smooth ruffled feathers.
Hello @jk_rowling,
It’s lovely that you liked my photo of Wild Court enough to put it on your social media profile, but it would have been equally lovely if you (or your office) had asked me first.
I contacted your office but they haven’t replied, so I will try here.
Your… pic.twitter.com/gySVF85Juu
— ianVisits (@ianvisits) December 6, 2024
Do you have a better theory? Let me know in the comments.
