Charles Hay, PhD
@drcharleshay.bsky.social
Currently researching pain experiences in children and young people
Creative research method enthusiast
I read and love music and films and I draw and paint and I talk just constantly
Views my own, unless I turn out to be correct
Creative research method enthusiast
I read and love music and films and I draw and paint and I talk just constantly
Views my own, unless I turn out to be correct
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My tips for painting landscapes
February 1, 2026 at 6:53 PM
My tips for painting landscapes
Feel it’s very important to say a big thanks to the NHS and specifically Warrington Hospital.
Have been suffering mega gallbladder pain for a while, got admitted at the start of last week, had gallbladder removed by end of week. Great care and great outcome.
Legends, thank you.
Have been suffering mega gallbladder pain for a while, got admitted at the start of last week, had gallbladder removed by end of week. Great care and great outcome.
Legends, thank you.
February 2, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Feel it’s very important to say a big thanks to the NHS and specifically Warrington Hospital.
Have been suffering mega gallbladder pain for a while, got admitted at the start of last week, had gallbladder removed by end of week. Great care and great outcome.
Legends, thank you.
Have been suffering mega gallbladder pain for a while, got admitted at the start of last week, had gallbladder removed by end of week. Great care and great outcome.
Legends, thank you.
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Golden Gate circa 1933-34.
January 30, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Golden Gate circa 1933-34.
Also every MS Teams call. I’ve been competently using computers since the 90s, but Teams is made with liquid sadism.
January 29, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Also every MS Teams call. I’ve been competently using computers since the 90s, but Teams is made with liquid sadism.
I am yellow, in pain and in hospital. GALLBLADDER COME OUT, YOUR TIME IS UP
January 27, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I am yellow, in pain and in hospital. GALLBLADDER COME OUT, YOUR TIME IS UP
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My painting AUTUMN CORNFIELD
January 27, 2026 at 8:30 PM
My painting AUTUMN CORNFIELD
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Is it about time that someone told @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social that their "Tourmaline stone axe" is actually made of cheese?
January 27, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Is it about time that someone told @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social that their "Tourmaline stone axe" is actually made of cheese?
Looks like the old Tories have Reformed
January 26, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Looks like the old Tories have Reformed
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Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today
January 23, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today
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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
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Magnolias are the oldest flowering plants, dating back to the dinosaurs. Bees didn't exist then, so they're pollinated by beetles. SF's Botanical Garden has one of the best magnolia collections in the world. They have started blooming now, peaking next month. Go visit:
gggp.org/magnolias/
gggp.org/magnolias/
Magnificent Magnolias at San Francisco Botanical Garden
Experience one of the most significant conservation collection of Magnolias in the United States in bloom mid-January through March.
gggp.org
January 22, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Magnolias are the oldest flowering plants, dating back to the dinosaurs. Bees didn't exist then, so they're pollinated by beetles. SF's Botanical Garden has one of the best magnolia collections in the world. They have started blooming now, peaking next month. Go visit:
gggp.org/magnolias/
gggp.org/magnolias/
Been trialing Qobuz for music and it’s really good. It’s based in France too, and those guys are pretty great overall.
January 22, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Been trialing Qobuz for music and it’s really good. It’s based in France too, and those guys are pretty great overall.
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Here's another photo of a two-spotted octopus. He's waving a couple arms in the lower part, trying to distract me, and getting ready to jet away to the right. Which is what happened next.
Octopi really hate being the center of attention.
Octopi really hate being the center of attention.
January 21, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Here's another photo of a two-spotted octopus. He's waving a couple arms in the lower part, trying to distract me, and getting ready to jet away to the right. Which is what happened next.
Octopi really hate being the center of attention.
Octopi really hate being the center of attention.
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Laura Makabresku
Inner Landscapes, 2021
Have a peaceful night
Inner Landscapes, 2021
Have a peaceful night
January 20, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Laura Makabresku
Inner Landscapes, 2021
Have a peaceful night
Inner Landscapes, 2021
Have a peaceful night
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🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is now closing on 80,000 signatures!
Let’s get it to the 100,000 needed today!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Let’s get it to the 100,000 needed today!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 21, 2026 at 11:45 AM
🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is now closing on 80,000 signatures!
Let’s get it to the 100,000 needed today!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Let’s get it to the 100,000 needed today!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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#Sunset with #moonset not far behind. Taken tonight leaving my father’s house south of #Pittsburgh. #photography
January 21, 2026 at 4:55 AM
#Sunset with #moonset not far behind. Taken tonight leaving my father’s house south of #Pittsburgh. #photography
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This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
Really love how our instinctive response to an awful smell is to flare our nostrils so we can smell it loads more. Fabulous work, evolution
January 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Really love how our instinctive response to an awful smell is to flare our nostrils so we can smell it loads more. Fabulous work, evolution
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Looking sideward to the weekend
January 15, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Looking sideward to the weekend
I was told there would be hoverboards and flying cars
January 15, 2026 at 2:01 PM
I was told there would be hoverboards and flying cars
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I got a new tripod so I could get close up views of the birdies, and our Pheasant overlords, Sqyawky & Hennrietta. He's showing off for her.
January 14, 2026 at 2:44 PM
I got a new tripod so I could get close up views of the birdies, and our Pheasant overlords, Sqyawky & Hennrietta. He's showing off for her.
Not gonna lie, I take it pretty personally when the postman doesn’t bring me any post.
January 14, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Not gonna lie, I take it pretty personally when the postman doesn’t bring me any post.
New word for the day: ekphrastic, means “a vivid, detailed description of of visual art, to bring the artwork to life and explore its meaning, emotions and narrative”.
It was in the London Arts-Based Research Centre email and I will now spend the rest of my life trying to work it into conversation.
It was in the London Arts-Based Research Centre email and I will now spend the rest of my life trying to work it into conversation.
January 13, 2026 at 8:43 AM
New word for the day: ekphrastic, means “a vivid, detailed description of of visual art, to bring the artwork to life and explore its meaning, emotions and narrative”.
It was in the London Arts-Based Research Centre email and I will now spend the rest of my life trying to work it into conversation.
It was in the London Arts-Based Research Centre email and I will now spend the rest of my life trying to work it into conversation.
Copilot is insisting that I need to remember this one protocol file for every single one of my meetings currently.
Copilot, take a holiday man
Copilot, take a holiday man
January 12, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Copilot is insisting that I need to remember this one protocol file for every single one of my meetings currently.
Copilot, take a holiday man
Copilot, take a holiday man