Julian Wild
@julianwild.bsky.social
Lawyer, adviser, golfer, football supporter, swimmer, charity trustee, modest gambler, Secretary Philip Larkin Society⚖️🏌️♂️⚽️🏊♂️📚
Just finished the highly-acclaimed debut novel #TheNames by #FlorenceKnapp. It’s a very original & fascinating idea for a novel. Thought-provoking & memorable📚👏
May 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Just finished the highly-acclaimed debut novel #TheNames by #FlorenceKnapp. It’s a very original & fascinating idea for a novel. Thought-provoking & memorable📚👏
Just finished #Kala, the much-acclaimed, ambitious debut novel by Irish writer, Colin Walsh. Probably not one to be featured by Ireland.com as it is dark & quite grim but well-written & plenty to admire🎧📚
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May 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Just finished #Kala, the much-acclaimed, ambitious debut novel by Irish writer, Colin Walsh. Probably not one to be featured by Ireland.com as it is dark & quite grim but well-written & plenty to admire🎧📚
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Delighted to be reminded that we are into ‘no mow May’ which has relieved me of the task of mowing the lawn for another month. Philip Larkin would regretfully have approved (‘The Mower’)😢 🦔
May 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Delighted to be reminded that we are into ‘no mow May’ which has relieved me of the task of mowing the lawn for another month. Philip Larkin would regretfully have approved (‘The Mower’)😢 🦔
Joyce’s prose is such a delight and beautifully read by Andrew Scott. Enjoyed it on my drive home from Birmingham tonight🙂📚🎧https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/b09t89gc?partner=uk.co.bbc
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March 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Joyce’s prose is such a delight and beautifully read by Andrew Scott. Enjoyed it on my drive home from Birmingham tonight🙂📚🎧https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/b09t89gc?partner=uk.co.bbc
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I Remember, I Remember and Talking In Bed discussed in some detail and some fascinating thoughts on US and British poetry from our guest David Biespiel this month. Please have a listen. It's free and you don't need to subscribe.
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David Biespiel
Podcast Episode · Tiny In All That Air · 28/02/2025 · 1h
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February 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I Remember, I Remember and Talking In Bed discussed in some detail and some fascinating thoughts on US and British poetry from our guest David Biespiel this month. Please have a listen. It's free and you don't need to subscribe.
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Gorgeous day doing a ‘Spy Trail’ around Tynemouth with my daughter & her children. 3 hours’ walking!
February 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Gorgeous day doing a ‘Spy Trail’ around Tynemouth with my daughter & her children. 3 hours’ walking!
Just completed 27 hours of listening to a brilliant narration of James Joyce’s Ulysses. An amazing listen which I really enjoyed. Hilarious in parts. Stream of consciousness & remarkably contemporary🎧🙂📚
February 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Just completed 27 hours of listening to a brilliant narration of James Joyce’s Ulysses. An amazing listen which I really enjoyed. Hilarious in parts. Stream of consciousness & remarkably contemporary🎧🙂📚
Lovely lunch of Grimsby haddock at Five Bells, Bassingham near Lincoln🙂🍽️🍺 Interesting poster of Lincoln Races!
February 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Lovely lunch of Grimsby haddock at Five Bells, Bassingham near Lincoln🙂🍽️🍺 Interesting poster of Lincoln Races!
Been walking with 🐶🎃 at the King George V Playing Fields (‘recreation ground’) in Cottingham, setting for Philip Larkin’s poignant poem ‘Afternoons’. Here are the ‘swing and sandpit’ (or equivalent)🙂📚
February 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Been walking with 🐶🎃 at the King George V Playing Fields (‘recreation ground’) in Cottingham, setting for Philip Larkin’s poignant poem ‘Afternoons’. Here are the ‘swing and sandpit’ (or equivalent)🙂📚
Today is the 33rd anniversary of the death of my father, Eric Wild, known to the family as Bill & to work colleagues at Shell & BP as Jimmy. He spent 3 1/2 years as a Japanese PoW on the Burma Railway. He was a wonderful man & always in my thoughts🥲
February 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Today is the 33rd anniversary of the death of my father, Eric Wild, known to the family as Bill & to work colleagues at Shell & BP as Jimmy. He spent 3 1/2 years as a Japanese PoW on the Burma Railway. He was a wonderful man & always in my thoughts🥲
What’s Up With Drypool Bridge?
As Hull learns another major road in the city is to close for 6 months, our bridges and culverts correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social plunges into the reasons why.
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As Hull learns another major road in the city is to close for 6 months, our bridges and culverts correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social plunges into the reasons why.
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February 16, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Very impressive work by the tree surgeon reducing our huge beech tree. Amazing how he can shape the tree from that high up. It was very cold all day🥶👏
February 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Very impressive work by the tree surgeon reducing our huge beech tree. Amazing how he can shape the tree from that high up. It was very cold all day🥶👏
Finished Robert Harris’s excellent #Munich. It starts with a quote from historian FW Maitland (1850-1906) “We should always be aware that what now lies in the past once lay in the future”. The way the ‘superpowers’ sought to carve up Czechoslovakia in 1938 should be a stark reminder for Ukraine🇺🇦
February 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Finished Robert Harris’s excellent #Munich. It starts with a quote from historian FW Maitland (1850-1906) “We should always be aware that what now lies in the past once lay in the future”. The way the ‘superpowers’ sought to carve up Czechoslovakia in 1938 should be a stark reminder for Ukraine🇺🇦
Just finished Robert Harris’s ‘An Officer And A Spy’. I studied the Dreyfus Affair at school but this is a remarkable retelling of the political scandal which divided French society😳📚🇫🇷
February 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Just finished Robert Harris’s ‘An Officer And A Spy’. I studied the Dreyfus Affair at school but this is a remarkable retelling of the political scandal which divided French society😳📚🇫🇷
I’ve taken pictures like this a hundred times but being with Pumpkin on a beautiful sunny day down by the Humber, with the bridge beyond, always gladdens my heart. This was today😍🐶🎃
February 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I’ve taken pictures like this a hundred times but being with Pumpkin on a beautiful sunny day down by the Humber, with the bridge beyond, always gladdens my heart. This was today😍🐶🎃
Today would have been the 79th wedding anniversary of my parents, Eric & Daphne Wild, married OTD in 1946 at St James’s Piccadilly after my father returned from 3 1/2 years as a Japanese PoW. Miss them very much🥲
February 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Today would have been the 79th wedding anniversary of my parents, Eric & Daphne Wild, married OTD in 1946 at St James’s Piccadilly after my father returned from 3 1/2 years as a Japanese PoW. Miss them very much🥲
Just finished Robert Harris’s latest novel #Precipice Extraordinary story of the relationship between HH Asquith & Venetia Stanley before and during WW1. Highly recommended📕👍
February 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Just finished Robert Harris’s latest novel #Precipice Extraordinary story of the relationship between HH Asquith & Venetia Stanley before and during WW1. Highly recommended📕👍
Pumpkin enjoying the sun & the snowdrops on a Spring-like February Sunday. Lovely day😎🐶🎃
February 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Pumpkin enjoying the sun & the snowdrops on a Spring-like February Sunday. Lovely day😎🐶🎃
Just finished the very popular #TheMidnightLibrary nicely read by the excellent #CareyMulligan Thought-provoking & interesting idea but a bit disappointing www.audible.co.uk/pd/183885145...
The Midnight Library
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January 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Just finished the very popular #TheMidnightLibrary nicely read by the excellent #CareyMulligan Thought-provoking & interesting idea but a bit disappointing www.audible.co.uk/pd/183885145...
Argentinian Malbec. Sadly not my own brand but pretty good value🙂🍷🇦🇷
January 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Argentinian Malbec. Sadly not my own brand but pretty good value🙂🍷🇦🇷
Pumpkin a bit wind-swept on our walk today😐🎃🐶💨
January 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Pumpkin a bit wind-swept on our walk today😐🎃🐶💨
Red sky in the morning😳
January 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Red sky in the morning😳
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Barbara Pym, novelist and friend of Philip Larkin, died this day in 1980. Larkin was a huge admirer of Pym's work. On 18th March 1979 he wrote to her saying 'no-one can read you without wanting to read more'. Please have a look at barbarapym.org for more Pym delight.
January 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Barbara Pym, novelist and friend of Philip Larkin, died this day in 1980. Larkin was a huge admirer of Pym's work. On 18th March 1979 he wrote to her saying 'no-one can read you without wanting to read more'. Please have a look at barbarapym.org for more Pym delight.
Walking down from the old railway line to the playing fields at Anlaby. Beautiful day but only 2 degrees & the ground still frozen🥶❄️🐶🎃
January 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Walking down from the old railway line to the playing fields at Anlaby. Beautiful day but only 2 degrees & the ground still frozen🥶❄️🐶🎃