Alex Rhys-Taylor
@alexrhystaylor.bsky.social
Cities, sensations and spaces. Open minds and strong stomachs. Sociology, ethnography and social history. Parenting in bulk. Salty. Rarely accused of sorcery.
this fresh hell
November 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
this fresh hell
hats off to the team of faceless chemical engineers and corporate tastebud donors who came up with dr pepper blackberry
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
hats off to the team of faceless chemical engineers and corporate tastebud donors who came up with dr pepper blackberry
a visitor to london yesterday pointed out to me that the pigeons seemed absent. she was right! on my walk to work this morning, this park (former quaker burial ground btw) is normally full of pigeons. not a rock dove in sight. just the crows. what does this augur?
November 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
a visitor to london yesterday pointed out to me that the pigeons seemed absent. she was right! on my walk to work this morning, this park (former quaker burial ground btw) is normally full of pigeons. not a rock dove in sight. just the crows. what does this augur?
london’s gini coefficient (income inequality) seems to have dropped post covid. kind of interesting (though a bit less so before housing costs)
October 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
london’s gini coefficient (income inequality) seems to have dropped post covid. kind of interesting (though a bit less so before housing costs)
male grooming products that purportedly smell like big foot wearing a leather jacket riding a motorbike through a sandalwood forest smoking a cigar.
i’m not saying that they’re the cause of all the world’s ills. but they’re not helping things either.
i’m not saying that they’re the cause of all the world’s ills. but they’re not helping things either.
October 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
male grooming products that purportedly smell like big foot wearing a leather jacket riding a motorbike through a sandalwood forest smoking a cigar.
i’m not saying that they’re the cause of all the world’s ills. but they’re not helping things either.
i’m not saying that they’re the cause of all the world’s ills. but they’re not helping things either.
how do you teach about the emergence of the modern nation state? with 40 year old pop cultural references. that’s how.
October 7, 2025 at 6:17 AM
how do you teach about the emergence of the modern nation state? with 40 year old pop cultural references. that’s how.
a william gibson deep cut: ‘skinners room’. a story about vagrancy on the golden gate bridge. it describes an exquisitely po mo world, layered with repairs and hacks. like a medieval london bridge for a late 80s vision of the future. illustrations by ming funn and craig hodgetts.
August 30, 2025 at 7:43 AM
a william gibson deep cut: ‘skinners room’. a story about vagrancy on the golden gate bridge. it describes an exquisitely po mo world, layered with repairs and hacks. like a medieval london bridge for a late 80s vision of the future. illustrations by ming funn and craig hodgetts.
take three very large potatoes
August 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
take three very large potatoes
history obsessed #2 just casually naming these two ‘ronnie and reggie’.
August 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
history obsessed #2 just casually naming these two ‘ronnie and reggie’.
@towerhamletsnow.bsky.social what do we think about the wheelchair accessibility of the pavement on the east side of hanbury street?
July 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
@towerhamletsnow.bsky.social what do we think about the wheelchair accessibility of the pavement on the east side of hanbury street?
just quick question @londonfirebrigade.bsky.social are these little planters a serious fire hazard?
July 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
just quick question @londonfirebrigade.bsky.social are these little planters a serious fire hazard?
i’m not sure if you ever have. but you really should.
July 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
i’m not sure if you ever have. but you really should.
the smell in this little haggerston glade is amazing. ripe plums and wildflower blossoms. if radox herbal essences did urban planning, we’d have a lot more of this.
July 9, 2025 at 7:48 AM
the smell in this little haggerston glade is amazing. ripe plums and wildflower blossoms. if radox herbal essences did urban planning, we’d have a lot more of this.
i know! it’s all in here. for what it’s worth, he seems to regret being cruel to animals. there’s a great early sabbath story about him routinely going to the pub on horseback because the horse would be able to carry him home when he was passed out and slung over the saddle.
July 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
i know! it’s all in here. for what it’s worth, he seems to regret being cruel to animals. there’s a great early sabbath story about him routinely going to the pub on horseback because the horse would be able to carry him home when he was passed out and slung over the saddle.
reflexive chicken shop in new cross
June 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
reflexive chicken shop in new cross
stopped short of the little white shorts though. coward.
June 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
stopped short of the little white shorts though. coward.
i know everyone is getting in a fluster about johnny ives
chatty geepeetee colab. lest we not forget, he’s not the messiah:
chatty geepeetee colab. lest we not forget, he’s not the messiah:
May 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
i know everyone is getting in a fluster about johnny ives
chatty geepeetee colab. lest we not forget, he’s not the messiah:
chatty geepeetee colab. lest we not forget, he’s not the messiah:
the world snooker set up is about 10% jazzier than it was last year, but still 349% less beautiful than this sublime moment at the 2002 masters.
April 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
the world snooker set up is about 10% jazzier than it was last year, but still 349% less beautiful than this sublime moment at the 2002 masters.
just clearing out an old book shelf. apposite titles
April 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
just clearing out an old book shelf. apposite titles
i support this message
April 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
i support this message
how much would you pay to come on a ‘locations from detective pikachu’ walk?
April 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
how much would you pay to come on a ‘locations from detective pikachu’ walk?
specifically, this junction.
March 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
specifically, this junction.
the evolution of food in East London continues ❤️ 🥯
January 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
the evolution of food in East London continues ❤️ 🥯