Andrei Szerard
@andreiszerard.bsky.social
Recovering barrister now small scale farming in glorious mid-Devon. Welsh rugby fan. Yeah, I know…
One of my friends once mused - “Given that she sang ‘Every Day is a Winding Road’, I don’t think Sheryl Crow is a real crow…”
November 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
One of my friends once mused - “Given that she sang ‘Every Day is a Winding Road’, I don’t think Sheryl Crow is a real crow…”
Ha! Forgotten that! There was a judge at the principal registry of the family division who corrected me when I failed to pronounce the word as “kestion”. I was telling the story at a seminar today oddly enough.
November 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Ha! Forgotten that! There was a judge at the principal registry of the family division who corrected me when I failed to pronounce the word as “kestion”. I was telling the story at a seminar today oddly enough.
Mate who worked in advertising way back and had Raymond Baxter (yes, him) in to do a v/o for a TV ad for soap powder. He kept pronouncing “question” as “kestion”. Day wore on until top ad exec turned up and spoke to him over talkback “Say it fucking properly, love, or you won’t get fucking paid.”
November 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Mate who worked in advertising way back and had Raymond Baxter (yes, him) in to do a v/o for a TV ad for soap powder. He kept pronouncing “question” as “kestion”. Day wore on until top ad exec turned up and spoke to him over talkback “Say it fucking properly, love, or you won’t get fucking paid.”
Still my ambition to write a cosy crime novel called The Aga Sanction
November 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Still my ambition to write a cosy crime novel called The Aga Sanction
This one (Lola) would often come into the kitchen out of curiosity. She was particularly fond of ZZ Top for some reason.
November 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This one (Lola) would often come into the kitchen out of curiosity. She was particularly fond of ZZ Top for some reason.
A Ne-Ne! We had to find a new home for ours as they were constantly escaping. Currently having a happy time raising little Ne-Ne at a specialist centre in Wiltshire. Fabulous things - incredibly gentle and curious and we really miss them. Apart from the hours searching nearby fields of course…
November 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A Ne-Ne! We had to find a new home for ours as they were constantly escaping. Currently having a happy time raising little Ne-Ne at a specialist centre in Wiltshire. Fabulous things - incredibly gentle and curious and we really miss them. Apart from the hours searching nearby fields of course…
Great picture. I remember seeing him sitting quietly with Dai Gardiner in a corner of the Ruperra quietly sipping an orange juice after training. Still shocking after all these years.
October 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Great picture. I remember seeing him sitting quietly with Dai Gardiner in a corner of the Ruperra quietly sipping an orange juice after training. Still shocking after all these years.
Yup. I had an Aunty Morfydd and our godchildren call my wife and I Aunty and Uncle. Desperate stuff…
October 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Yup. I had an Aunty Morfydd and our godchildren call my wife and I Aunty and Uncle. Desperate stuff…
Brains Dark (1925–present)
October 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Brains Dark (1925–present)
I knew Lindsay back in the ‘80’s when he was a county councillor with my mother. Properly sensible, principled, hard-working guy. Very pleased for him and good to see Caerphilly choosing someone known for decency and inclusiveness. Spring in my step this morning.
October 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I knew Lindsay back in the ‘80’s when he was a county councillor with my mother. Properly sensible, principled, hard-working guy. Very pleased for him and good to see Caerphilly choosing someone known for decency and inclusiveness. Spring in my step this morning.
That’s lovely. Will try it. We actually have green eggs so maybe we could have green, green eggs and ham.
(We keep a variety of hen called Devon Olive that lay this colour eggs).
(We keep a variety of hen called Devon Olive that lay this colour eggs).
October 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
That’s lovely. Will try it. We actually have green eggs so maybe we could have green, green eggs and ham.
(We keep a variety of hen called Devon Olive that lay this colour eggs).
(We keep a variety of hen called Devon Olive that lay this colour eggs).
“Dearly beloved…” Big loss to the funk community
October 14, 2025 at 8:12 AM
“Dearly beloved…” Big loss to the funk community
Lovely. Veterinary friend once told me that dogs that lose their sight do ok as it’s a far less significant sense to them than smell or hearing. “Just don’t move the furniture around too much” was his advice.
October 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Lovely. Veterinary friend once told me that dogs that lose their sight do ok as it’s a far less significant sense to them than smell or hearing. “Just don’t move the furniture around too much” was his advice.
When I was a young barrister my head of chambers (b 1906) had a picture of himself, as a baby, sitting on the lap of his great grandmother who, when she was a child was taken to see HMS Bellerephon anchored off Plymouth in 1815. On board was Napoleon, bound for St Helena.
October 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
When I was a young barrister my head of chambers (b 1906) had a picture of himself, as a baby, sitting on the lap of his great grandmother who, when she was a child was taken to see HMS Bellerephon anchored off Plymouth in 1815. On board was Napoleon, bound for St Helena.
The shart of the deal?
October 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The shart of the deal?
Some sort of cross-breed, presumably
October 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Some sort of cross-breed, presumably
Two Bollocks For Sister Sara
October 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Two Bollocks For Sister Sara
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Bollocks
October 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Bollocks
I think I told the story in the other place about how we were neighbours with artist Tom Phillips, one of Eno’s friends who was a frequent visitor.Tom’s live-in apprentice use to come over for tea “Brian’s here. Again.”
P.S. Tom’s old house is currently for sale
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P.S. Tom’s old house is currently for sale
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 6 bedroom terraced house for sale on Rightmove
6 bedroom terraced house for sale in Talfourd Road, Peckham, SE15 for £1,850,000. Marketed by Wooster and Stock, London
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September 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I think I told the story in the other place about how we were neighbours with artist Tom Phillips, one of Eno’s friends who was a frequent visitor.Tom’s live-in apprentice use to come over for tea “Brian’s here. Again.”
P.S. Tom’s old house is currently for sale
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
P.S. Tom’s old house is currently for sale
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
That’s fabulous.
September 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
That’s fabulous.