Patrick Howse
@baghdaddi.bsky.social
Writer, poet & snowshoe hiker. Journalist: @BylineTimes contributor & ex-BBC newsgatherer. English born, proud Irish & EU citizen: "one of the Wildgeese". Lives in Munich
My balcony geraniums, planted in the spring, flowered in May and still flowering today as the first snow of the winter fell in Munich
November 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
My balcony geraniums, planted in the spring, flowered in May and still flowering today as the first snow of the winter fell in Munich
It's The Day of German Unity today, and I for one will be heading for the #Oktoberfest a bit later. Here's a poem I wrote three years ago.
October 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
It's The Day of German Unity today, and I for one will be heading for the #Oktoberfest a bit later. Here's a poem I wrote three years ago.
A new poem, Sorrow
September 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A new poem, Sorrow
I have had a long and varied journalistic career... This was a moment that gave me some satisfaction...
July 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I have had a long and varied journalistic career... This was a moment that gave me some satisfaction...
I have been looking through my old sketchbooks... I did these oil pastels of Lake Como in 2009... I am a different person with a different life now.
July 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I have been looking through my old sketchbooks... I did these oil pastels of Lake Como in 2009... I am a different person with a different life now.
One of my regular breakfast guests
March 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
One of my regular breakfast guests
Sláinte from the St Patrick's Day parade in Munich... a huge and joyous celebration of diversity, friendliness and European identity, and huge F***off to Trumpism, Putinusm and Bexit.
March 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Sláinte from the St Patrick's Day parade in Munich... a huge and joyous celebration of diversity, friendliness and European identity, and huge F***off to Trumpism, Putinusm and Bexit.
Yesterday's walk in Oberbayern, my first of the spring. 16 mile walk with my daughter, including lovely lunch and beer at the Neureuter hut. This is a view of the Wendelstein from Gindelalm. The walk's start was 50 mins from Munich by public transport.
March 8, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Yesterday's walk in Oberbayern, my first of the spring. 16 mile walk with my daughter, including lovely lunch and beer at the Neureuter hut. This is a view of the Wendelstein from Gindelalm. The walk's start was 50 mins from Munich by public transport.
You can buy the paper in good newsagents, or you can subscribe here subscribe.bylinetimes.com - and I'm sharing my latest in the hope it will inspire you subscribe and get access to loads of far better stuff.
February 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
You can buy the paper in good newsagents, or you can subscribe here subscribe.bylinetimes.com - and I'm sharing my latest in the hope it will inspire you subscribe and get access to loads of far better stuff.
For anyone concerned about the far right and the media's coverage (and encouragement) of it, I can heartily recommend @bylinetimes.bsky.social. I've contributed a number of articles over several years, including for the latest print edition.
February 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
For anyone concerned about the far right and the media's coverage (and encouragement) of it, I can heartily recommend @bylinetimes.bsky.social. I've contributed a number of articles over several years, including for the latest print edition.
On today's walk in Oberbayern (just on the edge of Munich, actually), I was lucky enough to meet this Harris Hawk and his falconer (who didn't want to bd photographed).
February 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
On today's walk in Oberbayern (just on the edge of Munich, actually), I was lucky enough to meet this Harris Hawk and his falconer (who didn't want to bd photographed).
Another new video, but this time of a poem I wrote when Trump won the 2016 election.
February 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Another new video, but this time of a poem I wrote when Trump won the 2016 election.
Is this the sort of thing you had in mind, Cathy?
February 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Is this the sort of thing you had in mind, Cathy?
Currently reading that in Munich!
February 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Currently reading that in Munich!
My latest poem - reposting this because it sums up my current mood
February 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
My latest poem - reposting this because it sums up my current mood
Chatting with Betjeman
January 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Chatting with Betjeman
I have written a poem about a man I knew a bit and liked a lot. Peter Jacobi led me, and my family on many alpine walks. In July he was killed when he fell 300m from a cliff in Austria. He was a man who loved the mountains, and he communicated that to the people he guided and shared them with.
December 28, 2024 at 12:29 PM
I have written a poem about a man I knew a bit and liked a lot. Peter Jacobi led me, and my family on many alpine walks. In July he was killed when he fell 300m from a cliff in Austria. He was a man who loved the mountains, and he communicated that to the people he guided and shared them with.
Today's walk in Oberbayern was a snowshoe hike
towards the Roßkopf from Spitzingsee... one I have done many times before but always enjoy. Perfect weather.
towards the Roßkopf from Spitzingsee... one I have done many times before but always enjoy. Perfect weather.
December 27, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Today's walk in Oberbayern was a snowshoe hike
towards the Roßkopf from Spitzingsee... one I have done many times before but always enjoy. Perfect weather.
towards the Roßkopf from Spitzingsee... one I have done many times before but always enjoy. Perfect weather.
A new poem, inspired by childhood. I like the strong effect if the photo - it reminds me of the beach
November 29, 2024 at 10:32 AM
A new poem, inspired by childhood. I like the strong effect if the photo - it reminds me of the beach
It's snowing in Munich, and it feels like it's time to share this poem from my collection Shadow Cast by Mountains (available from @hayloftbooks.bsky.social )
November 20, 2024 at 8:46 AM
It's snowing in Munich, and it feels like it's time to share this poem from my collection Shadow Cast by Mountains (available from @hayloftbooks.bsky.social )
Happy to say that @BooksHayloft will be publishing my 3rd collection of poems later this year. Provisionally called The Tree at the Edge of the Mountains it reflects on a pandemic, and on love, life and history. It will feature illustrations from my ex partner, Inge Schlaile, and some by me.
January 6, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Happy to say that @BooksHayloft will be publishing my 3rd collection of poems later this year. Provisionally called The Tree at the Edge of the Mountains it reflects on a pandemic, and on love, life and history. It will feature illustrations from my ex partner, Inge Schlaile, and some by me.
I've been reflecting on a difficult year - the end of a relationship that meant a lot to me, coming to terms with that, and discovering hope for the future. Here's my latest poem, written in a place where I once found happiness and love.
December 19, 2023 at 11:18 AM
I've been reflecting on a difficult year - the end of a relationship that meant a lot to me, coming to terms with that, and discovering hope for the future. Here's my latest poem, written in a place where I once found happiness and love.
I live in Oberbayern, and the rain that falls here ends up in the Black Sea.
December 12, 2023 at 7:29 PM
I live in Oberbayern, and the rain that falls here ends up in the Black Sea.
I'm very proud and happy to say that i have another piece in the latest print edition of @bylinetimes.bsky.social
- about the BBC's evisceration of Newsnight (extract below)
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- about the BBC's evisceration of Newsnight (extract below)
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December 12, 2023 at 5:27 PM
I'm very proud and happy to say that i have another piece in the latest print edition of @bylinetimes.bsky.social
- about the BBC's evisceration of Newsnight (extract below)
You can subscribe to this fine platform for independent and honest journalism here: subscribe.bylinetimes.com?mc_cid=7b506d
- about the BBC's evisceration of Newsnight (extract below)
You can subscribe to this fine platform for independent and honest journalism here: subscribe.bylinetimes.com?mc_cid=7b506d