David Parkes
@davidparkes.bsky.social
NatTeaching Fellow, digital, art, psychogeography, heutagogy, megalithic, walking, music, history
For centuries we answered to the bell. Sound as community structure, the peel of bells across the fields for worship and warning, then the doorbell and the telephone. Now its a ping from our machines, we’re still still attuned to summons, shaped by sound - some by dog whistles
October 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
For centuries we answered to the bell. Sound as community structure, the peel of bells across the fields for worship and warning, then the doorbell and the telephone. Now its a ping from our machines, we’re still still attuned to summons, shaped by sound - some by dog whistles
Just got tickets for the Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui.
A small-time crook with big boss ambitions.
Feeding on fear, Ui's influence gains dangerous momentum and his venom threatens to seep through the city – and beyond. This is a man on a mission for power. Will anyone stop him?
A small-time crook with big boss ambitions.
Feeding on fear, Ui's influence gains dangerous momentum and his venom threatens to seep through the city – and beyond. This is a man on a mission for power. Will anyone stop him?
October 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Just got tickets for the Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui.
A small-time crook with big boss ambitions.
Feeding on fear, Ui's influence gains dangerous momentum and his venom threatens to seep through the city – and beyond. This is a man on a mission for power. Will anyone stop him?
A small-time crook with big boss ambitions.
Feeding on fear, Ui's influence gains dangerous momentum and his venom threatens to seep through the city – and beyond. This is a man on a mission for power. Will anyone stop him?
Love this book, so timely. An extraordinary true story of ex-servicemen fighting fascism in post-war Britain. By Daniel Sonabend
September 30, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Love this book, so timely. An extraordinary true story of ex-servicemen fighting fascism in post-war Britain. By Daniel Sonabend
A timely reminder, from the market place the Leicester Plaque jtojhumanrights.org.uk/local-storie....
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September 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A timely reminder, from the market place the Leicester Plaque jtojhumanrights.org.uk/local-storie....
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@spaincivilwartours.bsky.social
Writers declare against Fascism. Pamphlet 1938
September 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Writers declare against Fascism. Pamphlet 1938
Delighted to see a Weird Walk sign on Saltersford Lane today, a pre conquest salters lane near Alton Staffordshire
August 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Delighted to see a Weird Walk sign on Saltersford Lane today, a pre conquest salters lane near Alton Staffordshire
I for one am tremendously enjoying King and Conqueror
August 27, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I for one am tremendously enjoying King and Conqueror
Mop top hypnotic prole art threat
July 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Mop top hypnotic prole art threat
The first Birkin Bag
July 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The first Birkin Bag
Cover of new Country Life magazine - Hearts of Stone why we love our ancient sites
June 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Cover of new Country Life magazine - Hearts of Stone why we love our ancient sites
Please leave a message using the retro futuristic pulley lever voice button motion equipment
June 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Please leave a message using the retro futuristic pulley lever voice button motion equipment
Cairns of stones were raised by men going into battle in old times, each man adding his stone to cairns; those who returned would displace their stone, thus enabling a rough calculation of those that were lost in the strife - pages from Eleanor Hull Folklore of the British Islands 1928
June 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Cairns of stones were raised by men going into battle in old times, each man adding his stone to cairns; those who returned would displace their stone, thus enabling a rough calculation of those that were lost in the strife - pages from Eleanor Hull Folklore of the British Islands 1928
It’s Father’s Day so it’s Theremin Time
June 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
It’s Father’s Day so it’s Theremin Time
An early Black Sabbath back stage promo photo
June 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
An early Black Sabbath back stage promo photo
Whistle and I’ll come to you a new soundtrack by Death and Vanilla for the Jonathan Miller 1968 TV film and M.R.James story is very splendid indeed
May 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Whistle and I’ll come to you a new soundtrack by Death and Vanilla for the Jonathan Miller 1968 TV film and M.R.James story is very splendid indeed
Guitar Workshop Vol. 1 by Kenji Omura Katsumi Watanabe Katsutoshi Morizono Junji Yamagishi
May 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Guitar Workshop Vol. 1 by Kenji Omura Katsumi Watanabe Katsutoshi Morizono Junji Yamagishi
The Book Tower youtu.be/aKHXDim19cA?...
May 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Book Tower youtu.be/aKHXDim19cA?...
Jazz Dispensary Night Lights - Winter in Manhattan but also very lovely on a slow Friday evening in the fading May sun
May 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Jazz Dispensary Night Lights - Winter in Manhattan but also very lovely on a slow Friday evening in the fading May sun
May 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM