John Davies
@jrsdavies.bsky.social
Old bloke. Now back living in NE London after sojourns in Oxford, Liverpool, Bloomsbury, Boston MA, Cardiff and N Ireland. Reads, sings in choirs, worries about Leyton Orient. Occasionally blogging at https://oldgeezerrereadingblog.wordpress.com/
For one day only, I could say I was the man in @seatsixtyone.bsky.social (and the Eurostar was on time, too)
October 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
For one day only, I could say I was the man in @seatsixtyone.bsky.social (and the Eurostar was on time, too)
In Hyde Park this afternoon. People don't seem to have got the message about London being a crime-ridden hellhole
September 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
In Hyde Park this afternoon. People don't seem to have got the message about London being a crime-ridden hellhole
Field maple, Downhill, County Derry
April 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Field maple, Downhill, County Derry
Looks like I chose the right place for an overnight stay in Dublin
April 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Looks like I chose the right place for an overnight stay in Dublin
Dydd Gwyl Dewi hapus i bawb (and Slava Ukraini)
March 1, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Dydd Gwyl Dewi hapus i bawb (and Slava Ukraini)
Local graffiti for Valentine's Day (or any day really)
February 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Local graffiti for Valentine's Day (or any day really)
What's the collective noun for a lot of swans?
January 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
What's the collective noun for a lot of swans?
The last of the daylight on a rainy #wintersolstice
December 21, 2024 at 4:55 PM
The last of the daylight on a rainy #wintersolstice
Storm Darragh has obliged us to prolong our visit to N Ireland and be treated to this vision
December 8, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Storm Darragh has obliged us to prolong our visit to N Ireland and be treated to this vision
Exactly a month before Christmas, and the pudding mixture awaits steaming
November 25, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Exactly a month before Christmas, and the pudding mixture awaits steaming
I hope by now there are enough Bsky users in the Walthamstow area to make it worth while publicising this Messiah performance on 24 Nov. Good soloists and a proper baroque orchestra...
November 16, 2024 at 3:25 PM
I hope by now there are enough Bsky users in the Walthamstow area to make it worth while publicising this Messiah performance on 24 Nov. Good soloists and a proper baroque orchestra...
Feel I should post something new now I've got so many extra followers. So here's a view of our (shared) garden in today's sunshine
November 15, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Feel I should post something new now I've got so many extra followers. So here's a view of our (shared) garden in today's sunshine
In Liverpool, and visiting the Walker Art Gallery for the first time in decades. Presentation improved a lot from my recollection, and I'd forgotten how much good stuff it has
November 9, 2024 at 4:08 PM
In Liverpool, and visiting the Walker Art Gallery for the first time in decades. Presentation improved a lot from my recollection, and I'd forgotten how much good stuff it has
Today's achievement: travelling on all eleven London Underground lines with tube-obsessed granddaughter (and her mother)
October 31, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Today's achievement: travelling on all eleven London Underground lines with tube-obsessed granddaughter (and her mother)
Yesterday afternoon in the City of London Cemetery (my grandparents' grave in the foreground)
October 25, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Yesterday afternoon in the City of London Cemetery (my grandparents' grave in the foreground)
That rarely-sung third verse of These Foolish Things (words by a former editor of Radio Times) has some lovely poetic lines
October 18, 2024 at 4:48 PM
That rarely-sung third verse of These Foolish Things (words by a former editor of Radio Times) has some lovely poetic lines
Epping Forest, one mid-October afternoon
October 16, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Epping Forest, one mid-October afternoon
At the The Valleys/Y Cymoedd exhibition at Cardiff's National Museum. Recommended (ends in a month)
October 6, 2024 at 4:04 PM
At the The Valleys/Y Cymoedd exhibition at Cardiff's National Museum. Recommended (ends in a month)
These were our musicians (and very good they were)
September 19, 2024 at 9:19 PM
These were our musicians (and very good they were)
I don't know, I rather liked the austerity of the picture-less front cover
September 1, 2024 at 10:55 AM
I don't know, I rather liked the austerity of the picture-less front cover
At Norwich Cathedral today. No postcard available of its remarkable 14th-century reredos, so had to take my own photo
August 24, 2024 at 9:43 PM
At Norwich Cathedral today. No postcard available of its remarkable 14th-century reredos, so had to take my own photo