Laura Davis
@lcdavis.bsky.social
Journalist, podcaster, art & theatre lover and book addict. Writer of @www.stored-honey.com North West arts newsletter among many things
It was lovely to meet so many of the artists exhibiting at North Yorkshire Open Studios’ and Rural Arts’ exhibition Idea of North, which I’m helping with the publicity for. So much talent and interesting, diverse processes. And yes that is an enormous beetle
March 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
It was lovely to meet so many of the artists exhibiting at North Yorkshire Open Studios’ and Rural Arts’ exhibition Idea of North, which I’m helping with the publicity for. So much talent and interesting, diverse processes. And yes that is an enormous beetle
Having a lovely time interviewing people about their memories of this incredible place - Theatr Clwyd - that will form part of a new heritage trail. It was so misty there yesterday that I couldn’t get a photo of the view - so here’s the theatre under construction
February 13, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Having a lovely time interviewing people about their memories of this incredible place - Theatr Clwyd - that will form part of a new heritage trail. It was so misty there yesterday that I couldn’t get a photo of the view - so here’s the theatre under construction
Loved meeting Chila Burman in her new exhibition IWM North yesterday - and chatting about her work and memories of growing up in Merseyside. The show is like being invited into someone’s home to listen to their stories
January 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Loved meeting Chila Burman in her new exhibition IWM North yesterday - and chatting about her work and memories of growing up in Merseyside. The show is like being invited into someone’s home to listen to their stories
A foolish move to read A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter during some of the chilliest days of 2025 so far? Her descriptions of a year spent living in a tiny hut on the frozen Spitsbergen carry you off to that beautiful, terrifying world - but you don’t have to eat bear. It’s a win-win
January 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM
A foolish move to read A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter during some of the chilliest days of 2025 so far? Her descriptions of a year spent living in a tiny hut on the frozen Spitsbergen carry you off to that beautiful, terrifying world - but you don’t have to eat bear. It’s a win-win
Jack Frost showing off in the woods opposite our house. I can overlook ego when it’s accompanied by this level of talent
January 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Jack Frost showing off in the woods opposite our house. I can overlook ego when it’s accompanied by this level of talent
Given the weather, I’m dipping back into Fifty Words For Snow by Nancy Campbell. My favourites include Tykky (‘thick snow and frost that accumulates on tree branches and other structures’ - Finnish) and Cīruļputenis (‘a blizzard of skylarks’ - Latvian)
January 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Given the weather, I’m dipping back into Fifty Words For Snow by Nancy Campbell. My favourites include Tykky (‘thick snow and frost that accumulates on tree branches and other structures’ - Finnish) and Cīruļputenis (‘a blizzard of skylarks’ - Latvian)
Going for a walk in my old stomping ground of Formby pinewoods with some friends today. Wondering if my favourite tree has survived. Here’s a polaroid of it by Nathan Pendlebury that sits on my mantlepiece
December 29, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Going for a walk in my old stomping ground of Formby pinewoods with some friends today. Wondering if my favourite tree has survived. Here’s a polaroid of it by Nathan Pendlebury that sits on my mantlepiece
Finished my Christmas Eve book this evening: The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel. Well- constructed story of a man who chose to completely isolate himself. Provokes questions of why we are compelled to pathologise someone’s behaviour that’s different to the ‘norm’.
December 26, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Finished my Christmas Eve book this evening: The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel. Well- constructed story of a man who chose to completely isolate himself. Provokes questions of why we are compelled to pathologise someone’s behaviour that’s different to the ‘norm’.
I’d love to know the story behind this festive photo of my grandparents and their friends/relatives (?). My grandma is in the front row with the pig and my grandad is far left at the back. He was a keen photographer so we have lots of photos from a time when it was still fairly unusual
December 24, 2024 at 9:41 AM
I’d love to know the story behind this festive photo of my grandparents and their friends/relatives (?). My grandma is in the front row with the pig and my grandad is far left at the back. He was a keen photographer so we have lots of photos from a time when it was still fairly unusual
Caught up with friends from UCLan’s Journalism Innovation and Leadership Programme a year after we finished this weekend. I miss talking to people from all over the world every week
December 16, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Caught up with friends from UCLan’s Journalism Innovation and Leadership Programme a year after we finished this weekend. I miss talking to people from all over the world every week
Gorgeous festive concert at @livuninews.bsky.social’s Tung Auditorium this lunchtime. The acoustics in this space are lovely. Thanks to @onefellswoopagency.bsky.social for the invitation
December 11, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Gorgeous festive concert at @livuninews.bsky.social’s Tung Auditorium this lunchtime. The acoustics in this space are lovely. Thanks to @onefellswoopagency.bsky.social for the invitation
Well that was gorgeous. Left me with lots to think about how we (literally) view the world. Glad I’ve got the train ride home to think about how to describe it in Stored Honey
December 10, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Well that was gorgeous. Left me with lots to think about how we (literally) view the world. Glad I’ve got the train ride home to think about how to describe it in Stored Honey
Press view of David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller &further away) @avivastudios.bsky.social. Can’t wait to step inside
December 10, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Press view of David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller &further away) @avivastudios.bsky.social. Can’t wait to step inside
Got the kids off Roblox for long enough to decorate the Christmas tree. The rest of this room is consequently an absolute tip, but hey - twinkly lights!
December 9, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Got the kids off Roblox for long enough to decorate the Christmas tree. The rest of this room is consequently an absolute tip, but hey - twinkly lights!
Well on the way with the Christmas baking, mainly because I’m not cooking dinner this year. These bunloaves are a Davis family tradition passed down from my Grandma to my Mum (her DiL) and to me. I thought they went further back until I discovered the recipe in my Grandma’s Trex cookbook
December 5, 2024 at 7:56 AM
Well on the way with the Christmas baking, mainly because I’m not cooking dinner this year. These bunloaves are a Davis family tradition passed down from my Grandma to my Mum (her DiL) and to me. I thought they went further back until I discovered the recipe in my Grandma’s Trex cookbook
Love this tale about Rick Astley in India Knight’s latest Substack post. What a top bloke
November 29, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Love this tale about Rick Astley in India Knight’s latest Substack post. What a top bloke
A friend recently told me my scruffy green jumper looks like I’m wearing moss (she likes moss) and now when I walk past these sandstone walls, instead of marvelling at the marks made by the builders’ tools as I usually do, I keep noticing the green
November 28, 2024 at 9:38 AM
A friend recently told me my scruffy green jumper looks like I’m wearing moss (she likes moss) and now when I walk past these sandstone walls, instead of marvelling at the marks made by the builders’ tools as I usually do, I keep noticing the green
Lunch break with this fascinating book that I temporarily mislaid after receiving it for Christmas a few years ago. Worth the wait
November 26, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Lunch break with this fascinating book that I temporarily mislaid after receiving it for Christmas a few years ago. Worth the wait
The Long-Winded Lady by Maeve Brennan
November 18, 2024 at 7:37 AM
The Long-Winded Lady by Maeve Brennan
Wow this quiz from Penguin Books got my reading habits totally wrong. I am definitely not a Comforting Comedies sort of person. Fun though www.penguin.co.uk/articles/202...
November 16, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Wow this quiz from Penguin Books got my reading habits totally wrong. I am definitely not a Comforting Comedies sort of person. Fun though www.penguin.co.uk/articles/202...
Nice interactive piece by Camille Smithwick in the Into the Wyle exhibition at the Williamson Art Gallery. My spin landed on a card saying ‘Enter’ so I got to pull back the curtain to view a devotional painting. Would have I obeyed the rules if my card had read ‘Do not enter’? I genuinely don’t know
November 15, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Nice interactive piece by Camille Smithwick in the Into the Wyle exhibition at the Williamson Art Gallery. My spin landed on a card saying ‘Enter’ so I got to pull back the curtain to view a devotional painting. Would have I obeyed the rules if my card had read ‘Do not enter’? I genuinely don’t know
Spending today helping to turn WACCLT’s vision for Ron’s Place, an extraordinary ‘Outsider Art’ environment in Oxton, into an action plan. Excited by what we can achieve by thinking differently
November 14, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Spending today helping to turn WACCLT’s vision for Ron’s Place, an extraordinary ‘Outsider Art’ environment in Oxton, into an action plan. Excited by what we can achieve by thinking differently