Owen Sedgwick-Jell
@owenjell.bsky.social
Manchester-based lefty dad, folk singer, youth work volunteer, board gamer, bicyclist. He/him
If you’re not ready to bid farewell to Spooky Season just yet (and are within reach of South Manchester), join me and others tomorrow, upstairs at Chorlton’s Dulcimer Bar for our last themed singaround of 2025:
November 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
If you’re not ready to bid farewell to Spooky Season just yet (and are within reach of South Manchester), join me and others tomorrow, upstairs at Chorlton’s Dulcimer Bar for our last themed singaround of 2025:
This would be totally on-brand for Francis…
August 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This would be totally on-brand for Francis…
Who would *you* have host Masterchef?
July 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Who would *you* have host Masterchef?
1. Timothy (aka Squashy Hat), but the real one, not the armadillo they were expecting
2. Dick with the glasses, presumably John, and I’m guessing Nancy in the hat?
3. Prospecting for gold, on behalf of the Swallows, Amazons & D’s Mining Co
4. Pigeon Post
Bonus pic of Slater Bob’s tunnel!
2. Dick with the glasses, presumably John, and I’m guessing Nancy in the hat?
3. Prospecting for gold, on behalf of the Swallows, Amazons & D’s Mining Co
4. Pigeon Post
Bonus pic of Slater Bob’s tunnel!
July 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
1. Timothy (aka Squashy Hat), but the real one, not the armadillo they were expecting
2. Dick with the glasses, presumably John, and I’m guessing Nancy in the hat?
3. Prospecting for gold, on behalf of the Swallows, Amazons & D’s Mining Co
4. Pigeon Post
Bonus pic of Slater Bob’s tunnel!
2. Dick with the glasses, presumably John, and I’m guessing Nancy in the hat?
3. Prospecting for gold, on behalf of the Swallows, Amazons & D’s Mining Co
4. Pigeon Post
Bonus pic of Slater Bob’s tunnel!
Another lovely afternoon singing with the Manchester Sacred Harp in the beautiful surroundings (and acoustics) of the Whitworth Gallery’s Grand Hall. We’re here the first Sunday of the month, from 2:00 to 4:30.
July 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Another lovely afternoon singing with the Manchester Sacred Harp in the beautiful surroundings (and acoustics) of the Whitworth Gallery’s Grand Hall. We’re here the first Sunday of the month, from 2:00 to 4:30.
If you go to the show (which you definitely should), don’t miss the small exhibition, including original documents such as this election pamphlet from Len Johnson, whose campaign platform still seems pretty sound 76 years on:
June 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If you go to the show (which you definitely should), don’t miss the small exhibition, including original documents such as this election pamphlet from Len Johnson, whose campaign platform still seems pretty sound 76 years on:
In a series of imagined conversations, brilliantly written and performed, personal and political tensions play out…the resonance of the performance happening in the room where Manchester’s fortunes were built on the exploitation of enslaved African people is powerful.
June 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
In a series of imagined conversations, brilliantly written and performed, personal and political tensions play out…the resonance of the performance happening in the room where Manchester’s fortunes were built on the exploitation of enslaved African people is powerful.
Incredible night out at @rxtheatre.bsky.social on Friday for the first performance of ‘Liberation’: Monique Touko directs Zodwa Nyoni’s story of the 1945 Pan-African Congress in Manchester. Press night isn’t until Tuesday, so you’ll just have to take my word for it until then…
June 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Incredible night out at @rxtheatre.bsky.social on Friday for the first performance of ‘Liberation’: Monique Touko directs Zodwa Nyoni’s story of the 1945 Pan-African Congress in Manchester. Press night isn’t until Tuesday, so you’ll just have to take my word for it until then…
Our ride leader has timed that cyclists and pedestrians are allowed a generous 14 seconds to cross at this junction. All the same, goodness me, how could such a thing have possibly happened, one could never condone such things, &c., &c. (@jontafkasi.bsky.social fecit)
June 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Our ride leader has timed that cyclists and pedestrians are allowed a generous 14 seconds to cross at this junction. All the same, goodness me, how could such a thing have possibly happened, one could never condone such things, &c., &c. (@jontafkasi.bsky.social fecit)
Up and out despite the rain to join a community cycle ride to #LoveTheLanes - almost 100 riders making the best use of our local infrastructure
June 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Up and out despite the rain to join a community cycle ride to #LoveTheLanes - almost 100 riders making the best use of our local infrastructure
And a cracking result! Hats off to the Inner London Education Authority, and to Mrs Jenni Venugopal Nair, whose recipe this was.
June 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
And a cracking result! Hats off to the Inner London Education Authority, and to Mrs Jenni Venugopal Nair, whose recipe this was.
A spot of baking with the boy this afternoon - banana bread with the best political pedigree: the 1985 ILEA cookbook, an incredible compendium of multicultural recipes from school dining halls and home economics departments across London (submitted for the approval of @lccmunicipal.bsky.social)
June 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A spot of baking with the boy this afternoon - banana bread with the best political pedigree: the 1985 ILEA cookbook, an incredible compendium of multicultural recipes from school dining halls and home economics departments across London (submitted for the approval of @lccmunicipal.bsky.social)
#Cholrton and South #Manchester people: @cafchorlton.bsky.social is in full swing, and my modest contribution is tonight. I and my shipmate Jude are hosting a singaround of Sea Songs and Shanties, upstairs at Dulcimer Bar from 8pm. All welcome to share songs, join in or just listen!
May 20, 2025 at 6:51 AM
#Cholrton and South #Manchester people: @cafchorlton.bsky.social is in full swing, and my modest contribution is tonight. I and my shipmate Jude are hosting a singaround of Sea Songs and Shanties, upstairs at Dulcimer Bar from 8pm. All welcome to share songs, join in or just listen!
If this is Meta AI’s attempt to feed me “relevant content” I think there’s still some way to go…
May 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If this is Meta AI’s attempt to feed me “relevant content” I think there’s still some way to go…
In Berlin last week we were passed by a convoy of about a dozen of them - I think it was some kind of Trabi sightseeing safari for tourists…
April 24, 2025 at 9:33 AM
In Berlin last week we were passed by a convoy of about a dozen of them - I think it was some kind of Trabi sightseeing safari for tourists…
Lovely fire skills session with the Pioneers this evening - I thought there was a very @aransome.bsky.social vibe about this pic - though I’m not sure Susan ever made a ‘campfire doughnut’, or for that matter cooked over a repurposed washing machine drum, but both work very successfully!
March 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Lovely fire skills session with the Pioneers this evening - I thought there was a very @aransome.bsky.social vibe about this pic - though I’m not sure Susan ever made a ‘campfire doughnut’, or for that matter cooked over a repurposed washing machine drum, but both work very successfully!
Local shepherds seem pretty chill tbh
February 3, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Local shepherds seem pretty chill tbh
Hearing @windbornesingers.bsky.social last night was a tonic for the soul. Here they are singing (in Occitan) about the nativity from the novel perspective of Satan. They’re singing in some incredible spaces, including St Martin-in-the-Fields, in the coming weeks: www.windbornesingers.com/concerts
January 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Hearing @windbornesingers.bsky.social last night was a tonic for the soul. Here they are singing (in Occitan) about the nativity from the novel perspective of Satan. They’re singing in some incredible spaces, including St Martin-in-the-Fields, in the coming weeks: www.windbornesingers.com/concerts
I’m on hosting duties for our regular singaround at Dulcimer in #Chorlton next Tuesday (4 Feb). Our theme is “Town & Country”, so Derby Rams or Wild Mountain Thyme will be equally welcome. Join us upstairs from 20:00…
January 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I’m on hosting duties for our regular singaround at Dulcimer in #Chorlton next Tuesday (4 Feb). Our theme is “Town & Country”, so Derby Rams or Wild Mountain Thyme will be equally welcome. Join us upstairs from 20:00…
Didn’t try signaling to it, but Mars (and three more planets) showing well in clear Mancunian skies tonight (cc. @aransome.bsky.social)
January 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Didn’t try signaling to it, but Mars (and three more planets) showing well in clear Mancunian skies tonight (cc. @aransome.bsky.social)
