Paul Oswell
@pauloswell.bsky.social
Writer and journalist, mostly in travel. At large: Personal: www.pauloswell.com / Local: www.outalldaynola.com / International: www.shandypockets.com
Not sure they thought hard enough about the wording of this sign in the airport toilets
August 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Not sure they thought hard enough about the wording of this sign in the airport toilets
Get privileged airport lounge access because of work. The main bit is noisy with families, business calls etc, fair enough. The ‘Quiet Section’ is where I head but people there make sneaky phone calls that are MORE annoying unless I act like a dick and say something. Maybe I’m the problem.
August 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Get privileged airport lounge access because of work. The main bit is noisy with families, business calls etc, fair enough. The ‘Quiet Section’ is where I head but people there make sneaky phone calls that are MORE annoying unless I act like a dick and say something. Maybe I’m the problem.
Some scenic ones in South Wales last week…though there are local signs everywhere decrying them
August 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Some scenic ones in South Wales last week…though there are local signs everywhere decrying them
At last the algorithm gets me
August 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
At last the algorithm gets me
This was the biggest thing to happen to the bald community in my lifetime. Me and my bald brothers will not see the likes of this for at least a generation
August 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This was the biggest thing to happen to the bald community in my lifetime. Me and my bald brothers will not see the likes of this for at least a generation
HEY BIG SLENDERRRRRR
August 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
HEY BIG SLENDERRRRRR
I can’t stop thinking about this. How did the photographic director talk to the models? Was it a candid shot? Have I lead a sheltered life because I’ve never done this?
August 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I can’t stop thinking about this. How did the photographic director talk to the models? Was it a candid shot? Have I lead a sheltered life because I’ve never done this?
I’m as open minded as the next man but what is this act of outright depravity?
August 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I’m as open minded as the next man but what is this act of outright depravity?
I just realised that you can pin posts. I'm a freelance writer & author. I mostly write about travel. I've also done arts/culture/celeb interviews. I edit/publish an online arts & culture mag for New Orleans. I would (probably) love to write for you. Clips/books/CV etc:
www.pauloswell.com
www.pauloswell.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I just realised that you can pin posts. I'm a freelance writer & author. I mostly write about travel. I've also done arts/culture/celeb interviews. I edit/publish an online arts & culture mag for New Orleans. I would (probably) love to write for you. Clips/books/CV etc:
www.pauloswell.com
www.pauloswell.com
Some of the rusting machinery in the wild reminded me of some photos I took (I'm just a casual snapper, not an artist like yourself) in rural Colorado a few years ago.
August 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Some of the rusting machinery in the wild reminded me of some photos I took (I'm just a casual snapper, not an artist like yourself) in rural Colorado a few years ago.
Because I have the memory of a ditzy amoeba, I totally forgot that I'd ordered this collection of photos by @mariegardiner.bsky.social - it came in the post today and it's such a beautifully haunting set of landscapes, crumbling cottages and rural ephemera. Congrats, Marie, it's a great zine.
August 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Because I have the memory of a ditzy amoeba, I totally forgot that I'd ordered this collection of photos by @mariegardiner.bsky.social - it came in the post today and it's such a beautifully haunting set of landscapes, crumbling cottages and rural ephemera. Congrats, Marie, it's a great zine.
I would pay very good money to see Vinnie in The Berberian Sound Studio
July 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I would pay very good money to see Vinnie in The Berberian Sound Studio
Catching up on classic British films that I’ve never seen. Today’s: The Ipcress File
July 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Catching up on classic British films that I’ve never seen. Today’s: The Ipcress File
Love to take a random look at the real time visitor numbers and see this
June 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Love to take a random look at the real time visitor numbers and see this
The mascot for these cheap paint rollers has a much more sassy attitude than he needs to have
June 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The mascot for these cheap paint rollers has a much more sassy attitude than he needs to have
Live analytics like this make me really happy (for a tiny magazine). We used to get 50 readers a month, now whenever I check in, there's usually at least one reader online. It's so much work to get this out every week, but it's really satisfying watching people latch onto it.
May 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Live analytics like this make me really happy (for a tiny magazine). We used to get 50 readers a month, now whenever I check in, there's usually at least one reader online. It's so much work to get this out every week, but it's really satisfying watching people latch onto it.
I mean you'd think they'd give it to someone with a bit more experience
May 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I mean you'd think they'd give it to someone with a bit more experience
Damn, I wondered when the guy was going to release some new material
May 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Damn, I wondered when the guy was going to release some new material
I made this one as an aide memoire
May 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I made this one as an aide memoire
The expression he’s making here makes it look like when he says, “…and see what happens”, what happens is he unleashes his team of lawyers and sues you into oblivion. Yeah, just see what happens. You’ll see.
May 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The expression he’s making here makes it look like when he says, “…and see what happens”, what happens is he unleashes his team of lawyers and sues you into oblivion. Yeah, just see what happens. You’ll see.
Sunrise with seagulls and Venus this morning
April 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Sunrise with seagulls and Venus this morning
This always reads as very sarcastic
April 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This always reads as very sarcastic
They have, temporarily at least, become my most-thought-about pigeons. Previously it was this guy, the first pigeon trained to fly over enemy lines with a camera strapped to its torso. The first spy pigeon (name unknown).
April 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
They have, temporarily at least, become my most-thought-about pigeons. Previously it was this guy, the first pigeon trained to fly over enemy lines with a camera strapped to its torso. The first spy pigeon (name unknown).