Phil Miles
@philmiles.bsky.social
Academic in literature, creativity, and popular music studies. Cantab. Parent. Bad guitarist.
Durham University students of a certain vintage need only apply…..
September 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Durham University students of a certain vintage need only apply…..
Fabulous! New black passport giving me free movement to the Isle of Wight, the Scillies (I think), and Lundy. Thank you Brexit Patriots! I’m off on my travels! 🙏☺️
July 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Fabulous! New black passport giving me free movement to the Isle of Wight, the Scillies (I think), and Lundy. Thank you Brexit Patriots! I’m off on my travels! 🙏☺️
And Millais was there to capture it!
July 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
And Millais was there to capture it!
Made me think of this for some reason ☺️
July 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Made me think of this for some reason ☺️
Honestly, the only the second acknowledgment of Brian Jones in Cheltenham that I’ve seen in 11 years. Pretty shameful, really 🤷🏻♂️
July 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Honestly, the only the second acknowledgment of Brian Jones in Cheltenham that I’ve seen in 11 years. Pretty shameful, really 🤷🏻♂️
Especially not this one 👍🏻
July 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Especially not this one 👍🏻
This one cost £130 from the magnificent Millers of Cambridge in 2004. Amazing action/set up out of the box, beautiful resonance etc. Machine heads a bit poor but otherwise a sensational guitar. Yeah.
June 27, 2025 at 6:52 AM
This one cost £130 from the magnificent Millers of Cambridge in 2004. Amazing action/set up out of the box, beautiful resonance etc. Machine heads a bit poor but otherwise a sensational guitar. Yeah.
Something of a life changing publication for me, this one #Cambridge
June 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Something of a life changing publication for me, this one #Cambridge
I’ve been expecting you. Wish I had a few rural hours of my own to meander through it, but dull old Cheltenham will have to do 😔 #Literature #Modernism #VirginiaWoolf
June 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I’ve been expecting you. Wish I had a few rural hours of my own to meander through it, but dull old Cheltenham will have to do 😔 #Literature #Modernism #VirginiaWoolf
Lande Hekt is really something else. Yeah.
June 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Lande Hekt is really something else. Yeah.
Things that resurface in boxes 40-odd years later.
June 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Things that resurface in boxes 40-odd years later.
Jesus. I thought it was SPG for a moment then!
May 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Jesus. I thought it was SPG for a moment then!
Oh man. Pretty sure even Tregroes waffles are shrinking. #shrinkflation
April 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Oh man. Pretty sure even Tregroes waffles are shrinking. #shrinkflation
I still own one of these, you see….
March 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I still own one of these, you see….
I was clearly thinking of this….
March 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I was clearly thinking of this….
Apple Weather App thing totally on the ball yet again. A triumph!
March 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Apple Weather App thing totally on the ball yet again. A triumph!
Have you got this one?
March 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Have you got this one?
Bit early, but the Kremlin HR are clearly keen for an early performance appraisal
February 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Bit early, but the Kremlin HR are clearly keen for an early performance appraisal
Why not pay the players a bit less than their current grotesquely overinflated salaries and keep a few of the minions in a job? I guess this is modern economy writ large huh? #MUFC
February 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Why not pay the players a bit less than their current grotesquely overinflated salaries and keep a few of the minions in a job? I guess this is modern economy writ large huh? #MUFC
Ming the Merciless after his apartment wall was violated.
February 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Ming the Merciless after his apartment wall was violated.
Reminds me of the wood print by Peter Driver on my wall. I interviewed Pete for my book on midlife creatives. Life imitates art!
February 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Reminds me of the wood print by Peter Driver on my wall. I interviewed Pete for my book on midlife creatives. Life imitates art!
The abject failure of political education and a triumph for social media sociopaths and mega rich worldwide. Words fail me 😔
January 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The abject failure of political education and a triumph for social media sociopaths and mega rich worldwide. Words fail me 😔