Barry Walsh
@pimlicokid.bsky.social
Londoner. Pimlico born & bred. Francophile, Gooner Listens to Neil Young among others, reads Virginia Woolf among others, looks at Audrey Hepburn among few others. Wrote The Pimlico Kid, and Danny Boy - HarperCollins
Best thing, I think, my wife has said to me recently. "Don't start worrying about forgetting stuff or losing things. It's not new, you've been doing it all your life." #Memory #Forgetfulness
October 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Best thing, I think, my wife has said to me recently. "Don't start worrying about forgetting stuff or losing things. It's not new, you've been doing it all your life." #Memory #Forgetfulness
Most writers need encouragement. However, this comment from a scriptwriter in Dennis Palumbo's 'Writing From The Inside Out' put a bit of a brake on my natural tendency to seek it! "In Hollywood you can die of encouragement." #Writing
October 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Most writers need encouragement. However, this comment from a scriptwriter in Dennis Palumbo's 'Writing From The Inside Out' put a bit of a brake on my natural tendency to seek it! "In Hollywood you can die of encouragement." #Writing
The Yarrow Home, in Broadstairs for children 'Of the better class'. I was here twice aged three and five, for asthma. Admission standards had obviously relaxed by the time I went.
September 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The Yarrow Home, in Broadstairs for children 'Of the better class'. I was here twice aged three and five, for asthma. Admission standards had obviously relaxed by the time I went.
"What Winston Churchill DID NOT say to Hitler. OK, you've illegally attacked and occupied a sovereign country (pick one) but to stop the killing we're going to let you keep it. Oh and how about a Nobel Peace Prize?"
August 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
"What Winston Churchill DID NOT say to Hitler. OK, you've illegally attacked and occupied a sovereign country (pick one) but to stop the killing we're going to let you keep it. Oh and how about a Nobel Peace Prize?"
Neil Young's music, more than any other, has tracked my, and my family's life - and still does. In a reorganising fit, I totted up the albums – about 40 – of which a third duplicate my vinyl versions. Guess I'm a fan. #NeilYoung
August 5, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Neil Young's music, more than any other, has tracked my, and my family's life - and still does. In a reorganising fit, I totted up the albums – about 40 – of which a third duplicate my vinyl versions. Guess I'm a fan. #NeilYoung
As a kid I was an avid bus spotter (my secret shame). This photo of a bus I often used reminded me of the time in the King's Road when a woman about to get on asked, 'Is this bus going to the World's End?' The conductor replied, 'Yes darlin', and beyond, but don't worry, I'll hold your hand.'
June 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
As a kid I was an avid bus spotter (my secret shame). This photo of a bus I often used reminded me of the time in the King's Road when a woman about to get on asked, 'Is this bus going to the World's End?' The conductor replied, 'Yes darlin', and beyond, but don't worry, I'll hold your hand.'
A thought to ponder?
"The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity. The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent ..." Bertrand Russell.
"The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity. The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent ..." Bertrand Russell.
May 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A thought to ponder?
"The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity. The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent ..." Bertrand Russell.
"The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity. The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent ..." Bertrand Russell.
In these tough, often heartless times for our children, this ...
April 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
In these tough, often heartless times for our children, this ...
Rory McIlroy wins the US Masters in which he deployed his clubs brilliantly - none more so than his N'orn Iron
April 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Rory McIlroy wins the US Masters in which he deployed his clubs brilliantly - none more so than his N'orn Iron
'We will take your land and force you onto reservations.' History repeating itself?
February 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
'We will take your land and force you onto reservations.' History repeating itself?
Reading Faulkner's ‘Light in August’. I had hesitated, as his writing can be difficult and there weren't likely to be many laughs. Both thoughts proved true as I got into it. Yet … yet, once again, I‘m minded to believe he might just be the greatest of American novelists.
#WilliamFaulkner
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#WilliamFaulkner
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January 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Reading Faulkner's ‘Light in August’. I had hesitated, as his writing can be difficult and there weren't likely to be many laughs. Both thoughts proved true as I got into it. Yet … yet, once again, I‘m minded to believe he might just be the greatest of American novelists.
#WilliamFaulkner
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#WilliamFaulkner
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Just binge-watched Simon Schama’s, Story of Us (BBC iPlayer). A brilliantly perceptive take on our country by the very best of ‘True Brits’. Haven’t seen anything as good in a long time. #SimonSchama
January 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Just binge-watched Simon Schama’s, Story of Us (BBC iPlayer). A brilliantly perceptive take on our country by the very best of ‘True Brits’. Haven’t seen anything as good in a long time. #SimonSchama
Temporary memory loss is undoubtedly linked to altitude. Go to the top of the house and forget why you're there. Return to the ground floor and remember.
January 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Temporary memory loss is undoubtedly linked to altitude. Go to the top of the house and forget why you're there. Return to the ground floor and remember.
Wondering if any dendrologists out there might be able to explain some of the more prominent rings in this recently felled lime tree - 120 years old. Thanks
December 17, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Wondering if any dendrologists out there might be able to explain some of the more prominent rings in this recently felled lime tree - 120 years old. Thanks
Perhaps a reaction to early obsessive writing behaviour when only aged three I didn't go over the lines!
December 17, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Perhaps a reaction to early obsessive writing behaviour when only aged three I didn't go over the lines!
Me outside the Regency Cafe, where I spent much time when young. Now up for sale. Never thought our great local cafe would one day be enthused over as, 'iconic'. Hope they don't change it. Oh, and it's where my novel, ' Danny Boy', set in the 60s, begins and ends.
December 13, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Me outside the Regency Cafe, where I spent much time when young. Now up for sale. Never thought our great local cafe would one day be enthused over as, 'iconic'. Hope they don't change it. Oh, and it's where my novel, ' Danny Boy', set in the 60s, begins and ends.
My earliest writing, found among my mother's effects: "Barry's first letter to Mummy, 20 March 1952" Not sure my handwriting has improved much.
December 4, 2024 at 5:12 PM
My earliest writing, found among my mother's effects: "Barry's first letter to Mummy, 20 March 1952" Not sure my handwriting has improved much.
My earliest writing, found among my mother's effects: "Barry's first letter to Mummy, 20 March 1952" Not sure my handwriting has improved much.
December 4, 2024 at 4:38 PM
My earliest writing, found among my mother's effects: "Barry's first letter to Mummy, 20 March 1952" Not sure my handwriting has improved much.
Finally got around to Demon Copperhead. First-person tour de force. Riveting writing. Dickens would be astonished, pleased and proud. Brava Barbara Kingsolver! #barbarakingsolver
November 30, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Finally got around to Demon Copperhead. First-person tour de force. Riveting writing. Dickens would be astonished, pleased and proud. Brava Barbara Kingsolver! #barbarakingsolver
The most cheering thing in my wintry garden. Tiny, but those that are premature often are.
November 29, 2024 at 2:18 PM
The most cheering thing in my wintry garden. Tiny, but those that are premature often are.
Apparently Yul Brynner didn't like aftershaves but did like Liverpool FC. "Yul never wore cologne"
November 28, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Apparently Yul Brynner didn't like aftershaves but did like Liverpool FC. "Yul never wore cologne"
How it can feel some days.
"I wrote all morning, with infinite pleasure, which is queer because I know all the time that there is no reason to be pleased with what I write and that in six weeks or even days, I shall hate it."
Virginia Woolf
"I wrote all morning, with infinite pleasure, which is queer because I know all the time that there is no reason to be pleased with what I write and that in six weeks or even days, I shall hate it."
Virginia Woolf
November 25, 2024 at 10:42 AM
How it can feel some days.
"I wrote all morning, with infinite pleasure, which is queer because I know all the time that there is no reason to be pleased with what I write and that in six weeks or even days, I shall hate it."
Virginia Woolf
"I wrote all morning, with infinite pleasure, which is queer because I know all the time that there is no reason to be pleased with what I write and that in six weeks or even days, I shall hate it."
Virginia Woolf
The world we're living in. Captured by J.A.K. cartoons.
November 25, 2024 at 10:34 AM
The world we're living in. Captured by J.A.K. cartoons.
A thought for November:
‘The days lose confidence and can be faced indoors.’
Philip Larkin.
‘The days lose confidence and can be faced indoors.’
Philip Larkin.
November 15, 2024 at 11:50 AM
A thought for November:
‘The days lose confidence and can be faced indoors.’
Philip Larkin.
‘The days lose confidence and can be faced indoors.’
Philip Larkin.
"Thus the pain that Gianni caused Gioconda, was in her view at least, the sort of remedial destruction one can scarcely complain of – like damage done by the water used to put out a fire." Shirley Hazzard, 'The Bay of Noon'
November 11, 2024 at 2:11 PM
"Thus the pain that Gianni caused Gioconda, was in her view at least, the sort of remedial destruction one can scarcely complain of – like damage done by the water used to put out a fire." Shirley Hazzard, 'The Bay of Noon'