John Sturgis
@sturgios.bsky.social
Journalist, editor, copywriter, ghost. Centrist dad takes on media, books, food, wine, nature, London, West Ham
Wrote a piece about how books can tell other stories than those they ostensibly contain-
September 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Wrote a piece about how books can tell other stories than those they ostensibly contain-
Reposted by John Sturgis
Great to speak to @sturgios.bsky.social about my campaign to save The Mother Red Cap pub in Junction Ward, featuring in The Telegraph this week.
Positive it is set to reopen, but it is important to respect its heritage. I will be seeking reassurances it will remain as is.
@rogerprotz.bsky.social
Positive it is set to reopen, but it is important to respect its heritage. I will be seeking reassurances it will remain as is.
@rogerprotz.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Great to speak to @sturgios.bsky.social about my campaign to save The Mother Red Cap pub in Junction Ward, featuring in The Telegraph this week.
Positive it is set to reopen, but it is important to respect its heritage. I will be seeking reassurances it will remain as is.
@rogerprotz.bsky.social
Positive it is set to reopen, but it is important to respect its heritage. I will be seeking reassurances it will remain as is.
@rogerprotz.bsky.social
Reposted by John Sturgis
Good to see @telegraphnews.bsky.social covering beer/pubs at present. Piece today by @sturgios.bsky.social citing popular pubs which have closed inc. the wonderful Craven Arms Shropshire but also successful buyouts & community campaigns with @camraofficial.bsky.social tips for success. #BskyBeer
September 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Good to see @telegraphnews.bsky.social covering beer/pubs at present. Piece today by @sturgios.bsky.social citing popular pubs which have closed inc. the wonderful Craven Arms Shropshire but also successful buyouts & community campaigns with @camraofficial.bsky.social tips for success. #BskyBeer
“I’ve been to three thousand pubs” is perhaps something to confide to a priest in confession rather than in print but hey - it’s become my hobby. Had great fun putting this list together...link below
April 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“I’ve been to three thousand pubs” is perhaps something to confide to a priest in confession rather than in print but hey - it’s become my hobby. Had great fun putting this list together...link below
People scoffed at Brooklyn Beckham when he published a coffee table photography book at just 18…but who’s laughing now?
As tens of thousand take pictures of the LA fires, it’s amazing that it’s Brooklyn who has taken the iconic image that will surely come to define them...
Incredible work
As tens of thousand take pictures of the LA fires, it’s amazing that it’s Brooklyn who has taken the iconic image that will surely come to define them...
Incredible work
January 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
People scoffed at Brooklyn Beckham when he published a coffee table photography book at just 18…but who’s laughing now?
As tens of thousand take pictures of the LA fires, it’s amazing that it’s Brooklyn who has taken the iconic image that will surely come to define them...
Incredible work
As tens of thousand take pictures of the LA fires, it’s amazing that it’s Brooklyn who has taken the iconic image that will surely come to define them...
Incredible work
The worst hangover in the world
No morning after has ever been as bad
www.spectator.co.uk
January 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Happy winter solstice to all who celebrate
December 21, 2024 at 10:29 AM
Happy winter solstice to all who celebrate
London's most beautiful tube station by night
December 5, 2024 at 12:32 PM
London's most beautiful tube station by night
Like an ageing, tax-avoiding farmer parcelling up his land for his children- I am giving ours their inheritance incrementally while I’m still (just about) alive. Divided according to their respective interests:
December 1, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Like an ageing, tax-avoiding farmer parcelling up his land for his children- I am giving ours their inheritance incrementally while I’m still (just about) alive. Divided according to their respective interests:
At least Louise Haigh now has some free time to explore tech bargains on Black Friday
November 29, 2024 at 12:11 PM
At least Louise Haigh now has some free time to explore tech bargains on Black Friday
Do ya think I’m sexist
November 29, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Do ya think I’m sexist
Prince William's transformation into the bearded Action Man figure I had in 1977 is almost complete
November 27, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Prince William's transformation into the bearded Action Man figure I had in 1977 is almost complete
I see you baby, shaking that Dignitas
November 26, 2024 at 8:01 AM
I see you baby, shaking that Dignitas
The Mirror and the Light Show
Gripped by Wolf Hall and in Kent, thought we’d swing by Hever. I was anticipating something like Dennis Severs’ House or Sir John Soane’s - dark wood, candlelight and Thomas Tallis…
Gripped by Wolf Hall and in Kent, thought we’d swing by Hever. I was anticipating something like Dennis Severs’ House or Sir John Soane’s - dark wood, candlelight and Thomas Tallis…
November 24, 2024 at 6:48 PM
The Mirror and the Light Show
Gripped by Wolf Hall and in Kent, thought we’d swing by Hever. I was anticipating something like Dennis Severs’ House or Sir John Soane’s - dark wood, candlelight and Thomas Tallis…
Gripped by Wolf Hall and in Kent, thought we’d swing by Hever. I was anticipating something like Dennis Severs’ House or Sir John Soane’s - dark wood, candlelight and Thomas Tallis…
This is amazing-
According to Google/Wiki, the term ‘Cool Britannia’ was coined in 1967. But I’ve just found it used by Philip Larkin (or perhaps more probably an anonymous Daily Telegraph sub) in 1961.
And he/the sub uses it in exactly the same sense - about the UK music scene
According to Google/Wiki, the term ‘Cool Britannia’ was coined in 1967. But I’ve just found it used by Philip Larkin (or perhaps more probably an anonymous Daily Telegraph sub) in 1961.
And he/the sub uses it in exactly the same sense - about the UK music scene
November 23, 2024 at 8:46 AM
This is amazing-
According to Google/Wiki, the term ‘Cool Britannia’ was coined in 1967. But I’ve just found it used by Philip Larkin (or perhaps more probably an anonymous Daily Telegraph sub) in 1961.
And he/the sub uses it in exactly the same sense - about the UK music scene
According to Google/Wiki, the term ‘Cool Britannia’ was coined in 1967. But I’ve just found it used by Philip Larkin (or perhaps more probably an anonymous Daily Telegraph sub) in 1961.
And he/the sub uses it in exactly the same sense - about the UK music scene
The Churchill Arms in Kensington has gone for an understated Christmas decoration scheme this year
November 22, 2024 at 5:37 PM
The Churchill Arms in Kensington has gone for an understated Christmas decoration scheme this year
I don't support or condone the death penalty - but I am fascinated by the last meals of those executed.
This guy went: seafood platter, soft tacos, beef burritos, a tostada, chips and guacamole
I really think there's a coffee table food book in these
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
This guy went: seafood platter, soft tacos, beef burritos, a tostada, chips and guacamole
I really think there's a coffee table food book in these
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Alabama executes inmate Carey Dale Grayson with nitrogen gas
Carey Dale Grayson, 50, was executed in Alabama on Thursday for the grisly 1994 murder and bludgeoning of hitchhiker Vickie Deblieux, 37, when he was just 19 years old.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 22, 2024 at 9:30 AM
I don't support or condone the death penalty - but I am fascinated by the last meals of those executed.
This guy went: seafood platter, soft tacos, beef burritos, a tostada, chips and guacamole
I really think there's a coffee table food book in these
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
This guy went: seafood platter, soft tacos, beef burritos, a tostada, chips and guacamole
I really think there's a coffee table food book in these
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
The experience of watching our kids trying and failing to get Glastonbury tickets this week led me into a wider meditation on the problems their generation faces that ours didn't...
[Warning: this is a bit depressing]
www.spectator.co.uk/article/glas...
[Warning: this is a bit depressing]
www.spectator.co.uk/article/glas...
Glastonbury and the problems of youth
Waiting for Glastonbury tickets on Sunday left me comparing the lives of today’s youth with those of 40 years ago.
www.spectator.co.uk
November 22, 2024 at 8:35 AM
The experience of watching our kids trying and failing to get Glastonbury tickets this week led me into a wider meditation on the problems their generation faces that ours didn't...
[Warning: this is a bit depressing]
www.spectator.co.uk/article/glas...
[Warning: this is a bit depressing]
www.spectator.co.uk/article/glas...
Tales of Hoffmann at the ROH. Dark, twisted, kinky and great fun
November 21, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Tales of Hoffmann at the ROH. Dark, twisted, kinky and great fun
My John Prescott story
November 21, 2024 at 9:38 AM
My John Prescott story
London’s most perfect tube station in the frosty dawn
November 20, 2024 at 7:46 AM
London’s most perfect tube station in the frosty dawn
Dusk beach run outside the Pentre Arms in Llangrannog- the pub bar with the best view going
November 17, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Dusk beach run outside the Pentre Arms in Llangrannog- the pub bar with the best view going
Rupert Everett on Private Passions telling the story of how in his early days he was working on Coriolanus at the RSC - and as a “leather queen” was tempted to borrow the lead’s Roman costume to go clubbing in…and got fired when he forgot to bring it back
November 17, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Rupert Everett on Private Passions telling the story of how in his early days he was working on Coriolanus at the RSC - and as a “leather queen” was tempted to borrow the lead’s Roman costume to go clubbing in…and got fired when he forgot to bring it back
Pub perfection. Middle of nowhere- well a few twisty miles outside Lampeter - The New Inn, Llanndewi Brefi. A place frozen in time and absolutely delightful for it.
November 16, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Pub perfection. Middle of nowhere- well a few twisty miles outside Lampeter - The New Inn, Llanndewi Brefi. A place frozen in time and absolutely delightful for it.
The Telegraph tapping into the intensifying national anxiety here
November 16, 2024 at 11:11 AM
The Telegraph tapping into the intensifying national anxiety here