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-
“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
Lovely but don’t call me Charlotte
April 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Lovely but don’t call me Charlotte
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
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:
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
Instead they were playing Mariah Carey, there was a garish light show outside and even *inside* the house - and there were fairground rides and assorted other tat. All this for a bargain £26
What the fuck is wrong with this country? It’s embarrassing
What the fuck is wrong with this country? It’s embarrassing
November 24, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Instead they were playing Mariah Carey, there was a garish light show outside and even *inside* the house - and there were fairground rides and assorted other tat. All this for a bargain £26
What the fuck is wrong with this country? It’s embarrassing
What the fuck is wrong with this country? It’s embarrassing
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
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
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
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
Starting the day with a return to a favourite beach- Penbryn in Ceredigion. Lovely
November 16, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Starting the day with a return to a favourite beach- Penbryn in Ceredigion. Lovely
The book I’m reading is physically falling apart. This week I travelled by tube across London and didn’t realise until I arrived that the cover had been on upside down the whole time -so that i appeared to be a lunatic pretending intently to be reading a book
November 25, 2023 at 4:03 PM
The book I’m reading is physically falling apart. This week I travelled by tube across London and didn’t realise until I arrived that the cover had been on upside down the whole time -so that i appeared to be a lunatic pretending intently to be reading a book
Peak autumn colour at Sheffield Park in Sussex today
November 12, 2023 at 8:39 PM
Peak autumn colour at Sheffield Park in Sussex today