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Janet E Davis

@janetedavis.bsky.social

270 followers 190 following 800 posts

Artist, art historian, formerly worked in heritage (manager, digital projects, researcher), and voluntary work relating to Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne.

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Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 3d

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 3d

Vinyl record made from coal dust in north-east England will aid climate change discussions, creators hope. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

County Durham miners' families interviewed for coal dust vinyl

It is hoped the project will help start discussions in the community about climate change.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 5d

When I was an undergrad, a number of friends became Born Again. I was the only person they didn’t try to convert. A couple of years before several cults had tried to recruit me whenever I was in the city centre.

Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 7d

It is indeed.

Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 9d

Much easier to buy decent ice cream :-))

Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 10d

That seems remarkably cheap for decent ice cream.
I made ice cream a couple of times over 30 years ago but without an ice cream maker.

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Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 10d

I want a freezer - but fear I’d be tempted to buy ice cream - & eat it. It’s been so long since I had ice cream that I can’t remember when it was. Heaven is good apple pie & excellent vanilla ice cream. Cinnamon bun ice cream sounds very tempting.

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 11d

Due to being v unwell earlier this year my income's been small in 2025.
If you enjoy my posts &would like to support me you can buy the equiv of a greetings card/single/set of 4 high res wallpapers on ko-fi. I create my photos using recent research to improve mental health:
ko-fi.com/emmamitchell

A preview of a set of high resolution versions of 4 of my botanical photos designed to improve mental health available on my ko-fi for £10

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Susie M @wrathofgodherself.bsky.social · 11d

Little cardboard printed characters from the early 1930s French advertising era

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Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks, Louise 🩷

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Susie M @wrathofgodherself.bsky.social · 11d

Have a look at the animal sculpture work of Sandoz. Time travel back to 1925 can be arranged for ready money. sladmore.com/artists/edou...

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Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 13d

Our Ouseburn Open Studios is on the last weekend of November this year.
It’s a rare opportunity to see inside the studios & to buy direct from the artists and designers. I will have paintings, handmade limited edition prints & handmade books for sale.

A poster with pink lettering for Ouseburn Open Studios at B.Box Studios on the 29th & 30th November 2025 featuring a print by Janet E Davis depicting a pink cake with raspberries in the middle on a square Art Deco plate with a blue mug behind it on the left, and a green Penguin book with the title ‘Sweet Danger’ behind on the right.

Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 14d

I discovered via Hugh Bonneville reading Sherlock Holmes Short Stories podcast that has been another of my getting to sleep podcasts.
Best of all, usually, is Shedunnit by Caroline Crampton - talking about classic detective stories. I do listen again when awake 😁

Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 14d

Discovered on Thursday morning that BBC Sounds has a podcast of Julie Andrews reading Jane Austen’s Stories (starting with Pride & Prejudice). Ideal lulling me to sleep stories read by the right voice.

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Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 14d

I hope you’re better soon!

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Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 15d

Same generation as my grandparents in Liverpool but I have no photos of them looking so 1920s. What a lovely photo to have!

Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 15d

I am lost if I can’t find the right audiobook or radio or podcast series. I need hours of listening material & they need to be familiar in some way, not have sudden noises, screams or crying in them. Humorous science radio series can be good.

Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 16d

Extraordinary! I could understand if she were pouring paint or washing out cement or plaster buckets (I’ve seen that from a distance in past years) but a small amount of coffee?!

Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 16d

My devices that use fingerprints never recognise my fingerprints.

Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 20d

I must admit that I enjoy videos of US Americans who, due to their myth that the British have only bland food, put a tablespoon of English mustard on their food and find out the hard way that it’s so much hotter than their mustard.
I do get so fed up with the ‘British don’t use spices’ thing.

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Susie M @wrathofgodherself.bsky.social · 24d

TINSEL RAIN
A lesser known song by Prince.

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Susie M @wrathofgodherself.bsky.social · 24d

Musicien in a bear costume.

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Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 24d

I have read a lot of Dickens, partly because people started giving me Dickens novels when I was 9, partly because it connected with post-grad research. I don’t think he was a nice man.

Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 24d

Totally agree. I loathed the unrelenting gloom of Hardy when I was at school.

Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social · 24d

I’m relieved to hear it 😁