Ashley Davies
@msashleydavies.bsky.social
Arts journalist (comedy specialist), Times Scotland (Alba) and Metro mainly. Scotsman comedy reviews during Edinburgh Fringe. Wanging on about birds all year round.
North Berwick, near Edinburgh. She/her
North Berwick, near Edinburgh. She/her
My mum was exhibiting some of her work recently (stuff like this) and a woman dressed like Barbara Cartland told her she’d sell more if she bedazzled them with glittery gold paint.
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
My mum was exhibiting some of her work recently (stuff like this) and a woman dressed like Barbara Cartland told her she’d sell more if she bedazzled them with glittery gold paint.
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Please tell me your worst Secret Santa experiences. I’m writing a piece on why it’s (largely) stupid and wasteful.
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Please tell me your worst Secret Santa experiences. I’m writing a piece on why it’s (largely) stupid and wasteful.
Please tell me your worst Secret Santa experiences. I’m writing a piece on why it’s (largely) stupid and wasteful.
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Please tell me your worst Secret Santa experiences. I’m writing a piece on why it’s (largely) stupid and wasteful.
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New Scottish Widows ad’s a bit goth.
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
New Scottish Widows ad’s a bit goth.
Lots of hungry/sleepy grey seal pups in St Abbs* today.
*Yes, the patron saint of sit-ups
*Yes, the patron saint of sit-ups
November 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Lots of hungry/sleepy grey seal pups in St Abbs* today.
*Yes, the patron saint of sit-ups
*Yes, the patron saint of sit-ups
Heavenly object
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Heavenly object
How did calling someone a weasel become an insult? Have you *seen* those guys? And come on, who among us hasn’t stolen an egg?
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
How did calling someone a weasel become an insult? Have you *seen* those guys? And come on, who among us hasn’t stolen an egg?
New Scottish Widows ad’s a bit goth.
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
New Scottish Widows ad’s a bit goth.
How does one go from being a youngster who’d spend ecstatic hours on fairground rides to a weary old hen who feels sick on a stationary train when one on the parallel track starts to leave the station?
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
How does one go from being a youngster who’d spend ecstatic hours on fairground rides to a weary old hen who feels sick on a stationary train when one on the parallel track starts to leave the station?
In today’s Alba (in The Times Scotland): @palebackwriter.bsky.social’s wise advice for young Scots, my interview with Malala Yousafzai and roundup of next week’s cultural highlights, @chitgrrl.bsky.social’s warm review of Norah in Newhaven, and loads more. All online at thetimes.co.uk.
November 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
In today’s Alba (in The Times Scotland): @palebackwriter.bsky.social’s wise advice for young Scots, my interview with Malala Yousafzai and roundup of next week’s cultural highlights, @chitgrrl.bsky.social’s warm review of Norah in Newhaven, and loads more. All online at thetimes.co.uk.
John Squire/Mani isolated guitar/bass Made Of Stone The Stone Roses
YouTube video by Box Set Go
m.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I interviewed Michaela Strachan. She was surly and belligerent.
Jokes. Obviously she was lovely. She’ll be on tour soon, talking about everything from The Hitman and Her and the Wide Awake Club to her career in wildlife television.
Jokes. Obviously she was lovely. She’ll be on tour soon, talking about everything from The Hitman and Her and the Wide Awake Club to her career in wildlife television.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I interviewed Michaela Strachan. She was surly and belligerent.
Jokes. Obviously she was lovely. She’ll be on tour soon, talking about everything from The Hitman and Her and the Wide Awake Club to her career in wildlife television.
Jokes. Obviously she was lovely. She’ll be on tour soon, talking about everything from The Hitman and Her and the Wide Awake Club to her career in wildlife television.
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Everyone knows about Malala Yousafzai’s bravery and advocacy work, but her new book reveals her playful, more vulnerable side, and just how lonely she felt when she moved to the UK after being shot. It was an honour to interview her.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/19/m...
metro.co.uk/2025/11/19/m...
Malala: ‘I’ve spent my whole life being compared with somebody’
The activist opens up about her life.
metro.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Everyone knows about Malala Yousafzai’s bravery and advocacy work, but her new book reveals her playful, more vulnerable side, and just how lonely she felt when she moved to the UK after being shot. It was an honour to interview her.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/19/m...
metro.co.uk/2025/11/19/m...
Everyone knows about Malala Yousafzai’s bravery and advocacy work, but her new book reveals her playful, more vulnerable side, and just how lonely she felt when she moved to the UK after being shot. It was an honour to interview her.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/19/m...
metro.co.uk/2025/11/19/m...
Malala: ‘I’ve spent my whole life being compared with somebody’
The activist opens up about her life.
metro.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Everyone knows about Malala Yousafzai’s bravery and advocacy work, but her new book reveals her playful, more vulnerable side, and just how lonely she felt when she moved to the UK after being shot. It was an honour to interview her.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/19/m...
metro.co.uk/2025/11/19/m...
Watching Men of the Manosphere and wondering if big egg is behind the whole movement.
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Watching Men of the Manosphere and wondering if big egg is behind the whole movement.
Not saying I don’t have much going on socially this week but gmail just alerted me about an “event” taking place tomorrow - the delivery of some Yorkshire puddings.
November 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Not saying I don’t have much going on socially this week but gmail just alerted me about an “event” taking place tomorrow - the delivery of some Yorkshire puddings.
One sad day my sweet son will realise The Simpsons is not called The Simsims.
November 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
One sad day my sweet son will realise The Simpsons is not called The Simsims.
Buy today’s Times Scotland to experience the delights within the Alba supplement, including my chat with Amy Macdonald and review of a hotel with a secret “razor room”, cool stuff to do in Scotland next week and @chitgrrl.bsky.social’s review of The Oyster Shed on Skye.
November 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Buy today’s Times Scotland to experience the delights within the Alba supplement, including my chat with Amy Macdonald and review of a hotel with a secret “razor room”, cool stuff to do in Scotland next week and @chitgrrl.bsky.social’s review of The Oyster Shed on Skye.
Comedy in a sauna? Yeah, no thanks.
www.chortle.co.uk/punching-ups...
www.chortle.co.uk/punching-ups...
'The hottest comedy show in the world' : Punching Up 2025 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide
'The hottest comedy show in the world' - Is stand-up in a sauna the next big thing?
www.chortle.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Comedy in a sauna? Yeah, no thanks.
www.chortle.co.uk/punching-ups...
www.chortle.co.uk/punching-ups...
My daughter says my new mascara makes me look like the sloth from Ice Age.
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
My daughter says my new mascara makes me look like the sloth from Ice Age.
So nice having the sanderlings back - running around like flying’s a last resort.
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
So nice having the sanderlings back - running around like flying’s a last resort.
Poor oystercatcher in the front/middle lost most of his leg, but seemed quite capable.
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Poor oystercatcher in the front/middle lost most of his leg, but seemed quite capable.
Why do they do it?
Those tiny sentences
On LinkedIn.
Like shit little poems
Written by AI
Drawing pointless parallels
Saying nothing.
Absolutely
Nothing.
Those tiny sentences
On LinkedIn.
Like shit little poems
Written by AI
Drawing pointless parallels
Saying nothing.
Absolutely
Nothing.
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Why do they do it?
Those tiny sentences
On LinkedIn.
Like shit little poems
Written by AI
Drawing pointless parallels
Saying nothing.
Absolutely
Nothing.
Those tiny sentences
On LinkedIn.
Like shit little poems
Written by AI
Drawing pointless parallels
Saying nothing.
Absolutely
Nothing.