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Barry Walsh

@pimlicokid.bsky.social

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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

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 2d

All the best for full recovery.

Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 19d

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.

Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 20d

Sounds great!

Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · Sep 2

For non fiction "Black Lamb and Grey Falcon' - one of the best travel books ever written

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · Aug 25

Hear, Hear!

Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · Aug 18

"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?"

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Gavin Cologne-Brookes @cologneg.bsky.social · Aug 16

Joyce Carol Oates (2010). This oil portrait is based on how joycecaroloates.bsky.social was when we had an onstage conversation in Chicago as part of Story Week 2010. The painting is currently on display at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, @raioxford.bsky.social

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Gavin Cologne-Brookes @cologneg.bsky.social · Aug 16

Arthur Miller (2009). Standing outside his home in Roxbury, Connecticut in the summer 1990, he's holding a copy of his autobiography, Timebends. This oil portrait is currently on display at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford.

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · Aug 7

Still the finest cycling movie.
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Breaking Away trailer

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · Aug 5

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

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · Jul 25

Bravo Macron! Come on Starmer- better late than never.

Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · Jul 9

Ta!

Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · Jul 9

Morning!

Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · Jul 3

Wondering in which genre you'd place Dersu Uzala - my favourite?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Jul 1

This principle should run through journalism like the words in a stick of rock. Yet somehow, day after day, it seems to evade the BBC's finest minds.

“If someone says it’s raining and another person says it’s dry, it’s not your job to quote them both. Your job is to look out the fucking window and find out which is true.”

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · Jun 28

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.'

Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · May 15

1o French films to get to know me by ...
Les Enfants de Paradis.
L’Armee des Ombres
La Vie est un Grand Fleuve Tranquille
Trilogie de Marseille: Marius, Fanny, Cesar
La Nuit Americaine
Au Revoir Les Enfants
Lacombe Lucien
Mon Oncle d’Amerique
La Vie et Rien d’Autre
La Dentelliere

Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · May 15

Thoroughly enjoyed it! Ta.

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · May 15

Thank you.

Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · May 15

help please. The difference between text and alt text?

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · May 14

Brava!

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · May 7

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.

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · May 7

Hope this doesn't mean Paddy leaving radio 4 on Sunday mornings.

Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · Apr 20

Criminal to let him go.

Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · Apr 20

Thanks, Jacqui. One for my list.

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