Andrew James Murray
@cityjackdaw.bsky.social
Mancunian writer & poet 🐝 Loves reading, writing, but not arithmetic.
Storm Amy. Just the fringe.
October 4, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Storm Amy. Just the fringe.
Best Of Manchester Poets. I have something in this - twelve years though 😱
July 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Best Of Manchester Poets. I have something in this - twelve years though 😱
Will soon be dark nights again. Got some black shucks, banshees and phantom hitchhikers ready for the Autumnal British folklore reading list.
July 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Will soon be dark nights again. Got some black shucks, banshees and phantom hitchhikers ready for the Autumnal British folklore reading list.
When the sun comes out and the estate is transformed.
July 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
When the sun comes out and the estate is transformed.
Sat in a church in 1970, and now he’s heard the call. R.I.P the legendary Brian Wilson, 82.
June 12, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Sat in a church in 1970, and now he’s heard the call. R.I.P the legendary Brian Wilson, 82.
To stop me becoming too urbanised.
June 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
To stop me becoming too urbanised.
Back to my ancestral land of Ancoats for coffee.
June 5, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Back to my ancestral land of Ancoats for coffee.
Next up. Apparently a rule of travel is you never pass a bar with your name on it, so it’s time I went walking around Scotland again.
June 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Next up. Apparently a rule of travel is you never pass a bar with your name on it, so it’s time I went walking around Scotland again.
Sunday morning involves a bit of this, interrupted by my son’s football match. Weather please be kind.
May 25, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Sunday morning involves a bit of this, interrupted by my son’s football match. Weather please be kind.
Lost the sea but I’ve still got the sun.
April 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Lost the sea but I’ve still got the sun.
Awake from 2.40am. What fruitfulness and sunshine this day will bring.
March 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Awake from 2.40am. What fruitfulness and sunshine this day will bring.
Bright days are coming ☀️
March 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Bright days are coming ☀️
Twilight transforms everything.
March 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Twilight transforms everything.
Encountering Abe Lincoln & Chopin in Manchester.
March 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Encountering Abe Lincoln & Chopin in Manchester.
Enjoyed this tonight.
March 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Enjoyed this tonight.
Start to the day.
March 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Start to the day.
Reposted by Andrew James Murray
The news can be hard work sometimes but it's the 1st of March and the spring bulbs are flowering and look how much William Hourston loved his dog. ❤️
#PhotographicArchives
#PhotographicArchives
March 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The news can be hard work sometimes but it's the 1st of March and the spring bulbs are flowering and look how much William Hourston loved his dog. ❤️
#PhotographicArchives
#PhotographicArchives
Reposted by Andrew James Murray
Saturn captured by the Cassini spacecraft
February 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Saturn captured by the Cassini spacecraft
You may have to look real closely, but there’s definite hints of spring out there.
February 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
You may have to look real closely, but there’s definite hints of spring out there.
Newly arrived, dipping my toe.
February 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Newly arrived, dipping my toe.