David Hawkes
@davidhawkes.bsky.social
Worked on advice sector policy, avid reader, keen cook, lover of music, cinema, history and Italy
I have two. The Bose Soundlink Mini is a great little portable speaker with punchier sound than you might expect from its size. However, the Anker Soundcore Motion X600 is my top recommendation: www.soundcore.com/uk/products/.... Really excellent room-filling sound.
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I have two. The Bose Soundlink Mini is a great little portable speaker with punchier sound than you might expect from its size. However, the Anker Soundcore Motion X600 is my top recommendation: www.soundcore.com/uk/products/.... Really excellent room-filling sound.
I read The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at the age of 16 in December 1975 and have been devoted to her fierce and brilliant intelligence and artistry ever since.
November 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I read The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at the age of 16 in December 1975 and have been devoted to her fierce and brilliant intelligence and artistry ever since.
Kobo edition too! (Which I have bought).
November 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Kobo edition too! (Which I have bought).
For me that year is inextricably associated with The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
October 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
For me that year is inextricably associated with The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
Shadow of a Doubt
Notorious
Rear Window
Notorious
Rear Window
October 27, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Shadow of a Doubt
Notorious
Rear Window
Notorious
Rear Window
This is a favourite recipe of mine. So simple and so delicious.
October 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
This is a favourite recipe of mine. So simple and so delicious.
I’m very much looking forward to this.
October 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I’m very much looking forward to this.
Alfred Hitchcock
Preston Sturges
François Truffaut
Eric Rohmer
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Pedro Almodóvar
Wes Anderson
Whit Stillman
Preston Sturges
François Truffaut
Eric Rohmer
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Pedro Almodóvar
Wes Anderson
Whit Stillman
October 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Alfred Hitchcock
Preston Sturges
François Truffaut
Eric Rohmer
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Pedro Almodóvar
Wes Anderson
Whit Stillman
Preston Sturges
François Truffaut
Eric Rohmer
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Pedro Almodóvar
Wes Anderson
Whit Stillman