Jamie Muir
@jamiembrixton.bsky.social
The world viewed from Brockwell Park in South London.
Well now…. @stutheeditor.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Well now…. @stutheeditor.bsky.social
I was at school in Yorkshire, not far from where Sterne lived, and read both Tristram Shandy and A Sentimental Journey during weekly choir practice. Here is a picture I made of Shandy Hall back in the late 1960s before it was restored.
December 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I was at school in Yorkshire, not far from where Sterne lived, and read both Tristram Shandy and A Sentimental Journey during weekly choir practice. Here is a picture I made of Shandy Hall back in the late 1960s before it was restored.
Snorkers from Sainsbury’s plus tray baked veg with an oil + lemon juice + roasted garlic + chopped parsley dressing.
December 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Snorkers from Sainsbury’s plus tray baked veg with an oil + lemon juice + roasted garlic + chopped parsley dressing.
When I saw this deep shelter on Tottenham Court Rd for the first time in 1970 it was less than thirty years old #Methuselah
December 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
When I saw this deep shelter on Tottenham Court Rd for the first time in 1970 it was less than thirty years old #Methuselah
Monarchist graffiti on Tottenham St, W1. I-Spy 100.
December 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Monarchist graffiti on Tottenham St, W1. I-Spy 100.
There is a smell of grilling kebabs in Charlotte St like it’s 1971.
December 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
There is a smell of grilling kebabs in Charlotte St like it’s 1971.
Who remembers Ward’s Irish House under Piccadilly Circus? In a thousand years time I hope archaeologists break into it as if into a Pharoah’s tomb and marvel at the grave goods: jars of pickled eggs, dimpled pint pots, a cigarette machine.
December 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Who remembers Ward’s Irish House under Piccadilly Circus? In a thousand years time I hope archaeologists break into it as if into a Pharoah’s tomb and marvel at the grave goods: jars of pickled eggs, dimpled pint pots, a cigarette machine.
This block of anywhere architecture used to be a perfectly good hire shop where you could rent a Kango hammer or an industrial floor sander.
December 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This block of anywhere architecture used to be a perfectly good hire shop where you could rent a Kango hammer or an industrial floor sander.
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
December 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Look at this: our own fennel seeds!
December 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Look at this: our own fennel seeds!
actual bluesky challenge: post your favorite work of art from fifty years before you were born.
December 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
actual bluesky challenge: post your favorite work of art from fifty years before you were born.
Me with the great man.
December 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Me with the great man.
That one belongs to my neighbour Marek who has been patiently restoring Kozintsev and Trauberg’s New Babylon, their 1929 film about the Paris Commune for which Shostakovich wrote the music - his first score.
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
That one belongs to my neighbour Marek who has been patiently restoring Kozintsev and Trauberg’s New Babylon, their 1929 film about the Paris Commune for which Shostakovich wrote the music - his first score.
Jackdaw folders - what an inspired publishing idea.
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Jackdaw folders - what an inspired publishing idea.
Stroppy heron in Brockwell Park.
December 2, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Stroppy heron in Brockwell Park.
I saw this romantic painting yesterday of an evening express leaving Folkestone Harbour station on its way up to London.
November 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I saw this romantic painting yesterday of an evening express leaving Folkestone Harbour station on its way up to London.
Folkestone’s High Line.
November 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Folkestone’s High Line.
Agatha Christie wrote Murder on the Orient Express in The Grand, Folkestone.
November 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Agatha Christie wrote Murder on the Orient Express in The Grand, Folkestone.
A model of Johnny Winter anyone?
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A model of Johnny Winter anyone?
The Martello tower at Sandgate.
November 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Martello tower at Sandgate.
Houses at Sandgate, just west of Folkestone.
November 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Houses at Sandgate, just west of Folkestone.
Both Noel -Are You Experienced - Redding and William -Circulation of Blood - Harvey were born in Folkestone.
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Both Noel -Are You Experienced - Redding and William -Circulation of Blood - Harvey were born in Folkestone.
The ghost brides of Folkestone.
November 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The ghost brides of Folkestone.
Cleaning and packing dogfish in the fish market at Folkestone, painted by Charles Padday in 1935. Salted and dried dogfish steaks were called ‘Folkestone Beef’
November 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Cleaning and packing dogfish in the fish market at Folkestone, painted by Charles Padday in 1935. Salted and dried dogfish steaks were called ‘Folkestone Beef’
David Railton, curate of St Mary and Eanswythe in Folkestone, who came up with the idea of a Tomb to The Unknown Warrior. He died in the 1950s accidentally falling from a train. @lordbonkers.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
David Railton, curate of St Mary and Eanswythe in Folkestone, who came up with the idea of a Tomb to The Unknown Warrior. He died in the 1950s accidentally falling from a train. @lordbonkers.bsky.social