Joe Oliver
@joeolyver.bsky.social
Interested in History; particularly the Weimar Republic, Churchill post 1945, Theatre, Shakespeare, reading, writing, napping.
Completer finishe
Completer finishe
A few years ago Prunella Scales sent out Christmas cards to people who donated to one of the many charity projects she and Timothy West supported - obviously I kept it and just dug it out
(I enjoy the repeated amendments to make certain people knew who they were from)
(I enjoy the repeated amendments to make certain people knew who they were from)
October 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
A few years ago Prunella Scales sent out Christmas cards to people who donated to one of the many charity projects she and Timothy West supported - obviously I kept it and just dug it out
(I enjoy the repeated amendments to make certain people knew who they were from)
(I enjoy the repeated amendments to make certain people knew who they were from)
Love a special offer
October 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Love a special offer
Always a sight to see
October 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Always a sight to see
As Les Miserables celebrates it’s 40th anniversary 😮 here’s a great 1985 promotional flyer I found.
It’s overshot it’s closing date a little…
It’s overshot it’s closing date a little…
October 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
As Les Miserables celebrates it’s 40th anniversary 😮 here’s a great 1985 promotional flyer I found.
It’s overshot it’s closing date a little…
It’s overshot it’s closing date a little…
New favourite notebook unlocked. 📘✍️
September 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
New favourite notebook unlocked. 📘✍️
Ruefully concluded I couldn’t get anything in the Times quiz before realising I was trying to solve the answers..
August 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Ruefully concluded I couldn’t get anything in the Times quiz before realising I was trying to solve the answers..
Saw an impressive amount of Duke of Monmouth relics. Resisted asking if we could have the ostrich plume back
June 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Saw an impressive amount of Duke of Monmouth relics. Resisted asking if we could have the ostrich plume back
Musket balls from the battlefield of Sedgemoor found last year (!)
Presumably they weren’t buried spelling out Monmouth’s slogan
Presumably they weren’t buried spelling out Monmouth’s slogan
June 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Musket balls from the battlefield of Sedgemoor found last year (!)
Presumably they weren’t buried spelling out Monmouth’s slogan
Presumably they weren’t buried spelling out Monmouth’s slogan
Brought some special Narnia stamps entirely because I love the classic Pauline Baynes illustrations which came with them..
May 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Brought some special Narnia stamps entirely because I love the classic Pauline Baynes illustrations which came with them..
Various visions of Falstaff
May 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Various visions of Falstaff
The End of Titus Andronicus and this was after they’d washed the stage twice…
May 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The End of Titus Andronicus and this was after they’d washed the stage twice…
Titus Andronicus
Complete with gutter and splash guard for blood? 😬🩸
Complete with gutter and splash guard for blood? 😬🩸
May 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Titus Andronicus
Complete with gutter and splash guard for blood? 😬🩸
Complete with gutter and splash guard for blood? 😬🩸
Stained glass of Holy Trinity glowing splendidly in the sun
May 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Stained glass of Holy Trinity glowing splendidly in the sun
First visitors of the day to New Place gardens 💚
May 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
First visitors of the day to New Place gardens 💚
Much Ado About Muffin [Sorry]
May 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Much Ado About Muffin [Sorry]
Coffee Tudor style in Stratford
May 16, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Coffee Tudor style in Stratford
Happy Easter friends
April 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Happy Easter friends
It’s all getting too commercial nowadays…
It used to be about the primeval love of fire 🛢️🔥
It used to be about the primeval love of fire 🛢️🔥
April 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
It’s all getting too commercial nowadays…
It used to be about the primeval love of fire 🛢️🔥
It used to be about the primeval love of fire 🛢️🔥
‘P.S. I am not a crank’
March 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
‘P.S. I am not a crank’
Do love a local news show..
March 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Do love a local news show..
March has started promisingly in some ways
March 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
March has started promisingly in some ways
Working amidst Shakespeare’s actual panelling from New Place
(So have I heard and do it part believe it)
(So have I heard and do it part believe it)
February 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Working amidst Shakespeare’s actual panelling from New Place
(So have I heard and do it part believe it)
(So have I heard and do it part believe it)
Back at the RSC for press night of their wonderfully mad Hamlet
February 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Back at the RSC for press night of their wonderfully mad Hamlet
Old school signage
February 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Old school signage