John Platt
@johnsplatt.bsky.social
NHS doctor 1979-2024, physician, geriatrician and stroke physician with an interest in teaching. Now retired. Lancastrian but long in London. Art and the natural world. Reader. Tries to keep drawing.
A walk on a drizzly day
January 16, 2026 at 5:35 AM
A walk on a drizzly day
‘Corridor care normalised’ . President of Royal College of Emergency Medicine. Today’s Times.
December 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
‘Corridor care normalised’ . President of Royal College of Emergency Medicine. Today’s Times.
St Nicholas of Myra posts his gift through a window. From a medieval illumination.
December 25, 2025 at 9:52 AM
St Nicholas of Myra posts his gift through a window. From a medieval illumination.
One of my favourite images, inspired by Christmas. A medieval stone carving features an angel, who, with the gentlest of touches wakes the three magi who share a circular blanket. The angel draws their attention to the blazing eight pointed star above
December 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
One of my favourite images, inspired by Christmas. A medieval stone carving features an angel, who, with the gentlest of touches wakes the three magi who share a circular blanket. The angel draws their attention to the blazing eight pointed star above
Rainbow over Lake Buttermere by Turner
December 9, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Rainbow over Lake Buttermere by Turner
A blaze of form and colour from the hallucinatory imagination of Mr Blake, born 28 November 1757
November 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A blaze of form and colour from the hallucinatory imagination of Mr Blake, born 28 November 1757
A geriatrician ponders these hotel stairs, darkly…
November 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
A geriatrician ponders these hotel stairs, darkly…
From the hand of Mr Kandinsky, 1940
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
From the hand of Mr Kandinsky, 1940
Rainbow, Hever Castle gardens, Kent
October 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Rainbow, Hever Castle gardens, Kent
Ageing in a decent fashion
October 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Ageing in a decent fashion
Reflections. Stourhead.
September 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Reflections. Stourhead.
Enduring fishermen’s huts, Hastings, East Sussex
September 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Enduring fishermen’s huts, Hastings, East Sussex
Cloudscape, Waterloo Bridge, 6 pm
August 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Cloudscape, Waterloo Bridge, 6 pm
Antler locking fallow deer, in the quiet of Home Park, near Hampton Court Palace
August 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Antler locking fallow deer, in the quiet of Home Park, near Hampton Court Palace
A hospitable flower
August 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
A hospitable flower
Small tortoiseshell butterfly, Nicky Nook, Lancashire
August 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Small tortoiseshell butterfly, Nicky Nook, Lancashire
Still lingering on as a medical symbol
July 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Still lingering on as a medical symbol
Observed by another life-form
July 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Observed by another life-form
Behold the Common Brimstone butterfly, Avebury
July 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Behold the Common Brimstone butterfly, Avebury
Butterflies, Wiltshire.
Top : The dark side and the bright side of the peacock butterfly.
Top : The dark side and the bright side of the peacock butterfly.
July 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Butterflies, Wiltshire.
Top : The dark side and the bright side of the peacock butterfly.
Top : The dark side and the bright side of the peacock butterfly.
Beach face, Littlehampton
July 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Beach face, Littlehampton
Child’s dress from Ramallah, Palestine, 1930, from an exhibition of Palestinian textiles 2024.
July 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Child’s dress from Ramallah, Palestine, 1930, from an exhibition of Palestinian textiles 2024.
A 2,775 year old face stares apprehensively at the future of humanity.
Bologna Archeology Museum
Bologna Archeology Museum
June 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A 2,775 year old face stares apprehensively at the future of humanity.
Bologna Archeology Museum
Bologna Archeology Museum