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Ashley Davies

@msashleydavies.bsky.social

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Arts journalist (comedy specialist), Times Scotland (Alba) and Metro mainly. Scotsman comedy reviews during Edinburgh Fringe. Wanging on about birds all year round. North Berwick, near Edinburgh. She/her

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Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 28m

To be read in the style of an Alan Bennett monologue

Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 5h

I mean, my experiences (and those of everyone I know) are not statistically robust, but, yeah, so far it’s cis men. Sigh.

Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 9h

Facebook birding forums are interesting. For every 50 helpful, appreciative comments there’ll be one guy who thinks you should kill yourself because you’re a useless, time-wasting piece of shit who doesn’t know the subtle difference between two near-identical species.

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Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 22h

Something living “rent-free” in your head suggests you normally charge, and are therefore a landlord.

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Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 23h

Here's @holliemcnish.bsky.social on virginity, vengeance (fast food-style) and how a drunken aunt boosted book sales.
It'll be in print in the Alba section of Times Scotland on Saturday 11 Oct. Catch her on tour now.
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...

Hollie McNish: It’s time we talked about virginity

The poet and author on how love would be better without fictional concepts, the words of Louis Armstrong and dishing up justice while working at a Little Chef

www.thetimes.com

Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 1d

Is it to do with last night’s harvest moon?

Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve never seen the tide out so far. It’s like snooping in places you don’t normally get to look at.

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Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 1d

There are times when, as a parent of a neurodivergent child who refuses to wear a jumper or waterproofs - despite it being freezing cold and raining - one wishes there was a QR code explainer one could gently present to the parents of compliant, neurotypical children.

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Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 2d

In case you're looking for a name for your next thriller/new perfume/range of smart-casual linen, may I direct you to this list of Michigan islands. (Do what you will with Rat Island.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

List of islands of Michigan - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 2d

News - Barbie: The Exhibition is coming to Scotland.
Kelvingrove, Glasgow, 13 Jun-16 Oct ‘26.

Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 3d

The trick is to join in, thus rendering it immediately uncool, so you don’t have to hear it for much longer.

Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 4d

Here’s my owl content. This guy baffed me on the head recently.

Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 4d

Yes. I've built up a tolerance for plural nouns being used as singulars - such as "a red lip" and "a smoky eye", but that doesn't mean I like it.

Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 4d

What do we want?
Surprising owl anecdotes.
When do we want them?
Now and forever.

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Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 4d

Nothing makes me clench like a person saying “property” instead of “house/flat”. See also “timepiece”.

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Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 4d

Good stuff in Scotland now/coming up:
- Night Waking (captivating play about historical secrets + the exhaustion of motherhood) on tour
- Harvest - new contemporary art fair
- Comic Con
- Spectacular Science Show on tour
- Colonsay Food & Drink Festival
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...

Five things to see in Scotland this week: Comic Con to spectacular science

Plus: Colonsay Food & Drink Festival, a celebration of the Scottish craft movement and a darkly funny one-woman play

www.thetimes.com

Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 5d

The stuff I find in my son’s pockets while doing laundry: conkers, small pencils, sweet wrappers, plastic crap … and today, a business card from The House of Tweed.

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Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 6d

If mobile phones were around when Audrey Hepburn was alive her deleted photos folder would be full of unflattering pictures taken on the bog at events to check whether she had food in her teeth.

Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 7d

Keri Wallace tells me why she ran the West Highland Way solo, unsupported, in the dark, in WINTER, and why she's trying to get more women on the hills via the Door to Door Challenge.

www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...

Keri Wallace: Blisters get tricky once your laces freeze

The Girls on Hills founder on becoming the first woman to run the West Highland Way solo in winter and why women are more likely to fear the dark

www.thetimes.com

Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 7d

Oh my God, from now on I’m absolutely going to respond with Dogger, Fisher German Bight. Game ON, children.

Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 7d

I asked my kid’s teacher if he hears it a lot and he says he hears it in his sleep.

Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 8d

I really need someone to explain what kids mean when they say “six seven”.

Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks

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Mark GJ @brokentv.uk · 8d

"I've seen your old fella wandering into the embassy clutching a bonesaw, madam."

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Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 8d

I really need someone to explain what kids mean when they say “six seven”.

Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 9d

People sure like to pontificate about what tooth-related dreams represent (niche concerns like family or money worries, for example) but maybe we’re all just actually worried about our actual teeth.