Ashley Davies
@msashleydavies.bsky.social
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
North Berwick, near Edinburgh. She/her
Uh-oh, what’s Derren Brown playing at now?
November 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Uh-oh, what’s Derren Brown playing at now?
A man on the train just answered his phone saying: “Speak.” And there was me thinking I’d grown out of wishing strangers ill.
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A man on the train just answered his phone saying: “Speak.” And there was me thinking I’d grown out of wishing strangers ill.
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This is the best bit of advice I’ve seen on the internet 😂
November 23, 2023 at 1:04 PM
This is the best bit of advice I’ve seen on the internet 😂
Deleted that Inside No 9 post cos the tickets are now claimed. Thanks to those who shared.
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Deleted that Inside No 9 post cos the tickets are now claimed. Thanks to those who shared.
News: Peter Capaldi's just announced his first ever music tour - 24 Feb - 8 March next year.
myticket.co.uk/artists/peter-capaldi
myticket.co.uk/artists/peter-capaldi
myticket.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
News: Peter Capaldi's just announced his first ever music tour - 24 Feb - 8 March next year.
myticket.co.uk/artists/peter-capaldi
myticket.co.uk/artists/peter-capaldi
Scots getting excited about the harbour location on ep 6 of Down Cemetery Road might be sad to learn it was filmed in Cornwall.
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Scots getting excited about the harbour location on ep 6 of Down Cemetery Road might be sad to learn it was filmed in Cornwall.
Can people PLEASE use terms other than "real" parent when discussing adoption around children. Think about how this sounds to adopted kids, many of whom have experienced trauma, loss, neglect, rejection and worse. "Birth/biological" parent is more sensitive, or "tummy mummy" if they're very young.
November 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Can people PLEASE use terms other than "real" parent when discussing adoption around children. Think about how this sounds to adopted kids, many of whom have experienced trauma, loss, neglect, rejection and worse. "Birth/biological" parent is more sensitive, or "tummy mummy" if they're very young.
My mum was exhibiting some of her work recently (stuff like this) and a woman dressed like Barbara Cartland told her she’d sell more if she bedazzled them with glittery gold paint.
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
My mum was exhibiting some of her work recently (stuff like this) and a woman dressed like Barbara Cartland told her she’d sell more if she bedazzled them with glittery gold paint.
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Please tell me your worst Secret Santa experiences. I’m writing a piece on why it’s (largely) stupid and wasteful.
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Please tell me your worst Secret Santa experiences. I’m writing a piece on why it’s (largely) stupid and wasteful.
Please tell me your worst Secret Santa experiences. I’m writing a piece on why it’s (largely) stupid and wasteful.
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Please tell me your worst Secret Santa experiences. I’m writing a piece on why it’s (largely) stupid and wasteful.
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New Scottish Widows ad’s a bit goth.
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
New Scottish Widows ad’s a bit goth.
Lots of hungry/sleepy grey seal pups in St Abbs* today.
*Yes, the patron saint of sit-ups
*Yes, the patron saint of sit-ups
November 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Lots of hungry/sleepy grey seal pups in St Abbs* today.
*Yes, the patron saint of sit-ups
*Yes, the patron saint of sit-ups
Heavenly object
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Heavenly object
How did calling someone a weasel become an insult? Have you *seen* those guys? And come on, who among us hasn’t stolen an egg?
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
How did calling someone a weasel become an insult? Have you *seen* those guys? And come on, who among us hasn’t stolen an egg?
New Scottish Widows ad’s a bit goth.
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
New Scottish Widows ad’s a bit goth.
How does one go from being a youngster who’d spend ecstatic hours on fairground rides to a weary old hen who feels sick on a stationary train when one on the parallel track starts to leave the station?
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
How does one go from being a youngster who’d spend ecstatic hours on fairground rides to a weary old hen who feels sick on a stationary train when one on the parallel track starts to leave the station?
In today’s Alba (in The Times Scotland): @palebackwriter.bsky.social’s wise advice for young Scots, my interview with Malala Yousafzai and roundup of next week’s cultural highlights, @chitgrrl.bsky.social’s warm review of Norah in Newhaven, and loads more. All online at thetimes.co.uk.
November 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
In today’s Alba (in The Times Scotland): @palebackwriter.bsky.social’s wise advice for young Scots, my interview with Malala Yousafzai and roundup of next week’s cultural highlights, @chitgrrl.bsky.social’s warm review of Norah in Newhaven, and loads more. All online at thetimes.co.uk.
John Squire/Mani isolated guitar/bass Made Of Stone The Stone Roses
YouTube video by Box Set Go
m.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I interviewed Michaela Strachan. She was surly and belligerent.
Jokes. Obviously she was lovely. She’ll be on tour soon, talking about everything from The Hitman and Her and the Wide Awake Club to her career in wildlife television.
Jokes. Obviously she was lovely. She’ll be on tour soon, talking about everything from The Hitman and Her and the Wide Awake Club to her career in wildlife television.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I interviewed Michaela Strachan. She was surly and belligerent.
Jokes. Obviously she was lovely. She’ll be on tour soon, talking about everything from The Hitman and Her and the Wide Awake Club to her career in wildlife television.
Jokes. Obviously she was lovely. She’ll be on tour soon, talking about everything from The Hitman and Her and the Wide Awake Club to her career in wildlife television.
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Everyone knows about Malala Yousafzai’s bravery and advocacy work, but her new book reveals her playful, more vulnerable side, and just how lonely she felt when she moved to the UK after being shot. It was an honour to interview her.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/19/m...
metro.co.uk/2025/11/19/m...
Malala: ‘I’ve spent my whole life being compared with somebody’
The activist opens up about her life.
metro.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Everyone knows about Malala Yousafzai’s bravery and advocacy work, but her new book reveals her playful, more vulnerable side, and just how lonely she felt when she moved to the UK after being shot. It was an honour to interview her.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/19/m...
metro.co.uk/2025/11/19/m...
Everyone knows about Malala Yousafzai’s bravery and advocacy work, but her new book reveals her playful, more vulnerable side, and just how lonely she felt when she moved to the UK after being shot. It was an honour to interview her.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/19/m...
metro.co.uk/2025/11/19/m...
Malala: ‘I’ve spent my whole life being compared with somebody’
The activist opens up about her life.
metro.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Everyone knows about Malala Yousafzai’s bravery and advocacy work, but her new book reveals her playful, more vulnerable side, and just how lonely she felt when she moved to the UK after being shot. It was an honour to interview her.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/19/m...
metro.co.uk/2025/11/19/m...
Watching Men of the Manosphere and wondering if big egg is behind the whole movement.
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Watching Men of the Manosphere and wondering if big egg is behind the whole movement.
Not saying I don’t have much going on socially this week but gmail just alerted me about an “event” taking place tomorrow - the delivery of some Yorkshire puddings.
November 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Not saying I don’t have much going on socially this week but gmail just alerted me about an “event” taking place tomorrow - the delivery of some Yorkshire puddings.
One sad day my sweet son will realise The Simpsons is not called The Simsims.
November 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
One sad day my sweet son will realise The Simpsons is not called The Simsims.