Barry Walsh
@pimlicokid.bsky.social
Londoner. Pimlico born & bred. Francophile, Gooner Listens to Neil Young among others, reads Virginia Woolf among others, looks at Audrey Hepburn among few others. Wrote The Pimlico Kid, and Danny Boy - HarperCollins
Best thing, I think, my wife has said to me recently. "Don't start worrying about forgetting stuff or losing things. It's not new, you've been doing it all your life." #Memory #Forgetfulness
October 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Best thing, I think, my wife has said to me recently. "Don't start worrying about forgetting stuff or losing things. It's not new, you've been doing it all your life." #Memory #Forgetfulness
Most writers need encouragement. However, this comment from a scriptwriter in Dennis Palumbo's 'Writing From The Inside Out' put a bit of a brake on my natural tendency to seek it! "In Hollywood you can die of encouragement." #Writing
October 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Most writers need encouragement. However, this comment from a scriptwriter in Dennis Palumbo's 'Writing From The Inside Out' put a bit of a brake on my natural tendency to seek it! "In Hollywood you can die of encouragement." #Writing
The Yarrow Home, in Broadstairs for children 'Of the better class'. I was here twice aged three and five, for asthma. Admission standards had obviously relaxed by the time I went.
September 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The Yarrow Home, in Broadstairs for children 'Of the better class'. I was here twice aged three and five, for asthma. Admission standards had obviously relaxed by the time I went.
"What Winston Churchill DID NOT say to Hitler. OK, you've illegally attacked and occupied a sovereign country (pick one) but to stop the killing we're going to let you keep it. Oh and how about a Nobel Peace Prize?"
August 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
"What Winston Churchill DID NOT say to Hitler. OK, you've illegally attacked and occupied a sovereign country (pick one) but to stop the killing we're going to let you keep it. Oh and how about a Nobel Peace Prize?"
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Joyce Carol Oates (2010). This oil portrait is based on how joycecaroloates.bsky.social was when we had an onstage conversation in Chicago as part of Story Week 2010. The painting is currently on display at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, @raioxford.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Joyce Carol Oates (2010). This oil portrait is based on how joycecaroloates.bsky.social was when we had an onstage conversation in Chicago as part of Story Week 2010. The painting is currently on display at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, @raioxford.bsky.social
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Arthur Miller (2009). Standing outside his home in Roxbury, Connecticut in the summer 1990, he's holding a copy of his autobiography, Timebends. This oil portrait is currently on display at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford.
August 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Arthur Miller (2009). Standing outside his home in Roxbury, Connecticut in the summer 1990, he's holding a copy of his autobiography, Timebends. This oil portrait is currently on display at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford.
Still the finest cycling movie.
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Breaking Away trailer
YouTube video by o0stsou0o
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August 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Still the finest cycling movie.
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Neil Young's music, more than any other, has tracked my, and my family's life - and still does. In a reorganising fit, I totted up the albums – about 40 – of which a third duplicate my vinyl versions. Guess I'm a fan. #NeilYoung
August 5, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Neil Young's music, more than any other, has tracked my, and my family's life - and still does. In a reorganising fit, I totted up the albums – about 40 – of which a third duplicate my vinyl versions. Guess I'm a fan. #NeilYoung
Bravo Macron! Come on Starmer- better late than never.
July 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Bravo Macron! Come on Starmer- better late than never.
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This principle should run through journalism like the words in a stick of rock. Yet somehow, day after day, it seems to evade the BBC's finest minds.
July 1, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This principle should run through journalism like the words in a stick of rock. Yet somehow, day after day, it seems to evade the BBC's finest minds.
As a kid I was an avid bus spotter (my secret shame). This photo of a bus I often used reminded me of the time in the King's Road when a woman about to get on asked, 'Is this bus going to the World's End?' The conductor replied, 'Yes darlin', and beyond, but don't worry, I'll hold your hand.'
June 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
As a kid I was an avid bus spotter (my secret shame). This photo of a bus I often used reminded me of the time in the King's Road when a woman about to get on asked, 'Is this bus going to the World's End?' The conductor replied, 'Yes darlin', and beyond, but don't worry, I'll hold your hand.'
A thought to ponder?
"The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity. The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent ..." Bertrand Russell.
"The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity. The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent ..." Bertrand Russell.
May 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A thought to ponder?
"The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity. The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent ..." Bertrand Russell.
"The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity. The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent ..." Bertrand Russell.
In these tough, often heartless times for our children, this ...
April 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
In these tough, often heartless times for our children, this ...
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👇 This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like 👇
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social with a powerful talk on broligarchy & authoritarianism.
Can't even pick a quote, because every other sentence is worth a quotation.
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social with a powerful talk on broligarchy & authoritarianism.
Can't even pick a quote, because every other sentence is worth a quotation.
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
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April 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
👇 This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like 👇
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social with a powerful talk on broligarchy & authoritarianism.
Can't even pick a quote, because every other sentence is worth a quotation.
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social with a powerful talk on broligarchy & authoritarianism.
Can't even pick a quote, because every other sentence is worth a quotation.
Rory McIlroy wins the US Masters in which he deployed his clubs brilliantly - none more so than his N'orn Iron
April 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Rory McIlroy wins the US Masters in which he deployed his clubs brilliantly - none more so than his N'orn Iron
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Our final #MarchingThroughHistory post is up! @alisonmorton.bsky.social reflects on the female history-makers of today! #WomensHistoryMonth
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Marching on - Alison Morton on women making history as we speak - Anna Belfrage
We are reaching the end of an entire month focused on the women of the past and I hope you have enjoyed the eclectic selection of “heroines” as presented by all my lovely guests. But history is not do...
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March 29, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Our final #MarchingThroughHistory post is up! @alisonmorton.bsky.social reflects on the female history-makers of today! #WomensHistoryMonth
www.annabelfrage.com/2025/03/29/m...
www.annabelfrage.com/2025/03/29/m...
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'He remembered the line from Larkin - 'man hands on misery to man'. That's what he'd done - handed on the misery of being a QPR season ticket-holder to his son. And he didn't regret it one bit.' DI Garibaldi. Possibly the only #QPR - supporting cop in crime fiction.
March 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
'He remembered the line from Larkin - 'man hands on misery to man'. That's what he'd done - handed on the misery of being a QPR season ticket-holder to his son. And he didn't regret it one bit.' DI Garibaldi. Possibly the only #QPR - supporting cop in crime fiction.
Long but important read in these worrying times - The Atlantic Monthly
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How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
www.theatlantic.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Long but important read in these worrying times - The Atlantic Monthly
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
'We will take your land and force you onto reservations.' History repeating itself?
February 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
'We will take your land and force you onto reservations.' History repeating itself?
Reading Faulkner's ‘Light in August’. I had hesitated, as his writing can be difficult and there weren't likely to be many laughs. Both thoughts proved true as I got into it. Yet … yet, once again, I‘m minded to believe he might just be the greatest of American novelists.
#WilliamFaulkner
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#WilliamFaulkner
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January 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Reading Faulkner's ‘Light in August’. I had hesitated, as his writing can be difficult and there weren't likely to be many laughs. Both thoughts proved true as I got into it. Yet … yet, once again, I‘m minded to believe he might just be the greatest of American novelists.
#WilliamFaulkner
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#WilliamFaulkner
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Just binge-watched Simon Schama’s, Story of Us (BBC iPlayer). A brilliantly perceptive take on our country by the very best of ‘True Brits’. Haven’t seen anything as good in a long time. #SimonSchama
January 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Just binge-watched Simon Schama’s, Story of Us (BBC iPlayer). A brilliantly perceptive take on our country by the very best of ‘True Brits’. Haven’t seen anything as good in a long time. #SimonSchama
Temporary memory loss is undoubtedly linked to altitude. Go to the top of the house and forget why you're there. Return to the ground floor and remember.
January 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Temporary memory loss is undoubtedly linked to altitude. Go to the top of the house and forget why you're there. Return to the ground floor and remember.
Wondering if any dendrologists out there might be able to explain some of the more prominent rings in this recently felled lime tree - 120 years old. Thanks
December 17, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Wondering if any dendrologists out there might be able to explain some of the more prominent rings in this recently felled lime tree - 120 years old. Thanks