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
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.
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
New Scottish Widows ad’s a bit goth.
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
New Scottish Widows ad’s a bit goth.
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.
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.
Buy today’s Times Scotland to experience the delights within the Alba supplement, including my chat with Amy Macdonald and review of a hotel with a secret “razor room”, cool stuff to do in Scotland next week and @chitgrrl.bsky.social’s review of The Oyster Shed on Skye.
November 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Buy today’s Times Scotland to experience the delights within the Alba supplement, including my chat with Amy Macdonald and review of a hotel with a secret “razor room”, cool stuff to do in Scotland next week and @chitgrrl.bsky.social’s review of The Oyster Shed on Skye.
They’re ever so cute and resilient.
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
They’re ever so cute and resilient.
So nice having the sanderlings back - running around like flying’s a last resort.
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
So nice having the sanderlings back - running around like flying’s a last resort.
Poor oystercatcher in the front/middle lost most of his leg, but seemed quite capable.
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Poor oystercatcher in the front/middle lost most of his leg, but seemed quite capable.
It’s like getting a bafflingly random gift from a relative. Like, thanks for thinking of me or whatever, but what on earth made you think I’d want this?
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It’s like getting a bafflingly random gift from a relative. Like, thanks for thinking of me or whatever, but what on earth made you think I’d want this?
Loads of good stuff in today’s Alba (in print in The Times Scotland and online at thetimes.co.uk).
Scottish travel, arts, culture, food and drink, opinion. Nice.
Scottish travel, arts, culture, food and drink, opinion. Nice.
November 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Loads of good stuff in today’s Alba (in print in The Times Scotland and online at thetimes.co.uk).
Scottish travel, arts, culture, food and drink, opinion. Nice.
Scottish travel, arts, culture, food and drink, opinion. Nice.
It’s giving Debenhams’ “effortless festive glamour” range.
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
It’s giving Debenhams’ “effortless festive glamour” range.
>> Feels a bit like I made it up but I promise I didn’t. >>
November 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
>> Feels a bit like I made it up but I promise I didn’t. >>
>> My late father was always asking me to keep an eye out for an early edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Tanglewood Tales, which he had loved as a small boy. And guess what leapt off the shelf.
November 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
>> My late father was always asking me to keep an eye out for an early edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Tanglewood Tales, which he had loved as a small boy. And guess what leapt off the shelf.
>> I saw this and thought it might be funny to tell the children we were having a screen/device-free Christmas, and that all our entertainment would come from this book. >>
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
>> I saw this and thought it might be funny to tell the children we were having a screen/device-free Christmas, and that all our entertainment would come from this book. >>
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The darndest thing. Today I was browsing in a little old book and curios shop in Edinburgh’s West Port - a place that only accepts cash and whose downstairs is so small the shopkeeper asks you to leave your bag behind the counter before you descend the narrow, higgledy piggledy stairs. >>
The darndest thing. Today I was browsing in a little old book and curios shop in Edinburgh’s West Port - a place that only accepts cash and whose downstairs is so small the shopkeeper asks you to leave your bag behind the counter before you descend the narrow, higgledy piggledy stairs. >>
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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The darndest thing. Today I was browsing in a little old book and curios shop in Edinburgh’s West Port - a place that only accepts cash and whose downstairs is so small the shopkeeper asks you to leave your bag behind the counter before you descend the narrow, higgledy piggledy stairs. >>
The darndest thing. Today I was browsing in a little old book and curios shop in Edinburgh’s West Port - a place that only accepts cash and whose downstairs is so small the shopkeeper asks you to leave your bag behind the counter before you descend the narrow, higgledy piggledy stairs. >>
I enjoyed talking to Doon Mackichan, whose uncompromising approach to some horrible aspects of the business - which many others feel pressured to tolerate - takes guts.
In today’s Metro.
In today’s Metro.
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I enjoyed talking to Doon Mackichan, whose uncompromising approach to some horrible aspects of the business - which many others feel pressured to tolerate - takes guts.
In today’s Metro.
In today’s Metro.
Got me a train buddy.
November 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Got me a train buddy.
Maybe technology can wean us off noisy fireworks one day. They did some incredible stuff at @theenchantedforest.bsky.social in Perthshire last month, projecting complex moving images onto thin jets of water from the loch.
November 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Maybe technology can wean us off noisy fireworks one day. They did some incredible stuff at @theenchantedforest.bsky.social in Perthshire last month, projecting complex moving images onto thin jets of water from the loch.
Edinburgh! Today’s your last chance to see the Andy Goldsworthy show at the National Gallery/Royal Scottish Academy. It’s remarkable and completely beautiful. Don’t miss out.
November 2, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Edinburgh! Today’s your last chance to see the Andy Goldsworthy show at the National Gallery/Royal Scottish Academy. It’s remarkable and completely beautiful. Don’t miss out.
The irony, of course, is that I very much wish to befriend the crows, and usually have peanuts in my pockets for them.
October 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The irony, of course, is that I very much wish to befriend the crows, and usually have peanuts in my pockets for them.
If you see me in this please know it’s violently against my will.
October 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
If you see me in this please know it’s violently against my will.
I feel like mushroom Tartex would be a good face masque for dry winter skin.
October 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I feel like mushroom Tartex would be a good face masque for dry winter skin.