James Tarry
@northamptonian.bsky.social
More a jazz and easy listening Liberal than a classical Liberal. Cricket (Northants fan), literature, economics, politics & anything that takes my fancy.
Drop you as a New Wave album cover here…
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Drop you as a New Wave album cover here…
LinkedIn post by someone normally quite right-wing. (Information that had escaped me up until now, although I haven’t yet read @samfr.bsky.social substack today. )
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
LinkedIn post by someone normally quite right-wing. (Information that had escaped me up until now, although I haven’t yet read @samfr.bsky.social substack today. )
Presumably it’s just a coincidence that the arrow is pointing to the number 18. A number noted as a neo-Nazi symbol where it represents the first and eighth letters of the alphabet - AH.
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Presumably it’s just a coincidence that the arrow is pointing to the number 18. A number noted as a neo-Nazi symbol where it represents the first and eighth letters of the alphabet - AH.
Betty Mackereth has died, aged 101. An ordinary person, who was in reality extraordinary.
Article here about her.
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Article here about her.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Betty Mackereth has died, aged 101. An ordinary person, who was in reality extraordinary.
Article here about her.
philiplarkin.com/wp-content/u...
Article here about her.
philiplarkin.com/wp-content/u...
Cheyne Walk? It’s a club. With no trolley, albeit some trolling on occasion.
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Cheyne Walk? It’s a club. With no trolley, albeit some trolling on occasion.
Anyway, I like to at least make some kind of memorial for it, you don’t know how many you have left. Probably not a great deal, considering the abominably unhealthy lifestyle.
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Anyway, I like to at least make some kind of memorial for it, you don’t know how many you have left. Probably not a great deal, considering the abominably unhealthy lifestyle.
I can get as good a cocktail at Cheyne Walk Club in town, for less than half the price. But this place is special, and the service is impeccable.
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I can get as good a cocktail at Cheyne Walk Club in town, for less than half the price. But this place is special, and the service is impeccable.
Drinks at Duke’s bar. Interesting experience, glad I tried it.
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Drinks at Duke’s bar. Interesting experience, glad I tried it.
Whenever I walk past this restaurant, I always think about Ivor’s line about Mother Palm and her five lovely daughters.
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Whenever I walk past this restaurant, I always think about Ivor’s line about Mother Palm and her five lovely daughters.
Niche subject, I know, I’m only posting for @giffordhead.co.uk who’s probably the only person on here who’d be interested.
November 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Niche subject, I know, I’m only posting for @giffordhead.co.uk who’s probably the only person on here who’d be interested.
Northampton Wine Society this evening. Fortified wine from Roussillon. All about 17%, so I’m surprised I can still type.
November 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Northampton Wine Society this evening. Fortified wine from Roussillon. All about 17%, so I’m surprised I can still type.
Getting on the #AdoorableThursday bandwagon with this example from Mobbs Miller house. Initially a Northampton Co-operative society factory, hence the torches on each side of the door. Then made units for the boot and shoe trade, now home to a variety of small businesses.
November 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Getting on the #AdoorableThursday bandwagon with this example from Mobbs Miller house. Initially a Northampton Co-operative society factory, hence the torches on each side of the door. Then made units for the boot and shoe trade, now home to a variety of small businesses.
Which after some frantic scrolling I’ve found
November 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Which after some frantic scrolling I’ve found
At the Albion Brewery tap tonight. Home of the finest beer ever, Phipps NBC. Worth visiting if you’re in the area, a very relaxing place to sit.
November 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
At the Albion Brewery tap tonight. Home of the finest beer ever, Phipps NBC. Worth visiting if you’re in the area, a very relaxing place to sit.
Even when you catch him unawares in his hotel, he’s maintaining his wardrobe.
November 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Even when you catch him unawares in his hotel, he’s maintaining his wardrobe.
Lunch with a speaker today with the Northamptonshire supporters club. The speaker was James Sales, very assured for a 22. Key thing for me was him saying the big difference with Boof is he wants them to enjoy playing.
That was one of the reasons I watch women’s cricket, they seem to find it fun.
That was one of the reasons I watch women’s cricket, they seem to find it fun.
October 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Lunch with a speaker today with the Northamptonshire supporters club. The speaker was James Sales, very assured for a 22. Key thing for me was him saying the big difference with Boof is he wants them to enjoy playing.
That was one of the reasons I watch women’s cricket, they seem to find it fun.
That was one of the reasons I watch women’s cricket, they seem to find it fun.
Good headline work here by the subs. (My appreciation may be partially because I’m very fond of oysters.)
October 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Good headline work here by the subs. (My appreciation may be partially because I’m very fond of oysters.)
Ghost walk round the ancient borough this evening, hosted by the Civic Society. Plenty of new yarns I’d not heard before.
October 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Ghost walk round the ancient borough this evening, hosted by the Civic Society. Plenty of new yarns I’d not heard before.
From Robert Robinson’s memoirs- when he went to interview TH White, author of ‘The Sword in the Stone’. As that concept has had a bit of exposure on here today.
October 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
From Robert Robinson’s memoirs- when he went to interview TH White, author of ‘The Sword in the Stone’. As that concept has had a bit of exposure on here today.
Stumbled upon this substack that says that the American revolution was driven by pamphlets, much like how the foment today is from online shouting. No idea if it’s true, I just found it interesting.
garrisonnotes.substack.com/p/topical-po...
garrisonnotes.substack.com/p/topical-po...
October 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Stumbled upon this substack that says that the American revolution was driven by pamphlets, much like how the foment today is from online shouting. No idea if it’s true, I just found it interesting.
garrisonnotes.substack.com/p/topical-po...
garrisonnotes.substack.com/p/topical-po...
Dead swans at Southbridge in Northampton today. It’s looking worrisome.
October 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Dead swans at Southbridge in Northampton today. It’s looking worrisome.
You wouldn’t think it had been raining horribly earlier
October 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
You wouldn’t think it had been raining horribly earlier
Bewitched is a local chain of coffee shops. The museum also had a stand, showing ancient artefacts to ancient artefacts.
October 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Bewitched is a local chain of coffee shops. The museum also had a stand, showing ancient artefacts to ancient artefacts.