@mikejohnmatthews.bsky.social
Architecture, books, culture and a love of places. Lives in Newport, South Wales; which contradicts all of the above.
He could’ve written another Ulysses, but Joyce did a very unselfish thing.
06.08.2025 12:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The most memorable collection of short stories I’ve read. One of which was adapted for TV in an episode of Tales of the Unexpected.
21.07.2025 18:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Bob Geldof’s new spring wardrobe?
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All eggs in the basket of voice…
A brilliant debut and a weekend well spent.
#MarkBowles #AllMyPreciousMadness
A laureate.
17.03.2025 21:30 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Now I have a thirst.
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Expecting my copy today. 🤞 🙌
08.03.2025 10:45 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Morning Betty.
#BettyCampbell #Cardiff #InternationalWomensDay
@consumersmith Commercial Street, Newport.
Morning Susan.
#Newport #ShopFrontFriday #StreetPhotography #UrbanDecay
Touché! 😍
06.03.2025 21:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Having to do a serious book cull to accommodate this and his previous collection of essays. Any one you know interested in a complete set of Encyclopaedia Britannica?
05.03.2025 16:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Probably the best pint of Adnams Broadside I’ve ever tasted on a visit back in 2011. Undoubtedly the most expensive too!
04.03.2025 13:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Get Carter (and Keiller)
Today’s finds #Abergavenny
#AngelaCarter #PatrickKeiller
I swear I can smell Burton’s breath in this film.
17.02.2025 22:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Read along with Tom. It’s an absolute joy!
17.02.2025 13:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
National Anthem.
Recent finds:
#JGBallard #Larkin #Pevsner #MarkESmith
🙌🙏
15.02.2025 20:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It’s a pity the human race didn’t perfect natural intelligence before we got started with AI.
14.02.2025 21:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Meades is back! 😎
13.02.2025 19:00 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0NFO closed long before my drinking days began. A notorious cider den with a reputation for fist fights.
Tish Murtha spent many a happy hour here. Newport has plumbed new depths since.
A gem of a book. 👌
11.02.2025 10:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Fantastic.
10.02.2025 17:36 — 👍 78 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 0The site of the old colliery is an excellent spot for butterflies in late spring and summer; a Dark Green Fritillary on my last visit.
09.02.2025 18:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The most memorable collection of short stories I’ve ever read. Enjoy.
06.02.2025 22:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Nicely put. 👌🙌
06.02.2025 20:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0An ‘80s gem. Not quite up there with the Spirit of Eden & Laughing Stock.
06.02.2025 20:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0First Elizabeth Taylor? I envy you.
05.02.2025 11:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.
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