Bethan Hutton

@bethanh.bsky.social

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I was @yabunonaka1 over there. Books, art, dogs, wildlife, Japan. Ex-journo, still news addict. London, often Wales and Norfolk.

Small waves breaking on a beach, empty apart from one dog and one swimmer
Home-made suit of armour used by Australian outlaw Ned Kelly, bearing a strong resemblance to Count Binface
The cast of Cyrano de Bergerac take their bows
Library stamp from the University of Cape Town
Cover of a book: A Primer For The Gradual Understanding of Gertrude Stein
A statue of a naked Anthony Gormley standing in a river pool
Merlin bird ID app screenshot recording meadow pipit, cuckoo, curlew and stonechat on a hill in Powys, Wales
A meticulously hand-written spreadsheet of shareholdings, with crossings out and additions over several years
A pile of novels set in London: Young Men in Love by Michael Arlen, A Landing on the Sun by Michael Frayn, City of the Mind by Penelope Lively, Happiness by Aminatta Forna, Mr Ma and Son by Lao She, The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen, All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West.
A Facebook ad in Japanese but with UK prices, featuring a picture of deliciously slimy, stinky fermented soybeans (natto)
A virtually empty arrivals area at Heathrow Terminal Five on March 21st 2020, with a banner saying "Coronavirus: Isolate Yourself, Stay at Home".
An almost empty arrivals hall at Heathrow Airport on March 21st 2020, with a poster saying: "Coronavirus: Isolate yourself, stay at home"
Weather forecast showing warnings of strong winds and heavy rain
Email alert from New Scientist magazine: "The universe could vanish at any moment"
Colin the border terrier
A wood carpeted with bluebells and wild garlic
A black labrador splashing in a salt marsh pool
A black labrador very happily accepts a sliver of cheese
Welsh hilltop with heather and rain clouds
A pool surrounded by heather on a hill in Wales
A Christmas catalogue offering the latest technology: chunky video cameras, stereo stacks, VCRs and CD Walkmen.
Hay Castle lit up in luminous green
Bird feeding station made of sticks, with a selection of garden birds
Cover of the book The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady
Two men and a dog on a beach at sunset, with reflections on wet sand
A view across bracken and fields towards the Brecon Beacons/Bannau Brycheiniog in evening sunlight