Hywel Da

@hjd.bsky.social

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Former producer/reporter at BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera. Shortlisted for the Emerging Author Dagger by the Crime Writers’ Association. Represented by Tom Cull at Cull & Co Literary Agency. Interests: politics, writing, travel, London, rugby and cricket.

Young man starting directly out of a painting, looking confident and wearing a marvellous flat hat in a 16th century oil by, I think, Holbein. Head and shoulders only, with thr man clasping his hand on a desk in front of him, turned slightly to one side.
Twin-hulled Savoia-Marchetti seaplane landing on water, three propeller engines on top of the wing - and looking very cool.
Moody black-and-white picture of a very foggy Piccadilly Circus in the 1950s, with pedestrians walking past the Eros statue and a man standing near an old taxi. The buildings in the background are just vague shapes, hidden in the smog.
Black-and-white picture from the 1950s, showing two policemen standing silhouetted against the lights of Piccadilly Circus on a foggy night.
Disgruntled black cat with a purple hat from a Christmas cracker perched at a jaunty angle on her head.
Small catamaran with blue and yellow sail on a sandy beach, with rocks in the foreground. It is a bright, sunny, cloudless day.
Black cat sitting in the sun, eyes half-closed, among terracotta pots with various straggly plants - maybe even some rosemary there, I’m no expert. To the cat’s left is a small china cat, also black.
Black cat in a window in front of a garden, with a copy of Tom Cox’s book Ring the Hill beside her.
British soldiers in dresses manning an artillery piece in 1940, having been interrupted by an alert while rehearsing for a drag show.
A gray T-shirt, badly in need of ironing, with a long-legged blue octopus lifting up two of its limbs, while looking rather quizzical.
Two London policemen in their distinctive helmets are silhouetted against the bright neon of Piccadilly Circus at night. Judging by the adverts for Boveril, Schweppes and Max Factor the image dates from the 1950s.
Gif of a (possibly WW2) submarine firing a salvo of torpedos
Pro-Ukraine protest in London last weekend, with lots of people carrying Ukraine flags, with a red London bus in the background.
WWII poster of men in uniform marching under a British flag, a mix of nationalities and uniforms.
Poster for Solidarity with Ukraine March in London 22nd Feb, 12 noon at Holland Park W11 3QY. Rally at Russian Embassy at 1pm.
Marvellous black cat on white quilt, lying down and looking like she is flying through the air, impressively.
Seen from a window, snow is falling on a street with one mock-Tudor 4 story block visible. Snow can be seen on a small lawn and hedge in the foreground.
Vision of hell, with arches on the right, some vaguely church architecture on the left, a multiarmed figure in the middle, all bathed in a red glow. Possibly Camden Market on a weekend?
A span of Richmond Bridge at the top of the image, reflected in the water, with small boats in a line going down river and clouds visible reflected in the Thames.
A black cat, Lottie, standing on grass looking backwards, with small yellow flowers and dandelions behind her.
Grave in Highgate Cemetery, with a sleeping stone lion on top, surrounded by green trees and bushes.
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #1,745,082, Hywel Da ‪@hjd.bsky.social‬, joined on Oct 28, 2023"
Boastful score of 30351 on an English vocabulary test, with a purple bump indicating the score, and text saying (wrongly) that I’m Shakespeare.
Black cat sitting on a patch of grass, surrounded by daisies.
A black cat sitting in a grassy garden, surrounded by daisies and dandelion stalks