Jon Foster

@jonfoster.bsky.social

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Spend my days reading Shakespeare and C19th literature, theatre-going and watching cricket (Middlesex CCC). Trustee of medical charity HealthTree Uganda (UK registered charity 1185553).

Little egret seen in the River Misbourne, Bucks.
Australia v West Indies, Women's World Cup semi-final at the Oval
Sri Lanka supporters celebrate their victory over New Zealand in the Women's T20 World Cup.
The New Zealand flag displayed before the start of the NZ v Sri Lanka T20 World Cup match at Southampton.
Cricket match in progress at Wormsley in Bucks, with woods on a steep hill in the background.
Album cover of Birth of the Cool by Miles Davis.
Birds seen on a morning woodland walk in May, including great spotted woodpecker, buzzard, coot and tits.
Opening day of the 2026 Vitality Blast competition: Middlesex v Kent at Lord's.
Lord's cricket ground on a sunny morning, seen from the Warner Stand.
Afternoon programme for Peter Nrook and Shakespeare conference, 2019.
Cover of programme from a 2019 symposium on Peter Brook and Shakespeare, with a photo from the 1969 RSC production of A Midsummer's Night Dream.
The Gigspanner Big Band on stage at Nettlebed. Multi-instrumental folk band featuring here dobro, percussion, violin, banjo, guitar and melodeon.
A sunny morning at Lord's on the opening day of the County Championship, Middlesex v Lancs.
Placard from 2019 march calling for a second Brexit referendum: "Fromage, not Farage".
Window display of Chapter Two bookshop in Chesham, marking National Poetry Day.
Cover of The Children's Book. Gold lettering on a deep blue background. Centrepiece is an elegant enamel brooch in the same colours, in the shape of a dragonfly.
The cover of There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak. A blue and white design drawn from the ancient Mesopotamian cultures central to the book, with the motif of a raindrop.
Eight drawings for sets for the 1929 production of Romeo and Juliet at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. All the sets (whether street scenes, Juliet's chamber, Friar Laurence's cell or the Capulets' vault) are based around a central arch.
The cover of the Dec 2024 edition of County Cricket Matters - a dramatic picture of a double rainbow in a black sky above the cricket ground at Taunton, with the heading "Cricket's pots of gold".
Hamlet and his Mother, C18th picture from Denmark National Gallery. Hamlet in unflattering attire flaunting bare buttocks!