Jon Foster

@jonfoster

Spend my days reading Shakespeare and C19th literature, theatre-going and watching cricket (Middlesex CCC).

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Jon Foster@jonfoster· 9d

Haven't seen queues like this for a county match at Lord's for some time. Of course, nobody's interested in the Metro One Day Cup.... #cricket #MIDvYOR

Queues outside Lord's for Middlesex v Yorkshire in the ODC, 2 August 2026.

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Jon Foster@jonfoster· 16d

Off to Radlett to see Middlesex in the One Day Cup v Glamorgan. Short day, as Glam managed just 66. Nice to hear gallows humour from opposition supporters for a change!

Middlesex playing Glamorgan at Radlett cricket ground. Sunny day, parched surface, but with tall mature trees providing shade.

Jon Foster@jonfoster· Jul 8

Came across this little egret by the River Misbourne this evening

Little egret seen in the River Misbourne, Bucks.

Jon Foster@jonfoster· Jun 30

Australia doing the business v Windies, despite Deandra Dottin's best efforts. Very polite neutral crowd, with presumably a lot of India supporters not using their tickets

Australia v West Indies, Women's World Cup semi-final at the Oval

Jon Foster@jonfoster· Jun 16

Yes, SL looked dead and buried at one stage. We were sitting alongside a contingent of SL supporters who got very excited

Sri Lanka supporters celebrate their victory over New Zealand in the Women's T20 World Cup.

Jon Foster@jonfoster· Jun 16

@starcrossed2018.bsky.social this is for you!

The New Zealand flag displayed before the start of the NZ v Sri Lanka T20 World Cup match at Southampton.

Jon Foster@jonfoster· Jun 10

A good day out at the lovely Wormsley Cricket Ground to see my friend Andy playing for MCC v Hong Kong. Also in MCC's team were 8 names I'd never heard of, a former county pro...and the great Courtney Walsh! Doubtless for Courtney it fulfilled a lifetime dream to share the new ball with Andy...

Cricket match in progress at Wormsley in Bucks, with woods on a steep hill in the background.

Jon Foster@jonfoster· May 26

Today's listening to mark the centenary of the birth of Miles Davis, and the passing yesterday of Sonny Rollins.

Album cover of Birth of the Cool by Miles Davis.

Cover of Four Classic Albums by Sonny Rollins.

Jon Foster@jonfoster· May 25

A morning walk in my local woods. Merlin still failing to identify red kites, though.

Birds seen on a morning woodland walk in May, including great spotted woodpecker, buzzard, coot and tits.

Birds heard on a morning woodland walk in May, including blackcap, song thrush and wren.

Jon Foster@jonfoster· May 22

Opening day of the Blast, with a double header at Lord's for Middlesex Women & Men v Kent. A stonking win for the women, but the customary tame defeat for the men. Still, I'm not used to seeing stonking T20 wins by Middlesex! #cricket🏏

Opening day of the 2026 Vitality Blast competition: Middlesex v Kent at Lord's.

Jon Foster@jonfoster· Apr 5

A sunny Easter Sunday at Lord's, though definitely a day for multiple layers #cricket🏏

Lord's cricket ground on a sunny morning, seen from the Warner Stand.

Jon Foster@jonfoster· Jan 3

@starcrossed2018.bsky.social

Afternoon programme for Peter Nrook and Shakespeare conference, 2019.

Morning programme for Peter Brook and Shakespeare conference, 2019.

Jon Foster@jonfoster· Jan 2

Happy new year, Hester! I'm not aware of anything coming out of it. It looks as though it was organised primarily by Kingston Uni, and it was chaired by Prof Richard Wilson from there. I remember they showed clips of surviving film of the production, which I think is held in the RSC archives.

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.

Jon Foster@jonfoster· Jul 22

The first gig I saw at Nettlebed Folk Club was the wonderful @johnspiers.co.uk and Peter Knight, and last night they were back for the club's 50th birthday celebrations with the Gigspanner Big Band. Quite the most brilliant, exhilarating night of music I've experienced for a long while.

The Gigspanner Big Band on stage at Nettlebed. Multi-instrumental folk band featuring here dobro, percussion, violin, banjo, guitar and melodeon.

Jon Foster@jonfoster· Apr 4

We're back! 🏏 #Cricket #CountyChampionship

A sunny morning at Lord's on the opening day of the County Championship, Middlesex v Lancs.

Jon Foster@jonfoster· Mar 23

I was on that march too. Here's a placard from that day that I enjoyed.

Placard from 2019 march calling for a second Brexit referendum: "Fromage, not Farage".

Jon Foster@jonfoster· Jan 24

Clearly we are blessed with excellent charity bookshops in the Chilterns area. A shout out also for St Francis Hospice's Chapter Two bookshop in Chesham.

Window display of Chapter Two bookshop in Chesham, marking National Poetry Day.

Jon Foster@jonfoster· Jan 14

I enjoyed Elif Shak's depiction of Victorian culture and society so much that I was inspired to reread AS Byatt's rich, complex The Children's Book, chronicling family life in artistic and bohemian society in the late C19th. #Books #Booksky

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.

Jon Foster@jonfoster· Jan 3

A haunting, unforgettable novel to start the new year. #Books #BookSky

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.

Jon Foster@jonfoster· Dec 15

@starcrossed2018.bsky.social I picked up a 1932 book about the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford - not a great read (lots of lists of plays and grandees), but knowing your penchant for all things R&J thought you might like to see these sketches for sets for the 1929 production.

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.

Jon Foster@jonfoster· Dec 7

Always a red letter day when the latest edition arrives from @ccmatters.bsky.social. The empathetic interviews by @anniechave.bsky.social are always a highlight, this time with the great Courtney Walsh.

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".

Jon Foster@jonfoster· Nov 20

Here's a rather more extreme C18th look - Hamlet With His Mother by Nicholai Abildgaard, in the National Gallery of Denmark

Hamlet and his Mother, C18th picture from Denmark National Gallery. Hamlet in unflattering attire flaunting bare buttocks!

Jon Foster@jonfoster· Nov 10

It's not been a great week on many levels, but fortunately #Bellowhead and @thelongestjohns.bsky.social restored some joy this evening.

Jon Foster@jonfoster· Nov 5

@anniechave.bsky.social Can never resist a charity bookstall, and struck gold today!