Starry starry night. Photograph taken early morning on Glastonbury Tor.
Jenna Myles
@somersetcool.bsky.social
Championing the special stuff in Somerset. Somersetcool.com & Be Somerset Radio founder. Love making radio on BeSomerset.com & BBC Radio Somerset. Rescue dogs, nature, art.
Hosting a charity Dog Show requires lots of different interviewing positions 😂 Wonderful time at Somerset and Dorset Animal Rescue’s Dog Show last weekend. Great to meet all the hounds and humans and to hear their stories - impossible to judge! ❤️🐕 #adoptdontshop #rescuedogsrock
Rain clouds in the distance but the sun still broke through. Photo taken on Glastonbury Tor not long after sunrise.
The latest episode of Moving Notes is out, including a brilliant chat with bestselling author, performer & broadcaster, Charlie Connelly. We chat Elvis & his legacy, music & its connection to football, & what it was like writing Bernard Sumner's autobiography. Listen anywhere you get your #podcasts
Now my colander wants to go out for a walk every night.
Full moon. Half moon. Total eclipse! 😂 No photos of the actual eclipse in the sky because we were in the moment watching through solar binoculars, but we do have the Jaffa Cakes to remember it by! 🌒
The #eclipse just has to have a Choir of the Earth soundtrack… and Eric Whitacre’s Lux Aurumque, performed by our choir, is perfect for this golden light. Our Musical Director Ben took these beautiful captures of the event, here in South West England yesterday. What a moment! 🌒🎶 #choralsky
Do you love a local heritage site near where you live? Maybe you’ve researched your family ancestry? Earlier, I had a lovely chat with Historian David Olusoga about a new competition uncovering places that celebrate local people who have shaped the nation. David shares more about it in this clip:
Delighted to see this gorgeous Spotted Flycatcher today!😍 It has nested in the porch of a friend's house in Somerset.😊 Only the 10th time in my life that I've seen one of these delightful little summer visitors, theyre now quite scarce and on the Red List in the UK.🐦 #birds 🪶 linktr.ee/carlbovis
We have a spotted flycatcher nesting on a disused ledge outside our back door. Her eggs have hatched and it’s the most wonderful thing ❤️
I took this picture this evening of a dandelion in the backyard in Salem, Oregon. "Some see a weed. Some see a wish." #Dandelion
Would you like to listen to a music podcast with a difference? 🎶 Check out 'Moving Notes' anywhere you get your podcasts. Our latest episode has just dropped and there are six more to get stuck into. You can also head here: www.buzzsprout.com/2557877 A huge thanks to everyone who listens 🙏
Happy Somerset Day to everyone who lives in or loves this incredibly special county from afar ❤️💛 ❤️💛 Country bumpkin & proud! 😉 #somerset
Bunny & the bubbles! 💖🔫🐇🫧 What a fashion show at Hatch Somerset yesterday. The After Party was so much fun to be at! My story was a comment on gun crime & consumerism, all wrapped up in a bunny-human hybrid having the time of her life with thousands of bubbles! (Obviously 😂) #performanceart
A new arts festival is coming to Yeovil this time next week. From Friday March 27th to Sunday March 29th, the Yeovil Art Weekender will be in full swing & everyone is invited! ✨ 🎉 Here’s a clip about some of the things in store & head here to listen to more: www.besomerset.com/post/yeovil-...
Sat down for a chat with Jason Donovan & it wasn’t what I was expecting. We spoke about the big stuff - what it’s really like to entertain, being at the centre of a “perfect career storm", & what really matters…family, love (& for me, roast potatoes! 😂 ) Full chat: www.besomerset.com/post/jason-d...
Yesterday I headed to Yeovil Art Space to discover more about their brand new arts festival, Yeovil Art Weekender, happening all across town from Friday 27th March. 🎉 It’s going to be colourful, creative & inspiring, & there’s so much to see & do ✨ More about it on @besomerset.bsky.social next week
New chat about Old Songs out now! @bagpusspostgate.bsky.social has been speaking with historian/author Amy Jeffs, musician Natalie Brice & illustrator Gwen Burns about their mesmerising book/audio book Old Songs. The Frome trio have brought 10 ballads back to life www.besomerset.com/post/old-son...
The very best medicine! 😂 Check out a tiny bit of what happened when I chatted with the brilliant Paul Merton & Suki Webster this week. Laugh? I nearly… you’ll be able complete that sentence after you’ve listened to the interview in full, which is out now, here: www.besomerset.com/post/paul-me...
10 years tonight since we moved to Somerset. We were driving down the motorway in our rickety van about now 😂 Best decision we ever made. It feels like forever, in the best possible way. Celebrating with a cider and a few festivities at home this evening ❤️💛 Happy, happy 10 years 🎉 #somerset
Loving creating, hosting, and producing this podcast. If you love all genres of music, take a listen 😊🎶 Have a lovely weekend x
Choir of the Earth@choiroftheearth.com · 8mo agoHooray! Friday's here & episode 5 of Moving Notes, created & hosted by our very own @benenglandbem.bsky.social & @somersetcool.bsky.social is out! Listen anywhere you get your podcasts, or here: bit.ly/MovingNotes This episode is all about happiness & humour in music, with stories to make you smile✨
I had an absolute treat of a chat recently, with the brilliant Sue Perkins. ✨ Sue’s touring her new stand up show ‘The Eternal Shame of Sue Perkins’ across the country next year. We caught up about all sorts! Here’s a clip, and hear our full conversation ➡️ www.besomerset.com/post/the-ete...
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of chatting with @laurasrobinson.bsky.social about her marvellous new book, The art of a lie, which is one of the books of the year. It's a wonderful interview and well worth a listen www.besomerset.com/post/art-of-...
Art of a Lie - Laura Shepherd-Robinson
‘That’s the trouble with stories, especially the ones you write for yourself. Sometimes you think they’ve ended, when they’ve barely begun . . .’ Laura Shepherd-Robinson is the award-winning, Sunday T...
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Thanks to the amazing Jenna at @besomerset.bsky.social for enabling me to chat to such brilliant guests. Do check out the website as there is some great content on there www.besomerset.com
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On our Sunday playlist is Hangover Terrace, the brilliant latest album by @ronsexsmith.bsky.social 🎶 Ian @bagpusspostgate.bsky.social caught up with Ron about the record & lots more besides & you can hear their chat here: www.besomerset.com/post/hangove... #interview #radio #music #sunday
Hangover Terrace - Ron Sexsmith
Tis the season for them we guess... and Ron Sexsmith's latest album, Hangover Terrace, is certainly a cracker! Ian caught up with the three-time, Juno award-winning singer songwriter from St Catherine...
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