I’m really enjoying the process of pulling together my daily distractions newsletter. Finding three things to link is great fun. Today’s issue features @hollyhoneychurch, too…


And so it goes. Another morning in lockdown.


Somebody is being far too generous about my linguistic competence.


Shooting random time lapses, because why not?


Remember folks: stay the f*ck at home


April is here. Off I go on trying to post on One Man & His Blog at least once a day: Viruses, Lies and Spammers


One reason the UK is struggling on Covid-19 testing: centralised policy decision are leaving labs standing idle.


John Gruber: How to Open the Emoji Keyboard While Using a Hardware Keyboard on iPadOS

But the shortcut he refers to for opening the Emoji picker on MacOS is even more useful. 🥳


Seven’s a good age for learning to code in Swift, right?


Dominic Cummings in isolation as pressure mounts over NHS testing - I suspect that means that pretty much everyone leading our response has the novel coronavirus.


Well, the quasi-lockdown in the UK is really good at showing up who are the selfish people in your neighbourhood - and who has the scary authoritarian tendencies.


Parenthood involves far more gluing toys back together than I expected, to be frank.


So, today I corrected one small piece of misinformation about the government’s position, and got accused of all sorts of things as a result, before being blocked.

How’s your day going?


We need more than great coronavirus reporting right now. We also need distraction — and journalists could make that easier to find.


How BBC Radio 4 is going to keep The Archers going during Coronavirus lockdown.


One for the Blake’s 7 fans…

a cooy of Blake's 7 magazine issue 1.

Here I am in the Stockport Advertiser in July 8th 1976:

The Tinworth family in the Stockport Advertiser in 1976.

Oh my, oh my.

A photo of Adam Tinworth on the back of his Famous Five club membership card.

Oh, my.


Blossom in the garden. Nature’s beauty continues, oblivious to our anxiety. And it is a balm for it, too.

Blossom on a fruit tree in our back garden.