Wood and tile.

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Your Sunday morning swimming pool white board wisdom.


After spending most of the winter feeling cold when out and about, I bought myself a new coat in the sales — just in time for one last cold snap.

#mbmar 📷 Prompt: zip

The zip on a Passenger coat.

Started reading: Bringing Back the Beaver by Derek Gow 📚


Sometimes solitude is possible, even in the heart of London.

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A deserted London street at night.

The perfect weather for a beach walk this afternoon.

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A rather lovely hagstone - and a deep one - found on a quick beach walk this afternoon, trying to burn off some of my daughter’s energy. She’s home today because of the teachers’ strike.

A hagstone on the beach.

Your swimming pool whiteboard wisdom for the day.

A sign saying “Rivers know this: there is no hurrry, We shall get there some day.” A.A.Milne

A fun evening, watching our students grill the hell out of a former prime minister. All under the Chatham House Rule, alas, so I can’t say any more.

David Cameron at City, University of London.

Yeah, not getting in that way. It’s looking pretty secure.

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A padlock on a get at City, University of London.

A walk down memory lane to 1994, when this young chap (me) had his view of journalism shifted by the launch of a new magazine for men

Adam Tinworth in 1994.

We did the thing yesterday.

Pancakes on pancake day.

Adventure time.

Two girls walking through bracken.

Holy flip, that’s a lot:


I’ve just revamped the look of my Ghost blog One Man & His Blog, and am very happy with the results:

A new look for One Man & His Blog.

This pen is a blast from the past. Early 2000s blogging, when Movable Type and Typepad seemed like they would dominate - a good time, but so long ago.

A pen with the Six Apart logo on it.

First time using my iPhone as a webcam for my training course this morning. It worked great. One of the best new features of macOS.


Ah, the sweet satisfaction of landing one of the free EV charge parking spaces in the morning.

An MG ZS EV being charged from a PodPoint charger, while bathed in the morning sun.

We’re coming back into the light. The sun was rising as we drove to the pool this morning, after months of doing this trip in the dark.

Spring’s a-coming.

A 7.20am sunrise over the South Downs.

Beware: killer clowns and hangry bears.