One Man's notebook this week.
Today, I shall be attending my first graduation ceremony since my wife got her PhD nearly two decades ago. And I shall be wearing a gown for the first time since my own graduation over three decades ago.
Preparing to process…
Cultural whiplash - from a graduation ceremony at the Barbican to watching K-PoP Demon Hunters with my youngest.
Still, it’s a varied life.
The one downside of being a contact lens wearer is that, very occasionally, I put them in the wrong eye. And sometimes it takes me a few hours of mild fuzzy-headedness to figure out what’s wrong, and swap them around.
Today has been one of those days.
I always said my wife was the brains of the operation — but now I have proof.


Rebellious gull.
Shooting interviews at a local swimming club, which isn’t at all acoustically challenging… 😳
Not a lot makes me sadder than seeing a very small child desperately trying to get the attention of a parent who is just staring at their phone.