Somebody’s turned down the contrast on Sussex.

Fog over the Quay in Emerald Quay.

Plenty of drama in the sky off Shoreham Beach today.

Light breaking through the clouds and shining on the sea off Shoreham Beach.

Are we sleepwalking into a dystopia? The smartphone tracking industry has been rumbled. When will we act? by John Naughton

Headline of the day: Prominent lawyer Jolyon Maugham clubs fox to death while wearing kimono

Perfect weather for trying out my Christmas coat…

Adam Tinworth in a Jack Wolfskin parka

Practice ‘scruffy hospitality’ : Your home doesn’t need to be picture-perfect to invite people over.

Merry Christmas from one man (and his blog).

Just an intimate dinner for a few chums, wot.

The dining room at Tyntsfield House, near Bristol, decked out for a Victorian Christmas.

A very Victorian Christmas at Tyntsfield.

Why we need to feel the photos

I think this bauble crop is nearly ready for harvesting.

Today’s Engaged Reading Digest: killing comments, surviving after redundancy, getting better at instagram - and the power of visual journalism. All this for the low, low price of a click…

Oooh, my sister-in-law is in Vouge.

Heh. One unforeseen side-effect of having a newsletter - you get to see who is already on their Christmas break by their out-of-office updates…

As a lecturer, nothing makes you feel better than a student who turned in something pretty mediocre initially, creating a final submission that is both inspired and professionally executed. Big smile on my face right now.

Newsletters are beginning to over-whelm my in-box. Time to try out Feedbin’s ability to aggregate them in my RSS reader, I think.

This is a really interesting view from inside the BBC: GE19 - from the presenter’s chair.

I found my parents’ old tree angel, so she’s back in service after a decade off.

This is a useful read: What does the future hold for progressive politics after the Conservative victory?

Andrew Sullivan’s profile of the newly-elected PM from last week is worth revisiting in light of today’s news: The Blundering Brilliance of Prime Minister Boris Johnson