The new design for Colossal looks really nice.

Web magazine design seems to be going through a resurgence.

Back from my hols, and back to blogging/newslettering.

Making the most of the end of the summer hols.

A blue tent is set up in a wooded campsite, adorned with colorful triangular flags.

Acorns, ripening.

A branch with several green acorns is surrounded by leaves.
Three dried thistle-like plants with spiky exteriors stand against a blurred green background.

Opening your work emails after 10 days of holiday is terrifying.

Iconic view.

A coastal landscape features towering white cliffs - the Seven Sisters, a pebble beach with people scattered along it, and a quaint house foregrounded by lush greenery.

Just experienced my first aviation go-around as our EasyJet flight landed at Gatwick. The sudden return to the air wasn’t too bad - the successssion of children vomiting as a result was less easy.

Life is hell.

A sunny beach scene with several people relaxing on the sand, a sailboat in the distance, and a thatched hut structure partially visible in the foreground.

OK…

Sometime in the late 50s, my mother did a river trip down the Thames, based on these old negatives.

I wish I could work out what the under-construction building are/were.

A black and white photograph depicts the Tower Bridge in London as seen from the perspective of individuals on a boat in the river.A large waterfront construction site with cranes and buildings rising in the background, and a barge in the foreground.A group of people are sitting under a canopy on a boat, with another boat on the river and buildings in the background.

🎆

A white lighthouse with a red top stands on a stone embankment in St Martin de Ré, with a few trees nearby and the ocean visible in the background.

Proud to live in Sussex tonight. The extremists who came to Brighton really came to the wrong town.

☕️ on the 🏖️

A hand holding a white cup with a blue rim on a pebble beach beside a calm sea.

Summer, allegedly.

Rough time ahead for Google: it has AI challengers eying up its search business, while the DOJ has decided that it’s abusing its search monopoly.

Attacks from two sides…

This morning’s newsletter is a bit more serious: to what degree has Musk’s loosened moderation on X helped incite the UK riots this weekend?

Alan Rusbridger thinks it has played a significant role. How about you?

Adding or updating some details on Open Library about the slightly obscure books I read is surpringly satisfying.

Started reading: A Countryman’s Summer Notebook by Adrian Bell 📚— working my way through these four seasonal collections, in the appropriate season…