It’s probably fair to say that I love blogging so much that if everybody else gave it up, I’d still continue.
It’d be less fun, obviously. But still worthwhile.
Bloggers and journalists, 20 years on.
Inspired by John Naughton’s Observer column about @dave’s 30 years of blogging…
Today’s newsletter muses on Meta’s inability to recognise that people are messy, contradictory and contain multitudes. The more it tries to shove people into algorithmic boxes, the less compelling its products become.
A simple way to improve the internet.
Headline of the day:
No, Donald Trump Isn’t Wading Through Hurricane Floodwaters, You Absolute Morons
I was complimented on my hair by a cashier at the supermarket today.
If nothing else, this proves I can still have brand new experiences in my 50s.
A first experiment with Halide’s Process Zero while shooting with my iPhone.
The beach huts on Littlehampton beach this morning turned out to be a real photographic gift, as did an unexpectedly shaped café.
I must do more random photography like this.


Cheeky coffee and bap at Edge by the Sea after dropping my youngest at a Brownies day.
The clash between Sober October and London Cocktail Week feels particularly vexing this year.