A protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Shoreham’s East Street yesterday. 🇺🇦

A Ukraine flag flying above a protest in Shoreham-by-Sea.

Dreich.

Shoreham Harbour on a grey Thursday.

A Seaford seafront walk this afternoon.

The cliffs at Seaford.A boat on Seaford esplanade A healthy walking sign in Seaford. Seaford Bay.

This is officially my new favourite warning sign.

An UK Environment Agency waves warning sign.

Up and out for a self-defence class for the girls.

A Soo Bahk Doh self-defence class in Seaford, Sussex.

Coffee and chat with my youngest at Tom Foolery.

Iris with babychino.

This piece in the most recent Standart takes on a whole different tone given what’s happening in Ukraine right now.

A feature on the Ukrainian city of Lviv in Standart Magazine.

First time this year that I have finished a day’s lecturing at City, and it’s still been light when I left.

City, University of London

Weather like this makes isolation easier…

A stormy Sunday through a kitchen window.

Some good reading (and viewing/listening) about nature and the great outdoors.

Some of it will make you happy.

And some of it will make you very, very angry.

Stuck inside and desperately missing the outdoors…

🤞🏻for a negative lateral flow soon.

Images from Ukraine as they prepare for possible invasion.

How powerful photography can be in showing the human impact of politics.

A time lapse from the height of Storm Eunice earlier.

Our house has apparently had enough of those Donny Downer negative lateral flow tests, and are going to be positive, positive, positive instead!

Morning beach walk #2: cold, grey and a wee bit bleak. Still, was home before the rain hit.

Shoreham Beach looking east on 15th February 2022.

Two Apple Fitness Awards day:

Apple Watch Unity fitness challenge badgeHeart Month Challenge Apple Fitness Badge

Morning beach walk #1: Valentine’s Day

Lovely sun, but a cold wind, and plenty of spray in the air.

Shoreham Beach, looking eastwards, on February 14th, 2022.

Tony Blair in The Times:

“All social media has taught us is that there are a lot crazier people out there than we realised. Years ago, they were at the end of the bar; now they have a platform. But we should just walk round them as we did before.”

Another day’s lecturing done.

A lecture pod at City, University of London.

The person sitting in front of me on the train has a coffee that smells so good it’s almost torture. ☕️