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.

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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…