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…


Dennis Sellers for Apple World Today: Apple should revive the AirPort line-up with Wi-Fi 6E support

Yes, it damn well should.


I’m back from our road trip holiday, and getting the daily newsletter back up and running.

Today’s edition is, inevitably, dominated by AI, but there’s also something interesting happening about Apple and Substack open rates…


Big Willie style

A detailed bronze bust portrays William Shakespeare dressed in ornate clothing typical of the Renaissance period.

Bardcore

The Swan Theatre: A red brick building with a modern glass section displays large "RSC" signage against a backdrop of a clear sky.

Burn, baby, burn.


Started reading: Going to Ground, an Anthology of Nature and Place, edited by Jon Woolcott 📚