River Deben this morning
December 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
River Deben this morning
Four pictures I took in Margate in 2006.
November 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Four pictures I took in Margate in 2006.
This travelled to me from 1965, complete with a pristine compliments slip from the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at Sussex University.
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
This travelled to me from 1965, complete with a pristine compliments slip from the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at Sussex University.
Something from 90 years ago.
October 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Something from 90 years ago.
Seen at The Royal Academy.
By Leigh Clarke, 1986.
By Leigh Clarke, 1986.
September 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Seen at The Royal Academy.
By Leigh Clarke, 1986.
By Leigh Clarke, 1986.
Verona
Excited to look up the name of the font used in the first picture in due course.
Excited to look up the name of the font used in the first picture in due course.
June 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Verona
Excited to look up the name of the font used in the first picture in due course.
Excited to look up the name of the font used in the first picture in due course.
The London Road charity shops were full of alliterative adventures today.
April 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The London Road charity shops were full of alliterative adventures today.
The dual enunciation-challenge cafés of London Road.
Do you carefully pinch off each word, or just run them together so it sounds like noodles treat and cutie?
Do you carefully pinch off each word, or just run them together so it sounds like noodles treat and cutie?
April 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The dual enunciation-challenge cafés of London Road.
Do you carefully pinch off each word, or just run them together so it sounds like noodles treat and cutie?
Do you carefully pinch off each word, or just run them together so it sounds like noodles treat and cutie?
Inside this book I just bought: a boarding pass stub from a flight out of Tangier fifty years ago.
February 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Inside this book I just bought: a boarding pass stub from a flight out of Tangier fifty years ago.
A Room in Chelsea Square, 1958, by Anonymous - who turns out to be Michael Nelson, republished a bit by @valancourtbooks.bsky.social.
Chelsea Square is apparently the fourth most expensive address in the UK now.
Chelsea Square is apparently the fourth most expensive address in the UK now.
February 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
A Room in Chelsea Square, 1958, by Anonymous - who turns out to be Michael Nelson, republished a bit by @valancourtbooks.bsky.social.
Chelsea Square is apparently the fourth most expensive address in the UK now.
Chelsea Square is apparently the fourth most expensive address in the UK now.
"Is that badge for sale?"
"Well, it says Euro Tunnel so I wasn't going to put it out but OK. 50p"
"Thanks!"
"Well, it says Euro Tunnel so I wasn't going to put it out but OK. 50p"
"Thanks!"
February 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"Is that badge for sale?"
"Well, it says Euro Tunnel so I wasn't going to put it out but OK. 50p"
"Thanks!"
"Well, it says Euro Tunnel so I wasn't going to put it out but OK. 50p"
"Thanks!"
An uncredited illustration from Vanity Fair, May 1971.
February 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
An uncredited illustration from Vanity Fair, May 1971.
Overwhelmed by the bounty in Norwich's charity shops, I leave with nothing.
January 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Overwhelmed by the bounty in Norwich's charity shops, I leave with nothing.
Delighted to announce I've had a story accepted for the next issue of Circular Slide magazine.
January 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Delighted to announce I've had a story accepted for the next issue of Circular Slide magazine.
Watching repeats of Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World. I forgot how much my teenage brain development was gummed up with it. "Next week! The secrets of the ancients!" This local resident opining on the Cerne Giant has never left me.
He's by my side right now.
He's by my side right now.
January 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Watching repeats of Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World. I forgot how much my teenage brain development was gummed up with it. "Next week! The secrets of the ancients!" This local resident opining on the Cerne Giant has never left me.
He's by my side right now.
He's by my side right now.
Starlings casually murmurating a couple of Sundays ago. Keeps them off the streets, I suppose.
December 15, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Starlings casually murmurating a couple of Sundays ago. Keeps them off the streets, I suppose.
Noakes of Tunbridge Wells, 2009
December 14, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Noakes of Tunbridge Wells, 2009
A mannequin in Madison, Georgia, 2006.
December 14, 2024 at 1:21 PM
A mannequin in Madison, Georgia, 2006.
Random items from my moribund Flickr account. I scanned and uploaded like a demon, but no one cares for Flickr anymore.
December 8, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Random items from my moribund Flickr account. I scanned and uploaded like a demon, but no one cares for Flickr anymore.