Lewis Baston
@lewisbaston.bsky.social
Author of ‘Borderlines’ (Hodder, 2024). Psephologist, cat ‘owner’, traveller, flâneur. https://www.hodder.co.uk/titles/lewis-baston/borderlines/9781399723763/
The Jardine Matheson tower in central Hong Kong; known to other bankers in HK as ‘the House of a Thousand Arseholes’ for two obvious reasons.
November 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The Jardine Matheson tower in central Hong Kong; known to other bankers in HK as ‘the House of a Thousand Arseholes’ for two obvious reasons.
I went to the former inner-German border a couple of times for research but I didn’t end up doing a chapter on it (reasons of space). I spent a day or two at Helmstedt (west) and Marienborn (east) and it was fascinating.
November 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I went to the former inner-German border a couple of times for research but I didn’t end up doing a chapter on it (reasons of space). I spent a day or two at Helmstedt (west) and Marienborn (east) and it was fascinating.
Walked yesterday from Camden Town to Notting Hill and passed the statue in honour of the Albanian hero Skanderbeg in Bayswater - which somehow feels the appropriate neighbourhood for it.
November 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Walked yesterday from Camden Town to Notting Hill and passed the statue in honour of the Albanian hero Skanderbeg in Bayswater - which somehow feels the appropriate neighbourhood for it.
Cover of my sister’s cats’ new album ‘Eat The Box’. It’s about the totalising influence of neoliberalism and monopoly capitalism and the praxis of resistance.
October 31, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Cover of my sister’s cats’ new album ‘Eat The Box’. It’s about the totalising influence of neoliberalism and monopoly capitalism and the praxis of resistance.
I am wise to the ways of Kings Cross St Pancras and know how not to get caught up in long tunnel nonsense there. But Victoria still puzzles me.
October 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I am wise to the ways of Kings Cross St Pancras and know how not to get caught up in long tunnel nonsense there. But Victoria still puzzles me.
Darkness falling as I walk and get slightly disoriented. I feel a bit like the fellow in episode one of ‘Image of the Fendahl’. Shall I whistle ‘The Entertainer’ to keep my spirits up?
October 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Darkness falling as I walk and get slightly disoriented. I feel a bit like the fellow in episode one of ‘Image of the Fendahl’. Shall I whistle ‘The Entertainer’ to keep my spirits up?
Autumn teasels near St Albans.
October 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Autumn teasels near St Albans.
St Albans… where the council estates get RTB’ed and filled with Lib Dem voters.
October 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
St Albans… where the council estates get RTB’ed and filled with Lib Dem voters.
Ratio’ed, not realist.
October 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Ratio’ed, not realist.
Patshull Street, Kentish Town in the London Borough of Camden
October 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Patshull Street, Kentish Town in the London Borough of Camden
I like old travel books and this was irresistible. £10 won’t get you much further than a coffee at Oslo airport now.
October 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I like old travel books and this was irresistible. £10 won’t get you much further than a coffee at Oslo airport now.
I sing several songs, including ‘Whiteypuss, whiteypuss/ I want to stroke my Whiteypuss, I want to stroke my cat’ to the tune, approximately, of Queen’s ‘Bicycle’. Lily isn’t impressed.
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I sing several songs, including ‘Whiteypuss, whiteypuss/ I want to stroke my Whiteypuss, I want to stroke my cat’ to the tune, approximately, of Queen’s ‘Bicycle’. Lily isn’t impressed.
It is - a very nice station anticipating quite a lot of demand. This was the view from near the east entrance today - filling out with blocks of flats. There’s a nice park, Claremont Park, by it.
October 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
It is - a very nice station anticipating quite a lot of demand. This was the view from near the east entrance today - filling out with blocks of flats. There’s a nice park, Claremont Park, by it.
Round at my friends’ house - or the lavish bar/ den at the bottom of their garden - and on their bookshelf is a range of things I’ve written or part-written. And in amongst them, @jonnelledge.bsky.social #bordersbros (can a ‘bro’ be a positive reference? I think so).
October 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Round at my friends’ house - or the lavish bar/ den at the bottom of their garden - and on their bookshelf is a range of things I’ve written or part-written. And in amongst them, @jonnelledge.bsky.social #bordersbros (can a ‘bro’ be a positive reference? I think so).
Seen as I wander through Putney. I do hope bin day is Wednesday here.
October 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Seen as I wander through Putney. I do hope bin day is Wednesday here.
Arrival in St Pancras - a bit tousled but it’s been a good day of travel. Choice now is whether to trundle the bags home or take the bus - decided to live in luxury and wait for the 214.
October 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Arrival in St Pancras - a bit tousled but it’s been a good day of travel. Choice now is whether to trundle the bags home or take the bus - decided to live in luxury and wait for the 214.
Eurostar from Paris to London - feels as if I’m nearly home. I much prefer doing the journey to and from Lodève this way than flying.
October 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Eurostar from Paris to London - feels as if I’m nearly home. I much prefer doing the journey to and from Lodève this way than flying.
Once you’ve done it once or twice it’s a short walk from the RER platforms to the Eurostar check-in at Paris Gare du Nord (it’s a vast station! Busiest in Europe). It’s a bit cramped because of all the checks on the way to the train but the staff keep it flowing
October 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Once you’ve done it once or twice it’s a short walk from the RER platforms to the Eurostar check-in at Paris Gare du Nord (it’s a vast station! Busiest in Europe). It’s a bit cramped because of all the checks on the way to the train but the staff keep it flowing
Short hop on the RER from Paris Gare de Lyon to Gare du Nord. Slightly more involved than usual as central section of Line D is shut this weekend. But it’s a short change from Line B to Line A. The RER is sulphurous; ‘it’s the smelly essence of Paris down there’ as Lou Reed might have said.
October 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Short hop on the RER from Paris Gare de Lyon to Gare du Nord. Slightly more involved than usual as central section of Line D is shut this weekend. But it’s a short change from Line B to Line A. The RER is sulphurous; ‘it’s the smelly essence of Paris down there’ as Lou Reed might have said.
Boarding the TGV in Montpellier - a bit of a scramble along narrow platforms but now seated at a table and heading towards Paris. Stops only at Nîmes and Valence. 🚄 🇫🇷
October 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Boarding the TGV in Montpellier - a bit of a scramble along narrow platforms but now seated at a table and heading towards Paris. Stops only at Nîmes and Valence. 🚄 🇫🇷