Mark Hammond
@mark00h.bsky.social
Architect | #BuildingConservation | #Heritage | #Culture | #Bicycle | #Kayak | Old Classics | Found up ladders | Director @caroearchitecture | Insta: @mark.00h | SW London | UK
November 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Reposted by Mark Hammond
Liberalism is losing the argument right now - here’s a quick piece I wrote for the Fabian’s on how to fight back ….https://fabians.org.uk/fit-for-the-future/
October 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Liberalism is losing the argument right now - here’s a quick piece I wrote for the Fabian’s on how to fight back ….https://fabians.org.uk/fit-for-the-future/
A little more of our brilliant #Norway #kayaking trip last weekend! Aurlandsfjord and #Naeroyfjord, 150km east of Bergen. Calm water and idyllic, stunning scenery - could spend a lifetime here… but it also reminded us of the power of #nature, as the wind later blasted down from the #mountains.
October 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
A little more of our brilliant #Norway #kayaking trip last weekend! Aurlandsfjord and #Naeroyfjord, 150km east of Bergen. Calm water and idyllic, stunning scenery - could spend a lifetime here… but it also reminded us of the power of #nature, as the wind later blasted down from the #mountains.
Voringfossen, near Eidfjord, Vestland, Norway.
Zoom in and check out the scale! Falls themselves are 165m high - and some very precipitous viewing platforms… #waterfall #norway #autumncolours #cliffs #vestland #voringfossen
Zoom in and check out the scale! Falls themselves are 165m high - and some very precipitous viewing platforms… #waterfall #norway #autumncolours #cliffs #vestland #voringfossen
September 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Voringfossen, near Eidfjord, Vestland, Norway.
Zoom in and check out the scale! Falls themselves are 165m high - and some very precipitous viewing platforms… #waterfall #norway #autumncolours #cliffs #vestland #voringfossen
Zoom in and check out the scale! Falls themselves are 165m high - and some very precipitous viewing platforms… #waterfall #norway #autumncolours #cliffs #vestland #voringfossen
September 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Some architectural gems from a quick visit to #Bergen #Norway and the #Bryggen #Unesco #WorldHeritageSite
September 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Some architectural gems from a quick visit to #Bergen #Norway and the #Bryggen #Unesco #WorldHeritageSite
Interesting! www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Non-profit music collective launches festival in ‘rescue plan’ for UK gig circuit
Members to co-own event that organisers say will cut costs by up to 40% after 78 independent festivals closed last year
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Interesting! www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
“If we were in some alternative universe where our party system mapped on to people’s views, a modern party of the liberal left….might fall somewhere between Ed Davey & former Green leader Caroline Lucas” great piece by John Harris @guardiannewstoday.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At Glastonbury, I saw what England’s silent majority really looks like. Why aren’t politicians listening? | John Harris
Orthodox politics no longer represents how people feel about the world. Sooner or later, something will have to give, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“If we were in some alternative universe where our party system mapped on to people’s views, a modern party of the liberal left….might fall somewhere between Ed Davey & former Green leader Caroline Lucas” great piece by John Harris @guardiannewstoday.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
4am last Sunday morning and lucky enough to see a pod of at least 6 #Orca, 3Nm off Andenes while rounding Andoya on a 90Nm (106 miles) 18 hour passage #arcticsailing #arcticnorway #whales #Norway
July 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
4am last Sunday morning and lucky enough to see a pod of at least 6 #Orca, 3Nm off Andenes while rounding Andoya on a 90Nm (106 miles) 18 hour passage #arcticsailing #arcticnorway #whales #Norway
#midnightsun #lofotenislands #arcticnorway #sailing #goodcompany Currently anchored overnight in a bay at Brettoya. Where else would anybody want to be..?!
July 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
#midnightsun #lofotenislands #arcticnorway #sailing #goodcompany Currently anchored overnight in a bay at Brettoya. Where else would anybody want to be..?!
Condition surveying at NT Sizergh Castle in #Cumbria today with the National Trust team. Grade I listed, with 14th,16th, 18th & 19th C major building periods. #architecture #heritagebuildings #castle #buildingconservation #lakedistrict
June 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Condition surveying at NT Sizergh Castle in #Cumbria today with the National Trust team. Grade I listed, with 14th,16th, 18th & 19th C major building periods. #architecture #heritagebuildings #castle #buildingconservation #lakedistrict
Quick dash up to the Lake District ready for a day working with @nationaltrust.org.uk tomorrow - nice pub in #Oxenholme and just had to stroll out to The Helm to walk off supper in the 9:30pm dusk.
June 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Quick dash up to the Lake District ready for a day working with @nationaltrust.org.uk tomorrow - nice pub in #Oxenholme and just had to stroll out to The Helm to walk off supper in the 9:30pm dusk.
40 years of listening to your music @mickpuck.bsky.social @waterboysmusic.bsky.social - and a cracking blast through it last night at the Roundhouse #London - thank you! Great gig, great crowd.
June 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
40 years of listening to your music @mickpuck.bsky.social @waterboysmusic.bsky.social - and a cracking blast through it last night at the Roundhouse #London - thank you! Great gig, great crowd.
Sun on our backs and the lightest of breeze on our faces - Putney to Chiswick Rlwy bridge and back. #putneybridgecanoeclub #kayak #riverthames #london #sunshine
May 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Sun on our backs and the lightest of breeze on our faces - Putney to Chiswick Rlwy bridge and back. #putneybridgecanoeclub #kayak #riverthames #london #sunshine
Surveying this week at Caister Castle in #Norfolk - early brick structure from 1432, but ruined by 1600, still with moat and a climbable 100ft tower! Overnighting with old friends in the lovely Aylsham, which is the final resting place of Humphrey Repton-hope he approves of his landscaped memorial !
May 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Surveying this week at Caister Castle in #Norfolk - early brick structure from 1432, but ruined by 1600, still with moat and a climbable 100ft tower! Overnighting with old friends in the lovely Aylsham, which is the final resting place of Humphrey Repton-hope he approves of his landscaped memorial !
Coming out of ‘the office’ this evening and found myself inside the #VE80 security cordon…. So unfortunately had this view all to myself!
#VEDay @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social #London #Spitfire
#VEDay @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social #London #Spitfire
May 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Coming out of ‘the office’ this evening and found myself inside the #VE80 security cordon…. So unfortunately had this view all to myself!
#VEDay @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social #London #Spitfire
#VEDay @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social #London #Spitfire
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie:
Four14een
Or maybe Two Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Perhaps the very confusing remake of Orwell’s classic novel. 3968
Somehow though, I think that
20 Things I Hate About You
is more pertinent.
Four14een
Or maybe Two Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Perhaps the very confusing remake of Orwell’s classic novel. 3968
Somehow though, I think that
20 Things I Hate About You
is more pertinent.
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie
Friday 26th Part 16: Jason Takes Manhattan Twice
Friday 26th Part 16: Jason Takes Manhattan Twice
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie
Princess Dinoke
Princess Dinoke
May 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie:
Four14een
Or maybe Two Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Perhaps the very confusing remake of Orwell’s classic novel. 3968
Somehow though, I think that
20 Things I Hate About You
is more pertinent.
Four14een
Or maybe Two Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Perhaps the very confusing remake of Orwell’s classic novel. 3968
Somehow though, I think that
20 Things I Hate About You
is more pertinent.
Reposted by Mark Hammond
Wow! Biggest increase in cycling in the City of London since records began💥
🚲139,000 people cycling a day
⬆️ 50,000 more than 2022
⬆️Cycling up 70% since 2017
⬇️Motor traffic down 34%
Building cycleways is working! Inspo for @citywestminster.bsky.social next door? 😍
More info: bit.ly/3RzS4FY
🚲139,000 people cycling a day
⬆️ 50,000 more than 2022
⬆️Cycling up 70% since 2017
⬇️Motor traffic down 34%
Building cycleways is working! Inspo for @citywestminster.bsky.social next door? 😍
More info: bit.ly/3RzS4FY
April 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Wow! Biggest increase in cycling in the City of London since records began💥
🚲139,000 people cycling a day
⬆️ 50,000 more than 2022
⬆️Cycling up 70% since 2017
⬇️Motor traffic down 34%
Building cycleways is working! Inspo for @citywestminster.bsky.social next door? 😍
More info: bit.ly/3RzS4FY
🚲139,000 people cycling a day
⬆️ 50,000 more than 2022
⬆️Cycling up 70% since 2017
⬇️Motor traffic down 34%
Building cycleways is working! Inspo for @citywestminster.bsky.social next door? 😍
More info: bit.ly/3RzS4FY
Reposted by Mark Hammond
Old message from my friend Simon: “Promised you a list of names of poisonous British mushrooms. I realise now that it reads like a list of rejected Cocteau Twins song titles.”
April 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Old message from my friend Simon: “Promised you a list of names of poisonous British mushrooms. I realise now that it reads like a list of rejected Cocteau Twins song titles.”
Reposted by Mark Hammond
I find it incredible that the UK with its wonderful universities is not jumping on this and reinforcing them to attracts US researchers but instead allowing the institutions to go slowly bust. You want growth and innovation? This is where it would be. www.reuters.com/world/us/sci...
Science caught in crossfire of Trump's fight with universities
Scientists see long-term negative impacts on a tradition of partnerships between the government and university researchers dating back to World War Two.
www.reuters.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I find it incredible that the UK with its wonderful universities is not jumping on this and reinforcing them to attracts US researchers but instead allowing the institutions to go slowly bust. You want growth and innovation? This is where it would be. www.reuters.com/world/us/sci...
Out on the Thames again - dodging the rowers. More like a mid-summer morning than an April one. Light haze burning off to warm sun. #kayak #London #RiverThames #kayaking #putneybridgecanoeclub
April 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Out on the Thames again - dodging the rowers. More like a mid-summer morning than an April one. Light haze burning off to warm sun. #kayak #London #RiverThames #kayaking #putneybridgecanoeclub