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Matt Edgar
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#Digital director in the #NHS, #SocialHousing non-exec, and history botherer in my spare time. I quit newspapers for new media in 1997. "You can always come back," […]

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Google Photos reminding me it's a year since I first reported fly tipping in our street. Good times!
The logo of Google photos above a picture of black plastic bin bags against a stone wall. Caption reads "Best of October 2024"
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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has heating in the new house!
A thermal camera image where dark and purple colours represent cooler temperatures and bright yellow are warmer. There is a yellow radiator shaped rectangle against a dark purple wall. A temperature measurement shows a reading of 46.4C at the top of the radiator
October 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Just spotted a UFO descend rapidly over my garden and land in the street beyond. If anyone in the north #leeds area is missing Peppa Pig and a deflated unicorn I can point you in the right direction
A cluster of pink and blue balloons high in a grey sky The same balloons closer up with a large but crumpled and deflated balloon hanging from the cluster of blue, pink and yellow ones A cluster of blue and pink balloons behind a yellow leafed tree The cluster of balloons now on a tarmac road by a brick wall. The deflated balloon appears to be a pink and white unicorn design, while an inflated Peppa Pig branded balloon is also among the pink, blue, yellow and purple balloon cluster
September 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Heritage Open Days peak inside one of #leeds' rarely seen but most spectacular interiors
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1375329?section=official-list-entry
A complex and delicate Art Nouveau style stained glass window in the colours of a peacock: pale greens, mauves, blues, and browns. Circular glass of varying sizes is mixed in with flowing patterns in the leadwork Close-up of a pair of richly decorated wooden cupboard doors. Each door has a different flower in blue and green on a gold background. Intricate metal brackets and handles wrap round the edges of each door Close-up of curved cupboard doors glazed with intricate clear glass leaded lights. Above and to the right of the doors are a series of carved shelves in a medium brown wood, each shelf suitable for displaying a ceramic plate, jug or figurine A close-up of a door handle on a wooden door. The handle is made of metal, almost organic in form and the pierced metal surround spreads into the middle rail and lock stile of the door. The wood panels of the door have a pronounced and swirling grain.
September 21, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Drying in front of the stove after a rain-soaked day out in North Yorkshire
September 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Lovely bank holiday out at Kiplin Hall, North Yorkshire
Centre: A red brick three storey Jacobean mansion. To the left a wing of the house is shrouded in scaffolding and white covers. Either side, tall mature trees. In front a wide expanse of grass hedges and a wrought iron gate. The sky behind is blue with white fluffy clouds View across a large walled garden. From foreground: a bed with yellow flowers, a mainly green bed with some red flowers, a strip with pink or purple, a row of stakes for sweet peas, a line of apple trees trained along horizontal wires, a brick wall, mature trees behind
August 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Yes, exam board, this is definitely the top thing your users are seeking when they search on your website for "proof of qualifications"
Screenshot of a webpage titled "AQA Questions matter" A search box with the search query "proof of qualifications" "Showing 74 results for proof of qualifications" Top result: "Making a squirrel proof bird feeder out of metal"
July 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Back from a lovely week of floating in the Ionian sea, lying on stoney beaches, scrambling up and down rocky paths, and some inept hire boatmanship
A small single storey classical building at the front of a stone harbour, with water in front and a tree-lined hillside behind View across water from the helm of a small motorboat. In the distance a hillside with bare rocks and trees, and a larger boat Craggy rocks, spiky green tree branches and blue sky View out to sea at sunset from an old curved stone wall
June 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Move slowly and fix things!
This wall had been repeatedly plastered over by the previous owners without addressing the damp that was making it fail.
We've had the gutters replaced, let it all dry out, and now the wall can be redone with breathable lime plaster #theromanceofmaintenance
An interior wall to the underneath and right-hand side of a window. The wallpaper is peeling and lower down completely missing. A bare patch if plaster bulges out from the wall. At the corner the plaster is cracked and some has completely fallen off An interior wall to the underneath and right-hand side of a window. A large portion of the wall has been stripped of plaster to reveal the brick An interior wall to the underneath and right-hand side of a window. Smooth, grey plaster covers the surface where previously it was failing
May 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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A few minutes to spend in the Merrion Centre so I visited the wonderful Emett machines on the upper level
https://merrioncentre.co.uk/promotions-events/emett-machine-exhibition
Close up of a "machine" made of everyday objects including lampshades, a musical horn and upholstery A row of three "machines" made of everyday objects including bicycle wheels and parasols
May 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Rainy day reminder: check your gutters, people!
Top image is the wall of our house when we moved in last September
Below, the same wall this month, with no other intervention than replacing the gutters and clearing some weeds
Next job: cut back the concrete hard […]

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Two images of the same portion of stone built wall, with a white painted six pane window. Top image: the wall is streaked with bright green stains and the path in front is covered in leaves Below image: the same wall has only light green marks and the path is clear
May 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Every rule tells a story
Screenshot of text: "The candles in the living space are LED and MUST NKT try to be lit with a match or lighter as this will ruin them."
May 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Enjoyed a visit to the Landmark Trust's newly renovated Calverley Old Hall. Amazingly preserved wall paintings and holiday accommodation for up to 10 people
Exterior view of an old stone building comprising three blocks, from left to right: a chapel with a gothic style window of three vertical openings glazed with leaded lights, a smaller two storey block set back from the chapel but connected to it, a longer two storey range including a door and 6 windows at various levels. In front of the building, a green lawn with a gravel path across it to the door Old black and white wall paintings in vertical strips between brown wooden beams. The designs include stylised mythical creatures, vases and a rose
May 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Microsoft: Leaving New Outlook... What made you switch back?

Me: At the end of a Teams call, the other person clicked "Leave" a split second before me. The "New Outlook" toggle in the window below is in exactly the same place as the "Leave" button was when I went to click it. Confused? Me too!
Screenshot of top right corner of a Windows desktop screen. A sliding toggle control labelled "New Outlook". Overlapping below, a separate window with controls labelled "Share" and "Leave"
May 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Train announcement: "Good morning to all passengers. I've noticed that the seat reservation service hasn't loaded up. This service is quite temperamental..."
Signs in the interior of a train: on physical signage, the numbers 47 and 48 next to icons depicting seated humans. Next to that are two liquid crystal displays, which are blank. Next to that, two small lights with the word "Reservations", neither light is illuminated
April 30, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Can recommend the classic Alan Plater/Ray McAnally drama, 'A Very British Coup' now streaming on Channel 4, wonky 80s sound effects and all https://www.channel4.com/programmes/a-very-british-coup?cntsrc=social_share_android_a_very_british_coup
Screenshot from TV drama. On a crowded moving train, a woman in a raincoat with a microphone is interviewing a middle aged man wearing a grey suit and burgundy/white striped tie. On screen caption: "Do you always travel second class?" Screenshot from TV drama. On a crowded moving train, a woman in a raincoat with a microphone is interviewing a middle aged man wearing a grey suit and burgundy/white striped tie. On screen caption: "I meet a better class of person that way - like you."
April 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Enough already with the fake anime and action heroes. I asked ChatGPT to make my family into a Staffordshire figurine. Long out of copyright and quite pleased with the result
An AI generated image of a ceramic figurine. Five figures in 18th Century middle class apparel. From left, three men in descending height order, one woman and a man holding a lantern. In front a black cat. Behind is a house with yellow stone walls, a shiny black pitched roof, a door, two windows and plant growing up the wall
April 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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On the train to London, looking forward to meeting with our wonderful Patient and Public Voice Board for Digital Urgent and Emergency Care
A photo taken from a moving train, so two trees are shown with motion blur. In the distance a small barn and fields going to the horizon. The sky is blue with a few fluffy clouds, and a strip of orange on the horizon as the sun is rising
April 1, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Enjoyed hearing about plans for the old medical school in #leeds to become a health tech innovation hub. As regular readers will know I'm a sucker for new uses of old buildings
Round, blue Leeds Civic Trust plaque on a red brick wall which reads: "LEEDS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE This institution, founded in 1831, was one of the first provincial medical schools in England. The move here from Park Street in 1894 provided the school with its second purpose-built premises. W. H. Thorp Architect: Erected 1891-94"
March 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Muddy Sunday walk taking in two of the oldest listed buildings in the area
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1375169?section=official-list-entry
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1256090?section=official-list-entry
A small arched stone bridge across a narrow waterway. The bridge is made of well worn green-grey stone and has only a very low parapet at the edge. It is by a thick tree trunk surrounded by fallen leaves. Felled tree branches block the bridge and behind it are metal railings A Georgian brick built house with slate roof set in a woodland. The house is 3 storeys high and has 4 windows across. The lower floor windows are blocked up with breeze blocks. Some of the windows are broken
March 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Approaching 6 months in the new house. We're holding off making any changes in the garden for the first year. It's a joy just seeing what comes up
View across a large (1 to 2 metres across) patch of pale violet coloured crocus flowers in a border, surrounded by other green shoots yet to flower.Beyond that, a lawn, bare shrubs, and a stone wall with French doors in it. One door ajar
March 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Spent most of this weekend preparing the floor and laying vinyl in the downstairs bathroom. No more bare boards and rusty nails when getting out of the shower! Didn't plan it this way but I'm pretty pleased with how the fake tiles align along the edge
Looking down at a pair of feet in slippers standing on a black tiled floor. The floor changes to vinyl tile effect floor. The fake tiles are in a diagonal pattern of lines and stars. At the join to the black tiled section, the vinyl pattern butts up neatly along a line
February 10, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Goodbye nicotine stain ghost chicken. The old kitchen in the new house is getting a lick of paint today
An arm wearing a stripy jumper is holding a spray bottle of cleaning fluid. The spray is pointed at a wall with off white paint covered in years of grime. In the grime are outlines or objects that used to be hung on the wall, including the shape of a chicken
January 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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MS Teams: Care to tell us why you gave negative feedback?
Me: Sure. The thumbs down button is right at the bottom of a scroll bar so I mistook it for a down arrow.
Close up of a computer screen showing a scroll bar to the right. Thumbs up and thumbs down arrows are positioned so that the thumbs down is right below the bottom of the scroll bar
January 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Finally getting out in the garden, planted a new climbing rose and an apple tree, burned some stuff in the new fire basket I got for Christmas
A small rose bush next to two large wooden posts. The rose is just starting to sprout new growth. The earth around it is freshly dug A small tree, about 1 metre tall, with a thin main stem and 4 smaller branches. The tree has no leaves and is planted next to a wooden stake, also about 1 metre high. The earth around the tree is freshly dug. In the background, another more established tree, and other garden shrubs. Through the shrubbery, a line of fairy lights are strung across the garden. Behind all that can just be made out a stone house with white front door and windows A black metal fire basket with small sticks and fir tree cuttings alight inside. The basket is about 60cm across at the top, tapering down to a tripod stand. The stand is on a metal tray for catching ash. The whole thing is sitting on an overgrown gravel path
January 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM