Gareth Thomas
@profgaretht.bsky.social
Emeritus Prof, UEA Law School; Chair, Suffolk Law Centre; Exec Member, Law Centres Network; Founder, UEA Law Clinic. Posts on access to justice, employment & discrimination law, art, music, architecture, gardening, classic cars, Cymru, and NCFC 💛💚
Happy to report that coffee bean supplies were replenished earlier today via a visit to the excellent Etude Coffee, our local roasters in Beautiful Downtown Bungay.
Highly recommended!
Highly recommended!
November 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Happy to report that coffee bean supplies were replenished earlier today via a visit to the excellent Etude Coffee, our local roasters in Beautiful Downtown Bungay.
Highly recommended!
Highly recommended!
By spooky coincidence, I’m just about to open one!
November 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
By spooky coincidence, I’m just about to open one!
It has to be the Blues Brothers!
November 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
It has to be the Blues Brothers!
The translation apps are invaluable in Japan for timetables, menus etc.
And you never know what’s just around the corner! Spotted this in a tiny, remote filling station up in the hills near Aomori last year
And you never know what’s just around the corner! Spotted this in a tiny, remote filling station up in the hills near Aomori last year
November 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The translation apps are invaluable in Japan for timetables, menus etc.
And you never know what’s just around the corner! Spotted this in a tiny, remote filling station up in the hills near Aomori last year
And you never know what’s just around the corner! Spotted this in a tiny, remote filling station up in the hills near Aomori last year
Thanks for sharing! The stretch around Cape Palliser is wild and rugged - highly atmospheric. The climb up to the lighthouse (250 steep steps) was absolutely knackering!
November 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Thanks for sharing! The stretch around Cape Palliser is wild and rugged - highly atmospheric. The climb up to the lighthouse (250 steep steps) was absolutely knackering!
I see your otters and raise you seals and penguins
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I see your otters and raise you seals and penguins
My Panda lives at the end of a half-mile rutted, potholed farm track. In 10 years, it’s never got stuck, or let me down. It laughs at mud, snow, ice, and more mud! An amazingly capable little machine 😊
October 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
My Panda lives at the end of a half-mile rutted, potholed farm track. In 10 years, it’s never got stuck, or let me down. It laughs at mud, snow, ice, and more mud! An amazingly capable little machine 😊
Hustler 6. Very nearly bought one - spent a memorable afternoon at Bill Towns’ Interstyl studio deep in the Cotswolds in the early ‘80s looking at them - but Mr Sensible won out (I was commuting weekly between Oxford & Aberystwyth in those days). He was an absolute gent.
October 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Hustler 6. Very nearly bought one - spent a memorable afternoon at Bill Towns’ Interstyl studio deep in the Cotswolds in the early ‘80s looking at them - but Mr Sensible won out (I was commuting weekly between Oxford & Aberystwyth in those days). He was an absolute gent.
This was the crass way in which we marketed British cheese in notoriously lactose-intolerant Japan.
British Embassy, Tokyo (my photo, 9 June 2024)
British Embassy, Tokyo (my photo, 9 June 2024)
October 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This was the crass way in which we marketed British cheese in notoriously lactose-intolerant Japan.
British Embassy, Tokyo (my photo, 9 June 2024)
British Embassy, Tokyo (my photo, 9 June 2024)
Another gem from my neighbourhood website.
Includes all Bill’s what, I wonder?
Includes all Bill’s what, I wonder?
October 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Another gem from my neighbourhood website.
Includes all Bill’s what, I wonder?
Includes all Bill’s what, I wonder?
Standing on the window-seat just now to remove a cobweb, and then gingerly attempting to get down again, I’ve suddenly realised that I’m turning into Mrs Doyle
October 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Standing on the window-seat just now to remove a cobweb, and then gingerly attempting to get down again, I’ve suddenly realised that I’m turning into Mrs Doyle
What better way to celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day than supper at the Harbour Inn in Southwold.
Aaaaarrrrrhhhh.
Loved this translation of the Beaufort scale in the upper bar (with apols for the shadows):
Aaaaarrrrrhhhh.
Loved this translation of the Beaufort scale in the upper bar (with apols for the shadows):
September 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
What better way to celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day than supper at the Harbour Inn in Southwold.
Aaaaarrrrrhhhh.
Loved this translation of the Beaufort scale in the upper bar (with apols for the shadows):
Aaaaarrrrrhhhh.
Loved this translation of the Beaufort scale in the upper bar (with apols for the shadows):
I just found myself thinking that what Starmer needs is a “Let Bartlet Be Bartlet” moment, but I suspect he *is* being Starmer.
And that, sadly, is this Labour Government’s potentially fatal weakness.
#TheWestWing
And that, sadly, is this Labour Government’s potentially fatal weakness.
#TheWestWing
September 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I just found myself thinking that what Starmer needs is a “Let Bartlet Be Bartlet” moment, but I suspect he *is* being Starmer.
And that, sadly, is this Labour Government’s potentially fatal weakness.
#TheWestWing
And that, sadly, is this Labour Government’s potentially fatal weakness.
#TheWestWing
This is the only photo I have on my phone. It’s a 1998 LE (red leather & roof). I’ve had it since 2006 (a 50th b’day present to myself!) I love it to bits. It looks beautiful from every angle, and it’s a joy to drive. Some of the design features (eg the door handles) are a delight.
September 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is the only photo I have on my phone. It’s a 1998 LE (red leather & roof). I’ve had it since 2006 (a 50th b’day present to myself!) I love it to bits. It looks beautiful from every angle, and it’s a joy to drive. Some of the design features (eg the door handles) are a delight.
How nice! I’ve just been followed by fiona82 *and* fiona93
I reckon they must be twin sisters!
I reckon they must be twin sisters!
September 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
How nice! I’ve just been followed by fiona82 *and* fiona93
I reckon they must be twin sisters!
I reckon they must be twin sisters!
Depends how big the numbers are! See eg this display (from a Volvo V40 on ‘Performance’ display setting). It’s far easier to read at a glance than most dials, imho
September 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Depends how big the numbers are! See eg this display (from a Volvo V40 on ‘Performance’ display setting). It’s far easier to read at a glance than most dials, imho
There are some wonderful works by Evelyn De Morgan in the De Morgan Gallery at Wightwick Manor in Wolverhampton. This intimate little sketch is probably my favourite
September 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
There are some wonderful works by Evelyn De Morgan in the De Morgan Gallery at Wightwick Manor in Wolverhampton. This intimate little sketch is probably my favourite
Exceptionally powerful writing
This is “dear body”:
This is “dear body”:
September 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Exceptionally powerful writing
This is “dear body”:
This is “dear body”:
Sounds fun, if I can sort out my leaky radiator in time, & it’s considered weird enough!
September 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Sounds fun, if I can sort out my leaky radiator in time, & it’s considered weird enough!
At last, we have an answer to the age-old question, what lies at the end of the rainbow?
And the answer is…
Bungay!
Something of a disappointment, tbh
(Click on image for full effect
And the answer is…
Bungay!
Something of a disappointment, tbh
(Click on image for full effect
September 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
At last, we have an answer to the age-old question, what lies at the end of the rainbow?
And the answer is…
Bungay!
Something of a disappointment, tbh
(Click on image for full effect
And the answer is…
Bungay!
Something of a disappointment, tbh
(Click on image for full effect
We’ve been staying at my cousin’s cottage in Cumbria. This photo (c.1935) was on her wall. Taken outside the small, humble farmhouse near Llandeilo where my gran & her 12 (!!) siblings grew up, it features their offspring (incl. my dad & his 2 sisters), assembled for some special occasion.
Family!
Family!
August 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We’ve been staying at my cousin’s cottage in Cumbria. This photo (c.1935) was on her wall. Taken outside the small, humble farmhouse near Llandeilo where my gran & her 12 (!!) siblings grew up, it features their offspring (incl. my dad & his 2 sisters), assembled for some special occasion.
Family!
Family!
No fewer than 14 contented butterflies on this little cluster
of chives in my cousin Ruth’s Lake District garden yesterday 😊
of chives in my cousin Ruth’s Lake District garden yesterday 😊
August 19, 2025 at 6:19 AM
No fewer than 14 contented butterflies on this little cluster
of chives in my cousin Ruth’s Lake District garden yesterday 😊
of chives in my cousin Ruth’s Lake District garden yesterday 😊