A look at this map shows why #Trump, in his bumbling, semi-conscious way, is being told to be concerned about the Arctic. Mercator projections give us a completely false sense of how the Arctic countries lie with respect to each other.

I once got waved through US Immigration because they thought I was him. I wonder if he ever gets mistaken for me? 😄

The #eye is a thing of great beauty and complexity. L pic shows the iris tissues which act to dilate and constrict pupil. R pic shows the chamber behind the clear cornea and in front of the coloured iris. (Both free images - hat tip to photographer).

Good fella, your brother. People may not realise that the @RNLI gets no money from Govt (and doesn't want it). PD White's bro may have got a couple of quid petrol money when there was a shout. He may have put it back in the box, too.
Dover lifeboat in the pic - one of the busiest in the Channel

Weather watchers in the UK know this harbour wall well. Every time a storm blows up the Bristol Channel, the breakwater in Porthcawl puts on a fine display. And today the weather is atrocious with winds at severe gale force. Danger to life and limb.

A discreet cough alerts me to the invisible presence of my guardian angel:

"I wouldn't try the sauce, sir"

The ribs were good.