Villa Adriana (Hadrian's palace), Lazio #photography #VillaAdriana #Hadrian

Wansdyke. Near Devizes, Wiltshire Thought to be part of the British defence against the Anglo-Saxons. Didn't work. #photography #Wansdyke #Devizes

This week's column is on Billionaire Brain: the condition which seems to prevent extremely rich people from perceiving the utterly bleeding obvious. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Goblin Combe, North Somerset. #photography #GoblinCombe #Somerset

New, by me The real problem which blights our prison and punishment system The way we think about custodial sentences is what needs to change Reflections on the wrongful prison release news Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/the-real-p... Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/11/the-...

L'esprit de l'escalier. Burgundy. #photography #staircase #Burgundy

A snippet of last night's Guy Fawkes fusillade. #fireworks #video #GuyFawkes

The Kennet & Avon Canal #photography #KennetAvon #canal

View over the Avon Valley - from Cold Ashton, Glos. #photography #Avon #Landscape #ColdAshton #Gloucestershire

Is there a way to see if I'm on some starter pack? I have a sudden influx of followers. (Not complaining - they seem nice people.)

Little Priory, Abbots Leigh, Somerset. #photography #LittlePriory #AbbotsLeigh #ecclesiastical ##Somerset

Litter. #photography #LeafLitter #Autumn #Fall

Hannan and Frost in the Telegraph. Sunak in the Times. Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper. Johnson in the Mail. Gove editing the Spectator. Farage everywhere. All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made. Nauseating.

The Fountain Of Harmony, Lecce, Puglia. (otherwise - the Cock-Blocked Lovers.) #photography #statue #FountainOfHarmony #Lecce #Puglia #pigeons

St Mary's church, Berkeley, Glos. #photography #StMary #Berkeley #Gloucestershire #church

Chemin de fer, en Semur-en-Auxois, Burgundy #photography #railway #SemurEnAuxois #Burgundy

Four of the statues in the garden of Villa Spada, Bologna - by Nicola Zamboni. (There's a long row of these statues, overlooking the garden.) #photography #VillaSpada #Bologna #NicolaZamboni

UK government must leave X. Write to your MP. Ask why they remain.

Le Colonne Romane, Brindisi, Puglia, at the top of 'Virgil's Steps'.(Virgil once lived around here. #photography #Brindisi #Virgil #columns

RIP Prunella Scales. A lovely, funny, serious actor. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriag...

The Handle House, Trowbridge. To learn about the purpose & usage of this building, see strum.co.uk/twilight/tea... #photography #HandleHouse #teazle #Trowbridge #Wiltshire

Anzio & Nettuno - Lazio coast #photography #Anzio #Nettuno #Lazio #BlueSea #BlueSky

Casa d'Amore, Alberobello, Puglia. Before you get the wrong idea, it was named after Francisco d'Amore, who built it in the 18th Cent. Mind you, the local council put up this (pic 2) on an adjacent wall, just in case. #photography #CasaDAmore #Alberobello #Puglia

And then after a CA version of the Reagan on tariffs, maybe a CA ad integrating Reagan on immigration? www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R8Q...

Ostuni, Puglia - The White City #photography #Ostuni #Brindisi #Puglia #WhiteCity #BlueSky

Listen to Reagan’s words and judge for yourself. Trump is, again, lying.

1. The amphitheatre at Fiesole. 2. The view (of Florence) from behind the amphitheatre. #photography #Florence #Firenze #amphitheatre #Italy

Assisi. #photography #Assisi #Perugia #Umbria #Italy

Bishop's Palace, Wells, Somerset #photography #Wells #BishopsPalace #moat #Somerset

I might go so far as to say Wikipedia is the single most important website on today’s internet. Maybe the internet in general. It is a necessary resource and we need to do all we can to support it.

Semur-en-Auxois, Burgundy #photography #townscape #SemurEnAuxois #Burgundy

Sluice mechanism on River Chew, Chewton Keynsham, Somerset #photography #sluce #Chew #Strutt #ChewtonKeynsham

Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.

These columns once graced the Grosvenor Hotel in London, until it was demolished in 1988. The stone was then used as ballast, in a ship that arrived at Swanage. The local council then erected them on the waterfront, as a tourist attraction. #photography #Ionic #columns #Swanage #GrosvenorHotel

The original Watford Gap 'services' (coaching inn, on Watling Street/A5). Photo 1987. #photography #WatfordGap #CoachingInn #services

EHRC anti-trans campaign loses its momentum - a week of absolute scenes has left the organisation in limbo. Here's what happened, why it happened, and what it all means iandunt.substack.com/p/frightened...

Gauge House, Rickford, Somerset. Part of Bristol Waterworks infrastructure. #photography #GaugeHouse #Rickford #Somerset #BristolWater

Just another sunset. #photography #sunset

Let me state this as clearly as I can: It is not the job of a historian to make you feel good about your nation’s past. We need to print this on t-shirts and bumper stickers.

In life and in death. #photography #leaves #beech

The path to autumn. #photography #autumn #leaves #woodland

The grandest cat bowl, Boboli Gardens, Florence #photography #BoboliGardens #Florence #Firenze #Tuscany #Italy

#ASongOrMovieForAllAboutFarms Sheep Impact Fallow Hal Crop Dead Gorgeous

Aisy like Sunday morning #photography #Aisy #Burgundy #RailwayStation

Keeping a system that ensures parliament doesn’t reflect the country’s wishes is a political choice. buff.ly/jXOoZKP

So, I'm in France, and there's this chair, and this window, with shutters. What else could I do? #photography #chair #window #shutters #art

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them