OK, so every year I love to vent about the latest supermarket hot cross bun aberrations. But nothing is ever going to top this.

“There will be some other news as well, but…” #noothernews #bbcpm

Daffodil disco, Regent’s Park today.

This happens to me pretty much every day. Although the majority of culprits are men, younger women do it too. My sense is it’s a London thing. People are stretched so thin with exorbitant rents, work stress, rammed rush hours. I don’t experience it anywhere else. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Daffodil disco, Regent’s Park today.

And lo, it raineth again…

Oh, I wish it would rain. Said absolutely no one in the U.K.

Cracking Tracey Emin piece by Charlotte Higgins ahead of Tate show. In 1995, I interviewed her at the wee gallery she ran in Waterloo. I fell in love with an ink drawing of the Margate big wheel. She offered it to me for £800. Sadly, I didn’t have the money. Sigh. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

And the prize for reductive and irrelevant headline of the week goes to… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

OK, nothing else for it, I’m having cake.

Apparently the U.K. has seen the longest spell of rainy days since 1908. Good for photos though.

How is everyone on this 97th day of Janebruary?

Oh, and not forgetting the books section. No point in having actual book reviews when you own Earth’s largest bookstore is there?

Sooo, let’s axe the entire sports desk, and all of the Middle East correspondents because who the hell needs any of those right now. No money to pay for journalists but somehow found $75 million to fund Melania the zero-starred movie?

Shame on The Washington Post. Anyone would think the paper was owned by a… oh wait. Hopefully another paper will snap up brilliant Ukraine correspondent, Lizzie Johnson, immediately.

The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody

If you’re a photography fan and in London any time soon, there are two brilliant free exhibitions on at Gagosian galleries. Nan Goldin’s era-defining photobook in its entirety, and also Avedon’s incredible portrait series Facing West. gagosian.com/exhibitions/...

Rush hour escalator, London Bridge Underground #alphabetchallenge #weekDforDramatic #eastcoastkin

This prompted me to check demand for Melania: the Movie at my local London cinema for Saturday. I don’t know what’s funnier - that not a single ticket had been sold or the tiny space it’s being screened in.

For anyone questioning what Nigella knows about baking, I refer you to her recipe for gingerbread with lemon icing. Genius www.nigella.com/recipes/fres...

Shard before the storm #alphabetchallenge #weekDforDramatic #FujiX70

A wee gem for today #BurnsNight youtu.be/3ouZuzOpCF8

For the love of all the gods, do NOT upgrade your phone to iOS 26.2

and... just in time before mailorder signs off - a gorgeous reissue. Love and Devotion brings together two of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s finest recordings, the first time they have been available on vinyl in 40 yrs. A true defining figure in qawwali music. monorailmusic.com/product/love...

Close-up, rooftop cherries, Electric Avenue, Brixton. #alphabetchallenge #weekcforcloseup #lookup

More rainy night vibes in Londontown.

More rainy night vibes in Londontown.

Rainy night, north London

This is only a couple of shelves of my Paris bookcase. #alphabetchallenge #weekbforbooks #shelfie #paris

Tate Modern #abstract #london #eastcoastkin

Dreich is the word…

I am an incorrigible notebook hoarder. #alphabetchallenge #weekbforbooks

It feels like we’ve hit peak January this morning. If you’re dreading your commute to work today, this might help. www.theguardian.com/cities/2025/...

It feels like we’ve hit peak January this morning. If you’re dreading your commute to work today, this might help. www.theguardian.com/cities/2025/...

Just in time for Burns Night from Asda… chocolate haggis.

Rainy day Shard. Final one for #alphabetchallenge #weekaforabstract #eastcoastkin #blueskyartshow

Ethereal light around the dome of St Paul’s. #alphabetchallenge #weekaforabstract #eastcoastkin

Rainy night, rush hour by London Bridge station #alphabetchallenge #aisforabstract #eastcoastkin #icmphoto

Dream line-up, @thepastels.bsky.social joining @bobpetesarah.bsky.social at Glasgow’s Barrowlands later this year.

It was a total joy to write this wee piece for The Guardian about the joy of only recently stumbling upon this epic family photo. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Sunset over frozen Kilmardinny Loch, Glasgow G61. #alphabetchallenge #weekaforabstract #eastcoastkin

Torturously slow, snowy journey on the east coast train today from Edinburgh to London. LNER staff heroic amidst the chaos.

Low sun over graveyard, G61

If you’re already feeling overwhelmed by the goal-setting, side-hustling new year bla, I’ve written something for you… www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

If you’re already feeling overwhelmed by the goal-setting, side-hustling new year bla, I’ve written something for you… www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

And so it begins…

I don’t know who the Wolf Moon’s PR agent is but they are running a phenomenal campaign!

Kilmardinny Loch, Glasgow G61, frozen at sunset this afternoon. #eastcoastkin

Wolf moon, Glasgow G61