The latest of my monthly updates to our Big Outdoor Office blog, only ten months after the last one, with some lovely historical photos: thebigoutdooroffice.wordpress.com/2026/05/31/t... #CountryLife #Suffolk #Orford #JohnSeymour

Writing as Nick Guthrie, I have a new story up at Cold Caller - this time a WW2 mystery. And you can read it for free, so what's stopping you? #mystery #CrimeFiction #MysteryFiction #WW2 #WWII #blitz #London #FreeReads coldcallermag.substack.com/p/in-the-ruins

Cover reveal, pre-order information and more in my newsletter: drnickguthrie.substack.com/p/cover-reve... #amwriting #mystery #crimefiction #MysteryFiction #PoliceProcedural #AuthorNewsletter

Even cling-wrapped fields look spectacular in the right light. #OutdoorPhotography #landscape #landscapes #LandscapePhotography #suffolk #orford #winter #trees #atmospheric #SuffolkLandscapes #LandscapesOfSuffolk

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Goodbye #LBF26!🥳🥂 #ASAndrejevic #AnnBennett @keithbrooke.co.uk #RuthDugdall #KerDukey #JemmaHatt @carolinejames1.bsky.social #NicolaMay @tommeadauthor.bsky.social @richardjerram.bsky.social

One of my photos of Orford Castle is the lead picture in this week’s BBC Suffolk in Photos. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Lovely clear night at Orford last night. #AstroPhotography #NightSky #stars #atmospheric #EnglishLandscapes #suffolk #SuffolkLandscapes #landscape #OutdoorPhotography #skies #skyscape #starscape #landscape #landscapes #LandscapePhotography #orford

That Best of British SF, including my story written with Eric Brown, is now available for pre-order: www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...

New: How much is that mermaid? A novelette by Aurealis Award winner and shortlistee for the World Fantasy and William L Crawford fantasy awards, Anna Tambour. #WeirdFiction #unclassifiable #unlike #AnythingElse #OnlyAnna #BookClub #LitFic #ShortReads #books #reading #BookLaunch #booklover #kindle

This is it. This is what it's all about. How much is that mermaid? A new novelette by Anna Tambour, published Thursday 6 Feb (although it's popping up at online retailers already). Most fantasies don't escape people's mouths. #WeirdFiction #unclassifiable #unlike #AnythingElse #OnlyAnna #BloodyGood

But... what's it all about? (Anna Tambour's How much is that Mermaid? published on Thursday 5th February) #WeirdFiction #unclassifiable #unlike #AnythingElse #OnlyAnna #BloodyGood

But what do people think about it? #WeirdFiction #unclassifiable #unlike #AnythingElse #OnlyAnna #BloodyGood

I wonder what the new infinity plus title, published on 6th February, is called? #WeirdFiction #unclassifiable #unlike #AnythingElse #OnlyAnna #BloodyGood

What's all this, then? youtube.com/shorts/-IuVg...

It's been a while... After a hiatus to concentrate on other projects, infinity plus is back with our first infinity plus special edition. Published on 6th February 2026. Can you guess who it's by? #WeirdFiction #unclassifiable #unlike #AnythingElse #OnlyAnna #BloodyGood

Am I right in thinking that these are the sprorangia of some kind of slime mould? Each blob is a fraction of a millimetre in size. #nature #NaturePhotography #OutdoorPhotography #macro #CloseUp #SuffolkWildlifeTrust #swt #slimemold #slimemould #ultracloseup

New: the January issue of the Dead East newsletter is now available, a free monthly email covering new releases, extracts, events, news and other information from across the crime genre. deadeast.substack.com/p/dead-east-... #mystery #CrimeFiction #MysteryFiction #publishing #PublishingNews

Sycamore leaf, breaking down. Orford, Suffolk. #OutdoorPhotography #landscape #landscapes #LandscapePhotography #trees #leaves #decay #woodland #WoodlandPhotography #forest #winterleaves #winter

Do you think the van could do with a bit of a wash? Woodbridge, Suffolk. #LandscapePhotography #landscape #landscapes #suffolk #vans #OutdoorPhotography #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ricoh #gr3 #ricohgriii #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography

Autumn shadows, Bury St Edmunds,, Suffolk. #OutdoorPhotography #landscape #landscapes #LandscapePhotography #trees #shadows #autumn #ricoh #gr3 #ricohgriii #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography

Available now: Hindsights A collection of the final seven collaborations between Eric Brown and Keith Brooke. pspublishing.co.uk/hindsights-h... #scifi #sf #ScienceFiction #ShortStories #ShortSF

Scheduling has just been confirmed for some new Eric Brown books! Hindsights, to be published on 21st November 2025, is the second collection of short stories I wrote with Eric, including one previously unpublished novelette.

Detail of a fossilised scallop shell, found in the coralline crag that comes to the surface in this part of Suffolk. #fossil #scallop #shells #paleontology #nature #NaturePhotography #OutdoorPhotography #macro #CloseUp #raynox #SuffolkWildlifeTrust #swt

The sea from Bawdsey, Suffolk. #coastal #landscape #landscapes #seaside #sky #skyscape #skies #LandscapePhotography #OutdoorPhotography #suffolk #bawdsey #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #boat

Beech leaf. Captain's Wood, Suffolk. #OutdoorPhotography #beech #landscape #landscapes #LandscapePhotography #CloseUp #nature #IntimateLandscapes #StillLife #autumn #fall #trees #leaves #leaf #woodland #WoodlandPhotography

Whitley Bay beach. One of my favourites from our recent trip to the north-east.

Trying to capture the movement in the trees with multiple exposures.

A trip to Southwold this week.

I've never really done much portrait photography, but I had a go this week.

The latest from our remote part of coastal Suffolk.

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We’ve just sent out the first issue of the Dead East newsletter: news and exclusive content from crime authors based in East Anglia, in the UK. open.substack.com/pub/deadeast... #mystery #CrimeFiction #writing

House in the Clouds, Thorpeness. With windmill. #buildings #architecture #UnusualBuildings #thorpeness #suffolk #LandscapePhotography #OutdoorPhotography #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography

My favourite line when I'm fleshing out plot notes: "More stuff happens..." #amwriting

Yes. You want to support musicians? BUY their work. Buy their merchandise. They need money to live! Streaming gives them almost no money! Musicians make more awesome music for you when they aren't literally starving!

One of our regular garden hares. Gedgrave, near Orford, Suffolk. #hare #BrownHare #mammals #GardenWildlife #SuffolkWildlifeTrust #swt #nature #NaturePhotography #OutdoorPhotography #orford www.instagram.com/colourblindkeith/

Almost afloat. #coastal #landscape #landscapes #seaside #LandscapePhotography #OutdoorPhotography #suffolk #woodbridge #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #boats

Gateway to/from the Broom. #SelfSufficiency #seymour #FatOfTheLand #gardening #gardens #orford #suffolk #green #sustainability #JohnSeymour #GreenLiving #LandscapePhotography #OutdoorPhotography #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography

"No, I don't want MS, or anyone else, trawling unasked through my work to train its 'AI' models to put me out of work ..." keithbrooke.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/p...

It's been a while, but we have a new post at the Big Outdoor Office blog: thebigoutdooroffice.wordpress.com/2025/01/20/c... #writing #creativity #art

Ooh - just spotted one of my photos on BBC News (5th down the following page): www.bbc.com/news/article...

Finished DuoLingo French the other day, so now I've started on Russian. It might be useful, the way things are going.

First use this winter of the heated footrest. Writing is so rock'n'roll.

Out on Orford Ness last week, getting insights into the work of the rangers. I didn't have a camera with me, so just this phone shot. #coastal #landscape #seaside #LandscapePhotography #suffolk #orford #OrfordNess #NationalTrust #history #monochrome #BlackAndWhite #ruins @nationaltrust.bsky.social

Quite a lot of years go now I wrote a little book that did stupidly well... For the entire summer of 2011 it sat right at the top of the charts in the UK, and ended up being the 26th bestselling title of the year according to The Bookseller. It's 99p now, just coz. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DKK4MGN8

The last of the pebble shots. Aldeburgh beach, Suffolk. #coastal #landscape #landscapes #seaside #LandscapePhotography #OutdoorPhotography #suffolk #aldeburgh #water #waves #beach #pebbles #FlowingWater #LongExposure #IntimateLandscapes

The first bottling - two slightly different ciders.

Another pebble shot. Aldeburgh beach, Suffolk. #coastal #landscape #landscapes #seaside #LandscapePhotography #OutdoorPhotography #suffolk #aldeburgh #water #waves #beach #pebbles #FlowingWater #LongExposure #IntimateLandscapes