There's a thing that happens in American films & TV series where someone says they are going to make a sandwich, then they get a load of tubs from the fridge & make it. I've never made a sandwich like that. Have you?

I'm so old, this overheard dialogue in my local pub a moment ago made me smile quietly. "Can I order some food?" "You certainly MAY", the barman replied. #pedantic #middleaged #language

Today is World Radio Day. Just as in 1988, making radio is a superpower. We reach people when they need to look at other things or nothing at all. We go far deeper than pictures. May we always take this responsibility seriously, and with gratitude. #radio #WorldRadioDay @ofcom.org.uk

Rain lets Lewes remember its night-time colours. #Lewes #night #rain #England

Whoever said Sunday organ playing in a rural parish was easy? #music #organ (The markings on the lower line indicate pedalling: Ʌ=toe, U=heel, above=right foot, below=left foot)

One never knows when a musical cartoon or caricature might come in handy. These were in a music dictionary left to my university department. The illustrator is Winifred Green (1871–1940). #music #cartoon

Meanwhile, in St. Bartholomew's parish church (one of the Seven Wonders of Brighton), I wonder how people manage to light the ten very tall candles on and above the altar. (Many decorations are veiled for Lent.) #Brighton #church #mystery

Culture, spotted on my way to the dentist in Brighton this morning. Not sure what it all means, but it calls for attention. #Brighton #streetart #stickers

It's a new day. Two views of one dog walk in #Lewes #trees #sunrise

Day's reflection. Spring is here. Will it last? #London #sunset

Here is something rather more comprehensive about Betty Webb MBE, Bletchley Park codebreaker and recipient of the Legion d'Honneur, who died yesterday aged 101. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I am sad to hear Betty Webb MBE has died. "I wanted to do something more for the war effort than bake sausage rolls" she said. Betty (b 1923) joined Bletchley Park in 1941 and helped shorten World War II. In this picture, she is contributing most eloquently to a conference I helped organise in 2016.

This is the pretty refraction of the Sun's rays through my wine glass in a nearby village pub garden on Sunday, when spring finally arrived. Seconds later, with perfect aim, from the tree above, a magpie shat directly and heavily into it. I thought the glass had exploded. #light #science #spring

This was when the stars came out to play in #Lewes on Friday night, part of the South Downs National Park, an official international dark sky reserve since 2016. #night #stars

Getting dark after the rain. #rain #castle #Lewes

I wonder what became of Miss Mollie Brown of 29 Strawberry Bank in Dundee, Scotland, who was given this handsome and very well-preserved token of appreciation in 1910? brianselway.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/s... #Dundee #history #Scotland

Looking through an 18th century kitchen, with modern fittings, at night, with even older buildings outside. #Lewes #night #history

Says it all. #blackandwhite #Derbyshire

If a tree could be proud of its shadow... #Surrey #spring

In 1967, my Mum took me to a telephone exchange where a switchboard operator let me hear the Speaking Clock. A career began. That exchange is one of the first three to be closed as our networks go fully digital. Times change. Something related you don't hear often: drive.google.com/file/d/1KgBt...

Spring arrives in Lewes's Pipe Passage: joining the premises of a traditional moveable-type printer to a road that is home to one of England's best-loved folk singers. #spring #Lewes

Two views from the church porch in a break during organ practice. The window — and the world outside. #church #England @churchofengland.org @chicathedral.bsky.social

Inside, on a rainy day after playing for Sunday service. #pub #England

Maybe one day there will be an option in a hotel booking to NOT have the duvet fully tucked-in?

Great to see an alternative place to post things. We are having a week of events in #Lewes to commemorate the 200th anniversary of #iguanodon gideonmantell.wordpress.com @hoggroup.bsky.social All welcome

Night falls on the Saxon twittens of Lewes as I walk uphill after parking my car. #night #Lewes

Are there any other English words beside swear, tear, bare, wear that have related forms swore/sworn, tore/torn, bore/born, wore/worn where the past tense and past participle have -e and -n endings? AI tells me 'no'.

No snow in this south-eastern fragment of England. But it is still winter in the streets of this town. #Lewes #rain #winter

In 1980, I bought an extra 4kB of memory for my home-built computer. Cost: £30. Today, an extra 16GB of memory went into my current computer. Cost: the same. But at 1980 memory prices, this would have been roughly £126m. Are we rich beyond our wildest dreams? #it #prices #money #computer #history

First lie of the new year: "Serves two". Hahahaha, ha. #hungry #pizza #gluttony

WTF? That's exactly how 2025 begins. "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night." #happynewyear #wtfmemes

Little Freya looks into the exciting distance beyond midnight, and joins me in wishing you a happy new year. Let's make better songs, better films, better art, better news, better literature—we always have these in our power, whatever else the rest of the world might decide. #2025 #happynewyear #dog

Dog/pub. Simple. #dog #pub #night #Lewes

Going for a walk though a 13th century barbican gate. #Lewes #castle #history #England #night @sussexpast.bsky.social

At the organ console, when David Willcocks' "Word" chord approaches on Christmas Day (in the last verse of "O come, all ye faithful"), the voice of James Brown appears in my head counting, "1, 2, 3, 4, hit it!" Then I mustn't forget the next two bars are rather harder. #Christmas #word

"Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse" — including in Lewes on the night before Christmas. Saving energy, the local authority turns off the sparkly lights at night. #Lewes #night #Christmas

Very Christmassy in St. Peter's, Rodmell for my organ practice today, though misty and damp outside. The church is filled with winter greenery, grown and arranged by congregation members and friends in the village: so much so that it perfumes the building throughout. #Christmas #tree #church

"Christmas carols being sung by a choir..." — particularly the Sharpthorne Carol Party visiting many locations around West Hoathly including this home, last night. Great charitable fundraising going on. #choir #Christmas #carols

Let us stand still. Let the Sun show its lesson, This solar stillness, the solstice, In the wheel of our life. In the hour of the year’s midnight, We witness the motionless sun, Our everlasting circle home, Be constant guide though all changes. Happy solstice! (4.21am Saturday morning) #solstice

Little Freya loves a mystery. How can an English highway be named "No Road"? This is in #Bewdley, #Worcestershire.

Every rooftop hides a story. Every window frames a potential screenplay. #Bewdley

Sometimes, I search my Google Photos using random adjectives. This came back for "Alone". Location is Brighton Station.

Full moon over the River Severn in Bewdley, Worcestershire, makes everyone howl. Next stop: December Solstice #river #moon

Rare these days: a heavily populated wooden telephone pole, keeping dozens of communication lines above ground. (Bewdley, Worcestershire) #telephone #communications #utility #broadband

Bumpitty bump. No harm done to me, but what about other vehicles? @eastsussexcc.bsky.social — your online pothole reporting tool isn't working at the moment. A275 just north of Cumnor House School. #pothole #road #EastSussex

For the pub that bears this town's name, I'm honoured to be the Christmas Card image maker. The Lewes Arms: still the home of the world pea-throwing championship, dwyle flunking, spaniel racing, the Catalyst Club and all else you'd expect from a #pub. Practical and high quality pizza kitchen, too.

Little Freya has been watching a highly talented musician friend successfully scaling incredible challenges today. But tomorrow she shall critically examine my pipe organ playing in the lower Ouse Valley. She warns against performing Scarlatti who composed a 'cat' fugue but nothing for dogs. #dog

Our teaching laboratory in Music and Media at the University of Surrey quietens down for an otherworldly time of year. But if these BBC test cards could recite their half-century of stories, speaking as if by some Christmas Eve miracle, I wonder what they would say? #BBC #SurreyDMM #television #film

Peak winter darkness and drama over Tanhurst in the Surrey Hills, south-east England. #Surrey #England #blackandwhite #winter

In this corner of England, the expected strong south westerly blasts of Storm Darragh would normally be enough. But now we see unusually forceful winds from the north arriving on Saturday and Sunday. These might put stress on structures usually protected from the prevailing winds. #weather #Darragh