Sorry for anyone affected by the violence in the Middle East and that sympathy extends to Isabel Oakeshott and her family. Perhaps this experience will help her reflect on the fear and suffering of millions of people who suffer far far worse and are obliged to flee famine and war.

What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC. This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting. iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...

The tulips at the front of the house have done really well this year. #spring #tulips #gardening

The beauty of scoping the garden at 5:30am. Beautiful light. #spring #garden #sunrise

Cherry blossoms bloom first always followed closely with apple blossom. #springtime #gardening #cherry #apple #blossom

My Toms are a tad bigger than this now. This was taken a good few weeks ago. Tomatoes really need a bit of time to get going. Varieties chosen - Tigarella and Blue Bayou. #gardening #tomatoes #tasteofsummer

A misty sunrise a few days ago in Cardiff. A glorious spectacle. #sunrise #springtime

He thinks it's funny. Nobody who supposedly understands the scale and horrors of the Holocaust would ever dream of posting something like this publicly, with such glee. When you post something like this, it tells me that you think it's inconsequential - worse, he tacitly approves if it.

Take a couple of weeks ago when the temperatures plummeted.

A dusting of snow drifting across the Cardiff area.

A couple of months ago I took a trip with my wife to Westbury Court Gardens and everything was out in full bloom being the tail end of summer. A great spectacle was this ancient tree. At least 400 years old.

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A walk around #tredegarhouse a few weeks ago and came across this dahlia in full bloom. Variety is Cafe au Lait. Incredibly beautiful.

A bitterly cold morning a couple of weeks ago near the Brecon mountains. This is my excuse to use Bluesky for the first time.