Sorted.

New Year’s Eve began at the Rex cinema in Berkhamsted with a showing of Singin’ in the Rain - and I found myself caught in a love sandwich between Don Lockwood and Kathy Selden, courtesy of the most beautiful camerawork.

Ric Wilson says it all: Fight Like Ida B & Marsha P #SkyFundathon2026 [And give for abortion rights like your elders are watching...link in the next post] youtu.be/TuLYvNYvGp0?...

Happy New Year! I have now kicked 2025 in the nuts and run for safety in 2026.

Thank you for the inspiration, @jenbetton.bsky.social. The picture this young teacher gave me has set my mind spinning and my imagination floating away.

A moment's break from my absence here. I support a group of Year 6 writers at the school where I used to be chair of governors. Last week, their teacher asked them to write a short creative piece based on a picture. I marked their work and gave them feedback. Then I decided to join in the fun...

The news has become too bad to follow here so I’m taking a break until after the New Year. If you’d like to get in touch, my email address is my Bluesky handle at Hotmail dot com.

I must say “cunt” more often. Sad that it didn’t reach the podium.

#Wordle1626 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

@profanity.accountant smack it to me.

Just finished Film Club and I am drained. Wonderful.

Karen. Carney. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ #Strictly #BBCStrictly

Here’s to hope 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸

I want every council to do this. Fucking flags.

The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.

C’mon…

I have my Stutterheim calf length rubberised coat for the endless rain and two pairs of walking boots and my Hilltrek double ventile smock and trousers for the collapse of society.

Ooh look, a rabbit hole!!!

Green Party Conference recently passed some amazing healthcare policy for the trans community. It commits us to an informed consent model of trans healthcare, a trans-led public inquiry into NHS care, a trans-inclusive ban on conversion therapy, and so much more.

We need this now.

#Wordle1624 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild: Orca Dolphin Black bear Mamba Meerkat

I’ll join the dots for the knuckle-draggers.

Daughter wanted mourning cupcakes for her thirtieth birthday, so I made these - Nigella’s Guinness and chocolate cake, topped with a dark chocolate and Cointreau ganache (and black colouring). And I can only call them Upside Down cakes. Happy Stranger Things Finale!

A mycelial tower block. Fungi on a birch tree, Chorleywood Common.

If they’re damp and the bags have holes in them, these are great leaf mould factories. Everyone should take a bag home with them!

I don’t care that it’s full of tourists; it’s long been and remains one of my favourite places to just be.

"This is a field execution.. this is a war on occupied people, a war on civilians" Mustafa Barghouti on the footage that shows Israeli forces executing two unarmed Palestinian men who've just surrendered

Then as now ...

Jenkins’ Law: if there’s an issue, Simon will always be on the wrong side of it.

Hope is here. Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️

Happy Birthday to William Blake, who knows where the wild things are...

Reason to love Leeds #1 Me: “I’d like a flat white please. Do you have oat milk?” Waiter: “Reluctantly.”

For being a good friend.

I had the hots for Marius de Vries when he was 13 and I was 11. Not really history but fun. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marius_...

Quaker values, going strong since 1654.

Listened to me at work when I was in despair. A colleague who’s become my friend, my fellow clown and my comfort in dark times.

As a student, I used to spend a lot of time just gazing at this.

I hated pretending to be a bloke.

For god’s sake, be yourself. Don’t be ashamed of who you are. You are enough.

If they start talking about Dubai.

good.

pass

Stevie - he was the theme tune to more of my life.

Moulin Rouge Amélie L’Homme du Train An American in Paris Let The Right One In

For me, yoga.

Moulin Rouge. I lose myself in the love sandwich that is Ewan and Nicole.

Languages. I’ve tried to learn “thank you” in as many languages as I can, and I’d love to communicate with as many people as I can. BSL would be a priority.