You want to see Norway men’s national football team’s official photo for World Cup 2026 www.nytimes.com/athletic/733...

A musical tribute to the Spitfire with the help of Leslie Howard 🫡 open.spotify.com/track/6Pp8Se...

Enforcement has seen: + 25% reduction in hospital admissions for stabbings + preventing 800 stabbings a year + phone lines used permanently closed On knife crime Labour have done lots already, but will also soon launch their new 'Protecting Lives, Building Hope' plan to cut knife crime further.

This, from the Home Office strategy "Having a Sensible Conversation about Immigration" is really good: sensible, balanced and evidence-based. Exactly the right approach for a centre-left government.

I was lucky enough to be upgraded to First on a BA flight from Singapore to Heathrow, Eddie Jordan was in the same cabin. He got off before me.

A visit to a rather murky Abberton Reservoir yesterday.

Happy Winter Solstice. The light is coming! This is the Holly King who is now at the peak of his powers. Fortunately his ascension is complete so we can look forward to the emergence of the Oak King and moving into the light. From my reduction linocut ‘The Holly King versus The Oak King’.

I had never even heard a hint that generational upward mobility had been higher in the UK than in the US for decades, until seeing that second chart.

slow day in the office so figured we'd start some beef with museums

Just published - we're slowly losing something we didn't know we had: a street light designed just for London. I've taken a deep (and deeply geeky) dive into the history of an everyday object that was designed not to be noticed. #london roadsorguk.substack.com/p/london-in-...

New post just out: "The Overshoot" Net migration is collapsing, and will fall further over the coming years. We could even have net emigration. What does that mean for the country and the political narrative as we head towards the next election? (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...

Trafalgar Sq today. A Christmas market, lovely Norwegian tree decorated in Scandinavian style, a large nativity scene, children singing carols to raise money for the homeless & also a massive Hannukah menorah, three candles lit. No flags. No slogans. No right-wing thugs. Christmas in full swing.

The Buster Cornelius Quartet at the Sir Colin Campbell on the Kilburn High Road. Top evening!

This is excellent news. The SEND system is on it's knees, woefully underfunded by the previous government with Local Authorities unable to fund provision properly, being bankrupted by trying to do so. Money is not the whole answer - this is an excellent start. www.gov.uk/government/n...

A rare piece of good news… www.theguardian.com/education/20...

A moment, please, for @charlottechurch.bsky.social and her white dress! #TheTraitors

Edinburgh, such a gorgeous city

A great many more people protested the plight of Sheffield Wednesday this month than have attended any protest against asylum hotels www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Learned about e-mail.wtf from @sharonodea.com it reminded me about Google's ridiculous email validation which ignores dots in the local part to create an address so allows me in the UK to create stephen.way@ and some idiot in Texas to create stephenway@ as two addresses. Have a go! (I scored 20/21)

UK level 316 - that's all the work visits, conferences, camps, family visits and UK holidays for you... Find your UK level smstone0.github.io#/uk-map

Some birding from a trip to Abberton Resevoir in Essex following reports of red-footed falcons there. We were not disappointed.

A day at the Shuttleworth season opener - good to see the BBMF Spitfire displaying. A cracking day

Did a little gig photography at The Old Blue Last, False Heads supported by Misplaced. Punk bands in tiny venues with a great crowd - top stuff.

Back in March, I spent a couple of weekends supporting the UK Scout Youth Team youth forums with @scoutcontent.bsky.social teams. An inspiring series of events!

Dug out my old analogue Nikon. Got some film, let’s see if it works!

💥 I’ve just signed the petition calling for a “National Commission on Electoral Reform” - Will YOU sign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/nc...

Excellent news. More, please! Stop killing things for pleasure. Also stop pheasant breeding - our landscape is overrun with this invasive alien species! open.substack.com/pub/protectt...

Down in the bowels of Mayfair, exploring the hidden parts of Green Park station on an LT Museum Hidden London tour…

It's a Big Jet sort of morning! #BigJet #StormÉowyn #Heathrow www.youtube.com/watch?v=egwa...

And a dark day ends in a blazing sunset...

The Scottish Sunday Herald TV guide featured this preview of the Trump inauguration. It’s fucking brilliant.

Gonna miss Anna's eyes... #TheTraitorsUK

A little comic about desire paths.

Require reading for anyone contemplating digital transformation of legacy systems, particularly in large organisations.

Frosty morning walk in north London.

Peak television #TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK

The continunity is doing my head in - why are they wearing completely different outfits to do the pieces to camera? Charlotte was in 3 different outfits in this episode before she needed to get changed after the task. They keep popping up in the chair in the clothes twore on day 1! #TheTraitors

`Sorry, I though Lisa could not tell a lie... #TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK

Anna's eyes! #TheTraitors #TraitorsUK

Really, X? I have news for you... #thetraitors

Clearly none of this lot were in the scouts and it shows #TheTraitors

Make no mistake. Every politician, pundit & online grifter amplifying Musk's dangerous lies will be aware of this intervention by now. Make no mistake, they are choosing to mislead the public & politicise the suffering of victims in the shameful pursuit of political advantage, attention & clicks.

absolutely amazing. #TheTraitors

Now double bluff by making Maia a Traitor #TheTraitors #Traitors #TheTraitorsUK #TraitorsUK

Why do Armani and Leanne keep changing what they are wearing for the pieces to camera, appearing in what they wearing the first night? #Continuity #TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK

They should maximise the confusion by making sure they have players called Ellen, Elen, Ellie, Allie, Eli, Alan and Helen... #thetraitors #TraitorsUK

Saddened to hear about Johnnie Walker, I loved his show on pirate radio, then on Radio 1 - when I went to work at the BBC my manager knew Johnnie and we often had a beer in the BBC Langham Club after he had finished his show. He was a lovely guy and so knowledgable about music. Much missed...

Different reserve, different robin, same schtick…

I have one, a right little poser...

Christmas sun on Catbells, seen across Derwentwater, and Christmas Day swimmers in the lake at Keswick