Life in the fast lane 😊

Few scientists have so revolutionised our understanding of life as Charles Darwin. Born #OnThisDay in 1809, his work laid the foundations of evolutionary biology and transformed how we see the natural world, understand our origins, and think about humanity’s place within it. Happy #DarwinDay!

Just reviewing some of my old Tardigrade photos. Really need to spend some more time at the microscope. This is Echiniscus granulatus (about 0.3mm long) showing natural colouration 😊

Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice Singing through the bloody mist We’ll take our stand for this land And the stranger in our midst Directed by Thom Zimny Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

A world of fungus 😊

Just look at the moss on that 😊

My favourite street name 😊

Calm. 😊

Judas tree buds already colouring up 😊

Fallen lichen on the woodland floor 😊

Cool evening light 😊

Bracket fungus growing on a fence post. 😊

A lone tree on a hill. Looks real moody in black and white 😊

Little fungi growing on a tree stump 😊

Still warm in December 😊

“old man’s beard” everywhere at the moment 😊

How to Mend a University Now in paperback. All the fun of the hardback edition at half the price 😊

How to be a lichen – adaptive strategies from Earth's tiny titans of resilience www.themarginalian.org/2025/11/02/l...

Surrey hills 😊

That’s a big fungus ! 😊🍄

Blue skies today. 😊

Guildford high street today in the cold sunshine 😊

Long shadows. 😊

It is getting cold ! 🥶

Raindrops this morning 😊

Fireworks night in Guildford 😊

Fuschias still hanging on in the absence of any frost so far 😊

Chrysanthemum of the day 😊

Autumn sunshine 😊

Chrysanthemum of the day 😊

Chrysanthemums emerging to provide some autumn colour 😊

Sunrise through the bathroom window 🌅😊

Woking - looking north to London (just visible on the skyline) 🙂

St Paul’s from Waterloo bridge 😊

London looking cool tonight 😊

All go at London Road station last night 😊

A little family of mushrooms 😊

Some nice little fungi on a rotting log 🍄‍🟫😊

The fuchsias refusing to accept that it’s autumn 😊

This White Paper is one of the most depressing things I‘ve read about universities. It‘s a vision of universities as places that exist just to invent things & train people for industry. The purpose of universities is just to drive economic growth.

Was watching The Good, The Bad and The Ugly last night. The best climax to any film ever. Accompanied by the best film score ever written. A masterpiece. 😊 youtube.com/watch?v=aJCS...

Some true classic albums that were released in 1975 And then it hits me. That’s 50 years ago! Dang! 😊

I guess this is the Honey fungus that killed my apple tree - now growing on the stump. 😊🍄‍🟫

Found a secret gorilla in the garden 😊

When the writing just won’t flow…. 😊

I asked my computer to generate a concept map to summarise the themes in research into belonging in higher education. Its not a great concept map, but it does appear to groups together some major themes. Would you make any amendments? 😊

'Nuff said 😊

A good day to mow the lawn 😎

They’re falling 😊🍁