Next photo on the walls - again in our kitchen ready for #yorkopenstudios, Slow death in the lee of the hill is printed at A3 in an A2 frame & very much available. It's also heading to Glasgow Gallery of Photography for their Monochrome Exhibition (4th - 28th June 2026) - more info nearer the time!

Jesus, they weren’t bloody joking.

the event took place after a driver failed to stop at a crosswalk while 3 people were crossing. The driver who immediately knew they were in the wrong put up their hand with a bit of a sheepish smile - witnesses report seeing the driver even mouth "sorry"

Today's pointer at photos on the walls:- Earth, Sky, Life is part of the Black and White exhibition at Fronteer gallery in Sheffield which will run from 24th March - 9th April, opening times at www.fronteer.co.uk B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400 #believeinfilm

Another one up on the wall - in this case our kitchen in preparation for next month's @yorkopenstudios.bsky.social - The earth cracks open and the sky shines out is printed at A3 in an A2 frame & very much available! B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400 #believeinfilm

The best way to combat volatile fossil fuel prices is reduction in demand and electrification 👉 Passivhaus buildings radically reduce heating and cooling demand (up to 90% compared with typical new builds) 👉 Heat pumps provide efficient heating and cooling 👉 Renewables make clean electricity

EVENTS! Tickets available for Tales of the Suburbs events in Crystal Palace (tonight), Bath (Saturday), Edinburgh and Glasgow (next week), Manchester, Sheffield and Nottingham (the week after), plus Milton Keynes. More to follow! Please come along x www.johngrindrod.co.uk/events

A further pointer at a few of my images in galleries (physical and online) at the moment - the second of mine in the current Allora Gallery Stone and Stories exhibition is The Past Quietly Dissolves. You'll find it, and lots of great images, at alloragallery.com - do please visit!

A pointer at a few images out there in galleries (physical and online) at the moment - Evening sun with urban furniture is part of the current Allora Gallery Stone and Stories exhibition which you'll find at alloragallery.com - do please visit!

Helene Appel. Sink (with dishes) XIV, 2026

Significant road safety win in Norway! 30 km/h is now the default for built up areas 🚴‍♂️🚶‍♂️ Norway's public roads administration have just turned the way speed limits are set in built up areas on it's head. From now on, traffic engineers now have to meet clear criteria to use any higher speed limit.

Spring turned up in style - the first day-long clear sky (and the first since a drastic trim of the huge poplar out front which had started shedding branches, and which nibbled into the morning's PV output).

"Harvest" One of the acrylic works on gesso-ed paper which I will be showing at @yorkopenstudios.bsky.social York Open Studios April 18/19 and 25/26 So looking forward to it Find us at Venue 15 just off Tadcaster Road.

Where once B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 3200 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

A well-lit descent B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 3200 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

Bring on the future B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 3200 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

An arrangement held together by light and circumstance B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 3200 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

The magic door B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 3200 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

Not all shadows are made equal 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 3200 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

"Purple Rain" Acrylic, Mono printing and collage This and many other brand new works will be available at York Open Studios 18/19 and 25/26 April 2026 Find me and Phil Bixby - black and white photography - at Venue 15 www.yorkopenstudios.co.uk

Dissolving into complexity B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 3200 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

Now there is a climate emergency metaphor. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Order out of chaos B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 3200 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

Diverted B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 3200 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

Our @yorkopenstudios.bsky.social directory dispenser awaits passing Yorkies and this is the view it gets when you, yes every one of you, takes a free directory and starts to plan your York Open Studios weekends' visits! Venue 15 - find @singfoodie.bsky.social and me at yorkopenstudios.co.uk

A journey of confusing signals B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 3200 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

Contemporary landscape B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 3200 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

Final days of Scarborough's Old Parcels Office Open Exhibition & your final chance to see this lovely mix of artwork from across the UK. Including, of course, "Endless" which will be (woop!) departing to a new home after closing time. Info & opening hours at www.oldparcelsoffice.org/opo-open-2026/

Grace, reflected B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 3200 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto Sheffield & Tinsley Canal on my return from delivering my part in the upcoming Black & White show at @fronteer.bsky.social - shot on the lovely Delta Pro 3200 rated at 1600.

Yesterday's sunshine reflected onto the underside of a bridge , Sheffield and Tinsley Canal.

Net zero is the answer to Middle East energy crisis, says Business Secretary His comments came after the conflict in the Middle East sent the European gas price up 80pc and oil prices nearly 20pc as Iranian strikes on production facilities in the Gulf spooked markets. buff.ly/K4XKbIf

You don't have to be beautiful B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 100 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

This is nothing. Just send Mahmood out again to announce some more anti-refugee policies and you can easily find your way to fifth place.

There is a gentler place B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

Proximity restores health. As reported in The Lancet, walking 7,000 steps a day—about one hour—reduces major risks: cancer, cardiovascular disease, dementia, depression, and diabetes. Walkable proximity turns life into prevention, compressing morbidity and extending well-being. (🙏 & HT A. Flahault)

Today’s poem is called ‘How Much I Dislike the Daily Mail’.

Blog! YoCo cohousing group member Tim Larner took part in ChaCo's recent evening with Diggers & Dreamers' Chris Coates, and marvels in the breadth and variety of intentional communities... www.yoco.uk/blog/the-his...

It’s a running joke in academia that Matt Goodwin is bad at maths. This sort of thing is why: the combined Labour/Green vote could have split in any way possible and Goodwin would have finished 2nd or 3rd. He did not lose because progressives coordinated. He lost *in spite of them not doing so*.

In honour of the Sunday Telegraph's editor and offical maddest columnist, we have created the Allister Heath headline generator... stirring-fox-7e1fab.netlify.app

Blog! Yesterday evening's YoCo (York Central Co-Owned) visit to Taipei via The Life-Sized City documentary series prompted some thoughtful discussion about citizenship and young people. Read about it here - www.yoco.uk/blog/the-lif...

Marc Riley played Status Quo's Down Down yesterday, and it reminded me of this wonderful conversation with @helenbarrett.bsky.social on one of the first Monstrosities Mon Amour. Also contains Swindon. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

The difference a bit o' sun makes Currently part of the www.fronteer.co.uk exhibition "Stone" along with a lovely mix of all sorts of media. Sheffield has good galleries - worth a daytrip! B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon FA 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

Is this even satire?

Entertaining, fascinating and informative

Final reminder for Monday evening's Zoom visit to Taipei and discussion of what it teaches about making our city fit our lives. Hosted by YoCo (York Central Co-Owned) but relevant for anyone anywhere interested in what "good" city-making looks like. Tickets are free from www.yoco.uk/events/the-l...

If Starmer 2.0 means nothing else, perhaps it can mean this…

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls - it's that time of year again, and I've just hoovered the #yorkopenstudios directory dispenser ready for deployment!

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