Sometimes, the background in Downing Street can emphasize the general atmosphere of a shot. Here's a slightly stressed looking one of Suella Braverman (then Home Secretary) and another quite calm and collected one of James Cleverly (then Foreign Secretary). Pics at Alamy.

A Sunday throwback picture of Richard Tice, Reform UK, being interviewed in Westminster with Steve Bray @ holding up one of his placards. Brexit still wasn't worth it. It never will be. @stevebraysodem.bsky.social

Some positive pictures from Iftars I photographed in previous years. They were joyous & friendly, the majority of it was large communal meal sitting on the floor, I was invited to join. TrafSquare had small prayer areas for men & women, overall a brief element before the meal. Would love to go again

So four horses have now died at Cheltenham this year. Four too many.

Another little pic of the Larrmaster in a moment of feline cuteness and dedication to the job. Although he looks a bit like he was just caught singing in the shower in this one. 😁@number10cat.bsky.social

I'm not really a royalist, but I'd like to think that King Charles III senses that going ahead with the official visit to the United States in spring is not a good idea. I really hope they will re-consider.

Devastating to see what we are allowing a few power and money obsessed narcissists to do to this world right now. The huge number of civilian casualties inc. children, animals, infrastructure, and some irreplaceable culture, art, buildings. Time for large protests? #NotOurWar

I can't remember if I posted this one before, but here is a shot of the Larrmaster, @number10cat.bsky.social looking particularly relaxed. Still stuck in Germany with more medical stuff & major surgery piling on. 2026 not great so far, but hope to be back home in London and Downing Street soon.

His family was not told where he was dropped off, his son told Reuters.

Four years ago Russia began it's full scale invasion of Ukraine. They expected it to fall in days. They were wrong. Long live Ukraine.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez, "It is the complicit silence of some, the turning a blind eye of others" "We have not accepted the double standards when we talk about Gaza, Ukraine, Greenland or Venezuela"

🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Hundreds of thousands of Americans died to stop “Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer" 80 years on, with Musk and Bannon saluting it, the enemy is truly within

And a few shots from the New Year's Day Swim at #Haltern Lake last week. Wonderful atmosphere this year, people really had fun, singing and dancing before their dash along the natural sand beach to the lake. One of the largest NYD swims in DE.

Came across this impressive red deer stag with his harem of 8 or 10 hinds on my walk (they were quite far away). And a cheeky little robin who kept following me until I threw him some seeds. Cute!

Happy New Year 2026. May it be a more calm, peaceful, and uniting year for all.

Have lovely xmas!

Throw back to the Larrmaster patrolling #DowningStreet on duty in November, during the visit of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. @number10cat.bsky.social always takes his job seriously, charming most of the visitors as he goes along.

Private equity firms preying on vets practices. 6 firms control 60% of UK practices. Same firms control pet food, insurance. Wages down, fees up. Pet owners skipping meals to cover costs, hand pets to rescue organisations or euthanising them. Change law. Only qualified vets to own vet practices.

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

Well I won’t be watching the #FIFA World Cup 2026.

David Lammy, "Leaving the EU has badly damaged our economy" "Untruths were peddled by Brexiters" "We should work to be closer to EU" Labour should have said this 16 months ago when they came into office. Better late than never

A peace prize for a criminal that has poor souls killed in military strikes in the Caribbean? The FIFA has completely lost the plot by ingratiating itself with deranged mind of the White House!

Standing tall & proud again, @TrafalgarsTree ! 🎄 It was dry for the ceremony this year (yay!!) and I think the new position of the press pen makes for much nicer shots of you with the National Gallery in the background. Cheers to the people of Norway! Pic set at Alamy Live News.

Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.

It's that time of the year & the 10 #DowningStreet #Christmas Tree has gone up. I think it looks pretty in that otherwise grey street, a splash of colour. Tree: Cadeby Tree Trust from Nuneaton, wreath: Strawson Woodland of Lincolnshire. Sadly no Larry 🎄🐈Pic set at Alamy Live News.

Stunning pieces at Christie's photocall for their Classic Week Highlights sale - the delicate Fabergé 'The Winter Egg', a Fabergé nephrite miniature model of a sleigh, The Four Seasons by Workshop of Giuseppe Arcimboldo & Gerrit Dou’s The Flute Player. Pic set at Alamy Live News.

Catherine, the Princess of Wales visited the Anna Freud Centre today, a children's mental health charity of which she is a patron. Pic set at Alamy Live News. I don't often photograph members of the Royal Family, but after months of politics, it's a welcome change from the routine.

Budget? What budget? I'm just here to see the cat. Just look at that cute little face.😉 The Larrmaster posing up a storm outside the No 10 door in Downing Street. Again. He does it so well. @number10cat.bsky.social

Chancellor of the Exchequer of the #UnitedKingdom, #RachelReeves, presents her autumn #budget with the red budget box in #DowningStreet on budget day. #Budget2026 #budgetday Full pic set at Alamy Live News

And a few more #chaps, #dandies and ladies on the Grand Flaneur Walk winter edition around St James' and central London. Such a lovely, totally incongruous and elegant group of people. Large pic set at Alamy Live News.

The #chaps, #dandies & ladies of London went for the fab winter edition of their Grand Flaneur Walk this afternoon, for a saunter sans purpose around St James', Piccadilly & Covent Garden. Anyone want to join me and actually dress up for the next one? Pic set at Alamy Live News.

On Remembrance Sunday, before the arrival of politicians at the cenotaph, members of regional police forces, St John's Ambulance Service and others had their photos taken in Downing Street. And of the Chief Cutie @Number10cat did his duty and posed with them. Lovely to watch.

Doing a bit more Royal photography at the moment, just for a bit of a change. King Charles was at Fortnum & Mason today to mark the Coronation Food Project's anniversary (charity to reduce food waste). He was very cheerful and walked over to say hello to people. Pic set at Alamy Live News.

And a few shots of Catherine, the Princess of Wales attending the Future Workforce Summit in the City of London today. She looked in good spirits. Very cold today, but at least the sun came out for a bit, so the light was nice. Larger pic set at Alamy Live News. And a bubble bath for me now!🙂🛀

A few shots from the cabinet meeting arrivals and departures in Downing Street this morning. It was freezing cold in that street and one of my lenses threw blurry tantrums. I think everyone just tried to get indoors asap, can't blame them. Pics at Alamy Live News.

Planned to snap the 'Poppies for Paddington' #ArmisticeDay ceremony & wreath arriving by train to Paddington. but a passenger on my train fell ill, we had to pull the emergency break & I ran late, but caught a warm smile and wave from Queen Camilla. Pics at Alamy Live News.

And some shots of Queen Camilla visiting the 97th Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on its opening day. The Queen is a Patron of the Poppy Factory, the veteran charity that sets up the Field every year. Lovely outfit, today, very vibrant. Full pic set at Alamy Live News.

Shots from this morning's photocall for 'Some Very, Very, Very New Paintings not yet Shown in Paris' with never-seen-before paintings by David Hockney from the last six month, the inaugural exhibition at Annely Juda Fine Art's new space on Hanover Square. Pic set @Alamy_Editorial

And a few more from the early morning London to Brighton Veteran Car Run on Westminster Bridge, Sunday. It was raining quite heavily until just about exactly when I had to go and file the pics to then go to the BBC Media Round. After that...blue sky and sunshine, of course. 😂

A couple of shots of the #Genevieve, the beautiful 1904 Darracq that stars in the film of the same name from 1953, at the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run very early on Sunday morning. And its cheerful (even in the rain) driver and young passenger. Pics at Alamy Live News.

Penguin enthusiast & comedian #GarryStarr hosts his Penguin Book Club, bringing together 9 penguins in Soho in a bid to save Penguin Classics from extinction ahead hit show 'Garry Starr: Classic Penguins' at the Arts Theatre. Lots more pics at Alamy Live News & Avalon Retna. 🐧🐧🐧

And some shots of the St James' Motoring Spectacle, ahead of tomorrow morning's London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. I usually go to photograph this at around 7am, let's hope it'll stay dry this year (it doesn't look good atm...).

Shots from lovely Mexican #DayoftheDay celebrations in #London's #ColumbiaRoad today with a procession honouring the departed. Some very colourful outfits in beautiful sunshine (the weather changed dramatically a couple of hours later). Pics at Alamy Live News and Avalon Retna.

And a couple of shots of the artist, Peter Walker, kindly posing in his installations. Really vibrant. Lovely to see how the Painted Hall always seems to look a tiny bit different with each art installation and sculpture I've shot there over the years.

Pics from today's photocall for Peter Walker’s 'Connection and Identity' installations at the Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Beautiful as always & a tiny bit spooky. Full pic set at the agencies. Decided to go with some slightly wonky angles for once..t'is Halloween, after all. 😉

Meant to also photograph the Vietnamese leader, Tô Lâm, arriving for a handshake with Keir Starmer in Downing Street, but the timing was then so late that the images would have been either dark & grainy, or flat & washed out with flash - never really works for me at the No 10 door. Shame. Oh well.

And of course no day in Downing Street would be complete without a few cheeky snaps of its longest resident, Larry the cat. He likes his snooze on the window sill, even in heavy rain. (my clothes are still drying).

And a little while later, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, exits No 11 for PMQ's at Parliament. Pics also at the agencies. One of them went on the Telegraph front page today, which was surprising but nice to see a usage.