First time at Chelsea Flower Show today - rain held off and sun even shone a bit!

Fabulous allium schubertii from yesterday’s trip to RHS Wisley.

Sunrise starting to look lovely after this morning’s exhilarating 5-30am swim at Goodrington Sands, Paignton. What a way to start the day!

Isabella Plantation (Richmond Park) looking lovely in the sunshine earlier today.

Lovely to be out on my paddleboard on The Thames before work this morning!

Last gig of the month for me was a lovely set by Danny George Wilson at the lovely @soundloungecio.bsky.social in Sutton.

Me and @walking-class-hero.bsky.social headed over towards Reading for the very very lovey Dinton Pastures #Parkrun this morning in search of one starting with a D (how did I become this person?) - what a lovey event! & big thanks to all the volunteers.

Little gig followed by Big Gig. From Paper Dress Vintage to Brixton Academy. Lovely to see Big Thief play to an adoring crowd tonight.

The great gig rubbish photo theme continues - the stars finally aligned for me to see Silver Biplanes at last night’s @precrecs.bsky.social happening, and I’m very glad I did too. The dry ice did eventually clear to reveal band members, including indie legends Tim and Vanessa Vass.

Loved the Beryl Trail - and the Beryl Cook exhibition- in Plymouth today.

First season-swim of the year here in #Brixham. Lots of people on the beach and in the water under blue skies and with fabulously calm water. Still cold, mind.

Lovely - if distinctly “undulating” - #Parkrun in the forest this morning with @walking-class-hero.bsky.social, sort of vaguely on the way to Devon.

‘In the songs’ combination of joy and scepticism, heady complexity and hits-the-first-time riffs, I found an art, and a worldview, that looked like a life I might live. Some of us wore badges and T-shirts that read “Twee as Fuck.”’ Stephanie Burt on Heavenly’s revival. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ap...

Popped over to Guildford this morning for #Parkrun and a lovely lido swim.

Lovely sunny wander from Canning Town to East India Dock via Limmo Peninsula Ecology Park City Island, Trinity Buoy Wharf and East India Quay.

And then to follow that with the ever-wonderful Even As We Speak - what an absolute joy to get to see them play again this evening!

How incredibly moving to see The Sweetest Ache play again tonight after so very many years. Those songs still sound so beautiful yet so raw, still really get me.

Big Bank Holiday news! My Secret World: The Story of #SarahRecords is finally going online, free for everyone to watch! The premiere is at midday (GMT) this Bank Holiday Monday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pRv...

First new lido of 2026 - the beautiful (if posh / pricey) Thames Lido in Reading yesterday afternoon, some local craft beer last night, and then the lovey scenic and welcoming Reading #Parkrun down by the river this morning. Hurray for Bank Holiday weekends.

Very sorry to hear this news. It was a legendary venue and, with Paul booking, it always felt like everyone was welcome there, cool or not. And mostly we were not of course. What an amazing contribution he made to live music over so many years.

Rounding off another great month of gigs with @theleaflibrary.bsky.social at @ivyhousenunhead.bsky.social tonight - and lovely to catch up with lots of friends there too.

Wasn’t expecting to see bluebells in March. Nice to be back on @theridgewaynt.bsky.social today, walking with friends from Goring to Nuffield in Oxfordshire. Just about nearly dodged the rain!

Kingston #Parkrun, a slow walk across central London and then a Twilight Sad gig back in Kingston - all in all not a bad way to spend a Saturday.

Nice to hear this Field Mice session getting a repeat on Riley & Coe this week! Vividly remember the excitement in the Upper Belgrave Road kitchen when I answered the phonecall from John Walters.

Just posting this because The Orchids are such a brilliant band and this is such a beautiful pure hearted poignant slice of pop perfection… and what’s more it is from their most recent album ‘Dreaming Kind’, which I reckon is their greatest. youtu.be/H0mT4SCnswo?...

Usual great gig, rubbish photos. *All* the bands had drummers. All the bands were fabulous. Nice to see so many pals.Great to see @jetstreampony.bsky.social for the 1st time in a while and @mtmiseryband.bsky.social and & @heyhumdrum.bsky.social for the very first time. Thanks @precrecs.bsky.social

The brilliant @darrenhayman.bsky.social has been gradually painting all of London’s tube stations… and I was willing him to get to Richmond, which is the one I use the most… and now he has and I’m pleased to own a bit of his art at last!

Grey old day - but fabulous blackthorn out on our little stretch of @thamespathnt.bsky.social on the way to and from Kingston #Parkrun this morning. Back to our A route as Ham Lands has emerged from the flood water.

Usual poor photos of a good night at Ramsgate Music Hall seeing the wonderful @skepwax.bsky.social Heavenly and the Would-Be-Good with friends old and new.

Kicked off the day in the beautiful @theroyalparks.bsky.social #BushyPark - lovely pre-7am sunrise with a low mist.

Nice little stroll around @rbgkew.bsky.social to see the spring springing. Even a little bit of blue sky and sunshine as well.

65 bus to Gunnersbury Park this morning for the indie-poppers #Parkrun. Ran past two ponds and two caffs, but no obvious ice-cream shop on a chill Saturday morning. Lovely one-lapper. Thanks to all the volunteers! open.spotify.com/track/3oxFTF...

Terrible picture of Heavenly being rather wonderful tonight. Hard to say whether the new songs are even better than the old songs or if the old songs, being familiar friends… eek, one or the other! Here’s to doing it all again in Ramsgate next week anyhow.

Heavenly à Petit Bain le 6 mars avec un nouvel album, le 1er depuis les années #sarahrecords 🎟️ shotgun.live/fr/events/he... Montage Amelia Fletcher

Ham House crocuses are pretty stunning in the very welcome sunshine.

With apologies to the two drummers involved… great to see Railcard, @mccookerybook.bsky.social and Would-be-goods tonight at Water Rats in some excellent company.

Out and about today enjoying a wonderful new mud-free central London walk from Bazalgette Embankment at Blackfriars to Battersea Power Station via Tyburn Quay, the Isle of Effra, Effra Quay and Heathwall Quay. Rain mostly held off. New spaces, art and sculpture really fab.

Cold sunny super-friendly Bridport #Parkrun for me today, sort of nearly on the way home to south west London from South Devon.

Hooray for this swim spot round our way. Dont swim there often, but love it when i do! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Also, love this sign!

It’s filthy muddy everywhere so we had a wander round the parks and streets of Croydon today to take in some of the @nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social Art on Your Doorstep.

The path from @thamespathnt.bsky.social into Richmond Old Deer Park disappeared into an unexpected lake on my way to the swimming pool this morning. Although given all the relentless rain I shouldn’t have been too surprised. If I’d known the outdoor pool was going to be shut…

I often feel #SarahRecords gets a bit unfairly overlooked in the Bristol culture / counterculture narrative - what with our total failure to ever be cool - so I’m extra pleased we’re included in the lovely looking A Bristol Con Banksy, taking our rightful place between Massive Attack and Cary Grant.

Some wonderful goodies in the post from Circuitry waiting on the doorstep when I got back from Parkrun this morning, hurray!

I was pleased to get this @gojauntly.bsky.social notification the other day when I hit the 250k mark in the Walk 2026k in 2026 Challenge #LondonLoop

Some enforcement in London would be very welcome.

Tripping the light fantastic in Canary Wharf this evening.

Love London! Kicked this chill but sunny Saturday off with Northala Fields #Parkrun in the fabulously wacky Northala Fields (hills made from the rubble of the old Wembley Stadium) and adjacent Rectory Fields. My first Parkrun N!

More #WinterSprinter fun tonight with The Moats, Starter Car and Comet Gain - plus lots of good company. That’s me done for this year I think, but here’s hoping @fikarecordings.com will do the honours again in 2027 (probably too exhausted to even think about it for now).