Firle Beacon, January 2025

In case anyone is in London and would like to come, I’ll be giving the Daniel C. Dennett Lecture in Culture and Technology on February 19th at 6pm. Lifelong Learning and the Many Aims of Higher Education philevents.org/event/show/1...

Seaford, January 2017

This is interesting because when I went for my first Covid vaccination, Farage arrived and pushed straight to the front of the queue.

7 January 1933 | Dutch Jewish boy Maurits Henk van Oosten (right) was born in Assen. In September 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection. His brothers Jonas (left) and Israël Berty (centre) also perished in the camp.

Bodiam castle, January 2025

Langtye Lane, January 2018

Seaford Head, January 2022

The Firle Beacon ridge, January 2020

Lewes station, January 2020

Mount Caburn, January 2019

Looking south-west towards Firle Beacon, yesterday

Cuckmere Haven, with High and Over behind, December 2019

Cuckmere Haven, December 2019

Beachy Head, December 2016

Firle Beacon, December 2018

Poplars between Ripe and Chalvington, December 2016

Sometimes simple things are funniest.

Beddingham Hill, December 2015

Ripe church, December 2019

Job at Leeds jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Alfriston, December 2019

Lewes from above the cliff, December 2014

Lewes station, December 2017

Mount Caburn, December 2014

America Farm, December 2024

Wonderful thread.

Belle Tout and Seaford Head from Beachy Head, December 2016

Newhaven, December 2019

The Ouse below the cliff, Lewes, December 2017

As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a feature not a bug.

Eastbourne, December 2016

Fish pond on the University of Sussex campus, December 2017

Bandstand, Brighton, December 2017

The Meeting House on the University of Sussex campus, December 2018

"Migrants who came to the UK on skilled work visas in 2022-23 will make a net contribution of £47bn to the public finances over their lifetime, according to new estimates from the government’s Migration Advisory Committee." Not surprising, but some observations (1/n) www.ft.com/content/10da...

Near Ripe, yesterday

Labour’s shift away from “immigration is good but it needs to be managed” to “it is bad” is a gift to essentially everyone they compete with, because it means that they don’t have the right position to be able to attack *anyone*.

The Nativity on Harvey's Brewery, Lewes (painted by Julian Bell), last week

Cuckmere Haven, December 2019

Newhaven, December 2021

High tide in Lewes, yesterday

Isn't this all wonderful?

Ripe, December 2021

The Ouse at Lewes, December 2016

Birling Gap, yesterday

We’ll be back - at 09.02 on 15th January 2026 - with Misha Glenny! www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...

As ever, Aristotle got there first: “… for the desire to be right on the internet is natural and present to all.” (h/t @rachelxb.bsky.social)

Misleading write-up - it's true that there is a crisis in A&E, but this is not because of "soaring demand". The RCN report itself shows that A&E attendances are only 3% higher than in 2019, while 12+ hour waits are 8,033% higher. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Newhaven from Itford Hill, December 2019