Paul Clarke
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Looking back at 2025 – part one
As ever, Christmas Eve brings my first half of 2025’s photo highlights. They aren’t always my most popular, or even the most technically notable, but the ones that when I look back, meant the most. A ...
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My favourite 2025 photos: part one paulclarke.com/photography/...
WE NEED THE BEEF SATNAV
You know when someone quote tweets something and it says [blocked] and you wonder what the beef is? Well there's enough stuff in the 'view source' to work it out and I just coded a shit bookmarklet to jump to that post, simply coz I SO wanted to know what the beef was.
I will never publish this.
I will never publish this.
January 9, 2026 at 5:37 PM
WE NEED THE BEEF SATNAV
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You know when someone quote tweets something and it says [blocked] and you wonder what the beef is? Well there's enough stuff in the 'view source' to work it out and I just coded a shit bookmarklet to jump to that post, simply coz I SO wanted to know what the beef was.
I will never publish this.
I will never publish this.
January 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
You know when someone quote tweets something and it says [blocked] and you wonder what the beef is? Well there's enough stuff in the 'view source' to work it out and I just coded a shit bookmarklet to jump to that post, simply coz I SO wanted to know what the beef was.
I will never publish this.
I will never publish this.
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Feels very smol bean government to brief about how everything gets in your way and not be able to say "Every department and minister off the CSAM website by 5pm".
January 9, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Feels very smol bean government to brief about how everything gets in your way and not be able to say "Every department and minister off the CSAM website by 5pm".
is it going to rain forever?
January 8, 2026 at 7:12 PM
is it going to rain forever?
An impossible picture.
Some will say this isn't a 'real' photo at all. That's because there's no physical way to see this view in real life. It is an artifice.
(But all photography is artifice, really.)
Some will say this isn't a 'real' photo at all. That's because there's no physical way to see this view in real life. It is an artifice.
(But all photography is artifice, really.)
January 3, 2026 at 2:14 PM
An impossible picture.
Some will say this isn't a 'real' photo at all. That's because there's no physical way to see this view in real life. It is an artifice.
(But all photography is artifice, really.)
Some will say this isn't a 'real' photo at all. That's because there's no physical way to see this view in real life. It is an artifice.
(But all photography is artifice, really.)
It is genital mutilation of babies. There is no moral argument to be made for it. Safety measures?? Training??? It needs to be banned. But it won't. Nor will it even be discussed.
Coroner calls for circumcision safety measures after baby’s death in London
Coroner calls for circumcision safety measures after baby’s death in London
Six-month-old Mohamed Abdisamad’s death from infection prompts concern at lack of training for circumcisers
A coroner has warned that more babies could die from infected circumcisions in the UK after the death of a six-month-old boy exposed a lack of infection control training and accreditation for circumcisers.
Mohamed Abdisamad died in February 2023 of a streptococcus infection on his way to hospital, a week after undergoing a non-therapeutic circumcision, an inquest at west London coroner’s court found in October. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:18 PM
It is genital mutilation of babies. There is no moral argument to be made for it. Safety measures?? Training??? It needs to be banned. But it won't. Nor will it even be discussed.
Is anyone in my network pretty good at router configuration? tl;dr, one of my New Year admin jobs is to see if I can stop renting a router and use one of the many in the cupboard. Firmware fuckery and other issues are making this very much less than trivial.
January 2, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Is anyone in my network pretty good at router configuration? tl;dr, one of my New Year admin jobs is to see if I can stop renting a router and use one of the many in the cupboard. Firmware fuckery and other issues are making this very much less than trivial.
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...and favourite 2025 photos part two: paulclarke.com/photography/...
Looking back at 2025 – part two
If you missed part one: it’s here. Into the summer, and a lovely assignment at an air show. One of the client’s significant aircraft was being revealed with “a special escort”, according to the PA sys...
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December 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
...and favourite 2025 photos part two: paulclarke.com/photography/...
My favourite 2025 photos: part one paulclarke.com/photography/...
Looking back at 2025 – part one
As ever, Christmas Eve brings my first half of 2025’s photo highlights. They aren’t always my most popular, or even the most technically notable, but the ones that when I look back, meant the most. A ...
paulclarke.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
My favourite 2025 photos: part one paulclarke.com/photography/...
Emboldened by my OneLogin experiences, I have now tried doing CH stuff online. My god. How many years of transaction experience, and CH are this shoddy? It's a catalogue of design disasters.
December 31, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Emboldened by my OneLogin experiences, I have now tried doing CH stuff online. My god. How many years of transaction experience, and CH are this shoddy? It's a catalogue of design disasters.
Night owls: it's New Year's Eve, which means it's part 2 of my year in pictures longer write-up paulclarke.com/photography/...
Looking back at 2025 – part two
If you missed part one: it’s here. Into the summer, and a lovely assignment at an air show. One of the client’s significant aircraft was being revealed with “a special escort”, according to the PA sys...
paulclarke.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Night owls: it's New Year's Eve, which means it's part 2 of my year in pictures longer write-up paulclarke.com/photography/...
I need bright ideas for managing a very seasonal business.
December 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I need bright ideas for managing a very seasonal business.
I now seem to have a OneLogin and a Gov Uk ID check app. What's that about then?
December 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I now seem to have a OneLogin and a Gov Uk ID check app. What's that about then?
15 minutes into Brassed Off. I'm toast. Wet toast. Never seen it before.
December 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
15 minutes into Brassed Off. I'm toast. Wet toast. Never seen it before.
Quite enjoying that ludicrous roaster being widely called out. No doubt straight back to his sensationalist "war reporting" with little substantiation and zero sources. Strong whiff of that mental Twitter guy who pretended to be ex FCO. +++BREAKING+++, oh and RS Archer, too
December 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Quite enjoying that ludicrous roaster being widely called out. No doubt straight back to his sensationalist "war reporting" with little substantiation and zero sources. Strong whiff of that mental Twitter guy who pretended to be ex FCO. +++BREAKING+++, oh and RS Archer, too
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Anyone here want two tickets to this tonight at 7pm?! Good seats but we're ill and can't go.... www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/calendar/a-b...
A Baroque Christmas by Candlelight - St Martin-in-the-Fields
Join St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble and soprano Natasha Page for a selection of Baroque festive favourites, including works for soprano and strings alongside Corelli’s magical Christmas Concerto. Make y...
www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org
December 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Anyone here want two tickets to this tonight at 7pm?! Good seats but we're ill and can't go.... www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/calendar/a-b...
My top festive snack was Yorkshire pudding filled with Polish herring. Take that, fusion-phobes!
December 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
My top festive snack was Yorkshire pudding filled with Polish herring. Take that, fusion-phobes!
probly had enough cheese now
December 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
probly had enough cheese now
I have done things with cabbages you simply would not believe
December 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I have done things with cabbages you simply would not believe
A quiet Christmas morning read with your coffee, now with fixed typos; thank you @addey.com et al
The year in photos: Part One paulclarke.com/photography/...
Looking back at 2025 – part one
As ever, Christmas Eve brings my first half of 2025’s photo highlights. They aren’t always my most popular, or even the most technically notable, but the ones that when I look back, meant the most. A ...
paulclarke.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
A quiet Christmas morning read with your coffee, now with fixed typos; thank you @addey.com et al
The year in photos: Part One paulclarke.com/photography/...
Looking back at 2025 – part one
As ever, Christmas Eve brings my first half of 2025’s photo highlights. They aren’t always my most popular, or even the most technically notable, but the ones that when I look back, meant the most. A ...
paulclarke.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The year in photos: Part One paulclarke.com/photography/...
Matthew is brilliant
My colleague @juliacushion.bsky.social made a “sunlight optimism” spreadsheet, my colleague @zarino.co.uk said there should be a postcode lookup version, I have the day off, the kid has gone swimming, and so, I present:
The Sunlight Optimism Calculator: dracos.co.uk/made/sunligh...
The Sunlight Optimism Calculator: dracos.co.uk/made/sunligh...
December 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Matthew is brilliant
2025 Top Ten. No.1 – After the Arrows. I've taken all the 'usual' pictures of this incredible display team. But this summer, I found something completely different.
December 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
2025 Top Ten. No.1 – After the Arrows. I've taken all the 'usual' pictures of this incredible display team. But this summer, I found something completely different.