This is very sad. Billy Bonds is written into my earliest football memories. A West Ham icon almost without parallel. It was great to see him embraced again by the club in recent years. RIP Billy.
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This is very sad. Billy Bonds is written into my earliest football memories. A West Ham icon almost without parallel. It was great to see him embraced again by the club in recent years. RIP Billy.
Good morning. Discombobulated this week by time zones and jet lag and so have been awol. Good week in Tokyo but more than ready to go home.
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Good morning. Discombobulated this week by time zones and jet lag and so have been awol. Good week in Tokyo but more than ready to go home.
A couple of weeks ago I went to see Hamlet for the first time in 35 years. Why I've been avoiding it for so long: bennotinspain.substack.com/p/to-watch-o...
November 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A couple of weeks ago I went to see Hamlet for the first time in 35 years. Why I've been avoiding it for so long: bennotinspain.substack.com/p/to-watch-o...
Good morning. Last night’s cold rain has cleared away and it’s now a cold grey morning in Hamburg where Christmas is coming.
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Good morning. Last night’s cold rain has cleared away and it’s now a cold grey morning in Hamburg where Christmas is coming.
Othello is a nasty play. This was a terrific production. And Toby Jones a most devilish Iago, surely the greatest of all Shakespeare’s villains.
November 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Othello is a nasty play. This was a terrific production. And Toby Jones a most devilish Iago, surely the greatest of all Shakespeare’s villains.
This is a lovely book. The first I’ve read in which a fig tree is a leading character. Also had no idea just how bloody and brutal Cyprus was. Seeing human lives and all our self-inflicted misery, our conceits, as well as our love, through the perspective of a tree is very clever and also moving.
November 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
This is a lovely book. The first I’ve read in which a fig tree is a leading character. Also had no idea just how bloody and brutal Cyprus was. Seeing human lives and all our self-inflicted misery, our conceits, as well as our love, through the perspective of a tree is very clever and also moving.
Poignant two minute silence at the people of London memorial on the south side of St Paul’s.
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Poignant two minute silence at the people of London memorial on the south side of St Paul’s.
Good morning. The weather has broken and it’s probably a good thing given the drought stories I’ve been reading. Wet and a bit wild. Good view of the failing tree here, in contrast to healthier tree behind. Surgeon says it’s Acute Oak Decline. Now trying to figure out if anything can be done with it
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Good morning. The weather has broken and it’s probably a good thing given the drought stories I’ve been reading. Wet and a bit wild. Good view of the failing tree here, in contrast to healthier tree behind. Surgeon says it’s Acute Oak Decline. Now trying to figure out if anything can be done with it
Does this boy love a stick. When they’re big like this he tends to growl at them. Beautiful day.
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Does this boy love a stick. When they’re big like this he tends to growl at them. Beautiful day.
This is more usual. Daggers and guns and whatever…
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This is more usual. Daggers and guns and whatever…
There are a surprising number of vintage weapons available every week in our local country auction house. This week things have escalated a little.
November 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
There are a surprising number of vintage weapons available every week in our local country auction house. This week things have escalated a little.
Good morning. Today will mostly be spent thinking about Blue Lights and the last 15 minutes or S3 E5 and first 15 of E6. Incredible television. At some point today will be bunking off to watch the end. Have a good weekend ORCs.
November 7, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Good morning. Today will mostly be spent thinking about Blue Lights and the last 15 minutes or S3 E5 and first 15 of E6. Incredible television. At some point today will be bunking off to watch the end. Have a good weekend ORCs.
I mean, Christ… that’s about 25 minutes of the most tense ‘entertainment’ I’ve ever seen.
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I mean, Christ… that’s about 25 minutes of the most tense ‘entertainment’ I’ve ever seen.
Goodness me, but Blue Lights is the highest quality television. Quite brilliant.
November 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Goodness me, but Blue Lights is the highest quality television. Quite brilliant.
I am sorry to report that my favourite shop in Liverpool St has closed. I never actually bought. Anything from them, but always enjoyed looking. Which may hint at the problem.
November 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I am sorry to report that my favourite shop in Liverpool St has closed. I never actually bought. Anything from them, but always enjoyed looking. Which may hint at the problem.
Good morning ORCs. Another day another railway station. A test for our Belgian 🇧🇪 friends. Which one is it?? Have a good day all.
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Good morning ORCs. Another day another railway station. A test for our Belgian 🇧🇪 friends. Which one is it?? Have a good day all.
Good morning. Busy day in Belgium ahead. First stop Leuven. Performance evaluation time…
November 4, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Good morning. Busy day in Belgium ahead. First stop Leuven. Performance evaluation time…
A bit blowy on the east coast but a beautiful sunset.
October 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A bit blowy on the east coast but a beautiful sunset.
Farewell then, Lyra Silvertongue. What a wonderful journey. Important evocative books. Peerless storytelling. Take a bow, Sir Philip Pullman, you have enriched my life and those of many others.
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Farewell then, Lyra Silvertongue. What a wonderful journey. Important evocative books. Peerless storytelling. Take a bow, Sir Philip Pullman, you have enriched my life and those of many others.
Good morning weekend ORCs. Beautiful day here and being celebrated by church bells all over the town.
October 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Good morning weekend ORCs. Beautiful day here and being celebrated by church bells all over the town.
Incredible sunset view of Etna this evening from Taormina, this is the White Lotus view.
October 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Incredible sunset view of Etna this evening from Taormina, this is the White Lotus view.
A long awaited day…
October 23, 2025 at 6:44 AM
A long awaited day…
Good morning ORCs. So this is what greets the good people of Lingualossa, and terrifies visitors, each morning. All is calm on Etna as you can see… have a good one.
October 23, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Good morning ORCs. So this is what greets the good people of Lingualossa, and terrifies visitors, each morning. All is calm on Etna as you can see… have a good one.
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
October 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness