Part of the model of 1900 Sheffield City Centre at the University of Sheffield Library exhibition of the work of architecture lecturer Peter Blundell Jones. Made by his PhD students in 1998.

A Tasquinha Dos Guindais restaurant in Porto - basically a few tables in an alley and old fella with a bbq and sardines, a salad and white wine. Cash only and a discussion on the why Salah isn't hitting his usual heights this season. Holiday perfection.

Renishaw (Derbyshire) Harvest - 28th September - two weeks earlier than last year and a far better harvest.

Miriam is a national treasure.
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Average full-time pay in UK by decile and age. Sobering reading but actually not that suprising if you have followed these things over the past couple of decades. pbs.twimg.com/media/GykyLw...

Details from Sheffierld Hallam's public art archive. There it states the commission was from The Leadmill. public-art.shu.ac.uk/images/2064....

Sea temps at present in Med are 8C above average. Statiscally this is a one in a thousand year event. x.com/Met4CastUK/s...

This 15.6%ABV blockbuster - Dongfang Yuxing Winery, Geruihong Yeguangbei, Helan Mountain East, Ningxia, China - has won best in show in 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards. Not available outside of China. Yet. 2022https://decanterresultsapi.decanter.com/api/DWWA/2025/wines/773037/image

I occasionally look at GFS models (a US weather prediction computer model- others are available). This for 26th June caught my eye - 40C in London 39C in Sheffield. We'll see but that is extreme for any time let alone late June x.com/TWOweather/s...

My Phyllostachys nigra 'Boryana' has flowered after 2 decades. Have collected the seeds. I'm unsure of the best way to propogate them. Anybody have an experience of this?

Renishaw vines last week

Spent most of April in South Korea visiting my youngest who works there and absolutely loves it. A modern, vibrant, cultured, high trust, organised society with breath-takingly good public transport, high-rise cities and stunningly beautiful countryside.

60-80 Mandarin Ducks, some Mallards and a Heron hanging out on River Sheaf at Broadfield Road Sheffield. Why here? It's a concrete culvert, virtually no vegetation and really fast moving.

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@meganjames.bsky.social
Here is the street you work on a few years back. I'm guessing early 1960s due to lack of cars.
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Come along to La Biblioteka in Leah's Yard on Cambridge Street Sheffield from 3pm Saturday 15th February for the launch of my 5th book.

"...So Where Are You From?"

Available from Arc Publishing Sheffield, good local independents bookshps in Sheffield and Amazon (soon)