Philip R Holden
@pwotg.bsky.social
Academic, writer, theatre director, sometime actor, coffee, red wine and pie lover; erstwhile bookseller. Brunch gets my attention every time. PWOTG stands for please walk on the grass (inquire for details)🙂
Idly drinking coffee in bed...
I can't think of anyone better qualified to retrace the steps of humankind from Olduvai Gorge to the Natural History Museum - almost exactly 10,000km and 90 days walking.
What a trek! With (tbf) some considerable obstacles.
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social?
Anyone?
I can't think of anyone better qualified to retrace the steps of humankind from Olduvai Gorge to the Natural History Museum - almost exactly 10,000km and 90 days walking.
What a trek! With (tbf) some considerable obstacles.
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social?
Anyone?
December 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Idly drinking coffee in bed...
I can't think of anyone better qualified to retrace the steps of humankind from Olduvai Gorge to the Natural History Museum - almost exactly 10,000km and 90 days walking.
What a trek! With (tbf) some considerable obstacles.
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social?
Anyone?
I can't think of anyone better qualified to retrace the steps of humankind from Olduvai Gorge to the Natural History Museum - almost exactly 10,000km and 90 days walking.
What a trek! With (tbf) some considerable obstacles.
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social?
Anyone?
Nice.
My standby is a French press but I'm afraid I've succumbed to this....
My standby is a French press but I'm afraid I've succumbed to this....
December 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Nice.
My standby is a French press but I'm afraid I've succumbed to this....
My standby is a French press but I'm afraid I've succumbed to this....
Sometimes less is more. Sometimes more is over the top.
But rarely you get something so exquisitely prepared that you want it over and over again.
#kenrex is many people's best show of the year.
Go and see why (before the end of Jan) at @theotherpalace.bsky.social
The Times archive.ph/eeGK5
But rarely you get something so exquisitely prepared that you want it over and over again.
#kenrex is many people's best show of the year.
Go and see why (before the end of Jan) at @theotherpalace.bsky.social
The Times archive.ph/eeGK5
December 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Sometimes less is more. Sometimes more is over the top.
But rarely you get something so exquisitely prepared that you want it over and over again.
#kenrex is many people's best show of the year.
Go and see why (before the end of Jan) at @theotherpalace.bsky.social
The Times archive.ph/eeGK5
But rarely you get something so exquisitely prepared that you want it over and over again.
#kenrex is many people's best show of the year.
Go and see why (before the end of Jan) at @theotherpalace.bsky.social
The Times archive.ph/eeGK5
You find us all, doing the...
December 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
You find us all, doing the...
#theatresky
The first script I ever bought - as an early teen.
The first script I ever bought - as an early teen.
December 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
#theatresky
The first script I ever bought - as an early teen.
The first script I ever bought - as an early teen.
#shakespearesunday
"In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil?"
"Kenrex" The Other Palace Theatre on now
"In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil?"
"Kenrex" The Other Palace Theatre on now
December 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
#shakespearesunday
"In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil?"
"Kenrex" The Other Palace Theatre on now
"In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil?"
"Kenrex" The Other Palace Theatre on now
This is the world burying its head in its hands
December 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is the world burying its head in its hands
The penultimate sunset from Kent
November 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The penultimate sunset from Kent
Today I have mostly been struggling with students work and AI...and making misshapen pecan cookies.
I know which has been more successful...
I know which has been more successful...
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Today I have mostly been struggling with students work and AI...and making misshapen pecan cookies.
I know which has been more successful...
I know which has been more successful...
Since you like pictures...
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Since you like pictures...
Oh, and Nicholas's so-called peer reviewed journal is a Micky Mouse affair, lying about its impact
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Oh, and Nicholas's so-called peer reviewed journal is a Micky Mouse affair, lying about its impact
Enjoy. I loved Toronto, especially this sign...
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Enjoy. I loved Toronto, especially this sign...
You might also consider that quoting ONLY one set of measurements (from Greenland Gisp2) is rather like only taking the Earth's temperature in the Sahara.
As soon as you look more globally, you see that your 'gotcha graph' is counterbalanced by data from Antarctica.
And you still haven't read this..
As soon as you look more globally, you see that your 'gotcha graph' is counterbalanced by data from Antarctica.
And you still haven't read this..
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
You might also consider that quoting ONLY one set of measurements (from Greenland Gisp2) is rather like only taking the Earth's temperature in the Sahara.
As soon as you look more globally, you see that your 'gotcha graph' is counterbalanced by data from Antarctica.
And you still haven't read this..
As soon as you look more globally, you see that your 'gotcha graph' is counterbalanced by data from Antarctica.
And you still haven't read this..
It would be an improvement - broadly the same FoM as EU members.
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It would be an improvement - broadly the same FoM as EU members.
The key is that, according to
Kaufman and McKay (2022) "Technical Note: Past and future warming – direct comparison on multi-century timescales" , continued warming will exceed temperatures at which agriculture is viable.
Kaufman and McKay (2022) "Technical Note: Past and future warming – direct comparison on multi-century timescales" , continued warming will exceed temperatures at which agriculture is viable.
November 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The key is that, according to
Kaufman and McKay (2022) "Technical Note: Past and future warming – direct comparison on multi-century timescales" , continued warming will exceed temperatures at which agriculture is viable.
Kaufman and McKay (2022) "Technical Note: Past and future warming – direct comparison on multi-century timescales" , continued warming will exceed temperatures at which agriculture is viable.
Misfeasance? Negligence? What IS the correct word for government inaction leading to the deaths of 23,000 people?
#covid #covidinquiry
Image: Guardian Newspaper
#covid #covidinquiry
Image: Guardian Newspaper
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Misfeasance? Negligence? What IS the correct word for government inaction leading to the deaths of 23,000 people?
#covid #covidinquiry
Image: Guardian Newspaper
#covid #covidinquiry
Image: Guardian Newspaper
Still some of my favourite paintings and set design - clearly related but a few years apart. #theatresky #theatersky #artsky #painting
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Still some of my favourite paintings and set design - clearly related but a few years apart. #theatresky #theatersky #artsky #painting
It was very common once
November 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
It was very common once
But surely it's a fact because he says so. That's how it works, right Karoline?
November 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
But surely it's a fact because he says so. That's how it works, right Karoline?
So, Amazon operates in all 50 states. Back in 2018 some states were reported as having 500-1000 Amazon employees on SNAP.
So let's be generous and say 'only' 12,000 (250x50) such people exist.
GIVING them an extra $10,000 each would deduct barely 5% of Amazon's profit of $21.2bn.
So let's be generous and say 'only' 12,000 (250x50) such people exist.
GIVING them an extra $10,000 each would deduct barely 5% of Amazon's profit of $21.2bn.
November 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
So, Amazon operates in all 50 states. Back in 2018 some states were reported as having 500-1000 Amazon employees on SNAP.
So let's be generous and say 'only' 12,000 (250x50) such people exist.
GIVING them an extra $10,000 each would deduct barely 5% of Amazon's profit of $21.2bn.
So let's be generous and say 'only' 12,000 (250x50) such people exist.
GIVING them an extra $10,000 each would deduct barely 5% of Amazon's profit of $21.2bn.
Amazon making 14,000 redundant because a 13% year on year increase in sales to $167.7bn (£125bn) just isn't enough.
(That 414ft, $400,000,000 schooner won't pay for itself, eh Jeff?)
But it's not just Amazon...
#wealthtax
(That 414ft, $400,000,000 schooner won't pay for itself, eh Jeff?)
But it's not just Amazon...
#wealthtax
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Amazon making 14,000 redundant because a 13% year on year increase in sales to $167.7bn (£125bn) just isn't enough.
(That 414ft, $400,000,000 schooner won't pay for itself, eh Jeff?)
But it's not just Amazon...
#wealthtax
(That 414ft, $400,000,000 schooner won't pay for itself, eh Jeff?)
But it's not just Amazon...
#wealthtax