Tomsprints
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Long time social media user. Anglo-Irish by birth. Ex local government. Enjoyed some good years as freelance photographer until the pandemic wrecked my business model. Also a reasonably successful Masters sprinter, but currently injured
Later this week, in the UK at least, a new film about the post WW2 Nuremberg trials is being released. It’s currently being heavily promoted. I’ve not seen it, but I’m guessing this guy will feature prominently in the portrayals. He’s buried in the grounds of the lovely Jevington church, in Sussex.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Later this week, in the UK at least, a new film about the post WW2 Nuremberg trials is being released. It’s currently being heavily promoted. I’ve not seen it, but I’m guessing this guy will feature prominently in the portrayals. He’s buried in the grounds of the lovely Jevington church, in Sussex.
I think this is the new road sign warning of a very low bridge:
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I think this is the new road sign warning of a very low bridge:
And proof from a Guardian headlines in 2020 of possible chronic White House overstaffing?
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
And proof from a Guardian headlines in 2020 of possible chronic White House overstaffing?
I’m having a bit of a clear-out of my photo archive. I found these screenshots of genuine Guardian headlines while doing so:
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I’m having a bit of a clear-out of my photo archive. I found these screenshots of genuine Guardian headlines while doing so:
A genuine headline from 2020, which time has rendered no less absurd:
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A genuine headline from 2020, which time has rendered no less absurd:
Great pavement art from outside London’s National Gallery, from about six or seven years ago.
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Great pavement art from outside London’s National Gallery, from about six or seven years ago.
I first saw this in September 2019. These days there seems a touch of Starmer about it.
November 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I first saw this in September 2019. These days there seems a touch of Starmer about it.
This chart was posted online a few years back. Happy to say, they have not achieved any of these aims yet.
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This chart was posted online a few years back. Happy to say, they have not achieved any of these aims yet.
The day Tr*mp broke wind in public, 2017:
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The day Tr*mp broke wind in public, 2017:
Shocking that the public purse doesn’t stretch to getting Charles a clean pair of gloves for his ceremonial duties at the Cenotaph today. (Screenshots from the tv)
November 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Shocking that the public purse doesn’t stretch to getting Charles a clean pair of gloves for his ceremonial duties at the Cenotaph today. (Screenshots from the tv)
It was a particular privilege earlier this year to visit the (relatively new) Bomber Command memorial site, at Canwick, not far fron Lincoln. Sited in an area full of RAF bases in WW2. #neverforget
November 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
It was a particular privilege earlier this year to visit the (relatively new) Bomber Command memorial site, at Canwick, not far fron Lincoln. Sited in an area full of RAF bases in WW2. #neverforget
Remembering today these guys, commemorated by the Bomber Command Memorial in London’s Green Park. Always controversial, but they had to wait until 2012 for this permanent recognition.
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Remembering today these guys, commemorated by the Bomber Command Memorial in London’s Green Park. Always controversial, but they had to wait until 2012 for this permanent recognition.
This morning, the Met Office surface pressure chart on their app currently shows five distinct low pressure systems in our part of the planet. However, that’s small beer compared to the _twelve_ on this chart below, screenshot on 27 January this year.
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
This morning, the Met Office surface pressure chart on their app currently shows five distinct low pressure systems in our part of the planet. However, that’s small beer compared to the _twelve_ on this chart below, screenshot on 27 January this year.
A 1931 Douglas Strachan #stainedglass window from St Thomas, Winchelsea, in East Sussex. Some great detail - notice the Red Cross armband in the lower left. One of my personal very favourite windows anywhere. Spike Milligan is buried in the churchyard. #alwaysremember
November 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM
A 1931 Douglas Strachan #stainedglass window from St Thomas, Winchelsea, in East Sussex. Some great detail - notice the Red Cross armband in the lower left. One of my personal very favourite windows anywhere. Spike Milligan is buried in the churchyard. #alwaysremember
For Remembrance Sunday. This is from Kettlewell village, in Yorkshire. It is a stunning, large #stainedglass window, all the more imposing because it’s the east window in this little church, and the congregation sit facing it, all year round.
November 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
For Remembrance Sunday. This is from Kettlewell village, in Yorkshire. It is a stunning, large #stainedglass window, all the more imposing because it’s the east window in this little church, and the congregation sit facing it, all year round.
Two photos from my late afternoon stroll along the path beside “my” piece of the River Medway today. Possibly as warm for early November as I can ever remember.
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Two photos from my late afternoon stroll along the path beside “my” piece of the River Medway today. Possibly as warm for early November as I can ever remember.
The west front of Norwich Cathedral thisevening, with this week’s “SuperMoon”.
November 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The west front of Norwich Cathedral thisevening, with this week’s “SuperMoon”.
Some very nice late-autumn oak trees on the Ickworth estate, near Bury St Edmunds, today.
November 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Some very nice late-autumn oak trees on the Ickworth estate, near Bury St Edmunds, today.
A very nice place. I’ve been there to photograph the stained glass several times. The church has a mouse mascot called “Cheesus”, which is often hidden as a game for children, who then walk around the place saying “We’re looking for Cheesus”.
November 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A very nice place. I’ve been there to photograph the stained glass several times. The church has a mouse mascot called “Cheesus”, which is often hidden as a game for children, who then walk around the place saying “We’re looking for Cheesus”.
Leeds in Kent is one of my favourite churches for #stainedglass. Here is a Kempe “Noli Me Tangere” of about 1930.
October 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Leeds in Kent is one of my favourite churches for #stainedglass. Here is a Kempe “Noli Me Tangere” of about 1930.
Anyone here know what these berries are called, please? I’m told they’re not callicarpa, but the person who told me that couldn’t recall the correct name, of course!
Growing in SE England, from within a south-facing hedge. Each is about 1cm diameter.
Growing in SE England, from within a south-facing hedge. Each is about 1cm diameter.
October 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Anyone here know what these berries are called, please? I’m told they’re not callicarpa, but the person who told me that couldn’t recall the correct name, of course!
Growing in SE England, from within a south-facing hedge. Each is about 1cm diameter.
Growing in SE England, from within a south-facing hedge. Each is about 1cm diameter.
Today’s (only) flash of colour:
October 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Today’s (only) flash of colour:
No apologies for again posting a photo of one of the 300 year-old+ sweet chestnut trunks you can find growing at the National Trust’s Sheffield Park Gardens, within just a few minutes walk from the car park. I love these. Very architectural, almost like medieval remnants.
October 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
No apologies for again posting a photo of one of the 300 year-old+ sweet chestnut trunks you can find growing at the National Trust’s Sheffield Park Gardens, within just a few minutes walk from the car park. I love these. Very architectural, almost like medieval remnants.
A panoramic view of the Middle Lake, at the National Trust’s Sheffield Park, taken one morning, a few days ago:
October 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
A panoramic view of the Middle Lake, at the National Trust’s Sheffield Park, taken one morning, a few days ago:
One of my regular friends from my near-daily walks along the River Medway path:
October 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
One of my regular friends from my near-daily walks along the River Medway path: