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April 2025

21 April » Today’s walk: Albourne Vineyards
20 April » Fractals in the soil
20 April » Today’s walk: Climping beach
19 April » Today’s walk: appreciating bluebells on the Angmering Estate
13 April » Today’s walk: Leybourne Lakes Country Park
13 April » Cherry blossom beauty
11 April » Today’s walk: King’s Cross to Paddington canal
9 April » Tomb painting
5 April » Today’s walk: Peacehaven – Centenary Park
4 April » Today’s bake: Claude’s Chocolate Coconut Loaf

March 2025

29 March » Today’s walk: Chelwood Vachery
29 March » A sea glass ring
29 March » Today’s bake: Date and Walnut Loaf
22 March » Today’s walk: Seaford Head in spring sunshine
22 March » Today’s bake: Fudgy date brownies
21 March » Surfers Against Sewage x GoodGym Beach Clean
15 March » Today’s bake: a rebake of Almond Flour banana bread
14 March » Brunch at Reading Room
14 March » Lunar eclipse
9 March » Today’s walk: Wolstonbury Hill from Pyecombe
7 March » Today’s walk: At Hinton Ampner
6 March » Today’s walk: Along the canal from Wootton Rivers
6 March » Thoughts on the article “Are chatbots of the dead a brilliant idea or a terrible one?”
5 March » Today’s second walk: The Courts Garden
5 March » Today’s walk: Caen Hill Locks
4 March » Today’s walks: Avebury, Silbury Hill, The Sanctuary and West Kennet Long Barrow
3 March » Today’s walk: Savernake Forest
2 March » Today’s second walk: Exploring Wootton Rivers
2 March » Today’s walk: Exploring Winchester
2 March » Yesterday’s bake: Gluten-Free Lemon Cake with Almonds

February 2025

23 February » Today’s make: Lemon curd and chia yoghurt parfait
23 February » Command+i
22 February » A stack of postcards
16 February » Today’s walk: There and back on the Cuckoo Trail from Hellingly
15 February » Today’s walk: Shinewater Park
12 February » It may be confused…
9 February » Today’s walk: Abbot’s Wood
8 February » Heat pump installation
8 February » Today’s walk: Falmer and Stanmer Park
7 February » Today’s bake: Almond Parmesan crackers
2 February » Today’s walk: Estate Walk at Scotney Castle

January 2025

30 January » Today’s run: afternoon off squadrathino hunt in Portslade and Hove
28 January » Today’s walk: Lewes – The Pells & The Ouse, and more
25 January » Today’s walk: Newick – Reedens Meadow & Lane End Common
12 January » Today’s walk: Wintry Wild Park
11 January » I’ve got my wings
4 January » New Year in Norfolk

December 2024

30 December » Book review: Solo by William Boyd
29 December » Book review: The Joy of Small Things by Hannah Jane Parkinson
29 December » Book review: And So This is Christmas: 51 Seasonally Adjusted Poems by Brian Bilston
28 December » Today’s walk: A misty walk at Box Hill with friends
27 December » Pooch passport completed with a visit to Batemans
22 December » Today’s walk: Sheffield Park with the snowman
22 December » Book review: A Christmas Murder by Mary Grand
18 December » Book review: The Lost Rainforests of Britain by Guy Shrubsole
15 December » Today’s walk: Box Hill
6 December » Today’s walk: Scotney Castle
1 December » Today’s walk: Christmas carols at Chartwell
1 December » The last of the leaves 🍂
1 December » Advent calendars

November 2024

24 November » Zoe: End of year one
23 November » Book review: The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson
22 November » Monet and London at The Cortauld
22 November » The Artist’s Garden
22 November » Farewell Omnivore
19 November » Book review: Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World by Lauren Fleshman
17 November » Book review: The Food For Life Cookbook: 100+ Recipes Created with ZOE by Tim Spector
16 November » Today’s walk: Hatchlands Park
12 November » Weekend bake: Recharge bars
10 November » Today’s walk: Wiggonholt Heath from RSPB Pulborough Brooks
9 November » Today’s walk: An autumnal stroll at Winkworth Arboretum
7 November » Book review: Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright!: An Animal Poem for Each Day of the Year by Fiona Waters
6 November » Book review: Frankie by Graham Norton
3 November » Book review: The Natural Health Service: What the Great Outdoors Can Do for Your Mind by Isabel Hardman
2 November » Today’s walk: Sheffield Park Gardens for autumn colours
2 November » Yesterday’s bake: Apple cake

October 2024

26 October » Today’s walk: At Claremont Landscape Garden
26 October » Tea tasting at Bird & Blend
25 October » Today’s bake: Seeded sofa bread
19 October » Today’s walk: Autumnal Standen
14 October » Today’s makes: Dark chocolate bark and experimental Dark chocolate peanut butter chunks
13 October » Book review: Mrs Hudson and the Samarkand Conspiracy (A Sherlock Holmes & Mrs Hudson Mystery #4) by Martin Davies
12 October » Today’s walk: Along the canal from Birmingham to Bournville
12 October » Book review: My Name Is Leon by Kit de Waal
11 October » Today’s walk: Along the canal from Birmingham
9 October » Sunset sky looking spectacular
8 October » Book review: SOLO: What running across mountains taught me about life by Jenny Tough
5 October » Todays walk: Yew Tree Walk at Polesden Lacey

September 2024

29 September » Pooch Passport
29 September » Today’s walk: Birling Gap
29 September » Thief at the British Museum
28 September » Today’s Walk: Killerton
28 September » Book review: Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24) by Agatha Christie
27 September » Today’s walk: Around Coleton Fishacre and along the SW Coast path
26 September » Today’s walk: Bigbury-on-sea, Ringmote and Ayrmer Cove
26 September » Book review: Seaglass: Essays, Moments and Reflections by Kathryn Tann
26 September » Book review: The Incredible Theft - a Hercule Poirot Short Story (Hercule Poirot) by Agatha Christie
25 September » Today’s walk: Prawle Point
25 September » Book review: We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1) by Richard Osman
24 September » Today’s walk: Brixham to Paignton (and back on a steam train)
23 September » Today’s walk: Fingle Bridge from Castle Drogo
22 September » Today’s walk: Brixham and Sharkham Point
22 September » Book review: Gathering: Women of Colour on Nature by Durre Shahwar
15 September » Todays walk: Bedelands Farm local nature reserve
15 September » Running out of time relay medal
15 September » Today’s make: Dukkah
14 September » We plough the fields and scatter
14 September » Book review: What You Are Looking for Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
13 September » Today’s bake: Spiced Apple Carrot Muffins
8 September » ParalympicsGB in Paris 2024
7 September » Today’s bake: Savoury flapjacks with apple, cheese and walnuts
3 September » GoodGym #88
1 September » Weekend’s walks: Stanmer and Cowden

August 2024

31 August » Matisse at Hove Museum
31 August » Brighton Street art: Pink
31 August » vAncient Olympia: Certificate and final postcode
31 August » Book review: A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter
23 August » vAncient Olympia: Fifth Postcard
23 August » Today’s walk: Littlehampton to Worthing
17 August » Today’s bake: More pecan cookies
16 August » vAncient Olympia: Fourth Postcard
16 August » vTrans Europe: Final postcard and certificate
12 August » I licked it so it’s mine
12 August » vAncient Olympia: Third Postcard
12 August » Today’s walk: Tegg’s Nose Stroll
11 August » Manchester: Street art
11 August » Manchester (and Bury): Paying my respects
11 August » Manchester: Looking up
7 August » vAncient Olympia: Second Postcard

July 2024

28 July » vAncient Olympia: First Postcard
28 July » Book review: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
26 July » Today’s bake: Persian walnut cookies
25 July » vThames Path: Final postcard (and certificate)
21 July » RNIB description of art work
14 July » Today’s make: Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Almond Clusters
14 July » Beach hut 42
13 July » Animals on BT cabinets
13 July » Today’s walk: Devil’s Dyke
13 July » Today’s bake: Pecan cookies
13 July » Book review: The Book of Men: Poems by Dorianne Laux
12 July » vTransEurope Fourteenth postcard
12 July » Book review: The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike, #7) by Robert Galbraith
7 July » Book review: brother. do. you. love. me. by Manni Coe
6 July » Spotted on the sea wall between Ovingdean and Brighton Marina ❤️
6 July » Book review: Just Add Nature by Rebecca Frank
1 July » June's reading

June 2024

30 June » Sunday at the Knepp Estate
30 June » Royal Academy of Arts: Summer Exhibition 2024
29 June » A sunny June afternoon in Ferring
29 June » Book review: Finding Hildasay: How One Man Walked the UK's Coastline and Found Hope and Happiness by Christian Lewis
27 June » Book review: The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods
25 June » More morning flowers in the rest garden
23 June » Today’s walk: Southwick to Brighton
22 June » A tribute to James Turrell’s Skyspaces
22 June » A perfect charging spot
21 June » Today’s walk: Bishop’s wood
21 June » Book review: Brecon Beacons: 40 favourite walks by Ben Giles
20 June » Today’s walk: Tor y Foel
19 June » Today’s walk: Foel Fraith and Garreg Lwyd
18 June » Today’s walk: Pant y Creigiau
17 June » Today’s walk: Gilwern Wharf and the Clydach Gorge
17 June » Today’s short walk: Around the Aneurin Bevan Memorial Stones
16 June » Today’s walk: The Sugar Loaf
16 June » Book review: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
16 June » Book review: Being in Nature: 20 practices to help you flourish in a busy world by James Farrell
15 June » Today’s walks: St Mary’s Vale and Castle Meadows
14 June » The river Usk
12 June » A strawberry plant with pink flowers 😍
12 June » Life in the crack of a wall
10 June » Book review: Bewilderment by Richard Powers
9 June » vTrans Europe: Thirteenth postcard
9 June » Today’s walk: Barcombe Mills
9 June » Today’s bake: Snickerdoodles
5 June » Layered rose petals
4 June » vThames Path: Fifth postcard
3 June » Today’s bake: Vegan almond flour cookies
3 June » Today’s make: Spiced nuts
2 June » Today’s walk: a revisit to Kingsfold
2 June » Let’s have a look through the round window
1 June » May’s reading

May 2024

31 May » Today’s bake: Walnut bread
30 May » Highlighter petals on the rock roses
27 May » Yesterday’s walk: Abinger Common and Friday Street
27 May » My garden of roses
27 May » Book review: A Dutiful Boy by Mohsin Zaidi
25 May » Today’s walk: Plumpton Fields and Meadows revisited
24 May » Today’s bake: Cheese and courgette muffins
20 May » Morning flowers in the Rest Garden
18 May » Yesterday’s bake: Maple spiced and toasted walnuts
18 May » Book review: Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn't Built for Us by Alison Mariella Désir
17 May » Today’s bake: Almond Flour Lemon Raspberry muffins recipe
16 May » Being watched (mammal edition)
15 May » Being watched (mollusk edition)
12 May » Today’s bake: almond flour cinnamon and pecan muffins
11 May » vThames Path: Fourth postcard
6 May » vTrans Europe: Twelfth postcard
6 May » Today’s bake: almond flour cinnamon muffins
5 May » Bluebells between Newdigate and Capel
4 May » Book review: Next Level: Your Guide to Kicking Ass, Feeling Great, and Crushing Goals Through Menopause and Beyond by Stacy T. Sims
3 May » Today’s bake: Energy snack seed bars
2 May » Irises in the Rest Garden

April 2024

27 April » An afternoon walk along the Adur
27 April » Today’s other bake: chocolate drizzled peanut butter cookies
27 April » Today’s bake: Cheese scone-ish
26 April » Peace Pagoda
26 April » Battersea Power Station
23 April » Book review: The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood
20 April » Sculptures at the Secret Garden
20 April » Today’s bake: Almond flour and chocolate scones
13 April » Today’s bake: Vegan almond cookies
12 April » Seen on a run
7 April » vThames Path: Third postcard
7 April » Brighton Marathon 10K
7 April » Book review: The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
6 April » vTrans Europe: Eleventh postcard
4 April » Easter weekend make: Cocoa Almonds
1 April » My tribute to Jackson Pollock
1 April » Today’s walk: Fernhurst and the Temple of the Winds

March 2024

31 March » Today’s walk: Charlwood: The Half Moon
31 March » Book review: Two Women Walk into a Bar by Cheryl Strayed
30 March » Today’s walk: Chatley Heath and Mays Green
30 March » First butterflies of the season
29 March » West Pier waves
29 March » Today’s bakes: Stilton and cauliflower muffins
29 March » Book review: Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
24 March » Albuca spiralis
24 March » Today’s walk: Godstone and Tilburstow Hill
24 March » First bluebells of the season
23 March » Today’s bake: Almond flour peanut butter cookies revisited
22 March » Book review: Glittering a Turd: How surviving the unsurvivable taught me to live by Kris Hallenga
20 March » Things to plan in on the run up to Christmas
17 March » Today’s bake: Keto Cheese Muffins (with Broccoli!)
16 March » First blossom in my garden
13 March » Low tide loveliness
13 March » vThames Path: Second postcard
10 March » Book review: The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) by Jane Harper
8 March » Today’s bake: almond ginger cookies
8 March » Double Weave at Ditchling Museum
3 March » Walking around Portland Bill
3 March » Winches on the coast path
3 March » Book review: When the Dust Settles by Lucy Easthope
2 March » Fortuneswell Fakery
2 March » Today’s walk: Quarry trail
2 March » Tout quarry sculpture park
2 March » Book review: Running The World: My World-Record-Breaking Adventure to Run a Marathon in Every Country on Earth by Nick Butter
1 March » Portland Day One

February 2024

29 February » Journeys on a map
25 February » vTrans Europe: Tenth postcard
24 February » The mortar seems to be stronger than the bricks
24 February » Ghost!
24 February » A Botany Bay morning walk
24 February » Cute at Somerset House
23 February » vThames Path : First postcard
21 February » Book review: Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
18 February » Today’s make: Date bark
13 February » First daisies of the season
11 February » Today’s walk: Withyham and the Five Hundred Acre Wood
11 February » A Norfolk holiday map
9 February » At the Butterfly Garden
7 February » Book review: The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1) by Heather Morris
6 February » vJurassic Coast: Final postcard and completion certificate
4 February » Today’s walk: Westcott and Wotton
4 February » 9 years on
3 February » Today’s walk: Loxwood
3 February » Book review: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
1 February » Today’s bake: Almond flour peanut butter cookies

January 2024

29 January » Book review: Light Rains Sometimes Fall: A British Year through Japan’s 72 Ancient Seasons by Lev Parikian
28 January » Today’s walk: Billingshurst
28 January » vTrans Europe: Ninth postcard
27 January » Today’s walk: Kingsfold
19 January » Margo in Margate in Brighton
14 January » Book review: Ghosts: The Button House Archives by Mathew Baynton
13 January » Book review: Forever Home by Graham Norton
5 January » Almond Flour Banana Bread
5 January » vJurassic Coast: Seventh postcard
3 January » My current workday productivity tools
2 January » 2023 Gratitudes
2 January » December's gratitudes
1 January » Today’s walk: Brandon Country Park
1 January » A beautiful view to start a new year
1 January » Book review: The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) by Richard Osman

December 2023

31 December » 2023 Butterfly sightings tally
31 December » Found feathers!
31 December » vTrans Europe: Eighth postcard
31 December » Book review: Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
30 December » Folly!
30 December » My first snowdrops of the season
29 December » First daffodils of the season 😍
27 December » Margate stone art
27 December » Book review: The Picture House Murders (Miss Clara Vale #1) by Fiona Veitch Smith
26 December » At the Lido, Margate
26 December » Christmas morning in Canterbury
24 December » Christmas Eve walk: Clowes Wood
24 December » Book review: Hope – How Street Dogs Taught Me the Meaning of Life: Featuring Rodney, McMuffin and King Whacker by Niall Harbison
23 December » Book review: Still Life by Sarah Winman
18 December » Brighton Lights at One Garden
17 December » Zoe: End of my first full week
6 December » vJurassic Coast: Sixth postcard
5 December » Zoe: Days 5 to 14
3 December » November's Gratitudes
3 December » Book review: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
2 December » Christmas trees at the Royal Pavilion
2 December » Book review: The Way Back Almanac 2023: A contemporary seasonal guide back to nature by Melinda Salisbury

November 2023

29 November » Book review: The Little Girl Who Could Not Cry by Lidia Maksymowicz
26 November » vTrans Europe: Seventh postcard
25 November » Today’s walk: West Grinstead
25 November » Street art seagulls
25 November » Zoe: Days 2 to 4 - Food logging
25 November » Zoe: Day 1 - Test Day
21 November » Zoe: Day 0
17 November » Slow cooker bread
15 November » Book review: Violeta by Isabel Allende
11 November » Scenes from today’s walk
7 November » I asked ChatGPT to tell me some penguin jokes
7 November » vJurassic Coast: Fifth postcard
5 November » Parish kneelers
5 November » Book review: Isle of Dogs by Clare Balding
2 November » October's gratitudes
1 November » vJurassic Coast: Fourth postcard

October 2023

30 October » Book review: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
28 October » vTrans Europe: Sixth postcard
28 October » vJurassic Coast: Third postcard
27 October » vJurassic Coast: Second postcard
22 October » Today’s walk: Lavington Common, Burton Park, Duncton
17 October » vJurassic Coast: First postcard
17 October » Book review: Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken
16 October » Book review: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
15 October » Today’s walk: River Arun and Canal
13 October » vGrand Canyon: Completed
13 October » vGrand Canyon: Final Postcard
8 October » Book review: Killjoy: Taking on a Macho Media Empire and Winning by Jo Cheetham
6 October » September's gratitudes
5 October » Turner Prize 2023
2 October » Great clouds this evening

September 2023

30 September » Today’s walk: Woolbeding Village and Common
27 September » vTrans Europe: Fifth postcard
26 September » GoodGym #49
24 September » Today’s walk: Okewood Hill Pub Walk Church-in-the-Woods, Stane Street
24 September » Book review: When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
23 September » Today’s walk: Southern loop of Ashdown Forest, Fairwarp Rock Wood and Purple Heather
19 September » vGrand Canyon: Sixteenth postcard
17 September » A dog’s view: Brecon Beacons and Chepstow
17 September » Book review: Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré
16 September » On this site Sept 5 1782 nothing happened
16 September » A walk in the Surrey Hills
15 September » Book review: Marple: Twelve New Mysteries by Naomi Alderman
14 September » Book review: Life and Otter Miracles by Hazel Prior
13 September » Book review: Barefoot Britain: A running adventure like no other by Anna McNuff
11 September » Book review: The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
9 September » At Lake Wood
8 September » Book review: Oxygen Mask: A Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds
8 September » Book review: The Private Life Of Spies by Alexander McCall Smith
3 September » August's gratitudes
3 September » Seaford Shoal and Seaford Head
3 September » Book review: In Her Nature: How Women Break Boundaries in the Great Outdoors: A Past, Present and Personal Story by Rachel Hewitt
3 September » Book review: Birds by Jim Moir
2 September » Book review: Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog by Emily Dean
1 September » vGrand Canyon: Fifteenth postcard

August 2023

28 August » Wakehurst
27 August » vTrans Europe: Fourth postcard
25 August » vGrand Canyon: Fourteenth postcard
25 August » Book review: Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo
21 August » Great clouds!
18 August » July's gratitudes
13 August » Early morning Kingsgate Bay
11 August » Big Butterfly Count 2023
10 August » vTrans Europe: Third postcard
10 August » vGrand Canyon: Thirteenth postcard
3 August » Book review: Next Person You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom

July 2023

30 July » Book review: A Year Unfolding: A Printmaker's View by Angela Harding
29 July » vTrans Europe: Second postcard
28 July » Brighton Hippodrome
28 July » Book review: In It for the Long Run: Breaking records and getting FKT by Damian Hall
23 July » Looking towards Kingsgate Bay
23 July » Margate Lido art
23 July » Drapers Mill
21 July » vGrand Canyon: Twelfth postcard
16 July » Fantastic clouds over Plumpton
16 July » Book review: Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
15 July » Scenes from the Forest Holidays Thorpe Forest site
15 July » Wimpole Estate
14 July » Epping Forest
14 July » Book review: Boy Going Solo: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramas by Roald Dahl
12 July » Book review: Silverview by John le Carré
10 July » vTrans Europe: First postcard
9 July » Pretty purples
9 July » June's gratitudes
8 July » A walk around Chidham Peninsular
6 July » vGrand Canyon: Eleventh postcard
5 July » vWales Coast Path: Completed
4 July » vGrand Canyon: Tenth postcard
4 July » Book review: The Earth Beneath My Feet: A 7,000-Mile Walk of Discovery into the Heart of Wild Nature by Andrew Terrill
1 July » vGrand Canyon: Ninth postcard

June 2023

25 June » Weekend flat(ish) bread bake
23 June » vWales Coast Path: Tenth postcard
23 June » vGrand Canyon: Eighth postcard
23 June » View from today’s run
18 June » Meadows
17 June » Book review: Adrift: The Curious Tale of the Lego Lost at Sea by Tracey Williams
16 June » vGrand Canyon: Seventh postcard
14 June » The sight of a small dog bounding through long grass makes me happy
11 June » Hattons Green, South Chailey and Yokehurst Place
10 June » Book review: Her Majesty’s Royal Coven (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #1) by Juno Dawson
9 June » Van Gogh Alive
9 June » vGrand Canyon: Sixth postcard
4 June » A return to Lake Wood
3 June » Sullington, Chantry and the South Downs
3 June » Walk i360
2 June » vWales Coast Path: Ninth postcard
2 June » May 2023 Gratitudes
2 June » Dog toy from a t-shirt
2 June » vGrand Canyon: Fifth postcard
1 June » My longest run to date

May 2023

30 May » Book review: Life Lessons From the Amazon: A Guide to Life From One Epic Jungle Adventure by Pip Stewart
27 May » Botany Bay beauty
25 May » Beautiful post work walk with the pup
21 May » Brighton Festival: The enthusiasts
20 May » vGrand Canyon: Fourth postcard
14 May » vWales Coast Path: Eighth postcard
13 May » Plumpton Fields and Meadows
13 May » Sweet potato dog treats
11 May » vGrand Canyon: Third postcard
8 May » Sculptures at the Secret Garden
8 May » Jubilee display at One Garden
7 May » Lewes and Rodmell circular walk
7 May » Book review: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
6 May » Bluebells in the Forest
6 May » Walking between Hassocks and Ditchling
3 May » Beautiful light at Withdean Park
2 May » vGrand Canyon: First and Second postcards
1 May » Devil’s Dyke
1 May » April's gratitudes

April 2023

30 April » Flatbreads
30 April » 4 weeks of Breezy
29 April » vHadrian’s Wall: Final postcard and competition certificate
29 April » Book review: Nature Poem for Every Night of the Year by Jane McMorland Hunter
26 April » vWales Coast Path: Seventh postcard
23 April » Claremont Landscape Garden
21 April » Book review: From Me To You : A bittersweet and heartwarming memoir by Brian Greenley and Alison Hitchcock
16 April » Retirement for Henrys
15 April » Boy and dog at forest
15 April » Book review: Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
13 April » Boy, dog and bandstand
12 April » vWales Coast Path: James Bond Award
10 April » Book review: You Are Not Alone by Cariad Lloyd
9 April » Layers of hills
9 April » Our new (bought in Autumn) tree has blossomed 😍
8 April » vHadrian’s Wall: Fifth Postcard
6 April » BM 10K
4 April » vWales Coast Path: Sixth postcard
3 April » AI helped me find and name a dog
2 April » vHadrian’s Wall: Fourth Postcard
1 April » March 2023 gratitudes

March 2023

31 March » Sea foam!
30 March » Little Amal in Brighton
28 March » 2023 Good Bois Club
26 March » Book review: Rescue Dog Rehoming Remedies Volume One: Eleven Dog Training Secrets and Stories from the World's Leading Rescue Dog Trainers by Dominic Hodgson
25 March » Shiny bark
25 March » vHadrians Wall: Third postcard
24 March » Happy plant has flowered
24 March » GRE EEN WAY
19 March » Wilderness Wood
19 March » Today’s bake: Za’atar Man’ouche
19 March » Book review: Broken (In the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson
19 March » Book review: Lioness: My Journey to Glory by Beth Mead
17 March » Sheffield Park Garden
17 March » Live, Laugh, Love, Latte
16 March » vHadrian’s Wall: Second postcard
12 March » vWales Coast Path: Fifth postcard
12 March » An afternoon in Littlehampton
9 March » vHadrian’s Wall: First postcard
9 March » Porto
9 March » Porto: Around and about
9 March » Porto: From above
9 March » Book review: Master the Art of Running: Raising Your Performance with the Alexander Technique by Malcolm Balk
8 March » Porto: Street art
8 March » Porto: Tiles
8 March » Porto: Azulejo tiles
8 March » Porto: Palácio da Bolsa
8 March » Porto: Sé do Porto
8 March » Book review: A Single Source by Peter Hanington
6 March » Book review: Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce
4 March » vSouth Downs Way: Completed
4 March » vSouth Downs Way: Final postcard
4 March » Book review: Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
1 March » February 2023 gratitudes
1 March » January 2023 Gratitudes

February 2023

26 February » Beneath Brighton Station
26 February » Book review: Dark, Salt, Clear: Life in a Cornish Fishing Town by Lamorna Ash
26 February » Book review: The Book of the Dog by Angus Hyland
25 February » An afternoon in Hastings
25 February » Dynamic Dose at Fabrica
25 February » vSouth Downs Way: Fourth postcard
24 February » What’s happening here?
24 February » Ukraine colours outside the Royal Pavilion 💙💛
23 February » A pre-sunrise 5K (and a bit) run
22 February » vWales Coast Path: Dylan Thomas Award
22 February » GoodGym #26 featured a disco ball
19 February » An afternoon in London
18 February » Revisiting the plum and almond loaf
18 February » Nellie’s Arctic Adventure at Sheffield Park
18 February » Book review: The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama XIV
17 February » vWales Coast Path: Fourth postcard
12 February » Dogs in space
11 February » An afternoon in Eastbourne
11 February » From my journal: 2 January 2016
8 February » Another ice cubes on the beach kind of morning
7 February » vWales Coast Path: Third postcard
5 February » Exploring Malling down
4 February » A Saturday in London
4 February » Book review: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
3 February » My first snowdrop sighting of the year
1 February » RED January Final 3 days
1 February » Another beautiful Brighton sunrise

January 2023

31 January » vSouth Downs Way: Third postcard
29 January » Rainbow over Regency Square
29 January » vWales Coast Path: Second postcard
29 January » RED January Week 4
28 January » An afternoon at Batemans
28 January » A beautiful still morning
28 January » Memorial tag for Skitters
22 January » RED January Week 3
22 January » Book review: Born to Run: The Hidden Tribe, The Ultra-runners, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall
21 January » Book review: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
19 January » Another beautiful sunrise
18 January » Sunrise on a cold morning
17 January » A cold but beautiful walk along the seafront
16 January » vWales Coast Path: First postcard
15 January » Goodbye Skitters 💔
14 January » RED January Week 2
14 January » vSouth Downs Way: Second postcard
14 January » At Woods Mill
13 January » Murmuration off Brighton Pier
10 January » Book review: Orphans of the Storm by Celia Imrie
8 January » Book review: Landlines by Raynor Winn
7 January » RED January Week 1
6 January » Book review: Emperor: The Perfect Penguin by Sue Flood
3 January » vSouth Downs Way: First postcard
2 January » Lacock Abbey
2 January » A morning walk at Darkhill Ironworks
2 January » Book review: The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3) by Richard Osman
1 January » New Years Day walk at Cannop Ponds
1 January » 2022 in numbers

December 2022

31 December » December run log
31 December » Soudley Ponds
31 December » Book review: Gilbert White's Year: Passages From The Garden Kalendar & The Naturalist's Journal (Oxford Paperbacks) by Gilbert White
30 December » vBerlin Wall: Final postcard and certificate
29 December » Book review: Mrs Hudson and the Lazarus Testament (A Sherlock Holmes & Mrs Hudson Mystery #3) by Martin Davies
27 December » Sissinghurst Castle Gardens
27 December » vBerlin Wall: Third and Fourth postcards
26 December » vBerlin Wall: Second postcard
25 December » Book review: Snowfall Over Halesmere House (Love in the Lakes, #1) by Suzanne Snow
24 December » vBerlin Wall: First postcard
24 December » vNakasendo Trail: Complete
23 December » vNakasendo Trail: final postcard
22 December » Book review: Christmas at Fox Farm by Helen Pollard
20 December » vNakasendo Trail: eighteenth postcard
18 December » Book review: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
17 December » Snowy Saturday at Hollingbury
16 December » Christmas at the Pavilion
16 December » Superb snow shapes
15 December » vNakasendo Trail: seventeenth postcard
11 December » Book review: Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women's Sports by Kathrine Switzer
10 December » A cold Sussex morning
10 December » Touristing on the way to the London office
9 December » vNakasendo Trail: sixteenth postcard
1 December » vNakasendo Trail: Fifteenth postcard

November 2022

30 November » Book review: Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
29 November » November run log
27 November » Trees at Chartwell
26 November » Trying out the new bridge at the forest
26 November » vNakasendo Trail: Fourteenth postcard
24 November » Book review: Your Pace or Mine?: What Running Taught Me About Life, Laughter and Coming Last by Lisa Jackson
23 November » Book review: Date with Danger (Dales Detective, #5) by Julia Chapman
22 November » vNakasendo Trail: Thirteenth postcard
20 November » Another day, another walk around RSPB Pulborough
20 November » Book review: Landmarks (Landscapes) by Robert Macfarlane
19 November » A catch of leaves
19 November » A walk around Wiggonholt Common and RSPB Pulborough Brooks
19 November » Book review: The New Confessions by William Boyd
18 November » A walk from the cabin
18 November » Our home for the weekend
17 November » vNakasendo Trail: Twelfth postcard
13 November » An autumnal afternoon on Chailey Common
12 November » vNakasendo Trail: Eleventh postcard
12 November » Autumn at Barcombe Mills
11 November » One Garden Brighton
8 November » vNakasendo Trail: Tenth postcard
7 November » vNakasendo Trail: Ninth postcard
6 November » Greeted after having my COVID booster by a double rainbow
5 November » vNakasendo Trail: Eighth postcard
2 November » vNakasendo Trail: Seventh postcard

October 2022

31 October » October run log
30 October » A message from the trees
29 October » vNakasendo Trail: Sixth postcard
28 October » A walk from Shoreham to Worthing and back
24 October » vNakasendo Trail: Fifth postcard
23 October » Ditchling Common: where the floor of the woodland is apples not leaves
22 October » Book review: Into the Tangled Bank: In Which Our Author Ventures Outdoors to Consider the British in Nature by Lev Parikian
21 October » vNakasendo Trail: Fourth postcard
20 October » vNakasendo Trail: Third postcard
19 October » vNakasendo Trail: Second postcard
14 October » vNakasendo Trail: First postcard
13 October » vNorth Coast 500: Finished
9 October » Exploring Tide Mills
9 October » Book review: Wayfinding: The Art and Science of How We Find and Lose Our Way by Michael Shaw Bond
7 October » Our September adventure road trip
6 October » Book review: The Museum of Ordinary People by Mike Gayle
3 October » Book review: The Bumblebee Flies Anyway: A memoir of love, loss and muddy hands by Kate Bradbury
2 October » Devil’s Dyke
1 October » vNorth Coast 500: thirteenth postcard
1 October » A return to the forest

September 2022

29 September » September’s run log
26 September » A splash of colour
26 September » Charging
24 September » Knepp dusk safari
23 September » Rutland Water
23 September » Book review: The Ink Black Heart (Cormoran Strike, #6) by Robert Galbraith
22 September » Buxton Country Park
21 September » Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal
21 September » Book review: The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
20 September » Dunston Staiths
20 September » Gibside
19 September » Kielder Water and Forest Park
19 September » vNorth Coast 500: twelfth postcard
18 September » Broughty Ferry
18 September » Book review: The Pants of Perspective: One Woman's 3,000 Kilometre Running Adventure through the Wilds of New Zealand by Anna McNuff
17 September » Crombie Country Park
16 September » Tentsmuir Forest
15 September » Gartmorn Dam Country Park
15 September » Book review: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
14 September » Views of Loch Long
13 September » The Queens Tree in Luss
13 September » Loch Lomond
13 September » Lochgoilhead and Donich Water
12 September » Exploring the area around the resort
12 September » Chatelherault Country Park
12 September » Rosie's barn
11 September » High Cascade Falls
11 September » Ullswater
11 September » vNorth Coast 500: eleventh postcard
11 September » Book review: Free Country: A Penniless Adventure the Length of Britain by George Mahood
10 September » Grizedale Forest
10 September » Keele University campus
9 September » Baddesley Clinton
3 September » Book review: Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops by Shaun Bythell

August 2022

31 August » vNorth Coast 500: tenth postcard
30 August » August’s run log
28 August » Leith Hill
28 August » Today’s bake: Zaatar, feta & sesame buns
25 August » vNorth Coast 500: Ninth postcard
22 August » Book review: A Good Man in Africa by William Boyd
19 August » Book review: The Book of Trespass: Crossing the Lines that Divide Us by Nick Hayes
18 August » vCommonwealth(ish) Marathon: Final postcard
18 August » vCommonwealth(ish) Marathon: Sixth postcard
15 August » vNorth Coast 500: Eighth postcard
14 August » Book review: Feather, Leaf, Bark & Stone by Jackie Morris
13 August » Low tide sunny Saturday morning
13 August » Book review: Confessions of a Bookseller (The Diary of a Bookseller, #2) by Shaun Bythell
12 August » Wakehurst Place on a hot afternoon
11 August » vCommonwealth(ish) Marathon: Fifth postcard
7 August » Lake Wood
7 August » Book review: Trio by William Boyd
6 August » Stopped off at St Leonard’s on sea this afternoon
6 August » vCommonwealth(ish) Marathon: Fourth postcard
4 August » vNorth Coast 500: Seventh postcard
2 August » vCommonwealth(ish) Marathon: Third postcard

July 2022

30 July » vCommonwealth(ish) Marathon: Second postcard
30 July » July run log
28 July » vCommonwealth(ish) marathon: First Postcard
26 July » vNorth Coast 500: Sixth postcard
24 July » A Bluebell Railway wedding
22 July » Keeping the dog cool
22 July » Women’s Euro 2022: England v Spain
20 July » Confused tree is confused
16 July » A hot afternoon at Lake Wood
16 July » vNorth Coast 500: Fifth postcard
11 July » Book review: Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans by Elise Downing
8 July » First visit of 2022 to Sussex Prairie Gardens
8 July » vNorth Coast 500: Fourth postcard
6 July » My Pennine Way Medal
5 July » vNorth Coast 500: Third postcard
3 July » June/July adventure Day 10
3 July » June/July adventure Day 9
3 July » Book review: A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by David Attenborough
2 July » June/July adventure Day 8

June 2022

30 June » June’s run log
30 June » June/July adventure Day 7
29 June » June/July adventure Day 6
29 June » June/July adventure Day 5
29 June » Book review: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
28 June » Book review: The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2) by Richard Osman
27 June » June/July adventure Day 4
26 June » June/July adventure Day 3
26 June » Book review: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
25 June » June/July adventure Day 2
25 June » June/July adventure Day 1
25 June » vNorth Coast 500: Second postcard
21 June » vNorth Coast 500: First postcard
20 June » vPennine Way Completed
18 June » Book review: Wildwood: A Journey through Trees by Roger Deakin
18 June » Book review: Unlost: Finding Myself in the Wilderness by Gail Muller
17 June » A post work walk at Hollingbury
11 June » An afternoon wander at Ditchling Common
8 June » vPennine Way: Fifth postcard
6 June » Book review: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
5 June » Trip out to the Rampion Wind Farm
4 June » Mindfulness in nature
3 June » Today’s bake: fruit scones
3 June » Book review: Keep Calm You're Only 50 by Summersdale
2 June » Queen Elizabeth Country Park
2 June » Book review: Some Body to Love: A Family Story by Alexandra Heminsley

May 2022

30 May » May run log
29 May » vPennine Way: Fourth postcard
29 May » Creatures of the night
22 May » Book review: The Age-Well Project: Easy Ways to a Longer, Healthier, Happier Life by Annabel Streets
22 May » Book review: Date with Death (The Dales Detective, #1) by Julia Chapman
20 May » The nature connection handbook
20 May » Book review: The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway by Steve Silk
19 May » vPennine Way: Third postcard
16 May » South West Coast Path Medal
12 May » vPennine Way: Second postcard
8 May » In nature: A celebration in sculpture
5 May » vPennine Way: First postcard
4 May » Champneys Forest mere
2 May » An afternoon at Painshill
1 May » Bluebells in the forest

April 2022

30 April » Walking through the orchard at Stanmer
30 April » April run log
28 April » A year of physical challenges
27 April » Marathon to Athens medal
24 April » A Glyndebourne garden explore while the car charged
23 April » Virtual marathon
22 April » A gorgeous afternoon at Leonardslee Gardens
20 April » Useful site for finding out more about self-care and mental health apps
18 April » Tree house
18 April » Book review: Daisy in Chains by Sharon J. Bolton
17 April » View from Seaford Head
17 April » Today’s bake: rhubarb, ginger and white chocolate scones
16 April » My virtual South West Coast Path challenge is complete
10 April » 600 miles done
10 April » Buchan Country Park
9 April » Brighton Marathon volunteering
8 April » Book review: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
3 April » Love the shape of the spray that Skitters’ tail is leaving behind her
3 April » Thoughts from ‘In praise of walking’
3 April » Book review: In Praise of Walking: The new science of how we walk and why it’s good for us by Shane O'Mara
2 April » Book review: Japan Journeys: Famous Woodblock Prints of Cultural Sights in Japan by Andreas Marks
1 April » Our microwave timer has stopped working
1 April » Sunshine and snow showers on a seafront stroll

March 2022

29 March » Petals like seashells
27 March » Springtime at One Garden Brighton
27 March » Book review: The Bone Readers by Jacob Ross
27 March » Book review: The Man who planted Trees by Jean Giono
26 March » From an article “The big idea”
25 March » The start of the lilacs
25 March » Spring in Sheffield Park
25 March » Henry, have you been out clubbing again?
25 March » Book review: The Year I Stopped to Notice by Miranda Keeling
20 March » Fractal tree
20 March » A weekend in Chichester
20 March » Reflected light light
19 March » 500 miles done
19 March » My first ice cream of the season
15 March » My view as I walked home (the long way around) from the office
13 March » Lake Wood
13 March » A week off
13 March » What does ethical mean to you?
13 March » Book review: Dead at First Sight (Roy Grace, #15) by Peter James
12 March » Book review: The Amsterdam Adventure (Eddie Albert and the Amazing Animal Gang #1) by Paul O'Grady
11 March » Book review: Jean Loup Sieff: 40 Years of Photography / 40 Jahre Fotografie / 40 Ans De Photographie by Jeanloup Sieff
10 March » Rocket wraps
10 March » An afternoon in SE23
10 March » From 'Angie Lewin: Plants and Places'
10 March » Book review: Angie Lewin: Plants and Places by Leslie Geddes-Brown
10 March » Book review: A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
9 March » Book review: Mindful Thoughts for Walkers: Footnotes on the Zen Path by Adam Ford
8 March » An afternoon at Sheffield Park Garden
6 March » Art in Battle
6 March » Deserted
6 March » A beautiful morning on Camber Sands
5 March » Free range magazines: good place
5 March » View from a pillbox
5 March » At Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
5 March » Scone to rhyme with cone
5 March » On Starlings in the USA
5 March » Book review: The Keeper of Stories by Sally Page
4 March » At Camber Sands
4 March » Guestling Wood
4 March » Odd Oddbox Kiwis
3 March » Book review: Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession
1 March » 400 miles done, 230 miles to go

February 2022

27 February » Lake Wood
26 February » A beautiful walk in the forest
25 February » #SWTPhotoPosts
25 February » Woods Mill
23 February » Book review: The Little Grey Men by B.B.
21 February » What’s halfway?
20 February » A passage from “Mindful thoughts for walkers”
18 February » Single malt whisky testing: 2
18 February » After (or maybe during the end of) Eunice’s visit to Brighton
18 February » Today’s bake: Cheese and Za’atar scones
13 February » Today's bake: fruit scones for Dad
13 February » Single malt whisky testing: 1
11 February » Ignite: A night of light, lanterns, fantasy and fire
11 February » Book review: Travels With Boogie: 500 Mile Walkies and Boogie Up the River in One Volume by Mark Wallington
9 February » Oh what a beautiful morning!
8 February » Yesterday’s bake: plum flapjacks
7 February » 300 miles done, 330 miles to go
5 February » The many colours of mud
5 February » Yesterday’s bake: garlic and rosemary focaccia

January 2022

30 January » Book review: Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5) by Robert Galbraith
28 January » Great skies this morning
28 January » Book review: Nature’s Palette: A Colour Reference System From the Natural World by Patrick Baty
27 January » My first murmuration of 2022
23 January » 6 months with an EV
23 January » Book review: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
21 January » Beautiful day for a stroll
19 January » Book review: To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
16 January » Looking through the trees
15 January » Today’s bake: Date and walnut scones
15 January » Knepp and Belloc's Mill
14 January » 200 miles done
13 January » West pier sunset
9 January » On the seven sisters in the sunshine
8 January » First bakes of 2022
8 January » Stream surface
5 January » I saw my first daffodils of the season this morning
4 January » Sculptures at the Old Station, Tintern
2 January » New Fancy View and Mallards Pike Lake
1 January » View from Symonds Yat
1 January » Blue sky (and trees)

December 2021

31 December » Please close the gate
31 December » Blue sky (and a pylon)
30 December » Book review: Finding the Mother Tree: Uncovering the Wisdom and Intelligence of the Forest by Suzanne Simard
30 December » Book review: Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year by Susie Dent
30 December » Book review: The River Cottage Bread Handbook by Daniel Stevens
29 December » Old Lodge Nature Reserve
29 December » Book review: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
28 December » I love the way the colours change on this leaf
25 December » Christmas morning on Botany Bay beach
25 December » Book review: The Post Box at the North Pole by Jaimie Admans
24 December » Sea and sky
24 December » Post box toppers in Birchington
23 December » Book review: Stay Another Day by Juno Dawson
22 December » End of working year murmuration
22 December » Bright-on-ian definition
21 December » I’ve completed the first 100 miles of my new virtual long distance walk
19 December » Brighton and Hove’s Centre for empathic reparations
18 December » Today’s bake: Stilton and walnut scones
17 December » Festive bake: Florentines
16 December » All is calm
16 December » Book review: Call of the Penguins (Veronica McCreedy #2) by Hazel Prior
12 December » Today’s bake: snickerdoodles
12 December » My vLEJOG medal
5 December » Book review: The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
4 December » Big wheel. Aptly named

November 2021

28 November » Golden light, blue skies, rusted leaves, long shadows
28 November » Book review: A Brief History of Trees by Lawrence Illsley
27 November » Book review: Reason I Jump, The by Keiko Yoshida Naoki Higashida
26 November » Book review: Underland by Robert Macfarlane
21 November » The remains of Brambletye Manor House
20 November » Today’s bake: Plum and almond loaf
20 November » vLEJOG overview
20 November » vLEJOG completed
13 November » Book review: The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1) by Richard Osman
7 November » Book review: Fingers in the Sparkle Jar: A Memoir by Chris Packham
6 November » Yesterday’s bake: seeded ginger flapjacks
1 November » A sunny but windy walk at Seaford Head
1 November » vLEJOG: October

October 2021

27 October » Stamped street art
24 October » Winkworth Arboretum
22 October » Today’s bake: apple, raisin and cinnamon loaf
22 October » Splash!
17 October » Book review: Elementum Journal 2019: Edition Five 5: Hearth by Jay Armstrong
17 October » Book review: Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
16 October » Gliding over Glyndbourne
15 October » Today’s bake: plum and almond slice
10 October » Arlington Reservoir
10 October » Trees not tees
9 October » Holmbury Hill Walk
8 October » Sheffield Park Gardens
8 October » Book review: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
1 October » Three-quarters of UK children spend less time outdoors than prison inmates

September 2021

30 September » vLEJOG: September
27 September » Book review: Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild by Lucy Jones
26 September » The Hurtwood
17 September » Views of Rathfinny Wine Estate
17 September » Book review: The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
16 September » Audio meditation to improve nature connectedness
15 September » View over Clehonger
15 September » Book review: Brecon Beacons by Tom Hutton
15 September » Book review: Last Victim of the Monsoon Express (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, #4.5) by Vaseem Khan
14 September » Scenes from The Begwns walk
14 September » Monk’s Pond
14 September » Book review: Stories To Make You Smile: The Reading Agency by Fanny Blake
13 September » Book review: Heal Yourself with Emotional Freedom Technique (Teach Yourself) by John Freedom
12 September » A walk around Usk reservoir
12 September » Book review: Bearded Tit by Rory McGrath
12 September » Book review: Making Space: Creating boundaries in an ever-encroaching world by Jayne Hardy
10 September » Jewelled raindrops
10 September » The Taf Fechan Forest walk
10 September » Attention dogs!
9 September » Exploring Hay on Wye
7 September » Tranquility in the heart of Brighton
7 September » Today’s second bake: Savoury picnic muffins
7 September » Today’s bake: tea loaf
6 September » Book review: Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd
5 September » Beautiful Lake Wood
4 September » Friday’s 10 mile wander
3 September » Today’s bake: plum and custard loaf

August 2021

31 August » vLEJOG: August 2021
28 August » Knepp Estate White Walk
27 August » Today’s bake: Strawberry, blueberry and white chocolate loaf cake
25 August » Book review: Bringing Back the Beaver: The Story of One Man's Quest to Rewild Britain's Waterways by Derek Gow
22 August » A #SecretStories walk in Kingscote
22 August » Wild flowers at Hove Lagoon
15 August » Book review: A Dead Djinn in Cairo (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.1) by P. Djèlí Clark
14 August » Kiosk at Fabrica
14 August » Summer of Sound
14 August » Book review: The Butterfly Isles: A Summer in Search of Our Emperors and Admirals by Patrick Barkham
11 August » Sunset over the Adur
9 August » Big Butterfly Count 2021
8 August » Waiting for the car to charge
1 August » Today’s bake: summer fruit loaf cake

July 2021

31 July » A fun afternoon at Brighton Open Air Theatre
31 July » vLEJOG: July 2021
24 July » Sussex prairie garden
18 July » Yesterday’s bake: raspberry and dark chocolate loaf
18 July » At Burton and Chingford Ponds Nature Reserve
18 July » Book review: I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
11 July » At Seaford Head
11 July » Book review: We Are Nature by Ray Mears
10 July » Today’s (second) bake: Rhubarb, ginger and white chocolate loaf cake
10 July » Today’s (first) bake: Brummie (fake) bacon cakes
9 July » At the end of the undercliff path
3 July » Today’s bake: rhubarb and custard cake
3 July » Book review: The Overstory by Richard Powers

June 2021

30 June » vLEJOG: June 2021
29 June » Piano hammer flower innards
28 June » Flat summer sea
27 June » Meadow diversity
26 June » Today’s bake: Caraway seed cake
21 June » Gutter flower
21 June » Yesterday’s bake: malted loaf
13 June » Giant dandelion clock (probably Salsify)
13 June » Blue and green
12 June » Somerset Apple cake
12 June » This week's bread bake
11 June » Noticing nature on my Brighton walk
6 June » Today’s bake: Oatmeal raisin cookies
6 June » Seed fall
6 June » Forest flowers
6 June » A dated tree
6 June » Stanmer walk
6 June » Weekend’s bread bakes
6 June » Book review: Back to Nature: How to love life - and save it by Chris Packham
5 June » Book review: The Outrun by Amy Liptrot
4 June » Grey skies, but vibrant colours
4 June » A (soggy) catkin carpet

May 2021

31 May » vLEJOG: May 2021
31 May » Today’s bakes: three loaves and chocolate chip cookies
29 May » Book review: 11.22.63 by Stephen King
28 May » Friday evening Brighton walk
28 May » A return to The Forked Forest Path
28 May » Today’s bake: Devonshire honey cake
23 May » Book review: Visions of Japan: Kawase Hasui's Masterpieces by Kawase Hasui
21 May » Today’s bake: Another Herman
20 May » Washed up container?
20 May » Post work windy walk
16 May » Forest walk in spring rain
15 May » Today’s bake: Cornish fairings
15 May » Lake wood
14 May » Shoreham to Brighton walk
10 May » Book review: Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed: An Introduction to Birdsong by Simon Barnes
9 May » Today’s bake: Passion fruit, lime and white chocolate cookies
9 May » Beautiful blossom
8 May » Bluebells in the forest
7 May » One Garden Brighton
7 May » Brighton Festival: Points of Departure
6 May » Wind turbine at Shoreham harbour
4 May » Danger
3 May » Brighton Festival Ditchling Museum Music Trail
2 May » International Dawn Chorus Day
2 May » Yesterday’s bake: Plum, Pear and nutmeg Herman
1 May » Forest magnificence
1 May » Book review: Notes To Myself by Hugh Prather

April 2021

25 April » Today’s bake: White chocolate, stem ginger and rhubarb cookies
25 April » Book review: An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris
24 April » Trees near and far
24 April » Today’s bake: Rhubarb and stem ginger scones
24 April » The forked forest path
18 April » Today’s bake: Lemon and white chocolate cookies
17 April » Today’s bake: Honey, ginger and sunflower scones
17 April » Book review: Travels With Charley; In Search of America by John Steinbeck
11 April » External root system
11 April » Scenes from Lake Wood
11 April » Today’s bake: Granary loaf
10 April » Today’s bake: Herman
9 April » Today’s make: Chocolate and rose petal salami
6 April » A week off work. A week of nature.
5 April » Return to Lake Wood
5 April » Today’s bake: Granary Bread
4 April » Book review: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
3 April » A return to the forest
3 April » Today’s bake: Hot cross scones
2 April » Seriously: Inventions in sound
1 April » Today’s bake: Malthouse loaf
1 April » Today’s bake: Raspberry and blueberry lime drizzle cake
1 April » Book review: The Gull Next Door: A Portrait of a Misunderstood Bird (Wild Nature Press) by Marianne Taylor

March 2021

27 March » Today’s bake: Cheese scones
27 March » The Forked forest path arrives at Fabrica
26 March » Today’s bake: Plum and almond crumble slice (without the crumble)
20 March » Today’s bake: Stilton and walnut scones
19 March » Today’s bake: Raspberry Honey Flapjacks
19 March » Book review: Flush: A Biography by Virginia Woolf
14 March » Yesterday’s bake: Hot Cross Buns
13 March » Rusted bikes among the trees
13 March » Hello blossom
13 March » Book review: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
12 March » Today’s bake: Easy custard cookies
6 March » A Brighton kaiju story in street art form
6 March » Is there a collective noun for key stores?
3 March » Today’s bake: birthday cake for Richard
3 March » Expectations diminish with each generation
3 March » Book review: 21st-Century Yokel by Tom Cox

February 2021

28 February » Clay play: Skyspace inspired coaster
28 February » Clay play: Penguin
27 February » Virtual nature experiment
27 February » Signs of spring in my garden
27 February » Weekend bakes: drizzle loaf and savoury scones
21 February » Book review: The Phone Addiction Workbook: How to Identify Smartphone Dependency, Stop Compulsive Behavior and Develop a Healthy Relationship with Your Devices by Hilda Burke
20 February » Today’s bake: feta and sun-dried tomato scones
19 February » Today’s bake: Apple and yoghurt cake
13 February » Embedded leaves
13 February » Today’s bake: Singing hinnies
12 February » Today’s bake: Passion fruit drizzle cake
12 February » Clay play: tiny pinch pot
7 February » Clay play: face plant pot
6 February » Today’s bake: Stilton and cranberry scones
6 February » Crocuses and raindrops
5 February » Today’s bake: Dorset apple traybake
5 February » Blue sky
3 February » Lunchtime squirrel encounter

January 2021

31 January » Felt French Hen
31 January » Book review: In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner
30 January » White and orange
30 January » Today’s bake: Sussex charmer and za’atar scones
29 January » Today’s bake: Aunty Margaret’s bran loaf
27 January » Torchlit rain
25 January » Frosty shadows
23 January » Today’s bake: Red pepper, onion and cheese scones
23 January » Nature’s playground
23 January » Book review: Your Brain On Nature: The Science of Nature's Influence on Your Health, Happiness and Vitality by Eva M. Selhub
22 January » Structure highlighted
16 January » Today’s bake: Leek and onion scones
10 January » A beautiful, frosty walk around Hollingbury Woods
10 January » She looks happy...
9 January » Today’s bake: Goat’s cheese, pear and walnut scones
8 January » A stand up paddle-boarder, a swimmer, and a couple of beach-dancers. Just another Friday!
8 January » Frosty Withdean trees
7 January » My new coworker...
4 January » First bake of 2021
3 January » Hope Gap
2 January » Beautiful birch bark
1 January » New Years Day walk at Lake Wood
1 January » 2020
1 January » Try Something New - Week 52

December 2020

31 December » Try Something New - a year long project for 2020
31 December » Foresty frosty ferns
30 December » Not the walk we’d planned
29 December » Leechpool and Owlbeech woods
28 December » Book review: Restless by William Boyd
27 December » Houghton Forest
26 December » Try Something New - Week 51
25 December » Christmas Day walk at St Leonard’s Forest
24 December » Christmas Eve walk at Lake Wood
24 December » Book review: A Surprise Christmas Wedding by Phillipa Ashley
22 December » Murmurations at Fabrica Gallery
21 December » The Burning the Clocks lantern trail
21 December » Pretty lights
20 December » We found a fairy dell in the woodland
20 December » The many textures of running water
20 December » Try Something New - Week 50
20 December » Book review: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
20 December » Book review: A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas
19 December » Book review: The Lost Spells by Robert Macfarlane
19 December » Book review: Elvis by Helen May Brian
18 December » Book review: New and Selected Poems, Volume One by Mary Oliver
16 December » Daffodils in December
12 December » Try Something New - Week 49
12 December » Leonardslee Illuminated
10 December » Book review: Away with the Penguins by Hazel Prior
6 December » Try Something New - Week 48
6 December » Book review: The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben
6 December » Book review: The Roads to Sata: A 2000-Mile Walk Through Japan by Alan Booth

November 2020

29 November » Try Something New - Week 47
22 November » Dancing leaf
22 November » Try Something New - Week 46
20 November » A beautiful collection of trees
16 November » Coping with overwhelm (in my work life)
15 November » West Park Nature Reserve and Lake Wood
15 November » Resourceful tree
15 November » Quote on Empathy from Noel Fitzpatrick
15 November » Seriously: East meets West
15 November » The one armed bandit of festive product ideas
15 November » Try Something New - Week 45
9 November » Book review: Love is Blind by William Boyd
8 November » Try Something New - Week 44
6 November » Our New Forest walks
6 November » An autumnal avenue
6 November » Book review: Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake #1) by C.J. Sansom
5 November » Early morning mist
4 November » Beautiful sunshine. Beautiful colours
3 November » Walking around Wilverley Inclosure
3 November » Book review: The Complete Angel Catbird by Margaret Atwood
2 November » Looking vibrant among its evergreen friends
1 November » Try Something New - Week 43

October 2020

31 October » Beautiful bronze ferns
30 October » We weren’t able to do that
30 October » So many questions
30 October » Book review: Sticks and Stones (West Kensington Paranormal Detective Agency Book 2) by Jonny Nexus
25 October » Autumnal Lake Wood
25 October » Try Something New - Week 42
18 October » Views Wood
18 October » Try Something New - Week 41
16 October » My three words - Earthworks
15 October » Book review: Moving by Jenny Eclair
11 October » A return to Lake Wood
11 October » Try Something New - Week 40
9 October » Super splashy sea
4 October » Autumnal fern
4 October » Try Something New - Week 39
4 October » Book review: Becoming by Michelle Obama
4 October » Book review: The Wild Silence by Raynor Winn

September 2020

27 September » Try Something New - Week 38
26 September » Finally finished
26 September » Friday: After the rain
23 September » Book review: What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt
20 September » Try Something New - Week 37
19 September » Lake Wood near Uckfield
18 September » Low tide September sunset
18 September » Trifle
13 September » Birchden Wood and Harrison Rocks
13 September » Try Something New - Week 36
11 September » Book review: Who Am I, Again? by Lenny Henry
10 September » My three words - Mishief Movie Night
8 September » Book review: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
7 September » A rainbow of cans
6 September » Try Something New - Week 35
4 September » Book review: Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

August 2020

31 August » Book review: The Mental Load: A Feminist Comic by Emma
30 August » Try Something New - Week 34
30 August » Book review: My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises by Fredrik Backman
28 August » Book review: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
23 August » Try Something New - Week 33
22 August » Sunography attempt 2
22 August » Revised granola
22 August » How They Made Us Doubt Everything
22 August » Book review: The Healing Art of Qi Gong: Ancient Wisdom from a Modern Master by Master Hong Liu
21 August » Solo afternoon at Sussex Prairies
21 August » Book review: The Green Road into the Trees: An Exploration of England by Hugh Thomson
16 August » Try Something New - Week 32
14 August » Iridescent fly
14 August » Monday evening’s gentle walk
10 August » Big Butterfly Count
9 August » Sunography
9 August » Try Something New - Week 31
8 August » The Artist’s Garden
8 August » “The Grand Bugandpest Hotel”
7 August » Bring me sunshine
6 August » Book review: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
2 August » Select Parts of the Holy Bible for the use of the Negro Slaves in the British West-India Islands
2 August » Try Something New - Week 30
2 August » Book review: Rewild Yourself: 23 Spellbinding Ways To Make Nature More Visible by Simon Barnes

July 2020

28 July » Book review: Purple People by Kate Bulpitt
27 July » Seriously: What if everyone was disabled?
26 July » Try Something New - Week 29
26 July » Book review: Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez
25 July » Sussex Prairies
24 July » Discarded
24 July » Chalk art
19 July » Try Something New - Week 28
19 July » Book review: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
18 July » Fern shadow
18 July » Abstract sea
18 July » Seriously: Summer with Greta
17 July » Face masks
12 July » Try Something New - Week 27
10 July » Blue sky grasses
10 July » Glyndbourne Gardens
10 July » Moody waves
8 July » Gender Equal Snow Clearing in Karlskoga
5 July » Try Something New - Week 26
3 July » Friday evening view from Devil's Dyke
3 July » Book review: The Color Purple by Alice Walker

June 2020

29 June » A trip to Knepp
28 June » Seriously - Art of now: Hearing architecture
28 June » Try Something New - Week 25
27 June » Sussex Prairie Gardens
21 June » Try Something New - Week 24
20 June » Book review: These Are The Hands: Poems from the Heart of the NHS by Michael Rosen
19 June » The Chattri
19 June » Daisy Daisy
18 June » Book review: Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
14 June » Try Something New - Week 23
14 June » Tall trees that reach the sky
12 June » Erratic weaving technique
12 June » Grasses
7 June » Try Something New - Week 22
7 June » Book review: Illegal by Eoin Colfer
7 June » Book review: Naturalia: Reclaimed by Nature by Jonathan (Jonk) Jimenez
6 June » Pine cone art
6 June » Book review: The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier
5 June » Book review: The Secret Lives of Colour by Kassia St. Clair
5 June » Book review: Facts About the Moon by Dorianne Laux
3 June » Flat sea, flat sky
2 June » Street fox
2 June » Lockdown Week 10
2 June » Clear blue seas

May 2020

31 May » Try Something New - Week 21
31 May » Book review: The Nation's Favourite Poems: Book 1 by Griff Rhys Jones
30 May » Shadow plants
26 May » Lockdown Week 9
25 May » Forest rhododendron
24 May » Try Something New - Week 20
23 May » Sun dappled tranquility
21 May » (Things are) looking up
20 May » Book review: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
20 May » Book review: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
19 May » Lockdown safari
19 May » Lockdown Week 8
17 May » Try Something New - Week 19
16 May » Back at the forest
12 May » Lockdown Week 7
10 May » Try Something New - Week 18
9 May » At Withdean woods
5 May » Layers of history
5 May » Lockdown Week 6
3 May » Try Something New - Week 17
3 May » A hairy crinkle cut kind of leaf
3 May » Lilacs on a tree trunk
3 May » Book review: Odes to Common Things by Pablo Neruda
1 May » A lockdown birthday

April 2020

28 April » Pebble art
27 April » Lockdown Week 5
26 April » Wildlife in Withdean Woods
25 April » Try Something New - Week 16
23 April » Surfers surfin’
23 April » Book review: Awake by Dorianne Laux
20 April » Lockdown Week 4
19 April » Desk cactus flowers
19 April » Try Something New - Week 15
18 April » Book review: Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
18 April » Book review: Roar Like a Dandelion by Ruth Krauss
16 April » Book review: Ten Poems to Change Your Life by Roger Housden
14 April » Helix sea
14 April » Book review: Chase the Rainbow by Poorna Bell
13 April » Lockdown Week 3
12 April » Book review: Looking at the Stars by Jo Cotterill
11 April » Try Something New - Week 14
11 April » Book review: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
10 April » Blue diamond tulip
9 April » Thank you Brighton!
7 April » An i360 eclipse
6 April » Lockdown Week 2
5 April » Try Something New - Week 13
5 April » Book review: Chocolate Chip Cookies: Dozens of Recipes for Reinterpreted Favorites by Carey Jones
5 April » Book review: Penguins and Other Sea Birds by Matt Sewell
4 April » Book review: The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
3 April » Making antibacterial hand spray
1 April » Active Coping April

March 2020

31 March » Great work nature. Keep it up!
30 March » Lockdown Week 1
29 March » Try Something New - Week 12
22 March » Try Something New - Week 11
22 March » Book review: Voices in the Evening by Natalia Ginzburg
22 March » Book review: One Fox by Kate Read
21 March » St Leonard’s Forest
19 March » Trapped or resting?
19 March » Raindrops
17 March » West Pier Sunset
15 March » New life
15 March » Try Something New - Week 10
14 March » Tranquility
14 March » Book review: Wilding by Isabella Tree
12 March » Book review: All the Poems of Muriel Spark by Muriel Spark
8 March » Try Something New - Weeks 8 and 9
2 March » Newark Park
2 March » Forest of Dean
2 March » Book review: Between the Stops: The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus by Sandi Toksvig
1 March » Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail

February 2020

28 February » Book review: Kindred (Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery, #5) by Steve Robinson
27 February » Book review: Ten Poems to Last a Lifetime by Roger Housden
23 February » Tree foam
23 February » Shredded
23 February » Try Something New - Week 7
23 February » Book review: The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary by Catherine Gray
22 February » Tree trunk art
22 February » 47
21 February » My three words - Showstopper! The improvised musical
19 February » My three words - Stewart Lee's Tornado
18 February » Book review: Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
16 February » Stormy natural beauty
16 February » Try Something New - Week 6
14 February » My first attempt at pottery
14 February » Book review: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondō
13 February » My three words - Ghost Stories
9 February » Playing a hunch
9 February » Try Something New - Week 5
8 February » My three words - Cirque du Soleil's Luzia
8 February » Book review: For Those Who Dare: A Novel of Cold War Germany by John Anthony Miller
7 February » Murmuration
5 February » Book review: There Was An Old Geezer Called Caesar: A History of the world in 100 limericks by Mick Twister
4 February » My three words - Blood Brothers
2 February » Baking and making
2 February » Try Something New - Week 4
2 February » Book review: The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative by Florence Williams
2 February » Book review: Bubbles: A Ladybird Expert Book (24) (The Ladybird Expert Series) by Helen Czerski

January 2020

26 January » Try Something New - Week 3
26 January » Mottisfont Winter Garden
23 January » My three words - Blithe Spirit
23 January » Desk plants
22 January » The Society of Outsiders
20 January » A trio of felted Penguins
19 January » Try Something New - Week 2
18 January » David Nash: 200 Seasons
18 January » Towner Gallery - Dance Diagonal
17 January » My three words - Roots
16 January » Geometric street art
16 January » Book review: My Name Is Why by Lemn Sissay
15 January » H_A_R_D_P_A_I_N_T_I_N_G_x2 Part 1
15 January » Book review: Ten Poems to Open Your Heart by Roger Housden
13 January » Street Art Giraffe
12 January » Teleidoscopic blue sky
12 January » Try Something New - Week 1
12 January » Book review: Trumpet by Jackie Kay
10 January » My three words - Kitching in Ditchling and Disruption, Devotion and Distributism
9 January » My three words - Stand-up Literature
5 January » My first sea glass find of 2020
5 January » Try Something New - An introduction and Week 0.5
4 January » Book review: Any Human Heart by William Boyd
4 January » Book review: What is Contemporary Art? /anglais by Klein
1 January » My three words - Olafur Eliasson In real life again

December 2019

31 December » 2019
29 December » My three words - The Wizard of Oz, the ballet
28 December » My three words - Priscilla, Queen of the desert the musical
28 December » Christmas Twitter Hashtags
27 December » My three words - Turner Prize 2019
23 December » My three words - Super Sunday
23 December » Book review: A Christmas Gift by Katie Flynn
20 December » Book review: Bertie's Gift by Hannah Coates
19 December » Book review: The Color of the Season (The Color of Heaven, #7) by Julianne MacLean
15 December » Book review: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
12 December » My three words - Pavilion Christmas Carol concert
11 December » Book review: Poems to Live Your Life By by Chris Riddell
10 December » Book review: So Lucky by Dawn O'Porter
8 December » My three words - Christmas at Bedgebury
4 December » My three words - The choir with no name's The big christmas singalong
2 December » My three words - Fi and Jane Beside themselves

November 2019

29 November » My three words - Floating Worlds
29 November » My three words - A prince's treasure and christmas trees
28 November » My three words - Love Actually in concert
28 November » Book review: Matilda by Roald Dahl
27 November » Book review: Dog Songs: Poems by Mary Oliver
26 November » Mindful self-compassion part 2
25 November » Book review: Ten Poems to Say Goodbye by Roger Housden
24 November » The Tate Modern
24 November » Book review: Shinrin-Yoku: The Art and Science of Forest Bathing by Qing Li
23 November » My three words - Peter Pan goes wrong
23 November » More on Counting Trees
22 November » My three words - Olafur Eliasson In real life
11 November » My three words - Simon Yates My Mountain Life
7 November » Book review: The Spirituality of Nature by Jim Kalnin
6 November » Book review: Ten Poems to Set You Free by Roger Housden
3 November » My three words - Austentatious
2 November » Counting Trees
1 November » My three words - UX Brighton

October 2019

27 October » Book review: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
25 October » My three words - TEDxBrighton
23 October » Book review: A Sackful of Limericks by Michael Palin
22 October » Together Co's Wellbeing event
21 October » Brighton Bloggers storytime
20 October » Hiding a blog post using jekyll
17 October » Mindful self-compassion
16 October » My three words - The Divine Comedy
15 October » Book review: The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
13 October » My three words - Ludovico Einaudi
12 October » Book review: Dogs by Lisa Swerling
7 October » Brighton Bloggers meetup
5 October » My three words - One Man, Two Guvnors
5 October » Book review: The Wild Remedy: How Nature Mends Us - A Diary by Emma Mitchell

September 2019

29 September » Book review: No. More. Plastic. What you can do to make a difference by Martin Dorey
28 September » Book review: No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg
27 September » My three words - No stone left unturned
27 September » Book review: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
27 September » Book review: East of Croydon: Travels through India and South East Asia by Sue Perkins
18 September » Book review: Big Sky (Jackson Brodie, #5) by Kate Atkinson
10 September » Still making granola
8 September » Book review: Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan
2 September » Small Pleasure Haiku
1 September » My three words - Cirque Berserk
1 September » Self-care September

August 2019

30 August » Book review: When Will There Be Good News? (Jackson Brodie, #3) by Kate Atkinson
26 August » Book review: Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible by Jia Jiang
17 August » Book review: Absent In Spring by Mary Westmacott
15 August » My three words - The Mill on the Floss
10 August » RHS Wisley
9 August » Give it a stir!
8 August » Book review: One Dog and His Boy by Eva Ibbotson
4 August » Book review: Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert’s Year of Living Dangerously by Jessica Pan
3 August » My three words - Kylie at Pride

July 2019

24 July » Book review: Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig
9 July » Book review: In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1) by Tana French
6 July » Sculptures at Borde Hill
5 July » My three words - A conversation with Caroline Lucas and Matt Haig
2 July » Making more granola
1 July » Book review: Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4) by Robert Galbraith

June 2019

27 June » My three words - NT Live Small Island
22 June » Book review: North Devon Coastal Walks by William Fricker
19 June » Book review: The Humans by Matt Haig
14 June » Book review: Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh
8 June » Fully Charged Live
7 June » Pocket to Kindle
7 June » Book review: The Fifth Floor by Julie Oleszek
4 June » 4 more months of Plastic free bodycare

May 2019

28 May » Making granola
28 May » Book review: The Choice by Edith Eger
27 May » More body lotion bars
21 May » Book review: Kindfulness: Be a true friend to yourself - with mindful self-compassion by Padraig O'Morain
18 May » Book review: The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson
11 May » Book review: The Wych Elm by Tana French
6 May » William Pye: Sculpting with Water
4 May » Book review: All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
1 May » Book review: Way We Eat Now by Bee Wilson

April 2019

16 April » First attempts at making body lotion bars
14 April » Book review: I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
11 April » Book review: Dead If You Don't (Roy Grace, #14) by Peter James
11 April » Book review: I Had a Black Dog: His Name Was Depression by Matthew Johnstone
8 April » Book review: Yes, You Are Trans Enough: My Transition From Self-Loathing To Self-Love by Mia Violet
2 April » Book review: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

March 2019

29 March » See Portraits, Be Portraits
28 March » Book review: Sirius by Jonathan Crown
26 March » Book review: A History of the World in 21 Women: A Personal Selection by Jenni Murray
17 March » Book review: The Flight of the Falcon by Daphne du Maurier
4 March » Book review: Sunny Side Up: a story of kindness and joy by Susan Calman
2 March » Dungeness
1 March » Book review: Gods' Man: A Novel in Woodcuts by Lynd Ward

February 2019

27 February » Book review: And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos by John Berger
26 February » Book review: Werner's Nomenclature of Colours /anglais by Syme
26 February » Book review: The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane
24 February » Book review: If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
19 February » Book review: The Self-Care Revolution by Suzy Reading
17 February » Book review: The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
9 February » Plastic-free body care - the first 3 months
8 February » Book review: When I Die I'm Going to Heaven 'Cause I've Spent My Time in Hell: A Memoir of My Year As an Army Nurse in Vietnam by Barbara Kautz
3 February » Book review: The Compassionate Life: Walking the Path of Kindness by Marc Ian Barasch
2 February » Book review: Best Kept Secret (The Clifton Chronicles, #3) by Jeffrey Archer
2 February » Book review: Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson

January 2019

29 January » Book review: The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon
25 January » Book review: Remember This When You're Sad: A book for mad, sad and glad days (*from someone who's right there) by Maggy van Eijk
22 January » Book review: Hygge: Comfort & Food For The Soul: A cosy collection of comfort food, drinks & lifestyle recipes for you, your friends & family to enjoy by CookNation
20 January » Book review: On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
18 January » Book review: Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
17 January » My 2019 diary
15 January » Book review: The Little Big Things: A young man’s belief that every day can be a good day by Henry Fraser
12 January » Book review: How to be Champion by Sarah Millican
10 January » My positivity jug
10 January » Book review: Explore It!: Reduce Risk and Increase Confidence with Exploratory Testing by Elisabeth Hendrickson
5 January » Book review: The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer
5 January » Book review: I Am Enough by Grace Byers
5 January » Book review: Friends are cheaper than therapy by Cath Tate
1 January » Book review: Only Time Will Tell by ARCHER JEFFREY

December 2018

28 December » Book review: The Truth Pixie (Christmas, #3.5) by Matt Haig
27 December » Book review: Snowflakes Over Holly Cove by Lucy Coleman
24 December » Book review: Christmas Cakes and Mistletoe Nights: The one book you must read this Christmas by Carole Matthews
22 December » Book review: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
17 December » Book review: The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes by Ruth Hogan
12 December » Book review: The Self-Care Project: How to Let Go of Frazzle and Make Time for You by Jayne Hardy
10 December » Book review: Five Give Up the Booze by Bruno Vincent
9 December » Book review: White Lies and Wishes by Cathy Bramley
5 December » Book review: Affinity by Sarah Waters
4 December » My Snailspace Route Master adventure is at an end

November 2018

30 November » Book review: The Haunted Boy by Carson McCullers
25 November » Book review: Fatal Attraction by Carol Smith
22 November » Book review: Blankets by Craig Thompson
20 November » Book review: Orla Kiely Pattern /anglais by KIELY ORLA
19 November » TEDxBrighton 2018
14 November » Book review: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
13 November » World Kindness Day
11 November » Today would have been my Mum’s 84th birthday.
6 November » Book review: Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination by J.K. Rowling

October 2018

29 October » Book review: On the Move: A Life by Oliver Sacks
21 October » Book review: Rising Strong by Brené Brown
18 October » Book review: The Breakthrough by Daphne du Maurier
16 October » Book review: Perfect by Rachel Joyce
15 October » My gratitude jug
9 October » I'm a Snailspace Route Master
9 October » Book review: Letter to My Daughter by Angelou M Maya Angelou
2 October » Book review: The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce

September 2018

26 September » Book review: In the Days of Rain: A Daughter, a Father, a Cult by Rebecca Stott
16 September » Book review: You Belong Here by M.H. Clark
16 September » Book review: Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
12 September » Book review: Small Pleasures (The School of Life Library) by The School of Life
12 September » Book review: La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust, #1) by Philip Pullman
6 September » Book review: When Angels Fall (WeHo, #1) by Sherryl D. Hancock
5 September » Book review: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
4 September » Broomhill Sculpture Garden
3 September » Book review: Our World by Mary Oliver
2 September » Book review: A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge

August 2018

27 August » Book review: The Children Act by Ian McEwan
26 August » Book review: Wonder (Wonder, #1) by R.J. Palacio
23 August » Book review: One Hundred Names for Love: A Memoir by Diane Ackerman
10 August » Book review: Belonging by Umi Sinha
6 August » Book review: The Power of Meaning: The true route to happiness by Emily Esfahani Smith
2 August » Book review: The Lido by Libby Page

July 2018

June 2018

24 June » Book review: Mastering Macro Photography by David Taylor
24 June » Book review: Sacred Country by Rose Tremain
19 June » Book review: Educated by Tara Westover
18 June » Time to get back online update
12 June » Book review: The Village Effect by Susan Pinker
11 June » Book review: The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library, #1) by Genevieve Cogman
10 June » From Me to You, radio interviews and my christening or How I came to be on two local Radio stations in a week
6 June » Book review: How to Fall in Love: An inspiring, feel-good romantic novel from the international best selling author of PS, I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
5 June » My Christening

May 2018

30 May » Book review: The Turning Point by Freya North
27 May » Book review: Being Adam Golightly: One Man’s Bumpy Voyage to the Other Side of Grief by Adam Golightly
17 May » Book review: The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
12 May » Book review: I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
9 May » Book review: The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
8 May » I got to stroke a penguin
5 May » Book review: Bear and Wolf by Daniel Salmieri
5 May » Book review: Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too by Jomny Sun

April 2018

28 April » Book review: We Need to Talk About Grief: How to Be a Friend to the One Who's Left Behind by Annie Broadbent
27 April » What is work?
26 April » Book review: Shtum by Jem Lester
22 April » Book review: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
20 April » Book review: Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brené Brown
16 April » Olympus TG 5 first impressions
15 April » Invisible Designers
15 April » Book review: Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf by Oliver Sacks
15 April » Book review: Marc Chagall 1887-1985: Painting As Poetry by Ingo F. Walther
13 April » Book review: The Five Side Effects of Kindness: This Book Will Make You Feel Better, Be Happier & Live Longer by David R. Hamilton
13 April » Book review: Sheila Bownas The Art of Pattern by Chelsea Cefai
5 April » Book review: Conversational Design by Erika Hall
4 April » No junk mail please
1 April » Book review: Of Dogs and Walls by Yūko Tsushima

March 2018

28 March » Book review: The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
27 March » Time to get back online
26 March » Book review: The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin
23 March » Understanding diversity and inclusion
22 March » Why does my home assistant have a female voice?
21 March » Burnout
21 March » Book review: Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
20 March » Being kind to myself
20 March » Book review: And Tango Makes Three (Classic Board Books) by Justin Richardson
17 March » Book review: Silent Fear by Lance Morcan
12 March » Book review: Kindness: The Little Thing that Matters Most by Jaime Thurston and 52 Lives
12 March » Book review: The Gender Games: The Problem with Men and Women, from Someone Who Has Been Both by Juno Dawson
11 March » My Sunday morning travels with Brain Pickings
7 March » Book review: Humans of London by Cathy Teesdale
4 March » Book review: Maggie's Way (Montana Bound, #1) by Linda Bradley
3 March » Book review: Wind Chime Wedding (Wind Chime #2) by Sophie Moss
2 March » Book review: Wind Chime Café (Wind Chime #1) by Sophie Moss
1 March » Mutton bone carving

February 2018

26 February » Alexa Month 1
26 February » Book review: Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman
25 February » Self Compassion
25 February » Book review: The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to be Calm in a Busy World by Haemin Sunim
22 February » More on gratitude
21 February » Race Cards and The Atlas of Beauty
19 February » The Story 2018
17 February » Book review: Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (A Sherlock Holmes & Mrs Hudson Mystery #2) by Martin Davies
13 February » Book review: Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (A Sherlock Holmes & Mrs Hudson Mystery #1) by Martin Davies
12 February » Book review: Mudita: The Buddha's Teaching on Unselfish Joy - Four Essays (Wheel Book 170) by Nyanaponika Thera
11 February » Book review: Tipping The Velvet (VMC Designer Collection) by Sarah Waters
6 February » Gratitude
5 February » Book review: The Little Book of Gratitude: Create a Life of Happiness and Wellbeing by Giving Thanks (The Little Book Series) by Robert Emmons

January 2018

28 January » Book review: A Stitch of Time: The Year a Brain Injury Changed My Language and Life by Lauren Marks
27 January » Alexa Day 1
25 January » Book review: Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristin Neff
19 January » Book review: The Atlas of Beauty: Women of the World in 500 Portraits by Mihaela Noroc
15 January » My kindness matrix
14 January » Book review: Sweet Caress: The Many Lives of Amory Clay by William Boyd
11 January » Book review: 7 Years of Camera Shake: One Man's Passion for Photographing Wildlife by David Plummer
10 January » Book review: Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech by Sara Wachter-Boettcher
7 January » My self-care toolbox
2 January » Jane-made Christmas gifts

December 2017

31 December » Crocheted afghan for Mum
28 December » Book review: The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
27 December » Book review: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
24 December » DDT Weeks 7 and 8
19 December » Book review: How to Live Forever by Colin Thompson
13 December » Book review: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
11 December » Soul of the City choir perform Human as a flashmob
11 December » Book review: Penguins Stopped Play: Eleven Village Cricketers Take on the World by Harry Thompson
10 December » DDT Week 6
5 December » To be destroyed, burnt, unopened in the event of my death
3 December » Book review: Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1) by Malorie Blackman
3 December » Book review: An Eye for an Eye (Noughts & Crosses, #1.5) by Malorie Blackman
2 December » DDT Week 5

November 2017

25 November » DDT Week 4
20 November » Book review: Ravilious: Wood Engravings (British Wood Engravers) by Eric William Ravilious
19 November » DDT Week 3
17 November » Book review: The Water Room (Bryant & May #2) by Christopher Fowler
14 November » Book review: There Is No Good Card for This: What To Say and Do When Life Is Scary, Awful, and Unfair to People You Love by Kelsey Crowe
13 November » CASS
11 November » DDT Week 2
4 November » DDT Week 1
4 November » UX Brighton 2017
4 November » Book review: Deceived with Kindness: A Bloomsbury Childhood by Angelica Garnett

October 2017

29 October » DDT Week 0.5
27 October » Book review: Beyond Grace's Rainbow by Carmel Harrington
26 October » Book review: Lord of the Flies by William Golding
21 October » Goodbye Argyll
15 October » Book review: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
13 October » Sea glass
8 October » Book review: George, Don't Do That ... by Joyce Grenfell
1 October » It is likely that

September 2017

24 September » Book review: Stuffed : Growing Up in a Restaurant Family by Patricia Volk
20 September » Yorkshire Sculpture Park
10 September » Book review: The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
10 September » Book review: The Velveteen Rabbit by Komako Sakai
6 September » Book review: The Word is Murder (Hawthorne & Horowitz #1) by Anthony Horowitz
6 September » Book review: One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
4 September » Book review: I Could Read the Sky by Timothy O'Grady
3 September » Book review: The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1) by Graeme Simsion
1 September » Book review: Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

August 2017

31 August » Book review: Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
27 August » Book review: Lost For Words by Stephanie Butland
26 August » Book review: Play Little Victims by Kenneth Cook
20 August » Farewell Lovefilm
20 August » Book review: The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan
16 August » Book review: The Way, the Truth and the Dead by Francis Pryor
8 August » Book review: Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs by Sally Mann

July 2017

25 July » Book review: Drawing Autism by Jill Mullin
11 July » I sung at the Roundhouse
2 July » Normalise not spotlight
2 July » Book review: Poems by Philip Larkin

June 2017

26 June » Book review: The Penguin Lessons: A True Story by Tom Michell
19 June » Book review: The Secret of Orchard Cottage by Alex Brown
17 June » Book review: Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me by Bill Hayes
10 June » Book review: Bertolt by Jacques Goldstyn
4 June » Book review: The Mersey Daughter (Empire Street #3) by Annie Groves

May 2017

April 2017

30 April » Book review: Little Miss Wine O'Clock and Friends: A Very Unofficial Parody by Lily Magnus
24 April » Mother’s Day
23 April » Book review: Let Them Eat Chaos by Kae Tempest
22 April » Book review: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
21 April » Lean on me
19 April » Engage and Create at TEDxBrighton
17 April » Book review: That's Another Story: The Autobiography by Julie Walters
17 April » Book review: Polk, Harper & Who by Panayotis Cacoyannis
6 April » Book review: Dial and Talk Foreign at Once by Frank Kusy
6 April » Book review: The Detective Dog by Julia Donaldson
2 April » Emoji as spelling aid
1 April » Book review: Cry, Heart, But Never Break by Glenn Ringtved

March 2017

20 March » Book spine poetry
19 March » Book review: Together Is Better by Simon Sinek
18 March » Book review: The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
11 March » Book review: Rock Art by Denise Scicluna

February 2017

20 February » Seeking the Northern Lights. Attempt two. Sweden
20 February » Book review: The Goodbye Storm (Rough Waters, #1) by Danielle Stewart
8 February » Book review: 'How it works': The Dog by J.A. Hazeley
5 February » Book review: 100 Hugs: A Little Book of Comfort by Sandy Gingras
4 February » Book review: Mourning Gloria (Leah Hudson Thrillers, #1) by Andrew Downs
1 February » Book review: Abandoned Places: 60 Stories of Places Where Time Stopped by Richard Happer

January 2017

15 January » Book review: The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well by Meik Wiking
3 January » Singing with a choir

December 2016

30 December » Book review: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
27 December » Book review: A Snow Garden and Other Stories by Rachel Joyce
26 December » Book review: Spectacles by Sue Perkins
26 December » Book review: It's a Punderful Life: A fun collection of puns and wordplay by Gemma Correll
26 December » Book review: The Snowman and the Snowdog by Hilary Audus
3 December » Book review: Little Book of Hugs by Kathleen Keating
3 December » Book review: Relentless (Tina Boyd #2) by Simon Kernick

November 2016

17 November » Book review: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
6 November » Book review: Nailgun Messiah (Micah Reed #1) by Jim Heskett

October 2016

31 October » Book review: Pass it On by Sophy Henn
22 October » Book review: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
10 October » Dubrovnik
9 October » Travels with an iPhone
8 October » Book review: Your Illustrated Guide To Becoming One With The Universe by Yumi Sakugawa
8 October » Book review: Insight Guides: Explore Dubrovnik (Insight Explore Guides) by Insight Guides
6 October » Book review: Under Siege: Dubrovnik 1991 by Peter Northall

September 2016

29 September » Book review: Design for Real Life by Eric A. Meyer
22 September » Book review: Gratitude by Oliver Sacks
20 September » Internet password book
18 September » Book review: Dead Wake (The Forgotten Coast, #5) by Dawn Lee McKenna
11 September » Colour and Vision
11 September » Book review: The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters

August 2016

30 August » Book review: 14th Deadly Sin (Women’s Murder Club #14) by James Patterson
27 August » Book review: How to Be Brave by Louise Beech
20 August » Book review: We Are All Made of Stars by Rowan Coleman
14 August » Book review: One Way (Sam Archer, #5) by Tom Barber

July 2016

June 2016

30 June » Book review: Sundown on Top of the World (A Hunter Rayne Highway Mystery, #4) by R.E. Donald
30 June » Book review: Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace by Anne Lamott
29 June » Book review: Rain: Four Walks in English Weather by Melissa Harrison
27 June » Book review: Adulthood Is a Myth (Sarah's Scribbles, #1) by Sarah Andersen
26 June » Book review: The Reader on the 6.27 by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent
24 June » Book review: Suki by C.F. Winn
19 June » Book review: The New York Years by Donald Albrecht
18 June » Book review: Naming Monsters by Hannah Eaton
13 June » Book review: Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
11 June » Book review: Stars in a Bottle (The Edenville Series, #3) by Danielle Stewart
9 June » Book review: Kiss in the Wind (The Edenville Series, #2) by Danielle Stewart
5 June » Book review: Flowers in the Snow (The Edenville Series, #1) by Danielle Stewart
4 June » Book review: Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
1 June » A retractable fountain pen?

May 2016

30 May » Book review: Dear Tom by Tom Courtenay
21 May » Book review: Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
21 May » Book review: Wild Raspberries by Connie Chappell
3 May » Book review: Daytripper by Fábio Moon
1 May » Book review: The Missing and the Dead (Logan McRae, #9) by Stuart MacBride

April 2016

28 April » Book review: Years of the Elephant by Willy Linthout
26 April » Was it worth it?
25 April » Book review: The Missing by C.L. Taylor
23 April » Book review: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
10 April » Book review: The Song Of Roland by Michel Rabagliati
9 April » Book review: The Organ Takers (The McBride Trilogy #1) by Richard Van Anderson
6 April » Book review: Don't Go Where I Can't Follow by Anders Nilsen
2 April » Book review: Consequences (Consequences, #1) by Aleatha Romig
1 April » Book review: The House at Riverton by Kate Morton

March 2016

23 March » Book review: Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
23 March » Book review: Michael Rosen's Sad Book by Michael Rosen
20 March » Book review: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
19 March » Book review: Get It Together: The NHS by Zoe Williams
15 March » Book review: A Kiss Before You Go: An Illustrated Memoir of Love and Loss by Danny Gregory
13 March » Book review: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
6 March » Book review: Laika by Nick Abadzis
5 March » Book review: The Wronged (The Butlers #3) by Kimberley Chambers

February 2016

24 February » Book review: A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley
15 February » 5 years on
14 February » Book review: Payback (The Butlers #2) by Kimberley Chambers
13 February » Book review: Laika: Astronaut Dog by Owen Davey
7 February » Book review: The Secrets of Happiness by Lucy Diamond
5 February » Book review: Room by Emma Donoghue

January 2016

30 January » Book review: The Trap (The Butlers #1) by Kimberley Chambers
23 January » Book review: Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories by Truman Capote
10 January » Book review: H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
10 January » Book review: The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

December 2015

28 December » Book review: The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen
27 December » Book review: The Fox and the Star by Coralie Bickford-Smith
26 December » Book review: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
15 December » Book review: Biscuits (Bake it Better #2) by Annie Rigg
5 December » Paper snowflakes

November 2015

23 November » Book review: The Girl With No Past by Kathryn Croft
20 November » Book review: Lost Girls (DI Kim Stone, #3) by Angela Marsons
20 November » Book review: How to Stay Sane by Philippa Perry
15 November » Book review: Remind Me Who I Am, Again by Linda Grant

October 2015

19 October » Book review: Tiger-Tiger, Is It True?: Four Questions to Make You Smile Again by Byron Katie
6 October » Book review: One Night in Italy by Lucy Diamond
4 October » Book review: No Other Darkness (DI Marnie Rome, #2) by Sarah Hilary
3 October » Book review: Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me by Sarah Leavitt
2 October » Book review: Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #25) by Agatha Christie

September 2015

28 September » Book review: Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8) by Agatha Christie
26 September » Book review: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
15 September » Book review: A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
10 September » Book review: The Wire in the Blood (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #2) by Val McDermid
8 September » Book review: The Mermaids Singing (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, #1) by Val McDermid
7 September » Book review: Evil Games (DI Kim Stone, #2) by Angela Marsons
7 September » Book review: How to Tie a Scarf: 33 Ways by Potter Gift
4 September » Book review: Lillian on Life by Alison Jean Lester
2 September » Book review: Everything Is Going to Be OK by Chronicle Books

August 2015

30 August » Book review: All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
23 August » Book review: Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
22 August » Book review: Someone Else's Skin (DI Marnie Rome, #1) by Sarah Hilary
14 August » Book review: If Pigs Could Fly (West Kensington Paranormal Detective Agency #1) by Jonny Nexus
1 August » Book review: The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook

July 2015

25 July » Book review: The Lifers' Club by Francis Pryor
13 July » Book review: Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
12 July » Book review: All in the End Is Harvest: An Anthology for Those Who Grieve by Agnes Whitaker
11 July » Chocolate fridge cake
1 July » Book review: The Shadow Wife by Diane Chamberlain

June 2015

May 2015

22 May » Book review: Hiding the Past (The Forensic Genealogist #1) by Nathan Dylan Goodwin
19 May » Book review: Jeremy Poldark (Poldark, #3) by Winston Graham
18 May » Book review: The Heart And The Bottle by Oliver Jeffers
15 May » Book review: Hug Me by Simona Ciraolo

April 2015

26 April » Book review: The Beach Café (The Beach Café, #1) by Lucy Diamond
25 April » Book review: The Year of Taking Chances by Lucy Diamond
23 April » Book review: News from the Clouds by Robert Llewellyn
12 April » Book review: Chicken Soup for the Grieving Soul: Stories About Life, Death and Overcoming the Loss of a Loved One (Chicken Soup for the Soul) by Jack Canfield
6 April » Book review: Terra by Mitch Benn
5 April » Book review: Truckers (Bromeliad Trilogy, #1) by Terry Pratchett

March 2015

24 March » Book review: The Orphaned Adult: Understanding and Coping with Grief and Change After the Death of Our Parents by Alexander Levy
24 March » Book review: Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1) by Terry Pratchett
20 March » Book review: Journaling Basics - Journal Writing for Beginners (Journaling Prompts #1) by Lisa Shea
14 March » Book review: Still Alice by Lisa Genova
7 March » Book review: Perfect Happiness by Penelope Lively

February 2015

21 February » Postcards to Mum
20 February » Book review: Die Again (Rizzoli & Isles, #11) by Tess Gerritsen
19 February » Book review: Travelling to Work: Diaries 1988-1998 by Michael Palin
11 February » Book review: Last to Die (Rizzoli & Isles, #10) by Tess Gerritsen
6 February » Book review: Chesapeake Blue (Chesapeake Bay Saga, #4) by Nora Roberts
5 February » The end of 30YearsAgoToday
3 February » Book review: Inner Harbor (Chesapeake Bay Saga, #3) by Nora Roberts
1 February » Book review: Sea Swept (Chesapeake Bay Saga, #1) by Nora Roberts
1 February » Book review: Rising Tides (Chesapeake Bay Saga, #2) by Nora Roberts

January 2015

24 January » Book review: Love You More (Tessa Leoni, #1; Detective D.D. Warren, #5) by Lisa Gardner
23 January » Message in a bottle
22 January » Book review: Neurocomic: A Comic About the Brain by Matteo Farinella
17 January » WP64: A blazer matching scarf for me
17 January » Book review: Get Some Headspace: How Mindfulness Can Change Your Life in Ten Minutes a Day by Andy Puddicombe
13 January » Book review: The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
13 January » Book review: Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
9 January » Book review: 30-Second Psychology: The 50 Most Thought-Provoking Psychology Theories, Each Explained In Half A Minute by Christian Jarrett
6 January » Book review: The Perfect Hope (Inn Boonsboro Trilogy, #3) by Nora Roberts
5 January » Book review: The Next Always (Inn BoonsBoro Trilogy, #1) by Nora Roberts
5 January » Book review: The Last Boyfriend (Inn BoonsBoro Trilogy, #2) by Nora Roberts
4 January » Book review: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
1 January » On letter writing

December 2014

28 December » Book review: The Anti-Ageing Beauty Bible Everything you need to look and feel gorgeous by Josephine Fairley
27 December » Book review: The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
25 December » Christmas gift: WP62/WP63 - a scarf for a friend
25 December » Christmas gift: A crocheted piggy
25 December » Christmas gifts: Another couple of blackwork lavender bags
20 December » Book review: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
18 December » Book review: The Secret Rooms: A Castle Filled with Intrigue, a Plotting Duchess, and a Mysterious Death by Catherine Bailey
6 December » WP61: a woven seatpad
5 December » Book review: Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope, and Repair by Anne Lamott
1 December » Book review: No Name by Wilkie Collins

November 2014

21 November » 30yearsagotoday tweets as text messages
20 November » UX Brighton and Meaning Conference
15 November » Storyline postcards 6
8 November » Book review: More Fool Me (Memoir, #3) by Stephen Fry
6 November » Book review: The Lost Empress (Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery #4) by Steve Robinson
5 November » Kielder Forest Skyspace
3 November » Book review: The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy (Harold Fry, #2) by Rachel Joyce

October 2014

28 October » Book review: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry, #1) by Rachel Joyce
22 October » Book review: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
14 October » Bullet Journal
14 October » Book review: The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling (Bernie Rhodenbarr, #3) by Lawrence Block
13 October » Ally Pally 2014
6 October » Identified Flying Object
2 October » A second drawstring backpack

September 2014

28 September » I see faces...
28 September » Book review: Homeland (Little Brother, #2) by Cory Doctorow
27 September » Weaving project 59: A rothko inspired cushion cover
17 September » Book review: Cartography: An Introduction by Giles Darkes
12 September » Copenhagen
12 September » Book review: Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1) by Tom Rob Smith
9 September » Book review: The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1) by Jussi Adler-Olsen
1 September » Book review: The Last Queen of England (A Genealogical Crime Mystery #3) by Steve Robinson

August 2014

28 August » Book review: To the Grave (Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery, #2) by Steve Robinson
27 August » WP58: First attempt at Doni's Deli bag
24 August » Book review: In the Blood (Genealogical Crime Mystery, #1) by Steve Robinson
21 August » Mildly disturbing product messaging
19 August » Kindle helper scripts now in ruby
17 August » Book review: Burglars Can't Be Choosers (Bernie Rhodenbarr, #1) by Lawrence Block
17 August » Book review: The Burglar in the Closet (Bernie Rhodenbarr, #2) by Lawrence Block
16 August » Book review: Dancing on Ice: A 1930s Arctic Adventure by Jeremy Scott
15 August » Grandpas photos
7 August » On robot carers
3 August » Custom cushion for rescued chair
2 August » Book review: Interwoven: Kvadrat Textile and Design by Hettie Judah
2 August » Book review: How Did You End Up Here?: The Surprising Ways Our Questions Connect Us by Davy Rothbart
1 August » Book review: The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

July 2014

30 July » Sunglasses case
27 July » A new space for crafting
13 July » Unwind Brighton
13 July » Book review: The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2) by Robert Galbraith
12 July » Book review: The Angel's Game (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #2) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
7 July » Dog treat bag edition 3
1 July » Book review: Country Of The Blind (Jack Parlabane, #2) by Christopher Brookmyre

June 2014

28 June » Book review: Quite Ugly One Morning (Jack Parlabane, #1) by Christopher Brookmyre
24 June » Book review: Midnight Riot (Rivers of London #1) by Ben Aaronovitch
24 June » Book review: The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
23 June » Book review: The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
8 June » A "not quite as planned but pleasant anyway" woven cushion cover.
7 June » My "not a straight line in sight" blanket
7 June » Book review: Bauhaus (The World's Greatest Art) by Andrew Kennedy
4 June » Another day Another dog toy
3 June » Private Eye mentions weaving
1 June » A weaving byproduct: a dog toy

May 2014

31 May » Weaving Project 56: a bath mat
27 May » What makes me unique?
26 May » Dale Chihuly at the Halcyon Gallery
26 May » Book review: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
24 May » Plain English Fail
18 May » On conference venues
16 May » The Pedway
6 May » Book review: Rothko by Jacob Baal-Teshuva

April 2014

27 April » Doggie Dreams Quilt
26 April » Book review: A Box of Birds by Charles Fernyhough
17 April » Book review: Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century by Lauren Slater
15 April » Notebook fabric tote
12 April » Storyline postcards 5
5 April » A quilted sofa cover
2 April » Springtime at the seaside

March 2014

30 March » Weaving Project 53: Fiboscarfi
29 March » Fruit Salad Cardinal Hat
27 March » Book review: The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
16 March » Weaving WIPs and UFOs
14 March » Hemingway
9 March » Book review: Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered by Austin Kleon
5 March » Book review: Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
3 March » Dementia: Reasons to be cheerful

February 2014

21 February » A padded camera bag and a woven phone case
19 February » Book review: Happy Hour is 9 to 5 by Alexander Kjerulf
12 February » HTTPStatus Code generator
9 February » Woven sample squares: the start of a study in finishing
2 February » Weaving project 46: Fabric for a phone case
2 February » Initial thoughts about the Fairphone
2 February » Goodbye d80, Hello d7000
1 February » Book review: My Neighbor Totoro by Tsugiko Kubo

January 2014

29 January » Rain quote from My Neighbor Totoro : A Novel
26 January » Book review: A Winter Book by Tove Jansson
20 January » Patchwork quilted coasters
18 January » Book review: Cybersexism: Sex, Gender and Power on the Internet by Laurie Penny
12 January » Book review: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
7 January » Woven fabric as medical implant
5 January » Weaving project 45: a cowl
3 January » Introduction to the Design of Everyday Things
3 January » Proto tote bag
2 January » Weaver to Weaver 2: Weaving projects 42 and 43 and extras
2 January » Film on The Internet Archive
1 January » Weaving project 44: a shawl
1 January » Weaver to weaver 2
1 January » Book review: My Dog: The Paradox: A Lovable Discourse about Man's Best Friend (Volume 3) (The Oatmeal) by Matthew Inman

December 2013

28 December » Book review: Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds by Scott Berkun
27 December » Book review: Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) by Kate Atkinson
27 December » Book review: Tintin in America (Tintin #3 ) by Hergé
26 December » Crafted Christmas gifts
23 December » Book review: Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steve Krug
22 December » Sussex little waffle
19 December » Book review: Simplicity How to Use a Sewing Machine by Simplicity Pattern Company
17 December » Book review: Color: A Natural History of the Palette by Victoria Finlay
15 December » Weaving project 41: Autumnal colours scarf
5 December » Pension age increases
3 December » Updated little waffle. Now with orange

November 2013

28 November » Ricefield Collective: I won a photo prize
26 November » To make is to be
24 November » Weaving projects 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40: bookmarks as samples for scarves
21 November » Book review: The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) by Robert Galbraith
18 November » Book review: Printer's Devil Court by Susan Hill
17 November » Lincolnshire little waffle hat
11 November » Book review: Just My Type: A Book About Fonts by Simon Garfield
11 November » Book review: Pollyanna Grows Up (Pollyanna #2) by Eleanor H. Porter
6 November » Purple crocheted blanket
3 November » Weaving project 34: Brown and Red cushion cover

October 2013

26 October » Weaving Project 33: Finger controlled weaves
23 October » Patchwork Lavender bags
19 October » Guerilla upholstery
17 October » Book review: News From the Squares by Robert Llewellyn
14 October » My Knitting and Stitching show stash
11 October » A blackwork drawstring bag
6 October » Drawstring backpack
3 October » sew! cushion

September 2013

30 September » Book review: My Animals and Other Family by Clare Balding
29 September » Weaving project 32: fabric for a glasses case
21 September » Using up the stash
21 September » Storyline postcards 4
17 September » Book review: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi
15 September » Holiday Hats
15 September » Book review: Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link
13 September » Book review: Animal Farm by George Orwell
2 September » Brick patchwork cushion cover
1 September » Book review: Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times by Elizabeth Wayland Barber
1 September » Book review: News from Nowhere by William Morris
1 September » Book review: The Revolution Will be Digitised: Dispatches from the Information War by Heather Brooke

August 2013

27 August » My end of MapMOOC mapping submission
22 August » Plain English Campaign training
20 August » Blackwork lavender bags
13 August » The Festival of Quilts
6 August » Sew What! bags glasses case
4 August » Weaving project 31: woven log-cabin coasters
3 August » What is the collective noun for drawstring bags anyway?
3 August » my Fitbit stats and the Dictionary of numbers
2 August » Error messages - further reading
1 August » A year with a fitbit: thoughts and numbers

July 2013

28 July » "Interior Design" or driven by curiosity
28 July » Book review: Culture Shock: A Handbook For 21st Century Business by Will McInnes
22 July » Book review: Last Hours on Everest by Graham Hoyland
21 July » On notebooks
15 July » Six or so months with a LUMOBack
10 July » On creativity and fear
6 July » Book review: One Day University Presents: Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness by One Day University
6 July » Book review: Who Do You Want Your Customers to Become by Michael Schrage
6 July » Book review: Wollstonecraft by Jordan Stratford
5 July » Weaving project 30: first success on my new loom
1 July » First attempt at sewing a cushion cover

June 2013

30 June » Book review: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
23 June » Book review: Lleyn Peninsula: Circular Walks from the Wales Coast Path (Wales Coast Path Top 10 Walks) by Carl Rogers
19 June » Book review: On the Map: Why the World Looks the Way it Does by Simon Garfield
14 June » Book review: Shaping Things (Mediaworks Pamphlets) by Bruce Sterling
12 June » Maybe awareness of just your own users isn't enough?
9 June » Weaving project 29: colour and weave sampler (abandoned)
6 June » What does a green light mean?
5 June » User awareness as a shared responsibility
4 June » More on error messages - consider the context
1 June » A patchwork pin cushion
1 June » User Experience and Business Analysis - where do they crossover?

May 2013

31 May » Reporting System Errors
30 May » Jenkins Code Coverage and .Net
29 May » In the future we'll all have internet fridges
28 May » Book review: News From Gardenia by Robert Llewellyn
27 May » Weaving Project 28: a new loom
25 May » A patchwork drawstring bag
23 May » Update to kindle script
23 May » Book review: Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth by Apostolos Doxiadis
20 May » On "dementia tagging"
20 May » She is creative
17 May » Design your day
15 May » on Carbon paper
13 May » A drawstring bag for my weaving bits and bobs
11 May » Lots and lots of lavender bags
10 May » GeoGuessr
9 May » Surviving disruptive technologies
7 May » Book review: 21st Century Dodos: A Collection of Endangered Objects: and Other Stuff by Steve Stack
6 May » Crocheted circular cushion cover
6 May » Blackwork in red
6 May » Fixing a fitbit with sugru
4 May » Book review: The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
3 May » On ”no photography”

April 2013

27 April » Book review: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared (The Hundred-Year-Old Man, #1) by Jonas Jonasson
24 April » Processing meets Blackwork
22 April » A blackwork Tulip and Open Zigzag sampler square
21 April » My first attempt at Blackwork: an 8 point star
20 April » A second waffle cowl
20 April » Book review: Winter in Madrid by C.J. Sansom
19 April » On having a dementia sufferering parent
19 April » StreamReader and file locks
14 April » Weaving Project 27
13 April » A hand sewn dog treat bag
7 April » Yarn wrapped headphones, the Creative Stitches and Hobbycrafts show and Crafted: Makers of the Exceptional 2013 show
4 April » Citation needed or Where is the reckonometer?
3 April » A mechanical view of weaving
1 April » You press the button we do the rest
1 April » Book review: Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) by John Scalzi

March 2013

29 March » The hacked pacemaker
29 March » Book review: Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
27 March » Two screen instapaper reading
25 March » Book review: Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kästner
23 March » A sofa blanket
17 March » A visit to the Wool House
14 March » Replacing googlereader
14 March » On my "Introduction to Philosophy" experience
11 March » How the monitor has evolved
4 March » Birthday rosemary/lavender bags
1 March » Too. Cute. For. Space
1 March » Nuclear Power Pants. Or why proof-reading matters.
1 March » Ed Emberley's Make a world has made me be able to draw. A bit.

February 2013

28 February » Thoughts on colour
26 February » Atlas of Design
25 February » Book review: States of Architecture in the Twenty-First Century /anglais by RIERA OJEDA/LEHOUX
24 February » Paper/card weaving
24 February » The Story 2013
24 February » Book review: Discordia by Laurie Penny
24 February » Book review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
24 February » Book review: Alzheimer's: The Silent Plague (Penguin Specials) by Andrew Lees
23 February » Weaving project 26: Inspired by Finland
17 February » Links from a long journey
16 February » Book review: Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1) by Eleanor H. Porter
12 February » Book review: Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier
10 February » Weaving project 16 part B becomes a crochet hook roll
9 February » My first sewing machine experience
9 February » Heather's postcard 2013 365 project
4 February » Weaving Project 16 Part A finally gets used
3 February » Book review: Weaving: Methods, Patterns, and Traditions of the Oldest Art (Wooden Books) by Christina Martin

January 2013

28 January » Book review: Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud
21 January » Nobody loves a fairy when she's forty
20 January » Book review: Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow
18 January » Book review: The Moomins and the Great Flood (The Moomins, #1) by Tove Jansson
15 January » Book review: For the Love of Letters: The Joy of Slow Communication by John O'Connell
13 January » Storyline postcards 3/30 years ago today update
6 January » Sewing a sewing basket
6 January » Book review: Soft City by Jonathan Raban
5 January » Weaver to Weaver second package arrived
1 January » What projects are in progress?

December 2012

31 December » My favourite bits of 2012
31 December » When crocheting and weaving collide: a Christmas craft project
30 December » Weaver to Weaver: my first package arrives
30 December » A Foldable me
29 December » Weaving Project 25: Weaver to weaver
27 December » My Christmas stationery haul
27 December » A "Little Miss Two" bag for a three year old
26 December » Woven bookmarks: the wrap-up
26 December » Weaving Project 24
26 December » Weaving Project 23
26 December » Weaving project 22
26 December » Weaving Project 21
26 December » Weaving Project 20: speediest weaving project ever
26 December » Weaving project 19: More rustic, less wow
20 December » Book review: Finn Family Moomintroll (The Moomins, #3) by Tove Jansson
18 December » Weaver to Weaver envelopes sent
16 December » Book review: Comet in Moominland (The Moomins, #2) by Tove Jansson
8 December » Book review: Riding with Reindeer: A Bicycle Odyssey through Finland, Lapland, and Arctic Norway by Robert M. Goldstein
7 December » Seeking the Northern Lights. Attempt one. Finland
3 December » Book review: The Northern Lights Travel Guide by William Gray
2 December » On "Little Miss Geek"
2 December » How I became a developer - the education bit

November 2012

29 November » Brighton Made 2012
28 November » Coastal erosion in East Yorkshire
28 November » Frequent deployments
26 November » Book review: Little Miss Geek: Bridging the Gap Between Girls and Technology by Belinda Parmar
25 November » Combination waffle cowl
19 November » Weaver to Weaver
18 November » Mum's crocheted lapghan
18 November » Book review: Hunted Down by Charles Dickens
16 November » Book review: Mechanicals: A Steampunk Novel of the Crimean War by Jordan Stratford
4 November » On "The Return of the Scroll" and my input on the pagination vs scrolling conversation
3 November » UX Brighton 2012: What's a developer doing at a UX conference anyway?
3 November » Book review: Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
3 November » Book review: Inspired: How To Create Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan
2 November » Storing attributions in Instapaper

October 2012

31 October » Sewing a needle case
31 October » But what time is it?
30 October » Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
29 October » Reworking test data to make it more realistic
28 October » Weaving Project 18: A rescue mission
25 October » Book review: Vivian Maier: Street Photographer by Vivian Maier
23 October » Woven washi tape notebook decoration
21 October » Macrame taster at Super Super HQ
19 October » A day at The Knitting and Stitching show
17 October » Book review: Matter of the Heart, The by Nicholas Royle
13 October » On my London 2012 experience
13 October » Scrap Yarn Crochet Cowl
12 October » Sustainably sourced or Responsibly sourced? Which should it be?
11 October » Goodbye Posterous, Hello Telegram
4 October » QR code on a pig
2 October » On "New Glass-Based Data Storage System Would Last For 100 Million Years"
1 October » Book review: My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier

September 2012

30 September » I sewed a thing
30 September » Mind the Product 2012
29 September » Two country crocheted scarf
27 September » Getting nLog 2.0 to use a RetryingWrapper
26 September » Forum 028 at StadtMuseum, Munich
25 September » I made a second crocheted hat
24 September » I did battle with Windows Jenkins Server using a Git repository hosted at Unfuddle and won. Finally
20 September » On technology augmenting what I can already do, rather than replacing what I can do
19 September » Dominic Wilcox: No Place Like Home GPS shoes
18 September » Musical swings
18 September » Emotive architecture - the Humber Bridge
17 September » Using a monitor for monitoring
16 September » Munich
16 September » Book review: Wallpaper City Guide: Munich by Editors of Wallpaper Magazine
16 September » Book review: How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
16 September » Book review: Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon
9 September » Weaving Project #17
3 September » Book review: A Dog's Purpose (A Dog's Purpose, #1) by W. Bruce Cameron
2 September » Crocheted baby blanket

August 2012

30 August » Coloured Thread Installations
29 August » A further storyline update
19 August » Book review: Dying in the Wool (Kate Shackleton, #1) by Frances Brody
15 August » How the inconvenience of small network outages has led to more robust code
11 August » I crocheted a hat
5 August » Book review: The Neptune File: A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting by Tom Standage
4 August » Woven gift wrapper

July 2012

22 July » Book review: Talk About Design by Elisabeth Couturier
18 July » Wine Cork Portraits by Scott Gundersen
15 July » Book review: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
10 July » Introducing 30YearsAgoToday.com
8 July » Friends, Chinese ink paintings, Turing and Listening Post
4 July » On the silence of Departure Boards

June 2012

30 June » Brighton Bloggers simplification
30 June » Book review: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
27 June » Paths of Innovation: Fountain Pens - the Parker 51
26 June » An afternoon at the BBC Archives
26 June » World of Threads Festival - Fibre Artist Interview - Robert Davidovitz
25 June » Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton
25 June » Book review: The Follow by Paul Grzegorzek
23 June » 30YearsAgoToday short film
22 June » Book review: Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady by Kate Summerscale
19 June » Unfit for human consumption...
17 June » Book review: A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
16 June » Book review: Queen Elizabeth II: Portraits by Cecil Beaton by Cecil Beaton
14 June » myBasis Product Update appreciation
13 June » Remarkable Portraits Made with a Single Sewing Thread Wrapped through Nails
13 June » One of my photos amongst a collection named "Beautiful Photos Taken With iPhone 4"
13 June » On perfection
12 June » Border Weave
12 June » Book review: Imagined Lives: Portraits of unknown people by Tarnya Cooper
11 June » Notes from Self-hacking day event
11 June » Self-hacking day Open-Spaces - notes on archiving, adaptive data representation, user experiences, human behaviour and physical computing
11 June » Terminology: Studio vs lab vs office - new name needed
11 June » Osaka Station City water printer video
10 June » La Mer de Pianos - a beautiful video
8 June » Yesterday I discovered the London Cloth Company
8 June » ‘This is Me’ leaflet launched by the Alzheimer's Society
7 June » On The Responsiveness Trap
7 June » Electronically Knitted Spam Poetry via Craftzine.com blog
6 June » Tapestry Weaver Jilly Edwards via Working Yarn

May 2012

31 May » Book review: Rosie by Alan Titchmarsh
30 May » Book review: What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge
29 May » Museum of Endangered Sounds
28 May » Book review: Slow North Yorkshire Moors, Dales & Coast, including York: Local, Characterful Guides To Britain's Special Places (Bradt Slow Travel) by Mike Bagshaw
25 May » Book review: Zero History (Blue Ant, #3) by William Gibson
22 May » Steps followed to create Mum's storyline
21 May » Crocheted flowers, stars and bunnies
21 May » Quote from Carey Mulligan and Dementia Awareness Week
21 May » Book review: The Shape of Design by Frank Chimero
20 May » Lessons learnt so far in Weaving
19 May » A crocheted iPhone sock
19 May » On creativity and curiousity
16 May » Thoughts on taking time out
15 May » Scott's Last Expedition Exhibition
14 May » Augusten Burroughs on How to Live Unhappily Ever After
14 May » Augmented Paper - Matt Gemmell
12 May » Introducing 30YearsAgoToday
11 May » Thoughts on "How We Will Read" by Clive Thompson
11 May » The Listening Project
10 May » Storyline project pitch
10 May » Blue&Me and phones...
9 May » A crocheted Mu plug sock
9 May » How Companies Like Amazon Use Big Data To Make You Love Them
7 May » Storyline: This bit is for me
6 May » Photographic Specimens by Michael Mapes
6 May » Super speedy crocheted dishcloth
5 May » Book review: Spook Country (Blue Ant, #2) by William Gibson
1 May » Book review: The Silent Girl (Rizzoli & Isles, #9) by Tess Gerritsen

April 2012

30 April » Book review: The Story of the Titanic As Told by Its Survivors (Dover Maritime) by Jack Winocour
27 April » A farewell to the Madgex arms
27 April » A pointable we [3/3] or Why I cancelled my The Week iPad subscription
26 April » I think women being great at what they do is...
26 April » Descriptive Camera - and the value of meta data
26 April » “I Don’t Know How” Is Not a Valid Excuse
25 April » ”Big data, ready or not”
24 April » Tim Berners-Lee, meta data and storylines
21 April » Open Data Cities Conference
18 April » Weaving Project #15
16 April » Plucky little 'ghost ship'
14 April » Crocheted Crochet bag
4 April » Crocheted rectangular granny blanket
3 April » Book review: The Case Of The Missing Boyfriend by Nick Alexander

March 2012

26 March » Why I quit the Stanford PGM class in week one
25 March » On this day...
25 March » Titanic + data + weaving = weaving project #14
25 March » Article: Career Plans Are Dangerous
23 March » Data for the public good
22 March » Elaborate Life-like Pencil Sculptures
22 March » Book review: Conversations on the Coast by Nick Hand
20 March » Objects with stories
20 March » Book review: Shackleton's Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer by Margot Morrell
19 March » Event: Robert Schneider on BigData, NoSQL, MapReduce and Hadoop at SkillsMatter
19 March » Wonderful Woven lions...
18 March » Echo smartpen - insane or ingenious?
18 March » Weaving Project #13
14 March » Timeline and storyline postcards set 2
11 March » My top music choices for 2011
10 March » Book review: Facts are Sacred: The power of data by Simon Rogers
7 March » Article: Why Is Data Visualization So Hot?
7 March » Article: Big data: The next frontier for innovation, competition, and productivity
6 March » Article: A Year of Links
6 March » Article: the data science debate: domain expertise or machine learning?
6 March » Article: Diving Dogs Are Good Catch for Photographer
5 March » Book review: Big Data Now: Current Perspectives from O'Reilly Radar by O'Reilly Radar Team
3 March » Book review: Confessions of a Recovering Data Collector by Ellie Harrison
2 March » Video: Robot Quadrotors Perform James Bond Theme

February 2012

29 February » Yarn wreath for Mother's Day
27 February » E-books Can’t Burn by Tim Parks
26 February » Book review: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
24 February » Man Walks All Day to Create Spectacular Snow Patterns
22 February » Weaving Project #12
22 February » The Story 2012
22 February » Snow Drawings at Rabbit Ears Pass by Sonja Hinrichsen
20 February » LED Light Suit Turns Snowboarder Into a Sole Light Source
20 February » Article: The failure of Jane Crow and the “separate but equal” doctrine in technology | VentureBeat
19 February » O'Reilly webcasts
19 February » The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
19 February » Urban Play by SCOTT BURNHAM
18 February » Article: Are You Learning as Fast as the World Is Changing?
18 February » Mathematical Sculptures Made Out Of Office Supplies
16 February » Article: A letter to … my mother, who has Alzheimer's
15 February » Weaving project #11
11 February » The Amazing Underwater Dog Photography of Seth Casteel
9 February » Timeline and Storyline update
9 February » Book review: Death by Facebook by Everett Peacock
8 February » My first crocheted item: The Simplest Scarf
8 February » Ciao, Chessa!: Desert Rivers
8 February » Amazing Water Drop Refraction Photos by Markus Reugel
6 February » Soap Films Photography
4 February » Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination
1 February » How Twitter helps a small bookstore thrive - O'Reilly Radar
1 February » A Cathedral Made from 55,000 LED Lights | Colossal

January 2012

30 January » Weaving attempt #10
29 January » Every leaf traps CO2
27 January » 3D Origami Illustrations of Wild Animals - My Modern Metropolis
25 January » Rashad Alakbarov Paints with Shadows and Light
22 January » Downloads moved to github
22 January » Book review: Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
20 January » Forgotten Bookmarks: The Secret Life of Second-Hand Books via Brain Pickings
19 January » Technological change: The last Kodak moment? | The Economist
19 January » Rare Pictures: Scott's South Pole Expedition, 100 Years Later
18 January » Weaving Project #9
18 January » Granny Squares #6 - #15
17 January » Monumental Paper Architecture
13 January » Packing Tape Portraits
13 January » Beautiful land art
11 January » Weaving Project #8, flower posey, flower square and granny squares
2 January » Book review: Dear Enemy (Daddy-Long-Legs, #2) by Jean Webster
1 January » Happy New Year!
1 January » Flowers on a scarf

December 2011

30 December » Christmas Crafting
26 December » Weaving Project #5
26 December » Weaving Project #3
25 December » Book review: Hard Landing (Dan Shepherd, #1) by Stephen Leather
18 December » Making flowers on the train
18 December » A chat with a lock-keeper
17 December » Book review: Daddy-Long-Legs (Daddy-Long-Legs, #1) by Jean Webster
16 December » Hospitals, dementia and familiarity
16 December » Video: Space Shuttle: The complete missions -- by Nature Video
14 December » My first weaving project fail
12 December » Why In-Person Socializing Is A Mandatory To-Do Item | Fast Company
12 December » Visual Editions : Mass Live Reading Event at the V&A
11 December » Glass Igloo Gives Fantastic View of Northern Lights
11 December » Book review: My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1) by P.G. Wodehouse
11 December » Book review: Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next, #2) by Jasper Fforde
6 December » Book review: The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) by Jasper Fforde
5 December » Book review: Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1) by Derek Landy
4 December » "One for the Trouble" and "Cover story: a year of beautiful books"
4 December » Flowers of the loom variety
2 December » Uprooted2

November 2011

30 November » How to get more women in tech
30 November » Brighton Made
29 November » Book review: Freaks (Rizzoli & Isles, #8.5) by Tess Gerritsen
28 November » Book review: We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
27 November » What a face! (in sprinkles)
27 November » Weaving attempt #2
20 November » Apple thinks our car is an accessory
20 November » Weaving attempt #1
17 November » More about my storyline postcards
17 November » CB I Hate Perfume | In The Library
14 November » 2D patterns self-assemble into 3D objects under light (Wired UK)
6 November » Cross-stitch iPhone case #2
6 November » Article: Gift a memory
4 November » Tōhoku Japanese Earthquake Sculpture | Luke Jerram
3 November » Observations from a train journey
3 November » The New Value of Text and Everything is the same only different
2 November » URCHIN POUF : Christien Meindertsma
1 November » Wow - I have a (Puzzling) Dream

October 2011

31 October » "Excavating Babel" by Tina Hill - The Pie Factory, Margate
31 October » Beautifully Detailed Photos of Splashes
30 October » HP & Condé Nast - Soon you'll be able to print Magazines at home. Umm, but why?
29 October » Power of Making
26 October » Colorful Star Trails Reflected in a Lake
26 October » My Life Story > Buy Online at The Handpicked Collection
23 October » Timeline and storyline postcards
21 October » Article: Lytro Light Field Camera first look with Ren Ng: Digital Photography Review
20 October » In praise of… short novels | Editorial | Comment is free | The Guardian
19 October » The Stories Behind Photographer William Klein’s Contact Sheets
18 October » Wanted: Tool to gather/curate categorised information
18 October » Article: Text of Steve Jobs' Commencement address (2005)
18 October » Robot mimics human handwriting flow
16 October » MiniVerse Solar System Bracelet Proportional by chainofbeing
12 October » 'All The World's A Page' posters by Blotto Design | Art | Wallpaper* Magazine
8 October » Ask not what is the future of the book, instead ask what is the future of reading
8 October » Book review: Quick, Let's Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen
4 October » Article: Why I Love Facebook Timeline
4 October » Article: Visual Editions: using visual writing as a starting point
3 October » Article: Kids today need a licence to tinker
3 October » Article: Infinite Bookshelf
3 October » L E N S C R A T C H: Christine Caldwell
2 October » Article: BBC NEWS | Health | 'Creating a memory bank for mum'

September 2011

28 September » My first attempt at a cross-stitched iPhone case
28 September » E-BOOKS VAT ABOLITION - e-petitions
26 September » Timelines and Storylines
26 September » Data visualisation patterns
26 September » Video: Why I love my 3D Printer
19 September » Book review: Makers by Cory Doctorow
17 September » The Ladybird book app
15 September » Plantgasm and Plantbombing
15 September » Remembering the Berlin Wall - The Big Picture
14 September » Adam Ostrow: After your final status update
14 September » Mysterious paper sculptures - Central Station Blog post
14 September » The light of life
13 September » Seth's Blog: Back to (the wrong) school
12 September » The Future of Evernote: From memory machine to time machine
11 September » Reduce Reuse Recycle
11 September » Lytro
10 September » Book review: The Subterranean Railway by Christian Wolmar
6 September » What's in a name?
2 September » If you have lofty ambitions for your legacy, head for the attic | Technology | The Observer
2 September » "Sent from my iPhone" and other signatures

August 2011

31 August » L E N S C R A T C H: Eleonora Ronconi
31 August » Exploded Flowers | Thoughtful Photography
24 August » Book review: Playing to Win: 10 Steps to Achieving Your Goals by Karren Brady
21 August » Heather Barnett @ Margate Photo Fest
21 August » Article: The Millions : The E-Reader of Sand: The Kindle and the Inner Conflict Between Consumer and Booklover
21 August » Book review: Weekday Vegetarian by Graham Hill
20 August » Book review: Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks
17 August » Turner Contemporary Gallery, Margate
17 August » Photographer Jimmy Chin Shooting on the Cliffs of Yosemite
16 August » Why digital photographs won't be around forever | Technology | The Observer
12 August » How pencils are made
10 August » Beautiful Long Exposure Shots from a Japanese Train
10 August » Shake
8 August » James Mollison's "Where Children Sleep"
7 August » Mimosa
7 August » Book review: London to Brighton Derailed by Ed Dearnley

July 2011

31 July » Book review: Booksurfers: Treasure Island by David Gatward
27 July » Video: Paul Trevor
25 July » Scrum guide 2011 - The Definitive guide to scrum: the rules of the game
25 July » Book review: Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada
22 July » London Street Photography Festival
17 July » Why You Shouldn’t Give Too Much Weight to Anonymous Online Critics
13 July » Berlin
9 July » Book review: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
6 July » L E N S C R A T C H: Nancy LeVine
5 July » Walrus epub Demo #3
5 July » Everything is a remix

June 2011

30 June » Book review: 50 reasons to say goodbye by Nick Alexander
27 June » Book review: The Midwife's Confession by Diane Chamberlain
24 June » Book review: Abundant Beauty: The Adventurous Travels of Marianne North, Botanical Artist by Marianne North
18 June » Article: When Bad Things Happen To Productive People
14 June » Article: researcher-reveals-how-computer-geeks-replaced-computer-girls
8 June » Henri Cartier-Bresson Talks Photography
7 June » Article: 7 Photography Projects to Jumpstart your Creativity
5 June » 15 Minutes to Shoot, 15 Years to Master
5 June » Article: How To Set Smart Daily Goals
4 June » Article: A Day Without Distraction: Lessons Learned from 12 Hrs of Forced Focus
4 June » Book review: Little Brother (Little Brother, #1) by Cory Doctorow
3 June » Definition of Person - from schema.org

May 2011

26 May » Book review: Planning Extreme Programming by Kent Beck
22 May » Book review: The Kingdom by the Sea by Paul Theroux
5 May » Book review: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
4 May » The Story of How Jews Were Saved by the ‘Leica Freedom Train’

April 2011

28 April » Book review: The 9th Judgment (Women's Murder Club, #9) by James Patterson
26 April » Book review: Reflection by Diane Chamberlain
24 April » Book review: The Man Who Knew Too Much by G.K. Chesterton
19 April » fourthway: The Real Underground
17 April » Book review: The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
12 April » Book review: Pattern Recognition (Blue Ant, #1) by William Gibson

March 2011

31 March » Book review: Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler
31 March » Book review: Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell
31 March » Book review: Brass Ring by Diane Chamberlain
31 March » Book review: In search of Adam by Caroline Smailes
31 March » Book review: The Basement by Stephen Leader
31 March » Book review: The Killing Place by Tess Gerritsen
18 March » Remembering
16 March » 2 months with a kindle
2 March » Most poignant upload for February

February 2011

28 February » Book review: Saving Rachel by John Locke
28 February » Book review: Secret Lives by Diane Chamberlain
28 February » Book review: Bye bye baby by Alan Guthrie
28 February » Book review: Breaking the silence by Diane Chamberlain
28 February » Book review: The Pact - A love story by Jodi Picoult
6 February » Review: The Myths of Innovation by Scott Berkun
5 February » Favourite upload of January
3 February » The Joy of Leadership: If Julia Child was a management consultant - TerryStarbucker.com
2 February » Kindle: Getting the notes and highlights for a specific book into a text file

January 2011

31 January » Book review: Picture Perfect by Jodie Picoult
31 January » Book review: Splinter by Sebastian Fitzek
31 January » Book review: The Lost Daughter by Diane Chamberlain
29 January » From Hipstamatic to Lomography
29 January » TED Curator Chris Anderson on Crowd Accelerated Innovation
29 January » Self-Portraits Found on the Internet Recreated as Paintings
27 January » TED talk: Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight
22 January » Are you flagging that email as high importance? Or Urgent?
22 January » TEDxBrighton
19 January » ILM Level 5 Award in Management
13 January » L E N S C R A T C H: Brian Kaplan
11 January » Article: The Best Way to Use the Last Five Minutes of Your Day
3 January » Is Digital Cheaper Than Film?
1 January » Favourite upload of December
1 January » My Top Music choices for 2010

December 2010

31 December » Reviewing a document via the kindle
28 December » Article: How Analog Rituals Can Amp Your Productivity
28 December » Article: 5 E-Book Trends That Will Change the Future of Publishing
27 December » Update: Dropbox vs Toodledo notes
24 December » Article: Role models: someone to look up to
23 December » Article: PaulCornell.com: The Twelve Blogs of Christmas: Ten
22 December » Dropbox vs Toodledo notes
18 December » Article: What I Learned This Year #5: Jessyel Ty Gonzalez
18 December » What I want from a delicious replacement?
15 December » Spotify playlist for the 2010 last.fm top 40 - Jane Dallaway
12 December » 5 Things to beg your boss for this week - Stepcase Lifehack
12 December » Good and Bad Procrastination
8 December » Spotify playlist for the 2010 last.fm top 40
8 December » Brighton Girl Geek Dinners - Re-launch lunch
4 December » Article: Lab Rat: How Can A Social Media Addict Find Focus?
1 December » Favourite upload of November
1 December » Top Trends of 2010: Growth of eBooks & eReaders

November 2010

29 November » Review: Momento for iPhone
28 November » Duchess - Connecting women in Java Technology
27 November » TED: Jason Fried: Why work doesn't happen at work
27 November » Commitments: Managing email overload
24 November » Article: Getting Creative Things Done: How To Fit Hard Thinking Into a Busy Schedule
21 November » Getting highlights and notes from kindle to text file
20 November » The state of web education in UK schools
20 November » Wayne Levin
20 November » Article: Managing email overload
17 November » The Jelly Effect Guide to Communication... Afters
10 November » Kit bag: Superheadz Blue Ribbon
7 November » Extracts from articles on eBooks
6 November » Re: Books, eBooks and eBook Readers
6 November » BPB: Another round up
4 November » Books, eBooks and eBook readers
3 November » Favourite upload of October

October 2010

30 October » BPB: This weeks round up
27 October » Madgex is 10 years old - my photo is in the argus
24 October » TED Prize : Wishes Big Enough to Change the World » Congratulations to the 2011 TED Prize Winner: JR
23 October » BPB: New Ways of Looking
22 October » Photography and the law
21 October » 101010
20 October » NVQ Update
20 October » BPB: A Night In Argentina: Alejandro Chaskielberg and Esteban Pastorino Diaz
20 October » The Design of HTML5
15 October » Instapaper: URL in clipboard
14 October » Async: PhoneGap
14 October » BPB: The House of Vernacular
12 October » BPB: Strange & Familiar: Three Views of Brighton
12 October » Experiments With Disposable Cameras
11 October » BPB: Blair's Boy
6 October » BPB: A Wednesday afternoon adventure
5 October » MiniClick Photography talk with Kris Mitchell
5 October » BPB: Michael Ormerod: States of America
2 October » BPB: The Daily Swim
1 October » Favourite upload of September

September 2010

30 September » JR, 'Unframed' @ Images 2010, Switzerland
28 September » Chuck Anderson / NoPattern, etc.
26 September » All Photographers Now! - Your photo has been displayed!
24 September » spu_generateinsert - handle schemas
23 September » Crane Kalman Brighton
22 September » l e n s c r a t c h: Liu Bolin
19 September » The TED Talks of Rory Sutherland
15 September » MiniClick Photography talk with Alex Bamford
12 September » Response to "Where the tech ladies at?"
11 September » TED: Nick Veasey
9 September » More on dConstruct speaker James Bridle
9 September » October 10th, A most auspicious day
8 September » John Chiara and His Amazing Trailer-Sized Camera
7 September » Weaving baskets from weather data
3 September » dConstruct 2010
1 September » Favourite upload of August

August 2010

27 August » Article: 7 Tips to Manage and Use Your Attention Wisely
21 August » Extraordinary Light Stencil Urban Art Pictures by Tigtab
21 August » l e n s c r a t c h
21 August » Coming soon - Brighton Photo Biennial 2010 - Programme
15 August » "Out of Place"
13 August » Where Science, Art and Photography Intersect (25 photos) - My Modern Metropolis
6 August » Contact Sheet Art Created Using Carefully Exposed 35mm Film
1 August » Favourite upload of July

July 2010

31 July » Photography Bookshelf 2nd Shelf
31 July » 50 Tricks to Get Things Done Faster, Better, and More Easily via lifehack.org
28 July » Maximum length of SQL Server 2005 objects seems to be 128 characters
22 July » Changing the direction of results from a SQL Server ORDER BY clause
19 July » 25 Spectacular Examples of Washed Up Photography
17 July » Red Gate Software - Download Defensive Database Programming and SQL Prompt
13 July » NVQ Update
5 July » Could have been favourite upload of June

June 2010

25 June » V-J Day in Times Square
20 June » Fishing for leftovers by Mark J Davis
16 June » TSQL: Escaping % in a SQL Like clause
6 June » Me and my Olympus Trip 35
1 June » Favourite upload of May

May 2010

31 May » The Geotaggers' World Atlas #2: London
31 May » Article: 10 ways to eliminate distractions
30 May » Florence Thompson - Migrant Mother
30 May » Photographs That Changed the World
29 May » Simple PHP script to output the rss links from an OPML file
21 May » TED talks by Photographers
19 May » stockphotorights.com
19 May » Do we have to meet this way? | Money | The Guardian
18 May » NVQ Update
12 May » 360 degree feedback - in pictures
12 May » SQL Server - List tables without a primary key
12 May » SQL Server - Find out if an index is being used
11 May » SQL Server Execution Plans - what should I look for in SQL Server 2005?
1 May » Favourite upload of April

April 2010

28 April » ClassicTOY Comparison
28 April » TSQL: Get a list of values into a comma separated list without using a UDF
28 April » RedGate SQL Search
19 April » Article: What I’ve Learned About iPhoneography, by Jason L. Parks
18 April » SQLBits VI
17 April » Touching Strangers
13 April » UK Tech Days - Visual Studio 2010 Launch - A path to big ideas
13 April » Back Stage at UK Tech Days – Day One : Underbelly
13 April » 2012 Olympics Kodak Brownie Concept
11 April » NVQ Update
6 April » Article - Photojojo’s Ultimate Hipstamatic Guide
6 April » Wanted: iPhone app for time tracking
3 April » iPhoneography tip
1 April » Favourite upload of March
1 April » Article: Great Leadership: Can a Woman Leader Be Successful and Happy?

March 2010

31 March » Article: Using Flickr For Photo Backups
31 March » Article: What Brand of Pen Do You Write With?
26 March » Visualisation Video: Japan - The Strange Country via CoolInfographics
25 March » Article: 5 Little Things That Make a BIG Difference as a Leader - Part 2: Listen Up!
24 March » Madgex Photography Workshop #2 - my submissions
22 March » A year of dog photos
13 March » Article: The Secret To A Lifetime Of Productivity - And Five Ways To Find It
12 March » NVQ Update
11 March » Review: Hipstamatic for iPhone
10 March » Time management: Eat That Frog, the movie
8 March » TED talk: Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos augmented-reality maps
8 March » Sion Fullana PMA 2010 Keynote
4 March » Wired Sussex Media Jobs & Skills fair
3 March » Generating the SQL equivalent of Guid.Empty
1 March » Favourite upload of February
1 March » SubMain / Promotion - Name Your Price!

February 2010

25 February » NVQ Update 2/7ths of the way there
24 February » Madgex Photography Workshop #2
23 February » Article: How to take amazing photos of your dog
21 February » Review: Minolta Vectis Weathermatic APS Camera
20 February » Photo: Pretty in Pink by King Douglas
18 February » RSI advice
18 February » Photography competition entry: Lost Hat
15 February » Date and Time getting reset via Flickr iPhone app
15 February » Beautiful light
12 February » Article: 7 Tips to Better iPhoneography by Jeremy Edwards
10 February » Excellent support response from Toodledo
7 February » Creativity through limitations
7 February » Ready for visitors
6 February » Bye Bye Blogger, Hello Posterous
3 February » NVQ: Learning Styles Questionnaire
2 February » iPhone photography
2 February » NVQ Update
1 February » Favourite upload of January

January 2010

31 January » PhotographyBB
27 January » Ladder in the light
24 January » Favourite upload of December
15 January » Tokyo

December 2009

30 December » Hong Kong
16 December » Some new books
14 December » StrengthsFinder
1 December » Favourite upload of November

November 2009

27 November » A revision to the code for the outlook macro to forward an email to Toodledoo
18 November » Flickr gallery: Brighton West Pier
18 November » "You get what you reward" or "Accentuate the positive"
17 November » FLASH: Improve your lighting techniques
17 November » Reading stuff - Google Reader and Instapaper
16 November » NVQ Update
10 November » Review: eyemodule
5 November » Selenium over self verifed HTTPS
4 November » Early 20th Century colour photography
3 November » ASP.NET debugging error - EXECUTE permission denied on object 'sp_sdidebug', database 'master', owner 'dbo'
1 November » Favourite upload of October

October 2009

22 October » NVQ Update: D1 complete
22 October » Inspiration
17 October » Kit bag: Aryca Autosampler
13 October » Outlook macro to forward an email to Toodledo and then file it
11 October » Balda Baldixette details
7 October » Wow!
4 October » Review: iBlueSky
2 October » Favourite upload of September
1 October » NVQ Meeting 3

September 2009

29 September » Review: The Art of Photography
28 September » How to handle related bugs in bugzilla?
22 September » Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO
17 September » Response to "Step #1 – Claim Your Territory, Own your team"
15 September » The Blackbird, Fly, a conversation starter
14 September » TSQL: Recraft data from a 1 to many table to a 1 to 1 table preserving a single row of data
13 September » Comments on the "Daily Photo Tips with Chris" episode "Camera or Card Reader"
4 September » Getting a waterstones book onto a Cool-er eBook Reader on a Mac
4 September » Event: Copyright Seminar for Photographers
1 September » Favourite upload of August

August 2009

31 August » Holiday in Filey
28 August » NVQ Update
17 August » SQL Server 2005 script to iterate through all the databases on a server
8 August » More on Time Management
8 August » Kit bag: Blackbird, Fly
8 August » Favourite upload of July

July 2009

21 July » Back to school: NVQ Level 3 Management
20 July » Review: Hot Shots
10 July » Favourite upload of June
7 July » Boat and reflected tree
7 July » Blogger adds scripts to posts
7 July » Wow!
2 July » Coding challenge 3

June 2009

30 June » Kit bag: Balda Baldixette
24 June » SQL: Building a comma separated list from a select clause
18 June » UK Photographers Rights V2
11 June » Loading film into the Blackbird, fly
10 June » Pocket Pomodoro
8 June » spu_generateInsert - handle unicode characters
2 June » NTS: App_Offline.htm and working around the "IE Friendly Errors" feature

May 2009

22 May » NTS: The HTTP verb POST used to access path '' is not allowed
20 May » NTS: InstallUtil and parameters
11 May » C-Curve at Chattri, South downs
3 May » Review: Silver Efex Pro

April 2009

23 April » Scripting stored procedures
21 April » Data Visualisation links
17 April » Stored Procedure comparison
17 April » spu_generateInsert - PRINT statement limitation worked around
17 April » spu_generateInsert - PRINT statement limitation
16 April » spu_generateinsert - checks for table existence
1 April » DropBox

March 2009

24 March » Ada Lovelace day pledge post
4 March » TSQL: CONVERT VARCHAR truncates to 30

February 2009

28 February » February's photo group meetup
18 February » photoblogs...
7 February » West Pier in the Snow
4 February » The further adventures of Lego Santa
4 February » Do identity columns get reset after a rollback transaction?

January 2009

16 January » (Mis)Using App_LocalResources?
14 January » Wayne Levin
14 January » Review: Microsoft Visual Studio Hints and Tips
8 January » Yes or No?
7 January » 2008 in photos
7 January » Christmas Photography gifts
7 January » JigZone - make a photo into a jigsaw puzzle
7 January » spu_generateinsert - identity columns can now be ignored

December 2008

23 December » SQL: Set QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
22 December » SQL Server 2005 : ROW_NUMBER()
19 December » SQL Server: Convert a string to proper case
19 December » SQL Server 2005 restore error message
18 December » Lego Santa
13 December » SQL Coding Dojo 2
10 December » Pre-cursors to Moo and Lomos
10 December » How to search for CR and LF in SQL Server
10 December » Review: Instapaper on the iPod Touch
3 December » Touchnote.com

November 2008

30 November » Photo group meet
30 November » Skillswap goes portable
23 November » Review: Poladroid
23 November » Announcing tweeterr
17 November » VBUG Brighton: How to write crap code in C# with Ben Lamb
8 November » Photography bookshelf
6 November » VBUG Conference, Reading - 4th November 2008

October 2008

30 October » Brighton Photo Fringe
28 October » Brighton Bloggers: Aggregation
28 October » Braun PixelBank may not work with HD cards
27 October » Women In Media
22 October » Full text indexing - stemming
21 October » A Photographic History of Yosemite
19 October » Hey! Get that camera out of here!
9 October » Appigo notes
5 October » Photography means...
5 October » Creative Digital Photography: Day 2
4 October » Creative Digital Photography: Day 1
3 October » FOTB: Chris Orwig
2 October » Time Management: Empty inbox policy

September 2008

30 September » SQL Coding Dojo
27 September » FlickrBike
24 September » ReMix UK - Day two
23 September » ReMix UK - Day one
22 September » SELECT COUNT(*) vs SELECT COUNT(colname)
20 September » Me, Right Now
17 September » A year of notes
17 September » VBUG Brighton: MVC, Test 1st and Ajax with ASP.NET
5 September » OAuth.net
4 September » Largest reproduction of one of my photos
3 September » "Grow your wiki" with Stewart Mader
3 September » Database Comparison tools: Redgate SQL Compare Review

August 2008

31 August » Event: In The Brain of Gojko Adzic: Testing Web Applications with Selenium & Selenium Remote Control
27 August » Review: Clone Detective
26 August » Localisation vs Internationalisation
26 August » TED Talk: "David Griffin: Photography connects us with the world"
20 August » SQL Snap
20 August » Generating insert statements from table data - Updated
14 August » TSQL: sp_executesql vs exec
13 August » Trash the Dress
12 August » Stacking in Lightroom
7 August » ILP Time - How did I spend mine?
6 August » Intersect vs Inner Join - Timings
1 August » Learning

July 2008

28 July » Full Text Indexing - the impact of index time and query time language choice
24 July » More on SQL Server 2005 Full Text Index Service
24 July » How to work out which are valid full text languages on a SQL Server 2005 instance
23 July » Localisation, Javascript and extended character sets in Visual Studio 2005
21 July » PhotoCamp Leeds {2008}
21 July » Post-Implementation/Post-Project Reviews
18 July » TSQL: Enumations and constants
11 July » TED Talk: "Rick Smolan: A girl, a photograph, a homecoming"
9 July » Home Secretary green lights restrictions on photography
8 July » INFORMATION_SCHEMA views
7 July » TSQL - Timings
6 July » Team Madgex photographer
4 July » VBUG Brighton: Understanding LINQ with Mike Taulty
4 July » Monty Hall problem - TSQL
4 July » Monty Hall problem - PHP

June 2008

30 June » Find a string in a stored procedure - Revisited
24 June » More on photography laws
24 June » SQL Server User Group Review
16 June » Scripting out object level SQL
14 June » Flickr: Most Interesting
13 June » More on FxCop Command line integration into Visual Studio
9 June » Database Change Management: Tarantino review
6 June » Static Code Analysis Review: Summary
6 June » Static Code Analysis Review: FxCop
6 June » Static Code Analysis Review: CodeIt.Right
5 June » UK Photographer's Rights
5 June » NTS: Get a list of windows scheduled tasks

May 2008

30 May » StyleCop
30 May » Searching for 'special' characters in a database using TSQL
28 May » Integrating FXCop into Visual Studio 2008
27 May » Madgex Promotion Cards
27 May » Reflective Perspective
26 May » Geekyoto: Summary
24 May » Geekyoto: Ben Saunders
24 May » Geekyoto: Diy Kyoto
21 May » Emotional mapping of code
21 May » Geekyoto: Play in a changing public realm
21 May » Geekyoto: Secular Sabbath
20 May » Firefox extensions
19 May » Geekyoto: Christian Nold
19 May » geekyoto
19 May » Lensbaby
6 May » A piece of Aral
2 May » Lightroom for Digital Photographers - RAW images
1 May » TSQL - How to get the date element of a datetime object
1 May » Vodcast: The Daily Critique

April 2008

30 April » And yet more about transactions
28 April » More on transactions
26 April » Sussex Geek Dinner - Mike Hadlow
26 April » Contemporary Photography : Lydia Yee
25 April » TSQL Transactions - simple nesting
25 April » Database change management: DBVerse review
22 April » More on Photography laws
21 April » Petition the Prime Minister to clarify the laws surrounding photography in public places
21 April » The new Madgex website
18 April » SQL Server User Group
16 April » Contemporary Photography : John Stezaker
13 April » TWIP - Histogram
10 April » D80 showing CHA error on LCD screen
9 April » TSQLUnit Updates - Helper Functions
2 April » Static Code Analysis Review - our criteria
1 April » Kit Bag: Nikon S500

March 2008

31 March » Girl Geek Dinner - Copywriting
29 March » A yahoo pipe, some php and a flickr feed
27 March » Static Code Analysis
27 March » Remember The Milk Pro Upgrade
26 March » Defensive SQL Updates
20 March » Ideas and Learning project
6 March » Big Trip

February 2008

3 February » Barcamp Brighton 2
3 February » Gerd Ludwig

January 2008

28 January » Adobe Lightroom videocasts
26 January » Braun PixelBank - first impressions
24 January » Finding some text within a SQL Server 2005 Database
23 January » NTS: Use of grep to count instances of a certain phrase in a file
23 January » Update to spu_generateinsert - use of UNION SELECT
22 January » Double counting document downloads
15 January » iPod Touch Update - Continued
15 January » iPod Touch update
15 January » More on spu_generateinsert
13 January » Nokia SportsTracker, 6110 and GPS anomalies
12 January » iusethis
12 January » More on Route 66 - buying the North West USA this time
7 January » Another update - Generate Insert statement from table for SQL Server
3 January » Photoblogs of the year
3 January » Andreas Gursky
3 January » Update - Generate Insert statement from table for SQL Server

December 2007

26 December » New lens
13 December » Route 66 and the Nokia Navigator
9 December » Found
4 December » Getting the ID from a concatenated string
3 December » Nikon speedlight SB-800
3 December » Schmap Brighton
3 December » RSS Feeds
1 December » Silverlight

November 2007

28 November » DDD6 Review
20 November » Digital Photography 101 - Skillswap Brighton
13 November » VBUG Brighton - Visual Studio 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5
13 November » Generate SQL Insert statement from table data
7 November » Brighton and Hove Web Awards - Brighton Bloggers is shortlisted
7 November » Copying a database on SQL Server 2005 using Backup and Restore
1 November » A week of skillswaps

October 2007

28 October » Moo Christmas Card competition
28 October » Geek Girl Blogs
25 October » DDD6
16 October » Catch up and badges
16 October » Nokia 6110 Navigator and Route 66 satellite navigation
15 October » Mobile Google Reader
14 October » SQLBits Podcast
13 October » 41 places
12 October » Belbin Team Roles
9 October » Review: The Camera Phone Book: How to shoot like a pro
8 October » SQLBits conference
8 October » Conference Schwag bags
2 October » Russ Shea

September 2007

29 September » Nokia 6110 navigator and Gmail SMTP settings
18 September » My first Madgex project live
13 September » Barcamp Brighton - afterthoughts
12 September » TiddlyWiki
12 September » BarCamp Brighton Day 2
9 September » BarCamp Brighton Day 1
8 September » dConstruct 07 Review
7 September » Busy busy busy at Madgex
5 September » VBUG: An evening with LINQ
3 September » Nokia 6110 Naviator, Route 66 and entering longitude and latitude coordinates

August 2007

29 August » Nokia 6610 with IMAP
29 August » iGoogle
23 August » Remember the milk
21 August » SQL Server - Dynamic Order by clause
15 August » A busy Tuesday in Brighton
14 August » TSQL: Get random rows
13 August » Madgex Hackday II
7 August » Weddings...

July 2007

June 2007

30 June » Paper Crane Project
30 June » Sussex Digital
26 June » Localisation
26 June » Girl Geek Dinners on Woman's Hour
20 June » Flash Brighton - Aral Balkan - SWX - Rediscovering Fun!
20 June » Can't logon to SQL Server 2000/2005 after password change
13 June » £5 App Evening - June 2007
13 June » Debugging Stored Procedures
11 June » The Photographers' Gallery
11 June » IE7 issue - navcncl and tabswelcome
10 June » Problem getting photos off my Nikon D80
7 June » Sussex Geek Dinner - Dan Glegg
7 June » New lens
7 June » London Girl Geek Dinners 13

May 2007

31 May » Brighton Bloggers aggregated RSS
31 May » So 2 weeks in...
30 May » Brighton Girl Geek Dinner - Fishbowl
30 May » Nikon 18-200mm lens
19 May » 41 Places - All found
18 May » London Women in Engineering Tech Talk Night
18 May » 41 places - 9 to go
17 May » Farewell Glass's
17 May » Crowborough Closure - a photo essay
16 May » 41 Places - 10 to go
16 May » 2nd set of moo cards
12 May » 41 places - an update
11 May » 2nd £5 App meeting
11 May » More Moo cards ordered
10 May » Kit Bag: Nikon D80
10 May » 41 places - Brighton Festival
2 May » 1st use of AppleCare

April 2007

27 April » Bobbi Lane
26 April » ASP.NET: sql cache dependecy
25 April » Brighton Girl Geek Dinner - Aleks Krotoski
25 April » We're all photographers now
18 April » Gorillapod
6 April » SkillSwap - Introduction to Rails
5 April » Sussex Geek Dinner - Glenn Jones
1 April » Old job - new job

March 2007

29 March » Brighton Bloggers
28 March » £5 App Evening
25 March » Snap Decision
22 March » Light and Dark
16 March » Lightroom as default photo application
14 March » 2nd Brighton Girl Geek Dinner
7 March » Moo Card Holder
5 March » Kit Bag: G3
4 March » Life stream
3 March » Moo Cards have arrived
2 March » SSIS Exception : Interface not registered (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040155)
1 March » Lightroom
1 March » Sussex Geek Dinner - Geoff Adams

February 2007

27 February » Kit Bag: Everyday camera
27 February » Interviews: Questions
27 February » Moo cards ordered
26 February » Brighton in the news
24 February » JPG Magazine / Moo cards
22 February » Can't connect remotely to SQL Server 2005 Express
21 February » Interviews: Technical Tests
20 February » Backup strategy and workflow
18 February » Petition against photographic restrictions
17 February » Which DSLR?
13 February » Photobloggies 2007
13 February » "End of an era" or "A fresh start"
11 February » Flickr Pro
7 February » Article - Don't ask employees to be passionate about the company!
5 February » Eclipse and SQL Explorer
5 February » Brighton Technical Community
3 February » WebDD Overview
2 February » Mobile eMail Test
2 February » WebDD Schedule
1 February » .NET and SQL Server - retrieving blobs

January 2007

28 January » Brighton Daily Photo: Guest Photo again
27 January » More on Lightroom vs Aperture
24 January » Brighton Daily Photo : Guest Post
18 January » Photography Tool Comparison: Task 3 - Correcting White Balance
18 January » Sussex Geek Dinner - Mikel Maron
18 January » Photography Tool Comparison: Task 2 - Removing Red-Eye
17 January » ASP.NET: validators and client code
17 January » Brighton Girl Geek Dinner - Rose Luckin
15 January » MSDN Virtual Lab: Express: What’s New in SQL Server 2005
14 January » Polarising filter
13 January » Photography Tool Comparison: Task 1 - Black and White
13 January » Photography tools
11 January » WebDD

December 2006

20 December » January is going to be busy
11 December » Dinner and Technical Support
4 December » Google Co-op
3 December » MS2543 - Core Web Application Technologies Course - Days 2 & 3 / MS2544 - Advanced Web Application Technologies - Days 1 & 2

November 2006

28 November » MS2543 - Core Web Application Technologies Course - Day 1

October 2006

18 October » What Teens Want - IT Conversations podcast
4 October » Reading list now running off del.icio.us
3 October » Project switching affects productivity

September 2006

30 September » Add to del.icio.us button
30 September » Nabaztag!
20 September » Brighton Sussex Geek Dinner
19 September » SSIS Variables and Deadlock
19 September » SSIS - Can't debug script code in event handlers
15 September » d.construct 06
13 September » SQL Server 2005 Upgrades

August 2006

29 August » SSIS and DTExec Red Herring
22 August » Online spreadsheets
22 August » SSIS, SP1 and Testing
21 August » Google Maps - Travel
18 August » SSIS Course and Book
18 August » Altova MapForce 2005
16 August » d.Construct 2006 podcast
16 August » MSDE won't be supported on Vista
14 August » SSIS Foreach Nodelist enumerators Part 2
14 August » SQL Server Integration Services
10 August » TSQL - Getting the value from a stored procedure into a variable
9 August » SSIS Foreach Nodelist enumerators
8 August » Google Maps
7 August » SSIS and Microsoft Connect
5 August » Mac software purchases I
3 August » SSIS and .NET Assemblies
2 August » TSQL: LEN vs DATALENGTH

July 2006

27 July » DTS and Excel issue with different data types
20 July » SQL Server 2000 - find a string in a stored procedure
19 July » Getting Things Done
18 July » Code reviews...
13 July » Battling with TableAdapters and Connection Strings
13 July » SQL Server Collations
4 July » Photographing fireworks

June 2006

May 2006

23 May » Is the database in single user mode?

January 2006

30 January » DevExpress Repository Items, COM, Access and ShowPopupShadow
26 January » Untitled

December 2005

7 December » The battle to get events to fire from C# to VB

August 2005

11 August » DataGridView, C#, RowHeadersVisible=false and combo boxes
2 August » DataGridView, C# and RowHeadersVisible=false

July 2005

26 July » C# Homework - Brighton Bloggers list - Part 1
25 July » C# and handling a COM event
22 July » C# - Using Objects in ListBoxes/ComboBoxes
21 July » Free Apress ebooks
20 July » User Interface experiments
20 July » NDoc with Beta 2
20 July » .Net, C# and form inheritance
14 July » SQL Server Log truncation
11 July » Good Software Writing

June 2005

24 June » Agile Development

October 2004

14 October » Gimp For Photographers

August 2004

24 August » Digital vs Film

October 2003

7 October » Brighton and Hove camera club

August 2003

22 August » Mirror Article on blogging

July 2003

29 July » Skill Swap PHP
29 July » Underexposed Competition winner

May 2003

17 May » Managing an outsourced project

April 2003

2 April » Brighton and Hove Camera Club

March 2003

1 March » Microsoft Seminar on SQL Server 2000 High Availability

May 2002

5 May » Zvon
3 May » ASP Upload Components