Mutant army men are mutant
Yeah, so I ordered these super-cheap toy army men off Amazon (don't ask) but when they came I was deeply disappointed, and a bit scared. They are shit. And mutant.
New fence is new
On this lovely, sunny day I've got to share the pleasing sight of my new fence, installed in just a day (after a day of demolishing the old one and prepping) by valiant Reuben, fine friend and owner of Greentime Gardens.
The last seven days on blipfoto
It's been quite a varied and interesting week. Spring has sprung and the light has improved considerably. Here are the last seven days as recorded in my daily photo journal.
Jim Al-Khalili interviewing Maggie Aderin-Pocock at the University of Surrey
On Monday 3 March, I went along to the latest ‘Jim meets…’ interview at the University of Surrey, with special guest Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, presenter of the BBC’s ‘Sky at Night’ series.
Commemoration of the 353rd Anniversary of the Birth of the Founder, Sir John Cass, Kt
As I noted last year in this blog entry, and as I have done for several years, I attended the commemoration of the birth of Sir John Cass, Founder of Sir John Cass's Foundation yesterday, 12 February 2014.
The loss of the magical sense of the world
This is a powerful extract from a piece in the Guardian by Lucy Mangan, whose writing I oftentimes enjoy. It resonated with me so I wanted to record it in my blog.
Dashcam video: Rotherhithe Tunnel (video 01:30)
This is a dashcam video of driving under the River Thames in London from south to north, via the Rotherhithe Tunnel.
I saw this dramatic cloud formation from my office yesterday
This photograph of an impressive cloud formation was my daily photo journal entry for Tuesday 28 January 2014.
Water pouring out (video 00:14)
This is going on right now. They're changing all the water pipes in our street but the water main has broken outside the house. The effect is of a nice, calming, babbling brook - as long as you don't look out the window at the muddy reality.
Wrong boots
Today, for the first time in my life, I managed to go out without noticing that I was wearing two different types of boots today.
A visit to Turkey
June 2013 - another visit to Turkey to see friends in Istanbul and then to spend some time on the lovely south coast soaking in the rays, swimming in the warm, blue sea and taking some photographs.
24 things to do before you turn 30: say hi to a large... turtle?
This video of a large Common Snapping Turtle in Algonquin Provincial Park, Canada, which I shot in 2009, has recently been included in a Buzzfeed video called 24 Things To Do Before You Turn 30.
1st August 2013
It’s the first of August. I took this photo at about 6.50am. Too sleepy then to realise that this is appropriate for today's daily photo journal post.
Photographs from a visit to Istanbul
A set of photographs I took during a brief visit to Istanbul, Turkey, at the end of March.
Flaming Gorge Dam, Utah
This photograph of mine is being used in Water: Utah's most precious resource, an educational desktop background program installed on state owned public computers in school districts, Universities, and public offices and created by the Utah Water Research Laboratory at Utah State University in Logan.
My video of a Canadian chipmunk on NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams (video 00:18)
So I was contacted last Friday by NBC Primetime News, who wanted to use my video of a Chipmunk that I took three years ago in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, for some reason on the Brian Williams Show 'Rock Center'.
Popular Victoria Line fabric
You can actually buy this fabric at the London Transport Museum Shop. It's called "moquette" which is a type of woven pile fabric in which cut or uncut threads form a short dense cut or loop pile.
This photo of Eltham Palace helps illustrate a book
This photo I took of Eltham Palace in 2010 is going to be used as one of the illustrations in a soon to be published biography of Elizabeth of York, by Amy Licence.