John Warburton

Whoever said Sunday organ playing in a rural parish was easy? #music #organ (The markings on the lower line indicate pedalling: Ʌ=toe, U=heel, above=right foot, below=left foot)

One never knows when a musical cartoon or caricature might come in handy. These were in a music dictionary left to my university department. The illustrator is Winifred Green (1871–1940). #music #cartoon

Meanwhile, in St. Bartholomew's parish church (one of the Seven Wonders of Brighton), I wonder how people manage to light the ten very tall candles on and above the altar. (Many decorations are veiled for Lent.) #Brighton #church #mystery

Culture, spotted on my way to the dentist in Brighton this morning. Not sure what it all means, but it calls for attention. #Brighton #streetart #stickers

It's a new day. Two views of one dog walk in #Lewes #trees #sunrise

Day's reflection. Spring is here. Will it last? #London #sunset

Here is something rather more comprehensive about Betty Webb MBE, Bletchley Park codebreaker and recipient of the Legion d'Honneur, who died yesterday aged 101. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I am sad to hear Betty Webb MBE has died. "I wanted to do something more for the war effort than bake sausage rolls" she said. Betty (b 1923) joined Bletchley Park in 1941 and helped shorten World War II. In this picture, she is contributing most eloquently to a conference I helped organise in 2016.

This is the pretty refraction of the Sun's rays through my wine glass in a nearby village pub garden on Sunday, when spring finally arrived. Seconds later, with perfect aim, from the tree above, a magpie shat directly and heavily into it. I thought the glass had exploded. #light #science #spring

This was when the stars came out to play in #Lewes on Friday night, part of the South Downs National Park, an official international dark sky reserve since 2016. #night #stars

Getting dark after the rain. #rain #castle #Lewes

I wonder what became of Miss Mollie Brown of 29 Strawberry Bank in Dundee, Scotland, who was given this handsome and very well-preserved token of appreciation in 1910? brianselway.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/s... #Dundee #history #Scotland

An English kitchen in the darkness of night, with black-and-white buildings outside

Looking through an 18th century kitchen, with modern fittings, at night, with even older buildings outside. #Lewes #night #history

Exterior, day: a closed-down hair salon named "Flaxen Hair". A disgruntled boy walks past and stares at the camera.

Says it all. #blackandwhite #Derbyshire

Exterior, day: a tree with no leaves casts a strong shadow on a field. A large cloud is behind. Black and white.

If a tree could be proud of its shadow... #Surrey #spring

The Exorcist. Exactly as you say.

Very happy and fine birthday to you! Meanwhile, the orchestra would like to accompany you in this. 😇

In 1967, my Mum took me to a telephone exchange where a switchboard operator let me hear the Speaking Clock. A career began. That exchange is one of the first three to be closed as our networks go fully digital. Times change. Something related you don't hear often: drive.google.com/file/d/1KgBt...

Exterior, day: a flight of brick steps in a narrow passage between walls covered in plant growth. A painted sign on one wall reads "Books". An old style lamp post reaches up.

Exterior, day: a narrow passage between walls. Vegetation covers many places. Bright sunlight and shadows

Spring arrives in Lewes's Pipe Passage: joining the premises of a traditional moveable-type printer to a road that is home to one of England's best-loved folk singers. #spring #Lewes

Two views from the church porch in a break during organ practice. The window — and the world outside. #church #England @churchofengland.org @chicathedral.bsky.social

The dimly lit back room of an old English pub. Poorly lit people sit at a table in the foreground. A bar is beyond, with a street in daylight visible through a window.

Inside, on a rainy day after playing for Sunday service. #pub #England

Maybe one day there will be an option in a hotel booking to NOT have the duvet fully tucked-in?

Great to see an alternative place to post things. We are having a week of events in #Lewes to commemorate the 200th anniversary of #iguanodon gideonmantell.wordpress.com @hoggroup.bsky.social All welcome

Exterior, night: a small dog and a person are walking through a narrow passage while a street light brightly shines in the darkness. The dog and walker are silhouettes.

Night falls on the Saxon twittens of Lewes as I walk uphill after parking my car. #night #Lewes

Are there any other English words beside swear, tear, bare, wear that have related forms swore/sworn, tore/torn, bore/born, wore/worn where the past tense and past participle have -e and -n endings? AI tells me 'no'.

By bizarre coincidence I am teaching about pressure gradient microphones today.

Ha! I was going to make an offer on it but it is probably beyond my budget. Have seen it for several weeks now.

External, day: a rainy street in an English town with 19th century buildings and a church steeple. Next to it is the town clock with its own, smaller, steeple. The sky is grey.

No snow in this south-eastern fragment of England. But it is still winter in the streets of this town. #Lewes #rain #winter

In 1980, I bought an extra 4kB of memory for my home-built computer. Cost: £30.

Today, an extra 16GB of memory went into my current computer. Cost: the same.

But at 1980 memory prices, this would have been roughly £126m.

Are we rich beyond our wildest dreams? #it #prices #money #computer #history

Text on a pizza box: "This pack contains 2 servings."

First lie of the new year: "Serves two". Hahahaha, ha. #hungry #pizza #gluttony