James Higgott

How many are you eating today?

YouTube video by Swimace Pancake Day - Maid Marian

It's P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-Pancake Day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj_a...

Britain’s Story: The Next Chapter - BBC Royal Charter Review, Green Paper and public consultation

This is the Gov looking for your input on the BBC. It takes a while to complete (15/20 mins) but it’s pretty comprehensive and covers most aspects.

Please share. I’m surprised many people haven’t seen it yet.

www.gov.uk/government/c...

We're looking to fill a couple of Senior Content Designer roles across the OPG and Probation digital teams www.jobtrain.co.uk/justicedigit...

We've had user research participants telling us how they use LLMs to summarise their NHS App health records for them.

Yeah, I love an upset. There's still time though, and Ireland are looking good against the Aussies.

This T20 World Cup has been brilliant so far and that #SAvAFG match was the best of the lot.

That was brilliant. What drama!

Tell that to the buses on London's 315 route.

Monthnote: January 2026 It’s 2026. I’ve had a good start to the new year. A lot is going to happen over the next 12 months — I’ve been thinking about the threats…

In January I went to UK GovCamp and the Japanese Embassy, and I thought about all of the big things that could go wrong in 2026.

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I tried to change the site's address on the website from "Sutton, Surrey" to "Sutton, London" and was put firmly in my place by some senior folk.

Will they finally admit that the site is in London, not Surrey? I lost that battle when I worked there, despite Sutton having been part of Greater London since 1965.

I hope the team working on that project is nicknamed The Lighthouse Family.

'Kickstarter' is a new phrase on me, for this kind of thing anyway. It's always pilot, pathfinder, trial, vanguard... Someone got their Thesaurus out!

Yes. I was thinking it might work better if you change the first F to Focus and fix a thing.

If you’re travelling from london to GovCamp this seems like the best option. Marylebone route has rail replacement bus. #ukgc26 #ukgovcamp #govcamp

Next departures:

08:35 – 10:38
09:02 – 11:15

PSA for those heading from London to Birmingham for @ukgovcamp.com - all trains from Euston currently cancelled, head to St Pancras and change at Leicester... #govcamp

I'm doing stints on Reception and Cloakroom if you want to come and say hi. Hopefully see you there.

I'm doing a couple of volunteer shifts (registration and cloakroom) which could be a great time to bend my ear.

I am. See you there.

As well as sorting out the last minute details for GovCamp 2026 we're also planning for the long term. We want to set up GovCamp as an official non-profit company. To do that we need a Board of Trustees.

We've previously asked for volunteers but, while good people, they're all straight white men.

Search It Up - Online Safety For Kids - YouTube Search It Up is a BAFTA-nominated series of animated shorts designed to help families learn about online safety. Search It Up was created by Azoomee and is s...

Mine too. I think it might have something to do with this series from NSPCC: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Easter Eden

#EggAMovie

Smithfield Market’s Christmas Eve meat auction is back for 2025 Smithfield meat market’s Christmas Eve sale is a much-loved highlight for many attendees, and the organisers have confirmed to ianVisits that it will go ahead again this year.

You would love it. I got the tip from www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/smi... a few years ago but this was the first time I was able to go.

Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing. What is it? Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025

Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...

Thanks to all the organisers for putting that on. It was a lot of fun. Friendly vibes and some meaty bargains.

I'm standing in front of Smithfield Market proudly holding a 10kg pork loin.

I got out early with a 4kg turkey (£10) and a 10kg pork loin (£20).

Butcher selling meat to a crowd.

10kg leg of pork going for £20.

Large festive crowd waiting in Smithfield Market.

Still half an hour to go.

Large crowd waiting for the Smithfield Market meat auction to start.

I'm at the Smithfield Market meat auction waiting to find out what we'll eat tomorrow.