IndifferenceEngine

something … anything

Actually, I may be with them on that

No touchy-feely physical contact

As Yvette Cooper is on the radio, probably worth re-posting this

*too many ‘fors’, such was my distress

In a nightmarish scene, Boris Johnson in a dark children’s playground manspreads on a swing that is being pushed by a maniac in a double-breasted suit. Behind them, a small child huddles in the mouth of a tunnel contemplating future PTSD

It’s my own fault for searching for my own camera roll for “on this day” pictures

You need cows. My grandmother swore by them

The nomsbudsman writes

And that’s how vegans are made.

George Osborne, who is apparently still a thing, says the UK has been left behind in a so-called cryptocurrency boom

Luckily it’s not all bad news

A smiling, gormless Truss over the headline: Truss accuses Badenoch of not telling truth about Tory failures

Where to begin with this?

I was channeling my inner farage

Scary

An octopus

Unfortunately I heard the Angela Eagle interview that followed and it’s clear no Labour politician will publicly criticise him, either

a black and white photo of the hilly countryside with low clouds and rain visible in the near-distance

the straight, flat line of the sea (which is very still and calm) but then there's a big storm cloud over it with rain coming down in the distance. The colour of the image is purple-grey-blue

a colour photo of mostly blue hues, with the sea in the foreground and lots of dramatic clouds above with rain coming down in multiple places. In the middle is a tiny orange boat.

black and white photo of a road and road barrier curving away into the distance down a hill. In the background is the sea, with heavy clouds above and rain coming down in places

There's a storm today so I thought I'd post pictures of other storms I've photographed, because I'm relevant like that.

#Photography #ThePhotoHour #Storm #Weather #Travel

Dear scammers,
To save you all the trouble of asking, I can confirm that I have NOT bought a car on finance since 2007.
Cheers,
Guy

Spent Sunday afternoon in the company of the final issue of Lunate, which features my own contribution 'Alice Truly - A Life In Fiction.'

It's been a joy and a privilege to be part of it all. Thanks to Claire, Han & Gary.

Vol. 6 and more available at lunate.co.uk/shop

A mountain and clouds reflected in a loch full of water lillies. Automatically labelled “On This Day 3 August 2019”

Thanks, iPhone, I guess

Good night

Has he tried drinking out of the wrong side of the cup?

Just done one of those ‘isn’t it funny how time works’ sums and am shocked* to discover it’s as long since I first read this as the time between my first reading and Eliot writing it

*mildly intrigued

The same book, a dedication

Back when, it turns out, my stepmother - and her idiosyncratic handwriting - was still very much alive

Detail from the back cover of the Faber paperback edition of Four Quartets, which apparently cost “50p net”

Everything was cheaper then

Re-reading the scribbles I left in the copy of 4 Quartets I used as a student >40 years ago.
Time present and time past/ Are both perhaps present in time future

I suppose we should be grateful that he didn’t *actually* shoot the messenger

AI will never know which of their seven figures to hold a cigarette with

Cartoon drawing of Nietzsche hoovering and thinking "God I hate this thing". Caption reads Nietzsche abhors a vacuum.

Nietzsche abhors a vacuum

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There’s the respect that makes calamity of so long life

Is that where you have to eat a sausage roll first?