There's a thing that happens in American films & TV series where someone says they are going to make a sandwich, then they get a load of tubs from the fridge & make it. I've never made a sandwich like that. Have you?
I'm so old, this overheard dialogue in my local pub a moment ago made me smile quietly.
"Can I order some food?"
"You certainly MAY", the barman replied. #pedantic #middleaged #language
Today is World Radio Day.
Just as in 1988, making radio is a superpower.
We reach people when they need to look at other things or nothing at all.
We go far deeper than pictures.
May we always take this responsibility seriously, and with gratitude.
#radio #WorldRadioDay @ofcom.org.uk
Get into work really early, and our professional cleaning staff are there: truly the foundation upon which every succeeding hour is built.
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
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
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.
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'.
