On Kickstarter from today:

Trackside Transformation - The Evolution of British Mainline Stations 1923-1947 by Daniel Wright @thebeautyoftransport.com with photography by myself, Philip Butler.

#GRJ26 day 3. A trip around Hamburg. The regenerated docks of the Speicherstadt district, the Rathaus, Hamburg hauptbanhof and new concert hall - the Elbphilharmonie.

A veritable avian orchestra 😊

Officially day two, but as day one was a late start, this is the first full day … or something 🤣🤦🏻‍♂️

Day 1 of #GRJ26 on the trains and transport from Hook of Holland 🇳🇱 to Hamburg 🇩🇪

Will do - and enjoy! 👍🏻⛴️

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Day two of #GRJ26 begins. Docked in Hook of Holland. Breakfast - tick ✔️

Over the River Medway at sunset, then Stratford to Harwich and onto the Stena Line ferry to Hook of Holland. Stage one of #GRJ26

Beautifully done 🎥✂️

Love this - it’s what social media is for 😊👍🏻

Today, I start my Great Rail Journey 2026 #GRJ26 First leg takes me to the port of Harwich, to sail across to the Hook of Holland. Then, I’ll be snaking across Europe to Syracuse.
From the south east corner of England, to the south east corner of Sicily.

🥁🥁👌

Stunning start to Saturday 😊👍🏻

Fabulous trip Philip. I start my 2026 odyssey on Sunday 👍🏻🚂

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Great to see a pretty rare Wall Brown #Butterfly in the garden today. 📷🌥️🦋💚👍 #Ramsgate #spring #wildlife

I’m not one for craving possessions, but a classic jukebox is something I’ve always quite fancied…

It’s a picture of my book.

It’s publication day for ‘How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside’.

It’s a book, by me.

It contains some poems.

You can get it in bookshops.

Err, that’s it.

*end of promotional post*

"Sources said Talfan Davies and BBC CFO Bérangère Michel painted a bleak picture of the corporation’s finances. They said it was unsustainable that 94% of the UK population use the BBC every month, but fewer than 80% pay the £180 annual licence fee."

“Our funding model has reached end of life.”

I bet - from Naples to Wakefield is quite the climate change 🤣. When do you head back home?

Welcome back to Blighty.

And also because evidence does not simply find itself.

Sex and drugs and poisoned champagne: 90 years on, we can finally see Joan Crawford’s wildest film A legal dispute led to Letty Lynton, the golden age superstar’s controversial drama, being sealed away. Only now can audiences see what all the fuss was about

What a cracking backstory to a film I’d never heard of. Letty Lynton added to the list 👍🏻🎬

This is worth a small part of your day.

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@philipdp.bsky.social looks like it’s been an amazing journey Philip. Great pics from the North African leg. 👍🏻

Blimey that’s fabulous. It’s the future 🫨👍🏻

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Happy Mondays.