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the dim pause

ian mason - @thedimpause in many places - blog at thedimpau.se 🌥️⏳ - more info at ianmason.me ℹ️

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2026-06-04 18:34:45 UTC

England all out for 140

2026-05-31 14:12:41 UTC

Nice to see that both some domestic T20 Blast and the IPL Final are live on TV this Sunday afternoon 🏏
Warwickshire Bears v Northamptonshire Steelbacks
and
Royal Challengers Bengaluru v Gujarat Titans

2026-05-02 05:56:47 UTC

Fungal tree 🍄
https://blossom.primal.net/7820fd1479fa9f0f4cd702a12434c9a81abe6d5805aa66bcb3f2064fe7fb19a0.jpg

2026-03-26 07:23:08 UTC

Changeable. A short walk yesterday. It was windy, it rained a little, it snowed a little. Then the sun came out 🚶🌤️ https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/83e0dbad-c9dd-4ca1-badf-bb867bfe7371.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/ad3cf135-36b3-4daa-be17-48e22206ecbb.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/6ae760d0-dbf0-496e-93ac-bc76c23f15c3.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/3b6cc774-5f33-4da3-b939-9e9152ce2457.jpg https://thedimpau.se/2026/03/26/changeable-a-short-walk-yesterday.html

2026-03-24 22:28:28 UTC

Watched: Under the Volcano, 1984 - ★★★★★ 🎥 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/41089

2026-03-22 08:15:26 UTC

🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Jacobs, RIAS Kammerchor & Freiburger Barockorchester, Mark Padmore, Alexandrina Pendatchanska RIAS Kammerchor & Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs (45 plays), Tamar Inbar (39), Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Théorin, Paterson, Holloway, Baumgartner,... thedimpau.se https://www.last.fm/user/nntk https://thedimpau.se/2026/03/22/my-top-weekly-artists-as.html

2026-03-20 21:33:27 UTC

Watched: Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, 2026 - ★★★★ 🎥 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/875828

2026-03-20 18:38:11 UTC

Watched: Frankenstein, 2025 - ★★★ 🎥 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1062722

2026-03-18 16:02:14 UTC

Currently reading: The Rats of Montsouris by Léo Malet 📚 https://micro.blog/books/9780330318471

2026-03-18 14:07:49 UTC

Finished reading: 120 Rue De La Gare by Leo Malet 📚 https://micro.blog/books/

2026-03-16 11:23:25 UTC

Currently reading: 120 Rue De La Gare by Leo Malet 📚 https://micro.blog/books/

2026-03-15 08:27:07 UTC

🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Kremer, Hagen, Barshai, Chamber Orchestra of Europe (26 plays), Home Counties (20), Poyushchiye gitary (14), Rozhdestvensky, USSR Ministry of Culture SO (5), Stokowski, Houston Symphony Orchestra (4) https://www.last.fm/user/nntk

2026-03-13 21:22:26 UTC

Notes from the US: Trump’s war
"Driven by looming midterms and the Epstein Files, the MAGA cult has no credible arguments for this bloodbath"
🔗 freedomnews.org.uk/2026/03/1… https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/03/13/notes-from-the-us-trumps-war/

2026-03-13 21:07:46 UTC

Even taking Trump’s confused reasons for the Iran war at face value, it’s still a total disaster
"Two weeks in, it’s increasingly clear that the US-led war has taken every problem it aimed to solve – and made it worse"
🔗 www.theguardian.com/commentis… https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/13/donald-trump-iran-war-total-disaster

2026-03-09 16:46:52 UTC

Watched: Brief History of a Family, 2024 - ★★★½ 🎥 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1135176

2026-03-08 21:13:20 UTC

Location check in — Cardiff University Great Hall to see Franz Ferdinand supported by Home Counties 🎵🗺 Map of area https://maps.apple.com/?q=51.488712,-3.177656&ll=51.488712,-3.177656 https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/51.48871210930663/-3.177656180063809

2026-03-08 12:27:15 UTC

A March walk in Pembroke 🚶 https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/dd7e707e-de1b-46a0-8d66-f413ecac7840.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/6249a780-2521-4f9c-a3fc-9a7732c0ad68.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/af5c0226-45d5-4b96-86fa-943edac05035.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/15a5221a-5639-40ab-80b5-90ae48d6d42a.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/a0890fce-60f4-490a-97f7-07fd5122a141.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/20c01e69-6b16-4efc-947a-afb79b0b0373.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/ba405844-3524-40e8-9911-5bfeb553f7c3.jpg

2026-03-08 07:42:53 UTC

🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Daniil Trifonov, Gidon Kremer, Nils Mönkemeyer, Alexander Roslavets, Yulianna Avdeeva, Kremerata Baltica, Staatskapelle Dresden & Thomas Sanderling (20 plays), Asha Bhosle & Kronos Quartet (12), Gorillaz (12), Rozhdestvensky, USSR Ministry of Culture SO (10),... thedimpau.se https://www.last.fm/user/nntk https://thedimpau.se/2026/03/08/my-top-weekly-artists-as.html

2026-03-07 19:38:51 UTC

Italy have been exceptional this Six Nations 🏉

2026-03-07 19:37:37 UTC

Two upsets today 🏉
🇮🇹👏

2026-03-07 16:23:56 UTC

Saturday night pizza making has started! Actually, dough making was this morning, but pizza building now 🍕

2026-03-07 16:01:52 UTC

Scoreline of 50-40 😳🏉

2026-03-07 15:36:37 UTC

Well, this is exciting! Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 v 🇫🇷 France 🏉

2026-03-07 15:36:35 UTC

Scotland are running riot. Sensational 🏉

2026-03-06 13:27:37 UTC

Location check in — The Royal George, Pembroke - pint of Pedigree 🍺 🗺 Map of area https://maps.apple.com/?q=51.677364,-4.918125&ll=51.677364,-4.918125 https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/51.67736379270897/-4.918125194719354

2026-03-05 13:38:12 UTC

I didn’t have chance to watch yesterday’s T20 World Cup semi-final between South Africa and New Zealand but I am settling in now for an afternoon of England v India 🏏

2026-03-05 08:23:51 UTC

Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself | George Monbiot
"In other words, the stories being told about Muslims and immigrants today are the same stories that were being told about Jews a century ago."
www.theguardian.com/commentis… https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/05/shabana-mahmood-immigrants-britain-history

2026-03-01 08:25:42 UTC

🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Pekka Kuusisto, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra & Sam Amidon (52 plays), Gorillaz (15), Asha Bhosle & Kronos Quartet (12), Sam Amidon (10) https://www.last.fm/user/nntk

2026-03-01 07:21:58 UTC

‘All you need is a chair and a view’: could daily ‘dusking’ make us healthier and happier? 🔗
"An old Dutch ritual of going outside to watch the coming of night – or dusking – is having a revival across Europe. Fans of the practice say it’s a great way to disconnect from screens and find peace"
www.theguardian.com/lifeandst… https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/6248.jpg https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/mar/01/could-daily-dusking-make-us-healthier-and-happier

2026-02-26 08:31:50 UTC

🎵 Music for 26 February 2026 https://thedimpau.se/2026/02/26/music-for-february.html

2026-02-22 19:35:27 UTC

Finished reading: What We Can Know by Ian McEwan 📚 https://micro.blog/books/9781787335738

2026-02-22 08:25:35 UTC

🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Gorillaz (37 plays), Fretwork (15), Kreizberg, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (6)

2026-02-19 18:31:44 UTC

I’ve spent most of today walking around Bristol, visiting some independent and secondhand bookshops, including
Amnesty Bookshop, 103 Gloucester Road, Bishopton
Second Page, The Galleries, Broadmead, Bristol
Beware of the Leopard Books, St. Nicholas Market
The Last Bookshop, 60 Park St
Dreadnought Books, 1... thedimpau.se https://thedimpau.se/2026/02/19/ive-spent-most-of-today.html

2026-02-19 13:31:41 UTC

Location check in — The Old Fish Market, Bristol. A Fuller’s pub so I had ESB 🍺 🗺 Map of area https://maps.apple.com/?q=51.453562,-2.593014&ll=51.453562,-2.593014 https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/51.45356197565702/-2.593014198024722

2026-02-18 17:10:41 UTC

Watched: The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis, 2021 - ★★★ 🎥
Not really an “untold story”, rather just little more than a well-performed monologue containing a series of quotes from Lewis' writings. The backdrop of recreated, sometimes briefly dramatised, scenes from Lewis' life are a... thedimpau.se https://thedimpau.se/2026/02/18/watched-the-most-reluctant-convert.html

2026-02-18 15:55:11 UTC

Watched: Shadowlands, 1993 - ★★★★★ 🎥 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/10445

2026-02-16 23:40:35 UTC

Watched: “Wuthering Heights”, 2026 - ★★★ 🎥 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1316092

2026-02-16 19:33:45 UTC

Location check in — Everyman Cinema, Cardiff to see Wuthering Heights 🎥🗺 Map of area https://maps.apple.com/?q=51.463221,-3.164213&ll=51.463221,-3.164213 https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/51.46322073207305/-3.164212831577077

2026-02-15 08:11:55 UTC

🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Anaïs Mitchell (19 plays), Handley (13), Walter (7), Café Bakunin (4), Ensemble InterContemporain & Pierre Bleuse (4) https://www.last.fm/user/nntk

2026-02-14 18:35:48 UTC

Well at least England won the cricket … 🏉

2026-02-14 10:19:01 UTC

A couple of England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 matchups today.
The England v Scotland T20 World Cup match is currently underway at Eden Gardens, Kolkata 🏏
Later today it’s Scotland v England at Murrayfield in the Six Nations 🏉

2026-02-13 11:25:59 UTC

🎵 Music for 13 February 2026 https://thedimpau.se/2026/02/13/music-for-february.html

2026-02-13 11:24:24 UTC

Cleddau Bridge, Milford Haven
The Ferry Inn, Pembroke Ferry
A rainy Tuesday lunchtime in Pembroke Dock ameliorated by good Felinfoel beer and food at The Ferry Inn 🌧️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/image-20260213-105611-446ea35f.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/image-20260213-105543-33f37bc2.jpg

2026-02-11 23:38:28 UTC

Revisiting Drafts as a way to post to Micro.blog 🤔 https://getdrafts.com

2026-02-11 08:22:52 UTC

🎵 Music for 11 February 2026 https://thedimpau.se/2026/02/11/music-for-february.html

2026-02-08 15:11:05 UTC

Watched: Breathless, 1983 - ★★★★ 🎥 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1058

2026-02-08 08:11:03 UTC

🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Arc Ensemble (28 plays), Anaïs Mitchell (19), Ole Schmidt, LSO, Manning, Minty, Mitchinson, Thomas (8), Jonathan Powell, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Johannes Kalitzke (7), Stokowski, Houston Symphony Orchestra (4) https://www.last.fm/user/nntk

2026-02-08 01:56:33 UTC

The Bunch Of Grapes. 📍
🗺️ The Bunch Of Grapes http://maps.apple.com/?ll=51.602573,-3.331405 http://maps.apple.com/?ll=51.602573,-3.331405

2026-02-07 07:32:11 UTC

The T20 World Cup has started. Some early listening to Pakistan 🇵🇰 v 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🏏

2026-02-06 12:38:14 UTC

🎵 Music for 06 February 2026 https://thedimpau.se/2026/02/06/114440.html

2026-02-06 08:18:57 UTC

🎵 Music for 05 February 2026 https://thedimpau.se/2026/02/06/music-for-february.html

2026-02-05 22:18:29 UTC

Oma, Borough Market. Wonderful meal here Sunday evening, just found Grace Dent’s review 🇬🇷🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/food/article/2024/may/17/oma-london-se1-grace-dent-difficult-to-resist-restaurant-review

2026-02-05 20:13:03 UTC

Six Nations fare 🏉 https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/c74fc1f7-dc6d-4547-b3f2-87424114ea9c.jpg

2026-02-05 19:08:15 UTC

Need some rationing 🏉🏏⛷️⚽️ https://thedimpau.se/2026/02/05/need-some-rationing.html

2026-02-05 13:23:25 UTC

🔗 The Fire Doors, The Dublin Castle review - Field Music assume the role of Jim Morrison and Co 🎵
"Unaffected Doors homage from the most unlikely band" https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/fire-doors-dublin-castle-review-field-music-assume-role-jim-morrison-and-co

2026-02-02 12:56:25 UTC

The Globe. 📍
📍 Keats Bar at The Globe
Timothy Taylor’s Landlord 🍺 https://maps.google.com/?q=51.517621,-0.088782 https://maps.google.com/?q=51.517621,-0.088782

2026-02-02 11:26:40 UTC

Barbican Library. 📍
📍 Barbican Library
Blonde in Camera 1978 Exhibition 🎵 https://maps.google.com/?q=51.519961,-0.094103 https://maps.google.com/?q=51.519961,-0.094103

2026-02-02 09:31:07 UTC

Two days in London, away from Wales. But I’ve ended up having Abergavenny goats’ cheese for breakfast each morning 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🤷‍♂️

2026-02-01 14:03:40 UTC

Old-fashioned basement bar at Wigmore Hall🍷 https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/image-20260201-135307-1f6e0c1a.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/image-20260201-135320-8f219fd3.jpg

2026-02-01 13:41:20 UTC

Wigmore Hall. 📍
Wigmore Hall
Here for a Sunday afternoon concert 🎵
ARC Ensemble
ALBERTO HEMSI
1898-1975 
3 Egyptian Dances Op. 11
Méditation Op. 16
3 Arie Antiche (dalle Coplas Sefardies) for string quartet Op. 30
PAUL BEN-HAIM
1897-1984 
Clarinet Quintet Op. 31a https://maps.google.com/?q=51.516572,-0.148119

2026-02-01 09:23:58 UTC

Radical Reprint: Who’s afraid of the A Word?
freedomnews.org.uk/2026/02/0… https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/screenshot-20260130-054726-chrome.jpg https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/02/01/radical-reprint-whos-afraid-of-the-a-word/

2026-02-01 09:03:10 UTC

🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Arc Ensemble (17 plays), Dove Ellis (11), Phish (10), Mandrake Handshake (9), Black String (6) https://www.last.fm/user/nntk

2026-01-31 22:46:16 UTC

Walking away 📷 https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/eada247f-4d07-49ab-b4ad-3f9c777b4733.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/eb71648f-d49d-49bc-b676-a8ed743002ac.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/49799509-0fcf-4946-b626-577681cbae69.jpg

2026-01-31 19:31:18 UTC

Literally got back row seats to see The Unthanks at the Barbican 🎵 https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/670b9413-c61b-4bc1-8420-12bf0c803fef.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/d80ca04b-a896-494e-9bc1-4b1966838267.jpg

2026-01-31 16:26:51 UTC

The coffee table book in our London aparthotel room is Paris Living Rooms 🤷🏼‍♂️ https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/1ea11e16-4fdd-4a99-8c30-4a83a42fb21f.jpg

2026-01-31 16:11:44 UTC

Location check in — Leman Locke, Aldgate 🏨🗺 Map of area https://maps.apple.com/?q=51.514393,-0.070484&ll=51.514393,-0.070484 https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/51.51439314162386/-0.07048422298453259

2026-01-31 10:48:18 UTC

Travelling to London on National Express coach. Weather in Cardiff is atrocious ☔️

2026-01-28 17:36:44 UTC

Watched: Tenet, 2020 - ★★★★½ 🎥 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/577922

2026-01-27 12:51:44 UTC

Watched: England, My England - The Story of Henry Purcell, 1995 - ★★★★ 🎵🎥 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/262933

2026-01-26 22:05:07 UTC

Watched: No Other Choice, 2025 - ★★★★½ 🎥
I haven’t regularly been going to the cinema for several years, but have really enjoyed going to the Everyman Cinema in Cardiff Bay twice this month. Comfortable sofas to sit on, good quality food and drink - and, of course, a couple of excellent films. Have now purchased an annual Everyman membership so will be going more frequently now 😊
"Everyman is redefining cinema. Bringing an innovative lifestyle approach to our venues, where you swap your soft drink for a nice glass of red wine and a slice of freshly made pizza served to your seat." https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/639988

2026-01-25 10:11:04 UTC

Watched: People We Meet on Vacation, 2026 - ★★½ 🎥 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1034716

2026-01-25 09:36:35 UTC

🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Christie, Les Arts Florissants, Gens, McFadden, Piau, Waters, Best, Padmore, Paton, Salomaa (80 plays), Fretwork (15), Black String (13), Janet Baker, Raimund Herincx, ECO, Lewis (9), Rachel Podger (1) https://www.last.fm/user/nntk

2026-01-23 11:09:14 UTC

Currently reading: What We Can Know by Ian McEwan 📚 https://micro.blog/books/9781787335738

2026-01-21 22:53:27 UTC

Watched: Memories of Murder, 2003 - ★★★★½ 🎥 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/11423

2026-01-20 11:41:12 UTC

Watched: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms S1E1, The Hedge Knight 📺 https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/224372/season/1/episode/1

2026-01-20 11:41:11 UTC

Watched: The Devil’s Plan S2E1, Episode 1 📺 https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/214582/season/2/episode/1

2026-01-18 08:00:40 UTC

🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Phish (47 plays), Dry Cleaning (22), Sleaford Mods (18), Jane Weaver (3), Les Arts Florissants & William Christie (2) https://www.last.fm/user/nntk

2026-01-16 17:58:24 UTC

Watched: Freud’s Last Session, 2023 - ★★★★ 🎥 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1025491

2026-01-14 17:35:39 UTC

Finished reading: Crickonomics: The Anatomy of Modern Cricket by Stefan Szymanski and Tim Wigmore 📚 https://micro.blog/books/9781472992734

2026-01-13 12:53:23 UTC

Finished reading: An Instance Of The Fingerpost by Iain Pears 📚 https://micro.blog/books/9781409058076

2026-01-12 22:30:52 UTC

Watched: Marty Supreme, 2025 - ★★★★½ 🎥 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1317288

2026-01-11 10:07:47 UTC

🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Dove Ellis (10 plays), Mitropoulos (10), Goose (9), Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano (1), Collins, Swedish Chamber Orchestra (1) https://www.last.fm/user/nntk

2026-01-11 00:30:07 UTC

Watched: Blink Twice, 2024 - ★★★½ 🎥 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/840705

2026-01-09 13:52:25 UTC

Listening and watching in 2025 https://thedimpau.se/2026/01/09/listening-and-watching-in.html

2026-01-08 16:24:45 UTC

Watched: F1, 2025 - ★★★★ 🎥 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/911430

2026-01-07 21:14:07 UTC

More photos accompanying my last two posts are available at https://thedimpau.se

2026-01-07 17:32:47 UTC

The Fire Doors
The Dublin Castle, Camden
Small venue, sold out and pretty packed
🔗 They’re among the best in British indie. So why have Field Music become a Doors cover band?
Saturday 3rd January 2026 🎵 https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/8f0d5be9-c766-4c64-8efe-af88a3107638.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/64af51a3-35d0-410d-a889-abda8debc09e.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/81640dab-6266-4a1c-be1a-e8298287e880.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/af2ce555-cf3f-4ab2-8dff-46b3bce84737.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/e79b10db-5863-48f0-b012-0c9c6c4a822c.jpg https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/aug/19/theyre-among-the-best-in-british-indie-so-why-have-field-music-become-a-doors-cover-band

2026-01-07 13:55:32 UTC

Freud Museum
20 Maresfield Gardens, London
"The final home of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, and his daughter Anna Freud, a pioneering child psychoanalyst."
Visited Saturday 3rd January 2026 https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/80fe5649-a8ea-4b6f-8968-ff4860819b4d-m.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/351d979e-ed59-4da5-a55d-d1ccba92df53-m.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/e9bfdd50-bd6d-4a0b-ae06-374c9d2a6540-m.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/cca9c2bd-90d2-4310-a21d-5546a84693a5-m.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/1680b7e8-2efb-4c31-87a4-171657338d6b-m.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/29dbf8a5-23b3-45b2-bd10-6f9132815d23-m.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/943fe975-7e12-46a1-bf68-59fc7fe451d8-m.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/9add3c4e-b65c-465a-9f8d-72dc9f212b84-m.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/489bd51c-60f1-4aa0-b2d2-11668c5c4e84-m.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/7e06d060-c7e3-419e-bdab-b2511d018742-m.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/1667df26-0499-4d03-b013-25d39bbf3b4a-m.jpg

2026-01-07 10:35:37 UTC

Currently reading: The Odyssey by Homer 📚
About to start Book 6 of The Odyssey. Progressing - at a fairly slow pace that suits me 😄 - alongside the Instant Classics Podcast Book Club episodes. Emily Wilson’s translation is a pleasure to read.
"Tell me about a complicated man." https://micro.blog/books/9780393356250 https://www.instantclassicspod.com

2026-01-06 22:50:01 UTC

Watched: Pluribus Season 1 📺 https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/225171/season/1

2026-01-04 09:16:30 UTC

🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (18 plays), Lily Allen (14), Paul Van Nevel, Huelgas Ensemble (7), John Coltrane (5), Mitropoulos (4) https://www.last.fm/user/nntk

2026-01-03 23:16:53 UTC

Location check in — The World’s End, Camden. Pint of London Black.🗺 Map of area https://maps.apple.com/?q=51.539256,-0.142426&ll=51.539256,-0.142426 https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/51.53925550505802/-0.1424256252041406

2026-01-03 19:01:32 UTC

Location check in — Andy’s Greek Taverna, Camden 🇬🇷 🗺 Map of area https://maps.apple.com/?q=51.537670,-0.139861&ll=51.537670,-0.139861 https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/51.53767025537785/-0.1398610195942659

2026-01-03 12:43:43 UTC

Location check in — Freud Museum, London🗺 Map of area https://maps.apple.com/?q=51.548335,-0.177220&ll=51.548335,-0.177220 https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/51.54833510765581/-0.1772195059992755

2026-01-03 08:53:24 UTC

From iron age tunnels to YouTube: Time Team’s ‘extraordinary’ digital renaissance www.theguardian.com/science/2… https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2026/2060.jpg https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/03/from-iron-age-tunnels-to-youtube-time-teams-extraordinary-digital-renaissance

2025-12-30 20:00:56 UTC

Watched: Oh. What. Fun., 2025 - ★★½ 🎥
My compulsory Xmas movie 😊 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1261825

2025-12-28 09:47:06 UTC

🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Thomas Dunford, Jupiter Ensemble & Lea Desandre (54 plays), Big Special (26), Neil Young (11), Paul Van Nevel, Huelgas Ensemble (7), CMAT (3) https://www.last.fm/user/nntk

2025-12-25 15:54:18 UTC

Xmas dinner from start to end today 🎅
A lot for two but with visitors tonight and tomorrow in mind 😊
Prawn moilee, matter paneer, black daal, rice and roti. https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2025/515c2370-cc9e-4a09-93bc-9655940500a8.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2025/d72af261-f548-443a-938f-aede119b325e.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2025/43099b5e-a493-4e2e-8162-2fda3b934f0e.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2025/2e65751e-0a06-442c-b0cb-a729576bb57a.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2025/2cada0cd-0847-49c3-a3d8-3e032a6e4924.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2025/a9a7b25e-4327-4ae8-975b-9c0fecec35a0.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2025/edd488dc-6f1d-42c9-a795-f1520be3243d.jpg https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/775/2025/36689751-dda2-48fa-ab64-8f3ae4845a58.jpg

2025-12-21 18:52:32 UTC

Seventh straight Premiership win for Aston Villa - against Manchester United. Two great goals for Morgan Rogers 🦁⚽️

2025-12-21 08:35:35 UTC

🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: The Unthanks (10 plays)
A bit of a lack of scrobbled music 😄 https://www.last.fm/user/nntk