Walking home at the end of a long day, and this is just what I needed to see. A winding path, the sun sinking over the hills, lighting the treetops pink, knowing that the kettle's on and the fire is lit. Some might think it unbearably quiet but I wouldn't swap it for the world.

My mum and dad's cat. Her name is Cutie (she's a rescue, and was already called that - but it suits her).
Photo Susan Rose.

Last week Minky Braun and I visited my mother for her birthday. A friend of my sister (who wears the hijab) was visiting at the same time.

Minky Braun (brought up in an Ultra-Orthodox household in Stamford Hill) and she ended up having a lovely chat about Jewish dietary rules,…

Nakagawa River, Shikoku

Sakura!

Shikoku 88 pilgrimage - Kagawa

Gorgeous to see Searching For Juliet in The Times and The Sunday Times roundup of April paperback releases! #SearchingForJuliet

Tokushima, Shikoku. Fujii-dera temple.

Does anyone know any Portuguese translators with a poetic streak who might be interested in being commissioned to translate some fado lyrics in English in a way which retains a flavour of the original verse?

ON THE WAY TO JUTLAND. HMS Iron Duke's Union flag and white battle ensign fly from HMS DUNCAN.

Wishing you all a very happy and joyful Easter!

Today's 20kg wombling haul from #Helvellyn included 3 tents, rucksack covers, gloves, torches, water bottles, microspikes, dry bags & a 40' non collapsing tent pole! ☹️ Please #leavenotrace This includes taking orange peel & banana skins with you. Zac

A great shame to see the end of the BBC's Law In Action with Joshua Rozenberg.

At a time when interest in the law is so high but understanding so limited, we need more like this, not less.

‘I read him most days’

Thank you for all the kind words

New post, free to read: rozenberg.substack.com/p/i-read-him-m…

Under the watchful eye of William of Waynflete

Studiously ignoring each other

I discuss how Ireland got the collective bargaining laws it has, current pressures for reform (LEEF + EU Min Wage Directive), and how to measure success for reforms - including from the perspective of trade union membership

I've just read that a woman was attacked by a yak en route to Everest Base Camp.
In the interests of yak balance, here's one we met in Bhutan last year.

Emerged from Magdalen College after listening to Magdalen College Choir perform an amazing concert to find a rather beautiful moon! Oxford Mail