Paul Robert Lloyd

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    Had a fun evening “ragging on The Telegraph” with Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt at the magnificent Union Chapel.

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    A truly memorable week. A birthday dinner and film, catching up with far-flung friends, two team away days with quizzes, amazing food, a Gillian Anderson cameo, cocktails and karaoke, culminating with a Clearleft alumni picnic (which I mostly missed). My throat is sore but my heart is full.

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    A week in modern Athens, a worn down yet beautifully vibrant city.

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    A week in ancient Athens, exploring the Acropolis and Agora.

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  5. Nostalgia is a terrible drug

    Ian Dunt captures a predicament I often find myself facing:Things in the past only take shape and assume their current form once they are over. Things in the present can therefore never live up to them. They can never provide the same degree of certainty, because they are still happening. So we live…

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    Stood literally 50 feet away from actual Kylie Minogue! Thank you Nick Cave.

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  7. ♫ These Alarms by Snow Patrol & Kylie Minogue

    ♫ These Alarms by Snow Patrol & Kylie MinogueDon’t give into loneliness when everything is such a mess.

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    Viva Espana! The best team won (thankfully). Vamos!

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    The final season of The Bear was simply beautiful, and a welcome return to form.

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  10. ♫ More Than This by Roxy Music

    ♫ More Than This by Roxy MusicThinking back on yesterday and what was, football aside, a beautiful yet unexpected day. A reminder to embrace uncertainty in life and accept the wonderful things it can sometimes bestow. Maybe there’s nothing more than this.

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    I couldn’t have predicted any aspect of today, and for that I’m weirdly grateful. Would have been nice to have seen England in a World Cup final, though.

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    Is it asking too much to want two World Cup semi-final upsets?

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    How the hell are England into a World Cup semi final!? That was a tough watch.

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    During tonight’s pub quiz we won a free drink, bottle of wine, Caesar salad and entry into a super league for penultimate pub quiz losers. Not bad for 2 hours of brainteasing.

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    Well, that match was absolutely worth staying up until 4am for. Gripping game and an amazing performance from England. Phew!

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    In London, a bit tipsy and accidentally on the wrong Underground line. It’s a vibe, and one that makes me wish I actually lived here.

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    Ran 5km along the Thames, won the pub quiz then watched England “kick the ball in the square” two more times than Croatia. Pretty much the perfect evening.

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    Today I learned… Octopuses have beaks!

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    Pulled several short straws in the office World Cup sweepstake: Turkey, Panama and Austria.

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    Continuing with this year’s theme, today I completed my first sprint triathlon, finishing with a time of 1:55:55 (and coming 155 of 157). My only goal was to complete the event, but got a PB in the pool and now have a baseline to improve upon.

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  21. Teazle

    Rest in peace, my fluffy friend.

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  22. Great North Fun

    Another trip north, this time to Durham, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Edinburgh and the Berwickshire coast.

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  23. A Cyclist on the English Landscape

    Even though this article is from 2021, Roff Smith’s photographs of Sussex are so incredibly beautiful it still merits sharing.

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    Caught up with a friend I’ve known for over 30 years, for the first time in 5 years. The 4 hours we spent together flew by in a matter of minutes.

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  25. Manage vaccinations in schools: National reporting

    The mission patch for the release supporting national reporting features a polar bear cub as this functionality is known internally as ‘mini Mavis’.

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