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 🏏
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.
🎵 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)
‘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…
🎵 Music for 26 February 2026
"The Lark Ascending" by Pekka Kuusisto & Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
Brilliant interpretation and new recording of the well known Vaughan Williams piece.
Finished reading: What We Can Know by Ian McEwan 📚
🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Gorillaz (37 plays), Fretwork (15), Kreizberg, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (6)
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, 125 St George’s Rd
Plus a couple of pubs for some real ale refreshment 🍺😊
Nearly 8 miles walked and only (!) five books purchased - a couple by C.S.Lewis, a biography of C.S.Lewis and two cricket books 🏏
Location check in — The Old Fish Market, Bristol. A Fuller’s pub so I had ESB 🍺
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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 attractive enough to watch but I could almost as easily have listened to or read the monologue.
Watched: Shadowlands, 1993 - ★★★★★ 🎥
Watched: “Wuthering Heights”, 2026 - ★★★ 🎥
Location check in — Everyman Cinema, Cardiff to see “Wuthering Heights” 🎥
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🎵 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)
Well at least England won the cricket … 🏉
