3 Max Plancks in 3 weeks. Aspiring to the full set. Auf Wiedersehen, pet.

Obsessed with this logo I've found on some material from Louisiana I'm currently poring through.

Another week, another MPI visited. Bis Montag, Max. Next time in Hamburg.

Very much here for these postcards I've found at Max Planck Institute for Legal History & Legal Theory in Frankfurt @mpilhlt.bsky.social

Far too brief a visit. Bis bald wieder, Max.

Let's go.

Bank holiday bonus image: Danish tanker Gijon Knutson entering the Tyne.

Week of marking related treats ends witb a great first day's cricket of the year, wins for both Durham Women & Men

Last night's post-marking treat was an evening of Ghazals sith Tauseef Akhtar.

Treating myself to fun activities to get through the marking, and Tinariwen at the Sage last night were exceptional. Sound was transcendent. Only thing that's surpassed this was Sigur Rós.

Also nice to see good news amidst the chaos everywhere. Hope the board backs him.

Just been to see Kokuho and it was absolutely stunning. Go and see it. www.imdb.com/title/tt3523...

Whoever put 101 ducks in my office 2yrs ago has resurfaced - just had this through the internal post, anonymously. 10/10 shithousery, excellent commitment to the bit

Bye-ton

Apparently the weather's better down south.

Kino Perestroika: Soviet film festival at @balticgateshead.bsky.social

I think the news has sunk in enough now for me to accept it's real... Huge, huge thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk for awarding me a Research Fellowship in 2026/27 to undertake my project 'Legal status: an ethics led approach' - which will do exactly what it says on the tin.

Paolo Sorrentino smashed it. Go and see this film.

The spring migration has begun. Nature is healing.

Nowt says 'peak Barnsley' like going 2-0 up at home against Mansfield within 13minutes, only to end up losing 2-3. You reds.

Mornin'

Birthday weekend with @whiterxbbit.bsky.social in Malham

Happy Mean Girls Day to all who celebrate.

Russets are back in season and I'm thrilled.

Duolingo making problematic assumptions about the limits of personhood.

I've onltly been here 3hrs, but Helsinki might be one of the most beautiful cities I've ever been to. Stunning art nouveau architecture everywhere you look.

It's too busy for me to even contemplate leaving the house on Great North Run weekend, but living here does have its perks. One of them is watching these guys do their thing from your sofa with a lovely cup of tea.

The pressure is unfathomable

"How can all those canals and bridges and cobbled streets and those churches, all that beautiful f*cking fairytale stuff, how can that not be somebody’s f*cking thing, eh?"

Great day's cricket in the Western Terrace yesterday. Bumrah needs a massage after single handedly carrying the Indian team.