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Darwiniana This plaque greets visitors to Christ’s, the Cambridge college where Charles Darwin was an undergraduate.

Love in Venice Seen in 2017.

Cyclamen A staggeringly beautiful plant, seen in a Norfolk garden.

Wide open I love north Norfolk for its open skies, beaches and birdlife.

The dancer In Jim Ede’s house, Kettles Yard, Cambridge.

Fountainhead Seen the other day.

Acorn This fell on to the pavement in front of me the other day.

David’s One of my favourite bookshops.

Surreeality Standing on Monday morning in Noordeinde in the Hague waiting for a friend I was drawn to the window of an art dealership across the street.

Doggy sense This is one of my all-time favourite photographs.

What we’re missing Once upon a time we used to have these at this time of the year.

Who do you think you are?

On reflection… Semur-en-Auxoise, last week.

What’s missing Arles, August, 2026 I’m pedantic about apostrophes, so of course this struck me.

Hope springs eternal We’re in Provence, in a village that had been threatened by the wildfires.

Modernists I love the paintings of Edward Hopper.

This is the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks The moment This photo was taken by Robert Clark from the window of his studio in Brooklyn.

Place de la République Striking new artwork celebrating a lovely local village square.

Non-potable Quote of the Day “The past is never dead.

The decisive moment Well, a provençal moment anyway.

Bart gets a facelift Seen in an Arles street yesterday.

Burren View One of my favourite photographs.

Gold Coast Where we’re headed this weekend.

Poppy farming A reminder of what the garden was like before the Great Drought.

Big Skies A view of Brancaster beach that is almost painterly.

Mugshot I was brooding about Keynes the other day (because of something I’m writing) and suddenly looked at the mug on my desk, and there he was, courtesy of a David Low cartoon in the New Statesman of 1932!