iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 19/09/2026

Old members of the @pembroke1347.bsky.social Stokes Society pay tribute to the great man

People recreate the pose shown in a portrait of mathematician and scientist George Gabriel Stokes in the dining hall of Pembroke College, Cambridge

021

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 16/09/2026

Random chaps on the train asked me if I live in London, and if so what is the second tallest building.

000

Reposted by Andrew Grantham

Hib Bird @hib-bird.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I think we sometimes don't appreciate the to-the-minute delay updates in the UK rather than vague estimates in multiples of ten. I've twice (on a Holland to Germany trip and then in Hungary) taken the stated delay at face value, turned up and found the train already gone...

111

Reposted by Andrew Grantham

Rail Business UK @railbusinessuk.com · 10/09/2026

Today @railbusinessuk.com is at the unveiling of the upgraded seats which will start appearing on #Thameslink trains from 2027. The upgraded seat (with thicker cushioning) is a significant improvement on the infamous 'ironing board'. Background: www.railbusinessuk.com/greater-tham...

073

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 05/09/2026

I think I managed to follow the instructions.

Beer garden instructions, and a successfully acquired beer and apfelstrudel.

020

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 02/09/2026

I can now actually say I have read Playboy for an article

010

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 30/08/2026

DB train manager just announced that Coach 21 is out of use because there is no oxygen in it. Which is a bit worrying. I suspect the air-con is kaput.

020

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 26/08/2026

What's on fire in the Sutton area of south London?

100

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 12/08/2026

Once upon a time there was light in my life... The #eclipse seen from a packed #Addiscombe recreation ground in #Croydon.

001

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 12/08/2026

Something is on fire in the #Carshalton/#Hackbridge sort of area.

000

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 09/08/2026

Lizard. More southern than a lager shandy.

Lizard, the southernmost point of mainland Great Britain.

000

Reposted by Andrew Grantham

fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I've discovered THE best hobby. Just pick a town, join all its local Facebook groups. Then drive there one night with a job lot of gnomes and drop them on a few doorsteps. Then sit back and watch the fireworks.

2968268

Reposted by Andrew Grantham

New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b

7778512571

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 25/07/2026

@jpwarchaeology.bsky.social when ritual protection backfires. They also have a witch bottle which broke.

010

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 25/07/2026

A house was haunted by the ghost of its #apotropaic dead cat. A spokesman said "this is the one thing we didn't want to happen".

000

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 20/06/2026

Calling @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social. Beams "it is said" are from the Spanish Armada, in the Rainbow pub, Eastbourne.

It is said the beams in this room are salvage from a Spanish Armada ship of 1588

152

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 24/05/2026

Interesting C20th church font in Betchworth, Surrey

100

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 17/05/2026

100 Years of Winnie the Pooh exhibition at the Firsts London rare book fair

100 Years of Winnie the Pooh exhibition at First ls London rare book fair

100 Years of Winnie the Pooh exhibition at Firsts London rare book fair

000

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 25/04/2026

Model railway wagon announced by Rapido at #NarrowGaugeSouth today.

010

Reposted by Andrew Grantham

Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Genuinely the most accurate picture of modern Britain since that photo of the street with all the drunk people on a Saturday night.

0233

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 11/04/2026

Anyone know what the sprue-that-is-not-Saladin from #Salute53 is?

110

Reposted by Andrew Grantham

BunnyBadgerGames 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦🇬🇱🇪🇺🇵🇸 @badbabybunny.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

All set up! It great when we get the pieces together in one place for the first time! #Salute53 @slondonwarlords.bsky.social

Board for our game at Salute all set up ready to play

2311

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 11/04/2026

Once again, @badbabybunny.bsky.social is the highlight of #Salute53. In 500 years people will be studying this "First Past the Post" election game for the hidden details, like they now study Tudor royal portraits

Three wheeler car with political jokes too hard to explain.

0386

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 16/03/2026

How long before there is a rival People's Network of South Yorkshire?

010

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 15/03/2026

It was worth getting @lewisbaston.bsky.social's #Borderlines book just for this bit.

"I imagine everyone who writes a book, and a fair proportion of readers, can recall something from their childhood that makes the idea of a PE teacher leading a fascist movement seem appropriate."

0217

Reposted by Andrew Grantham

Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Hope Heidi Alexander is washing her fingers after each of these.

181

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 11/03/2026

First Electrostar gets #GreatBritishRailways branding ahead of Thameslink, Southern & Great Northern nationalisation.

British Rail double arrow in the dirt on a train.

030

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 07/03/2026

The pub has replaced sportsball on the big screen with footage of (I think) Ulaanbaatar Railway 2M62 diesel locos hauling intermodal freight. I'm up for this.

010

Reposted by Andrew Grantham

Railway Gazette International @railwaygazette.com · 04/03/2026

Etihad Rail runs passenger trains from the Saudi border as war grounds flights bit.ly/3MUrZTp

062

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 01/03/2026

Uzbek plov at Elephant & Castle

000

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 01/03/2026

These notifications need better wording.

The USSR under Stalin. Let's keep it going!

000

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 07/02/2026

Forget ship's timbers @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social - the Eight Bells pub in Alton is built from old signal boxes.

Old railway signalling equipment in a pub

1131

Reposted by Andrew Grantham

Over Yonder @over-yonder.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

A mix of architecture. Industrial, with Reckitts Chimney & The former British Extracting Silo in the background. The Northumberland Ave Almshouses in the foreground with the magnificent clock tower behind the trees. #hull #yorkshire #travel #over_yonder #photography #stunday #photographersunited

1182

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 28/01/2026

Achievement unlocked: Prof Ronald Hutton answered my question at a @greshamcollege.bsky.social lecture. Even if my hopes of signing up for a harmless religion centred on feasting are 1600 years too late🔪🐂🌞🍽

110

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 25/01/2026

A friend wanted something different to eat, so we tried an #Uzbekistan place at Seven Dials in London.

020

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 24/01/2026

Do you have any particular interests? Well, I'm mainly into industrial narrow gauge of the Humber banks, and Central Asian railway geopolitics. Call it 2 quid?

Models of Soviet and Chinese locos, a scrap Dapol JCB and a New Holland wheel loader.

010

Reposted by Andrew Grantham

Railway Gazette International @railwaygazette.com · 23/01/2026

Iran completes Mianeh – Ardabil railway construction bit.ly/4qvPfFG

011

Reposted by Andrew Grantham

EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 18/01/2026

🔴 ÚLTIMA HORA | Interior confirma que al menos hay dos muertos por el descarrilamiento de dos trenes en Adamuz (Córdoba) 📹 @eleanorinthesky social.elpais.com/p3e…

21915

Reposted by Andrew Grantham

Prof Becky Muradás-Taylor @drbeckymt.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Have you seen this @andrewgrantham.co.uk? (And anyone else.) It made me laugh so hard I cried.

212

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 04/01/2026

Where sky and Lincolnshire and water meet

030

Reposted by Andrew Grantham

Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Due to feedback from our testers, we have decided to patch "Happy New Year" to "Acceptable New Year" to avoid disappointment and better match the realities of the market.

7739143

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 01/01/2026

Waves breaking over #Hornsea prom just before high tide today.

020

Andrew Grantham @andrewgrantham.co.uk · 01/01/2026

#Hornsea new year swim called off as it is too dangerous today.

130