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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 20/11/2025

Pulp being announced as headliner at next year’s @endoftheroadfestival.com is exactly the news I needed to see today 🥳🥳🥳

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 15/11/2025

Lucky pants and socks deployed for #ENGvNZL today 🏟️🏉🤞🤞🤞

Si looking hopeful dressed in a white England rugby top. Behind him is a green wall with a dark brown shelf on it. On the shelf is a rainbow nightlight, a random goat toy, a mostly red print that reads “SW12 Balham (gateway to the south)”, to the left is a red umarell that stands in constant judgement, and a festival poster for Krankenhaus music festival.

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 14/10/2025

“I hope this email finds you well” How your email finds me…

A modern art interpretation of an Easter Island head (I think?!) outside 555 Mission St San Francisco. It’s a big grey head with sunken eyes and a manic toothy grin. This is how your email finds me.

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 07/10/2025

Saw Sigur Rós last night in Amsterdam, a very different experience than the Royal Albert Hall, much more intimate compared to last week and easier to hear the orchestra (being deaf). Great venue too, a theatre originally built as a permanent horse circus space!

Sigur Rós and orchestra receiving a well deserved standing ovation

Decoration above the stage at the Royal Theatre Carré in Amsterdam. Two prancing horses are shown either side of a red shield with a lion on. Below this is what looks like a royal crown.

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 02/10/2025

Here’s a snippet of Ára Bátur for you, the power of the organ was incredible - it vibrated my sternum!

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 01/10/2025

It was predictably very good indeed! Two sets with the orchestra, finale then with a choir and the organ 😍

Sigur Rós and the London Contemporary Orchestra performing at the Royal Albert Hall

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 01/10/2025

Ridiculously excited to see Sigur Rós at the RAH tonight 😍😍😍

View from my seat in row 1 of the Rausing Circle across the Royal Albert Hall towards the stage.

Close up of the stage where Sigur Rós are going to perform with the London Contemporary Orchestra.

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 24/09/2025

Whenever I’m travelling west, I buy one or two of these to keep me going through the year. The 2 x 16 limit here is silly, and is not going to stop anyone seriously contemplating taking more 😔

A wooden dining table with a turquoise / blue running running down the middle. On top of the runner is a half empty bottle of 500 aspirin tablets. Next to that is a mug of tea with a bear wearing a shirt and pink jumper pouring a cup of coffee / tea in to his mouth, next to him the mug reads “MORNING!”

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 15/09/2025

The cupboard so far, about to get another three jars of tomato sauce. Very similar recipe to yours, without the basil and also with a chopped onion.

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 11/09/2025

Here you are, taken recently when it was gorgeously clear all the way out to Worthing pier (about 12 miles away). What does yours look like?

A view from my allotment in Brighton. It is at the top of a big hill that overlooks Brighton, Hove, and all the way out to Worthing. The gorgeous blue sky takes up the top 2/3 of the picture, on the horizon you can see Worthing and their pier.

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 08/09/2025

Dealing with glut of produce from the allotment, been busy making soups, jams, sauces, kimchi, and apple butter to use over the winter. #allotmentlife #gardening

A shelf in our larder filled with jars. From left to right, jars containing a red tomato and basil sauce, then jars containing green pea and ham soup, then some plum jam with jars of blackberry & raspberry jam on top, then some jars of kimchi, and finally some small jars of dark brown spiced apple butter!

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 07/09/2025

Went to a Deaf Rave DJ workshop today, and it was *brilliant*. Run by Troi Lee (DJ Chinaman - played Glasto, Boomtown, has run Deaf Raves for years), taught us the basics of mixing, and the Woojer haptic vests were 🤯 a whole new music experience!!! 10/10 would recommend 👌

Troi Lee (right) showing two workshop attendees) how to sync tracks, mix, and fade. In front of them is a big projection screen with Rekordbox DJ software shown on it

Me, wearing a white shirt, a white beard, and glasses. Over my shirt is a Woojer haptic vest. Every single beat I can feel through it. Behind me is a Panasonic mixing deck, a speaker, and a very large projection screen showing Rekordbox DJ software.

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 04/09/2025

Got up to the allotment between the storms, it’s gone nuts over the last few days!! Courgettes, carrots, another kilo of beans, and several kilos of tomatoes. This weekend will be making and canning roasted tomato sauce, and cooking a batch of apple butter 😍 #allotmentlife #gardening

A large wicker trug overflowing with vegetables! The truth is filled to the brim with tomatoes, beans, and courgettes, and over the top lay some multicolour carrots (some orange, some white, some purple).

A large green bowl is sitting on a wooden worktop, the bowl is filled and piled high with lots of red apples.

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 23/08/2025

Fourth out of fifth festival this year, the teeny tiny @krankenhausfest.bsky.social held at Muncaster Castle in the Lake District. 1,500 people, great line up, walks, talks, bands, and friends. Very much smug festival face 😁

Si, looking a bit smug, lolling up against the sounds about to see Sea Power

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 20/08/2025

Had the privilege of seeing Nick Cave perform a solo show at the Ancient Theatre of Philippopolis, a Roman amphitheatre in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Over two and a half hours and one of the best gigs I’ve ever been to. Every song he writes has intent and means something to him and the audience. Wonderful 😍

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 18/08/2025

Wandering around Sofia today, dropped in to the Church of St Nicholas the Miracle-Maker, a stunning and small Russian Orthodox Church, and then on the opposite end of the scale the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, which is big enough to give service to 5,000 people 😮

The Russian Church (Bulgarian: Руска църква, romanized: Ruska tsarkva), officially known as the Church of St Nicholas the Miracle-Maker (Bulgarian: църква „Св. Николай Чудотворец“, romanized: tsarkva "Sv. Nikolay Chudotvorets", Russian: Церковь Святителя Николая Чудотворца (София)), is a Russian Orthodox church in central Sofia, Bulgaria situated on Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard.

(Alt text from the Wikipedia page for the church: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Church,_Sofia)

St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is a Bulgarian Orthodox cathedral in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Built in Neo-Byzantine style, it serves as the cathedral church of the Patriarch of Bulgaria and it is one of the 100 largest Christian church buildings by volume in the world. It is one of Sofia's symbols and primary tourist attractions. St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia occupies an area of 3,170 square metres (34,100 sq ft) and can hold 5,000 people inside. It is among the 10 largest Eastern Orthodox church buildings. It is the largest cathedral in the Balkans. It is believed that up until the year 2000 it was the largest finished Orthodox cathedral.
(Alt text from Wikipedia page for the cathedral: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Alexander_Nevsky_Cathedral,_Sofia)

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 11/08/2025

Do you get Schär in Canada? Their sourdough pizza bases are really tasty!

A yellow and red cardboard box with a picture of a pizza on it. The box contains two x Schär gluten free sourdough pizza base

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 11/08/2025

First time ever we’ve had some success with a melon. Growing it in a raised bed and so far it has escaped the slugs and snails!

A raised bed at my allotment with a melon growing in it, variety unknown, in the background a courgette with several yellow fruit. The courgette seems to grow a new fruit every couple of days 😱

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 08/08/2025

I looked outside to check ours when I saw this! The one laying down is a spitting image of Mrs Gertie Bassett

A black cat sits on a wall. She is surrounded by bushes and tree branches. Behind her in the next garden is a picnic table with a red parasol, because of the angle of the picture it looks like she is being shaded by the parasol!

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 06/08/2025

Interestingly it looks like “Alan” posted a follow up clarifying it wasn’t homophobia after all.

Review on TripAdvisor by “alangibb2703” of the Lion and Lobster pub in Brighton that reads:
"Mistaken for homophobia
I forgot the password to my previous account but I now have a follow up after the my recent complaint email from The Lion & Lobster.

My friends and I had booked a table/area for the day, but there was a mix-up that led to our reservation being cancelled. At the time, we misunderstood the situation and believed it was due to discrimination. However, we've since realized that was not the case. The staff member we interacted with was actually very kind and respectful. We appreciate the clarification and the professionalism shown. Mistakes happen, and we're glad to move forward with better understanding."

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 05/08/2025

Picked up some smoke haddock today, so Kedgeree for dinner tonight and it ticked many “comfort food” boxes whilst being fairly healthy too.

A bowl of kedgeree, large flakes of haddock, four halves of boiled egg, and splashes of green from peas

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 05/08/2025

If it’s for sausage and mash, then yep, a good dollop of this stuff

Me holding a jar of Maille whole grain mustard

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 05/08/2025

There are indeed, Roseberry Newhouse are registered with the Property Ombudsman, whose guidelines for residential sales include

Published Material and Information about a Property
7i You must by law comply with the Consumer Protection from
Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (or the Business Protection
from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008 where
applicable). The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading
Regulations 2008 require you to disclose any information of
which you are aware or should be aware of in relation to the
property in a clear, intelligible and timely fashion and to take
all reasonable steps to ensure that all statements that you
make about a property, whether oral, pictorial or written, are
accurate and are not misleading. All material information (*)
must be disclosed and there must be no material omissions
which may impact on the average consumer's (*) transactional
decision (*). Where information is given to consumers and/or
their representatives, it must be accurate and not misleading.

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 03/08/2025

Yep, cake is easier to make moist and will keep for days (if not instantly devoured!). See exhibit A) Pride unicorn Victoria sandwich made on Thursday, last sliver will be had with tea today. Top tip: adding some ground almonds in to the mix really helps moisture levels.

A Victoria sandwich sponge cake with what looks like an inch of white vanilla buttercream in the middle and another inch piped on top 😱 the buttercream on top is piped individually, and look like Hershey Kiss shaped meringues! On top of the buttercream is a homemade unicorn mix of sprinkles, white chocolate chips, and mini “Smarties”.

The last eighth of the unicorn Victoria sandwich sponge cake. The cake is yellowy colour, and still looks beautifully moist. In the middle is a thick layer of vanilla buttercream with raspberry jelly. On top lots more buttercream and multicolour sprinkles

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 30/07/2025

Thanks for the heads up, I’ve replied. Feel free to upvote 😉

It’s a very interesting perspective you have, Andy. The article feels deliberately provocative and clickbait-y from the get-go. First off, it’s not “straight pride”, Brighton Pride is for everyone. It’s the UK’s largest LGBT+ pride event, with multiple events throughout the weekend. The parade, which is free, includes thousands of people, some celebrating, some protesting, and is watched by over 300,000 people along the parade route. The Party in the Park raises money for charities and to fund the Pride event. tickets started at £42 in the early release and, more importantly, were available on an installment plan to make them more accessible. You mention that Preston Park will impact you, I’m sure you will already know, but for the benefit of other readers, residents surrounding Preston Park and St James St / Marine Parade are able to buy heavily discounted tickets. Whilst there are still large parts of Preston Park that aren’t closed this weekend, if you’re looking for a more peaceful park experience then Blakers Park is just a few minutes walk up Preston Drove and an oasis I would recommend. You are spot on that there is a lot more rubbish on the streets, beach, and parks as a result of so many people visiting. Last year B&H Council did an amazing job of following behind the parade to clean streets ready for re-opening, and as usual there are the community-led cleanups that are always very popular and great fun like the Great Beach Clean Up. One interesting thing is that more and more people are alcohol or drug free nowadays, and Pride has a alcohol/drug free area in the park, as well as a large sober community group in the parade. As for being commercial, this has always been the way with any protest or celebration, there will be the companies that sincerely support the cause and there will be the companies that chase customers. Pride is estimated to bring in £22m in to the Brighton economy over the weekend. The hundreds of thousands of people who visit need …

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 30/07/2025

Chest shaved ready for the first of several ECGs over the next few weeks, and forgot just how itchy it gets 😱😱😱 On the plus side, it really makes my tattoos pop 👌

Picture of me, a middle aged white man, after I’d shaved my chest for medical tests and my brightly coloured tattoos.

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 30/07/2025

Tonight’s the night for the big nuclear holocaust double bill 🍿🍿🍿 Only the eighth time Threads has been broadcast on UK terrestrial TV and, as far as I can tell, only the second time The War Game has ever been broadcast here 😮 The War Game - BBC Four 22:10 BST Threads - BBC Four 23:15 BST

Promotional picture for the film The War Game, a docudrama about the effects of a nuclear attack on the UK. The picture is black and white and shows someone staggering down a street. It’s difficult to see the backdrop, in big black letters THE WAR GAME is in the top left of the picture.

Promotional picture for the film Threads, a drama about a nuclear attack on the British city Sheffield. In the centre of the picture is a man who is wearing a black traffic warden uniform and hat. His face is covered in bandages. He has a gun over his soldier. Behind him is a montage of broken buildings and a mushroom cloud.

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 26/07/2025

Seemingly not, at least not according to BBC and other records

A list of the four BBC broadcasts of Threads. 23/09/84, 01/08/85, 09/10/24, and 30/07/25

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 26/07/2025

Threads. Growing up through the Cold War was scary times, the shooting down of KE007, the increasing tensions between Reagan, Thatcher, Brezhnev / Andropov, the three minute warning. We watched Threads at school, and it still haunts me now 😱

A movie poster for "Threads" (1984), featuring a man in a uniform with a bandaged face, holding a rifle, against a backdrop of a mushroom cloud and destroyed buildings. The title "THREADS" is prominently displayed in white text at the top.

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 26/07/2025

Happy #Caturday from Ms Gertie Bassett

A black cat (with a hint of ginger in the sunlight) lazes on a beige platform that sits on top of a sisal-wrapped scratching post. The wall behind her is a dark blue, there’s a glimpse of a curtain to her right, also dark blue but with pops of acid orange and green. She looks very pleased with herself as her tail and back leg hangs off the side of the platform.

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 20/07/2025

Spent the afternoon at the allotment, built a frame for our pumpkins, and harvested loads of mirabel plums, some figs, some beans, and some new potatoes. #allotment #gardening

Three pumpkin plants are planted up against a frame made of two pallets hinged together at the top to form a triangle

Several kilos of yellow mirabel plumbs in containers. A bunch of dwarf beans, a yellow courgette, some ripe figs, and a random onion!

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 11/07/2025

Some of which is driven by the unaccountable procurement gods in the first place, good solutions have to be lowballed because price becomes more important than the actual solution and service.

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 11/07/2025

I share concern about uploading personal data such as passport, face scan, driving license etc, however, one acceptable form of verification is a standard pre-authorisation check on any debit or credit card carried out by Stripe (who process $1.4T payments annually), I can’t see an issue there

Payment card verification works differently depending on whether you are in the US or the rest of the world.

If you’re located in the US, $0.05 (USD) is charged to your card. This is refunded within 8-13 business days.
If you’re located outside of the US, there is no charge to your card. Instead, a small amount is temporarily authorized against your card and then released.
This service is provided by our payment processor Stripe, but Kids Web Services will appear as the merchant associated with the charge/authorization on your statement.

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 30/06/2025

My thirteenth Glastonbury, quite possibly the best one yet for me. Self Esteem, Anohni, Joshua Idehen, Tunng, Alanis Morissette, Kae Tempest, Nile Rodgers, Scissor Sisters, Tom Odell… The highlight? Pulp’s surprise performance Saturday night… Jarvis + the band + the crowd = perfection 🥰

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 28/06/2025

Yep, poor photo (dark tent) but here he was

Ncuti Gatwa, the fifteenth Doctor, appearing at Glastonbury to talk about his acting

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 24/06/2025

Work done ✅ Out of office on ✅ Car packed ✅ Glastonbury here we come 🥳😍🥳

An aerial view of the Pyramid stage and field at Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts. The stage looks tiny in the picture because of the size of the green field in front of the stage that can fit more than 120,000 people! About a third of the picture (and the field!) is taken up by a huge rainbow coloured peace symbol (aka the CND symbol).

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 02/06/2025

Glasto tickets just arrived 🥳 Only three more weeks until the greatest festival on Earth 😍 and I’m ridiculously excited!!!

A colourful ticket for Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts 2025. There’s a picture of me in the lower left corner, it looks like a police station mugshot as I am staring ahead with no smile. There’s a leaflet on top of the ticket titled Glastonbury Festival The Fine Guide

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 21/05/2025

Discovered this wonderful live tube map for London, and it is beautiful. Zoom in to see buildings and watch the tube trains zoom around, zoom out to see the whole network. HT @puntofisso.bsky.social for sharing in his recent newsletter. www.londonunderground.live

Screenshot of londonunderground.live website. It is a map of London, with the various underground lines (aka “the tube”) with sections of each tube line shaded to show both where the train currently is and which direction it is heading.

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 20/05/2025

My favourite rose 😍 ours are blooming now too.

A Gertrude Jekyll rose flower in full bloom. The centre a deep pink, with a spiral rosette of petals that get lighter towards the outer layers. The flower is pictured against a soft-focus backdrop of green rose leaves.

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 08/05/2025

Which Medieval / Renaissance sculpture are you today?

A selection of nine sculptural heads, some animal, some people, all giving different moods. All pictures taken by me at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, MA

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 08/05/2025

Visited the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston today. It is most definitely a maximalist heaven that continually asks “Is this enough? No. No, we could do more”

Photo taken from one of the side galleries that surrounds a central courtyard. The opposite side of the courtyard is a marble / stone sculpture of a man. The courtyard between is full of plants and flowers. Foxgloves and hollyhocks with large upright spikes of flowers, purples, creams, whites, and pinks.

Another view of the courtyard taken through the undergrowth of planting. The walls the opposite side of the courtyard have elaborate windows with Juliet balconies, reminiscent of a Venetian palace.

This view of the courtyard shows the central mosaic, white with a dark frame and in the centre a mosaic of Medusa. Surrounding the mosaic is the courtyard, symmetrical, paths around the side, planting filling every space with green foliage and beautiful flowers. A double staircase leads up to the second floor from the courtyard. The windows and galleries around the courtyard on the first, second, and third floor show the Venetian palatial influence.

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 06/05/2025

This week I’m at MIT in Boston for the MIT Technology Review #EmTechAI conference. Speakers have been great at highlighting AI emerging technology as well as both the ambition and concerns that many of the attendees share. Seriously geeking out at being at MIT though, amazing campus!!!

Si is standing on the lush green lawn (made lusher by the rain!) in front of MIT’s famous Great Dome

A white wall with the words MIT Technology Review EmTechAI written on

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 03/05/2025

Happy #Caturday to all those that celebrate. Ms Gertrude Basset asks that nobody tries to take her raggedy mackerel from her, thank you.

Ms Gertie Basset, a almost black British shorthair cat, lays upside down whilst clutching a stuffed mackerel toy in her front paws. The mackerel has definitely seen better days, but you’d be a brave person to try and take it away from her 😱

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 27/04/2025

A little late, for a variety of life reasons, but planted tomatoes, squash, and aubergine seeds today 🤞😍 #allotment #gardening #thegoodlife

A photo black rectangular heated seed tray is filled with 20 pots of various shapes, sizes, and colours. Someone (me, it was me) has drawn on the photo in white pen numbering each of the pots from 1 to 20. Below the pots is a summary of what’s in each:
1. Aubergine Black Beauty x 2
2. Aubergine Black Beauty x 2
3. Aubergine Black Beauty x 2
4. Tomato Oregon Spring x 2
5. Tomato Oregon Spring x 2
6. Tomato Oregon Spring x 2
7. Tomato Buffalo Sun (Beefsteak) x 2
8. Tomato Buffalo Sun (Beefsteak) x 2
9. Tomato Buffalo Sun (Beefsteak) x 2
10. Red kuri squash
11. Red kuri squash
12. Red kuri squash
13. Marina Di Chioggia
14. Marina Di chioggia
15. to 20 Pumpkin Rouge vif d’etampes

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 23/04/2025

Had the best #glutenfree pizza I’ve ever had tonight! Cheers Kiez Pizza in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, is totally gluten free on Wednesday evening, so perfect for celiacs as the risk of cross contamination present the rest of the week is gone 🥳 Moist, fluffy, great taste and texture 10/10!!

A white plate sits on a sunshine orange/yellow table. Behind the plate is a bottle of Frittz orange cola. On the plate is a spectacularly good gluten free pizza. The pizza looks like a regular pizza, well risen, blisters on the cooked dough, and in the centre tomato sauce, fior de latte cheese, and topped with salami.

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 13/04/2025

Got a tarp out of the shed to control weeds and warm one of allotment patches up, unwrapped it and found a False Widow and OMG did I move fast when I saw it 😱 Covered it and its eggs back up to keep it dark, dry, protected, and warm. TW: bloody big spider

A blue tarp with a big fat black spider on it. The spider is a False Widow (Steatoda nobilis). Below the spider is its egg sac.

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 24/03/2025

Monday morning mood, the Microsoft Windows365 "something is wrong" cat.

A purple cartoon cat is sat in front of a laptop. The cat is wearing headphones connected to the laptop and has its head tilted slightly to the side in a questioning / confused sort of way. Three purple bubbles are rising up from the laptop, each increased in size from the one below, each with a white question mark inside.

This is me. This is how I'm feeling on Monday morning.

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Si @cornwell.me.uk · 23/03/2025

Today's the fifth anniversary of the first UK #Covid lockdown. More than 232,000 have died of the virus, and millions of us have been left with the life-long impacts of #LongCovid. My one hope is that we can remember everyone whose lives were touched and not make the same mistakes again.

Chart from the Institute for Government, a UK think tank that aims to improve government effectiveness through research and analysis. The chart shows the timeline of UK coronavirus lockdowns from March 2020 to March 2021.

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