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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I know I’m late to this, but this show in the west end is as incredible as I’d heard many people say

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Thanks! Yes there’s a lot of mystique.

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Looks like you need a Pinterest account to view the video so here it is:

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Beautiful! What do you think keeps that one field green? I saw something similar flying out of Stansted yesterday

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

First sighting of the new London blimp!

A Goodyear blimp crosses the sky above London

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

It was such a balmy evening working overnight that I went for a long walk at around 3 to take in the sights and sounds of nighttime city life. It was fascinating to see all the folk helping to keep London’s overnight economy going.

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Locked in for England v New Zealand at the T20 women’s World Cup!

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

We went for a wonderful cool off at Charlton lido last night. It feels a shame this sort of project isn’t really built any more. I wonder if some tech billionaire would like to gain some social credit by creating one - perhaps in Peckham Rye Park?!

A view across the water at Charlton Lido

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I just boarded a wonderfully air conditioned 185 electric bus, but someone had opened the windows which meant the cooled air was being pumped into the world outside, and hot air was pouring in! I closed the windows I could reach and it made a huge difference.

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Can you see the silhouette of a cheeky squirrel who’d dived into this bin and was eating the contents?!

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I decided to wear this t-shirt on my night shift this evening

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I’m so sad to hear about David Hockney’s death. He was truly one of the greats! I’m posting this as a small tribute to him - remembering my first experience of his work, when I was tiny. My sister @kimmannesabbott.bsky.social had created his name in his artistic style for her foundation art year.

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Our stick blender’s motor recently died and we bought a new one. The old attachments sat in a cupboard gathering dust. I decided to list them on eBay. eBay’s ai works out what the item is and estimates a value. I’ve now sold three attachments and made £28. I was just going to throw those things out!

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

It’s only taken us 12 years, but we have finally unpacked the last of our boxes shipped back from our time in the UAE - four boxes of books tucked away in the loft! Arrietty was sad to lose her impromptu cat tree when we finally sorted them. The contents we didn’t dispose of are now shelved.

A stack of four boxes with a cat sat on top.

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Good advice from the Dalai Lama.

OVERCOMING DIFFICULTIES
Tolerance is very important. If you have tolerance, you can easily overcome difficulties. If you have little tolerance or are without it, then the smallest thing immediately irritates you.

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

We went to Pangbourne Meadow today for a swim in one of the newly designated dozen or so safe outdoor swimming spots across the country. It was amazing!

Revellers jump into the river from a bridge

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Found in one of the many piles I’m sorting through, a signed Gloria Hunniford photo!

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I just had a lovely catch up after many, many years with former colleague Giles @blogmywiki.bsky.social at the Blythe Hill Tavern in #se23

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

This double bassist in London Bridge station was v cool, playing to a Herbie Hancock-esque backing track!

A double bassist grooving out in London Bridge station

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Minnesota serves up some of the best regionally-specific motorway / freeway signs I’ve seen anywhere in the world!

A freeway sign reads

ONLY THE HOTDISH
SHOULD BE BAKED
DON'T DRIVE HIGH

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

It’s a home-made brioche bun day!

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Lola our youngest has been doing Kawaii-inspired sketches of our three cats. She’s really captured their essence, I think!

Arrietty, Luna and Rumi, sketched by Lola

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

There’s a carved circular plinth with the following message: EIIR - We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

A lunchtime stroll to the new QE2 memorial garden in Regent’s Park - it’s absolutely lovely, and much quieter than my first visit a couple of weeks ago

A view of the garden across a small pond

A very elegant and comfortable wooden bench bisects the garden from a different angle

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

My first news summary of the day for our listeners across the US on NPR stations. Donald Trump is travelling to Beijing. Tens of thousands of Argentinians marched to protest budget cuts to universities. And two teenage sisters from Gaza have won a prize for turning rubble into reusable bricks

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

A treat for anyone who’s never seen the lovely Whitechapel Elizabeth Line platform art by Chantal Joffe that Stephen is referring to here.

A close up of a metal collage by Chantal Joffe

A Sunday Afternoon in Whitechapel
Chantal Joffe
The artwork spanning the platforms of the Elizabeth line station at Whitechapel seeks to reflect the local east London neighbourhood. The artist made the work as an evocation of Sunday afternoons spent in the area.
The works were initially made as small-scale paper collages that were subsequently rendered in laser-cut aluminium.
Commissioned in 2017 as part of The Crossrail Art Foundation's public art programme for the Elizabeth line with the support of the Whitechapel Gallery.

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

It’s like an attack of the killer wheelie bins when I leave home on a Wednesday at this time of day.

A multitude of wheelie bins on a pavement

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

A spectacular London skyline sunset from the top of Westwood Park in Forest Hill tonight!

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I took a little pilgrimage to 3 Savile Row on my lunch break today - it’s already a popular tourist attraction. I wonder how often they have to paint over the messages left either side of the front door by visitors from around the world!

3 Savile Row this lunchtime with a few people mingling outside

Some messages left by the door from visitors stopping by.

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

My first story of the day is a bit cheerier than the usual doom and gloom: Plans have been unveiled for a new Beatles-themed visitor attraction in central London. The building where the band made their final public performance on a rooftop in January 1969 is set to open to the public next year.

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

You don’t see many of these Waymo self driving cabs in London yet, but they are popping up more frequently, and sparked Paul’s comment about his kids looking after him, as he’s worried they will take his job. 😥

A Waymo cab in front of All Souls church.

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Some sights of London on a (not so) sunny Sunday afternoon! I couldn’t resist the Eton mess ice cream, which is apparently a special recipe for the royal parks.

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Good advice found in the pocket of my relatively new Lucky Brand jeans.

Be good to people for no reason is the advice on this slip in the pocket of my Lucky jeans

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

For any followers in the Twin Cities, there is an exhibition of my mother-in-law Susan Horn’s paintings, at Lowry Hill Gallery in Minneapolis, running til 23 May. lowryhillgallery.com/show/lowry-h...

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

So proud of my eldest daughter Ivy who wrote this song, First in Line, and performed it at Brixton Jamm JOM a month or so ago:

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Luna keeping me company after a fairly quiet, yet busy day on the WS bulletins desk, learning how to carry out some new responsibilities.

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

‪Here’s one of my favourite family breakfast recipes. We always called them Barney Bannocks, though I think they may have been intended to be called Barley Bannocks - despite the key ingredient being oatmeal. Delicious with sweet and savoury toppings, especially marmite..! Recipe in 2nd pic alt text

Barney Bannocks
5oz self raising flour
5oz Oatmeal
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp salt
1 oz unsalted butter
Milk to mix (appx 100ml)

Heat griddle medium high

Mix dry ingredients
Rub in butter to form breadcrumb texture
Add milk and stir to form a smooth dough
Knead 30 seconds

Roll out to 3/4 inch circle and cut into eight wedges

Cook one side then the other til mid brown, then cook the three triangular edges in turn

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I bumped into a colleague who was on the way to the British Museum yesterday, to visit the Samurai exhibition, which closes on Monday. I went today. It was absolutely brilliant. Go if you have the time! Always lovely to pay a quick visit to the Parthenon gallery and see the Rosetta Stone as well.

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Another Day of Sun just popped up on a music shuffle, and it always makes me smile. Surely one of the best movie openings ever!

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I watched the Danish film “The Promised Land” on BBC 4 last night. Well worth a look if you enjoy depressing and slightly bonkers Scandi-noir movies.

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Without stating your age, post your favourite film released the year you turned 18.

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Jonathan Frewin @jonfrewin.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Just watched the C4 2026 revival of Chris Evans’s TFI franchise. I thought it was pretty good. It keeps some fun bits while binning those that really don’t deserve an airing in the modern day. Lovely vintage interview with Bowie, old music clips and two great live covers by tonight’s guests.

Chris Evans and Sam Ryder on the set of TFI unplugged

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