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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

First gym session today after being away a couple of weeks and it was hard work.

Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Given the couple of hours sleep I've managed tonight, I think I might have overestimated the extent to which I was over my jetlag 🫩

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Heading home after a great couple of weeks exploring some of eastern Canada. Loved it and will definitely be back. Next time, heading west.

A close cropped photo of the observation levels of the CN Tower. The tower runs along the right-hand edge of the image against a vibrant blue sky.

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Happened to be in Toronto for the end of #tiff and managed to bag a couple of tickets for @manmademoon.bsky.social's Rogue Trooper, after missing out on tickets for #lff. A really fun movie, visually inventive, some great comic performances and a fab soundtrack. Hope it finds its audience.

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A week into a trip around eastern Canada, and falling in love with it so far 🇨🇦

The view from our balcony overlooking Lake Sacacomie

Tadoussac chapel in front of the bay. The chapel has a bright red roof, white wooden walls and a small spire with bell inside.

A view through the streets of Quebec City. In the background the funicular track climbs up the hillside.

Me standing on the top step of a podium in front of the olympic stadium in Montreal.

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Today's movie double bill - Lady and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. Really enjoyed them both.

Posters for Lady and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

A day of art with Anish Kapoor at the Hayward and Escher at Somerset House.

Artwork at the Anish Kapoor exhibition at the Hayward Gallery. A large red sculpture like an inverted mountain hangs from the ceiling above a painting showing a similar red landscape with black smoke pouring from an abyss on its centre.

Reflections in a mirror at the Anish Kapoor exhibition at the Hayward Gallery. On one half the sky and the ground are inverted.

A close up of an MC Escher artwork showing a skull reflected in the pupil of an eye.

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The husband's away, so I'm having a wild Saturday night on my own 📖🍺

A photo from my perspective as I lay on a sofa in the garden reading my Kindle at night. Fairy light hand from the fence on the left hand side of frame.

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

What do you mean left over cinema pick n mix isn't a balanced meal?

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A lovely end to the week catching the sunset from the sea by the Seven Sisters.

Two men look into the camera from a boat with the seven sisters cliffs in the background.

The sun setting in the distance as seen from the sea beside the Seven Sisters cliffs.

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

It's not been the best week, but a couple of hours down on the beach this afternoon and a quick dip in the chilly sea was a nice way to unwind.

A photo of the view across the water to the funfair on Brighton Pier. There's a large mural of two deckchairs on the beach, a helter skelter, rollercoaster and log flume.

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Week 4 of C25K and my knees are holding up ok I think 🤞 Maybe I might be able to get back to it after all?

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

First very tentative run for a looong time, to see if my knees are still knackered. Starting almost right back at the beginning of C25K. Stamina and pace are shot, not sure how happy the knees are, but we'll see. It's a start. 🏃

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Think I might be having a midlife crisis, was having a lovely afternoon down at Brighton Marina and found myself considering whether buying a boat might be a nice idea.

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Managed to set off the emergency alarm in the gym with my butt 🫣

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Lily Allen can do what she wants with her live show. I saw it at Mighty Hoopla and really liked it, and it seemed just as advertised to me. But it made me think of what a great job Kate Bush did of balancing the theatrical and crowd pleasers at her Before The Dawn shows without compromising either.

Kate Bush lying back in dark water while wearing a bright orange life vest.

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Sun and sand dunes in Gran Canaria 🏝️

A selfie of two men wearing sunglasses smiling at the camera with sand dunes behind

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Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · 12/06/2026

RIP David Hockney

I’m 82, I’m going to die. We die because we are born. The only things that matter in life are food and love, in that order, and also our little dog Ruby. I truly believe this, and for me, the basis of art is love. I love life.

David Hockney
Letter to Ruth Mackenzie
April 2020

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

A wander around Tittesworth Reservoir in the Peak District

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

But you must not change one thing, one pebble, one grain of sand, until you know what good and evil will follow on that act.

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The audacity of Shutterslop confidently putting AI-generated rubbish like this front and centre in their stock image site. Whoever makes it easiest to clear this nonsense out of the way and get at real photography will come out on top.

An AI-generated images showing a group of schools boys with extra limbs, in impossible positions.

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Hoopla highlights included Lily Allen, Scissor Sisters with Belinda Carlisle and Sir lan, Jane McDonald who totally knew her audience, a boy band where singing was well down the audition criteria, and after 21 years of being with her number 1 fan, finally seeing Heather Small

A collage of images from Mighty Hoopla festival 2026

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Tom Gray is amazing at this sort of thing. An impassioned speech to the Ivors Academy. Inspiring stuff.

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Balmy, slightly woozy evenings like today are perfectly soundtracked by the A Sky of Honey suite from Kate Bush's Before The Dawn 🌄

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

A shady spot by the river for a couple of post-work pints and an air conditioned train home 🍻

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Beach, BBQ and board games make for a good bank holiday

A yellow buoy floats in the sea beneath a blue sky

A board game sits on a table in a garden with plants and a house in the background

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

First visit to The Arzner, a lovely little LGBTQ+ cinema and bar in Bermondsey to see The Christophers, which I liked a lot. Same goes for the cocktail 🍸

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

2001: A Space Odyssey on the big screen this afternoon was epic. And made me reappreciate intermissions, they should bring those back. 🍿

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

A lovely afternoon stroll around Devil's Dyke with a pitstop for a pint in the sun.

The view across the Sussex weald from Devil's Dyke. A chalk path leads down the hill in the foreground.

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I've had a headhunting email from a company who clearly knows nothing about me and has the kind of name which means they couldn't sound more like an evil corporation from a dystopian sci-fi film if they tried. I think I'll pass, thanks.

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Made some friends on the way to do some democracy this morning

A pair of deer look directly at the camera standing in some undergrowth surrounded by trees

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

All trains to London cancelled today so instead of an hour before work sat on a train, I spent an hour wandering around here

The sun shining through the tree tops above a forest floor covered with bluebells

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Murder mysterying up the i360 in Brighton and actually worked out whodunnit for once!

Two dashing sleuths standing in front of the glass wall of the i360 overlooking the nighttime skyline in Brighton

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

A fun weekend away with the in-laws at Centre Parcs and now soaking up a bit of sun in the garden reading papers for a committee meeting on Monday.

A tablet and Remarkable digital notebook sit on a table beside a glass of non alcoholic beer. Out of focus is the background are a lawn and plants growing beside a fence. A patio and house are at the rear.

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

A hectic week, heading off for the weekend. But first, a stroll in the woods 🌳

A path leading through a forest surrounded by bluebells

A large fallen tree stump lies in front of a bluebell filled forest floor

The sun shines through the treetops of a forest carpeted with bluebells

A tree stands beside a footpath winding it's way through a bluebell filled forest.

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Feels like spring might have finally properly sprung 🤞

The sun shining through the treetops over a forest bed of bluebells.

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Husband is away and the fridge freezer's broken, so unfortunately it looks like I'll be living on takeaway for the next few days. 🍕

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

A surprisingly good night's sleep in the rabbit hutch

Photos of my pod at Zedwell Capsule Hotel in Piccadilly

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

A whistlestop three days in Paris, including some top notch escape rooms, fantastic food and drink, glorious sunshine and lots of steps walked.

A night time photograph is a spotlight coming from the top of the illuminated Eiffel Tower

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Sweet Caroline, without question. An irredeemably dreadful song which somehow has become ubiquitous 🙉

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

London-bound for the opening night of BFI Flare 🌈🎬🎟️

a sunset view across fields from the Ouse Valley Viaduct

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

A todo list longer than my arm and getting longer, but a quarter of an hour soaking up the sun in the garden at lunchtime was time well spent 🌞

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

A lovely afternoon for a stroll by the River Ouse

A view across a floodplain towards an over church

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Heading home from a lovely week of walks, fun and games exploring Wiltshire and Somerset with friends.

some cottages beside a river running through the picturesque village of Castle Combe

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Valentine was the patron saint of saturated fat, right? 😍

A box of six delicious looking doughnuts

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I don't want to alarm anyone, but there's a large, round, bright object in the sky. It looks vaguely familiar but I can't quite place it.

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

A solid start to the week pottering around London today. Starting off with Lee Miller at the Tate, then Riz Ahmed's new Hamlet and finally Mark Kermode live at the BFI with Posy Sterling, Archie Madekwe, Ben Wheatley and Jack O'Connell.

A large neon pink sign lit up on the side of the Hayward Gallery reading "You belong here" in cursive text

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

First gym trip of the year having spent the last few weeks trying to shake off a bug. Hard work but starting to feel a bit more human.

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