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

A wander around Tittesworth Reservoir in the Peak District

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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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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 · 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

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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 18/01/2026

A stroll by the sea before the rain rolled in

The sea beyond a pebble beach beneath an overcast sky. On the horizon the sky is glowing yellow and you can see the turbines of an offshore wind farm.

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

Not a fan of the dark evenings, but it does make for a nice cosy feeling workspace at the end of the day.

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

Made a friend on a snowy lunchtime wander to the shops.

a close up of a robin sitting in a hedgerow. it's looking directly into the camera

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Despite what my brain was telling me last night, I'm not back at work until tomorrow so a snowy day of de-Christmassing and trying to shake off the inevitable post-festive cold

a view across snowy rooftops beneath a bright blue sky

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I've still got some big hitters to catch, but 2025 felt like a good year at the cinema. Here are some of my movie highlights.

A grid of posters from 16 of my favourite films of 2025. They're listed individually in the next post

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

Pouting my way into 2026 trying not to feel hungover. Happy New Year! 🎉

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

So lucky to be ending the gig year on a high with @ben-watt.bsky.social and @traceythorn.bsky.social at the Moth Club. Such a great show, and nice to hear a couple of my favourite festive songs from Tracey's Tinsel and Lights album which is always on heavy rotation this time of year.

The stage at The Moth, with a gold foil curtain and large glittery letters reading Moth

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

🏝️ It was a rough ride to get here, but it was worth it

A view looking down from some rocks over a bay with bright blue water beside a white sand beach. It's surrounded by lush green jungle.

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Seem to have picked up another bloody cold from somewhere but Self Esteem at the Brighton Centre tonight was the best medicine.

Rebecca Lucy Taylor of Self Esteem on stage at the Brighton Centre. She's wearing a long black dress with a handmaid's tail style collar and hat.

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

A trip to the Ashmolean in Oxford today for the excellent Stanley Donwood / Thom Yorke / Radiohead exhibition.

A black and white photo of me standing besides a human size drawing on a minotaur like creature

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Kicking off #LFF today with Wake Up Dead Man and Twinless. Really enjoyed both, Wake Up Dead Man especially worth catching with a crowd on the big screen.

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Never get tired of watching Blade Runner and seeing it for the first time on the big screen, on the biggest screen in the UK, was epic.

A poster for Blade Runner on the enormous screen of the BFI Imax, with a box of popcorn in the foreground

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Lee Batchelor @leebatchelor.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Staying in a beautiful converted church, but all the windows are stained so having to guesstimate the weather based on the light shining in and whether it would like the cars are driving past on wet roads.