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Mark Northfield @marknorthfield.com · 03/05/2025

Curious how the number of Ref seat gains (677) almost exactly match the Con losses (676). Meanwhile, LibDem & Green combined gains (208) almost exactly match Lab & Ind combined losses (206). I mean, I know it's not that simple, but the neatness is striking.

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Mark Northfield @marknorthfield.com · 12/04/2025

Let's forget about all the apocalyptic angst for a while and have a lovely coffee, I said.

A latte with what looks suspiciously like a mushroom cloud design on the surface.

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Mark Northfield @marknorthfield.com · 26/03/2025

A little post-work cycle down to the largest of the local lakes at Dinton Pastures. Very therapeutic to focus on this peaceful beauty for a while, watch birds come and go, catch some breath and time. The beer we took along was also pretty damn fine. 🙂 #spring

Sunset over Black Swan Lake at Dinton Pastures nr Woodley, Reading.

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Mark Northfield @marknorthfield.com · 22/03/2025

Annual ritual: make small batch of marmalade (with sneaky addition of several bergamot lemons) then let sit for several weeks on kitchen table while thinking up suitable music-related label. Finally sorted for 2025! #marmalade

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Mark Northfield @marknorthfield.com · 19/03/2025

Nail on the head here from today's @privateeyenews.bsky.social Incidentally, the vile Russian dictator is looking more like a waxwork than ever before. Maybe this is his double. Or maybe he's insisted on being touched up...

Private Eye cover March 21 2025 headlined 'Russia Demands To Keep Captured Territory'. Below that a picture of Putin on the phone, looking pleased, with a speech bubble saying 'Including the White House'.

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Mark Northfield @marknorthfield.com · 08/03/2025

Ever get the feeling you're being judged for your healthy breakfast choices? #caturday #catsofbluesky

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Mark Northfield @marknorthfield.com · 02/03/2025

Where there's a will, there's a way.

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Mark Northfield @marknorthfield.com · 02/03/2025

When life gives you too much orange angst, get squeezing... Annual marmalade therapy in progress! Regular recipe requires two lemons, but I always get hold of bergamot lemons and add three of those instead. Lovely little earl grey-ish twist. 🙂

Peeled seville oranges and bergamot lemons in a colander, with their peel finely cut in mounds on a chopping board.

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Mark Northfield @marknorthfield.com · 28/02/2025

Europe will not betray you. Slava Ukraini.

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Mark Northfield @marknorthfield.com · 25/11/2024

Random Monday thought after regular jaunt to Farringdon... Hammersmith & City really is quite a cumbersome and dull name while the Circle is now more than a simple loop. In the spirit of rebranding, how about renaming them as the Roobarb & Custard lines? 🙂 @transportforlondon.bsky.social

Small section of West London TFL rail map

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Mark Northfield @marknorthfield.com · 23/11/2024

Why is the service so slow For two days each week I wish to make a complaint #caturday #haiku

Our black and white cat Brian, looking up from the kitchen floor.

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Mark Northfield @marknorthfield.com · 21/11/2024

'A really significant element in ascribing beauty to a thing lies not within itself, but in the quality of our attention to it.' From 'Crow Country' by Mark Cocker. Current morning commute therapy book to stop me thinking abt bad/sad things for 40mins. Highly recommended. #naturewriting #birds

Text extract from the book Crow Country by Mark Cocker, analysing why we find birds like barn owls beautiful.

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Mark Northfield @marknorthfield.com · 19/11/2024

This morning's commute not going very well. Wishing I was back on the sofa with the cat cushion.

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Mark Northfield @marknorthfield.com · 24/10/2024

Thanks for another thought-provoking listen, tho tbh am currently still processing Naomi's teenage taboo fantasy revelation! Reminded me of this classic of the 'white fit Jesus' genre from Steve Goldman's touring Worst Record Covers exhibition.

Album sleeve from the Worst Record Covers exhibition showing a very toned and definitely white Jesus on the cross, with the album artist - Merrill Womack - staring up at him.

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Mark Northfield @marknorthfield.com · 21/09/2024

The soft fading summer warmth Fur so inviting Do you value your fingers? #Caturday #catsofbluesky #playtime #haiku

Brian, our black and white cat, lying face up on faded summer grass, in play mode.

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Mark Northfield @marknorthfield.com · 15/09/2024

Sunday #cat contemplation in the garden with our Brian. See his tail in action with my latest Cherry Mint Koala tune/video - 🎧 link below - which neatly demonstrates some uncanny feline musicality... 😼 'The Twitch in the Tail' youtu.be/6FFrYwzm3K4

Overhead photo of Brian, who is a black and white cat but mostly black from above. He is sat on a small circular blue and white mosaic garden table.

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Mark Northfield @marknorthfield.com · 11/09/2024

The debate winner? Harris, without question. And obviously that's the vitally important thing right now. But the other winner of the past 24hrs? Swift's grumpy and outrageously photogenic cat, beautifully emphasising THAT perfect msg sign-off. Stunning. #Harris #Swift

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Mark Northfield @marknorthfield.com · 27/08/2024

Appreciating the headline ambiguity.

Ambiguous headline saying 'Lonely dolphin looking for mate blamed for attacks'

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Mark Northfield @marknorthfield.com · 26/08/2024

Very much enjoying the informative and beautifully concise 'Why Beethoven' by Norman Lebrecht. The unravelling of the 'Für Elise' mystery was certainly an eye-opener, even if we may never know whether the wrong name given to the piece was deliberate or accidental.

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Mark Northfield @marknorthfield.com · 21/08/2024

That myth about trolls under bridges? The M4 would like a word.

A facial resemblance formed by one of the supports of the new Prince of Wales bridge carrying the M4 across the Severn River.

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Mark Northfield @marknorthfield.com · 18/08/2024

Enjoyed revisiting the National Portrait Gallery and browsing thru the portrait award 2024. So many fantastic works. This one - Stereo (diptych) by Peter Davis - struck a chord for me. The same subject (Fahima) is on both sides. It's subtly challenging the viewer: do we see her differently?

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Mark Northfield @marknorthfield.com · 15/08/2024

Definitely more chilled on @bsky.app , says Brian.

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