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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 16/08/2026

This is absolutely heartbreaking to read.

Before CARE’s program launched in Rautahat in December 2022, Baitha says, the village averaged 10 to 15 neonatal deaths per year. By 2024, records show, there were zero. But since the program’s cancellation, newborns have begun dying again; the first was in December, and four more followed by March.

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 25/07/2026

I was today years old when i went to my first ever prom in the Albert Hall

The inside of the Albert Hall just before the performance, with the ceiling acoustic mushrooms lit up blue and "Horrible Science Big Ban Prom" up on the big screens.

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 27/06/2026

A lovely cold Guinness. With a proper head on it.

A Guinness pint glass with Pimms and lots of fruit and mint in it

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 25/06/2026

Venezuela earthquake looks serious. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Key Points (updated June 24, 2026, 23:49 UTC)
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurred in northern Venezuela, west of Caracas. This earthquake is the mainshock in a double event, following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake by 39 seconds.
The USGS assesses that high casualties and damage are probable, and that the disaster is likely widespread.
Aftershocks, some potentially with strong shaking, may follow this earthquake.
If you experienced this earthquake, please tell us about it with the Did You Feel It? survey.

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 15/06/2026

The cruciform column bases at Coventry cathedral are one of my favourite things.

View of Coventry cathedral interior with soaring concrete cruciform columns and a vaulted roof.

The bases of the columns. The concrete stops about 10 inches above the floor and sits in a brass coloured shoe with only a small square stub going down to ground.

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 14/06/2026

After the tournament, a tropical storm smashed the tent up - but it had done its job.

White tarpaulins draped over a timber/ bamboo frame, with a big hole in the roof and a bamboo lying on the ground. Some chairs are haphazardly scattered around, and there's a goat in the foreground.

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 14/06/2026

I was spending half my time camping with the Carmelite nuns in a tiny place called Tom Gato. They had dozens of orphans to look after and their building had collapsed in the earthquake.

Our campsite in the grounds of the collapsed orphanage, with five green tents and one white bell tent in the foreground in front of a green mountainous landscape

The main road in Tom Gato on market day, with stalls and people selling goods

The road into the mountains on a misty day.

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 20/04/2026

Sizeable quake of coast of Honshu, Magnitude 7.4, 35km depth.

Map of Japan with red dot indication earthquake location to East of Honshu island.

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 14/03/2026

Yes, yes, please do. It's the answer. Don't drive. www.theguardian.com/money/2026/m...

Screenshot from a quote from the article saying: "It’s daylight robbery. People are going to start seriously thinking about how often they use their car if it carries on like this."

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 20/12/2025

It was even better this Saturday!

The sun shines over an atmospheric misty landscape dotted with silhouettes of bare trees.

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 13/12/2025

Stunning winter morning

Sun over low misty landscape with grass and shrubs. Wanstead Flats in East London

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 05/12/2025

The FIFA peace prize trophy looks like the claws of demons are grabbing the earth and dragging it into the depths of hell.

Trump being awarded the FIFA peace prize trophy by Infantino.

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 22/11/2025

History will not judge them kindly. This is yet another betrayal of humanity.

screenshot of BBC headline saying: "LIVE COP30 in Brazil fails to secure new pledges to cut fossil fuels" and below it "We know some of you had greater ambitions," says COP30's president after negotations among nearly 200 countries ran over time.

Above the text is an image of shouting protesters.

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 08/11/2025

I liked this one, from the Alhambra. Less impenetrable perhaps, but wonderful because it's about something so incredibly mundane.

A long, long, long, verbose and overblown sign explaining that they are installing a lift in the Carlos V Palace inside the Alhambra site.

I'm sorry, but i can't possibly transcribe it in full.

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 26/10/2025

www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/grap...

National hurricane center graphic showing the hurricane warnings in place in the Caribbean, with the whole of Jamaica with a red hurricane warning, much of Haiti a blue storm warning and southern Cuba a pink hurricane watch. The come showing likely range of path of the middle of the hurricane currently moving west swings round to the north east over Jamaica and southern Cuba and passes into the Atlantic.

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 14/10/2025

Spot the difference on today's bbc news

BBC headline reading:

Minister 'appalled' women banned from Muslim run

BBC headline reading:

Tommy Robinson police stop unlawful, court hears

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 14/10/2025

Still from a video via a colleague showing someone stepping on a fragment of asbestos roofing sheet in Gaza. The rubble which makes up so much of Gaza will be riddled with asbestos and other hazards which will continue to kill people.

Still from a video showing someone stepping in a fragment of asbestos corrugated roofing sheet.

Releasing and inhaling asbestos dust can be deadly.

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 01/10/2025

Another video of Cebu quake

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 01/10/2025

Big Philippines earthquake earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 27/09/2025

Today we're having Canada for breakfast.

A tray of eggy bread slices waiting to be fried, with a bottle of Canadian Dark Maple Syrup alongside.

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 24/08/2025

Food for the soul. And for bees.

Am artichoke flower, bright purple, with a bumble bee amongst its hairy petals.

Another artichoke is alongside, yet to flower.

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 23/08/2025

Sadly he wasn't dressed like this at the time.

Prabhas in Baahubali. Wearing breastplate and helmet with gold decorations.

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 01/08/2025

And the other is reading an appropriate book

Boy holding the book "The Secret of the Night Train" lying in his bunk

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 01/08/2025

He's making full use of the the complimentary items

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 01/08/2025

Setting off from Paris on Intercite de nuit. The boy said he was "not feeling very refreshed" but now he's used the "refreshing towel" and that situation is fully resolved

Photo of a four berth night train compartment with bags scattered around

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 21/07/2025

A huge privilege to visit the new Sadler's Wells East and get a guided tour. My team completed the structural design of this wonderful building alongside O'Donnell+Tuomey, and I'm pleased to report the incredibly complicated structural acoustic isolation between studios and theatre works perfectly!

East facade of the new Sadlers Wells East theatre and studios. A brick industrial style building with sawtooth roof.

Pink flags fly in the foreground.

The lobby and cafe area with a bright tapestry on the concrete wall above.

A timber floor with concrete and exposed brick walls

One of the dance studios, with exposed steel trusses forming the sawtooth roof above. Each wall has a different finish so the dancers can orient themselves. Large exposed circular air ducts keep the space at a constant comfortable temperature without making noise. The floor is sprung.

Members of the Buro Happold structural team are standing in the space admiring it.

Another dance studio, empty apart from Jonathan Jackson, who led the structural design.

Big picture windows look out on the London Olympic Stadium and greenery.

Tape on the floor shows where dancers have been practising their choreography.

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 30/06/2025

For shame. Injustice has many layers.

Screenshot of BBC News app with headline on the left reading:

"Police launch criminal investigation into Bob Vylan and Kneecap Glastonbury sets"

and the headline on the right reading:

"Israeli strike on Gaza seafront cafe kills at least 20 Palestinians, witnesses and rescuers say"

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 12/06/2025

In highlighting the essential connection between humanity and homes @leilanifarha.bsky.social absolutely rightly calls out the domicide in Gaza as a central part of Israel's genocide.

Leilani Farha speaking the the World Habitat conference

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 12/06/2025

Am now hearing about this year's award winner Hastings Commons, a Community Labs Trust in Hastings developing housing and community in Hastings. They've knitted together 110 individual grants and loans to build immense community and social value.

Breakout group on award winning practice for preventing gentrification and homelessness

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 12/06/2025

In association with UN Habitat the Awards have recognised the very best of housing projects and organisations. For 40 years @worldhabitat.bsky.social has been promoting and facilitating sharing and adoption of these solutions and approaches to housing and habitat across the world.

Panel discussion with Matt Downie from Crisis, Rick Henderson from Homeless Link, Susan Aktimel from Homes for Good (past award winner), and keynote speaker Kwajo Tweneboa

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 12/06/2025

Very excited to be at the World Habitat conference today, marking 40 years of the World Habitat Awards, kicked off with impassioned and powerful calls to action by Matt Downie MBE from Crisis and Kwajo Tweneboa, and a panel discussion on ending homelessness in the UK.

Poster: welcome to the world Habitat Awards 40th anniversary photo exhibition

Poster: combating homelessness

Previous award winner 2023, from Spain: intervention and meditation service for situations of housing loss and/ or occupation

Poster: protecting land rights

Previous award winner: protecting land rights, 2024 in Jakarta, Indonesia

Poster: inclusive housing solutions

Previous winner, 2019, karnataka, India

Action aid karnataka

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 15/05/2025

The section really shows the roles that the amazing stairs play in linking up the building and forming its spaces.

Section through the new LCF building showing the external terrace, spiralling staircases and atrium spaces in the building.

Photograph looking upwards through the building's lower atrium, showing the underside of the spiralling concrete stairs and higher atrium above with a straight steel and concrete stair running through it.

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 03/05/2025

Channeling my inner Dutchman today

Large Gazelle bike with a hanging basket of fuchsias hanging from the handle bars

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 26/04/2025

The staircases of the new London College of Fashion in Stratford. Fantastic forms and spaces designed by my team at Buro Happold, with Allies & Morrison. It was brilliant to visit this week and show the East Bank development to some international visitors.

Curving concrete staircases rise up through an oval concrete atrium, with curved concrete beams and more stairs up above the space.

The Buro Happold design team visit the Stratford East Bank development: a group of people stand at the balustrade of a bridge over the River Lee with the new Sadler's Well theatre, BBC Music Studios, London College of Fashion Building, and V&A East building behind, with the early evening sun glinting on the windows of the LCF building.

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 30/03/2025

Happy spring blooms everyone. And Eid Mubarak.

Flowers in my garden: pink cherry blossom; red abs purple tulips; yellow daffodils; and yellow forsythia, all amongst green foliage

Flowers in my garden; red and purple tulips; yellow daffodils; and yellow forsythia, all amongst green foliage

Flowers in my garden: red tulips; blue hyacinths; yellow daffodils; all amongst green and red foliage, and big leaves of the artichoke plant

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 28/03/2025

This video shows a bit more than the others I've seen - the right hand side starts to collapse first, and drags the adjacent columns down, pulling the left-hand side of the tower over. Looks like failure was at the right-hand lower levels. Could indeed be foundations or a soft storey on that side.

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 16/03/2025

Ooh, miaow. Odd article, as all the images it shows quite closely match between design and reality. Not sure what point it's trying to make. www.bbc.com/news/article...

"Gravity still exists, unfortunately for us," remarks Dite. He says he "can't comment on other architectural businesses" but that Arup doesn't issue any public designs that haven't been approved by structural engineers.

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Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 15/03/2025

Excellent programme for @worldhabitat.bsky.social's #HomelessnessAndAffordability Conference in London on 12/6/25. Excited to hear from key people in #Housing @leilanifarha.bsky.social, @mattdownie.bsky.social @freekspinnewijn.bsky.social and others bit.ly/HomelessnessandAffordability

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