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Derbyshire born, Suffolk bred. Lives in Oxfordshire. Author; Illustrator; Web & UX Design Specialist. Likes photography, bookshops, & nature. Views are my own
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Who remembers the old almond tree that used to grace the arrival of Spring every year on Oxford's High Street...? #wip #WorkInProgress #AlmondTree #HighStreet #Oxford #OxfordshireArtists #OxfordshireArtweeks @ox.ac.uk

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If a contestant on University Challenge says they are from south Oxfordshire do they mean Didcot? #UniversityChallenge

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St Mary’s Passage runs between the University Church of St Mary-the-Virgin, and the former City Arms pub, with an overhang above the door supported by fauns, possibly inspiring CS Lewis’ Narnia. #art #Oxford #RadcliffeSquare #OxfordshireArtists #CSLewis 📸From a photograph by Sarah Rhodes

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Cats and dogs and their opinions... @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social #Notebook

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Write the book you would like to see someone pull from a higgledy piggledy pile in a secondhand shop 63 years after your death and say, "This looks fucking weird. I think I will buy it for Joan."

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OMG beavers and Robert burns. #TheArchers

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Joe McLaren's fabulous cover for my latest: a story of rare records, saltwater, companionship, community and the uncanny, set in the mystic heart of the West Country. Published in March, 2025. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

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He’s back . And he’s doing exactly what he said he would . Executive orders to expand drilling in the Alaskan wilderness , the guise of a ‘National Energy Emergency’ to slash red tape and regulation for fossil fuel companies , and the withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement .

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The Cloister or Great Quad of Magdalen College, is the "medieval nucleus" of the college. It was constructed between 1474 and 1480. #TheGreatQuad #MagdalenCollege #cloister #Oxford #illustration #IndianInk #sepia #OxfordshireArtweeks 📸From a photograph by Sarah Rhodes

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A quiet corner of calm in a Magdalen College cloister... #wip #WorkInProgress #Oxford #MagdalenCollege #cloister @ox.ac.uk #OxfordshireArtists #OxfordshireArtweeks 📸 From a photograph by Sarah Rhodes, with thanks.

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Things I learnt tonight. If you encourage your beaver, you get an increase in tits. #TheArchers #TheArchersPodcast

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So Justin is to let Kirstie & Rex move forward with #TheArchers #rewilding #beavers. When it comes consultation: Bridge Farm: pro Home Farm (Brian): anti Brookfield: anti Estate (Justin): pro Couple of possible curve balls: Stella, more progressive, could be pro Pip, follow Stella or mum and dad?

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Just finished! Oxford's Turl Street with Lincoln College's All Saints Church at the far end #JustFinished #TurlStreet #AllSaintsChurch #LincolnCollege #Oxford #OxfordStreets #streets #StreetScenes #OxfordshireArtists #OxfordshireArtweeks 📸From a photograph by Sarah Rhodes

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Fury as Downing Street blocks beaver release plan #TheArchers www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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“Bit of a prat; Helen’s brother”. My opinion of Mick has gone way up! #TheArchers

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Looking down Oxford's Turl Street to the spire of Lincoln College's All Saints Church #wip #WorkInProgress #TurlStreet #AllSaintsChurch #LincolnCollege #Oxford #OxfordStreets #streets #StreetScenes #OxfordshireArtists #OxfordshireArtweeks 📸From a photograph by Sarah Rhodes

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Jack Frost visits the garden... ,#BicesterZoo

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Friday night drawing... #wip #WorkInProgress #TurlStreet #AllSaintsChurch #LincolnCollege #Oxford #OxfordStreets #Streetscenes #OxfordshireArtweeks #OzfordshireArtists

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#wip #WorkInProgress #TurlStreet #AllSaintsChurch #LincolnCollege #Oxford #OxfordStreets #streets #OxfordshireArtweeks #OxfordshireArtists

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The beginnings of another Oxford street scene makes my second illustration of 2025... #TurlStreet #AllSaintsChurch #LincolnCollege #Oxford #Street #OxfordStreets #OxfordshireArtweeks #OxfordshireArtists #LocalArtists 📸 From a photograph by Sarah Rhodes

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Maybe all is not lost for Kirsty and Rex: "in 2021 the Government legislated for beaver protection, stating that from autumn 2022 they should be classed as a ​‘native species’, paving the way for licensed wild releases beyond enclosures" #TheArchers www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/why-rewild/r....

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I don't get why you would watch the BBC's #Traitors? Being treacherous and deceitful has got to be one one of the ugliest, the most unattractive, traits. It shouldn't be encouraged.

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Listening to the 100 year celebration of #TheShippingForecast on @bbcradio4.bsky.social and I'm left wondering if there are any sailors out there getting confused by so many archive forecasts?

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If the pictures displayed within the London Eye were actual live projections then the #LondonFireworks were cool. If they were added afterwards for TV then it was a bit naff...

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Yesterday I introduced my Gen Z nephews (both studying arts courses) to my final degree show presentation of some some 31 years of age. Conceived some. 31 years ago, it's actually amazingly prophetic of recent / current advances in film production techniques and the rise of AI youtu.be/6F_FL6te6Eo

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So nice to see the sun today after days of anticyclonic gloom...

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Christmas with the Shepherds today. Jonas baked us a delicious Yule log and they liked their presents (micro-watercolour set an elf elvish earpiece) #Christmas #family

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I knew I recognised Gretel's book from last night's production of Hansel and Gretel with @creationtheatre.bsky.social from somewhere... #HanselAndGretel #BlueFairyBook

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Traditional versus regular carbonara... #MammaMiaPizzariaOxford

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Very enjoyable afternoon luring a friend's eldest children away with the promise of sweets to go and see @creationtheatre.bsky.social's fantastic #Christmas treat of Hansel and Gretel. Even got a look directly down the line of a cane and a wink by Gregory 'Peck' the crow. 😜 #HanselAndGretel

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For anyone hoping to pick yourself up a copy of #BookloverGuideToBookshops #2025calendar in the January sales, I regret to inform you that due to incredible, humbling demand, I'm all SOLD OUT. #ThankYou #books #bookshops #OxfordshireArtists #OxfordshireArtweeks

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Out of the gloom, the golden signs of Spring... #midwinter #witchhazel #SpringIsComing

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A Tale of Three Kenwoods. My new whisk with additional dough hooks (left) and the 35 year old "old faithful" that's finally given up the ghost (middle) & my Gran's even older Cheffette that's still going strong, if a little tired but it has useful blender attachment (right) #Kenwood #whisks #baking

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And with that, part one of current work in progress is done. Can't say that I'm not glad to be done with the pebble dashing. Next up to get the sepia wash out. Loving how my illustration of #Magpie Lane is coming along. #wip #WorkInProgress,, #GropecuntLane #OxfordshireArtists #OxfordshireArtweeks

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Leading up to Christmas is a time that indie businesses make the majority of their income for the whole year If you want to support indie bookshops there's a growing list/directory at www.indiebookshops.com

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And phase 1 is complete. Looking forward now to see how it develops... #wip #WorkInProgress #Lindisfarne #HolyIsland #Northumberland #OxfordshireArtists #OxfordshireArtweeks

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