David Howe
Retired academic, writer of text and general non-fiction books, coast and hill walker.
- John Steinbeck "Cannery Row"
- Lily Tarn on a moist and misty morning.
- So true. And true of so many of our key materials that we ultimately extract from the ground. 'If you can't eat it, a geologist probably found it'. "Extraction to Extinction" A must read! 😊@saraband-books.bsky.social
- Concrete is the second most used material on earth, behind only water. We need to consider how we manufacture and deliver this vital material in the face of climate change. Join us to take a hard look at rebuilding #concrete and #cement. ➡️ www.imperial.ac.uk/events/20450...
- Windermere from Jenkin's Crag.
- Robin Lane on the way to Troutbeck.
- Ambleside in the January sun from Wansfell Pike.
- If you're free, flock round for lunch sometime.
- Sunday morning and a moody Grasmere.
- Correction for poor spelling in original post ...Langdale Pikes...
- Blea Tarn with the Lagdale Pikes in winter sunshine.
- Jetty at Windermere, Watershead, Ambleside.
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- Henry Moore, Reclining Figure at the Sainsbury Centre, UEA, Norwich at sunrise.
- Reposted by David HoweI can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland. Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
- Sunrise and bridge over the River Yare, Norwich.
- Eaton Park, Norwich on an icy morning.
- Lunar halo over our house this evening.
- Flaming sunset.
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- And here's a carving in Chapel Fields Garden, Norwich of Will Kemp morris dancing his "9 days wonder". Mind you, I'm not sure anyone ever reads my posts as I get so few likes. But it keeps me amused. Hey ho.
- George Borrow (1801-1881) was a travel writer and novelist who walked from Norwich to London in 27 hours for a job interview. The Elizabethan actor Will Kemp claimed to have morris danced from London to Norwich in 9 days saying it was a "nine daies wonder". It actually took him weeks.
- Well, it seems that authors are expected to plug their own books in the run up to Christmas. Never one to shirk a trend here are 4 of mine. Go on, treat yourself. You know you want to. @saraband-books.bsky.social #Lutterworth Press, @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
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- A hand of bananas.
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- Canterbury Cathedral tower looking up from inside and below.
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- Quayside, Newcastle.
- What a great experience. I think I'm envious. And Jeff is a very generous as well as knowledgeable man. Lucky you and your students.
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- Reposted by David HoweOnce every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
- UEA Broad, Norwich on a bright Sunday morning.
- The Forum, Norwich.
- Autumn leaves on the pavement by Norwich Market.
- North Norfolk salt marshes plus wind turbines out at sea on the far horizon.
- Blakeney, North Norfolk. Tide rising.
- Stiffkey Salt marshes, North Norfolk on a bright 1st October morning.
- Skyscape, Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
- Aldeburgh sunrise looking East across the North Sea.
- Maggi Hambling's Scallop, Aldeburgh.
- Rainbow over Southwold pier on blustery day.
- The Catholic Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Norwich looking rather magnificent in this morning's early sunshine.
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- Sheringham to Cromer beach + seagull.
- North Norfolk on the way to Cromer.
- Reposted by David HowePower is the rock on which truth founders. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital. Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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- Run Norwich. circa 9,000 runners. Great event. Great atmosphere. Pandemonium!
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- Burn How Garden Hotel, Bowness-on-Windermere last Wednesday evening. "Rocks and Rain, Reason and Romance" @saraband-books.bsky.social and "Science and Sensibility: From the Heavens Above to the Earth Below" Lutterworth Press. Where were you!
- Rainy morning by Rydal Water: when all at once we saw a crowd A host of wild swimming folk; Along the Lake, beneath the trees, Ten thousand swimming in the breeze. Wearing wetsuits as their watery coats And on their backs bright orange tow floats. (Sorry William, sorry Dorothy).
- Grasmere Show Senior Guides fell Race 24 August 2025.
- Morecambe Prom Parkrun 23 August 2025. One of the best settings for a 5K run along the prom by the Bay with the Cumbrian Fells in the distance. And it's an absolutely flat course! @cumbriapr.bsky.social But I didn't have my running shoes with me. Oh dear....
- Morecambe Bay...from Morecambe.
