Senior editor (print) Cycling Weekly Curricular and extracurricular work here: dbfreelance.co.uk Unruly eyes: tinyurl.com/BitBlind 📍Lewes, UK | 🇵🇸 🏳️‍🌈https://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3mvpghmdlkk2tCycling Weekly is looking for a social media editor wrkbl.ink/5AnBzye https://wrkbl.ink/5AnBzye17 Sep 2026 10:18 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpghmdlkk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3mvp2nul2j22xAs a native Lewesian who supports Palestine & the Greens, and has never spat 'London', I must call bollocks, @alexlarman.bsky.social "those who were born and bred in Lewes, who spit the word ‘London’... are not the ones going on anti-Israel marches or putting up Green placards"17 Sep 2026 06:47 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvp2nul2j22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3mvnnhsf3vs2iSo sad to hear Annie Dillard has died. Her essays are a class apart 💔 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/16/annie-dillard-author-pulitzer-prize-dies?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other16 Sep 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnnhsf3vs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3mviwaru3gc22Amazing piece by Rivka Galchen about godwits and how they fly 7,000 miles non-stop - defying all the known rules of biology 😯 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/09/21/the-incredible-journey-of-a-migratory-shorebird14 Sep 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mviwaru3gc22https://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3mviwaru3gc22Amazing piece by Rivka Galchen about godwits and how they fly 7,000 miles non-stop - defying all the known rules of biology 😯 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/09/21/the-incredible-journey-of-a-migratory-shorebird14 Sep 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mviwaru3gc22https://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3mvf3vrsfyc2nV entertaining interview with Mr T, trashing the Netflix film he's meant to be promoting 😂 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/sep/03/i-dont-chase-the-dollar-i-never-did-the-astonishing-hidden-life-of-mr-t?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other13 Sep 2026 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvf3vrsfyc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3mvaynhsabs2iApropos ageing mother: GPs seem to say "don't come here, go to A&E" for anything remotely ominous these days. Which is logistically tricky and almost always involves >6hr waiting. Does it have to be like this!?11 Sep 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvaynhsabs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3mumssjubpc23This is brilliant. If you find yourself in the path of a wildfire, can't imagine anyone in the world better to be with to tell you - in no uncertain terms - when to get the hell out of there than Ann Enright. You would not argue! https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n16/anne-enright/diary03 Sep 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumssjubpc23https://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3mu7iplydqs2hICYMI: I have a new essay in Little Toller’s The Clearing. CALLING TIME began with an absence – the cuckoo's – and became a reflection on sight loss, ecological decline, my late father... and some very strange coincidences. #NatureWriting #Birds https://www.littletoller.co.uk/the-clearing/calling-time-by-david-hinchliffe-bradford/29 Aug 2026 08:51 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7iplydqs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3mua6xbqe2s25Reading Waterland and finding it rather hard to stomach the section where the daughter courteously assents to being impregnated by her father 🤨29 Aug 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mua6xbqe2s25https://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3mu7iplydqs2hICYMI: I have a new essay in Little Toller’s The Clearing. CALLING TIME began with an absence – the cuckoo's – and became a reflection on sight loss, ecological decline, my late father... and some very strange coincidences. #NatureWriting #Birds https://www.littletoller.co.uk/the-clearing/calling-time-by-david-hinchliffe-bradford/29 Aug 2026 08:51 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7iplydqs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3mu5txfnrk22uEarlier this year, it occurred to me I'd not heard a cuckoo through the whole of 2025... which ultimately led to my writing this essay, CALLING TIME. https://www.littletoller.co.uk/the-clearing/calling-time-by-david-hinchliffe-bradfor Many thanks to @jonwoolcott.bsky.social for publishing on The Clearing, the online journal of Little Toller https://www.littletoller.co.uk/the-clearing..28 Aug 2026 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5txfnrk22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3mu5akqtbb22h"Off the table" was a silly blunder by Burnham. He should have had the sense to stick to the GFA: a referendum will be called by the Secretary of State for NI if it appears likely that a majority of voters in NI would choose to leave the UK28 Aug 2026 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5akqtbb22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3mu3kgzlbgs27This is cheering – we enjoyed bantering with some choughs in Anglesey last week @antonjtmcc.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3kgzlbgs27https://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3mtyiig7s3k2dNot sure why, but for years I assumed Jolene was an ironic song, with the subtext being the protagonist is actually not fussed about losing her man – i.e. pretending to be as a joke at Jolene's expense. Apparently this is a *very* wrong reading, but I'm still quite attached to it 🤷26 Aug 2026 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyiig7s3k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3mtqannfd6k23Red squirrel! 📍 Anglesey 🎥 @antonjtmcc.bsky.social23 Aug 2026 07:16 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqannfd6k23https://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3mtcioa4vbk2vImportant piece by my brilliant friend @annalisadinn.bsky.social about the underhand slashing of Access to Work - a scheme that had allowed disabled people to keep being productive and creative https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/17/disabled-creatives-careers-access-to-work-scheme?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other17 Aug 2026 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcioa4vbk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3mtbkxvlbxc2fEnjoyed this, but some rather queasy skirting around the question of what a dickhead Morrissey has become https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-video/michael-bracewell-and-leo-robson-the-smiths17 Aug 2026 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbkxvlbxc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3mt42pwx7p22zImportant points made here on smart-glasses, but also it's annoying that Meta haven't developed a night vision feature for ppl with retinal issues - surely within their technical ability https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/14/smart-glasses-controversy-sidelines-the-benefits-for-disabled-people?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other15 Aug 2026 06:37 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt42pwx7p22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3mt2ps5lhbc26Awful news from Portugal. Thoughts with the family and loved ones of Fin Tarling https://share.google/sm3yZbTSBLwW7GfiH14 Aug 2026 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2ps5lhbc26https://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3msxylar6ts2kOh god, this explains the non-stop sirens screaming past. I hope everyone is OK https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz972d30l30o?at_bbc_team=editorial&at_ptr_name=twitter&at_format=image&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_campaign_type=owned&at_link_type=web_link&at_link_id=CAB396B0-972D-11F1-998A-90D8AC3B617B&at_link_origin=BBC_Sussex&at_medium=social13 Aug 2026 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxylar6ts2khttps://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3msx53dgv6s2kIf Bluesky is dying, where's everyone going – crawling back to X or quitting short-form-text social media? Surely not Threads?! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 07:36 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msx53dgv6s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3msux6jtqas23Annie Dillard's eclipse essay is so damn good https://www.themarginalian.org/2017/08/01/annie-dillard-total-solar-eclipse/12 Aug 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msux6jtqas23https://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3mssrgqgfok2jIt was the same for me when the letters fell off the wall behind Theresa May [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Aug 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssrgqgfok2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3msse2sg7l22jTried to read Liturgies of the Wild by Martin Shaw on a recommendation, but couldn’t stomach it. Page after page of rambling, New-Agey mansplaining – as if Alan Partridge had grown a beard, quit local radio and headed for the woods11 Aug 2026 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msse2sg7l22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbfreelance.co.uk/post/3msqh54rcos23I like browsing/buying books in bookshops, but only read on e-reader. Why isn't it a thing that when you buy the physical book, you get the ebook for free/nominal fee? Surely this would make sense for all concerned?10 Aug 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:f3qudeat7eplvd44ay4wgjbf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqh54rcos23