Chris Dale
@chrisdaleoxford.bsky.social
Solicitor who promoted eDiscovery/eDisclosure in England and Wales and elsewhere. Now retired to my photographs of places, birds, and the dog. In Oxford.
Down by the river tonight
October 30, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Down by the river tonight
Railings, lights, and puddles
October 29, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Railings, lights, and puddles
Lights and puddles
October 29, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Lights and puddles
We often mock "bad" people by watching them speaking with the sound off. It somehow makes them look worse.
There are a handful of people who command respect even when you can't hear their words - expressions, gestures conveying quality. Here's the best of them.
There are a handful of people who command respect even when you can't hear their words - expressions, gestures conveying quality. Here's the best of them.
Former US President Barack Obama criticized the White House’s approach to Ukraine, saying: “While we are alienating key allies like Canada, the White House bends the knee to Vladimir Putin and is selling out Ukrainians fighting for their freedom and democracy.” He urged Americans to vote. #Ukraine
October 29, 2026 at 6:28 PM
We often mock "bad" people by watching them speaking with the sound off. It somehow makes them look worse.
There are a handful of people who command respect even when you can't hear their words - expressions, gestures conveying quality. Here's the best of them.
There are a handful of people who command respect even when you can't hear their words - expressions, gestures conveying quality. Here's the best of them.
Bike thief banged up - good. They don't just cause loss to the owners, but damage the (generally good) work being done to encourage cycling.
Good also that use is at last being made of the street cameras - all that metal adorning every building has a value if they glance at the screens occasionally
Good also that use is at last being made of the street cameras - all that metal adorning every building has a value if they glance at the screens occasionally
A bike thief has been jailed for 34 months following a series of bike thefts across Oxford, including stealing the e-bike belonging to Oxford West and Abingdon MP Layla Moran. Andrew Hurtault was arrested after stealing a bicycle from University College.
www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news/thames-...
www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news/thames-...
October 29, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Bike thief banged up - good. They don't just cause loss to the owners, but damage the (generally good) work being done to encourage cycling.
Good also that use is at last being made of the street cameras - all that metal adorning every building has a value if they glance at the screens occasionally
Good also that use is at last being made of the street cameras - all that metal adorning every building has a value if they glance at the screens occasionally
Keeping an eye on passers-by
October 29, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Keeping an eye on passers-by
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Richard Eurich developed his ability to paint the sea (this is Penzance, Cornwall in 1937) in all its moods and in all weathers. He concentrated on what he saw as 'the problems,' by which he meant the structure of water and a background featuring harbours and landscapes.
October 28, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Richard Eurich developed his ability to paint the sea (this is Penzance, Cornwall in 1937) in all its moods and in all weathers. He concentrated on what he saw as 'the problems,' by which he meant the structure of water and a background featuring harbours and landscapes.
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Occasionally, the random stuff on FB produces a winner.
October 28, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Occasionally, the random stuff on FB produces a winner.
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Four Oxford colleges, who between them own 40 shops, cafes and restaurant premises, have a plan to reinvent the city centre as a haven of independent retail. In a Clarion exclusive, we lift the lid on the ‘Oxford Market Quarter’.
oxfordclarion.uk/oxford-marke...
oxfordclarion.uk/oxford-marke...
Oxford Market Quarter: “We want to encourage people to explore further”
Four Oxford colleges have a plan to reinvent the city centre as a haven of independent retail. Alex Spain, Bursar of Lincoln College, explains the ‘Oxford Market Quarter’.
Oxford has always been a ci...
oxfordclarion.uk
October 28, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Four Oxford colleges, who between them own 40 shops, cafes and restaurant premises, have a plan to reinvent the city centre as a haven of independent retail. In a Clarion exclusive, we lift the lid on the ‘Oxford Market Quarter’.
oxfordclarion.uk/oxford-marke...
oxfordclarion.uk/oxford-marke...
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Christopher Nevinson said of this work depicting Manhattan (1920) 'The painting directs us into the unknown, and there are no brakes... this painting forces us to confront it and not look away: welcome to your future at a thousand miles an hour, make of it what you will.'
October 28, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Christopher Nevinson said of this work depicting Manhattan (1920) 'The painting directs us into the unknown, and there are no brakes... this painting forces us to confront it and not look away: welcome to your future at a thousand miles an hour, make of it what you will.'
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The cricket pavilion in the Oxford University Parks, with a sky like a Richard Eurich 1940s air battle painting OTD in 2024
October 27, 2026 at 9:47 PM
The cricket pavilion in the Oxford University Parks, with a sky like a Richard Eurich 1940s air battle painting OTD in 2024
I had to look that up. Yes, quite.
October 28, 2026 at 9:52 AM
I had to look that up. Yes, quite.
Little pony having a little lie-down
October 28, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Little pony having a little lie-down
Thank you. It was a lovely afternoon.
October 28, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Thank you. It was a lovely afternoon.
The cricket pavilion in the Oxford University Parks, with a sky like a Richard Eurich 1940s air battle painting OTD in 2024
October 27, 2026 at 9:47 PM
The cricket pavilion in the Oxford University Parks, with a sky like a Richard Eurich 1940s air battle painting OTD in 2024
OTD in 2025, a sparrowhawk spent 40 minutes dismembering and eating a sparrow in our garden, and sitting on the shed roof to digest it.
October 27, 2026 at 8:41 PM
OTD in 2025, a sparrowhawk spent 40 minutes dismembering and eating a sparrow in our garden, and sitting on the shed roof to digest it.
See also the form-filling and fees involved in getting permission to run a charging cable across the pavement
October 27, 2026 at 12:04 PM
See also the form-filling and fees involved in getting permission to run a charging cable across the pavement
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Nowadays, the internet sometimes feels like a once well-to-do neighbourhood that became a slum after an industrial park & motorway were built through it. And I'm the lifelong resident who refuses to leave, unable to accept that the decaying, now unsafe area will never regain its former grandeur.
October 22, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Nowadays, the internet sometimes feels like a once well-to-do neighbourhood that became a slum after an industrial park & motorway were built through it. And I'm the lifelong resident who refuses to leave, unable to accept that the decaying, now unsafe area will never regain its former grandeur.
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Listening to a report about Google chopping down a quarter of a million trees in Finland to build a data centre while washing out yoghurt pots for the recycling
October 27, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Listening to a report about Google chopping down a quarter of a million trees in Finland to build a data centre while washing out yoghurt pots for the recycling
The armoured knight watching over the sunbed is a nice touch
October 27, 2026 at 9:49 AM
The armoured knight watching over the sunbed is a nice touch
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A great egret and mini-me attendant OTD in 2024
October 26, 2026 at 8:59 PM
A great egret and mini-me attendant OTD in 2024
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”It was the best of times; it was the worst of times...”
Charles Dickens, Victorian novelist born in 1812; George Orwell noted “no English writer has written better about childhood...”
Portrait by Daniel Maclise, 1839, National Portrait Gallery, London | Cartoon Tom Gauld
@tomgauld.bsky.social
Charles Dickens, Victorian novelist born in 1812; George Orwell noted “no English writer has written better about childhood...”
Portrait by Daniel Maclise, 1839, National Portrait Gallery, London | Cartoon Tom Gauld
@tomgauld.bsky.social
October 27, 2026 at 5:58 AM
”It was the best of times; it was the worst of times...”
Charles Dickens, Victorian novelist born in 1812; George Orwell noted “no English writer has written better about childhood...”
Portrait by Daniel Maclise, 1839, National Portrait Gallery, London | Cartoon Tom Gauld
@tomgauld.bsky.social
Charles Dickens, Victorian novelist born in 1812; George Orwell noted “no English writer has written better about childhood...”
Portrait by Daniel Maclise, 1839, National Portrait Gallery, London | Cartoon Tom Gauld
@tomgauld.bsky.social
A great egret and mini-me attendant OTD in 2024
October 26, 2026 at 8:59 PM
A great egret and mini-me attendant OTD in 2024
Weather over Wolvercote
October 26, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Weather over Wolvercote