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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 5h

Thanks so much for the invite Robert, I'm afraid I have to be at home with the kids this evening. Sorry to miss it, hope it's a huge success!

Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 8h

Brighton & Hove should be the second.

Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 12h

Cardiff To Be First UK City To Introduce Extra Parking Fees For SUVs www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

Cardiff To Be First UK City To Introduce Extra Parking Fees For SUVs

Cardiff tackles 'carspreading'.

www.forbes.com

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 1d

Wrong plaice, right time.

Tealin @twirlynoodle.com · 1d

Meanwhile, in Canada: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

'Scared the heck out of me': Falling fish smashes Sask. woman's windshield | CBC News

Of all the things that could smash a car’s windshield in Saskatchewan, a fish that fell from the sky is pretty low on the list of likely suspects. But that’s what happened to Marie Ahlstrom when she w...

www.cbc.ca

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 1d

Yes I hope so! It’s definitely the next book, I just need to actually finish it (and start it).

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 1d

In Brighton this is just a normal size gallery.

Tiny Art Show Repurposes a Disused Stairwell into a 1:6-Scale Gallery

Tiny Art Gallery is a storefront-style gallery that sits inside what was originally a stairwell in Provo, Utah.

www.thisiscolossal.com

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 1d

Coasting. Just offshore at Birling Gap, East Sussex.

The white chalk cliffs known as the Seven Sisters, as seen from the perspective of a sea swimmer, the viewpoint half submerged in the sea.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 1d

These restrictions are citywide and have been part of the busking rules for decades. The root of this problem is that the organisers of this petition and the majority of buskers down here on the beach haven’t bothered to actually read those rules or listen to anyone else’s concerns.

Brighton and Hove LDR @bhdemocracynews.bsky.social · 1d

Buskers call for an end to restrictions on amps and drums on #Brighton seafront in petition #Ldreporter www.brightonandhovenews.org/2025/10/14/h...

Hundreds provide backing for seafront buskers

Hundreds of people have supported buskers who want a performance zone on Brighton seafront by the Upside Down House. Musician

www.brightonandhovenews.org

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks but I’m not sure I have anything more to say at the moment. Glad to hear that the council have noted our complaints and hoping they do actually start to enforce the long standing busking rules.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 3d

Yes we have (repeatedly, strenuously, regularly) asked for enforcement.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 3d

One battle after another!

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 3d

Lowlifes. The tail end of a starling murmuration in #Brighton.

A photograph of hundreds of starlings as seen from the perspective of a sea swimmer low down in the water, all silhouetted against an orange sky at sunset.

Does anyone read this text?

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Iain Sarjeant @iainsarjeant.bsky.social · 8d

Recent wandering...

This image will appear in my latest book 'Fragments Vol.2', available to pre-order from @anotherplacepress.bsky.social here - anotherplacepress.bigcartel.com/product/frag...

The book goes to print very soon, so please do bag one now to guarantee a copy 😊🙏

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 9d

Autumn in the South Downs National Park. It’s going to be a colourful one apparently.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/07/fiery-spectacular-rainbow-autumn-colour-bloom-gardens-uk

A photograph of autumnal trees in a foggy woodland. The foreground tree has two trunks that twist round each other.

A photograph of yellow birch leaves against a cool, foggy woodland background.

A young birch tree growing on a heather covered heathland. Lots of cobwebs. Does anyone read this stuff?

Orange, green and yellow bracken growing beneath pines in a foggy Sussex woodland.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 16d

Brighton’s only calendar made in the sea!

The 2026 edition of my ‘Sea Views’ calendar arrived yesterday and very lovely it is too. 14 pictures taken during year round sea swims, a tide table, and free salty sea air with every one.

www.brightonphotography.com/brighton-sea-views-calendar/buy

The cover of the 2026 Brighton sea views calendar. A picture of the west pier as seen from the sea, the camera is half above and half below the waterline.

A grid of twelve pictures included in the 2026 Brighton sea views calendar. All views of the city, the beach, the starlings and the piers as seen from the point of view of a sea swimmer.

The May page from the calendar. A picture of the city skyline and beach between the piers on a busy day.

The January page from the calendar. A moment from Brightons starling murmuration, a huge cloud of birds swooping away from the Palace pier.

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 14d

www.worldofmoose.com/products/woo...

Cartoon of two people in a workshop making a chair each, which are on the bench in front of them. The person on the right’s chair only has one leg. Caption under the left chair: Woodwork. Caption under the chair on the right. Woodn’twork

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 16d

Also - some freebies!

Every calendar order gets one of my new ‘Swim Area’ fridge magnets and a set of Sea Views postcards thrown in for free.

A collection of small yellow fridge magnets, which look exactly (well, pretty accurate I think) like a swim area marker buoy.

Three postcards. A6, with a different picture on each. One is a starling murmuration, one is a swim area buoy and one is the west pier.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 16d

Brighton’s only calendar made in the sea!

The 2026 edition of my ‘Sea Views’ calendar arrived yesterday and very lovely it is too. 14 pictures taken during year round sea swims, a tide table, and free salty sea air with every one.

www.brightonphotography.com/brighton-sea-views-calendar/buy

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 17d

Apricity - The gentle warmth of sunshine on a cold winter day.

www.brightonphotography.com/woodwork-prints/apricity

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 18d

Yes roughly that.

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Finn Hopson @finnhop.bsky.social · 18d

A new 'Woodwork' print for the gallery this weekend.

Hard to show all the detail of a big picture on a small screen, but perhaps this gives some sense of it.

www.brightonphotography.com/woodwork