Pickering almshouses...

I photograph almshouses – these are the Pickering almshouses in Hull, today – but no one ever seems to buy them…

The Dog & Partridge...

I don’t have many pictures of Wigan, but this is one of them: licensed today…

Witherslack…

Licensed today: St Paul's Church, Witherslack, South Lakeland…

Swaledale...

An interesting observation yesterday from Frank Lampard, who has now suffered 13 defeats in his last 16 matches as the manager of Everton and now, in a short-term capacity, with Chelsea. “Special things can happen at Stamford Bridge”, he said. “We have to believe”. Of course, having to believe is not quite the same as believing; it sounds desperate rather than reassuring. In the context of footballing failure, this is what magical thinking looks like.

More concise messaging from Rupert Murdoch who, we learn today, divorced his fourth wife, Jerry Hall, by email. According to a report on the 92-year-old billionaire, he wrote “Jerry, sadly I’ve decided to call an end to our marriage. We have certainly had some good times, but I have much to do. My New York lawyer will be contacting yours immediately”.

Licensed today: Upper Swaledale from Kisdon Hill…

Whitstable harbour...

“I wonder how you see things. With your eyes? With your mind? Obviously, we see things with our eyes, but we see with the mind much more quickly than with the eye. We see the word much more quickly than the eye can ever perceive. So we see with memory, with knowledge, and when we so see things – that is, with the mind – we are seeing what has been, not actually what is” (Krishnamurti)…

Licensed today: fishing boats in Whitstable harbour, Kent… 

Beverley...

A quiet corner of Beverley...

Dress code...

Two examples of religious stupidity have been reported in the Guardian today. According to the Easter Sunday sermon by Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, “those who oppress and subjugate others will face divine justice”. He cited “the power of the resurrection” as being “infinitely greater than they are”. Divine justice? Spoiler alert: there is no such thing.

The police in Iran are planning to use smart technology in public places to identify and then penalise women who violate the country’s strict Islamic dress code. According to the head of the judiciary, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i, “removing hijab amounts to enmity towards values and people who commit such abnormality will be punished”.

The 'dress code' for the black tailed godwits I saw this morning, at North Cave Wetlands, is this beautiful rust-red head and chest (pic: Creative Commons)...