Matthew Buck

Panorama near the start of the Hampshire Maverick from the top of Cheesefoot Head above Matterley Bowl near Winchester in Hampshire. By Matthew Buck

Climbing up Gander Down near Cheriton in the Hampshire Maverick at Matterley Bowl near Winchester Hampshire. By Matthew Buck

The final climb to the finish atthe Hampshire Maverick at Matterley Bowl near Winchester Hampshire. By Matthew Buck

And there off! Runners at the Hampshire Maverick at Matterley Bowl underneath Cheesefoot Head near Winchester Hampshire. By Matthew Buck

Runners assembling for the Hampshire Maverick at Cheesefoot Head near Winchester Hampshire. By Matthew Buck

🏃‍♂️ in the ☀️

Reading:

TOP TIP: get round the problem of no plan surviving contact with the enemy by having no plan.

Financial market participants dragging themselves to the office:

Explainer: Why is the UK at high risk from Iran-fuelled energy price surge? Britain faces bigger risks from a jump in inflation driven by the conflict in the Middle East than many other European countries, just as the country's high rate of price growth seemed to be coming to...

Explainer: Why is the UK at high risk from Iran-fuelled energy price surge? www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

a man with a beard is wearing a hat and jacket . ALT: a man with a beard is wearing a hat and jacket .

The thing about your cunning plan to distract from your domestic woes by setting the Middle East on fire is that the Middle East is now on fire.

A picture of March daffodils near Winchester in Hampshire. By Matthew Buck

A picture in some early soring sunshineoverlooking Twyford from Southdown near Winchester in Hampshire. By Matthew Buck

A picture of big ( non raining ) sky near Winchester in Hampshire. By Matthew Buck

A picture of early Blackthorn blossom near Winchester in Hampshire. By Matthew Buck

What's up?
Remembering something nice from the weekend. ( 🏃‍♂️ )

Remembering
bsky.app/profile/hack...

Tree with blossom

It’s spring and also perhaps World War 3
#weekend

Trump pivoting hard to the Nobel War Prize

👏👏👏

Sunrise over Garnier Road, Winchester, Hampshire. By Matthew Buck

Bankful River Itchen at Garnier Road, Winchester, Hampshire. By Matthew Buck

Itchen navigation at junction with Garnier Road and natuonal cyclepath 23 in Winchester, Hampshire. By Matthew Buck

Braided channel of the river Itchen at Garnier Road, Winchester, Hampshire. By Matthew Buck

🏃‍♂️ing:
There are many rivers to cross

when broadcasters repeat Mandelson claim he was “not motivated by financial gain”

please also report the $75,000 of financial gain Mandelson received from Epstein in 2004 and 2004

and the £10s of thousands Mandelson’s husband received from Epstein in 2009/10

plus free flights & mansion stays

NEW: Police confirm Peter Mandelson has been arrested

Met spokesperson-

“He was arrested at an address in Camden on Monday, 23 February and has been taken to a London police station for interview.

This follows search warrants at two addresses in the Wiltshire and Camden areas.”

Way back in the pack at the start of the Winchester 10K road race on 22nd February 2026. By Matthew Buck

The glamour of road running. The registration and bib pickup for the Winchester 10K - February 22nd 2026. By Matthew Buck

Survivor of the Winchester 10k road race on 22nd February 2026. Of Matthew Buck

🏃‍♂️ ing local.
🥵
( And far, far away from the news )
🫣

The front pages of the Daily Mail, Sun, Independent, Daily Star, Daily Record, Daily Mirror, Times, Daily Express and Daily Telegraph. All show the photo of the pedo Prince looking like he’s seen the devil himself - hiding in the back seat of his car as he’s driven away from the police station yesterday. A truly beautiful collage of consequence.

I can’t remember the last time a single photo dominated the front page of every major newspaper in the UK.

Phil Noble of Reuters, take a bow.

👏🫡

The former Prince Andrew, now officially known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor-who-has-repeatedly-denied-any-wrongdoing

Good luck to anyone trying to publish any other news today.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, BBC understands Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, BBC understands.

Andrew has been arrested, the BBC reports.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7...

a white cat with its paws up in the air is sitting on the ground Alt: a white cat with its paws up in the air is sitting on the ground, stretching up towards the bright sunshine

Everyone in the UK right now

Twyford Church tower breaks tge treeline, Hampshire, February 2026. By Matthew Buck

Approaching Twyford Church near Wonchedter in Hampshire - with semi interested spectators. By Matthew Buck

Crossi g tge River Itchen between Shawford and Twyford. Riber is bank full. Gebruary 2026. By Matthew Buck

St Catherine's Hill fort near Winchester from the lower slopes of Shawford Down. Try and ignore the M3. By Matthew Buck

What is this sky full of blue and shiny stuff?
[ 🏃‍♂️ ]

I asked AI to name my wife. To the hopelessly incorrect people it cited, my deepest apologies | Martin Rowson Authors, a newsreader, a lawyer and an esteemed colleague: they’re all great – but I’m not married to any of them. Can we really depend on this technology, asks cartoonist and author Martin Rowson

Bloody hell! Me in today's @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Grima Wormtongue’s links to Saruman the White ‘didn’t raise alarms’ during vetting process Grima Wormtongue being a tool of the will of Saruman of Isengard was overlooked in the haste to appoint him as main advisor to King Theoden of Rohan, according to reports today.

NEWS! Grima Wormtongue's links to Saruman the White 'didn't raise alarms' during vetting process

The US state department is set to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities across Europe to disseminate Washington's policy positions and challenge perceived threats to free speech. Senior state department official Sarah Rogers travelled to Europe in December to meet influential rightwing think-tanks and has spoken to key figures in Nigel Farage's populist Reform UK party about deploying a pot of money to spread American values, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The funding was linked to the 250th anniversary celebrations of US independence later this year, the people said. It is likely to cause consternation among Washington's allies, particularly centre-left governments such as Labour in the UK, which will be concerned that US government funds are being deployed to undermine their policies.

Remember the controversy when Obama was accused of intervening in UK politics? This is the current US government openly seeking to undermine liberal democracy in Europe.

BREAKING: Met police to formally launch criminal investigation into allegations that Peter Mandelson leaked Downing Street emails and market sensitive information to child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

New Epstein emails show Peter Mandelson secretly advising JPMorgan’s CEO on how to fight Labour’s 2009 bankers’ bonus tax - even suggesting he “mildly threaten” the Chancellor.

Mandelson was Business Secretary at the time.

A year later, he was seeking work with JPM.

The UK doesn’t have a productivity puzzle The obstacles to higher growth in Britain are well known

First, THERE IS NO PRODUCTIVITY PUZZLE. If you find something "puzzling" about how the financial crisis, Brexit vote, pandemic, Brexit, 5 PMs and energy crisis knocked our low investment economy downwards, do something else. See @tejparikh.ft.com 1/

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