Liverpool photographer Edward Chambré Hardman appeared often in my life when I lived on Hope street and Gambier Terrace. It was wonderful to be surrounded by such magnificent buildings. A colleague of mine at Open Eye gallery Peter Hagerty introduced me to his work.

Storm Boelo. West Kirby.

Joan Eardley. Two Children. 1963.

RIP Brian Robinson. As an archivist, queer historian, collector, and a curator in the truest sense, devoting his life to connecting people and deepening his own and others’ knowledge and appreciation of cinema history and queer culture. bfi.org.uk/features/brian-ro…

Doğum günün kutlu olsun Elif Shafak.

The best thing since sliced bread? The Stephen Collins cartoon.

Martin Rowson on the approval of the Jackdaw gasfield.

The democratic freedoms enjoyed by the average global citizen are down to levels last seen in 1978, long before the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism in Europe. apple.news/APMylCwSWSjerlN6a…

It’s still blowing a hoolie out there as my wife would say….

It’s funny that we can all sail along happily posting and sharing inspirational images, quotes and ideas, and then some smart arse pops up to spoil the mood with sarcasm and unpleasantness. I wish I could say that it doesn’t bother me but it does. Ah well tomorrow is another day.

I would like to see more of the world. But I’ve been plagued by various anxieties for most of my life among them, fear of travel and flying. Now that I know I’m going to die, however, the idea of a plane crash doesn’t affect me in the slightest. asymptotejournal.com/nonfict…

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life - Brothers Quay .. a lifelong appreciation of cinema that celebrates glorious repression, strict obedience and the joys to be found in dark closets full of secrets. youtu.be/L3_A9X1XB44

Ara Güler, the eye of Istanbul. Like Dziga Vertov’s Man with a Movie Camera (1929), which filmed life in Soviet cities over several years, he recorded the Istanbul of the 1960s and ’70s. Before he became a photographer, he was a projectionist, working at the old Yıldız Cinema.

My early introduction to films that reflected where I grew up. Suddenly there were stories about people and places I knew. What an inspiration that was. The power of cinema.

RIP Tom Skerritt.

Why does everyone have to get in my way? The Edith Pritchett cartoon

Gardener Sue Kent is such an inspiration.

Betty. She’s always there…. @europabridge1

Dis al-Azzawi is of Iraq's most acclaimed artists who engages with the history and cultural heritage of his country in works across a broad range of media.