Twenty years ago I took a cheap disposable camera to Euro 2004 in Portugal.
Two decades on, I did the same for
#EURO2024
.
This was my view of the quarter final against Portugal which ended in penalty heartbreak.
Let's compare and contrast in this 11-part thread...
This year we succeeded. Three German dentists, a big group of Danes and a couple who had split loyalties. I think it's a lovely photo of them, if anyone knows them.
BONUS PIC! This thread has gone bonkers overnight (1.4m views at the time of typing), so here’s David Beckham about to be thwarted by that sandy penalty spot in 2004. These are low-res ‘pics of pics’ from 2010 but I’ll try to find the originals this weekend.
Hesitant to tweet stuff like this, but writing it down is a release. Today my dad was discharged from hospital having been clobbered by covid19. I can’t hug him for two weeks (the info is unclear so we’ll be cautious) but I can SEE him, and this afternoon brought big smiles.
Filmed this in October and Micky couldn't have been more helpful, friendly and engaging. Exactly the man all of these tributes describe. The students hung on his every word, like hundreds of players and team-mates must've done down the years. RIP 💛💙
My dad the YouTuber. A larger single project had been planned but after his brush with Covid19 we decided to crack on with themed episodes. This is the first. A tour of Dorchester-on-Thames via its bold, hidden and sometimes misleading date inscriptions...
Today a fishing advert I made will appear on the big screen at the club I’ve loved for nearly 35 years. I’m so fortunate to call this work. Huge thanks to
@Fortitude_Comms
for the dream commission.
#OUFC
#Fiiiiishhhing
He’s come a long way since he was saved in my Oxford Mail contacts book as ‘coach at Oxford and Cherwell Valley College’. I’m very excited by this appointment 😃
BREAKING: Oxford United set to announce Des Buckingham as club's new head coach. 38 year old is Oxford born, an ex
#oufc
youth team player and first team coach and has been Mumbai City boss since 2021. Confirmation expected in next 24 hours. 🔊
Two years ago today, at nearly midday, Oxford was empty. I knew at the time we’d never see anything like it again but it still feels surreal looking at these little clips on my phone
Tried a handheld hyperlapse earlier today in Oxford. Shooting at 1/5s (with an ND filter) at 4s intervals. Got some funny looks and an ok end result. Still a lot of room for refinement, but good fun.
Really enjoyed creating this. The provision for kids on matchdays is so much better than I realised, fuelled by a great bunch of people. And that’s only a small part of what
@OUFCcommunity
does
George Street and Cornmarket, central Oxford, this evening. Sorry about the wind noise and shopping-bag rustle. Towards the end you can hear Old Tom at Christ Church chiming 9.05pm because ~history~.
Really useful visit to the
@OUFCOfficial
new-ground exhibition this afternoon with
@GeorgeDugdale
. Spoke to Joao the architect who pointed out the image below is taken from the proposed away end and that the ringed area behind the goal is slated for all safe standing 😍 1/2
🗣 "I was tremendously impressed with the treatment that I had"
Malcolm Airs had COVID-19 and is now recovering at home after receiving treatment at the JR.
This is what he had to say about his experience of the virus and the care he received:
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When this is all over I want to see
@stevekinniburgh
in the Blackbird holding court and being offered pints left, right and centre after a big victory over a team with a decent away following.
There's a man on Flickr who has amassed thousands of old, mainly colour, photographs from across the UK. He's called Glen Fairweather and goes by the handle trainsandstuff. I am obsessed by his collection. This is a thread...
How good was Ryan Williams today?! First league start since early September and he ran his socks off. One Aussie I’m happy to cheer on at the moment.
Moore was also his commanding best. Not massively impressed by Wigan, but doubt that care how they get three points.
#oufc
Toasting three nervy points for OUFC in the sunshine but also exactly a year since starting a company and registering as fully self-employed. I’ve never worked harder but it’s exceeding all my expectations. Cheers to those who pay their invoices on time 🍻 😅
Took a gamble and left my camera firing away in the wooded no man's land next to my flat while I watched Quiz tonight. Tomorrow night I'll compose it better, but it's been ages since I did a star trail so it was fun to get the laptop's fan whirring.
2/2 My date transferred them money and rang a taxi for them. The girls' phones died before the taxi arrived but they got home. This morning one of the girls, and later her mum, tracked down my date on social media to thank her. Both the gesture and the thanks have warmed my heart
Fancy some Sunday-evening history? The third and final video I've made with my dad is now live. It's all about building materials, from cob to timber; stone to brick; slate to thatch...
Edinburgh has stolen my heart. Popped in here tonight, on my own, and three different people sparked up conversation. One bought me a pint, one knows Anindya Bakrie and the other was a big Hearts fan. Todd, Alistair and Lewie, thank you. 🏴
Back-to-work day feels like a slog, so here's a sunny pic I've not shared before, full of virtual vitamin D. Taken at sunrise in August from
@OxfordPresTrust
's land at Boars Hill. It was 31c that day...
Of course the first thing I asked an AI image generator to do was imagine
@OUFCOfficial
's new stadium. I'd happily watch games at both grounds on the right!
#OUFC
@FOSBKidlington
The light in Oxford this morning was 👌
Shield your eyes like this cyclist (you might need to zoom in!), or scroll on for a thread of skies, stones and shadows.
1/8
Handed in my notice at the Oxford Mail six years ago today. A week ago I did the same thing at Angling Times. Heading back to Oxford to go freelance (and continue to work on
@carpfeed
). Scared/excited.
Working at the seaside tomorrow so drove down tonight in the camper. If you were the van driver on the A303 near Andover who beeped as he overtook, raised his hands to his head to form horns, then cheered, in reference to my
#OUFC
sticker - you made my evening 😂👌