Author Archives: Drew Whitworth

Jan 29 2026
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Approaching the Temperate House, Kew

Tuesday 27th January 2026, 12 noon (day 5,269)

Kew Gardens, 27/1/26

A first-ever visit to Kew, and yes, it counted as work — as the nation’s premier botanical gardens this was a crucial node in the networks of information, learning and capital which formed the basis of the British Empire from the 18th century on, and to which St Helena and Ascension Island were intimately linked. Ahead, one of the entrances to the Temperate House, which at one point was the largest glasshouse in the world, and is still the largest surviving Victorian one.

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Jan 28 2026
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Fruit and veg

Monday 26th January 2026, 11.10am (day 5,268)

Fruit and veg, 26/1/26

Actually, maybe there aren’t any vegetables in view here — technically. Tomatoes are definitely fruit and I guess peppers are too. But what the hell. There are certainly some decent ingredients available throughout this city: it sucks them in from the countryside, like it sucks other kinds of capital, financial, environmental and otherwise.

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Jan 26 2026
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Living way up in the air

Sunday 25th January 2026, 2.00pm (day 5,267)

Walthamstow apartment, 25/1/25

I am now staying in London for a week, and for all of it I am going to look out of my hotel window and see these balconies. I wonder whether the couch you see here will be used much in January, but I guess it’s something that makes one’s elevated rabbit hutch a somewhat more agreeable place to live.

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Jan 25 2026
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Daily Post, Interior

Dewsbury station footbridge

Saturday 24th January 2026, 11.50am (day 5,266)

Dewsbury footbridge, 24/1/26

I have been meaning to feature the footbridge at Dewsbury railway station for a while: it’s just got an appealingly old-fashioned feel to it. On the far end also resides one of the best station pubs in the country — yes, almost as good as Stalybridge’s — it is undepicted here but take my word for it. It’s the best thing about Dewsbury, anyway.

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Jan 24 2026
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Daily Post, Interior

In the doorway

Friday 23rd January 2026, 5.00pm (day 5,265)

Beer glass in doorway, 23/1/26

It’s Friday, it’s 5pm and, well, we’re in the usual place. It’d be great if the golden glow behind the beer glass was some tropical sunset, but sadly not, In fact we’ve barely seen sunshine for two weeks.

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Jan 23 2026
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna

First flowers

Thursday 22nd January 2026, 2.15pm (day 5,264)

Snowdrops, 22/1/26

The snowdrops always come first. Earlier than usual? Perhaps, but not excessively so, and they are sitting in a nice, sheltered spot. This is not some rural woodland though; in fact these are on the uni campus, just next to the Roscoe building.

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Jan 22 2026
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Daily Post, Portrait, Stranger

The away fans’ enclosure

Wednesday 21st January 2026, 8.40pm (day 5,263)

Away fans at Halifax, 21/1/26

I was wondering whether to go with a picture that is a little less dark, dismal, drizzly and not a little bit depressing. On the other hand this seems to sum up the evening perfectly. I’ve seen some tedious football matches in my time but Halifax 1, Morecambe 0 on 21/1/26 now ranks down there with the worst.

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Jan 22 2026
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Daily Post, Flora/Fauna

Hugo, portrait

Tuesday 20th January 2026, 5.30pm (day 5,262)

Hugo portrait, 20/1/26

A fourth appearance for Hugo, and this portrait sums up his general character as well as anything. Since we last saw him I believe he has lost a couple of crucial parts of his anatomy (y’know) but it doesn’t seem to have changed him much.

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Jan 19 2026
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Daily Post, Landscape

Valley mist

Monday 19th January 2026, 8.50am (day 5,261)

Valley mist, 19/1/26

And so, after a weekend out, it’s back to work — at home. I suppose, somewhere to the south (about 25 miles to the south in fact) there might be colleagues buzzing around ‘in the office’ but the online meetings I had today suggested that most people were treating the day in the same way I was. None of this has anything to do with the content of today’s shot as such, but it does explain why, once again, the day required something that can be captured through our windows.

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Jan 19 2026
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Daily Post, Transport

Moor Road metrolink

Sunday 18th January 2026, 3.30pm (day 5,260)

Moor Road metrolink, 18/1/26

Having managed to avoid going to work in Manchester for several days (a run that is not over yet), I nevertheless concocted a reason to go there on a Sunday, to ‘get out of the house’ — go figure that one out. I did not regret this, but it was a day on which the city lived up to its reputation for a certain dampness of climate. It’s not obviously coming down in this shot, but you can just feel it, can’t you?

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