Philip Ball

@CrookEleanor @UKParliament Many congratulations Eleanor, the perfect setting for your wonderful and meaningful creation.

Just before Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s 100th birthday, we installed my contribution to the new collection of works commissioned for the Parliamentary Art Collection commemorating her Lying-In-State, a bronze memorial angel @UKParliament . 1/4

@LowestoftCentr1 @WherryLines @networkrail @NetworkRailAng Seen in Norwich today!

Ickle @networkrail test train reaches the far east at Lowestoft today @WherryLines @NetworkRailAng

@LBFlyawayhome @PulpLibrarian Third visit to the Ladybird Exhibition at the Granary Stapleford, before it closes on Sunday, wonderful stuff.

Make your own transistor radio. Artist: BH Robinson (1972)

@DrJEBall Amazing Egyptian skills demonstrated in this glass fish, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

It is sometimes astounding to see the evidence of how skilled #Roman glassmakers could be...

@DanielZeichner Keep it small.

Cambridge has the potential to be the best small city in the world — I asked the Prime Minster how the government will help make this happen

@ukrailadventure Congratulations

This is a FIP card. These are issued to eligible rail staff after 1 year service & Dad recently reached that milestone. What do they do? They grant access to heavily discounted rail travel in many European countries 😁 I reckon you can guess what this means for our adventures?!

@PercyBlakeney63 Piggy looks just as I imagined, straight back to O’Level Eng.Lit…!

Lord of the Flies on BBC 1 is absolutely perfect. The cast. Dialogue. Location. Photography. Cinematography. Design. Sound. Music. Everything.

@LBFlyawayhome It’s great, we went on the opening day but will return for a longer read.

Now on at Stapleford Granary, Cambridge 😊 instagram.com/reel/DT2ycOSiO…

@ChrisSidwells @Rainmaker1973 I did speak with him a few times, a lovely chap with a wicked sense of humour.

If you could talk to one of these four geniuses, who would you choose?

@LBFlyawayhome Congratulations on the exhibition at the Granary in Stapleford it’s a triumph! We has a brief visit today, it was very busy, we’ll pop back for a more detailed visit in a couple of weeks.

Beautiful everyday Ladybird things, (1966) The trusty duffel bag Artist: Harry Wingfield

I published these strips 10 years ago. I'm sorry, @GreenlandMFA. Good luck, @CityofSarasota .

@mancunianmedic Lord Butterfield was Regius Professor when I arrived at Cambridge in 1989, I’ve just retired after 35 years at the University. A few familiar faces here.

@acambridgediary Reminds me of watching wrestling on ITV in the 1970’s… IYKYK.

19th January 2022 Beneath a waning moon, a bird of prey settles on a straw church at Thriplow. Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-ligh… and all bookshops.

@saddleblaze Great book, really enjoyed it. 🚴💨

Rolled back the years last night at a local book club in Ealing, who invited me to talk about #ClimbsAndPunishment. Started to reread the book in preparation and it made me cringe a little. Still gutted that the proposed Paris-to-Moscow sequel #TourAndPeace never happened… 🚲 📕

@LBFlyawayhome Just stunning!

Christmas present to myself. ‘Ponies in the forest’ by Ronald Lampitt I think this was the original artwork for a Readers Digest cover

@IanRidley1 I met Fulton Mackay in the lobby, while I was waiting for my final professional exams, he said good luck.

Back at this magical place today. Scans and blood tests not been good lately so trying some more chemo to see if it might buy a bit more time. They've told me not to father a child in the next six months. That's scuppered plans.

@wat_thee_deuce_ He lived in Surbiton, I used to see him in Sainsbury’s!

Who remembers this guy? 📺

@petitecycliste The saddle angle and it’s filthy!

Left in front of the restaurant in the train station with no lock, notice anything else weird??

@London_W4 The Cutty Sark..?

And now I’m here on a Sunday, in a pub, at a table with a view. I love sitting at this table. It’s upstairs in the pub and many people never venture up here, but it used to be frequented by Richard Burton, Kirk Douglas, Frank Sinatra, Paul Newman, Judy Garland, Muhammad Ali, Princess Margaret and now me.