If you want to cycle in Copenhagen, I definitely recommend using a rental app rather than pay for hotel bikes. Our hotel charged £20 per day for badly maintained bikes with coaster brakes. Did not feel safe, returned them early. Donkey Republic bikes are heavy but safe. Cycling should be fun.

Short reviews of the books I read in July plus some of the cool stuff I got up to last month. Favourite read was definitely Wild, Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy. noseinabook.co.uk/2026/07/31/j... 📚 #BookSky

July 2026 reading round-up | Nose in a book

Short review of the books I read this month

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Ooh, DeutscheBahn ICE trains are a bit fancy. Wireless charging at the seat, stylish cup holder separate from lap tray. Definitely ready to kick back and relax after slightly chaotic Eurostar #TrainTravel #CarFreeHoliday

Hard to think of a more deeply damaging start to Burnham’s premiership than giving green light to new oil & gas in N. Sea, if true. It won’t lower bills or lead to greater energy security but will drive an even hotter planet. What a terrible signal to give to rest of the world #ClimateVandalism

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I love the last hundred pages. Clear my schedule, hold my calls. Let the last hundred pages of a good book fill my world for as long as needed.

Just had meeting with kiddo's school. She has been fully supported, treated with full equality & dignity for years. All of that changes from September. Full segregation & humiliation across the board. The school staff cried in the meeting. This will absolutely lead to children's deaths 1/2

Book review: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy An intense thriller, yet somehow also a meditation on nature and responsibility. Climate fiction at its best. noseinabook.co.uk/2026/07/13/b... 📚 #BookSky

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"I think maybe this is too much for them to be. The breath of a man. The life of him. I think it is too heavy a thing for children to carry.”

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You know who you are... "A £300 Bicycle", British Pathé (1950): "'Cycling,' says the handbook, 'is a pleasure that's simple and cheap.' But, of course, there's nothing to stop you making it expensive and darned complicated, if you want to."

Virtual reality, circa 1897

A 15-year study of bike lanes shows that they have no negative impact on business. Neighborhoods that embraced bike lanes showed a measurable increase in foot traffic. momentummag.com/do-bike-lane...

Tonight I went to a #SeedTalk on Sylvia Plath, witchcraft and radical poetry. I love that stuff like this exists. I get to see a qualified academic talk about their very cool, niche topic with enthusiasm and a roomful of people who are totally into it. I foresee some Plath rereads in my near future

Book review: Big Swiss by Jen Beagin An enjoyable satire as long as you don't mind a lead character who's a pretty terrible person. A dog features prominently, so that's good noseinabook.co.uk/2026/07/08/b... 📚 #BookSky

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"Her life, pre-dog, seemed like a formless fog. What had gotten her out of bed in the morning? How had she lived?”

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Despite all the noise today I'd really like you to read this, as I think it's crucial. The government's in the process of p*ssing up to £264 billion into the ground, at the behest of the fossil fuel industry. Yes, £264 *billion*. It's utterly mad, and has to stop. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The great carbon capture con: behold the wasted billions Burnham could claw back | George Monbiot

There are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies instead, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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June 2026 reading round-up: brief reviews of the seven books I read last month. Top read of June was Contact by Carl Sagan but I was also rather taken with Tokyo Express by Seicho Matsumoto - a murder mystery built around train timetables 😁 noseinabook.co.uk/2026/07/03/j... 📚 #BookSky

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https://flic.kr/p/2snoChU June was an...odd month. We thought the dog needed surgery, so we cancelled plans, got all ready to hunker down for her long, slow recovery. And then after scans and speciali...

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Thinking more and more that the episode where Chinese seamen in Liverpool were separated from their families and deported is now the type of event that will be repeated in the UK and elsewhere (and yes, Windrush). We've moved so quickly from acknowledging acts of historic injustice to repeating them

For years we've been told families 'need' cars. A UK e-cargo bike trial found over half of participant e-bike trips replaced car trips, mostly school runs, shopping & commuting. 1 in 5 went on to buy an e-cargo bike. Give people practical alternatives & a surprising number reduce their car use 🧵 1/

Trial shows e-cargo bikes can replace cars

A major trial of e-cargo bikes which saw dozens of families use them for shopping, leisure and commuting shows they have the potential to reduce car use and improve health, say researchers.

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Book review: The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell An epic saga combining real history, magical realism and sci-fi. Beautiful writing, absorbing characters, bit of a wrench to keep on jumping several years ahead. I learned a lot about Zambia noseinabook.co.uk/2026/06/24/b... 📚 #BookSky

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"Once upon a time, a goodly Scottish doctor caught a notion to find the source of the Nile. He found instead a gash in the ground full of massed, tumbling water."

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#ABSWawards 🏆And the winner of the Feature of the Year – Specialist Audience is... Margaret Harris, "The physics Nobel prizes you've never heard of", Physics World 🔗zurl.co/wf4uE Judges say: "A refreshing angle to Nobel prize reporting." @drmlharris.bsky.social @physicsworld.bsky.social

It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23

Tim and I have been trialling making timballo. Not quite ready for a special occasion yet, but we're getting closer. There are so many variations to try before we create our own recipe. We're definitely fans of the midpoint mozzarella layer (scamorza also a great option here) 1/ #HomeCooking

Yearly Murmuration of Starlings in Rome are incredibly adaptable songbirds known for their mesmerizing, synchronized aerial acrobatics, exceptional vocal mimicry, and shifting, shimmering plumage

Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall #bikesky #vintage #photography #bicycle #bike #cycling #vélo 🚲🚴

Book review: Interstellar Megachef by Lavanya Lakshminarayan A queer SF tale about an intergalactic cooking show, this is both silly and comedic, but also a story about prejudice, migration, xenophobia and bullying. noseinabook.co.uk/2026/06/07/b... #BookSky 📚

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"Those left behind on Earth had done little to restore their planet to even a shadow of its former natural splendour."

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I'm delighted to share that my deep dive into the early history of the physics Nobel Prize has been named as a finalist in the 2026 Association of British Science Writers @absw.bsky.social awards. It's such an honour to be in the list with so many great writers! 🧪⚛️ www.absw.org.uk/pages/meet-t...

Meet the finalists – ABSW Awards 2026 | Association of British Science Writers

Who has made it to the finals in the ABSW Awards 2026?

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Heartbroken to hear that Marjane Satrapi has died. Her long term partner died last year and that clearly hit her really hard but still, 56 is no age. If you've not read 'Persepolis' now would be the time to do it.

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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs are savings.