The eclipse saw colanders liberated from kitchen drawers across the country.
Not since the performative appreciation of NHS staff (banging pots and pans instead of paying them properly) during COVID-19 has an item from the kitchen been liberated with such enthusiasm.
If you're interested, I discovered this historical eclipse viewer and memorabilia collection - ranging from 1793 to the present - donated to Williams College's Hopkins Observatory, along with a quick reminder on safe viewing practices.
Photographic contests are an uncomfortable beauty parade built on other people's worst days, yet they remain a vital counterweight to censorship and billionaire media control.
A visit to the National Portrait Gallery's Marilyn Monroe exhibition, read through the parallel history of photography.
Apple's 'unified memory' is just 'soldered on so you can't upgrade' in a nicer suit. And for £12,500 you still don't get a screen or a keyboard.