Views

Today I had my first in-person contact with a class of students in almost two years - in the brown stripy building on the far right of the photo. It was great, and there were questions both during the class and afterwards. Sadly the University's timetabling unit made a hash of defining the location of the lecture capture, so there was no live stream or recording. After dealing with the fall-out from that, I had a good meeting with PhD student И, as her thesis takes shape.

On my way in the light was beautiful, so I stopped to take in this view of Edinburgh. When discussing magi's view recently, I said that I preferred this one on account of the contrast provided by the "wild" foreground (and view of the Observatory on the hill where magi took his). But in winter the foreground's a bit bleak and the view from closer to the city centre (including the castle) is probably better. Whatever, they're both splendid views and we're lucky to have them!