Andrew Doran

@andrewdoran.uk

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He/him. Husband, dad of two teenage boys, Technology person working in Financial Services, over-enthusiastic, geek. 🎶 Co-founder of Album Club (https://albumclub.info), meeting every month since 2011. ✍️ Blogging since 2004. 🌐 https://andrewdoran.uk

Waiting for the start of Glengarry Glen Ross at The Old Vic theatre, 13 July 2026
Lining up at the start of the JPMorganChase Corporate Challenge
A swan and their cygnets on the bank of the River Bulbourne by The Old Mill, Berkhamsted.
An intriguing, ill-fitting door in the wall at Lancaster Gate tube station. Who knows what is hidden behind it?
This old Metropolitan Line train at Chesham is nearly ready to go, with its cargo of parched weeds.
Ollie the cat expressing how we were all feeling this weekend.
Springtime in full bloom.
Voting time for the local council elections in Holborn, London. I walk past this lovely London street on my commute to work.
Me, at 5:48am in Chalfont St Peter Community Centre, having just finished the 2026 London Wales London bike ride.
Looking out from a viewing point near Ivinghoe Beacon. Photos like this never do justice to how breathtaking the landscape is in person.
Waiting for a train at Chesham tube station. It’s always a bit surreal to jump onto a Metropolitan Line train so far out of the capital.
Thanks for the tip.
Slide from Hannah Fry’s presentation at the Gartner CIO Leadership Forum
This was really useful information to have once I started to see the fraudulent transactions appear on my account.
Flying into Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Kleberg Avenue, Kingsville, Texas
Stopped to photograph this phone box on my walk to work, as the construction work means that you can’t open the door. Then I noticed that it’s due to be removed.
Creating my first CLAUDE.md file
Spotted a cheeky jackdaw sitting on the sign, looking at the passersby. It flew off as I pulled out my phone to take its picture. Note the blue sky in the background — a rare moment of spring amongst days of near-endless rain.
With my lovely doggo friend. (Photo: Stephanie Harden)
At a local car park. It’s good to differentiate your pricing. Someone printed this and thought “Yeah, that’s great.”
Cyclists gathered in the early morning, getting ready to set off on the 209km Willy Warmer Audax ride. My group wouldn’t be back until well after dark.
Earth-Moon Connexions by El Anatsui, on display at the Tate Modern in London.
Cover of the book ‘Fooled by Randomness’ by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, showing the silhouette of a cat against a green background.
Early morning moon over Berkhamsted.
We had a dusting of snow that seemed to be completely localised to Berkhamsted. Just enough for the kids in the street to get out on their sledges and whizz down our street.
The Whitchurch Clock Tower
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Christmas tree near Chancery Lane station, London.
Sunrise over the Mediterranean as seen on my morning run.
Looks like we picked the wrong week to fly to a popper-fuelled party at Everest Base Camp.
Stopping to fix a puncture on Saturday morning’s ride. Sadly our rider suffered a slow flat on the other wheel shortly after and decided to head home.
Graffiti near the Moxy Hotel.
A bicycle pedal and crank, sitting abandoned on the pavement.