Phil Archer

@philarcher.bsky.social

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I mostly talk about reading & collecting books here, especially first editions. At work I'm resident Web geek at GS1. Formerly at W3C. Suffolk based with a tendency to visit Wales, especially Trefdraeth. Radio 3 & 4, LBC listener.

Two books side by side, parts 1 & 2 of Peter F Hamilton's Exodus duology
A laptop covered with many stickers, ranging from geeky GS1 and W3C ones to Skye from Paw Patrol.
Adrian Tchaikovsky in conversation with "Claire North", Waterstones, Cambridge 2026-03-30
The cover of Naomi Alderman's novel The Strangers. A colour drawing of rural garden scene showing a cut-away of the soil underneath containing deep-penetrating roots that are unnaturally green.
A powerful woman in Ancient Greek dress and finery holds a dagger to the throat of a 9th century Scottish queen.
Nigel Farage has been spotted in Spud Hut. The cafe in Hamilton Road offers a range of jacket potatoes and salads.
The cover of House of Barbary by Isabelle Schuler. A silhouette of a dagger-wielding woman sits within a bigger silhouette of a bear. Red and yellow are pied to emphasize the silhouettes
The cover of a book called Food Person by an author called Adam Roberts
Acreen grab of a presentation slide. It shows two ovals labelled Mammals and Dogs. The third image is of my dog Gus. He's seen wearing a bow tie and white bib as this was a special, black tie occasion.
A portrait of four UK Prime Ministers. Beneath Liz Truss it says "Professor of mathematics", Margaret Thatcher: grocer, David Cameron: Stockbroker. Keir Starmer ??
A small bottle od Adnams prosecco
A group of robed and hooded people stand in a dark room, each illuinated bu a spotlight. We do not know their naes, yet we can sense that they hold enormous power and that their decisions affect millions.
Image shows the video playback option followijg a meeting. Beneath the video you can see a timeline showing who was speaking when.
Image of Microsoft's animated paper clip from 1997 saying "it looks like you're writing a letter, would you like help?"