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  • The Camberley Obelisk

    July 2025

    An unusual folly in the woods at Camberley in Surrey… which has outlasted my junior school.

  • Spotting a fake horse

    July 2025

    The increasing difficulty of spotting fake content on social media platforms.

  • Sand dunes at Brora beach

    The Leica Lux app for iPhone

    June 2025

    I’ve been experimenting with the new Leica Lux app.

  • From the South to the North

    June 2025

    Heading from the far south of England to the far north of England in one long motorway drive.

  • Niederscherli

    Niederscherli

    June 2025

    Bern band Tschuggr sings critically about stereotypical folk from a small village near Bern.

  • Finding light in Turin

    May 2025

    Probably my favourite thing to do when visiting a city is to seek out special light with my camera. It helps me truly see the details of the place I’m visiting.

  • WordCamp Europe 2024 in Turin

    May 2025

    Attending WordCamp Europe in Turin in 2024.

  • WordPress expert Mark Howells-Mead

    Adding a custom sidebar in the WordPress Block Editor

    May 2025

    A short example of how to add a PluginSidebar to the WordPress Block Editor, and how to get WordPress user capabilities from the REST API.

  • Waisenhausplatz

    May 2025

    It’s been a while since we’ve sat in the city centre of Bern to take a break amongst running errands and visiting shops. And even longer since we’ve managed to snag one of the few benches amongst the market stalls outside Starbucks on Waisenhausplatz.

  • Burying a road for the sake of a neighbourhood

    May 2025

    Encasing a dual carriageway to provide a less polluted local environment in Zurich.

  • Notting Hill and Bayswater

    April 2025

    A set of monochrome photographs documenting a walk I took from Notting Hill to Bayswater in March 2025.

  • That London

    April 2025

    Spending an afternoon in London, paying attention to the city itself without reminiscing about the past.

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    Responsive viewport height workaround for the WordPress Cover Block

    March 2025

    Working around a problem on the WordPress Cover block when the viewport height is too small.

  • Silver How and Lang How from Grasmere

    March 2025

    A wet and cold walk to a small Wainwright fell in January 2019.

  • Winter sun at Sunnbüel

    March 2025

    Hiking in the snowy mountains above Kandersteg in February.

  • Jo photographing the view from Loweswater Fell to Crummock Water

    Low Fell from Thackthwaite

    March 2025

    A gentle autumn walk to wonderful views across Lorton Vale and Crummock Water.

  • Kyle of Lochalsh from the Central Belt

    March 2025

    The driving route on the third day of our autumn holiday in 2024 was pretty spectacular.

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    Using context variables in SCSS

    February 2025

    Using namespaced mixins and context variables in an SCSS build process.

  • 83,000 photos of London

    83,000 photos of London

    February 2025

    A photography team has put together a mesmerizing flow motion timelapse of London, deploying novel techniques to tell the story of the U.K. capital.

  • WordPress expert Mark Howells-Mead

    Building a WordPress website for a client: creating a streamlined editorial experience

    February 2025

    WordPress offers a huge range of features and options for users, but that can often be overwhelming for clients. We can assist them by providing curated editorial experiences.

  • Alone at Hardendale

    January 2025

    A short break and brief drone flights above the farmland in the sunset near the highest point of the UK motorway network.

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Mark Howells-Mead is a WordPress designer and developer based in Switzerland. Mark has been building websites and web-apps for nearly 30 years and has over 20 years of experience building websites for small and medium-sized businesses using WordPress. He is fluent in English, German and Swiss German, having moved to the Swiss Alps in 2001.

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