Leon Neal

There doesn’t seem to be a starter pack for UK-based press photographers and photojournalists so have started one just here. Drop me a line if you think you fit the bill and want to be added. go.bsky.app/FegpdJm

If you live in London, you benefit from the labour of a thousand years and a hundred generations that have lived here before. All they ask in return is that you spend five minutes of your day cleaning their bone juice off your shower screen, and that they intermittently wreck your plumbing.

Working in the U.S. is always such a far cry from life in the U.K. Last week, I headed to Iowa to take in a slice of Americana as the country prepares for the Midterm elections - leonneal.com/the-iowa-sta...

I recently travelled out to Spain to shoot the solar eclipse. Here's how it went; leonneal.com/total-solar-...

Has the whole world’s CarPlay failed today? Thought it was just me but there appears to be more to it. Dodgy update? #carplay

This is the Gov looking for your input on the BBC. It takes a while to complete (15/20 mins) but it’s pretty comprehensive and covers most aspects. Please share. I’m surprised many people haven’t seen it yet. www.gov.uk/government/c...

I’m finding it really funny that the sliding centre commentators have no idea who Flava Flav is. “There are some very exuberant fans out there tonight!”

I never noticed this either.

Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks. He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger. Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...

Exceptional stock photo use. 10/10.

One of the classics doing the rounds again, and it would be rude not to. [Someone managed to do a follow up with the clerk of the council, and they found out that the new stacking regime had been a success]

As Instagram starts trying to force ad payments, have a look at Foto if you’re into that sort of thing. the.fotoapp.co/leonneal

I finally decided to sell my last remaining drum (a 13” Noble & Cooley CD maple snare) from my music days, lifted it out of its case, gave it a single tap, and now I know I can’t sell it. Is it just me, or does everyone have some silly thing from their youth they can’t quite part with?

In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties. The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized. Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.

I Carry A Torch For You*

Does anyone on here have any tips for a cheaper alternative to squarespace? I’m paying too much for my site at the moment. 😕

My annual round up of the year in photos is now live on my site. Please do take a look. www.leonneal.com/work/2025-a-...

I just rediscovered my old video diaries from a student round-the-world trip I did in the early 2000s. Aside from the rambling monologues of pretentious self-discovery, I sincerely regret buying and overusing a fisheye adapter for the camcorder at the very start of the journey. Gahhh!

London’s looking lovely this morning.

I just started watching the John Candy doc “I Like Me”, and was really shocked to see some godawful AI b-roll thrown in for no reason. Eeyooo… If only there was available footage of America in the 1950s.

Would be fascinating if she meant this literally, and not as a metaphor.

We should be asking this c o n s t a n t l y.

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

There's a direct correlation between the world being unhappy and the introduction of angry-looking car headlights. All we see when we walk down the street is scowling cars with furious expressions. It's got to have an effect.

feels a bit weird that we keep having these stories about individual cyber attacks but without anyone really joining the dots and going "okay, shall we maybe talk about this as a major global story"

MAYOR: Did you do that sculpture solemnly honouring our civil war dead SCULPTOR: Sure thing boss, real sexy just like you asked MAYOR: What

As a film title, Dwayne Johnson’s new movie “The Smashing Machine” should have been reserved for the next Wallace and Gromit project.

My first day out with the new Nikon Z 24-70mm f2.8 mkII. It’s already noticeably lighter and faster to focus, plus an all -internal zoom. Seems like a winner! #photography

British people, particularly middle class British people aged from 30 to 50, really, *really* need to stop reading so much American domestic politics news because it's in the only language they understand. It's mostly irrelevant and it's driving you mad.

My new favourite screengrab, courtesy of the BBC coverage of the big China soldierfest. #hellochairman

"All those in favour of using a dog poo bag say 'Aye'" "Aye!" "Motion carried"

I'll never get over Richard Briers being 40, doing a well paid, secure design job, making fun toys, being married to a 29 year old creative, devoted sexpot, living in a large suburban London home with a massive garden and thinking everything is rubbish at the start of A Good Life

Now! When do we want them?! More films like Memento! What do we want?!

I’m working my way through Kurt Vonnegut’s books and, man, does he keep nailing it. “Galapagos” is crazily prophetic of where we are today.

An anti-zohran A.I. bot run by this Canadian dude attacks Zohran thousands of times a day. ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-...

Were you at Glastonbury 2025? Did you wish you had been? Re-live the sights in my new post; www.leonneal.com/work/glaston...

Wow. South Park are going in full pelt.

@noahkeate.bsky.social Good to meet you the other night! 👍

And Madsen wasn’t in Pulp Fiction. Hope the AI Streeting wants to use for transcribing medical notes is more reliable.

A few more moments from Glastonbury 2025. This year marked thirty years since my first visit, back in my drumming days. When I have time, I’ll put together a blog post at some point with images from over the years.

A small selection of the people and bands from the Glastonbury Festival 2025. I always try to spend as much time as possible away from the main stage, finding the smaller musical acts and documenting the people who make Glasto so special.

Hi everyone I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing