<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Just Snaps — Photonic Observations</title><description>A blog capturing slice-of-life snapshots and dry observations in the spirit of Douglas Adams.</description><link>https://justsnaps.uk/</link><language>en-gb</language><item><title>The Camouflage of the Concrete Serpent</title><link>https://justsnaps.uk/blog/the-camouflage-of-the-concrete-serpent/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://justsnaps.uk/blog/the-camouflage-of-the-concrete-serpent/</guid><description>Here&apos;s a shot of the Coventry Ring Road in all its brutalist glory... almost.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 20:45:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://cdn.andyhawthorne.uk/photos/0029-a8cee.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/><category>observations</category><category>brutalism</category><category>coventry</category><category>ringroad</category></item><item><title>The Cornice, the Cloud, and the Art Deco Hallucination</title><link>https://justsnaps.uk/blog/the-cornice-the-cloud-and-the-art-deco-hallucination/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://justsnaps.uk/blog/the-cornice-the-cloud-and-the-art-deco-hallucination/</guid><description>An otherwise sensible municipal brick office block has decided to cosplay as a 1930s transatlantic ocean liner...</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 14:35:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://cdn.andyhawthorne.uk/photos/IMG_2411.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/><category>observations</category><category>architecture</category></item><item><title>The Needles, the Candle, and the Physics of Unnecessary Pointiness</title><link>https://justsnaps.uk/blog/the-needles-the-candle-and-the-physics-of-unnecessary-pointiness/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://justsnaps.uk/blog/the-needles-the-candle-and-the-physics-of-unnecessary-pointiness/</guid><description>Three jagged splinters of ancient, compressed plankton marching in single file off the western tip of the Isle of Wight...</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 22:56:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://cdn.andyhawthorne.uk/photos/IMG_0735.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/><category>observations</category><category>architecture</category><category>Isle of Wight</category></item><item><title>The Cathedral of Tension and the Spray-Painted Crypt</title><link>https://justsnaps.uk/blog/the-cathedral-of-tension-and-the-spray-painted-crypt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://justsnaps.uk/blog/the-cathedral-of-tension-and-the-spray-painted-crypt/</guid><description>We pass through this space daily, largely unaware of the architectural forces holding us aloft...</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:23:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://cdn.andyhawthorne.uk/photos/0028-9b9de.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/><category>Architecture</category><category>observations</category><category>Coventry</category><category>urbex</category></item><item><title>Cladding, Nightclubs, and the Geometry of Sunday Afternoon</title><link>https://justsnaps.uk/blog/cladding-nightclubs-and-the-geometry-of-sunday-afternoon/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://justsnaps.uk/blog/cladding-nightclubs-and-the-geometry-of-sunday-afternoon/</guid><description>Here&apos;s a scene of Coventry. 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