A note to Friends of the Blog: our photo posts seem to be getting blocked by the Great Firewall on their way to tumblr’s servers. We have an idea for a workaround, and text-only posts seem to be working. But in the interim, no cause for alarm on account of the lack of posting, and forgive us if we end up with double posts or half posts or whatever. Normal posting should resume by 19 or 20 November as we move into south-east Asia.