Polly Purvis

Please dear followers do fill this in. Most important points IMO: BBC is ambitious+capable but can do nothing without proper funding; World Service to be funded by govt; BBC needs a permanent Charter; no more party political appointees to its board; political independence.

“The smile of Garbo and the scent of roses
The waiters whistling as the last bar closes”

The Guardian view on a ‘Made in Europe’ industrial strategy: an idea whose time has come | Editorial Editorial: Defending European strategic interests must be a priority to level the economic playing field in an increasingly volatile world

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And we in the UK should be part of this

Edinburgh Science | Home of the world-class Science Festival We at Edinburgh Science are an education charity behind the annual Science Festival, making science engaging and accessible for all ages.

The Edinburgh Science Festival publishes their programme this month. Cue me checking their site for an update every day. www.edinburghscience.co.uk

A European storm petrel nesting among rocks in Mousa, Shetland.

The RSPB is looking for surveyors to census the UK’s largest Storm Petrel colony on Mousa, Shetland.

We need 2-4 volunteers who are comfortable working and camping in a remote location with limited facilities, to help complete playback surveys during mid-July 2026. 🪺🏝️🏕️

Trading market sensitive info to foreign investors is treason - there are no excuses for any of this behaviour

Researching Parkinson's outside the Golden Triangle The Dundee lab that punches above its weight

open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... Had a great day in Dundee meeting scientists doing world leading Parkinson’s research far from the London/Oxbridge triangle

Great podcast - thank you for analysing the issues, the opportunity and some of the solutions

Oh how I wish Scotland could have a proper cycle route structure linking Edinburgh & Glasgow via Livingston. Sigh.

Generation AI: fears of ‘social divide’ unless all children learn computing skills Children are growing up as AI natives and experts say computing skills should be on par with reading and writing

Generation AI: fears of ‘social divide’ unless all children learn computing skills

Early morning & the streets are busy with cargo bikes. Most last kilometer deliveries are via bike in Paris.

#paris #cargobike #bike #ebike #15minutecity #urbanism #delivery

Excellent interview - thank you !

ICE Announces 2025 Winner Of The Princess Royal Award For Emerging Engineers The award encourages and rewards the communication of civil engineering ideas, research and best practice in projects and design.

South Suburban Railway student team win coveted award - very well deserved #southsuburbanrailway #Edinburgh @heriotwattuni.bsky.social www.ice.org.uk/news-views-i...

Photo of panoramic view from the Higgs Centre Royal Observatory of Edinburgh

Great to see #RoyalObservatoryEdinburgh busy with people young and old this #DoorsOpenDay - and such great views

Photo of Crossing the River Tyne at Newcastle

Photo of Amsterdam canals

Phot of Amsterdam Centraal station

Photo of railway info board showing Amsterdam to Innsbruck train timetable

Edinburgh -London - Amsterdam - Innsbruck in 36 hrs via @lner.co.uk @eurostarjustin.bsky.social and the fabulous #OBBNightJet … all connected like clockwork. With thanks to @seatsixtyone.bsky.social for all the info and tips

BBC not ‘trying to ingratiate’ itself to Reform UK, Tim Davie tells MPs Director general says broadcaster is ‘trying to get the balance right’ amid increased coverage

You could have fooled me 🧐
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You could look at your own news coverage @theguardian.com … consistently bad news - it would be great if you could feature some good news stories on a daily basis to lift your readers from the unmitigated gloom

This is getting close to 150K signatures now. It might not do anything, but it will serve as evidence for the future that the UK government were aware of the opposition of its own people to its complicity in the Israeli genocide on Gaza & the fact that it did nothing to stop it.

‘It feels cool to be a cog in change’: how doughnut economics is reshaping a Swedish town A casual mention of Kate Raworth’s theory has grown into the basis for decision making in Tomelilla

Fascinating article : www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Fabulous performance 🙂

Brilliant set by #NikeRodgers & #Chic at #Glastonbury #dancinginthesittingroom

@ianmurraymp.bsky.social Moving jets to the Middle East ? #notinmyname

Love @newsagents.bsky.social - not sure about their choice of advertising partner in #hsbcglobalprivatebanking

Just wish #bbc would pull the plug on the Israeli spokeswoman who spouts propaganda and talks over #bbcradio4 ‘s Anna Foster

For over ten weeks, Israeli forces have blocked food, water and medicine from entering Gaza.

With over two million facing famine and the Netanyahu Government planning to seize all of Gaza, will the PM back a joint plan to recognise Palestine and end this appalling blockade?

Can we have some of these in Edinburgh please ?
#edinburgh @spokes.org.uk @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk

Your periodic reminder net zero is a scientific term referring to the balance of anthropogenic emissions and carbon sinks required to stop temperatures spiralling out of control, bringing with them drastically increased risk of food insecurity, catastrophic weather, and civilisation-level disaster.

France wants to make one-off wealth tax permanent France's debt rose by €202.7 billion to €3.3 trillion last year, accounting for 113% of GDP, according to the official statistics agency. Eric Lombard, France's economic minister, has acknowledged tha...

France wants to make one-off wealth tax permanent.

It is based on taxable real estate assets worldwide, rates vary from 0% to 1.5%.

Brought in €2bn for 2024.

Hope Rachel Reeves is watching.

This from the man who lied to us all about Iraq - untrustworthy in so many ways

Gaza is “on brink of catastrophe” as aid runs out and prices soar. Within hours of the ceasefire ending in March, Israel blocked food, fuel, and medicine from entering Gaza. Aid warehouses are now empty. This is collective punishment by any other name. 2 million Palestinians are being starved.