Helen Randle 💙💛

That is fabulous!

They always made the person with the neatest handwriting write the labels.

I'm so sorry, I couldn't resist

They are fabulous!

Do we get Freddie Mercury on the £50 too?

Hope it's a less eventful journey.

I love that you had cosplay at your talk! ❤️

Still seeking volunteers to help renovate!

Lovely seaside town on the west coast of Scotland.
1 hr from Glasgow.
All board and meals covered.
Maximum 4 hours work a day.

3 day, 1 week and 2 week placements available.

Go on, do some good this summer!

Apply: essehouse.co.uk/working-holi...

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I'm glad you discovered them too. We may never have met otherwise.

Coming back to this thread to share this clip
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Thanks for the reminder that I need to get myself organised and book tickets!

More accurate throwing (if that's the right term) though.

Look, the BBC's Charter Renewal consultation closes on Tuesday. It's got some bastard tricky questions but you don't have to answer them all, and if you're not a stupid right-wing cunt there's some very handy advice from the British Broadcasting Challenge.

Links to follow 1/2

No hippopotamus?

The Portico hiring poster

📚 We’re hiring

Passionate about connecting historic books and archives with communities, readers and researchers?...

I’m looking for speakers for a London event on the science of Star Trek. I’d really appreciate suggestions from underrepresented minorities in STEM, especially PoC/global majority.
(10 min, central London, Sept, currently unpaid but I’m trying to fix that)
Feel free to message

In a world of lies, we need the BBC more than ever. This week could be our last chance to save it | Polly Toynbee As the public consultation on the BBC nears its end, the right will be out in force to undermine it. But its supporters can do their bit – with this guidance, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

‘All those who care about the BBC’s future should hurry and send in their response before 10 March.

Despite strong public support for the national broadcaster, you can bet battalions of enemies driven by the right will be out in force to undermine it.’

The kākāpō news is the positivity we need!

I know! It's so wonderful, isn't it.

*History professor profits from sale of historical artefacts*

Another headline fixed

Question Time - 2026: 05/03/2026 Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Kettering. On the panel are Stephen Doughty, James Cleverly, Shashank Joshi, George Monbiot and Annabel Denham.

I don't know how to clip a segment (sorry), but the bit I really want you to watch starts at 29'10". It's about the deep roots of the attack on Iran and why it's just as well Starmer is "no Winston Churchill". I'm surprised this aspect isn't more widely discussed. 🧵
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

A woman showrunner

Yet more problems in the UK caused by windmills

Part of an image illustrating examples of mill symbols on old maps. Most of the symbols look like windmills, with a cross for the sails attached to a building. They also mostly have the word "mill" or "windmill" written nearby. Original image can be found on the National Library for Scotland webpage https://maps.nls.uk/projects/mills-of-britain/project/mills/

Windmills all over the place

For maximum impact, post a paper letter to your MP. Printed & signed in pen is fine. 1 page, 3 short, polite, not copy-paste, points in an envelope to be opened by hand. 90 seconds a letter? 100 letters = 2.5 hours staff time not spent on usual tasks. 1000 letters? Heaped mailbags soon get noticed.

Or charge them a percentage of their income

It's the cross that should be hot, not the bun.

I always preferred Grease 2

Pigs in Space!