Mandy Lewin

Thankfully, no other president ever needed to.

A packed second hand bookshop

Did a book completely transform your life?

A new BBC documentary is looking for stories about the life-changing power of books.

If so, upload a video of you telling your story to the link below or email reading@blinkfilmsuk.com explaining how the book impacted on you.

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Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

How hope-based comms can help in a divisive world | CharityComms We explore what we can learn from charity examples channelling hope-based comms to tackle far-right rhetoric, misinformation and populism.

Many of our members are working hard to communicate hope-based messages and convey solidarity to tackle far-right rhetoric, misinformation, and populism. Our CEO, @awarley.bsky.social, explores ways we can pave the way to a better future by creating more pockets of hope:

Two cartons containing slices of cake. One is a carrot cake the other chocolate fudge cake. Two cups of coffee in take away cups also feature.

Sometimes you have to eat cake 🍰

Do we know what might happen when all the developing AI models meet up and swap notes?

Champions of Europe again!! What an incredible group of women ⚽️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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We’re looking for in-house and freelance charity communicators with the latest insights and techniques for leveraging AI.

If you have the skills to share, apply to speak at our #CharityAI Conference on 13 November 2025. The pitch form is open until 6 August: https://bit.ly/3GOz5pn

It’s warm and sticky. Midges are out in abundance and through open windows I hear bickering and giggles of children in paddling pools.

July is a welcome distraction ☀️

‘The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible’

~ Winston Churchill ~

‘They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself’

~ Andy Warhol ~

This time last year 🇫🇷

Surely the whole thing is staged and something sinister is going on in the background while we all eat popcorn 🍿

It would be stupid not to accept a gift of a free plane? Donold, let me tell you a story about a wooden horse...

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Wednesday…

They should liven up the chimney commentary by getting the Big Jet TV guy to do it

This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉

Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.

You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

Renaming VE Day now….

keeping up is taking way too much energy

Vaccines save lives. Pass it on.

Giant profiterole

Giant profiterole

Happy Monday 🧁

And breathe….

As a professor of English, allow me to try, humbly and with the proper respect, to offer an appropriate response to the President’s address:

Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.

Word of the day is ‘lickspittle’ (17th century): a person who fawns upon someone in power for personal gain.

I just saw a bumble bee 🐝

I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni

Scientists of the world, this is happening on our watch and we need to face it down. Evidence-based medicine weaponised for overtly ideological purposes. We do not need randomised trials of 'vaccine' versus 'no vaccine' when those vaccines have *already* been shown to be safe & effective.
#episky 🧪

That’s more like it.

Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.

January has been a hell of a year

Welcome to the place of bluer skies 💙