This can’t come soon enough. 👏
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
This can’t come soon enough. 👏
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Beautiful
I've had to force myself to forget how many of the British and other 'western' travellers choose to behave in India...
Enjoy a full minute of beavers being released into the wild in Cornwall. These little fluffbutts are the first to swim in these waters in a very, very long time - the last official records of beavers in the wild in England are from the 1300s. BBC buff.ly/BnMwCOx
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You will undoubtedly love it there!
I'm currently half way through this, and it is fascinating. I feel I need to understand more about reactionary thought.
This is an important thread for anyone who cares, not only about archive research, but BBC accountability.
Blossom
Tree blossom
Blossom
Taken on my walk earlier today (a dull day with a stiff breeze which tested my severely limited photography skills to destruction 😂)
'Lord Paul Boateng said the findings exposed UK museums and universities as “imperial charnel houses where the bones of Indigenous peoples torn from Britain’s empire in the past, with little or no regard...continue to be retained to this day in circumstances that beggar belief”.'
How wonderful, sunshine in a box
I watched it recently for the first time in years, and I thought to myself, there's a lot about this film it would be fun to talk about...
View of hillside with blue sky and clouds
View of hillside with sheep
Today's walk. As beautiful a winter's day as you could ask for (but no #fungi spotted #fungifriends)
West Yorkshire. I'm very lucky!
To help myself get through these times, I capture evidence of better days to think back to. This was Tuesday evening, although it was nice most of the day, following which the grey, damp, drizzle, and rain has returned with a vengence.
Same, Paralympics soon though
Me neither, and I grew up and was educated in Wales. At the time I was growing up, being forbidden to speak Welsh at school was within living memory, as told to me by our neighbours, Welsh speaking retired farmers.
Snowdrops
Red berries on a tree against a blue sky
Snowy hilltops
Snowy hilltop
Today's walk: snowy higher up, just generally a lovely day #fungi #fungifriends
hold on i gotta take this
This news has made my week
Wonderful news for a much loved London landmark. And for @c20society.bsky.social's long campaign. And hopefully a sign that Brutalist civic architecture is getting the official love it deserves nationwide.
Scarlet elf cap
Fungi - possibly laccaria fraterna
Turkey tail
Fungi from today's walk including the charmingly-named scarlet elf caps #fungi #fungifriends
Yellow crocus
Mauve crocus
Lugwort
Snowdrops
Today's walk. Mild, almost spring-like afternoon, flowers everywhere. Much appreciated after the weather we've been having #fungi #fungifriends
💯 I've been listening to a lot of musicals, and Spotify has started dropping video game music into my weekly release radar playlist, and it is *really* good.
The authentic sounds of musical instruments used in ancient times 🎶 #saturdayvibe
📹 Bilimtüel
Amazing clip
You know who wouldn’t have failed to acknowledge boos for a US leader at the Olympics? This guy.
From 1968…
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