@westonmale
Retired journo and charity communications specialist. Proud dad and grandad. Very much an Oddfellow. Soft spots for the @MEAssociation.org.uk and all things @MillMedia.bsky.social Incidentally, I ❤️ #Tasmania.
Well done Dunc @duncanbrowne.bsky.social!
Great story - you don't know it, but you're one of my journalistic heroes alongside, of course, the magnificent @neildrysdale.bsky.social oop far north in Aberdeen!
#greatwriters #heroes #localjournalism
@lincsonline.bsky.social
@duncanbrowne.bsky.social
Good morning indeed! The Middle East, Ukraine and Sudan burn and how do we respond? We have a man from #Spalding – where else? - pulling a truck by his testes. Ah well, time for elevenses!
#truck #testicles #kickboxing #Lincolnshire #worldonfire
My photo shows a small clay aryballos (oil flask) in the form of a hedgehog. It has a rounded, squat body with a long pointed snout. At the top of the body is a small spout for filling with oil. Sculpted details include eyes and ears ears. The light tan surface is painted with dark spots representing the hedgehog’s spines. It measures 4.8 cm in length and 3 cm in height. Dated circa 550 BC. From Naucratis, Egypt.
Tiny terracotta aryballos (oil flask) in the form of a hedgehog.
East Greek from Naucratis, Egypt, 550 BC.
British Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Our dependency on fossil fuels makes us vulnerable. Wars across the world are pushing up prices for households in the UK.
Why keep waiting for the next crisis? We need to transition to clean power as fast as we can to protect people and our economy.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Another @meassociation.org.uk story I wrote earlier this week. D'you know, I could get used to this! | MEAssociation website | 11 March 2026:
meassociation.org.uk/2026/03/more...
#LLHM #LondonLandmarksHalfMarathon #StocktononTees #ElizabethShearer #publishedpoet #adulteducation #mecfs #MyalgicE
An update from @joshih.bsky.social on our libel case
www.the-londoner.co.uk/that-busines...
This is an amazing opportunity! If you’re successful then you’ll be part of the Cambridge-based cohort with me, so if you have any questions about how it works, please ask
From a single reserve at Cley Marshes in 1926 to more than 60 sites today.
Skylarks, wildflower meadows and restored wetlands are all part of the vision for Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s latest reserve as it marks one century of conservation.
...to have care as well as treatment, and I thought "Hang On, that's not happening to me."
"I pop the pills, work 14 hours a day and then I got to sleep. That's not sustainable...." 2/2
Ashley Dalton on't radio about resigning as Minister (>33.30) | Woman's Hour | 10 March 2026:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
"I was stood at the Dispatch Box doing the Oral Statement on the National Cancer Plan, talking about how important it is for people to with cancer.... 1/2
This is lovely and it's one of mine!
meassociation.org.uk/2026/03/love-i
s-in-the-air-for-our-london-half-marathon-couple/
#LLHM #londonlandmarkshalfmarathon #London #firstanniversary #MECFS #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #GoKatie
@meassociation.org.uk
This is lovely and it's one of mine!
meassociation.org.uk/2026/03/love-i
s-in-the-air-for-our-london-half-marathon-couple/
#LLHM #londonlandmarkshalfmarathon #London #firstanniversary #MECFS #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #GoKatie
@meassociation.org.uk
Thanks John. I did report this person last time - doing so again!
Great life-affirming interview with @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social on the BBC running now on why she's stood down as UK Minister of Public Health | BBC Woman's Hour | 10 March 2026:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I'll put the playback link up as soon as its available
Great life-affirming interview with @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social on the BBC running now on why she's stood down as UK Minister of Public Health | BBC Woman's Hour | 10 March 2026:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I'll put the playback link up as soon as its available
Parliamentary Friends of ME/CFS meeting with faces of today’s speakers across the middle and logos of the ME/CFS Alliance Australia members across the bottom
Welcome to Part 2 of the Parliamentary Friends of #MECFS event “Fluctuating Energy, Fixed Systems”, in Canberra today
This is thread 2 where we will be live posting 🧵
#BermondseyBeerMile #TfL #UnderneathTheArches #Bermondsey
Fascinating tale by @andrewkersley.bsky.social of a #craftbeer institution that's on the slide
@joshih.bsky.social says Ivison hasn't yet gripped this thorny problem of our time: "What he doesn’t seem to have heard so well is a complaint emanating from almost every single staff member I’ve spoken to: the rampant use of AI."
#UniversityofManchester #Manchester #DuncanIvison
@duncanivison.bsky.social
@manchestermill.bsky.social runs this piece on a man who's as important to the future of the city as Andy Burnham. And, my word, Joshi's long read is well worth it! | The Mill | 8 March 2026:
manchestermill.co.uk/why-the-hell...
#UniversityofManchester #Manchester
I can see why you painted there several times. What a treat!
If being unexpectedly hospitalized extends your vacation for a few days, Queenstown New Zealand is not a bad place to be. It was a sad reminder of why “medical tourism” has become so commonplace in the US. I received top-notch care for one-tenth of what it would have cost in the US.
Upcoming Solve ME/CFS webinar Apr 28, 2026, 6 PM ET: The Discovery of Target Antigens for Dysfunctional T Cells in ME/CFS and Long COVID. Researchers are studying microbial and human protein fragments that may trigger dysfunctional T cell responses.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Glasgow's Union Corner in 1981 with Renault Fuego in foreground.
The building destroyed by fire in Glasgow is Union Corner. Designed by architect James Brown, it was built in 1851 for stationers Francis Orr & Sons. For years there was a Barr’s Irn Bru illuminated ad over the roofline and a neon Bell’s Scotch whisky sign on the dome. This view was taken in 1981.
🚨Our sister title, @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social , is hiring. They're looking for a superb writer to cover Birmingham in depth.
If that's you or someone you know, click here: millmediaco.uk/2026/03/02/w... The deadline is the 22nd March, so get those applications in.
@joshih.bsky.social says Ivison hasn't yet gripped this thorny problem of our time: "What he doesn’t seem to have heard so well is a complaint emanating from almost every single staff member I’ve spoken to: the rampant use of AI."
#UniversityofManchester #Manchester #DuncanIvison
@duncanivison.bsky.social
@manchestermill.bsky.social runs this piece on a man who's as important to the future of the city as Andy Burnham. And, my word, Joshi's long read is well worth it! | The Mill | 8 March 2026:
manchestermill.co.uk/why-the-hell...
#UniversityofManchester #Manchester
#BermondseyBeerMile #TfL #UnderneathTheArches #Bermondsey
Fascinating tale by @andrewkersley.bsky.social of a #craftbeer institution that's on the slide
I spent the last few months speaking to breweries for @londonermag.bsky.social on the Bermondsey Beer Mile about the chaos every Saturday when they're descended on by hordes of coked up Home Counties lads.
Expect some insane tales of vomit, pelted cakes and tampon artworks.
#thefens #endpeatsales #peatlandsmatter #bogsnotbags (love that one!)
@greatfen.org.uk
@peatfree.bsky.social
16,742-strong petition for legislation this year to #EndPeatSales handed in to Downing Street! 💚
Supported by @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social, @davegoulson.bsky.social, @plantlifeuk.bsky.social, @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social, & #RHS
Huge thanks to everyone who signed and shared!
#EndPeatSales
