Ben Wilson
@benwposts.bsky.social
Film, Art, Travel, The Saddlers (Walsall FC), Economic development. Birmingham, UK. Views are my own. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrbenwilson
Keep The Archers in Birmingham #thearchers #Birmingham #Radio4
All About The Archers podcast@allaboutthearchers.bsky.social · 3w agoPlease consider signing this important petition to help save the Archers in Birmingham. #TheArchers We would be so grateful for your help: www.change.org/p/keep-the-a...
Please keep recording The Archers in Birmingham #thearchers #Birmingham #BBC #Radio4
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4w agoBBC to stop recording The Archers in Birmingham for first time in its 75-year history
New judgely duo! Domestic goddess in the tent! Bonding over cocktails! Why they call themselves the Salty Gang! Ahead of #BakeOff's return (8pm Tuesday on Channel 4), I had the total treat of chatting to @nigella.bsky.social and @paulhollywood.bsky.social #GBBO www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘Eating is my superpower’: Nigella turns up the heat on Bake Off
The domestic goddess is about to be let loose in the Bake Off tent. Nigella Lawson and Paul Hollywood spill the beans about bonding over dirty martinis, ‘Professor Precision’ – and why they call thems...
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Your Eurovision winner is BANGARANGA by DARA 🇧🇬 Congratulations to Bulgaria on scoring their first ever victory at the 70th edition of the Contest 🥳 And THANK YOU for your votes 🥰 www.eurovision.com/stories/dara...
LIFTOFF of #Artemis II on 1 April 23:35 BST/00:35 CEST 2 April 2026 from Kennedy Space Center, carrying the second Orion spacecraft with its ESA European Service Module! #ForwardToTheMoon @exploration.esa.int
'A very sorry saga of wasted time, effort and money.' Politico on the hundreds of thousands invested into near-redundant border inspection facilities because of Brexit. www.politico.eu/article/brex...
‘Wasted time, effort and money’: Britain’s £800M Brexit border debacle
“White elephant” border inspection facilities face bleak future after U.K.-EU trade deal.
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Hiroshima’s fading legacy: the race to secure survivor’s memories amid a new era of nuclear brinkmanship
Hiroshima’s fading legacy: the race to secure survivor’s memories amid a new era of nuclear brinkmanship
Eighty years on from the destruction of the city, registered survivors of the blast - known as hibakusha – have fallen below 100,000
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Chloe Kelly the hero again as England beat Spain in Euro 2025 final shootout
Chloe Kelly the hero again as England beat Spain in Euro 2025 final shootout
Chloe Kelly struck the winning spot-kick as England retained their European crown by beating Spain 3-1 on penalties
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Very sad. Watching TDF on free-to-air coverage on ITV (and previously Channel 4) has been an annual family highlight for 40 years. Brilliant presenters.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.‘A three-week drama in daily episodes’: curtain to fall on free-to-air Tour de France coverage
🇪🇺 United in Diversity. Europe, our home. 🌍 Today, we celebrate the European dream and the values that bring us together. Europe Day is your day! 💙 Enjoy the feeling with the new digital merch 👉 europa.eu/!VWYmRc
It's been 75 years since the Schuman Declaration. On 9 May 1950, in a continent still recovering from World War II, French foreign minister Robert Schuman proposed uniting coal and steel industries to rebuild peace and foster solidarity. It was the first step toward today’s EU 🇪🇺
On this day we celebrate peace, unity and democracy in action. Europe isn't perfect, but look how far we have made it - together. 💙 Happy Europe day!
Anselm Kiefer painted this work, Wald (Forest), while he was living in the mountainous region of the Odenwald. The calm scene suggests an artist wandering around the Odenwald in solitude on a cold winter’s day.
Great City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra concert last night at Symphony Hall - The Best of John Williams including Harry Potter Hedwig's Theme, ET, Jaws, Star Wars including Phantom Menace and Imperial March.
Light, Camera, Action: Light displays are an important part of New Year celebrations the world over, so we are celebrating today with Pre-Raphaelite Photography by Minna Keene. Born in 1861 in Germany, Keene (née Bergmann) (1861-1943) she moved to England in the early 1880s. …
Today’s #AshmoleanAdvent object is this painting by Henry Stacy Marks of a concert of the Pierides, a scene from Greek mythology. Open today’s door to learn more: www.ashmolean.org/advent 🎵 Singing Pierides, painted by Henry Stacy Marks (1829-1898), c. 1859 - 1862. WA1933.26
Tonight, the Cold Moon rises. ❄️ Known too as the Long Night Moon or The Moon Before Yule, it rises during the darkest nights of the year, heralding the onset of winter’s chill. Its glow has guided ancient Yule traditions and marked the turning of the seasons. Moonrise: 15:09*
Mary and Motherhood, depicted by women artists, for this festive #SisterhoodSunday. 🖼️ ‘The Nativity’, Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale. 🖼️ ‘Angels Entertaining the Holy Child’, Marianne Stokes, 1893. 🖼️ ‘Madonna and Child’, Marianne Stokes, Wolverhampton Art Gallery. #Christmasart #preraphaelite
John Prescott, British former deputy prime minister, dies aged 86
John Prescott, British former deputy prime minister, dies aged 86
Former trade union activist who had Alzheimer's died peacefully at care home, says family The former British deputy prime minister John Prescott has died aged 86, his family has announced. His family said he had “spent his life trying to improve the…
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The 80s: how photography shaped Britain’s decade of protest www.channel4.com/news/the-80s...
The 80s: how photography shaped Britain’s decade of protest
The 1980s was a turbulent decade in the UK. The miners' strike, race uprisings and the politics of Thatcherism all created stories of protest and change.
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Glicked - I have already seen Gladiator II (in UK) which was very good. Perhaps I will go and see it again plus Wicked this weekend.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2y agoGlicked
