Finally getting the hang of retirement! Afternoon trimming lavender and listening to #therestishistory telling the story of The Odyssey which was terrific. This is the life!!

People power. A demonstration of the will to get things done - and live in a better world.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3d ago

‘There’s no nurdle fairy’: thousands mobilise to clean up plastic spillage in north-east England

Beautifully written @liamthorp.bsky.social - you definitely found the words.

Liam Thorp@liamthorp.bsky.social · 3w ago

I’m a little bit lost for words when trying to sum up the spirit and fortitude of the Hillsborough families But after the privilege of watching them make history again today - I’ve tried to sum it all up here…

We entered the ballot for #Wimbledon tickets - but weren’t lucky. But each night when we watch on TV there are lots of empty seats. Seems a shame - if we’d won ( and paid!) we’d have soaked up every second …..

71% of Britons say it is difficult for young people to find work at the moment Easy: 17% (-6 vs our generic question for all jobseekers) Fairly difficult: 37% (-2) Very difficult: 34% (+11) yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

It’s on this week ! Three days left to catch it #London #musical #comedy

Jacqui Hodgson@jacquih.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Please go ! Written and performed by my fantastic daughter - who has worked her socks off to put this on! Give it a go #theatre #musical #london !

Please go ! Written and performed by my fantastic daughter - who has worked her socks off to put this on! Give it a go #theatre #musical #london !

Everything Theatre@everything-theatre.co.uk · 3mo ago

What do burnout, Sexy KFC, and your Aunt Sharon have in common? Honestly, we’re still figuring it out. 🎹🎤 Welcome to the world of Tammy Woodburn. Smile plays at Drayton Arms Theatre next week only. Join Tammy and let her make you smile Tickets: buff.ly/fUwawhm #theatre #fringe #comedy #musical

What do burnout, Sexy KFC, and your Aunt Sharon have in common? Honestly, we’re still figuring it out. 🎹🎤 Welcome to the world of Tammy Woodburn. Smile plays at Drayton Arms Theatre next week only. Join Tammy and let her make you smile Tickets: buff.ly/fUwawhm #theatre #fringe #comedy #musical

Tammy is a performer trying to juggle comedy, music, life and relationships, and who may or may not resemble the brilliant Verity Bajoria whose solo show SMILE is at the Drayton Arms, Earls Court, London this May. Tickets still available but going fast. "Victoria Wood meets Fleabag"? Unmissable!

Deadly violence in central Nigeria has led to questions about whether Christians are being targeted or if there is more to the story. But this offers little comfort to the families left torn apart. ✉️ Read our latest newsletter here:

Mass killings, widows abandoned: Behind Nigeria's 'religious war'

Deadly violence in central Nigeria has led to questions about whether Christians are being targeted or if there is more to the story. But this offers little comfort to the families left torn apart.

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London Philharmonic violinist Joe Maher was on 9.01 from Hayward's Heath to Blackfriars today. His grey fibreglass case with LPO luggage label was left on the train & is now missing, with Paul Jocelyn violin (UK 20th C) Hill bow - gold-mounted fleur de lys Martin bow - silver-mounted.

This is the President of the United States. Surely there are people in the administration who will now intervene?

Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · 4mo ago

Latest Trump message to Iran: “Open the Fuckin’ Straight you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell.” This is a waterway the President has said is largely unimportant to the United States.

Latest Trump message to Iran: “Open the Fuckin’ Straight you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell.” This is a waterway the President has said is largely unimportant to the United States.

And us too in Northumberland ! A bumper delivery after days of drought. As for Saturdays …..

Amy Gray@amygraywrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This is exactly what happens to us. Prescriptions, magazines we subscribe to, catalogues, birthday cards - all arrive in a heap on maybe two days a week. Other days we get nothing.

This is a v interesting read ….

Emily Bell@emilybell.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Former UK PM Gordon Brown is providing - voluntarily and not for the first time - information to the police about abuses of power relating to the Epstein files. As PM Brown was briefed against by people such as Alistair Campbell and Peter Mandelson as being ‘psychologically flawed’ ….1/

Our NHS. On Thursday night my lovely chap tripped and cut his hand badly. Drove 25 miles to Trauma centre. Seen within 5 mins. X-ray, dressings, pain relief and apt with plastic surgeon today. This pm 3 surgeons mended tendons/ nerves saving his flex and sensation.Brilliant and free. Thank you NHS

I think you may be on to something here - nobody can stand up !

Tom Sutcliffe @tds153.bsky.social · 6mo ago

What’s wrong with this ice? They’ve made it extra slippy.

Hello #bbcsport We are enjoying the #Olympics ( especially some of the brilliant young commentators) but have a new game - guess the tune on the ice-dancing. The balance on the sound is a bit rubbish ….. pretty crucial for ice-dancing 🤔

Hey @thetimes.com what is ’racism’ - surely depicting the Obamas as monkeys is just old fashioned racism?

Just caught up with @bbcstever.bsky.social and his equally excellent producer Ben Tavener on Panorama. Walking a tightrope at a time when other media organisations are absent. Critical to have such wise heads on the ground dealing so diplomatically with Russian state controlled media

Artists have always loved to sketch! Sketch of a sparrow from Egypt dated c. 1479–1458 BC. Some 3,500 years ago in Egypt, artists used flakes of limestone as sketchpads! MMA excavations 1922-23, Deir el-Bahri. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #Archaeology

Marginal tax rates for graduates with student loans – add interest and another 6% for postgrads. £25,000: 37% £50,270: 51% £100,000: 71%

Spotted immediately by my in house rainman @paulbajoria.bsky.social Certainly a bit awkward …..

Nicholas Pegg@nicholaspegg.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Peculiar incident on today’s Desert Island Discs when it was twice stated that the chosen setting of ‘Pie Jesu’ sung by Malakai Bayoh comes from Fauré’s Requiem. It actually comes from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Requiem. The website now carries a weird not-quite correction. All rather embarrassing.

Agreed!

Diane Coyle@dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We are just out of The Producers and it’s fantastic. Great show.

We are just out of The Producers and it’s fantastic. Great show.

What a piece of writing from Marilynne Robinson.

Janine Gibson@janinegibson.ft.com · 6mo ago

We asked the extraordinary and rightly celebrated author Marilynne Robinson to respond to events in Minneapolis. She immediately sent us a forceful and utterly direct cri de coeur. The Weekend Essay as.ft.com/r/afe4fee8-1...

I wish more programmes focused on the unfairness we are collectively inflicting on young people as @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com and @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social do here. My grown up children watched with a weariness and I watched with anger and guilt. We need much more attention on the young.

BBC Newsnight@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 6mo ago

“I do not think this is a moral thing for you to do...” Martin Lewis shares his message to Chancellor Rachel Reeves on her decision to freeze the threshold at which graduates begin to repay their student loans. #Newsnight

It's happening Jim.

FACT: China has by far the largest installed wind power capacity in the world — more than any other country.