I've just listened to A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke. And now I love her even more, a brilliant woman, actor and writer of autobiographies now. Please do the next chapters, @kathyburke.bsky.social.
Sam Roberts
@mssamro.bsky.social
Committed to curiosity.NHS Clinical Psychologist (later life, dementias, neuropsychology, systemic thinking). Lover of music & art. Views my own, inspired by many.
Two councillors elected as independents are actually members of Reform UK
Two councillors elected as independents are actually members of Reform UK
Coun Mick Saunders, who leads the main opposition on Middlesbrough Council, and Coun Stephen Hill have said they will remain as independents, despite their membership of Nigel Farage’s party.
yorkshirepost.co.uk
A society obsessed with productivity eventually forgets how to recognize humanity outside of performance because everything in society has to be trendy, profitable or turn into content. This is not sustainable.
View from The Street, Whitstable. Just after the Most Wuthering Heights Day performance with beautiful friends 'Kate Bush'-ing it.
Rare Dementia Support Adviser role at UCL providing tailored support for people affected by atypical, inherited and young onset dementias. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/informat...
Information, Knowledge, and Support Adviser
UCL seeks a Rare Dementia Support Adviser to provide tailored support for people affected by atypical, inherited and young onset dementias.
dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
Just watched a great webinar on women & suicide with @suzypuss.bsky.social and Pauline Turnbull (NCISH). Thanks to both for highlighting older women, & the webinar. Aware of how we don't always capture early life experiences in assessments so they're missing from formulations but are so important.
Reform UK - what have you got to hide? Proposals to introduce compulsory DBS checks for councillors in Gateshead rejected www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Plans to introduce compulsory DBS checks for councillors in Gateshead rejected
While the administration supports basic DBS checks for all councillors, no plans emerge to make them mandatory
chroniclelive.co.uk
A very busy period at the moment! Here is an important press release from Bromley Council, confirming that - as an outcome of the current conservation work - the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs have been removed from the Historic England Heritage at Risk Register! www.bromley.gov.uk/news/article...
World-famous Crystal Palace Dinosaurs removed from Heritage at Risk Register, as the park’s multi-million-pound regeneration works complete – London Borough of Bromley
Specialist regeneration works have delivered transformation in Crystal Palace Park, the hidden gem and historic landscape considered the world’s first theme park, as the works programme concludes.
bromley.gov.uk
Another lovely day in Whitstable, looking out of my upstairs to Sheppey and Essex.
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The former Chief Executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, on @Nigel_Farage's claims of Russian hacking.
Reform UK Gone Since the Local Elections Dr David Bull has been sacked as Chair.
Racist posts by prominent Reform UK figure exposed
Racist posts by prominent Reform UK figure exposed
Emily Price Nation.Cymru has obtained screenshots of deeply racist social media posts shared by a prominent Reform UK member and former Senedd election candidate. Derek Roberts was selected to stand…
nation.cymru
So exciting to see the progress on the restoration of the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs
Crystal Palace Dinos@cpdinosaurs.bsky.social · 5mo agoSome photos from a sunny walk in Crystal Palace Park this morning, showing progress on the actual dinosaurs Colours! Some different than others! Monocle emoji!
"Our common language is resistance" Seen in Athens, Greece
Opens this evening!!! The Prism Textiles Dictionary inspired art exhibition www.prismtextiles.co.uk/blog/exhibit...
John 3:16 "Aw, man. I just shot Marvin in the face"
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 4mo agoPete Hegseth quoted a fake Bible verse from the Tarantino movie Pulp Fiction yesterday during a Pentagon prayer service
#OtD 6 Apr 1981 Operation Swamp 81 was carried out by police in Brixton, rounding up and searching Black residents. In five days, over 900 people were stopped and searched, with 82 arrests. The local area erupted into rioting, which spread nationally stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1058...
Reform UK, GB News and the Right-Wing Legacy Media are all Silent About Convicted Fraudster George Cottrell. Why is that?
Reform UK, GB News and the Right-Wing Legacy Media are all Silent About Convicted Fraudster George Cottrell. Why is that? - Dorset Eye
For a movement that has made outrage its political currency, the hush surrounding George Cottrell is deafening. Reform UK has built its brand on fury: fury at Westminster, fury at “elites”, fury at…
dorseteye.com
They're not welcome. So glad there were people inside and outside to make clear that they do not have the support they claim.
Reform Party UK Exposed@reformexposed.bsky.social · 5mo agoNigel Farage's Reform UK rally in chaos as protesters shout 'you're not welcome'
Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab newrepublic.com/post/207555/... via @newrepublic.com
Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab
The Defense Department went on a $93 billion spending spree in 2025.
newrepublic.com
More than half of TrumpRx drugs have a cheaper generic alternative www.axios.com/2026/02/06/t... by @maya-goldman.bsky.social @axios.com
How TrumpRx drug prices compare to generic alternatives
Patients could save more buying non-branded copycat drugs, even if they don't have insurance.
axios.com
🌟 Latest news 🌟 A new initiative, Power of Attorney Day, has been launched by Carers UK and Standard Life and will run on Wednesday 22 April 2026. Read more here: buff.ly/YDVo7J3 #PowerOfAttorneyDay #CarersUK #UnpaidCarers
