I'm sorting books to go as we downsize. Here's The Everyman Atlas of #Ancient & #Classical Geography, in terrible condition but stuffed with amazing maps. I'm pretty sure Oxfam would take one look & bin it, so free to good home.
Nick Langley
@nicklangley.bsky.social
Retired freelance journo & editorial consultant* to conservation NGOs. Badly healed achilles tendon; now e-bike & urban rambling. Allotment, cautiously. Big reader. *Facilitating stakeholder engagement by correcting grammar & spelling. Will edit for food.
"Two of the most frequently used chemicals in these treatments – imidacloprid and fipronil – are banned in pesticides in the EU and UK due to their severe toxicity to fish, invertebrates, bees and pollinators. They are designed to kill invertebrates at low doses." www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Calls to ban ‘toxic’ pet flea treatments that harm UK wildlife and environment
Over-the-counter treatments for cats and dogs contain chemicals that are banned in pesticides and pollute waterways
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For GOD'S SAKE. Massive landowners call for ban on disposable BBQs, but at the same time call for "a lifting of the ban on controlled burning" 'You oiks shouldn't burn moorland - that's OUR job' Entitled double standards. Ban both. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Calls to ban disposable barbecues in England and Wales over wildfire risk
Lib Dems and many Labour MPs join farmers, landowners and firefighters in urging temporary prohibition
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Do it. And not just a "temporary prohibition". There is no safe way to use or dispose of them. #DisposableBBQs www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Calls to ban disposable barbecues in England and Wales over wildfire risk
Lib Dems and many Labour MPs join farmers, landowners and firefighters in urging temporary prohibition
theguardian.com
I've signed this petition calling for all workers to be protected from insecure contracts like zero-hours. Ministers are running a consultation on this right now. Can you add your name before the deadline? www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stamp out zero-hours contracts: protect all workers from exploitation
The government has launched a consultation on guaranteed hours. Sign this petition asking them to stand firm on their pledge to tackle insecure work and ban exploitative zero-hours contracts.
megaphone.org.uk
A haunting, visionary and exhilarating epic about the death of the Sixties dream. Part mindbending puzzle-box, part kaleidoscopic nightmare, Whiteadder/Wolfspider by Benjamin Myers can be read forwards or backwards, upside down or right-side up. Publishing March 2027
#Bonehill-Paine, #Faircloth-Mutton Are they getting these names from PG Wodehouse?
We're changing rail card rules so 18-year-olds can get half price train tickets. With £2 fares and kids going free on buses this summer, we're providing families with the little bit of breathing space that we know is needed. 🚆🚌🚏 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Half price rail travel extended to 18-year-olds
They'll be able to buy the 16-17 Saver railcard up until the day before they turn 18.
bbc.co.uk
That's 4 years before Nigel Farage completely contradicted himself He's so desperate to move the conversation from £5 million undeclared bribe how soon before he U-turns within a month, week, day ... "The problem is we always keep receipts… " via Reform Are Not Your Friends
So Rod Liddle was born in #Sidcup ? That explains a lot.
A #Reform council. What we can expect from a Reform government -weakening nature protections & lifting restrictions on the extractive industries. Straight out of the #Trump playbook. Surely the word "Oaken" should strike a chord in these patriots. www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/campaigns/sa...
Help save Oaken Wood
Oaken Wood is under threat. Proposals to allocate Oaken Wood as a hard rock quarrying site will result in the loss of at least 41 hectares of Ancient Woodland.
kentwildlifetrust.org.uk
"South Tyneside's Reform UK-led council has voted to abolish the borough's climate emergency declaration, despite strong resistance from opposition councillors and environmental activists." #ReformUK home of the 'flat-earthers' and an intelligence desert. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
South Tyneside scraps climate emergency declaration in Reform UK policy vote
Reform UK councillors backed the motion at a full council meeting
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Shooting interests & the rightwing press want to exploit the wildfires to reinstate moorland burning. But you don't fight fire with fire. You fight it with water. This wildfire in Wales' Elan Valley in May stopped abruptly when it reached re-wetted peat bogs: www.walesfarmer.co.uk/news/2614875...
Climate science denial in physical form. The Land Rover Defender X (yup - they've gone full Musk). Price: £103,460, plus a few kids' lives. 🧵
1/2 "Grief and fear are powerful drivers of concern, but so are wonder and curiosity premised on an openness to surprises. Granting autonomy to #beaver and other ecosystem engineers may challenge the pastoral aesthetic that has been central to the culture & politics of much European conservation...
"Apparently Mark Twain said “analysing humour is a bit like dissecting a frog: ...you end up with a dead frog”. www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le... "Nobody knows what a comic novel is. EB White compared it to dissecting a frog (you’re left with... a dead frog)" www.theguardian.com/culture/ng-i...
What makes a good comic novel? Andrew Sean Greer on the joy of funny writing
The Pulitzer-winning author of Less and Villa Coco explores the art of writing humour – plus 10 of the best novels to make you laugh
theguardian.com
The Environment Agency has dropped plans to prosecute River Roding Trust volunteers for restoring the Alders Brook without a permit.... wansteadvillagedirectory.com/2026/07/28/v...
Victory for common sense: no prosecution for River Roding Trust
The Environment Agency has dropped plans to prosecute River Roding Trust volunteers for restoring the Alders Brook without a permit
wansteadvillagedirectory.com
15 days ago: "As part of the resolution, Suffolk County Council ( #Reform ) will: rescind the Climate Emergency declaration adopted in March 2019 remove references to a Climate Emergency from council policies, strategies and comms where appropriate" Today: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Wildfire near Sizewell nuclear plant causes ‘total devastation’ to Suffolk landscape
More than 100 firefighters remain at scene after Dunwich Heath blaze spread across 150 hectares and forced evacuations
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40 MPs and 17 environmental organisations are calling on the Government to recognise and protect ponds, headwater streams and small lakes in water policy reforms. These habitats support exceptional biodiversity and proper recognition would help bring clean water back to England's landscapes.
One lawn for the rich... And their own, exclusive supply. "This water comes from a dedicated standpipe and is not mains drinking water." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It’s all right for them’: private schools and golf courses stay green despite England’s hosepipe bans
As parks turn brown and paddling pools go unfilled, exemptions mean sports pitches can stay lush – even in school holidays
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Solar vs fossil fuels: "Energy from Heaven, not from Hell." #solar #renewables www.ted.com/talks/bill_m...
Our last, best chance to cool the Earth
We're living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has pl...
ted.com
++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...
#Reform 's Philip Faircloth-Mutton. A choice of materials his head might be made of. www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/2628700...
Reform council not 'denying climate change' but undeclare emergency in Suffolk
Suffolk is no longer in a state of climate emergency after the term was undeclared at a meeting of Suffolk County Council on Thursday, July 16.
ipswichstar.co.uk