Terry Pratchett, one of England’s funniest writers, is in danger of being lost to history, Helen Lewis writes:

I Am Begging You to Read Terry Pratchett

One of England’s funniest writers is in danger of being lost to history.

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Back Street, Bolton, painting by Brian Barlow (b.1934).

Just finished this stout little warbler called a Northern Parula. 6x6” paper collage. wendyboucherstudio.etsy.com/listing/4494...

"Garden and Home" rose is a robust, cluster-flowered floribunda with a nostalgic, old-fashioned, cup-shaped bloom that matures from apricot/gold to light pink. It has dark green foliage, grows to a height of 4-5 feet, is lightly fragrant. Bred by Kordes. Photo by Thabo Nkadming

"Meditation", Je Shen, Chinese Artist, 2026

Dodie Smith, 1968, photo by Jane Bown. Smith, author of 'I Capture the Castle' and 'The Hundred and One Dalmatians', was born in Whitefield, near Bury, and spent her childhood in Old Trafford.

Artist: Anna Neumann

S i l e n c e, pure silence is the tonic I need silence like a dormouse curled up on a leaf, fast asleep silence like a harp in a bog, buried deep silence like a stone on the moon, all alone a silence so profound, so vast— my weary soul can s c r e a m at last. #sensewrds 211

Mark Grantham (Canadian b.1966), Exquisite Timing (South Park, Halifax), 2024, Acrylic on board

I love the way our lawn looks this time of year, covered in wild violets! Love the clover and dandelions, too. One of our neighbors has a solid green carpet of grass. I'm sure this drives him nuts. Hehehe #wildflowers #nature

Curious French Cat, 1956 by Sylvia Plath, US poet #Womensart

I’m sure we can add to this list….

My painting TWO RED CHAIRS

Tufted Puffins — Glen Rabena, 1985 silkscreen print 38 x 30 cm.

I don’t care if they’re weeds. I’m happy to see them.

Rehabilitation of the Dandelion! No other plant in the Netherlands attracts as many bee species: 107. In early spring, when nothing else is blooming, it is simply there. Meadow bird chicks that have just hatched depend on the insects that are drawn to dandelions. No dandelion, no insect, no chick.

Night lights #oilpainting #art

This is a small painting I made several years ago after visiting Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario Algonquin Sunset 12x12 acrylic on canvas

Harlinah Teoh, contemporary Australian ceramics artist inspired by nature #WomensArt

No matter which direction she turned it was the same obsessive loop. Over and over. L P O O O L O P O P O L #vss365 #loop

Doesn’t it frighten you— how no one ever seems real? Watch them— running an internal script on a loop. Disturbed. Distressed. Disoriented. And you can’t deviate— or flinch— without startling them out of their nightmare. #VSS365 - Loop #Poetry #SkyPoem

Up the garden path, round the bend, up the wall, and between pillar and post kept in the #loop. Exhausted and lost in trying to catch up, bending over backwards to keep in line and foot sore and empty handed left by the wayside despite the stepping up. All for the chance to settle down. #vss365

there are needles between her fingers and strings between her toes she’s stitching herself together —eyes and ears and mouth and nose #poetry

Winter has come and gone but our unbroken skin remains soaked by sun upon a branch in space we are spun miraculously uneaten by wood pigeon or squirrel red as mars among a fragrance of white-petaled stars, we are but still, mere drops of #water #vss365

Strong early turnout in Hungary — looking good for the opposition party and bad for Orbán. 🇭🇺

One of my cartoons in Monday's Metro

Not even 6 in the morning, and Hungarians are already lining up to vote! Hopefully get rid of Orban and Russians once, and for all! #cdnpoli

In France, legislation came into effect recently for all car parks that have over 80 spaces to be covered with solar panels. Estimated to add around 11GW of renewable energy capacity to the national grid. Why not do likewise in Scotland? Braehead, Silverburn, Glasgow Fort etc.

Oh, yeah, that was the Obama Iran deal.

Eyes like passing clouds full of precipitation close to swelling storms #haiku