Bob’s funeral will be held at 12 on September 2nd at Salisbury Arts Centre. Tea and Coffee from 11.30. Wear whatever you like. No flowers, donations to the Samaritans via the funeral director ([email protected]). All welcome to our home for refreshments after the funeral.

Bob’s sons Tom, Jack and Joey here. We’re really sad to let you know that Bob died suddenly on Thursday. The funeral will be in about 3 weeks – we’ll share further details here when we can. If you want to get in touch, you can email Jane, our mum, at jcgannuk[at]yahoo.co.uk

Lovely sunny day for meeting environment friendly businesses and community organisations at People in the Park. Looking forward to continuing conversations at Charter Assembly on 1 June

In #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek met Salisbury Well City and other brilliant local initiatives supporting mental health in our community. Particularly good to see schemes involving our green spaces and arts www.wellcitysalisbury.co.uk

Spotted at Salisbury rail station. Who’s going to count the cost of not tackling climate change? Your children. And my grandchildren. #NetZero

After two previous failed attempts (kids with tantrums, car break down) we finally saw the Bayeux Tapestry today. It was worth the wait

Looking forward to taking the graffiti tour of #Salisbury Cathedral. We’re used to seeing memorials of the rich & famous but these are the marks of the ordinary people of our city www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Reform candidate in St Edmunds is running on pledge to bring ducks back to the Maltings. There’s plenty of ducks there already and elsewhere on the river. We believe in free movement of ducks.

Labour #localelection candidates Sharon Rideout (St Francis & Stratford) & Bob Gann (St Edmund’s) at Wiltshire Police bike marking this morning. Labour will support #cyclists by preventing bike theft & fixing #potholes

@salisburylabour.bsky.social Labour is working for Salisbury’s young people. We’re backing youth clubs and pushing Wiltshire Council to expand mental health services for young residents. #YouthSupport #LabourForSalisbury

From April councils will start to receive their share of Labour’s £1.6bn road maintenance fund. Councils must publish how many #potholes they’ve fixed or lose funds. Make sure Wilts Council deliver on fixing our roads www.gov.uk/government/n...

Labour is committed to protecting Salisbury’s green spaces. We’re improving parks locally and pushing Wiltshire Council to defend our countryside. Let’s keep Salisbury green! #GreenerSalisbury #LabourForSalisbury

According to Kwikfit, who should know, #potholes damage cost motorists £1.5bn last year - £120 per driver. Labour will act to fix roads & pavements #VoteLabour #LocalElections www.kwik-fit.com/press/pothol...

Taking part in #Parkrun in #Salisbury Churchill Gardens. #Labour will protect our green spaces and rivers, and support our community groups #VoteLabour #LocalElections

Down to the @wiltscouncil.bsky.social offices to pick up nomination papers for #localelections. Great to see volunteers working hard in Secret Garden. Peaceful haven for local community #SalisburyGreenerFuture

Beautiful spring day for #parkrun at #Clapham Common. Only marred by going face down over a tree root. Thanks to the kind marshals & other runners who picked me up. What a great community. PS. I still finished in reasonable time

Feels like #Spring as I lay out my seed potatoes.

Watching Queer Eye featuring a librarian in Las Vegas. Described himself as a “matchmaker for resources”. Pretty much sums up the role. thelibrarydistrict.org/locations/WH...

Always enjoy the Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social orchid show. Beautiful and bonkers at the same time

Relied on these Expert books when I first started gardening in the 1970s www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

We tackle digital exclusion through the National Databank, National Device Bank and Learn My Way. These services are delivered by Digital Inclusion Hubs across the UK in the National Digital Inclusion Network. Discover more about our services at www.goodthingsfoundation.org/our-services.

Quite an impact at my corner shop this morning as all the papers with #MakeItFair on front pages. #AI in creative industries

Why working in the library beats WFH www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Part of excellent exhibition on 1980s at @salisburymuseum.bsky.social Released during miners strike, listeners were encouraged to play record at 6pm creating surge in demand for electricity

What we can learn from Spain on how immigration has made an open, prosperous country www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Looking forward to seeing the new exhibition on the 1980s just opened @ salisburymuseum.bsky.social salisburymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/198...

Sad to see Rick Buckler of The Jam has died #RIPRick

A beautiful and thoughtful exhibition Blood: Ties and Tensions @thackraymuseum.bsky.social, explores connection, infection and much more. I learned about the US-dominated global plasma trade and The Blood Bag Project - set up by the Leeds-based textile artist Leigh Bowser to encourage blood donation

Welcome back to Salisbury for 13th century Sarum Master Bible www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

Boom. Wordle 1,334 2/6 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

On such a beautiful beach (Sao Beach, Phu Quoc, Vietnam). Just out of shot, washed up plastic waste - including plastic straws.

New exhibition opens today. It's about Blood. 🩸 Huge thanks to everyone who made it happen. Our partners at @universityofleeds.bsky.social: @hematopolitics.bsky.social. Art by Gemma Wood. Design by Émilie Chen.

Martha Hicks spent most of her life in Victorian institutions in Wiltshire - gaol, workhouse, asylum. Labelled a pauper lunatic, she was a spirited & defiant woman. I traced her life for @salisburymuseum.bsky.social in blog here salisburymuseum.wordpress.com

Happy Year of the Snake In the 1930s, snake venom was one of the best available treatments for haemophilia. 🐍🩸💉

It is all getting so real! Blood: Ties and Tensions exhibition is opening this Saturday! Thank you everyone at Thackray Museum of Medicine and the wonderful Hematopolitics team for making this happen! Special thanks to my colleagues and collaborators in Leeds, Japan and Korea for all the support!

So sad to hear about Marianne Faithfull. Playing Broken English. What an album that is www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Buildings in #Bangkok with rainbow lighting. Yesterday Thailand was the first country in South East Asia to legalise equal marriage

Really enjoying reading this. We live not far from East Stratton & wife has lived & worked in New Orleans so link between Barings & Louisiana Purchase particularly interesting. Will do the walk

It’s been a while since I’ve been involved with WHO but came across these name badges today. Reminder that Trump withdrawing is absolute folly while the world faces emerging global health emergencies.

Short piece in the BMJ. I've highlighted parkrun as a key way to motivate physical activity. Link here... www.bmj.com/content/386/...

In London this weekend so great to join 1140 people on Clapham Common #parkrun Pleased to win my age category - although in a very youthful field there weren’t many of us oldies www.parkrun.org.uk/claphamcommon/

Straight down the cinema this afternoon to see the Bob Dylan film www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...

Can our digital avatars make our real selves healthier? A little thing I wrote to go with our last exhibition thackraymuseum.co.uk/what-is-a-di...

Air pollution in the south of England could be driving health inequalities, according to a new report we’ve published as part of the Clean Air South Network. Read more here: brnw.ch/21wPZyD

Meta dropping fact checking will exacerbate extremist radicalisation amongst us boomers. Important research from @smidgeproject.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

When I had my cataracts done all I got was tetracaine

Who says archaeology has to be old? This corroded USB stick was excavated from a London school playing field in 2012. If archaeological objects give a snapshot of different eras, this object fits the bill, being loaded with Amy Winehouse music, Bhangra dance videos & content from adult websites.