Good grief - how is this not a scandal?

Happy 1st of June! Here's its entry in the beautiful Très Riches Heures, a 15th-century Book of Hours: publicdomainreview.org/collection/l... twitter.com/PublicDomainRev/status/1134789419116969985/photo/1... (Scyther to the right in pink getting into the Summer spirit... 😳)

The press are all over Nicola Sturgeon, who was investigated and released without charge. So glad all I did was take £5 million to become an MP, £1m to throw an election, make a couple of dodgy house purchases and lie about Russia hacking my phone.

Now this really is scandalous...

Priceless radio piece this morning on BBC Radio 4 ( TODAY programme) where trump's new tourism ambassador tries to sell US today as the promised land of tourist destinations. Hilarious exchange as the rubber meets the road. 8 minutes long.. starts 18 minutes into the programme.

When he was an MEP, Farage excused his absences on basis that it was an illegitimate government and that sovereignty should reside in Westminster. He's now an MP in Westminster And he's been absent for 77 Parliament votes in a row. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/whe...

Extraordinary story from the Hay Festival. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Petition: Set minimum MP attendance requirements and automatic by-election if not met A minimum attendance level should be required. If levels fall, the constituents should be able to remove them as an MP through a by-election. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

#/Vote like your life depends on it... #Iran #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #TrumpEpsteinFiles

Is there a difference between being banned from D.I.D and not being asked?

Sending an e-mail creates 4 grams of carbon dioxide phys.org/news/2015-11...

Every day is the perfect day to support your local bookstore, café, theatre, bakery, and library.

The garden is maturing 😊 these peonies were split and moved 2 years ago. As for the Nigella and foxgloves ... I cannot resist a self seeder.

Step inside 17 Gough Square this weekend and discover where Samuel Johnson compiled the first great Dictionary of the English Language. One of London's most remarkable historic houses. Tuesday to Saturday 10am - 5pm Sunday 12pm - 4pm www.drjohnsonshouse.org

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Why can’t the young people of today dress like this? If they did they’d get a job and be able to afford a house.👍

Here's how the corruption works: Thursday: RJ Reynolds donates $5M to Trump Saturday: Trump invites RJR execs to Mar a Lago; execs ask to loosen regs on flavored vapes; Trump calls up RFK Jr. and tells him to change it Friday: FDA changes the policy

It's interesting that getting rid of the triple lock has become the defining example of a sensible grown-up policy while at the same time it's widely accepted that trying to means-test the winter fuel allowance was a disaster for Labour.

They stole the internet’s knowledge and all the work that went into it and they want to sell it back to us for a fee. What a business model.

What a good idea.

“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”

Looks like one of those terrifying 2050 #climate projection graphics, but no, that’s a short-term forecast for France until… May 29th.

I've experienced this on the kid drowning side, so sharing for that reason, but also because as it says: > The captain was trained to recognize drowning by experts and years of experience. The father, on the other hand, had learned what drowning looks like by watching television. expertise matters

Here’s just one detail from @thenerve.news #HarborneReceipts timeline. On the *exact same day* Christopher Harborne gives Reform £3m, Nigel Farage says Reform will lift cap on stablecoin ownership. Where does Christopher Harborne’s money come from, you ask? Stablecoins!

My daughter has been growing her hair for the last couple of years to donate at least 12 inches to make wigs for children with no hair. She is cutting it soon - if anyone would like to donate to raise money to support the making of the wigs, please do so here. www.justgiving.com/page/rachel-...

Perfect day. #LoveLords #VitalityBlast

Conference on 'Filth and health': hygiene &sanitation in the Middle Ages Friday, 26 Jun 2026, 1100-1830, Great Hall, St Bartholomew the Great, EC1A 7BE Fundraising campaign for new loos & in memory of Prof Peter Fergusson, a great architectural historian greatstbarts.churchsuite.com/events/mytyw...

Introduce yourself with 10 bands you've seen live Springsteen The Pogues Ian Drury and The Blockheads The Q-Tips with Paul Young Van Morrison Paul Simon James Taylor The Eurythmics M People Norah Jones

Does anyone know the fixture list?

From 25 June to 1 September, VAT on children’s meals, cinema tickets and attractions like zoos and theme parks will be cut from 20% to 5%. The Great British Summer Savings scheme will make days out more affordable while supporting local businesses. Let’s make this summer special for everyone.

Pedro Pascal is reading a CBeebies Bedtime Story ✨ “I love #storytelling more than anything in the world”   No stranger to the cosmos, join Pedro for a journey across the #solarsystem this Friday on #BBCiPlayer and #CBeebies 🚀 Only from the BBC. Funded by 49p+ per day per UK household.

Claims that “over two million” people attended last weekend’s Unite the Kingdom march in London are circulating online. But this isn’t true. Police estimates put it at around 60,000, and an independent expert told us it definitely wasn’t millions.

20 mins to the performance and this is the queue for the ladies loo at The National. Such disrespect towards their core customer 🤦🏻‍♀️

In 2020 @yaelrice.bsky.social and I authored this article to dispute this kind of pseudo-scientific research, which regularly gets press attention, precisely so that others don't have to cope with the tedium of refuting it. Here's the refutation you need! hyperallergic.com/how-scientis...

Augustus John's 1930 portrait is of Caitlin Macnamara some six years before she first met Dylan Thomas at The Wheatsheaf in Bloomsbury. Caitlin was sat on a stool at the bar when Thomas staggered towards her, laid his head in her lap, and mumbled a proposal of marriage.

I’m looking for a new personal assistant. You’ll help me with my diary, including supporting my evening meetings on Mondays and Tuesdays. This role sits at the centre of my parliamentary, constituency, government and special advisor teams helping me to be as effective as possible.

This assumes the Brexit decision was rational not emotional.

Two things should be true in a democracy: 1. Being rich should not help you get elected. 2. Getting elected should not help you get rich. How’s your country doing on these criteria?

The saddest thing about people who have £18bn is that they spend their time and money on trying to get £19bn, as if it will make any difference to anything - least of all their lives.

the challengers are about to be savaged by the billionaire press but nothing to what they’ll get if successful, which they won’t be, Keir will see them off.

Dear England ⚽️ Kick off 9pm, Sunday 24 May on #BBCiPlayer Watch the trailer of the hotly anticipated new drama about Gareth Southgate and the England men’s football team ⤵️

You would think that everyone would have got the memo after Brexit that voting for some hugely damaging thing in order to kick politicians out of complacency does not end well. But no.

Sunday 17 May is your big chance to stock up with plants for your garden, buy second-hand tools, gardening & wildlife books, homemade produce and apple juice. @bbowt.bsky.social Chilterns Group Plant and Produce Market at Great Missenden Memorial Centre 11am - 1pm. Support your local Wildlife Trust!

Long, but fascinating thread.

From Berlin to Barcelona by train. Today cross-country journeys mean several bookings and risks if you miss a connection. Let's change that. With one ticket and full passenger rights all along your journey. That‘s our new passenger package. link.europa.eu/HGxmpv

The TV news and Press covering Farage versus The TV news and Press covering Labour and Zack Polanski