Listening to Sarah Cox on Radio 2, I'm in floods of tears with her... What a colossal effort. She's so motivated to support children who need it. Support her to support them. www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/shows/sara-c... #CiN #childreninneed

Today, I'm off to the second WeAll Cymru Festival of Ideas. I've written a piece about how @publicmap.bsky.social speaks to the Wellbeing Economy agenda and is a tangible tool and set of practices that contribute to shifting the system. dotiau.org/2025/11/11/p...

Starting your Christmas shopping? Let’s all have a #crapfreechristmas 🎄

🤝 In line with the Well-being of Future Generations Act, you’re being invited to join the conversation and have your community’s voice heard by holding your own Climate Conversation. #WalesClimateWeek Deadline: 31/10/25 🔗 www.climateaction.gov.wales/wales-climat...

Please watch this 👇🏻 We need justice for all the women and girls that have been abused, trafficked, and exploited. Thank you @vicderbyshire.bsky.social and Amy Wallace for your piece on this.

Please consider signing this petition from Reporters without Borders. At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed. rsf.org/en/petition-...

Our son (as are we) is kinda invested! ⚽️ Cymru v Belgium

David Lloyd George *in 1890* on the devolution of the crown estate: ‘I fail to understand why questions affecting...the Mineral resources of the Crown in Wales, which are far better apprehended on the spot, should be administered by government clerks in London.’

I’m looking forward to this 👇🏻

An excellent win for 🇪🇺 …Shane Lowry’s celebration when we retained the Ryder Cup was absolutely joyous! #jumpingaround #golf #rydercup

Well I never. Wow, wow, wow. What a brilliant match and incredible (18 min) penalty shootout! Huge congratulations to Grimsby Town.

The benefit of benefits www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08... There are few things in life that are more straightforward than the economics of paying benefits to those who need them. The fact every politician should know is that paying benefits can, and often does, pay for itself.

Today is Ectopic Pregnancy Awareness Day. Before having my ectopic pregnancy, and the life-changing effects it caused - physically and emotionally, I knew very little about ectopic pregnancies. Please check out @ectopicpregnancy.bsky.social - they have lots of info and support.

Poems from the children of Gaza. "And the question remains - will we tell it or become the story?" What a line. 💔

Very happy that a new series of @sewingbee.bsky.social has begun… equally happy that I get to show huge amounts of appreciation for Esme’s necklaces. Love, love, love her necklaces!

40 years ago, with a pack of blank videos at the ready, I set our video recorder to long play to tape Live Aid. What an extraordinary event and an extraordinary response to human suffering.

A tear or two of pride for this Cymru team. Singing their hearts out to our national anthem - an anthem that is rooted in our people, our places, our culture. They have written a new chapter in our country’s history. Diolch o galon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @fawales.bsky.social

‘The future of quant is qual’ ~ Phil Sutcliffe, Nexxt Intelligence @the-sra.org.uk #annualconference

A packed house @the-sra.org.uk Annual Conference this morning! The first topic of the day… 'Empathetic chatbots and synthetic personas - how AI is shaping research?'

Early start this morning for @the-sra.org.uk Annual Conference in Llundain. I will be ushering and on roving mic duty!

Beautiful shapes. Beautiful setting. Beautiful girl. #acrobatics #gymnastics #colwynbay #gogleddcymru

Awful, awful news. So dreadfully sad 😢

Team @publicmap.bsky.social out in full force today at the @wiserd-research.bsky.social annual conference. It was so great to hear different aspects of Public Map being showcased… and also so much interest in the project.

Wearing my @the-sra.org.uk hat at the @wiserd-research.bsky.social annual conference. If you’re there too, please find me to have chat about how we support the social research community in Wales and beyond.

If you know, you know.

I am totally loving this Nile Rodgers and Chic @glastonburyfestivals.co.uk set.

This notion also revealed itself in my Yoga with Adriene practice this weekend. 🧘🏻‍♀️ Referring to yoga, she said, the creative process happens in between (in between movements, in between your breath).

Absolutely adored How to Win Against History Bristol Old Vic. Funny, flamboyant, participatory, warm, utterly brilliant, and genius storytelling… a ychydig o Gymraeg hefyd 🙌🏻🤩🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Public Map is a wonderful project to work on and Tristian is fab. I am absolutely sure that this will be a really interesting conversation - mapping Môn’s music. If you miss it, it will be available on BBC Sounds.

Mathern looking lovely this evening…

Sitting under a tree reading a book whilst my daughter is at her dance class. Jyst hyfryd 🌳📚☀️

A lovely day @tafwyl.bsky.social today… It was heaving! Cymraeg a cherddoriaeth Cymraeg yn ffynnu.

Everyone’s talking about AI these days! I’m looking forward to reading Karen Hao’s take on things…

Taking a moment at the lovely coffee shop at Upcycle in Chepstow.

Silhouetted against the evening sky, the venue for our first summer choir concert. #Rogiet #Monmouthshire

Oh my word, what an incredible phase of play! This is extraordinarily exciting! #Cymru #Belguim #WorldCupQualifiers

A fabulous time at the Eisteddfod yr Urdd this week. It may have been grey and rainy but the vibe was sunny!

A family night out at the theatre to watch ‘The Beautiful Future is Coming’ at Bristol Old Vic. It’s an extraordinarily powerful and thought-provoking play about climate change - the fear and the hope. And it prompted lots of important conversations with our children.

I love the beautiful lines and textures at Bristol Old Vic.

Massive proud Mum moment. Over 1,000 pupils across Wales took part in a maths competition and Gruff was 1 of 12 to get the top marks! He was awarded a prize at a ceremony at the Urdd Eisteddfod yesterday. So lovely that staff from his school were also there whooping and cheering his success.

Look what I came across in the Pafiliwn Celf at the Urdd Eisteddfod! A 2D map of Ynys Môn created by pupils from Canolfan Addysg y Bont - a school we, @publicmap.bsky.social, have been working with. Love that they chose to map! Llongyfarchiadau to the children on their success at the ‘Steddfod 🙌🏻 🥉

💚 Devauden Festival 💚

Another fabulous Devauden Festival! A change of location this year to Humble by Nature… the vibe remained. Great music, community feel, lovely food, and loads of crafty-mindful activities.

“An independent Wales wouldn’t be a continuation of the UK by other means. It would be something new. That doesn’t mean chaos. It means choices.” ~ @owswills.bsky.social Our choices.

Thank you to everyone who has subscribed, engaged with, and shared Connecting the Dots over the last 5 years. It means such a lot.

When we found out that writable, drawable, doodleable tablecloths were available for our session on ‘community mapping innovation to involve communities, to drive change, and positively shape the future’… we were very excited!

Still thinking about joining us at #SRAConf25? We’ve created themed pathways to help you get the most from the day—whether your focus is innovation, inclusion, evaluation, or professional development, there’s a route tailored to you. the-sra.org.uk/SRAConferenc... #SocialResearch #AnnualConference

It’s good to see an accessible bridge now in situ at Y Fenni.

Her expressionless face.. The tapping of her ear How lost she looks Her little feet on the rubble Is she, as Netanyahu puts it: “A murderous Islamist terrorist organization”? Can we be real about this FFS?

Thank you to tee2sugars for working with the children at Ysgol y Ffin to create a new mural for the front of the school. #art #mural #involvement www.instagram.com/reel/DJr-zN5...