Such love, determination and resilience. The final quote about entering eternity by walking into a meadow is just lovely

Huh. Today I learned that English Heritage gives free admission to people who have been granted refugee status. What an excellent policy.

Breaking news: Hotel workers at Radisson Blu, Canary Wharf (mainly migrant women from Nepal) ended a 6-week strike w/ ALL demands met. When we organise, we win. Solidarity forever ❤️ www.uvwunion.org.uk/en/press-rel...

"We could resolve this by creating safe, legal and managed routes." @elliechowns.bsky.social responds to Reform's dangerous rhetoric on migration with the Green Party's genuine, compassionate, common-sense solutions.

It's not asylum seekers who jack up rents, undermine the NHS, hold down wages and keep people insecure. It's capital. The role of the far right is to shift the blame for decades of economic attacks by the rich and powerful onto powerless people who have only just arrived here.

The threat to our society is not from asylum seekers in small boats. It’s from politicians and media cynically whipping up fear and prejudice, labelling them all as criminals, inciting hatred against people for where and what they’ve fled from. It must stop. For all our sakes. It’s deeply sinister.

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Do you spray pesticides in public areas @wiltscouncil.bsky.social Asking as a resident. I look forward to hearing from you.

⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party. 🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.

I'm not normally a fan of hybrid tea roses, but Chandos Beauty has bewitched me. The blooms are big, blousy and highly fragrant. #rosewednesday #hybridtearose #englishroses

Nature friendly farming approaches can reduce need for pesticides, improve soil health, & create buffer strips to reduce the amount of pesticide entering waterways. Robust, reliable, easy to access funding for such measures is vital to river health. 2/3 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Apparently it’s world swift day. Email [email protected] saying PLEASE MANDATE SWIFT BRICKS and add that to the subject line too. You’ll get an automated response but if we all email it will have a trickle up effect that’s better than a petition. So ask at least one person to do it too

Keir Starmer needs to listen not to housebuilders but nightingales! More great reporting by my colleague Helena Horton. Madness that the best place in Britain for this endangered bird is owned by a housing quango. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The warning couldn’t be clearer. ⚠️ Slashing the nature-friendly farming budget would be catastrophic for the nature and climate crisis, and for our long-term food security. What's more, it would leave the UK Government’s credibility on climate and nature in tatters.

Labour promised to restore nature. ❌ Instead, their Planning Bill contains a licence to destroy it. We offered solutions. We’re done waiting. Part 3 of the Bill would gut the laws protecting our most precious habitats & species. Without significant change, it must be scrapped.

'Keir Starmer’s planning bill......as it stands, lets developers “pay cash to trash nature” ' Another stupid, ill-thought out, bill that will alienate even more voters Assuming there are any still left to alienate www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is what I want in a house … you can keep those kitchen islands, spare bedrooms & driveways …

What a treat it was to have the Moon visit a church in our town recently. It was awe-inspiring and rather thought provoking. She's back up in the sky now 😉

May meadows with buttercups and bluebells, both white and blue. There's something about meadows that fills my heart with joy ❤️

Roughly 17,000 councillors in the UK. Nearly 6500 Labour. Just over 5000 Tory. 3000 Lib Dem. Reform have 799 and suddenly N.F. is being touted by the media as the next Prime Minister? The Green Party have 850 councillors. Why aren't the Green Party being bigged-up by the press? Seriously, why?

A riot of wild garlic on a verdant country path.

🦊 Competition time! To celebrate the beginning of summer, I'm giving away a signed edition of my Reynard the Fox, a Fox for All Seasons journal, packets of Dorset biscuits & tea to honour my other main character Old Fox & a charming & fluffy fox companion! Simply like, repost & follow to enter! 🌷🦊

A stunning sea of bluebells near Fonthill Lake in Wiltshire. I've never seen so many in one place! 😍

There’s this muppet on TikTok who transcribes and then scats incredibly difficult jazz solos so well and I could not possibly love a thing more

Lovely outfits, although the one on the far right looks like she's got a snake curling around her shoulders! 🐍

It amazes me that we haven't done so already...

Very well said, but it's heartbreaking that this keeps happening over and over again...

A "potential" 0.43% increase in GDP *by 2050* - in return for torching the UK's climate leadership and adding vast amounts of carbon to the atmosphere - is simply not worth it. No third runway. Grow the green economy, not airports. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

In amongst all the bad news, this really gladdens my heart.

What would you choose? Plastic grass has zero wildlife benefits, a high carbon footprint, and sheds micro-plastics. Real grass allowed to grow with wildflowers boosts biodiversity – from butterflies, frogs and bees to mammals, bats and birds, and is good for our health. More: bit.ly/3L806DJ #nature

Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.

This gladens my heart ❤️

3.6 million #WASPI women not properly told about increases to their State Pension age. Retirement plans shattered. #DWP at fault. Still waiting for recommended compensation. Sign our petition to get Govt to act. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

With much love and grateful thanks to @annelouiseavery.bsky.social on her birthday. May her year ahead bring respite in your health and more people falling in love with your wonderful work.

Good morning and happy #Caturday It's blowing a hoolie outside so Poppy won't be pottering around the garden today.

It's up! Please add your name to the petition launched by bsky.app/profile/wild... if you'd like to see an end to driven grouse shooting.

Such a beautiful picture. Thank you 😊

3/3 East Barsham's excellent collection of late medieval glass includes a roundel cut from the face of a 15th Century angel, and reset as if peering into the church. Once seen, never forgotten! East Barsham: : www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/eastbarsham/... #NovemberNorfolk30

If you know me from the “other place” please do reply to this post and let me know who you are so I can follow you back. I’d love to keep in touch with as many people as possible, but I’m getting a bit confused as to who’s who on here. I’d also be grateful if you would share this message for me!

No snow so far today, but it's very cold and soggy. Poppy the cat's decision to hunker down under a blanket seems eminently sensible. #cat #tuxedocat #hygge

Although it's downright weird to still be seeing bees and other insects in mid November, I'm glad the fatsia japonica in my garden is a food source for them 🐝🐝🐝 #gardening #bees #pollinators

V true, while I desperately miss bread, gf cakes are as good as normal ones and I prefer gf pasta, but I'm struggling to make a decent gf scone. I tried a recipe without psyllium husk and the result was 🤢 Another did have it but also 4tsp of baking powder and was a bit 🤢 too. The search continues...

Sometimes a Wild God by Tom Hirons The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Miss Buncle's Book by DE Stevenson Normal Rules Don't Apply by Kate Atkinson Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell