I’ve told my people to tell your people that there is FREE SHIPPING on t-shirts this weekend. xx edwardphilipsart.teemill.com

Januar. Januar. Januar. Drei January.

Hé Bluesky, j'ai créé un petit jeu. Il s'appelle Fausse Commune, et il va mettre à l'épreuve ta connaissance des régions françaises. C'est gratuit, c'est absurde, c'est rapide, ça marche sur téléphone ou ordi. C'est là : faussecommune.fr

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R279 « Globetrotter » : « Ma résolution pour 2026 ? Rester moi-même. Je suis parfait comme je suis. »

Show me how you draw/paint horses 🎠 xx

Happy New Year everyone! Here is your 2026 Toucan. Use it wisely. xx 🪶

Happy New Year everyone! Here is your 2026 Toucan. Use it wisely. xx 🪶

Wherever you are on this map tonight, have a lovely New Year. xx I’ll be at a secret location somewhere between York and Redcar.

On the sixth day of Christmas My true love sent to me Six geese a-playing (footy)... (see timeline for other days) xx #birds

how all youtube ads sound to me

I will be developing an exhibition of my Nighthawks photos for display when the Rebellion! exhibition is over. Currently wondering whether the photos could act as prompts for creative writing, making for a combined photography and storytelling experience.

On the fifth day of Christmas My true love sent to me Five Goldfinches... (see timeline for previous days) xx #birds #christmas #goldfinch

On the fourth day of Christmas My true love gave to me Four (thousand) starling birds... (see timeline for previous days) xx #birds #starlings #love

On the third day of Christmas My true love sent to me Three Sussex hens... #birds

A joy to bring #TSEliot’s 1935 drama Murder in the Cathedral to life with an incredible team. Danny Sapani stars as #ThomasBecket murdered @cburycathedral.bsky.social on 29 Dec 1170. Music by Joseph Howard performed by BBC Singers. 3pm Sat 27 Dec @BBCRadio4👇https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002nv7c

RIP Teddy www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...

On the second day of Christmas 
My true love gave to me
Two choughing choughs…
 #birds #christmas

On the first day of Christmas My true love gave to me A long tail tit in a hawthorn tree. xx #birds

All I want for Christmas is Smew! Thanks to all who bought one of my posters or T-Shirts. You are lovely and I hope you have a wonderful festive time. Ed xx

Christmas Day is here and with it our final advent friend... Well - who else could it have been? 😉🎄 Wishing you a very merry Christmas, from all of us at the RSPB! #RSPBAdvent25

All I want for Christmas is Smew! Thanks to all who bought one of my posters or T-Shirts. You are lovely and I hope you have a wonderful festive time. Ed xx

Letter to the editor, December 2010 www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...

Meanwhile at the M C Escher bide-a-wee rest home…

A festive word from our sponsor. xx

Says a lot about a country when the highest paid woman in the land has the sole job of promoting gambling. Shame the doctors, nurses and counsellors who gave to pick up the pieces of the lives shattered by this industry aren’t paid as much. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Meanwhile at the M C Escher bide-a-wee rest home…

A festive word from our sponsor. xx

'Tells pop's neverending story brilliantly' DAVID QUANTICK 'Like a treasure chest of pop riches' SAMIRA AHMED 'Reminded me how much I loved the 80s' GIDEON COE 'A delightful, curious compendium' JUDE ROGERS ‘Downright unputdownable’ IAN WADE 'Invaluable for pop fans & pop historians’ DAVID STUBBS

Dernière chance pour commander le calendrier avant l'envoi de ce matin !

Me, in The Guardian, wanging on about geese. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Open today's door for a fiery, festive friend... and a wiggle to boot! 😃 #RSPBAdvent25

Crikey, it’s almost Friday. The weekend will soon overtake us like a curate riding a moped late for a wedding. To compensate here’s your late night Short-Eared Owl. xx

One thing about this cartoon is that it's (clearly) a male owl owlsplaining. In reality the female tawny owl twits and the male twoos. I can think we can let that pass seeing as we’re talking about a world in which owls can discuss the finer points of grammar. www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...

The 30th Yorkshire Bird Race, this year, in support of Swifts conservation is taking place on 3rd or 4th January 2026. I and several other @yorkbirding.bsky.social colleagues are participating again in this full day event. Any donations would be most gratefully received. gofund.me/a41ab6152

Whilst we were waiting for the boat to pick us up off the Isle of May, this young seal pup came to say goodbye as the blog explains; isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com

Is there anybody out there who hasn’t got their Half Man Half Biscuit Map yet? No. I thought not. xx www.edwardphilips.co.uk/vintage-rail...

Hello. My wee poster shop is open throughout the festive period but if you'd like a poster to arrive afore Christmas please order before the 17th Dec. Ta. xx www.edwardphilips.co.uk (service message ends)

For more info… 🤍 www.tickettailor.com/events/madei...

It’s been a stressful day. Here is your late night redpoll. xx

Wrote about Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms and Schubert for Paul Lewis's recent Southbank recital and, to my surprise, my references to This is Spinal Tap were left in. Click on 'View the programme' to have a read. www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/pau...

A new hero of slang - Peter Corris and his noir hero Cliff Hardy - and a minuscule counterblast to today's Bondi horrors. open.substack.com/pub/jonathon....

Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is, in fact, a tortology

A familiar friend is hiding behind today’s door...can you guess who? ✨ #RSPBAdvent25

Best I could manage this morning at Port Clarence @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social