4 years ago I led my company crisis response to the invasion of Ukraine. 4 years on, after 30 years in multinational aviation firm, & working on crisis anticipation and response, I'm looking for a new challenge. If anyone knows someone looking for an experienced crisis/strategy professional pls dm

Glorious sunset. Ocean was a bit chilly but the sun was hot so soon warmed up again

Old man Welly

The US shows that abortion rights can be curtailed without sudden shifts in public sentiment. A small organised political movement can restrict rights without ever winning a majority. Enter Reform UK @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/zoe-grunewal...

This was fun. I was ok for 1100 by dint of being a German speaker and reading it out loud. But 1000 was a step too far.

I think she missed a trick by asking how the sex based characteristics would be compatible under Goodwin's plan to tax childless women at a higher rate.

Extraordinarily powerful

The wonderful thing about Tyggers Is Tyggers are burning bright Their tops are made out of rubber In the forest of the night What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy, Immortal hand or eye Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers, Their fearful symmetry!

Just in case you've missed this - if you are a dual national, you must have a UK passport to travel to UK from 25.02.26. You can't travel on your other passport. Or you have to pay £589 for a “certificate of entitlement” (which is fecking scam, if you ask me) www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The most unbelievable thing about #smallprophets is how nice the care home is where his Dad lives.

I like the govt's plan to ban smartphones and social media in schools but nobody's mentioned the glaring hole in it

Yes! And aeroplane food 🤤 All those little boxes and tin foil lids to open. So exciting!

Labour keeps talking about saving the high street without naming the real problem. Car dependency. You cannot fix town centres while planning everything around driving. The internet is permanent. Retail only survives where footfall is dense, local, frequent, and cheap to access.

Wrote to my MP about this - bloody useless. Had to explain several times & then he just blew it off. Then blew off my suggestion of having an MP for overseas citizens so they could actually understand our issues. Now we have our votes back under 15y rule I'd like someone to represent me properly

I do miss my Mum, but I don't miss trying to explain to her where the cloud was every time I went over

Watched him on Newsround growing up! Which seems to suggest I'm not as young as I think I am 😩

Last week's comic. I'm new to The Traitors and predictably loved every minute of it

24th Jan is the birthday of both @adrianedmondson.bsky.social and the Emperor Hadrian. Ladies and Gentlemen we give you..... ...Hadrian Edmondson. 😳😐

GRANDMA DONE ME She’s 42 you amoeba #thetraitors

Rachel & Stephen looked like they just got hitched by Claudia #TheTraitors

Top of the Pops (23rd January 1986). A smart looking A-ha perform the UK's number one - The Sun Always Shines on TV.

By now, asteroid 2026 Dreadstone has impacted the Indian Ocean, sparking a firestorm not seen on this planet since the K–Pg Extinction Event. Most people just want to be with their families. Here are three ways effective business leaders can leverage targeted KPIs to turn tragedy 😔 into triumph 💪

GVIR pillarbox with lichen, near Olton station. #PostboxSaturday

Thank you Rachel and Stephen for the correct response to those hands appearing #thetraitors

Slightly reassured by the number of people who can't keep the names straight of the men in #thetraitors I work in a very male heavy industry and always had an issue with names and faces, seems like it's maybe not just my incompetence

A timely reflection, perhaps even a New Year's resolution, by psychologist, educationist, and humanist James Hemming, as featured in The Little Book of Humanism.

The single most useful thing I’ve read about ovarian cancer - how to spot the symptoms, talk to your GP and get tested. Wish I’d known all this earlier in the summer. targetovariancancer.org.uk/about-ovaria...

The new Norfolk Iron Age carnyx find featured on #DiggingForBritain with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social is beyond spectacular, dating to that crucial period for the Iceni between Caesar’s expeditions & Boudica’s rebellion. Already my find of the decade, today is a day to worship the carnyx… 1/…

Carynx m.youtube.com/watch?v=auR-...

My Aunt died from this as it was not diagnosed quickly enough. These are pretty non specific symptoms so don't hesitate to ask for further investigation if you have any concerns

Do confirm that Blackwell's are brilliant for overseas English language books. Shipping is very reasonable, no extra duties to pay, thanks for recommending as I would not have thought of looking at them

Utterly pointless! Wildlife can't read.

I have huge empathy for EU citizens who were made unwelcome, uncertain, or used as bargaining chips after Brexit. That harm was real. But it’s also true that millions of Brits lost rights too — rights we’d quietly built our lives around. Both things can be true.

Ok Craig voting 10 for Kaz has just pushed me over the edge 😭 I love Kaz and Carlos so much, what a team 🥰🥰 #strictly

Would actually like to have seen that show dance Tess 😤 #strictly

Ah hell, just realised my favourite Garibaldi biscuits have become victim to shrinkflation. Brought an extra packet home from my last UK visit to get me through til Christmas, but just realised it only compensates the reduction in the other packets 😭 @sainsburys explain yourselves 😤

Love Martin Parr's work - stumbled across his work in an expo in Hamburg. Hadn't realised until his recent interview on Arte 28 Minutes how much the French love him too. So much gentle humour in his photos, this Brit felt less homesick after some time with his photos. RIP Mr Parr

Quick note to anyone thinking of buying my books: please purchase the new Swift Press versions, NOT the relatively small number of Unbound versions still knocking about, & being sold by OOINYA. Unbound stopped paying me for my work early in 2024 and I will never see a penny for these books.

This is the truth right here. Can't help but being a smile to your face

New podcast episode; 🇫🇷 Dodgy Sarko going to jail and why France's right-wingers are so crooked 🇫🇷 Whatever happened to the Champs-Elysées? 🇫🇷 And why the Lascaux caves in south-west France are so very, very special

My cousin is a brilliant writer of horror, and he knows where to find the best illustrators. And I know there are people here who love 80s horror. If you are one of them support his Kickstarter here, I can vouch that he's a solid bet www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...

Yes but also this one youtu.be/o589CAu73UM?...

Anybody with an elderly relative who has to use hospital services knows this, because it's not just surgery. The trouble is, if they find an issue they have to do something about it. Much easier to send them home and let the family deal with the problem.

This old man is 19 today 🥳 Happy birthday Welly

For the cat people who have already clicked the link, I did the due diligence, it isn't a Phishing 😹

Ok, mourir un lundi de Pâques pendant une année de jubilé, c'est pas mal. Mais plusieurs papes du Moyen Âge sont morts de manière assez... étonnante ! Un top 10 en fil, avec un mari jaloux et une mouche psychopathe ⬇️! #PapeFrançois #Rome #popefrancisfuneral #medievalists #medievalsky

Remember the #GoodbyeLegsRide we introduced you to recently? It's now just 2 days away, when Tom our #MarComms Manager does his last ride 'with his own legs'! Sound intriguing? Details and donations for WfW warmly welcomed at: wheelsforwellbeing.o...

Farage's numbers look false, skewed or spun Of the 16% (10.6m) people born abroad, 6/10 had arrived before 2011 [so he can't claim 7m new registrations since 2015] - about 4/10 of those born abroad are UK citizens + non-citizens on visas pay £1035/year NHS surcharge. NHS net gain on £ now

I was wondering why the new ep wasn't in my feed