Seagrass is amazing, another one of nature’s perfect answers to the man made problems we face - just like Beavers. Seagrass once surrounded our coastline, providing habitat for all kinds of wonderful creatures, like sea horses - and also nurseries for fish. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Really good debate, worth a listen

Train near Newcastle railway station, 1937, by Bill Brandt.

There are shouty Scottish people on the telly doing curling. Love it, especially the giant compass type device used to measure the distance between the stones. Marvellous!

We hope the good people of #SanFrancisco will forgive us for adapting a song about their city in 1967 to address the shocking and tragic events in #Minnesota in recent weeks. This is dedicated to Renée Good and Alex Pretti, and in solidarity. Our version is called "Minnesota" ❤️ youtu.be/BRHxXHZmVAM

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

🦇 Wildlife and natural places are under pressure from development, climate change and habitat loss - and yet a new report, the Fingleton Review, suggests weakening the protections that help keep what remains safe. Help wildlife by adding your voice now: action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/183790/...

Board of Peace - Season 1

🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

The Highway Code rule 112b: LED headlights

Since all the media coverage of the recent carnyx discovery at Thetford, I have been obsessively googling videos of them being played . This one is hugely impressive ! youtube.com/watch?v=auR-...

Well, you all know I love a carnyx…but an Iceni carnyx? Oh my giddy aunt… www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Cambridgeshire has a dusting of snow this morning. Keeping a look out for the appearance of fieldfares and redwings.

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Commentatorballs: collecting the very best of the wisdom of pundits. These are all real quotes from real commentators. Watch ‘An Evening with Private Eye 2025’ in full, on Private Eye’s YouTube channel now.

The inevitable consequences of the unregulated spreading of toxic sewage sludge on UK farms. @fightingdirty.bsky.social

All power to their elbow. High time this was sorted

My wife Bunty & I had the privilege of visiting Nigel Farage in his campaign office during the last election. He was so lovely & allowed Bunters to take a photo of him (shown below). There was absolutely no hint of him exceeding electoral expenses & being involved in fraud. 😊

✨😯 The wondrous Romanesque crypt at St. Mary, Lastingham, Yorkshire - a space where ancient crosses and carvings seem to emerge from the surface - reminding us of its rooted history.

The incredible ‘Orkney Hood’ from Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 So well preserved it looks like it was woven yesterday rather than some 1,500 years ago! It’s thought the hood was made for a child. Found in 1867 in a peat bog in St Andrews Parish, Orkney. National Museum of Scotland 📷 by me #Archaeology

From a recent Guardian article by Richard Partington. What extraordinary times we live in. #budget

Another morning in North Norfolk

The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford

This #MapMonday let us take you back in time ⌛ We've just added first edition 6-inch to the mile Ordnance Survey maps of England and Wales to our website, published from the 1840s to 1880s. These maps are all from bound volumes. Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/additions/#188

This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

🔴'BBC Bias’ Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President, reports @nafeez.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...

Agree

youtube.com/watch?v=-QdJ... Feel a bit sorry for David Lammy, he’s been handed a tough gig, but all this flag shagging nonsense is getting a bit much.

Eric Ravilious. Fireworks. 1938

The Church of St. Mary, Keysoe, has this really excellent mid-18th century plaque set into the tower wall…I really love how it’s such a personal account and a snapshot in time, compete with brilliant spelling!

Couldn’t agree more! Find myself continuously telling AI ‘assistants’ to eff off. ✒️🫟

Farage: epic grifter

*NEWS* We’re delighted to share that from 2026, the National Trust will take on the care & management of Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust museums, collections & properties, supported by Department for Culture, Media & Sport funding. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/shrops... #industrialheritage

Tactical voting wins the day. There is a crack in everything; that’s how the light gets in.

Today is the centenary of the birth of the great Tony Hart who opened the eyes of generations to visual art and who is forever associated with this, the shimmering Gallery theme from Vision On – which was also pretty much everyone’s introduction to the vibraphone. youtu.be/-ZNkJXKV7_w

Visited the Anderton Boat Lift. What a marvel! The building behind is the old Brunner Mond/ICI factory, often referred to as the ‘beast’. My great grandad worked there, tinkering with a little engine. Showed his pics to a local, who told me he’d been blown up and put on the wall in Weatherspoons

@chrischirp.bsky.social is doing a fantastic work here www.trumpactiontracker.info

If only those pesky Suffragettes had confined themselves to one protest…

RIP Danny Thompson. Here's a playlist featuring just some of the hundreds of songs that were graced by his bass playing. Includes Nick Drake, Pentangle, Donovan, John Martyn, Sandy Denny, Marc Bolan, David Sylvian, Kate Bush, Talk Talk, Lilac Time, Julian Cope etc ▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/4XS...

I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore. So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism. From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved: guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...

The Haddenham Traction Engine Rally. Sights and sounds from another era. Joyous

It has just occurred to me that the mass 'emergency phone alert testing' on Sunday is going to happen during the local dog show. I'm sure it will all be fine.

First sighting of a wasp spider, a female I think. It’s been on the front door all day, quietly basking in the autumn sunshine. Apparently the females eat the males after mating, so possibly slowly digesting her husband

Amazing story: one of the organisers of the group putting Union Flags up around Manchester previously did time for being part of a people smuggling gang. manchestermill.co.uk/manchester-f...

Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

Love Jack Gibbons’ Gershwin piano transcriptions. This is fun. youtu.be/tYFLih_pD4I?...

Brilliant

A reminder of how long ago April 2023 was: X was still Twitter back then. And yet the government thinks nothing of enough significance has happened since to make it review whether it should use X...!

A recipe for DISASTER 🤢 Hugh uncovers a recipe for toxic sewage sludge, with lovely ingredients, including: 🦠 Pathogens 🥄 Microplastics 🏭 Industrial waste! SIGN THE PETITION to make water companies clean up their own mess. 😤 👉 act.gp/4nHfsAc