£5m from a crypto billionaire and £1/4m for advertising gold bullion have really helped Nigel Farage in his fight for the little guy against the establishment elites

One of history's deadliest battles began on this day 110 years ago ❤️ But why do we still remember it today? 🤔

83 years ago, on the 1st of July 1943, Willem Arondéus was executed by the Nazi regime after taking part in the successful bombing of a registration office, destroying 800.000 identity cards. His last words were: "Tell people that homosexuals are not cowards." #otd #history 🗃️

IF OUR GOVERNMENT WON’T SANCTION ISRAEL YOU CAN DO YOUR BIT BY NOT BUYING ANYTHING MADE OR GROWN IN ISRAEL! Check the barcode…729, remember it next time you shop. Every little helps!

I wrote this mini-tour blog for Mainly Museums about one of my favourite places to visit, Salisbury Museum! As you would expect , this being Wiltshire, there’s plenty of Neolithic wonders and weird bits and bobs. If you can’t get there yourself, take a tour with me! 🌝🗿🌝

So Argentina’s football structure is built on the abuse and molestation of young boys and no one hardly gets punished for it. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

Beautiful flowers - all grown locally - from my wonderful husband 🥰

Today marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of John Constable, one of Britain's most celebrated landscape painters. Constable spent much of his time at Flatford and across the Dedham Vale landscape. These much-loved surroundings inspired many of his most famous works.

‘It’ll be like Barbenheimer’: UK gripped by new wave of Beatlemania in lead-up to four biopics

Alan Milburn is right, a young generation has been betrayed. Forget Tony Blair: we must attend to this | Polly Toynbee

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I am moved beyond words by this beautiful piece of writing on How To Eat by the wonderful Yasmin Khan open.substack.com/pub/risingup...

Some South Downs loveliness to start your weekend. If you're out on the Downs, please keep dogs on a lead near livestock and wildlife. It’s ground‑nesting season, and birds like skylarks may abandon their eggs if disturbed. Happy exploring 🤩 📸: Lloyd Lane @lloydlane.bsky.social

All restaurant closures are sad, but the just-announced end of the Spaghetti House group after over 70 years, is especially so. We take the diversity of our restaurant sector for granted, but it started with pioneering family run businesses like Spaghetti House. Farewell. www.spaghettihouse.co.uk

#Brexit is back in the news, which reminded to repost this TOP cartoon by @mackinnonart.bsky.social

Thanks @themerl.bsky.social for hosting a wonderful evening. I'm very grateful to be part of Radical Rural & it was lovely to chat to @nicolawriting.bsky.social, @guyshrubsole.bsky.social, @tom-oliver.bsky.social & Henry Oliver from the North Wessex Downs National Landscape. Feeling inspired.

Farage did say Brexit would make us richer… We should have known that by us, he meant him £5,000,000 richer.

13 May 1943 | Sara Cohen was born in Groningen in The Netherlands. She was a Dutch Jewish girl, a daughter of Jozef and Carolien. In February 1944 she was murdered in a gas chamber of #Auschwitz. She lived 9 months.

Beneath one of the harshest landscapes on Earth, archaeologists uncovered evidence of a forgotten world — and the scale of it is staggering. theconversation.com/we-found-hun... #ScienceAndTech

Live scenes from Downing Street as Keir Starmer tells his cabinet he'll "fight on"

A wonderful weekend spent in God’s own county 🥰 @southdownsnp.bsky.social

The two pictures are 11 years apart. On 10 May 1933, the Nazi Party staged an ideological spectacle of the burning of 'un-German’ books. 2nd image: Auschwitz II-Birkenau, burning pits outside gas chamber and crematorium V, 1944. #Auschwitz warns us of where ideologies of hatred can lead people.

Dear Reform-voting ladies… Do you know you’re voting for a party that wants to: ❌ Scrap the Equality Act - your legal protection against workplace discrimination & unequal pay ❌ Kill the Online Safety Act - the law protecting you from revenge porn

❌ Vote AGAINST the bill to stop workplace sexual harassment ❌ Stack the party with anti-abortion politicians - some opposing termination even if rape ❌ Push “pro-family” policies that put women back in the home I guess the question is… Do you hate immigrants more than you love your rights?

At what point do we stop pretending our newspapers are ‘news’ and start calling them what they are… Promotional pamphlets for the billionaires who own them and the agendas they’re selling.

Happy Friday 🙌 For a century, Sir David Attenborough has helped people of all ages discover and appreciate the natural world. Today we're celebrating his 100th birthday and a lifetime spent inspiring people to love nature 🌱 📸: Anthony Hurren

Our annual photo competition is back! 🤩 The main theme is “Serene South Downs: Back to Nature.” As always, there will be a separate wildlife category and a youth competition. Plus, this year introduces a special monochrome category. Full details here: buff.ly/vTzyanH 🔗 📸: Simon Grinyer

Leave only footprints, take only memories. ⠀⠀ The outdoors is a special place and one of the easiest ways to keep it special is to take home what you bring with you (and that includes dog poop for those with pooches!) 💚 📸: Alex Holden

Our site really is a tonic for the soul. Those Romans really knew how to pick a spot. #rurallife #sussex #romans #farm #history

35 years ago today I met my wonderful husband - we celebrated our anniversary by having a lovely walk and a pub lunch 🥰

If they ever fancy coming down to Portsmouth...

Not strictly museum-based but we felt it to be relevant in so many ways.

Is it not news-worthy… That an 18-month-old Palestinian toddler was allegedly held in detention for 10 hours Tortured by Israeli soldiers using burning cigarettes and nails All to force a confession from his father? Look at him Because our press will rather you didn’t.

When are we gonna admit that billionaire‑ism is an illness? They’re hoarders No control, insatiable greed & their hoarding just drains every one of us They cut wages, buy politicians & bleed the planet just to watch a number tick up that they’ll never spend Sick in the head.

🆕 Latest on the meningitis outbreak in Kent: We’ve worked with academic experts to produce a new technical briefing. Early evidence and preliminary analyses provide strong reassurance that existing vaccinations and antibiotic treatments remain effective against this MenB strain.

“Each time a woman stands up for herself.... she stands up for all women.” - Maya Angelou #WomensArt

Happy birthday William Morris, born on this day in 1834. He was inspired by nature and went on to design some of the most recognisable textile patterns of the 19th century. Do you have a favourite? Photos: 'Trellis', 'Pomegranate', 'Daisy', 'Acanthus'

It's the time of year where adders are slowly waking up from their winter slumber and ready to capture those beautiful rays of sunshine 🐍 Usually shy, adders are venomous, and dogs should be kept on the lead on access land, just to be on the safe side. 📸: Bruce Middleton

The message is simple: our future depends on nature. Join the Nature = Future campaign today: buff.ly/7ipENOm

My 16 year old son asked me ‘will I get conscripted?’ My friend’s son asked her the same. He’s 14. Why are our children having to worry about this? One man - a malignant narcissist with dementia avoiding his many crimes - is causing this. We aren’t even in America. This is so very, very wrong.

Murdering random Jews in response to Israeli state violence is violent antisemitism. It shouldn't be necessary to state that. And yet

There's a broken cuneiform tablet from the Old Babylonian period, nearly 4,000 years ago, which preserves a tiny portion of a dialogue between two friends. It feels a bit like the conversations I've been having for the past week, so I wanted to share it.

A visit to the Auschwitz Memorial is far more than a history lesson. It is a profound personal experience that should inspire reflection on our individual moral responsibility for the world we live in. --- Photos: https://www.instagram.com/georgmendheimosz/

"Men liked to put me down as the best woman painter... I'm one of the best painters" - Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) US artist #InternationalWomensDay

Fascinating 🙂

Professor Jon Copley has spoken to Sky News' Money blog about what it's like to be a marine biologist - from salaries to the reality of deep-sea expeditions and the biggest threat to our oceans. Read more 👇 news.sky.com/story/marine...

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We assume Nick Candy will not be on the Taxpayer Funded evacuation flights. He can stay there. No sympathy for tax Dodgers!

The South Downs National Park is home to some incredibly rare habitats and wildlife - but even here, nature is under pressure and needs our help. 'Nature Recovery' is a priority in our latest Partnership Management Plan. Learn more: buff.ly/EAWDee1 👋 📸 John Dominick