The takeaway from the BBC investigation into people stuck in hotels with no space struggling to eat and live is to make their lives more difficult

This is the part of my tiny garden in which I try pretend I‘m in a Greek taverna! This year the Morning Glory is heading skyward! 🌱

Let's be clear: no one should be taking medical advice from the man who told Americans to inject bleach. To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat. And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.

The farcical spat that has riven Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s “Your Party” exposes a Left increasingly focused on itself rather than on the class it aims to mobilize.

I am not shy to say when I disagree with Sadiq Khan. But I also think it's important to say out loud when other politicians get it right. This is exactly what the leader of a diverse and vibrant city like London should say. Thank you Sadiq.

How to make your garden tools last longer: expert tips for tackling rust, grime and blunt blades

Winter herb and salad production indoors, fingers crossed. 🌱

Whippy Oil and acrylic on canvas (90x90cm)

Obviously there are two very telling and worrying messages underpinning Trump and RFK's disinformation about autism. One is that autism is something to be feared and eradicated and the other is that it's women's 'fault' and they should be the ones who get to suffer. So basically eugenics × misogyny.

We want the media and politicians to recognise that there is a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community. We call on them to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...

Sorry, but book is out next week & promo I must. You know - 3 yrs work & all that, & through some big stuff. And the wonderfully kind @joannacdobson.bsky.social has said this about it; & I’m utterly made up: “there’s a universality about it …I’ve never read anything quite like it.’ #booksky

Sometimes the behaviour of this government is so stupid I feel like I've been punched in the guts: WHY ARE WE CHARGING AMERICAN SCIENTISTS ANY VISA FEE AT ALL TO COME HERE TO WORK, just poach every single one of those people asap & bank the results ffs

Chard and sorrel just picked ready for my tea!

👉NEW -- Parliament blocks Declassified, citing our Gaza ‘standpoint’ by Martin Williams MPs condemn ‘sinister move’ to deny access to Declassified reporters. www.declassifieduk.org/parliament-b...

There are at least 20 people I follow who would handle the Government’s communication strategy better than the people paid to do it. And that includes Larry the Cat.

This was cheery. Stylist Magazine. 16 July 2025. Women don’t disappear at 50.

I really feel this so much. Despair doesn't make you fight, it makes you curl into a ball, & makes you bitter and cynical. (Anhedonia might be the opposite of curiosity.) Yes, so much is enragingly awful. But there's something behind it. Something worth returning to - with hope as a signpost.

Might take an @itvx.com Mr Bates-style drama to force the issue, though. Presume they're working on it....

It is once again time to ditch the machines.

Done.

These have brightened up a dull corner all season.

Alien: Earth (N. Hawley and others, 2025)

Alstroemeria 'Indian Summer' just now

1243 youth centres have closed since 2010. 42 percent of local authorities have no council-run youth centres in their area. I wonder why so many young people feel disconnected. (From harpercollins.co.uk/products/how...)

George Sherwood Hunter Jubilee Procession in a Cornish Village (1897) oil on canvas

Reckon the gym is paying off. Flipped and rotated new monster without assistance.

I've thought this forever, and now that I draw maps for a living, I think it even harder

No Wifi since Wednesday. BT sending an engineer next Tuesday. Such is the fast paced high tech world in which I live.

LinkedIn are on their nonsense again... make sure you switch this off so they're not using your data to train AI models.

He was one of the good ones 🌱

Zoe green curry. Highly recommended. Lime makes it super tasty. (I didn’t use fish sauce).

Why you should leave X open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...

I keep a supply of episodes of Saving Lives at Sea. Highly recommended for a dose of optimism and a reminder of how great RNLI volunteers are.

Born OTD in Spalding, Lincolnshire in 1881 (yes you read that correctly) my grandmother Kate Ellen Peck.

Aviator and pioneer Bessie Coleman stood at the nexus of the dawn of aviation, as well as the dawn of the Great Migration.

These utter lunatics shouldn’t be anywhere near power. And it is a terrible indictment of our politics and our media that they are.

Absolutely unbelievable to see egregious anti-science nonsense being given an airing like this. Well done @lewisgoodall.com for calling it out. “A broad church… freedom of speech” - and that’s the excuse for platforming not just misinformation but disinformation.

One of the rarest animal sightings in the world: chirodectes maculatus jellyfish, only seen once before. Nature is amazing. Protect it. #ActOnClimate #climate #oceans

Court staff cover up Banksy image of judge beating a protester

#OtD 8 Sep 1946 numerous empty properties, including 148 luxury flats in the Duchess of Bedford House in Kensington, were squatted by homeless ex-servicemen and their families in London in a wave of occupations across the country stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1086...

Launched in 2013, an aim of #SourdoughSeptember is to encourage people to bake or buy genuine sourdough bread and not eat chemicals. Here’s what you need to know to spot sourfaux. @UKSustain #RealBreadCampaign

thrilled that the phrase “male to male transition” has broken containment and entered the august pages of the LRB

Also on Politics Live, the Labour MP on there is AGAIN referring to seeking asylum as "illegal immigration." Can the Labour party not provide its MPs with some legal training on this issue or is this a deliberate conflation to prop up their punitive policies? 🤔

To be fair here - humans getting attacked by sharks is a purely human problem. The sharks are innocent and just sharking. 'Shark recorded in ocean' isn't news. 'Shark recorded in Westfield shopping center' definitely, but in the ocean, no. We should really stop hyperventilating about normal