You don't have to understand science to enjoy the #NorwichScienceFestival. Go along with an open mind & take the #family. Have #fun.

Am reading this & it's very good for the soul. Also making me chuckle as it isn't worthy. Thank you @andrewcurry.com

In celebration of Larry the Cat having achieved 15 years as chief mouser at No 10, we bring you a reminder of the political power of pets... @number10cat.bsky.social

In an increasingly muddled #political UK it's down to @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social to shine a light on the ongoing narrative & raise some cheer. Pertinent mention of #VaclavHavel

Enjoy Fat Thursday. Indulge in very scrumptious #sweettreats before Lent. Many thanks to @nicmiller.bsky.social for reminding me. Smacznego!

THE GUARDIAN: That’s Life! The magazine that shaped America www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... @theguardian.com #photojournalism #journalism #photography‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

@nicmiller.bsky.social your latest Tales from Topographic Kitchens is, as ever, wonderful. Pączki are just fiendish, tasty & delicious. Best I go to the kitchen & bake. Thank you!

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

Just watched #JustMercy highlighting the work of the superb @eji.org & #BryanStevenson Bawling my eyes out. Why? As I am incadescent about the injustices of today.

Jeff Bezos makes enough money to fully fund this literally every two minutes.

Party members like to think they represent “ordinary voters”. New research suggests they mostly represent each other, rather than the public at large – with one notable exception. ⤵️

Three generations of Welsh miners, 1950, photo by William Eugene Smith, American photojournalist.

In honour of the woman who, more than anyone, is responsible for this moment of transparency with the #EpsteinFiles, we're removing the paywall from this profile 🟨‘Virginia Roberts Giuffre Was an American Hero’ subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/80/v...

McSweeney writes the strategy, Starmer signs the cheques Matt Goodwin floats taxing the childless Farage is too busy earning elsewhere to vote Pecksniff's pen has so much to write about.....

🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted *And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it Full story: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

As a respite from all the mess & political shit - here's some primroses.

Last year I wrote this for @bylinetimes.bsky.social: The public see a political class whose proximity to wealth has eroded its independence, where talk of public service is an empty ritual. It's this culture that claimed Mandelson’s ‘qualities’ outweighed the risks. bylinetimes.com/2025/09/29/t...

Reform UK claims Britain is “broken”, yet many of its senior figures were ministers during the years of decline. If the diagnosis and treatment come from the same people, scepticism is reasonable. Stephen McNair's Sunday long read analysis eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/who...

February is the time for pruning the vines. #medievalcalendar BL Cotton MS Tiberius B V /1; 11th century; f.3v

I’m sure others have noticed this exchange between Michael Wolff and Epstein about exorbitant price Rybolovlev’ paid to Trump for his the Palm Beach Mansion and suspicious trades with MBS - but how many have twigged that Rybolovlev is part of the current Ukraine negotiating team?

From #McSweeney making a 'pig's rectum' of - well pretty much everything, to a potential music hall act of #Badenoch & #Braverman @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social & his colourful turns of phrase certainly knows how to enliven the dire state of UK politics.

"Stop the world, I want to get off," if only I could. So many friends are in pain. So many alleged leaders are ruining my peace. I am so done with idiot narcissists. It really is hell to handbasket.

In Kyiv’s botanical garden, tropical plants are dying from the cold. In the video, you can hear their leaves falling. This is happening because Russia has created a humanitarian disaster in Kyiv, destroying infrastructure during extreme cold.

Primary-aged pupils among hundreds suspended for drug use in Norfolk eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/health/...

Poo. And more poo. Water privatisation has failed us. Will Harvey faces down the elephant in the room that is standing knee deep in sewage...

Maybe the party of the people should do something novel - listen to the people.

We’ve placed the available videos of the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis today into the same synchronised timeline and are continuing to analyse further.

Board of Peace - Season 1

A new world order? Possibly Trump's histrionics have had a greater & more positive impact than 1st imagined. @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social has the skinny & all the goss.

Are friends electric? The chatbots reshaping childhood eastangliabylines.co.uk/technology/a...

Brian Eno: anyone who'd leave the UK because they have to pay a bit more tax arent the least community minded Lord Bethell: "but they are the wealth creators" "They're not the wealth creators. The wealth creators are the people who make things.. who keep society running" Well said Brian!

Two conclusions from the amazing Trump turnaround on Greenland: 1. If you're firm, and have sufficient power, he will back down. 2. The most powerful man in the world is visibly losing his marbles. And we have up to 3 more years of this to survive…

Weaponised trade, coercive finance and fragile supply chains have changed the game. Mark Carney’s answer is “values-based realism”: rebuilding domestic strength while cooperating with other mid-sized states to resist pressure together. eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/world/t...

No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.

My post on ICE, a marauding lawless private police force.

Maybe #Trump won't have it all his own way. There are alternatives.

Every day, yet another announcement from #Trump . He wants a deal, doesn't matter what it is but hey - #Palestine, #Ukraine, now #Greenland - it's all part of his delusional process. Plse could wiser heads prevail as this narcissistic fool is dangerous.

And #Farage was a no show on #Kuenssberg this morning, ill health was the reason given. He won't be standing up to #Trump any time soon.

Right wingers always look so fucking miserable. Is that what drives them? We're fucking miserable so we want to make you miserable too.

Scenes from Denmark today as thousands flood the streets in Copenhagen, Aalborg, Aarhus, and Odense to stand with Greenland against Trump’s threats. This is the destruction of American global leadership: our closest allies marching to push back against Trump’s coercion.

I see that NASA is moving the rocket for the next manned landing on the moon to the launch pad. Could I suggest that the President should lead the flight? What a coup for him to be the only President to have visited the moon! He could go off looking for mineral wealth while the crew set off home.

With talk of #war, vainglorious tories jumping over to #Reform & fun & games at The Muckrakers @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social paints a broad canvas this week.

The first global index to track real-time prices for buying fake account verifications on 500+ online platforms in every country | Fred Lewsey

Unless politics shifts, another million children could be pushed deeper into hardship. Kate Moore asks the question: who will act? eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/welfare...

We are a leading economy but this isn't reflected in how we feel.  The UK has fallen behind other countries on many metrics | Andrew Curry

David Bowie once described the internet as "exhilarating and terrifying". On the 10th anniversary of his death here's what's changed: politics has turned upside down – post-truth, division and nationalism replacing optimism, all driven by algorithms ⤵️ eastangliabylines.co.uk/opinion/the-...

A new year, a terrifying #Trump, @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social looks ahead at the changing world order.

"Their oil is garbage. It’s horrible. The worst you can get. Tar. It’s like tar." Read how Trump used to talk about Venezuelan oil.