Met these two lovely fellas at the weekend: Eric & Earl Grey - magnificent specimens. #CatsOfBluesky

He is correct, education, be it academic, vocational or hands-on (apprenticeships) benefits society. This country has, over the decades, placed less value on education in my opinion. Abolish all fee paying educational institutions and fund them adequately. This is how a real meritocracy looks.

Is it me or is the BBC weather just the most depressing and pessimistic app?

Noooo! Not Angela! #TheNightManager

Another batch of Seville Orange marmalade cooling in the kitchen

Came across a magic money tree on one of our weekend walks …

Rush hour up on the #NorthYorkMoors

York from Scarborough Railway Bridge, John Bell (1793–1861) York Art Gallery The foundation stone of this, the original bridge was laid on 28 March 1845, and the bridge was opened to traffic on 7 July 1845 at the same time as the rest of the line.

This is joyous:

The beautiful Mallyan Spout, near Goathland on the North York moors. A bracing winter walk!

Goodnight, from here. x

This:

On a photoshoot last week; this was my dressing room! #Bijou #GardenShed

Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward

Our hedgehog looked a bit chilly this morning…

Where does the data go and who controls it? In our current negotiations, Equity members are standing up for consent and control when it comes to AI including digital scanning on set. Equity General Secretary Paul W Fleming discusses the fight on the BBC’s The Media Show.

Read these over Xmas. Both really excellent books and, growing up in the eighties myself, (I’m pretty much the same age as @kathyburke.bsky.social) brought back many happy memories of those heady days. Interesting cross overs as well as they were both burgeoning talents at the same time.

The York Dispensary was founded in 1788 in a single room at the Merchant Adventurers’ Hall, offering free medical care to the poor and home visits when required. It later moved to St Andrewgate in 1808, before occupying a purpose-built building on New Street in 1829. By the end

York Theatre Royal! 👏👏👏

The “duty of the artist,” cartoon artist, Ann Telnaes rightfully stated, “is not to perform for everyone on command. It is “to take a stand through their art.” www.publicnotice.co/p/chuck-redd... Important read by @nberlat.bsky.social in @atrupar.com's latest PN.

Punch features in this BBC News article, with @kate Pakenham talking about the importance of the ‘ecology in the industry supporting new plays’. Punch returns to Nottingham in March 2026. @https://bit.ly/NPPunch www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Merry Christmas Everyone #York #Minster Dec 24th 2025

This amazing woman (our eldest!) happens to have a birthday today. Went for a walk to #Lud’sChirch with some young folk to celebrate.

#KateWinslett on @bbcr4 #DesertIslandDiscs is so utterly refreshing, honest and open. (Not mad about her choice of music though!)

@katerusby.bsky.social at Christmas is always a treat.

Fantastic panto @YorkTheatreRoyal tonight. Brilliant costumes and music and one of the best panto gags I’ve seen in a long time. Get along there this Xmas!

Full moon lighting up the bathroom last night:

Is there anything quite so embarrassingly awful as this American #WorldCupDraw ?The ‘banter’ is bum-crinkling. Just get in with it!

Thomas I (of Bayeux), first Norman archbishop of York and founder of its Norman cathedral, consecrated Anselm, pictured, as archbishop of Canterbury #OTD in 1093. 📸Bodleian Library #medievalsky

Sometimes I think I should take a leaf out of my grandfather’s book and go a little more jaunty with the Spotlight photo… #actor #theatre #ChistopherFrere

Which of these parts of Labour's progressive 2025 Budget is your favourit part? Or if something else, add in a comment below!

The stained-glass rose window at Lincoln Cathedral dates from about 1325 and is known as the “Bishop’s Eye”, England.

Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88

Quiet night in

I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities. Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...

I am so excited for this! We are going to get very silly and hopefully raise lots of money for excellent causes! Come hang out and help sow even more chaos with our donation incentives

The missus did a podcast: (She’s rather good!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC6-...

Is the reason there has been so much speculation and trailing of what might happen in the #budget that, when we actually get to it, we'll be too bloody bored to talk about it anymore?

We're hiring for 2026! 📣 We are looking for people to join our Stage Management team for our hugely anticipated Season 2026, curated by our Artistic Director, Alan Cumming. Full details on our website. 👉 pitlochryft.com/JoinOurTeam 📸 Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

At last! A positive Labour policy

The Ballad of the Quiet Piggy

Meanwhile, on X - Grok is denying the Holocaust... and all our institutions and politicians and media giants just stay there like that's perfectly OK. What does it take to get people to leave that horror show??? Seriously.

“This change in what people eat is fuelled by powerful global corporations who generate huge profits by prioritising ultra-processed products, supported by extensive marketing and political lobbying to stop effective public health policies to support healthy eating.”

Excellent interview given by @hughfw.bsky.social on @bbcr4 today programme about Ultra Processed Foods - yes, we should be legislating not just telling people what they should eat!

What a game! #ScovDen Congratulations Scotland 👏👏👏

"The cat scratched my groin when he saw that woman from Strictly" "Claudia Winkleman?" "No, man, but it was close"

Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

An essential precondition for authoritarianism is the neutering of sources of real news.

The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.

Last week she wanted her own bench in the sun, now she wants her own radiator Yami the #cat #KeepingWarm