#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous Balaclava 🤔

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous Day 2 Diesel engine An internal combustion engine in which ignition of diesel fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression. Named after its German engineer Rudolf Diesel.

Fantastic piece by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social:

#BrexitBenefit thank your messrs #Farage and #Cameron

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEponymous Day 1 Bessemer converter #KelhamIsland

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic Day 7 We are not alone

Very good piece by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com.... The US under Trump 2.0 has shifted towards authoritarianism as record speed but unlike other examples (e.g. Putin, Orban) it's happened by bypassing institutions rather than permanently corrupting them... www.ft.com/content/b474...

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic Day 6 phone finger fatigue

Melania is a film that may end up being shown to a jury, though not at Cannes. I watched it so you don't have to. thecritic.co.uk/an-e...

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic Day 5 crevasse in the Alps

#grosmontpathsgroup volunteers had a busy day yesterday. Replacing a stile with a gate; repairing a stile; repairing a gate hinge. Thanks as ever to #MonCountryside and #RamblersCymru for their support @visitmonmouthshire.bsky.social @ramblersgb.bsky.social

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic Day 4 #Colombia #ElCocuy We were sunbathing the evening before. Passes now impassable

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic Day 3 alarmed! #Ellesmere

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic Day 2 breezy #MtFuji

Centrists Assemble! A new gang of very diffident heroes is going to save us from Nigel Farage, so long as no one minds. thecritic.co.uk/two-...

“There are now more members of the Truss cabinet in Reform than there are in Kemi’s shadow team”

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDramatic Day 1 time to go #Botswana

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp Day 7 clothing in the countryside #LoveOfGates ?

In case you missed it: My suggestion that Farage was whispering to Trump behind the scenes while Trump was going after Greenland has been essentially confirmed. As @jamesdaustin.bsky.social notes: Working against your country's interest with a semi-hostile state - there's a word for that.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp Day 6 Chimney breast

Glamorgan Birders...could you give up a few hours each year to help with the UK's most valuable bird survey. Training event on February 28th morning at Kenfig NNR. There are lots of vacant BBS squares, even in the Kenfig area! Book at www.bto.org/cymru-events #birdingWales

🌱 New resource alert! We’ve launched the Beginner’s School Garden Calendar, designed to make growing easy, fun, and fuss-free. Plus, brand-new how-to videos on leaf mulch and mini ponds! Everything schools need to get growing all year round.

My latest piece for the Guardian: Wales is on course to have a majority of parties in the Senedd who support Welsh independence. The best way to secure the future of the UK is to make it work for the people of the UK. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In their "contract to the people" Reform UK said that St George's day and St David's day should be a bank holiday. They then added that: "English national identity should be officially promoted and celebrated, no ignored and banned". No mention of Wales at all. 1/2

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp Day 5 the coming of spring

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp Day 4 snake - eyelash viper

Ice Cold In The Far North: my SKETCH of PMQs and Donald Trump. thecritic.co.uk/ice-...

As principled politicians are few and far between, this is precisely why whose decision should be taken out of their hands. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

When Christian Wakeford MP defected from the Tories to Labour in 2022, Nigel Farage was outraged. 🧵1/3

We wrote to UK Government calling for Wales to be allowed to proceed with its proposed #DepositReturnScheme. A comprehensive #DRS, including glass, is most common and effective, and international examples show that variations between nations can work well. Please visit bit.ly/4qB9mlY for more!

Kemi fails to resist the cheap shot as she backs Trump on Chagos Islands | John Crace

“Reporters Without Borders said Israeli forces had killed at least 29 Palestinian journalists in Gaza between Dec 2024 and Dec 2025 Nearly 220 journalists had been killed since the start of the Gaza war” “Israeli forces have killed 466 Palestinians in Gaza since the ceasefire took effect in October”

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp Day 3 standing firm

US Speaker Mike Johnson has been sent to win Britain over. But can he hear the words coming out of his own mouth? My SKETCH. thecritic.co.uk/calm...

Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp Day 2 thereby hangs a tail

Brown gets it - for the foreseeable America is lost, perhaps forever. Time for a new coalition and the strength it will bring.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp Day 1 dog tired

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks Day 7 Rundale Palace, Latvia

This is why there's a whole chapter in my book about the damage the grid has done to policy making.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks Day 6 Vilnius KGB occupation museum

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks Day 5 @SwanseaUni

"Like so many MPs, he thinks he’s Francis Urquhart, when in fact he’s Baldrick" - @roberthutton.co.uk in his defection sketch thecritic.co.uk/francis-urqu...

Robert Jenrick: an apology. thecritic.co.uk/fran...

@LoveOfGates competition time but the gates keep coming. A view of @bannaubrycheiniog.bsky.social from #Begwns Glorious day for a walk @ramblerscymru.bsky.social

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks Day 4 @hayfestival.bsky.social

Love the phrase ‘Tory defects’

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks Day 3 #micropub @camraofficial.bsky.social Convivial Rabbit, Dorchester living up to its name. Well, the first half

Artificial Unintelligence: the government is in full retreat over copyright, and the attempts to make it look dignified only make it funnier. My SKETCH. thecritic.co.uk/arti...