The resurrection by Piero della Francesca in Sansepolcro a fresco painted in the 1460’s.. during WW2 the work was saved when British officer Tony Clarke refused to shell the building housing the work.. a real miracle.

NASA really shouldn’t have given the contract to build the Artemis sanitation system to Thames water.

Ben White’s not having the best week. #SOTARS

“Dad..I’d be perfectly happy with citrus Marmalade”

Stephen Collins.. today’s Guardian.

Three days of Tom Stoppard on BBCR4… #celebratingStoppard

Mrs H & I are both reading ‘the prime of miss Jean Brodie,a book we were convinced we’d already read but hadn’t.. what a remarkable novel.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... not just bison… wild cows in SW London. #r4today

Dear Daily Mail,it’s not the Greens that have declared war on motorists but Donald Trump. #r4today

It’s so easily done… misplacing a bag of guns on a London street. #r4today

Why does the BBC shorten its news bulletins just because its a Bank holiday… there’s certainty no shortage of news? #BBCNewsTen

Ask Brian outside Oliver.. Zimmer frames at 10yds #thearchers

Mutiny on the boundary. 😎 #thearchers

Marry Oliver Miranda.. he has better cravats. #thearchers

National express coaches go to all the cities on West-coast mainline routes,yes slower but very much cheaper & comfortable. #bbcpm

Proper hot cross buns.. sponge kitchens Beckenham.

Thames Water suppled the sanitary facilities on Artemis. #r4today

Storm Dave.. will particularly hit Scotland. #r4today #stormDave

Those scripted platitudes from Mission Control about humanity.. 🥸 #r4today #artemis2

To paraphrase George Orwell. #r4today

Drive west from London & you’re guaranteed to see Red Kites nowadays.. #r4today

It’s that time of year.

There’s a 6.30 #R4 comedy programme about the politics of utopia with Michael Gove..,you really couldn’t make it up. 🥸

When I was growing up in the pre Apollo age astronauts were of course British & ex RAF fighter pilots. #wato #artemis2

The mods & rockers punch-ups in Brighton in 1964.. I blame Sadiq Kahn.

The cone hotline rides again. #wato

This madness is treated as normality… you really couldn’t make it up.

Donny.. what were the military objectives you’ll have to remind me? #r4today

Nothing at all about the Iranian people.. totally forgotten. #r4today

"And if you've been forced to sell a herd of cows against your will, help is available on the BBC action line..." #TheArchers

Just saying. #thearchers

Of course Pip will get an appointment with Azra tomorrow… just as nobody has problems with house buying in Ambridge. #thearchers

Coming up for sale in Vienna,Artemisia Gentileschi’s painting of Mary Magdalene with most of the saint missing,yours for an estimated €100,000-€150,000.. this is not an April fools joke.

I can’t remember NATO coming to the UK’s aid during the Falklands war. #wato

youtube.com/watch?v=2Py3... ‘if it wasn’t for bad luck..I’d have no luck at all.

Surely since Pink Floyd it’s been the dark side not the far side of the moon? #r4today #Artemis2

Donald Trump.. always taking a dump & not cleaning the bowl. #r4today

There’s a special circle in hell reserved for silver tongued Trump apologists. #r4today

NATO attacking Afghanistan wasn’t defending Europe Mr Rubio it was coming to the aid of the USA after it was attacked. ##r4today

At least Donald Trump’s done one thing …made April fool stories totally redundant. #r4today

Jim wouldn’t put up with Lynda’s shenanigans.. where is he? #thearchers

Bob Hope forgetting he was born in Eltham. #bbcpm

www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/03/30/r... Art Newspaper Newsletters

Trumps post is an admission of three things,war crimes,the death of NATO & of the special relationship… a triple whammy. #wato

Sotheby’s online auction finishes on April 15th with this splendid Antwerp school 16th century painting of a flautist,a lutanist & a jester .. estimate £8-12,000.

Freedom for the Iranian people’s further away now than before the bombs started falling. #r4today