In these challenging times someone might need one of them: Childline: 0800 1111 Samaritans: 116 123 Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247 Mind: 0300 123 3393 Age UK: 0800 169 6565 Alcoholics Anonymous : 0800 9177 650 Cruse Bereavement Care: 0808 808 1677 MH text support: 85258 Please share. TY x

What young people today don't realise is that, in a time before CGI, the likes of Ray Harryhausen had to grow their own dinosaurs and fighting skeletons to provide blockbuster special effects for films.

I still miss my own dogs, so it was a real pleasure to have the company of Onnen on today's jog. I reckon she enjoyed it.

Born on this day in 1913: blues legend Muddy Waters.

#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary CAUCASIAN: Japanese but based in Ireland.

We need at least 25 tickets sold for this event to go ahead, so all reposts are very much appreciated! Better yet, come along! #Manchester #queerlit #fantasy #reading #openmic

Fab pre-Easter bike ride this morning taking in the upland lanes of the Cambrian Mountains. Not a soul around 👌 #cycling #specialized 📷 Nant y Moch reservoir, Ceredigion

This is Colby. He is movin, but more importantly, he is groovin. 13/10 (TT: ty2344583)

Sorry I haven’t posted much. Been busy in a film with that there Thora Hird.

Wee morning ride to the top of the road. 🚴‍♂️

Today in 1954, a tragedy resulted in this poignant, heartbreaking photo.

The current new moon is also called a pink moon. The downside is that it's not actually pink. The upside is Nick Drake.

Colin the House Dalek requests that people question everything they read with the same care as they do on April Fools Day when deciding who to vote for in next month's local elections.

Every little helps.

At the weekend, I took the missus up the fudge pantry.

#BOTD 1946. Remembering musician, songwriter, record producer, and co-founding member of the Small Faces and the Faces, Ronnie Lane. (d.1997)

On this day in 1870, the SS Atlantic sank off Nova Scotia. It was later discovered that one of the sailors, Bill, was in fact a woman. She was described as having been a great favourite with her shipmates and one of the crew said 'He was a good fellow, though, and I am sorry he was a woman.'

Welcome to April, or ēastre-monaþ, as those Anglo-Saxons called it. Its Finnish name is huhtikuu, meaning slash-and-burn moon. In the USA it is National Grilled Cheese Month, apparently. What a lot of fun it sounds! Right, I'm off to worship Venus Verticordia and Fortuna Virilis at the Veneralia.

Drone fly. I like how the colouring gives the pinched waist look that real drone bees have. #nature #photography #insects #macro

Green Shield Bug. #nature #photography #insects #macro

Lunchtime walk. Yellow Dung Flies. Blade of grass in first image for scale. #nature #photography #insects #macro

Does that mean he's a cheating Fakhar?

This is Explorer 1, a satellite launched into space in 1958. Has the design been used to make a really cool pen, and if not, why not?

Old McDonald had a farm On the feast of Stephen And on that farm he had a cow Deep and crisp and even

Today in 1889, the Eiffel Tower was officially opened.

#FallFriday I've never been to Venice with the girls. I've had a sub-lingual tablet, though.

The song "I'm In The Mood For Dancing" is the reason why my uncle Dan Singh isn't allowed within 100m of the Nolans

Anyone need any design work done? It takes less than 5 seconds to RT, like something. Big up your mates, help them out, even if you don't need anything done. Support them when you can. You never know who might see it. Link in bio as always. Cheers ✊

The happiness of this blind little dog when she was adopted is indescribable . 😍

Found this in the road today. I think it’s an oil beetle. If anyone is able to ID it, I’d love to hear.

Tippi Hedren photographed for THE BIRDS (1963) by Philippe Halsman.

There are a fair old number of railway enthusiasts on here, who I am sure will be celebrating the 219th anniversary of the first passenger-carrying line.

Happy New Year to all those who didn't bother adopting the new-fangled Gregorian calendar in 1752. Happy Lady Day to everyone else. Either way, here's a bit of Lou.

Looks like it's wearing glasses from a Larson cartoon

Just had pâté of dogs' bollocks on sliced bread sprinkled with deep-fried bees' knees. BEST. MEAL. EVER.

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The tribes of Britain c. 540 in the time of Gildas.

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A year ago I wrote what I didn’t realise was my last TV column for The Lady magazine. It went bust after I’d contributed to just two issues (yes it’s all my fault). I’m very good at what I do (TV, print, radio, speeches, comedy) so if anyone knows of any work www.mathew-owen.co.uk Please share 👍👍

Just went into the woods, to pick half-a-dozen daffs before they go over. Managed to get my first nettle stings of the season in the process.

Pretty chuffed with my 0.07% tbh.

Today in 1967, an environmental disaster followed the grounding of the oil tanker Torrey Canyon. Serge Gainsbourg got a song out of it, though.

This day in 1834: The Tolpuddle Martyrs, six farm labourers, were sentenced to transportation to Australia for the crime of forming a trade union.

Glendalough ( Co. Wicklow, Ireland) looked lovely today. A bit blustery, a bit overcast, but overall, delightful.

[Sade voice 🎵]

I'm delighted to find that among the many Oxford English Dictionary quotes for 'aye' (meaning yes), starting with literature in 1576, the most recent is a workie talking to Tam in an episode of Still Game.

A Brussels sprout with attitude.

Morning all. Photographer Chris Killip. North East 1, September 1975.