I hate to make a Harry Potter analogy, but it's like the role of UK Prime Minister's become cursed, ala Defence Against The Dark Arts Teacher.

This sums up the immigration debate neatly in a way you won't hear it spelled out in the British media. A media which seems to have given up on any commitment to educate many years ago.

Each release is a small but vital step in reversing the hazel dormouse's decline before it's too late.

This was the second release of the dormice onto the Bradgate Park Trust estate, as part of a national reintroduction programme by the People's Trust for Endangered Species. UK populations have decreased by 70% since 2000. They are now locally extinct in 20 English counties.

Overheard at the supermarket (2 ladies discussing fathers day) 1: Well my dad and the kids dads are all dead 2: oh? 1: Well mine would, if he could, climb out of his grave and get with all the ladies. Thats just how he was. Happy Fathers day to all those randy zombies!

If you're a dog guardian, you have a responsibility to protect wildlife from your dog.

Populations have decreased by 50% at Seaton Carew near Hartlepool. In May, Tees Valley Wildlife Trust volunteer wardens recorded 427 cases where dogs were inside the beach exclusion zone. In June, there were 93 cases on one day alone.

Should bird shooting be illegal? YES!

'Time is relative'. The tenth and final episode of The War Games was broadcast on this day in 1969.

The first episode of The Feathered Serpent was broadcast on this day in 1976. An everyday children's drama about skullduggery, murder and ritual sacrifice in Ancient Mexico, it was written by John Kane and starred Patrick Troughton and Diane Keen.

"It is remarkable that the local authority charged with regulating and overseeing aspects of the guga hunt, and who have themselves acknowledged that it does not comply with food safety regulations, are now actively lobbying for its continuation." www.scotsman.com/news/environ...

The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism

We are in this for the long haul. We are as hopeful as we are determined. And we are certain - not just hopeful, but certain - that we will succeed. protectthewild.substack.com/p/how-were-g...

It's not a war on the countryside when the vast majority of rural people want hunting ended for good! www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

Last ice cream treat: For the shot where Crowley chucks away the ice creams, on take 1, the ice cream came out of one of the cones and hit him on the neck/back. I don't have the footage but here are some screenshots. Quite the surprise.

Huntsman Philip Kennedy pleaded guilty to hunting a wild mammal with dogs. He was fined a pitiful £258 and ordered to pay £585 court costs and a £103 victim surcharge.

David Daker, classic "Doctor Who" actor. RIP. "Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden" part 1 (1979) #DoctorWho

No one should apologize for writing using complex vocabulary or atypical structure or sentences or experimental approaches, especially in this day and age. There is also an argument to be made that sometimes traditional approaches unwittingly support the status quo. (Note I said sometimes.)

I've never read so much rubbish! www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...

RIP David Daker. #DoctorWho

One of my favorite moments in the entirety of Doctor Who, full stop.

Typocrat [TY-poh-krat] (n.) - Someone who attempts to maintain rulership by controlling the press.

G is for THE GAY SHOE CLERK (1903)

F is for FATIMA'S COOCHEE COOCHEE DANCE (1896)

E is for EERIE TALES (1919)

D is for DAVY JONES' LOCKER (1900)

C is for CAPTAIN FRACASSE (1929)

B is for THE BLACK PIRATE (1926)

Silent Movie Alphabet! A is for ABSINTHE (1913)

One of my favourite guest stars, in both roles. Bugger.

Dorset and Somerset Bassets huntsman Charlie Ford has been convicted of hunting a hare in Bagber, Dorset. The hunt is owned by famous racehorse trainer Colin Tizzard. Meanwhile, three members of the notorious Beaufort Hunt have been charged after killing a fox in December 2025.

“Pownall took the opportunity to speak about his advocacy to better protect British wildlife.”

AND it’s 252 years to the day since the first death in a submarine

It’s also the 49th anniversary of the broadcast of this ‘documentary’ about disappearing scientists, which I sadly didn’t see, but that’s probably for the best because I was 7, and it would have fucking terrified me

(That headline always reminds me that Salvador Dali wanted to make a film with the Marx Brothers called ‘Giraffes on Horseback Salad’)

It’s also the 254th anniversary of this peerless evening out (with thanks to @victorianlondon.bsky.social, who posted this on the old place some years ago)‬‬‬‬

(I mean, I wouldn’t leave the house looking like that, but exactly what is harm is that he’s doing?)

Happy 452nd anniversary of the birth of Wilhelm Kettler, Duke of Courland and Semigallia, to all who celebrate

I do love that AI inadvertently confirms that our brains work like a muscle, too — use it or lose it. In this way relying on AI is like using a robot to lift weights, like running a marathon in a Honda Civic. You get nothing out of it.

British people don’t know this!

Ban the sale of glue traps!