🚨 This evening, a notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news wire, to all media across the UK We believe it is strongly in the public interest to publish this memo. This is it in full 👇

Carnelian bead carved in the shape of a hyena's head, with that distinctive ridge of fur on its neck. Unprovenanced, sadly, but now at the @garstangmuseum.bsky.social. Oh, one other thing ... it's literally a centimetre big ... 🤯🔬 Photographed for my #TinyEgypt project. Photo © me. #FindsFriday

A little bear figurine carved out of amber some 6,000 years ago 🐻❤️ A hole runs through the bear’s torso suggesting it was threaded on a cord, perhaps worn or carried as a protective charm. Found in a peat bog near Słupsk, Poland, in 1887. 📷 National Museum in Szczecin #FindsFriday #Archaeology

Sir Guenter Treitel came to the UK on the Kindertransport. He became the foremost authority on English contract law. Famously, he held the Rolling Stones to their contract to play the Magdalen Ball in 1964 for £100 - they had suddenly become superstars after being booked as unknowns in 1963.

IMPORTANT OLYMPIC NEWS: THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI

nope nope nope nope nope we are not at home to amateur poetry, no matter how beautiful you think it is, about the Morecambe bay cockling disaster. if you must commit a poetry, kindly have the decency to keep it to yourself.

Meg Lanning signs for Lancashire Thunder ahead of the 2026 Vitality Blast #Cricket #T20Blast cricket.lancashirecricket.co.uk/news/2026-ne...

This comes up a lot so I do want to let you all know that the option of turning the existing building into a heritage/museum site has been costed out and it is substantially more expensive

Two #INDvsENG #cricket games today, the U19 men World Cup final and the fifth and final men's Mixed Disability T20.

Making me smile to think that this morning Thomas Rew leads out England in a World Cup Final and then Monday morning is back at school, getting ready for his A levels. England v India ICC Under 19's final is on BBC Sounds Radio 5 Sports Extra from 0715.

Archivists! A plea! Please think through your reference numbers. I’m been giggling like a nine year old all afternoon as I photographed the B/UM collection.

Everyone saying "turn it into a museum", you do realise that the repairs would have to be done first, right? It would look bad if someone taking their kids on a visit had their head stoved in by a falling statue.

Look, I hated Ancient Greek at school* but it was undeniably useful to me and maybe you would like it because some people do *no I did not go to private school, classics are for everyone, I was just lucky

Important to wear a crown. www.theguardian.com/food/2026/fe...

Isn’t the point that you shouldn’t be mates with a convicted child sex offender anyway? Like the depth and the money should be add-ons

Just been made aware of Haiti's winter Olympics get-up. That skirt looks warm, has good pockets, and has a massive horse on it. DING DING DING.

#VignettesFromTheBikeLane the most extraordinary noises coming from a cat carrier, a rising and falling howl of pure rage, an air raid siren warning of approaching claws.

It’s so cruel - and what next? People are housed in hotels (& barracks) often out of town, bus routes are scarce & the weekly allowance is pitiful. Charities can step in, but are people now just going to get sick? What is the plan here?

For World Cancer Day, here is another poem. I have such a hostility in me to everything this cancer has changed or taken away and that includes making me wear gloves when I change my son; making me treat him as a problem, as something I can't handle, even for a moment, is unforgivable.

You just know that the two female MPs get alternately ignored, patronised and ordered about.

Sewing. it's a lovely ladylike hobby, for ladies.

the ancient world just intuitively understood that hot beverages taste better when poured out of a little dude. we had the technology before, and we can again.

Some people have never approved of child benefit being paid to the mother so the father couldn't spend it on booze, and it shows.

When cat becomes one with rug

In the most important news today, @nigella.bsky.social is joining @ftweekend.com as a food and drink columnist! She joins @harrietfl.ft.com's shock and awe roster of @marinaoloughlin.bsky.social @jayrayner1.bsky.social, Tim Hayward and Jancis Robinson aboutus.ft.com/press_releas...

Apply for our PhD placement scheme to get involved in extraordinary research at the Library. There are eight available placements exploring a variety of themes including war poetry, 21st-century digital tools, illustrated newspapers and decarbonisation. Find out more: link.bl.uk/PhDPlacements

England Men's Mixed Disability complete India series victory with win in 4th IT20 #cricket #EnglandCricket #INDVSENG 🏏 www.ecb.co.uk/news/4444302...

A #Roman glass bowl in cobalt blue with white irregular swirls; it was made about 2000 years ago, probably in Italy, but ended up in a C1st AD grave in Roman Britain #AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientRome

One of the best takes about delivery riders from Tom here. Well worth your time to read.

Fellow archaeologists! Has anyone come across ceramics that match this sherd? Findspot was SW Afghanistan. Dating is potentially 1st cent CE. Any/all leads are appreciated!

Times: The Metropolitan Police is expected to announced on Tuesday evening that Mandelson is being investigated on suspicion of misconduct in public office, an offence that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

Firefox makes AI optional, like it probably should have been all along

I'd love to see a Waymo navigate the eastbound cycle peloton on the Mile End Road in the evening rush hour in January. In the rain.

I am delighted to share that we have a new edition of the Laws of Cricket. There are 73 changes, including a few pretty significant ones, which will come into effect in October 2026 www.lords.org/lords/news-s...

Have you had a steroid injection specifically for shoulder pain? If so, how long does it last? Do you have to keep getting it done & if so, how often? Currently exploring options. Note: I'm not scared of needles, I know about steroid side effects & I'm hardcore. Have high pain tolerance. TIA.

The England v Australia U19s world cup semi final is now live on radio 5 sports extra with our own @kevinhowells.bsky.social 🏏

if there is a man i would trust to pursue a colleague who crossed him to the ends of the earth it is Gordon Brown, so this feels kind of fitting www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Whole lot of you following Neil Gaiman, and I assume it's because you forgot you did so and he stopped posting when it was revealed he is a rapist. Since he's trying to make a return, do yourself a favour and check if you're following @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com and if so unfollow and block.

Also, these vehicles are not accessible for wheelchair users, and we know from experience that where inaccessible vehicles flood the market, with big money behind them, accessible ones get squeezed out, making it hard for some people to travel at all.

Did my first ever horse show and came out with 4th and 6th place in my classes! Really proud of myself and happy to be representing the melanated equestrian girlies in the ring 💁🏽‍♀️✨💖

This is genocide. Femicide on a massive and unprecendented scale. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Peter Lee came from Sibbertoft near Market Harborough. Many lesser bowlers have won England caps.

I swear to god, I left this cat alone for two fucking minutes with a jar of red beets. Two. Minutes. #CatsofBluesky

A short thread on the common law offence of misconduct in public office. The offence is made out if four elements are in place: The person is a public officer. They commit misconduct or neglect to perform their duty. The above action is an abuse of public trust. There is no justification

Here is an explainer on the ways in which an individual can leave (or join) the Lords, and the ways in which that is separate from removal/renunciation of titles www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/jo...

today in dealing with the possessions of recently late parents: anyone got recs for a company in the uk that transfers VHS to digital

#Cricket #EnglandCricket #INDvENG 🏏 www.ecb.co.uk/news/4442861...

This was *after Epstein was convicted*. Grounds for stripping him of his title and booting him from the Lords, surely?