A glimmer of hope for those with #pancreatic cancer, in the future at least

Adam's got a plan. What could possibly go wrong? #TheArchers

Natasha is ace. First contemplating selling her father-in-law's tools and "splitting the profit" and now melting down over the primary school Ofsted. She'll be wanting private scool for the twins I expect lolz #TheArchers

Love this conversation between Anna and Tracy #TheArchers

Adam is utterly deluded #TheArchers

Scenes You Seldom See: “Shouldn’t we move the barbeque to the end of the garden so the smoke won’t annoy our neighbours?” From the Private Eye archive. Issue 1189, July 2007.

All nighter: staying up all night, a right of passage in one's late teens and 20s. All dayer: getting through an entire day without a little nap. A badge of honour for us over 55s.

I'm very excited to be at #PeerForum26 today to learn collaboratively with students and colleagues from across the UK, Europe, US and Canada. Thankyou Queen Margaret University for hosting.

Our catalog of Trump's cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes has been updated through April 2026. Trump and his cronies are nearing 1000 atrocities since retaking office. #LestWeForgetTheHorrors buff.ly/sd9maRj

Watching Benidorm rather than #Eurovision No regrets.

I know we're not supposed to find Anna sympathetic but so many of her scenes with Carol have direct echoes in my experience of trying to care for an elderly relative from a distance #TheArchers

I have watched enough seasons of The Traitors to recognise that when a group of people decide it's time to get someone out, it's very hard to change their minds, and rational argument doesn't help. Until the next day, when they all regret it #Keirstarmer #ukpolitics

Poor Ben is unofficial mental health support for all of Ambridge #TheArchers

Don't get rabies Leonard #TheArchers

Love Carol #TheArchers

www.maptap.gg April 30 84😁 98🎯 94🏅 97🔥 90👑 Final score: 931 This game is great for identifying gaps in my mental map of the world.

I'm finding #Thelifescientific of Dr Dean Lomax uplifting, moving and inspirational. Well worth a listen, especially if you work in education.

So #TheArchers is now Succession but about inheriting farms in Borsetshire.

I hope all goes well with Kirsty's pregnancy, mainly because I can't wait to hear Jakob being an uncle #TheArchers

Rex is getting a lot of hate on here. But I think he's a good bloke #TheArchers

"Dane?" Who's he? #TheArchers

I wonder if this was why #TheArchers wasn't working for a while. Glad the geed is back now.

Pleading dementia might be a way out of this mess for Brian #TheArchers

Brian and Lilian using exactly the same logic as Emma Grundy defending George #TheArchers

Lilian gaslighting Alice big time. For shame #TheArchers

Has Bert ever talked before? #TheArchers

Old men behaving badly - theme of Sunday's #TheArchers

A witty insight linking this to George, anyone? #TheArchers

Oh no, is this the end of Briranda? #TheArchers

Why I hate Instagram, Threads et al

One of my favourites of his.

Heading off for the Easter break? 🐣🌼 Take a minute to run through our Easter Switch Off checklist. Small actions like switching off lights, unplugging chargers and clearing out fridges can help save energy while campus is quieter. Every small step helps create a more sustainable campus 💚

This is a worrying set of proposals #academicsky

Absolutely sickened by this tale of book banning in a Manchester school.

This is a VERY relatable conversation between Anna and Carol #TheArchers The SWs may have been listening in to my family's conversations in the last couple of years.

If Brian causes Jacob and Kate to split up, I will never forgive him #TheArchers

This is fab.

Apparently Blue Lights is a real show, and the SWs are this week cross marketing it hard to listeners of #TheArchers

Super article from an old friend and colleague, and others: Inclusive Neurodiverse Campuses: A Participatory Approach to Understanding Neurodivergent Belonging in Higher Education, Hamilton, L. G., Williams, J., Neilson, D., & Petty, S. (2026) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

I'd love Helen to take the job just to hear Tom's outrage and Natasha's subsequent scheming machinations #TheArchers

Today is St David’s Day: patron saint of Wales, of course, but also of vegetarians and poets. He was reputed to have helped introduce bees to Ireland. He is famously quoted as saying “Gwnewch y pethau bychain”, meaning “Do the little things”. Small changes and good choices matter, especially now.

As a resident Manc I'm obviously watching the Brit awards and am noticing a zealous censor pressing the static noise button to cover anything that might be slightly controversial. Hope there will be an outtakes video

And that's how Henry and Jack got a new brother #TheArchers

NEWS The Office for Students (OfS) has announced that it will develop and publish a "statement of expectations" on disability. wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...

Absolutely loved Small Prophets on BBC iplayer. Local lad Pierce Quigley is very watchable, Michael Palin is spot on, and McKenzie Crook is ridiculously funny. Strong recommend.

And that's why #TheArchers is the world's longest running soap

London’s “worst mass eviction in recent history” is underway; hundreds of households across London told to get out of their homes this week by the same landlord, ahead of the renters rights act. The landlord? Billionaire Asif Aziz’s Criterion Capital. www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...

One of the greatest bollard walks in history. #WorldBollardAssociation

If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle. It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get. www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...

By this time next week, we will have removed the 9.30am restriction on older and disabled people’s bus passes - for good.