Good news; the section of Lye Valley fen boardwalk destroyed by arson in the summer has been repaired by Oxford City Council Parks staff- thanks! @friendlyevalley.bsky.social

The BBC must reassert its independence and learn to resist political interference and stand up for robust scrutiny and news values. The Culture Sec Lisa Nandy must also resist Trumpian pressure in appointing the new DG. It's messy and the Beeb is in trouble, but we should fight for its future.

Meanwhile, this coming January, I've the Up Helly Aa winter tour I co-lead here in Shetland for Shetland Nature with my good pal Kate to look forward to. There are still some places available if you fancy a wild and wintery #Shetland adventure with us. www.shetlandnature.net/holidays/she...

Petition: Stop the Guga Hunt. Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to remove the power to grant licences for killing young Gannets. Please sign and Repost. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #Birds #UKWildlife

Monthly report for October 2025. Italy 🇮🇹 and Austria 🇦🇹 rossmac.blogspot.com/2025/11/mont...

Brave and unmissable - Mr Nobody Against Putin is a chilling insight into the indoctrination of Russian school children and the devastating costs of Putin's war on Ukraine. On BBC iPlayer www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Lady Rose's James Wood Lecture, delivered at the University of Glasgow yesterday: supremecourt.uk/uploads/spee...

This is excellent from Martha Kearney #Wildflowers #Biodiversity @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today is Octidi the 8th of Brumaire in the year 234. Brumaire is the month of mist. Today we celebrate black salsify.#JacobinDay More information on black salsify

Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758), Scottish botanical illustrator known for the book "A Curious Herbal" 1737. Blackwell published her hand drawn, engraved and coloured work in order to raise funds to free her husband from debtors prison. #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

🎬 OC REVIEWS: Georgian director Anka Gujabidze’s debut film Temo Re is a visual treat for lovers of monochrome photography. oc-media.org/review-temo-...

'Constellations' by contemporary US artist illustrator Maggie Vandewalle #womensart

Coming next month: The 50th anniversary edition of The Wind's Twelve Quarters! This design nods back to the original hardcover jacket, which was by Patricia Voehl. The new cover is designed by Jamie Lynn Kerner. Harper Perennial publishes this edition on November 18th.

Looking down on Pertisau from the Karwendel Bergbahn #Achensee #Tirol

Falzthurntal - Naturpark Karwendel #Pertisau #Achensee #Austria

Evening light around the Montecchio bridge on the Oglio river #boarioterme

Also set up W as your search shortcut for Wikipedia, so you only need to type e.g. “w Frances Oldham Kelsey” and you get straight to the Wikipedia page when you need to know something.

Rachel Ruysch (1664 – 1750), still-life painter from the Northern Netherlands who specialized in flowers, achieving international fame in her lifetime #WomensArt

A public consultation into the next Northern Isles ferry contract has been extended after parts of Shetland were left with no access to the internet. @beatricewishartmsp.bsky.social shet.news/rbcwu

For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research. Reposts welcomed.

“Over the last 70 years, the #ECHR has repeatedly stepped in when domestic courts were unable to provide the protection we now take for granted and cherish,” says the UK’s outgoing judge at the European Court of Human Rights👇 🔗 www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/ecthr-m... via @lawsocietygazette.bsky.social

Around #LakeIseo #LagoIseo in #Pisogne #Lombardia #Italia

Want to up your #WildFlowerID game this winter? We just launched our Winter Webinar programme! 7-8pm, every Tuesday from 4 Nov - 10 Feb. Thanks to funding from @daera-ni.gov.uk, these 10 great plant ID webinars are FREE for all of you to attend! Programme & booking links: bsbi.org/botanical-sk...

This book means more to me than any other book I have written. I want to get copies into the hands of everyone who cares about opera or is interested in the broader cultural history of our country. Please consider buying a copy. Thank you. 🙏 global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Always look up, Rome edition (but not Sistine Chapel, questo è proibito!). This is the baroque ceiling fresco of Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio di Loyola representing the life of Ignatius of Loyola, a founder of the Catholic order of the Society of Jesus. The late Francis was the first pope of this order.

And to discover more women composers from both the past and present, join our colleagues from the Donne Foundation on Saturday @royalalberthall.bsky.social for their Fortissima concert - a femmage to the heroines of music: www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/even...

We won! #Movers&Shakers won the Gold award for Impact at the #BritishPodcastAwards

Jane Goodall, the trailblazing naturalist whose intimate observations of chimpanzees in the African wild produced powerful insights that transformed basic conceptions of humankind, has died. She was 91. Read more about her legacy www.latimes.com/obituaries/s...

The last prelude of the Rachmaninov cycle – unknown, and undeservedly so!! Such a magnificent close to the entire cycle! You can hear all 24 from @southbankcentre.bsky.social on @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social at 19:30 UK time today (or at any point in the next 30 days): www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

‘For a sense of how much Moldova has mattered to Putin, one only has to look at how much Russia has spent to rig this election and the widespread bomb threats.’ Great piece on the significance of the Moldova election by @snellarthur.bsky.social. ~AA bestforbritain.substack.com/p/in-their-d...

A #Roman figurine of a lizard, carved from a single piece of hyaline quartz. It was found in a Gallo-Roman tomb in Belgium, where it was buried as part of an assortment of grave goods about 2000 years ago (📷 MFAH, Brussels) 🏺 AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology

Target now achieved 😍

Should have flown off Fair Isle this morning but flights cancelled, may be here a few more days but there are benefits! #birds

“This Oxfordshire hoard, buried nearly 2,000 years ago, really belongs to all of Oxfordshire residents.' Angie Bolton, curator of archaeology, Oxfordshire museum service But the sad fact is, under current legislation, Treasure Hoards can be sold for private profit, broken up and never seen again.

Museum still needs donations to keep Iron Age hoard - please support if you can

Some positive plant news from the BSBI - Holly Fern rediscovered in Cwm Idwal after 150 years! share.google/ZlNYNfC4f6h2... And with a quote from our very own @bsbicymru.bsky.social Plant Atlas maps for Holly Fern here: share.google/9t1TB44l1G1i...

Fox sits in gold and brambles, as the crisp air draws near. He breathes out, accepting this shift in the year. Cold is returning, inviting him to retreat. As the trees speak of change and the hope of release. No need to hold tightly, just trust and know. Autumn Equinox teaches the spirit to let go.

Sarah Ross-Thompson, fine art printmaker based on the West Coast of Scotland #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

🕺Saw it last month… here’s an inside view.

Love a bit of lichen hunting at the beach or anywhere really

The amazing Roman pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years! 🤩 The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD. 📷 by me #RomanSiteSaturday #Archaeology

Agnes Kasparkova, 90-Year-Old Czech former agricultural worker who turned her small village into an art gallery by painting traditional Moravian motifs on the local houses. The project went on for over 13 years #WomensArt

🇪🇺 Exceptional speech from James MacCleary on the importance of the Balkans, and protecting Eastern European democracy. 🇷🇺 "The UK must send an unmistakable the Balkans cannot become a playground for Moscow's interference."

Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century. 🧵

Hilma af Klint : No. 113, Group III, The Parsifal Series, 1916

Woman's face reconstructed from 900-year-old skull. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I hadn’t seen it for a couple of years so it was extra special in early June to catch up with my #FavouritePlant! The gorgeous Mertensia maritima, commonly named Oysterplant, as the leaves taste like the fruits of the sea! Caithness #Wildflowerhour

Not the best photo but definitely my #favouriteplant this year, Dactylorhiza incarnata, early marsh-orchid in the dunes of the south end of #Shetland #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Hugely enjoying Dutch National Opera’s new Boris Godunov thanks to Mark Pullinger’s Gramophone review. What a fabulous resource is operavision.eu @larkingrumple.bsky.social #Opera operavision.eu/performance/...

Sunday morning in Mesopotamia #Oxford