I attended a screening of ‘The People’s Emergency Briefing’ in Manchester last night. The film is hosted by @chrisgpackham.bsky.social - it’s essential viewing. Check if there’s a showing near you on their website. Enjoyed the discussions afterwards, we can make a difference. Strength in community ✊

What were your #Top5Birds or bird moments from the past week? Mine, in Suffolk: 1. Hoopoe! A fleeting view but, Wow! 2. Spotting an Artic Skua from the shore 3. Beautiful Roseate Tern at #Minsmere 4. Cute Shelduck chicks looking like humbugs 5. Surprise Little Owl! 🪶

They don’t make ‘em like this anymore 🍿🎬 #classic #movie and making a living as a journalist, never mind a quality journalism, is damn near impossible.

Plant portrait from my local greenspace. Fringe Cups aka Tellima grandiflora. #wildflowers of the #woodland Chorlton Ees South Manchester England. UK

I remember Bold Street - dominated by cars and with narrow pavements. Looking at it now, full of people enjoying themselves (and spending money!) it seems crazy 🥂

Wow. My ward Chorlton has turned Green for the first time. I thought it might #councilelections

This is an interesting but also horrifying story, and something I’d never even thought about. The difference in the efficiency of the French system (inc funding & licensing) and ours is an eye-opener 🙄🚤 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Great coffee & basque cheesecake at Hikari Koffee in Didsbury if anyone’s in the South Manchester area. First time visit, friendly staff, light & airy. Highly recommend this new indie cafe spot 👌

A fresh Spring palette on my walk today; everything is bursting with colour and life #Chorlton #ees 🌱

What are these teen ‘link-ups’ happening across the country? I was on the phone to my colleague Moya on Wednesday and one just started happening around her! She’s written a very fun @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social piece about what the teens said. www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/a-hectic-hou...

Maybe these need to be put on a few menus/supermarket walls. These are from the UK National Food Strategy, showing the proportion of UK land used for different things (huge for beef/lamb, tiny for crops), & where we get our calories and protein (68% & 52% from plants). The difference is staggering.

Such a good idea- a restful soundscape for hospitals. Is anyone doing this?

91% of football trainees never play a professional game. Many lose their way & end up struggling or worse, take their own lives. “My plan to overhaul academy system and help young players” Tony Pulis knows his stuff & its well worth having a read. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

If you’re wondering where all the tadpoles are, I’ve found them 🐸 in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Notting Hill, Saturday morning 7 Magnolia March 2026 #London #photography

Blackthorn blossom drips like snow #manchester #localnature A welcome sign spring is on its way.

My recommendation for a weekend read 👇 PS “tracing thaw patterns” is such a beautiful phrase - a new photography project perhaps 🤔? #AimlessWalking #PychoGeography #PublicSpaces

🎬 | In Liverpool, filming has started for the four-film cinematic event on The Beatles that is coming to your screens in 2028. #TheBeatles

If the government wants to regain public trust and demonstrate it prioritises the wider public over big business, it should take action to curb runaway executive pay. Mandating worker representation on boards would be a strong first step. www.ft.com/content/22a1...

I’m liking the look and ethics of @xigxaguk.bsky.social for audiobooks 📘👏📕👏. For any titles I cannot find on BorrowBox - XigXag it is. I’ve been waiting patiently for an alternative to the greedy big guns (they’re a B-Corp too)

Great to see this stance from one of my favourite Liverpool cultural venues. 👏👏👏 Hopefully they build up a decent following here (they had 31K over on the cesspit)

📢 Paid research opportunity Are you a UK grassroots org (income under £100k)? Share your funding experiences, even if you’ve never applied. Take part in a 60-min online interview (16-27 Feb). Your insight will help make funding more accessible. £50 thank you. Register interest 👉 buff.ly/YctQrzx

There will be a another temporary closure/signed diversion in place on 12th/13th Feb on the TPT in Stockport between the M60 and the green footbridge for surface repairs where it is subsiding towards the river. @stockportcouncil.bsky.social @walkridestocky.bsky.social @walkridegm.org.uk

Superb 🫡 the power of a pause. Shakespeare’s words, 400yrs old, have never been more relevant, brought to life with such feeling by a master of his craft. #

Either you're happy for people to be killed and injured to save you a couple of minutes on your journey, or you're not. The evidence that LTNs and 20mph zones save lives is overwhelming.

Hi folks, I hope everyone is well, it’s time to continue our debut albums competition so let’s play #5debutalbums9094 Pick your top 5 debut albums in order of preference released between 1990-94 including the hashtag. This was tough, these years are right in my wheelhouse, but here’s my five picks..

There will be a temporary closure/signed diversion in place tomorrow on the TPT in Stockport between the M60 bridge and the green footbridge to allow a large unsafe tree to be felled - likely to be closed for 2 or 3 days. @stockportcouncil.bsky.social @walkridestocky.bsky.social @walkridegm.org.uk

Someone shared this on Reddit and it’s too good. Enter your location to see if the conditions are right for you to dry the washing outside www.dryoutside.com

We’ve had a little sprinkling & it was very chilly first thing -6°C Energising to get out, a flock of goldfinch, blue & great tits foraged on the few bits of bounty - the young hedge on Turn Moss, myself & other volunteers planted in 2019, is now providing rich habitat. #manchester #chorlton M21

Fox and Pine, 18 Greaves Street in Oldham Town Centre. 10 real cask ales, 10 real ciders. Also host community events, including quiz nights and open mic. Voted 'Greater Manchester Pub of the Year 2025' by Camra. (Quite a coincidence prev use of building was for Alcholics Anonymous)

Absolutely stunning images 😍!

UK Govt considering stripping Sport England of its right to be consulted before a playing field is built on. Part of a plan by ministers to speed up planning decisions as it looks to build 1.5 million new homes. Please respond to consultation & sign the petition fieldsintrust.org/about-us/new...

Brutal (but fair) Guardian headline today Only 3% of respondents to the UK government’s consultation on AI & copyright supported their unfair plan to hand AI companies people’s work for free. 95% said AI companies should license training data. 🧵 1/2

This is really sad news. RIP Martin Parr. One of the great photographers. What a legacy he leaves, I attended a talk he gave to MMU students,a few years back, he was still full of passion for photography & very open and encouraging to the next generation. He set up his Foundation in Bristol too. 📸🕊️

#CreativeBizCreativeBuzz🐝 #CreativeGifts🎁

The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste

Vanished 240 years ago, the UK’s largest bird of prey – the white-tailed eagle – just returned to English skies like it never left. share.google/GTps20C2Op8T...

Well worth a read 👏⚽️

Has to be!

Some beautiful autumnal tree “leaf shadows” on show at RHS Bridgewater before Storm Claudia. 🍁🍂 #salford #publicgarden

This is a small snow plow for sidewalks If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.

The Walk Ride GM Awards return! Grab your seat now for the most anticipated night of the year 🎊

Lights Up this evening was a JOY. Such a delight to cycle with friends and 200 other people, mainly women, around the city as a disco on wheels. Loved it. Could do it every week. #bikesky #lightsupride #ridesforwomenmcr

A wonderful “Lights Up 2025” #glowride Disco On Wheels cycle in Manchester this evening. Many parks & quiet routes feel unsafe to women & girls in the dark nights. About 200 cyclists with music+lights. Empowering ✊🚦💡🚲 Thanks organisers & ride leaders. @walkridegm.org.uk @stationsouth.bsky.social

If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it. Peter Gabriel - PG1 Released - 1977

Y’know I always draw on my envelopes? Well. I started by just drawing the little bee during lockdown. And the local post office lady just loves my doodles. They always make her smile. Well I went in yesterday and she gave me this for my birthday, and it was so kind and frickin’ sweet I almost sobbed

“I’ve done so many A to B walks that a circular walk from a car seems pointless to me now" David Bocking @bbobillsmothers.bsky.social went on a #SlowWays hike with the brilliant @maryoz.bsky.social and Susan. Read all about it on his Substack!

We are very excited this week to be selling signed copies of Len Grant's new Chorlton Sketchbook, and even more excited to be featured in the book itself! Come by and pick one up while stocks last! #shoplocal #chorlton #sketchbook

BBC stop using the word “gotten” in your articles. Please and Thank you 🙏 #journalism #news #AI #standards <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr7m2pd3810o>

The Real Energy Scandal The Media Won't Tell You About – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/10/22/t...