The latest global synthesis of climate change in mountain regions, led by Nick Pepin at the University of Portsmouth, is now out in Nature Reviews Earth and Environment: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Exciting fully-funded PhD project in my group, working with #ChelseaPhysicGarden @acmjulier.bsky.social to explore plant-insect interactions in urban gardens, and for urban planting schemes. Funded through NERC TREES DTP, all details here: tinyurl.com/mr3u42b8 Pls repost + email me if interested!

Join us! We are particularly interested in auditioning sopranos and low basses. www.thefourthchoir.com/join-us #londonchoir #choralmusic #gaychoir #LGBTQchoir

⚠️ We’re excited to announce our invited speakers for the #PalAss Annual Meeting! 🎉 🔗 Registration link ⬇️ palass.org/annual-meeti... #conference #uk #palaeontology #meeting

The second single from our upcoming album ‘Songs of Ourselves’ is out now! youtu.be/utMbSaImYsE?... #newmusic #choralmusic #LGBTQchoir

We have an exciting couple of months coming up, with our album launch, Storm Cycle concert and Christmas concert! #choralmusic #livemusic #choir #LGBTQ

This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”

The first single from our debut album is out now! ‘The Imaginary Garden’ by Marie-Claire Saindon, text by Mahvash Sabet #choralmusic #classicalmusic #newmusic youtu.be/tLG1gZFRQVE?...

So excited to have been part of this. First single from our upcoming album ‘Songs of Ourselves’ youtu.be/tLG1gZFRQVE?...

⚠️ We are delighted to announce that registration for the 69th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association is now open! 🔹Join us at the University of Portsmouth from 11th to 15th December 2025. 🔸 Deadline for early-bird registration and abstract submission is 19th September 2025 [1/2]

I wrote a piece on gardening in the end times for The Conversation. On a serious note, we need hope, we need optimism in the face of adversity, and in my opinion at least, gardening is a fundamentally hopeful activity. @theconversation.com

If you're currently doomscrolling before bed - you still have time to respond to the consultation. Follow the guidance below, speak from the heart, and it will take you 30 minutes. What else are you going to do in the sweltering heat and misery?

Excited to be performing at @wigmore-hall.org.uk with The Fourth Choir and soloist @cnlester.bsky.social on 27th June! www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202...

This letter from Tony Vaughan KC, the MP for Folkestone, is the clearest articulation I’ve seen on the flaws of the interim update from the EHRC. The section titled ‘Legal Incoherence’ hits the nail on the head.