In which The Guardian's fearless lady columnist discovers... washing up. Have you looked inside your water bottle? I was shocked and disgusted by what I found in mine | Arwa Mahdawi www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Top trolling from the spox here. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Reports that Steeting is going to resign and challenge Starmer. Sure it's not the first thing on people's minds, but this would trigger the appt of the eighth health and social care sec in eight years Good job the NHS and public health aren't important to the country or voters...

Happy May Day. Summer pictures from my 5k loop.

There is a cherry tree at the end of my street. For most of the year, it's a scrubby thing, struggling for space and water on the roadside. For ten days, it's a gorgeous mass of blossoms. Here it is being gorgeous.

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Some personal news. Nine months after the hip op, I'm up and running again (literally).

Only 294 days to go...

Next Halloween, I will go in fancy dress as "60 year old nhs dr trying to use Cerner EPR during strike days"

@apiln.bsky.social. This one is not a cat. It's also not a horse. It's a sheep, mate (From the Hampshire Chronicle).

football is back!

At least Chamberlain got a piece of paper

What version of Microsoft Windows is powering this bus display? (Nothing released this century, I'd guess).

'Tis the season for courgette recipes...

Not exactly Tokyo. But our scrubby local cherry tree is doing its thing for two days #CherryBlossom.

Who needs ChatGPT when you have Wes Streeting?

Hurrah for the black shirt.

The Millennium Bug says "hi" and Happy New Year 25 years on!

This is a joke right? We've no money to tackle poverty, sort out public services or pick litter off tge streets. But we're stumping up for a statue of Btenda. Set up a Go Fund Me. See how popular that is. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Stirring up #StirUpSunday #Advent2024 #Christmas2024