Dodgy donors for a dodgy party. www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

Buttermere. #buttermere #buttermerelake #lakedistrict #lakedistrictuk #lakedistrictnationalpark

She left her desk job and walked 3,541 miles from Mexico to Canada: ‘Give yourself permission’ | Walking | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Mute Swan at Eling today. Also good to see Peregrine, Kingfisher and Common Gull. #Birds #UKWildlife

For this week's #WildflowerHour #TheWinter10 - White Campion, Narrow-leaved Ragwort, Common Toadflax, Bristly Oxtongue, Poppy, Purple Toadflax, Musk Mallow, Black Nightshade, Common Chickweed, Buttercup. Cambridge is still in bloom 🙂 @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Skylark in flight. 😍 Not an easy bird to take a good photo of, so quite happy with this one. 😀 Taken yesterday at the Huntspill seawall in Somerset. 🐦 #birds 🐦 You can buy my exclusive 2026 Birds calendars here (they make great Christmas presents!😀); www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c...

Christmas should feel magical for all children. And every child deserves to experience the joy of stories. Will you help to share the #MagicOfBooks with the children who need it most? ✨ https://bit.ly/3LxZycG

#handwriteyourpost @mirandakeeling.com

The theme #PowerForGood encourages children to recognise their ability to make positive change through kindness, empathy, and courage.

#AntiBullyingWeek #PowerForGood This week (10th to 14th November 2025) marks Anti-Bullying Week across the UK

Konnie Huq reading Mud Boy #PowerForGood #AntiBullyingWeek youtube.com/watch?v=Addf...

Teachers: Free School Garden pack (.docx). 10-min lessons + EN/GA signs + curriculum links—turn a small corner into a wildlife hub. gardeningwell.ie/school-pack Please share.

Some beautiful autumn colour near Askham in Cumbria last weekend.

Very true!

Ah, 'Muslims cancel Christmas/lights/tree/cards/play/nativity scene', seems to come round earlier every year

Read to the end of- especially those who think Muslims are against Christmas.

“I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.” – Robin Williams, Dead Poets Society A reminder that our role as educators is to nurture independent, thoughtful learners. #Teaching #Inspiration #HeadteacherChat

Fascinating article www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

🔥 Harrods: What do the survivors do now?? The courts, the redress scheme, the police — all form part of the same legal abyss. ◾ Survivors cannot access the courts, let alone for trafficking ◾ Harrods’ “redress” is run by the institution itself ◾ The Met refuses to name the crimes as trafficking

This asks the question whether the UK needed to leave the EU to protect our borders as Denmark is in the EU & Schengen. Seems we have been lied to! news.sky.com/story/denmar...

The Philippines has just been battered by a massive typhoon and in comes ANOTHER one!! apple.news/AJMt99mUgT56...

The Heritage Fountain- definitely racist

“Were you aware that they had no track record in the supply of PPE?” “No, but we used a lot of people who didn’t [...]" “OK, so if that’s correct, [...] on what basis did you consider their offers merited urgent or priority consideration within the VIP lane?” “I can’t remember” ...

Enjoy your Sundays 🫶 Whether you're religious or not? Woke is good! #Wokeness 🦋

London has joined the Swimmable Rivers Alliance. Our rivers have been neglected and damaged for far too long, with shameful levels of pollution harming our waterways. I’m determined to clean them up.

Get ready to see London at its festive best. With Christmas lights switching on across the city, Visit London has you covered with a full guide to the best displays:

Number 1 for eleven years running. But who’s counting? Greatest city in the world. www.londonandpartners.com/newsroom/new...

Tawny Owl #Birds #UKWildlife

Reform aren't very good at this governing lark, are they?

When the fairies tire of dancing each night, they slip off their tiny shoes and hide them beneath white dead-nettle blooms. But beware, should a centipede find them there, it will steal them away and wear them out, dancing until dawn! 🧚🐛 #FolkloreSunday #wildflowers

Majority of people not proud of post-Brexit Britain, new survey reveals www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

One of the biggest problems with mainstream media is its regular platforming of lunatic people with mad ideas. Particularly the BBC, which is meant to be about public education. UK politics is broken in large part because we have lazy gatekeepers of MSM. Which is why so many are turning off MSM.

Like the true self parody I am, I wrote a travel feature from Manchester and spent most of it going on about rail investment on.ft.com/4otjcoL

The moon is looking pretty this morning.

8th November 2025 07.03

❗ Families are having to choose between putting the heating on or food on the table. Parents are skipping meals. People are terrified of rising bills. It's so wrong. We desperately need a social security system that protects us when we need it most.

WTAF? Oracle Shopping Centre in Reading has now removed all car park payment machines and tickets from the major multistorey car parks You can only pay if you have a smart phone, can use a QR code to access a website, then put your card details in Lots of people don't/can't

A judge has ruled that the trump administration must fully fund food aid benefits by Friday. The first American president that must be ordered to feed the poor. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/jud...

Hopefully this message will resonate with the Reform Ltd voters in the next few years.

Spotted! 🖤❤️🤍 It was a spring day today. Odd, but pleasant. #autumn

Parents appeal to Home Office after daughter left homeless in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa

BookTrust will continue to advocate for the core curriculum to support children to enjoy the benefits of reading beyond literacy - particularly up to the age of 7...

Read to the end of the thread.

I’ve just been for a lovely wander around my garden, marvelling at how the autumn colours, the oranges & yellows, seem to glow as dusk descends. Suddenly there was a memory of summer, a waft of honeysuckle and sure enough my honeysuckle is flowering, in November! #gardening #joy

A little thread about #play. 🧵☺️

Here's "Wandsworth Prison Blues" - a bit of #JohnnyCash, a shot at #DavidLammy, & a dash of a Disney song that #RolfHarris once sang 🐊🎶😬 https//youtu.be/9P... P.S. If you like our stuff, only hours left on our Kickstarter to help us launch a debut album in 2026: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...

A lucky find - the Book Barge on the Regent Canal.

A day in London. An interesting visit to the Bank of England.