5 simple steps to better mental wellbeing for men

A very positive and informative meeting with a lot of expertise from the construction industry to guide our thinking #MensHealth

Remembering all mothers past and present on Mothers' Day UK

Jacob is so refreshingly direct in the middle of all the convoluted Ambridge miscommunication. He and Tracey are the top good sense & good heart locals. #TheArchers

For a moment at sunset the violet skies mirrored in the lake and serenity of a pair of swans release the stresses of the day. #Broomfield

#InternationalDayofAction Protect Rivers, Protect People Protecting rivers is not only about safeguarding human well-being; it is about defending biodiversity, strengthening climate resilience, and securing a just and liveable future Through our voices & our actions we can all make a difference.

I just signed a petition to stop the rollout of facial recognition surveillance in the UK. The Government and shops are scanning us without clear laws in place, using our faces like barcodes. It feels really invasive. Can you take 30 seconds to sign it too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

What a cheerful timeline cleanser

A shameful begging look from Salvo. Please like me lovelies! #BlackLab #Dogs

This is a really important @katiesurma.bsky.social piece on the strategic state silencing of land & water defenders in Ecuador—including colleagues of mine—as Noboa’s gov. moves to intensify mining & drilling (Trump playbook). Please share widely. insideclimatenews.org/news/1003202...

Strongly recommend the new film of La Boheme set in contemporary London. operawire.com/opera-film-r...

This pretty greylag goose has arrived in Broomfield Park with her more conventional partner. Will they take over the coots nest? Is she a hybrid? #greylag #birds #geese #nestingtime

Time to change the shopping plans. Produce from Spain: olive oil, wine, olives, cheese, cold meats, fruit, every sort of veg, fashion, brandy, nuts. So much choice. Hold your chorlinated chicken & horrible chocolate USA.

Spanish PM Sánchez responds to Trump: "Spain is against this disaster... Govts are here to improve people's lives... It is absolutely unacceptable that those leaders who are unable to fulfill that mission use the smoke of war to hide their failure, and in the process, fill the pockets of a few."

Anyone who wants Britain to join the war in Iran needs their head examined open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

Humane mousetraps work. This little mouse brought upstairs by my cat was caught and now released back into nature. #Mice #BeKind

A really beautiful book. Realism tempered with love and hope.

I just fed the swans today and the smell of the silt they were eating from was sewage.

Great to hear Miranda back in #TheArchers . We need some good Miranda v Lilian tussels

The frogs are back in the pond. The first frogspawn appears. #Spring is on the way. #frogs #NatureConnection

“Prof Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to clean water, has singled out the English system for criticism, saying water should be managed as a publicly owned service, rather than run by private companies set up to benefit shareholders.” www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Good to hear the Tate speaking up so eloquently for the value of free entry to our great national museums and galleries. Neil Macgregor & Nick Serota were important advocates in the original campaign. Visitors numbers have more than doubled. A great act of cultural equity.

This is British Culture. We still celebrate the glorious humanity of William Shakespeare while the religious fanaticism of Bloody Mary a few years earlier is rightly in the dustbin of history. #McKellen #migrants #BritishCulture #Reform youtu.be/DceEunnTA3A?...

Recordings of Sibelius's 5th symphony. He described seeing 16 swans circling overhead as 1 of his greatest experiences, inspiring the #swan theme. Great performances bring together "extraordinary muscular force with something deeply lyrical and loving" 1 hr in www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Google Maps was always really helpful. Now destroyed by sponsored links hiding the results you want. Easy to make a mistake if you don't already know route. I hate it's sending me to private clinics instead of my NHS appointment

“it is well to hear, to become aware of, the operations of water among whose spider lacings by chance we live…” James Agee in 1941, superb on the life and liveliness of rivers. A river as a “huge, casual and aloof creature”. That trifecta of adjectives (not to mention the choice of noun)…

Do you care that people die before their time? Would you like to help a charity that works to change this? Are you a qualified accountant? A volunteer advisory position here. @peopleshealthtrust.bsky.social www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/jobs/vacanci...

"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm" www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw... #R4Today

A precious moment as we rescue our lonely cygnet Vee, who had been driven out of the water by his parents. Vulnerable to dog attack on land it was time to take him to a safe flock where he can learn and mature. Basically time for swan university. He was calm & trusting #NatureConnection #swans

A wonderful episode of Soul Music. Yo Make You Feel My Love. The enchanting voice of 1st nation artist Dyagula singing this familiar song in an ancient language that is 10s of millenia old is unforgettable. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

A new study puts a number on the potential human toll of sharp aid cuts over the past year, projecting an extra 9.4 million deaths by 2030 if the current trends persist.

Happy Imbolc, marking the beginning of spring. Brigid, the pagan goddess & saint associated with healing, poetry, smithcraft, and transformation is its patron. The swan is connected to Brigid as "The Goddess of The Swan" embodying purity & grace in its white plumage. #Imbolc #swans #water #purity

Alistair Darling and the official Treasury were always aware that investment banks had an inside track to Number 10. But the brazen nature of that inside track is rather breath-taking.

Who knows why tracking steps, distance, active minutes & resting heart rate is so greatly different between #Fitbit & #Withings #Scanwatch ? 4000 steps difference often. Wearing them together for 10 days leaves me mystified about which to trust #healthtrackers

#GoodNews for #biodiversity. Well done Scotland!

Stronger rights for working Londoners are coming in April 2026. ☑️ Sick pay from day one. ☑️ Extended parental leave. ☑️ New workplace protections. Check your rights on our Employment Rights Hub now.

Don’t want to be a downer or anything, but the Doomsday Clock has moved four seconds closer to midnight. Alexandra Bell, President and CEO of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists which maintains the clock, said it was due to a “global failure in leadership” and an “Orwellian approach to governance.”

Petition to parliament calling for a byelection when an MP defects to another party. It has now reached 120,000 signatures Add yours here. Thank you @peterstefanovic.bsky.social for sharing in FB

This is shocking. New @jrf-uk.bsky.social report has found ‘very deep poverty’ in Britain has hit its worst level in 30 years. Why is this not on every UK news show this morning?

The number of people living in "very deep poverty" in the UK is at the highest level in more than 30 years, a charity has warned. news.sky.com/story/number...

TfL has long championed art and design in our capital, and poetry is no exception. Great piece on sharing the power of the written word as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Poems on the Underground ⬇️ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Tracey did a great job in raising her kids despite all the financial and family strains she faced. Chelsea, Brad & Tracey are refreshingly decent characters in #TheArchers

This is not a sign of a functioning waste and resources system ... something is going horribly wrong. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A welcome investment to help ensure free entry to our great national collections. I am proud to have established & chaired a broad alliance for #FreeEntry to the national museums & galleries in rhe 1990s. Artists spoke up & Chris Smith introduced it. A great cultural initiative #FreeforAll

Our Broomfield cygnet Vee came over to say hello & eat his favourite peas & sweetcorn before I gently shepherded him back to the safety of the lake #swans #birds #Enfield #NatureConnection

@john-wadham.bsky.social Welcome to BlueSky John. Look forward to hearing from you.

This has been the longest week so far.

Beavers are back in London 🦫 Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️

Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask: "If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"

Today we honor Dr. King by remembering that his legacy wasn’t comfort or quiet it was courage, sacrifice, and resistance in the face of injustice. He knew progress is never handed down; it’s pushed forward by ordinary people who refuse to accept inequality as normal.