DrOwainGardner1253
@drowaingardner.bsky.social
🇪🇺 Medievalist, Grosseteste/Bach Obsessive, Liberal Artist (Trivium + Quadrivium), Jaguar XJL Driver - Pro tanto quid retribuamus?
This may be controversial, but I like the new Jaguar logo and the new advert. Grace, Pace and Space needs to be updated to reflect the modern (electric car) world but that does not mean it has been lost with the new logo!
November 23, 2024 at 11:51 AM
This may be controversial, but I like the new Jaguar logo and the new advert. Grace, Pace and Space needs to be updated to reflect the modern (electric car) world but that does not mean it has been lost with the new logo!
I hope both sides of the argument read this from Gordon Brown - at his most humane and sensitive
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Spending time with people in their final days showed me that we need not assisted dying, but better end-of-life care | Gordon Brown
We can and must improve on our current end-of-life options – ‘Switzerland, suicide or suffering’, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:02 PM
I hope both sides of the argument read this from Gordon Brown - at his most humane and sensitive
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hey, Siri!
Define: A Colonoscopist’s worst Waiting Room
Define: A Colonoscopist’s worst Waiting Room
November 17, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Hey, Siri!
Define: A Colonoscopist’s worst Waiting Room
Define: A Colonoscopist’s worst Waiting Room
Well worth a watch and listen! youtu.be/Um017R5Kr3A?...
Philosopher Michael Sandel on What Trump’s Win Says About American Society | Amanpour and Company
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
youtu.be
November 17, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Well worth a watch and listen! youtu.be/Um017R5Kr3A?...
Today’s been a good day - Queen’s University Belfast has an awful lot to teach other universities in the U.K. about how to engage Alumni with current students (from BA to PGT and PGR).
I owe QUB a huge debt of gratitude! #StudentMentoringProgramme
I owe QUB a huge debt of gratitude! #StudentMentoringProgramme
November 17, 2024 at 12:42 AM
Today’s been a good day - Queen’s University Belfast has an awful lot to teach other universities in the U.K. about how to engage Alumni with current students (from BA to PGT and PGR).
I owe QUB a huge debt of gratitude! #StudentMentoringProgramme
I owe QUB a huge debt of gratitude! #StudentMentoringProgramme
A great man has passed away, as did David Jackson during Covid. Oakham School had such riches, Mr Gilvary was surgical in his teaching of Chaucer
November 15, 2024 at 10:41 PM
A great man has passed away, as did David Jackson during Covid. Oakham School had such riches, Mr Gilvary was surgical in his teaching of Chaucer
A huge loss - RIP Timothy West www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Timothy West: Acclaimed stage and screen actor dies aged 90
One of Britain's most distinguished actors, West was married to Fawlty Towers star Prunella Scales.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2024 at 1:25 PM
A huge loss - RIP Timothy West www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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As soon as @Keir_Starmer stopped speaking, I had a call. “You’re my Labour councillor. I wanted you to know that I’ve just joined Labour. His message about care workers deserving as much respect as the Prime Minister really struck home.” Welcome to @WitneyLabourCLP John. 🌹❤️
September 24, 2024 at 7:17 PM
As soon as @Keir_Starmer stopped speaking, I had a call. “You’re my Labour councillor. I wanted you to know that I’ve just joined Labour. His message about care workers deserving as much respect as the Prime Minister really struck home.” Welcome to @WitneyLabourCLP John. 🌹❤️
Must be said, lay night’s view was a little “different” - NHS at its best from Wednesday’s GP appointment to yesterday’s referral and then to today’s Virtual Consult. Despite 14yrs of Tory failure we really do have the best Healthcare System in the world!
September 20, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Must be said, lay night’s view was a little “different” - NHS at its best from Wednesday’s GP appointment to yesterday’s referral and then to today’s Virtual Consult. Despite 14yrs of Tory failure we really do have the best Healthcare System in the world!
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An ask...
At Bylines Network, we've built up over 4.5 years. We now have 10 publications that regularly get top Google Search news spots -all for citizen journalism.
It's absolutely unique in the world and I'm so proud of it. Please chip in to keep us powered up. 🙏
--> chuffed.org/project/ng7b...
At Bylines Network, we've built up over 4.5 years. We now have 10 publications that regularly get top Google Search news spots -all for citizen journalism.
It's absolutely unique in the world and I'm so proud of it. Please chip in to keep us powered up. 🙏
--> chuffed.org/project/ng7b...
Give citizen journalism a boost
We’re all tired of much of the mainstream media and how they report politics. Fortunately, the Bylines Network is quickly filling the gap with citizen journalism – actually empowering the public voice...
chuffed.org
September 19, 2024 at 1:33 PM
An ask...
At Bylines Network, we've built up over 4.5 years. We now have 10 publications that regularly get top Google Search news spots -all for citizen journalism.
It's absolutely unique in the world and I'm so proud of it. Please chip in to keep us powered up. 🙏
--> chuffed.org/project/ng7b...
At Bylines Network, we've built up over 4.5 years. We now have 10 publications that regularly get top Google Search news spots -all for citizen journalism.
It's absolutely unique in the world and I'm so proud of it. Please chip in to keep us powered up. 🙏
--> chuffed.org/project/ng7b...
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,530,432!
September 17, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,530,432!
Rather delighted to have been able to attend the Installation of the 85th Dean of Lincoln Cathedral on Saturday, you can watch the Service here www.youtube.com/live/NvBg0kl...
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September 15, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Rather delighted to have been able to attend the Installation of the 85th Dean of Lincoln Cathedral on Saturday, you can watch the Service here www.youtube.com/live/NvBg0kl...
A rather intriguing piece of analysis from Pippa Bailey about the race to become the next #ArchbishopofCanterbury - Guli Francis-Dehqani would be my choice, fingers crossed the CNC agree! www.newstatesman.com/politics/rel...
The race for Lambeth Palace
Can the next archbishop of Canterbury unite a divided Church?
www.newstatesman.com
September 7, 2024 at 6:10 PM
A rather intriguing piece of analysis from Pippa Bailey about the race to become the next #ArchbishopofCanterbury - Guli Francis-Dehqani would be my choice, fingers crossed the CNC agree! www.newstatesman.com/politics/rel...
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It will take a little time for Labour's approach to housing to bear fruit, but it is a genuine change. I was pleased to see the New Homes Accelerator Programme for getting to grips with the reasons for stalled sites.
September 1, 2024 at 8:26 PM
It will take a little time for Labour's approach to housing to bear fruit, but it is a genuine change. I was pleased to see the New Homes Accelerator Programme for getting to grips with the reasons for stalled sites.
Serious self-discipline is required when reading Alan Booth’s “The Roads to Sata: A 2000 Mile Walk through Japan” - a chapter a week so far, but that rule may be broken tonight. Then to find a copy of “Looking for the Lost: Journeys through a Vanishing Japan”!
September 1, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Serious self-discipline is required when reading Alan Booth’s “The Roads to Sata: A 2000 Mile Walk through Japan” - a chapter a week so far, but that rule may be broken tonight. Then to find a copy of “Looking for the Lost: Journeys through a Vanishing Japan”!
Truly fascinating read, especially for a Grosseteste scholar! www.theguardian.com/science/arti...
‘He was in mystic delirium’: was this hermit mathematician a forgotten genius whose ideas could transform AI – or a lonely madman?
In isolation, Alexander Grothendieck seemed to have lost touch with reality, but some say his metaphysical theories could contain wonders
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Truly fascinating read, especially for a Grosseteste scholar! www.theguardian.com/science/arti...
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Very useful and interesting blog with lessons for political parties about last minute decisions and young voters turning out in higher numbers than expected (I see a correlation there in Bristol).
www.moreincommon.org.uk/general-elec...
www.moreincommon.org.uk/general-elec...
Our 2024 Election Polling: Lessons Learned
An exploration of what we think our polls got right, and what we missed, two months after the General Election.
www.moreincommon.org.uk
September 1, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Very useful and interesting blog with lessons for political parties about last minute decisions and young voters turning out in higher numbers than expected (I see a correlation there in Bristol).
www.moreincommon.org.uk/general-elec...
www.moreincommon.org.uk/general-elec...
It’s been a whirlwind of a 24h I can tell you
August 31, 2024 at 9:22 PM
It’s been a whirlwind of a 24h I can tell you
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Okay I think you are ready for this BlueSky. Let's talk cheese history.
More specifically, Yorkshire Dales cheeses, and how WW2 and rationing almost wiped out cheesemaking in northern Britain.
This is the story of the near-death of the world of one of the world's great cheeses: Wensleydale. /1 🧵
More specifically, Yorkshire Dales cheeses, and how WW2 and rationing almost wiped out cheesemaking in northern Britain.
This is the story of the near-death of the world of one of the world's great cheeses: Wensleydale. /1 🧵
a cartoon character in a suit and tie is pointing at the camera and saying cheese .
Alt: animated gif: wallace from wallace and gromit being very excited about cheese.
media.tenor.com
August 31, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Okay I think you are ready for this BlueSky. Let's talk cheese history.
More specifically, Yorkshire Dales cheeses, and how WW2 and rationing almost wiped out cheesemaking in northern Britain.
This is the story of the near-death of the world of one of the world's great cheeses: Wensleydale. /1 🧵
More specifically, Yorkshire Dales cheeses, and how WW2 and rationing almost wiped out cheesemaking in northern Britain.
This is the story of the near-death of the world of one of the world's great cheeses: Wensleydale. /1 🧵
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Inspiring to see so much progress made already under a Labour government.
How we're fixing the foundations of the country www.gov.uk/government/n...
How we're fixing the foundations of the country www.gov.uk/government/n...
How we're fixing the foundations of the country
Here are some of the things we are doing to fix the foundations of this country.
www.gov.uk
August 31, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Inspiring to see so much progress made already under a Labour government.
How we're fixing the foundations of the country www.gov.uk/government/n...
How we're fixing the foundations of the country www.gov.uk/government/n...
I’m apparently Blusky now
a man in a clergy collar is making a face
ALT: a man in a clergy collar is making a face
media.tenor.com
August 30, 2024 at 10:17 PM
I’m apparently Blusky now