Dr Rebecca Warren
@drrjwarren.bsky.social
Early modern historian, writing ‘The Church in Interregnum England c1649-62'.
Illustrator & co-author 'Nature's Calendar' (Granta, 2023). Environmentalist.
Illustrator & co-author 'Nature's Calendar' (Granta, 2023). Environmentalist.
It was a gorgeous autumn day - and produced this lovely sketch😊
Sissinghurst
#ArtDD2025 #dailydrawing
Spent a wonderful November Saturday there with @rebeccawarren This was the messy result. #sissinghurst #watercolour
#ArtDD2025 #dailydrawing
Spent a wonderful November Saturday there with @rebeccawarren This was the messy result. #sissinghurst #watercolour
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It was a gorgeous autumn day - and produced this lovely sketch😊
Reposted by Dr Rebecca Warren
🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
Reposted by Dr Rebecca Warren
Kingfisher and Stickleback
Catch, smack left, smack right, dead fish, eat fish, contemplate...
#kingfisher 🦉 @drrjwarren.bsky.social
Catch, smack left, smack right, dead fish, eat fish, contemplate...
#kingfisher 🦉 @drrjwarren.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Kingfisher and Stickleback
Catch, smack left, smack right, dead fish, eat fish, contemplate...
#kingfisher 🦉 @drrjwarren.bsky.social
Catch, smack left, smack right, dead fish, eat fish, contemplate...
#kingfisher 🦉 @drrjwarren.bsky.social
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Gold jar from Galloway Hoard on display for first time www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gold jar from Galloway Hoard on display in Kirkcudbright
It resembles a perfume bottle and a Latin inscription on it suggests it had a religious function.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Gold jar from Galloway Hoard on display for first time www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Dr Rebecca Warren
I just felt like posting some nice things.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I just felt like posting some nice things.
Reposted by Dr Rebecca Warren
You might have thought Question Time was biased.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
You might have thought Question Time was biased.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
Yep.
"To ensure the BBC’s independence, impartiality and trust, Robbie Gibb should have no role in appointing the new director general"
Good call by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Good call by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The BBC belongs to all of us, and it is under attack as never before. The government must defend it from its enemies, within and without, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Yep.
Reposted by Dr Rebecca Warren
Fabulous - but slightly creepy? - Syrian glass ointment jar, made c400-550CE.
Someone had a lot of fun making this one!
(📷mine, at the V&A, London.)
Someone had a lot of fun making this one!
(📷mine, at the V&A, London.)
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Fabulous - but slightly creepy? - Syrian glass ointment jar, made c400-550CE.
Someone had a lot of fun making this one!
(📷mine, at the V&A, London.)
Someone had a lot of fun making this one!
(📷mine, at the V&A, London.)
Reposted by Dr Rebecca Warren
This is where OUR money went. 👇
November 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
This is where OUR money went. 👇
Reposted by Dr Rebecca Warren
Send the bill straight to Nigel Farage he gets £20,000 a week in 'donations' and '2nd jobs' so he should be able to pay it easily.
November 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Send the bill straight to Nigel Farage he gets £20,000 a week in 'donations' and '2nd jobs' so he should be able to pay it easily.
Reposted by Dr Rebecca Warren
Ælberht, archbishop of York, died #OTD in 779/80. He established a curriculum at the minster school which, in its range, was the envy of Europe. He mentored Alcuin, who travelled to Rome to collect the pallium for Ælberht’s successor, Eanbald I. 📸Paul Lakin #medievalsky
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Ælberht, archbishop of York, died #OTD in 779/80. He established a curriculum at the minster school which, in its range, was the envy of Europe. He mentored Alcuin, who travelled to Rome to collect the pallium for Ælberht’s successor, Eanbald I. 📸Paul Lakin #medievalsky
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Sandwich Gull
#artDD2025 not #dailydrawing
The view outside my window in Sandwich 🥪
Don't try that fancy brickwork at home 🫣
#watercolour
@drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social
#artDD2025 not #dailydrawing
The view outside my window in Sandwich 🥪
Don't try that fancy brickwork at home 🫣
#watercolour
@drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Sandwich Gull
#artDD2025 not #dailydrawing
The view outside my window in Sandwich 🥪
Don't try that fancy brickwork at home 🫣
#watercolour
@drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social
#artDD2025 not #dailydrawing
The view outside my window in Sandwich 🥪
Don't try that fancy brickwork at home 🫣
#watercolour
@drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social
#ArtDD2025
Viburnum leaf
As autumn progresses, viburnum leaves take on firey shades of orange and red. Here’s one from a walk I took today with @saocousins.bsky.social
@holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social
Viburnum leaf
As autumn progresses, viburnum leaves take on firey shades of orange and red. Here’s one from a walk I took today with @saocousins.bsky.social
@holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
#ArtDD2025
Viburnum leaf
As autumn progresses, viburnum leaves take on firey shades of orange and red. Here’s one from a walk I took today with @saocousins.bsky.social
@holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social
Viburnum leaf
As autumn progresses, viburnum leaves take on firey shades of orange and red. Here’s one from a walk I took today with @saocousins.bsky.social
@holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social
Great news.
Makes you wonder tho’: which of the directors of the Management Board of Brighton Marina woke up one morning & thought ‘I know. We’ll dump all the dredged waste from our posh Marina onto a Marine Protected Area. That’ll be ok.’
Do they have no consciences at all?
Makes you wonder tho’: which of the directors of the Management Board of Brighton Marina woke up one morning & thought ‘I know. We’ll dump all the dredged waste from our posh Marina onto a Marine Protected Area. That’ll be ok.’
Do they have no consciences at all?
Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social gains important legal victory over harmful dredging.
Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/07/6...
I just love the word 'quashed'.
Well done SWT! I hope other WTs will take similar challenges.
#marine #judicialreview #sussex #dredging #brighton #wildlife
Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/07/6...
I just love the word 'quashed'.
Well done SWT! I hope other WTs will take similar challenges.
#marine #judicialreview #sussex #dredging #brighton #wildlife
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Great news.
Makes you wonder tho’: which of the directors of the Management Board of Brighton Marina woke up one morning & thought ‘I know. We’ll dump all the dredged waste from our posh Marina onto a Marine Protected Area. That’ll be ok.’
Do they have no consciences at all?
Makes you wonder tho’: which of the directors of the Management Board of Brighton Marina woke up one morning & thought ‘I know. We’ll dump all the dredged waste from our posh Marina onto a Marine Protected Area. That’ll be ok.’
Do they have no consciences at all?
Reposted by Dr Rebecca Warren
If I'm doing the math correctly, Musk's big pay packet yesterday could have made each of these now-dead people millionaires instead.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If I'm doing the math correctly, Musk's big pay packet yesterday could have made each of these now-dead people millionaires instead.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
Reposted by Dr Rebecca Warren
21 out of 33 Conservative shadow ministers in the Lords have paid jobs outside Parliament.
Shadow ministers paid to ‘advise’ the same industries they’re meant to scrutinise. Conflict of interest institutionalized. Paymasters served.
Can't get good society without ending political bribery.
Shadow ministers paid to ‘advise’ the same industries they’re meant to scrutinise. Conflict of interest institutionalized. Paymasters served.
Can't get good society without ending political bribery.
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
21 out of 33 Conservative shadow ministers in the Lords have paid jobs outside Parliament.
Shadow ministers paid to ‘advise’ the same industries they’re meant to scrutinise. Conflict of interest institutionalized. Paymasters served.
Can't get good society without ending political bribery.
Shadow ministers paid to ‘advise’ the same industries they’re meant to scrutinise. Conflict of interest institutionalized. Paymasters served.
Can't get good society without ending political bribery.
Reposted by Dr Rebecca Warren
ITV in talks to sell television business to Sky.
Sky is owned by US-based Comcast, largest shareholders include Vanguard Group, BlackRock.
CMA must block the takeover. No one must own more than one major media outlet. Need diversity and competition.
Sky is owned by US-based Comcast, largest shareholders include Vanguard Group, BlackRock.
CMA must block the takeover. No one must own more than one major media outlet. Need diversity and competition.
ITV in talks to sell television business to Sky
The talks focus on ITV's Media and Entertainment division, which include its TV channels as well as its streaming service, ITV X.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM
ITV in talks to sell television business to Sky.
Sky is owned by US-based Comcast, largest shareholders include Vanguard Group, BlackRock.
CMA must block the takeover. No one must own more than one major media outlet. Need diversity and competition.
Sky is owned by US-based Comcast, largest shareholders include Vanguard Group, BlackRock.
CMA must block the takeover. No one must own more than one major media outlet. Need diversity and competition.
Reposted by Dr Rebecca Warren
Farage is a man of very little of anything, bar BS. This is a guy whose business (literally) is to ween as much as possible from state funds and extremists. He cares not of how, where or what the repercussions are of his greed.
Read this little article…
Link!
www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
Read this little article…
Link!
www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
Verdict ends decade-long probe into alleged misuse of EU funds by associates of top Brexit campaigner
www.euractiv.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Farage is a man of very little of anything, bar BS. This is a guy whose business (literally) is to ween as much as possible from state funds and extremists. He cares not of how, where or what the repercussions are of his greed.
Read this little article…
Link!
www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
Read this little article…
Link!
www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
Reposted by Dr Rebecca Warren
⬅️ We're over here
Then Zooooooop!
And we're over here ➡️
Then Zooooooop!
And we're over here ➡️
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
⬅️ We're over here
Then Zooooooop!
And we're over here ➡️
Then Zooooooop!
And we're over here ➡️
Simple. Beautiful.
Kestrel
#ArtDD2025 sometimes #dailydrawing
A little doodle with inspiration from @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social 📸
#Birds #watercolour
@drrjwarren.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social
#ArtDD2025 sometimes #dailydrawing
A little doodle with inspiration from @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social 📸
#Birds #watercolour
@drrjwarren.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Simple. Beautiful.
We have three vital Lords amendments coming to the Commons: brownfield-first development, protection for chalk streams, and stopping “pay-to-pollute” deals.
Please lobby your MP — especially Labour MPs — and urge them to back all three.
#ProtectNature #CleanWater
Please lobby your MP — especially Labour MPs — and urge them to back all three.
#ProtectNature #CleanWater
November 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
😄
Black tights
Yellow shoes
They say it will unsettle the fish
That say it's so I do not spear my feet
But it's just I love
Bunches of Bananas on my toes!
Yellow shoes
They say it will unsettle the fish
That say it's so I do not spear my feet
But it's just I love
Bunches of Bananas on my toes!
Delighted to spot this Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) in the Valley this morning. An occasional visitor here, they love fishing in our ponds. 😍
#birds #UKWildlife #OX3 #OxfordshireFens 📷
@everyheron.bsky.social @judywebb.bsky.social @tverc1.bsky.social
#birds #UKWildlife #OX3 #OxfordshireFens 📷
@everyheron.bsky.social @judywebb.bsky.social @tverc1.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
😄
Reposted by Dr Rebecca Warren
Why Reform UK hates net zero … follow the money!
Most Reform UK voters don’t object to green policies, so who is its climate crisis denialism designed to serve?
By David Goff
Most Reform UK voters don’t object to green policies, so who is its climate crisis denialism designed to serve?
By David Goff
Why Reform UK hates net zero … follow the money!
Most Reform UK voters don’t object to green policies, so who is its climate crisis denialism designed to serve?
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Why Reform UK hates net zero … follow the money!
Most Reform UK voters don’t object to green policies, so who is its climate crisis denialism designed to serve?
By David Goff
Most Reform UK voters don’t object to green policies, so who is its climate crisis denialism designed to serve?
By David Goff