Nigel Hester
@holnicotenh.bsky.social
Countryside lover, passionate about nature, music, and cooking/eating good food.
Wonderful organic mandarins, lemons, and avocados delivered today from Unión de Fincas, Spain via the brilliant @crowdfarming.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Wonderful organic mandarins, lemons, and avocados delivered today from Unión de Fincas, Spain via the brilliant @crowdfarming.bsky.social
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Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...
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'Rain In London'
An iconic location, and for good reason.
An iconic location, and for good reason.
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
'Rain In London'
An iconic location, and for good reason.
An iconic location, and for good reason.
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Simon the Sparrowhawk tried to ambush a Nuthatch while I was sitting at my log pile one day. The Nuthatch escaped and I got a nice close up of Simon before he spotted me and took off again. #BirdOfTheDay #yelloweyes #ukbirds #birdphotography
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Simon the Sparrowhawk tried to ambush a Nuthatch while I was sitting at my log pile one day. The Nuthatch escaped and I got a nice close up of Simon before he spotted me and took off again. #BirdOfTheDay #yelloweyes #ukbirds #birdphotography
From Dunkery to Blue Anchor Bay, strangely cropped by Bluesky!
November 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
From Dunkery to Blue Anchor Bay, strangely cropped by Bluesky!
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Ex Leader of Reform UK in Wales, Farage's friend and ally 👇
BREAKING: Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in prison after pleading guilty to eight charges of bribery from a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Ex Leader of Reform UK in Wales, Farage's friend and ally 👇
Holnicote House glowing in the chilled evening air.....
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Holnicote House glowing in the chilled evening air.....
A watery world this morning.....
November 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A watery world this morning.....
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I really can’t bear to see such headlines anymore. Immigrants prop up this country and its systems and institutions. Most of them work really hard to contribute to society. They are equally deserving of a dignified life that doesn’t involve being scapegoated by politicians & media everyday. Enough!
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I really can’t bear to see such headlines anymore. Immigrants prop up this country and its systems and institutions. Most of them work really hard to contribute to society. They are equally deserving of a dignified life that doesn’t involve being scapegoated by politicians & media everyday. Enough!
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I am not saying it was a bit wet on my #briskwalk ….. but.
November 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I am not saying it was a bit wet on my #briskwalk ….. but.
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‘The BBC told presenter Evan Davis to stop making his own podcast about heat pumps, on the grounds that discussing this technology meant “treading on areas of public controversy”.’
Why controversial?
‘Because the EUA, which lobbies for gas appliances, paid a public affairs company to make them so.’
Why controversial?
‘Because the EUA, which lobbies for gas appliances, paid a public affairs company to make them so.’
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:27 AM
‘The BBC told presenter Evan Davis to stop making his own podcast about heat pumps, on the grounds that discussing this technology meant “treading on areas of public controversy”.’
Why controversial?
‘Because the EUA, which lobbies for gas appliances, paid a public affairs company to make them so.’
Why controversial?
‘Because the EUA, which lobbies for gas appliances, paid a public affairs company to make them so.’
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Älskar skålar formade som fåglar 😍 tycker iofs detta mer liknar en gås än en anka. Vilket skulle rimma bättre med den nordiska allmogetraditionen att karva dryckeskärl i trä, formades som gäss sk
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November 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Älskar skålar formade som fåglar 😍 tycker iofs detta mer liknar en gås än en anka. Vilket skulle rimma bättre med den nordiska allmogetraditionen att karva dryckeskärl i trä, formades som gäss sk
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A medlar moment this morning.....
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
A medlar moment this morning.....
Dramatic light over Exmoor.
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Dramatic light over Exmoor.
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8 km of retreat in just 2 months...! 😱
The fastest glacier retreat ever recorded in modern history, at Hektoria Glacier (Antarctic peninsula) 📈🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Via Etienne Berthier
The fastest glacier retreat ever recorded in modern history, at Hektoria Glacier (Antarctic peninsula) 📈🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Via Etienne Berthier
November 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
8 km of retreat in just 2 months...! 😱
The fastest glacier retreat ever recorded in modern history, at Hektoria Glacier (Antarctic peninsula) 📈🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Via Etienne Berthier
The fastest glacier retreat ever recorded in modern history, at Hektoria Glacier (Antarctic peninsula) 📈🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Via Etienne Berthier
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This is absolutely appalling.
"The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit."
Absolutely pathetic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit."
Absolutely pathetic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests
Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at Cop30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is absolutely appalling.
"The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit."
Absolutely pathetic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit."
Absolutely pathetic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Morning jewels....
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Morning jewels....
Wow! What a huge leaf. It's from an American Red oak in the garden.
November 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Wow! What a huge leaf. It's from an American Red oak in the garden.
There really is gold at the end of the rainbow.....
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
There really is gold at the end of the rainbow.....
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A sun-dog morning......
October 31, 2025 at 9:10 AM
A sun-dog morning......
More carrots, anyone?
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
More carrots, anyone?
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British icon, hilarious comic & bird-kind Bill Bailey thinks securing homes for birds reliant on cavity nesting habitat is an ace idea. The swift brick debate is tomorrow. Help the birds. Email SWIFT BRICKS to steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk & james.cleverly.mp@parliament.uk
October 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
British icon, hilarious comic & bird-kind Bill Bailey thinks securing homes for birds reliant on cavity nesting habitat is an ace idea. The swift brick debate is tomorrow. Help the birds. Email SWIFT BRICKS to steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk & james.cleverly.mp@parliament.uk
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John Major tells Tories alliance with Reform would be ‘beyond stupid’
John Major tells Tories alliance with Reform would be ‘beyond stupid’
Former PM says a pact would destroy the Conservatives for good and urges them not to desert centre ground
John Major has told the Conservatives that forming an alliance with Reform UK would “forever destroy” the party, which he said had already left traditional supporters “politically homeless” by lurching too far to the right.
The former prime minister dismissed a pact with Nigel Farage’s party as “beyond stupid”, saying that any Tories tempted to defect to Reform should go now because his own party would be better off without them. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
John Major tells Tories alliance with Reform would be ‘beyond stupid’