@ityb.bsky.social
Historic house curator formerly @move,teach inspire. Interests; heritage, the environment, security. Picture is from where I work. Try and guess where.
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Net migration to the UK has fallen fast - down by more than 60% from the peak -and is set to fall further.
"Good news" politically? Maybe. But likely bad news for the economy and public finances.. (1/3)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Good news" politically? Maybe. But likely bad news for the economy and public finances.. (1/3)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration dropped more than first reported, ONS says
Net migration to the UK last year was 20% lower than previously thought.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Net migration to the UK has fallen fast - down by more than 60% from the peak -and is set to fall further.
"Good news" politically? Maybe. But likely bad news for the economy and public finances.. (1/3)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Good news" politically? Maybe. But likely bad news for the economy and public finances.. (1/3)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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In case anyone doubted smoking was bad for you courtesy of the gentlemen magazine 1785
September 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
In case anyone doubted smoking was bad for you courtesy of the gentlemen magazine 1785
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Now that it’s the time of year when the obscurely-funded right wing Restore Trust, a private company, try once again to take over the National Trust, my annual reminder of what they want to do with our history & heritage.
blogs.sussex.ac.uk/snapshotsofe...
blogs.sussex.ac.uk/snapshotsofe...
Culture Warriors’ Attacks on the National Trust
Charles Moore uses the Spectator of 3 June to rally support for a rebel National Trust group. Calling themselves Restore Trust, this group of disaffected members and former members bemoan the insti…
blogs.sussex.ac.uk
September 16, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Now that it’s the time of year when the obscurely-funded right wing Restore Trust, a private company, try once again to take over the National Trust, my annual reminder of what they want to do with our history & heritage.
blogs.sussex.ac.uk/snapshotsofe...
blogs.sussex.ac.uk/snapshotsofe...
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The dam of silence over open Israeli war crimes and genocide is cracking, and will burst.
Europe is at last finding its conscience.
Europe is at last finding its conscience.
September 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The dam of silence over open Israeli war crimes and genocide is cracking, and will burst.
Europe is at last finding its conscience.
Europe is at last finding its conscience.
Tree of the day surely @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social I have never seen a veteran elder tree like this before
September 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Tree of the day surely @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social I have never seen a veteran elder tree like this before
NEW: The Kremlin appears to have launched a coordinated informational effort posturing military strength on the battlefield in order to shape Western thinking and falsely portray a Russian victory as inevitable.🧵(1/4) isw.pub/UkrWar083025
August 31, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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In a project alongside Bradford University, we are set to use non-invasive technology to explore previously unknown archaeological structures and help build our knowledge of the soil cap on the islands, helping guide our work as we protect and better understand the islands for future generations.
August 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
In a project alongside Bradford University, we are set to use non-invasive technology to explore previously unknown archaeological structures and help build our knowledge of the soil cap on the islands, helping guide our work as we protect and better understand the islands for future generations.
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But this this is also a place of significant cultural heritage; we know there has been 1,300 years of human activity on the islands and we believe the islands hold significant early Christian remains, but very little archaeological investigation has taken place, until now.
August 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
But this this is also a place of significant cultural heritage; we know there has been 1,300 years of human activity on the islands and we believe the islands hold significant early Christian remains, but very little archaeological investigation has taken place, until now.
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Exactly 100 years ago today, the Farne Islands came into the care of the National Trust - a whole century of care and conservation!
August 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Exactly 100 years ago today, the Farne Islands came into the care of the National Trust - a whole century of care and conservation!
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Wordsworth and Coleridge at the Coldplay gig
July 20, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Wordsworth and Coleridge at the Coldplay gig
Just about vto jot down the reasons im unlikely to be voting for Labour again any time soon
July 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Just about vto jot down the reasons im unlikely to be voting for Labour again any time soon
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They've managed to criminalise legitimate protest and undermine anti-terror laws in one move. They should be goddamned ashamed of themselves.
July 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
They've managed to criminalise legitimate protest and undermine anti-terror laws in one move. They should be goddamned ashamed of themselves.
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It is also reprehensible for the manner in which it has diluted the seriousness of terrorism, as a concept and a legal designation. If you want to pursue Palestine Action for criminal damage then go right ahead. But they are not terrorists under any normal definition of the word.
July 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
It is also reprehensible for the manner in which it has diluted the seriousness of terrorism, as a concept and a legal designation. If you want to pursue Palestine Action for criminal damage then go right ahead. But they are not terrorists under any normal definition of the word.
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Difficult to conceive of a more ill-judged decision then the one the Home Office took here. It is an affront to free speech of a kind which is really indistinguishable from what you'd see in a police state.
UK police arrest 55 at parliament rally for banned Palestine Action group reut.rs/4m0MWrx
UK police arrest 55 at parliament rally for banned Palestine Action group
The crowd in Parliament Square were waving placards supporting the group that was banned this month under anti-terrorism legislation.
reut.rs
July 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Difficult to conceive of a more ill-judged decision then the one the Home Office took here. It is an affront to free speech of a kind which is really indistinguishable from what you'd see in a police state.
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Macron has just addressed the UK parliament in fluent English - no chance of Trump managing that.
July 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Macron has just addressed the UK parliament in fluent English - no chance of Trump managing that.
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A magical Burren garden that is at one with the wider, wilder world around it
A magical Burren garden that is at one with the wider, wilder world around it
Carl Wright moved to Clare from Devon 30 years ago, restoring a semi-derelict old farmhouse and creating Caher Bridge Garden around it
www.irishtimes.com
June 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
A magical Burren garden that is at one with the wider, wilder world around it
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Schengen is a symbol of freedom, collaboration, and opportunity.
It has turned the promise of Europe into an everyday reality.
Find out more: europa.eu/!k7Gykf
It has turned the promise of Europe into an everyday reality.
Find out more: europa.eu/!k7Gykf
June 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Schengen is a symbol of freedom, collaboration, and opportunity.
It has turned the promise of Europe into an everyday reality.
Find out more: europa.eu/!k7Gykf
It has turned the promise of Europe into an everyday reality.
Find out more: europa.eu/!k7Gykf
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It’s also:
✅ Seamless mobility for workers and students
✅ Simplified tourism for global visitors
✅ Greater economic opportunities for businesses and SMEs
✅ Strengthened European unity
✅ Seamless mobility for workers and students
✅ Simplified tourism for global visitors
✅ Greater economic opportunities for businesses and SMEs
✅ Strengthened European unity
June 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
It’s also:
✅ Seamless mobility for workers and students
✅ Simplified tourism for global visitors
✅ Greater economic opportunities for businesses and SMEs
✅ Strengthened European unity
✅ Seamless mobility for workers and students
✅ Simplified tourism for global visitors
✅ Greater economic opportunities for businesses and SMEs
✅ Strengthened European unity
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More than 450 million Europeans. 29 countries. 1 shared freedom.
In 2025, we mark 40 years since the Schengen Agreement was signed.
This landmark event has reshaped how over 450 million Europeans live, work and travel.
In 2025, we mark 40 years since the Schengen Agreement was signed.
This landmark event has reshaped how over 450 million Europeans live, work and travel.
June 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
More than 450 million Europeans. 29 countries. 1 shared freedom.
In 2025, we mark 40 years since the Schengen Agreement was signed.
This landmark event has reshaped how over 450 million Europeans live, work and travel.
In 2025, we mark 40 years since the Schengen Agreement was signed.
This landmark event has reshaped how over 450 million Europeans live, work and travel.
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In South Korea, where I live, there may be no brand as respected as Habodeu. Children dream of it; adults seemingly do anything to play up their own connections t...
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June 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Blair says net zero is "doomed to fail" – but to abandon a rapid green transition away from fossil fuels is to sentence millions to certain death . And he knows it .
12 days left to sign my petition to ban fossil fuel ads – please sign govpetition.uk/700024
12 days left to sign my petition to ban fossil fuel ads – please sign govpetition.uk/700024
April 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Blair says net zero is "doomed to fail" – but to abandon a rapid green transition away from fossil fuels is to sentence millions to certain death . And he knows it .
12 days left to sign my petition to ban fossil fuel ads – please sign govpetition.uk/700024
12 days left to sign my petition to ban fossil fuel ads – please sign govpetition.uk/700024
