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Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘September’
Shell Nature Studies, 1956
Artist: Rowland Hilder and Maurice Wilson
‘September’
Shell Nature Studies, 1956
Artist: Rowland Hilder and Maurice Wilson
September 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘September’
Shell Nature Studies, 1956
Artist: Rowland Hilder and Maurice Wilson
‘September’
Shell Nature Studies, 1956
Artist: Rowland Hilder and Maurice Wilson
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Revd J Hustler, the Secretary of the Conference, shares this vital blog on how the #Methodist Church can challenge the growing sense of intimidation across communities and the perceived injustices behind it. @MethodistGB @jpit #AllAreWelcome #inclusion
www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-st...
www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-st...
Challenging the Rise of the Far Right - The Methodist Church
Following last weekend's protests in London, recent disorder outside the accommodation of those seeking asylum and the growing 'Raise the Colours' campaign, the Revd Jonathan Hustler shares this vital...
www.methodist.org.uk
September 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Revd J Hustler, the Secretary of the Conference, shares this vital blog on how the #Methodist Church can challenge the growing sense of intimidation across communities and the perceived injustices behind it. @MethodistGB @jpit #AllAreWelcome #inclusion
www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-st...
www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-st...
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When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.
September 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.
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Reform UK further enhance their image as the party of ordinary people by welcoming Danny Kruger, the Eton/Oxford educated son of multi millionaire parents.
September 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Reform UK further enhance their image as the party of ordinary people by welcoming Danny Kruger, the Eton/Oxford educated son of multi millionaire parents.
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We need to see more Ed Davey and less Nigel Farage!
August 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We need to see more Ed Davey and less Nigel Farage!
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The billionaire press barons must be having a right laugh…
Here we are distracted & arguing over asylum seekers (0.2% of the population)
Meanwhile, billionaires (just 0.0002% of the population) hoard more wealth than half the UK
Immigration isn’t draining us
Inequality is.
Here we are distracted & arguing over asylum seekers (0.2% of the population)
Meanwhile, billionaires (just 0.0002% of the population) hoard more wealth than half the UK
Immigration isn’t draining us
Inequality is.
August 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The billionaire press barons must be having a right laugh…
Here we are distracted & arguing over asylum seekers (0.2% of the population)
Meanwhile, billionaires (just 0.0002% of the population) hoard more wealth than half the UK
Immigration isn’t draining us
Inequality is.
Here we are distracted & arguing over asylum seekers (0.2% of the population)
Meanwhile, billionaires (just 0.0002% of the population) hoard more wealth than half the UK
Immigration isn’t draining us
Inequality is.
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Happy Greenbelt Eve
Happy @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social Eve to all who travel tomorrow and thank you to everyone who's been there ages already making the place beautiful and ready
August 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Happy Greenbelt Eve
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Morning all, let’s find these books some new homes shall we? - Michael
(Hat tip to @Les.martin.716 for today’s board!)
(Hat tip to @Les.martin.716 for today’s board!)
August 20, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Morning all, let’s find these books some new homes shall we? - Michael
(Hat tip to @Les.martin.716 for today’s board!)
(Hat tip to @Les.martin.716 for today’s board!)
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Remember, if you can’t join us in the fields – you can join us online. We’re livestreaming three full days of ideas, music, worship and comedy. Including daily shows from festival favourites like Harry Baker, Pádraig Ó Tuama and Martyn Jospeh.
buff.ly/zbV8VLn
buff.ly/zbV8VLn
August 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Remember, if you can’t join us in the fields – you can join us online. We’re livestreaming three full days of ideas, music, worship and comedy. Including daily shows from festival favourites like Harry Baker, Pádraig Ó Tuama and Martyn Jospeh.
buff.ly/zbV8VLn
buff.ly/zbV8VLn
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Only 29% would back Brexit now
August 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Only 29% would back Brexit now
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NEW: Tomorrow’s front page of Scottish newspaper, The National.
July 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
NEW: Tomorrow’s front page of Scottish newspaper, The National.
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Israel killed Aboud today in Gaza
He was 3 years old.
Israel dropped a bomb on him while he stood in line for food with other children.
Self Defence you say?
#genocide
He was 3 years old.
Israel dropped a bomb on him while he stood in line for food with other children.
Self Defence you say?
#genocide
July 13, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Israel killed Aboud today in Gaza
He was 3 years old.
Israel dropped a bomb on him while he stood in line for food with other children.
Self Defence you say?
#genocide
He was 3 years old.
Israel dropped a bomb on him while he stood in line for food with other children.
Self Defence you say?
#genocide
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We are thrilled to welcome Mayor Andy Burnham as the guest speaker for our July wholehearted monthly event on Tuesday 8 July, 7-9pm.
Andy has served as the Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017.
Sign up for this month's free session: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wholeheart...
Andy has served as the Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017.
Sign up for this month's free session: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wholeheart...
July 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
We are thrilled to welcome Mayor Andy Burnham as the guest speaker for our July wholehearted monthly event on Tuesday 8 July, 7-9pm.
Andy has served as the Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017.
Sign up for this month's free session: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wholeheart...
Andy has served as the Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017.
Sign up for this month's free session: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wholeheart...
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🖤All Shall Be Afforded Dignity!🖤
Mark 30 yrs of 🇿🇦's freedom thru Norman Kaplan’s art + Bristol’s #antiapartheid history
🗣️“Bristol played a pivotal role”Kaplan
📍 John Wesley’s New Room, til 19 Jun
🖼️ 1989 Festival @actsa-uk.bsky.social @aamarchives.bsky.social
#Activism #Bristol #Exhibition #art
Mark 30 yrs of 🇿🇦's freedom thru Norman Kaplan’s art + Bristol’s #antiapartheid history
🗣️“Bristol played a pivotal role”Kaplan
📍 John Wesley’s New Room, til 19 Jun
🖼️ 1989 Festival @actsa-uk.bsky.social @aamarchives.bsky.social
#Activism #Bristol #Exhibition #art
May 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🖤All Shall Be Afforded Dignity!🖤
Mark 30 yrs of 🇿🇦's freedom thru Norman Kaplan’s art + Bristol’s #antiapartheid history
🗣️“Bristol played a pivotal role”Kaplan
📍 John Wesley’s New Room, til 19 Jun
🖼️ 1989 Festival @actsa-uk.bsky.social @aamarchives.bsky.social
#Activism #Bristol #Exhibition #art
Mark 30 yrs of 🇿🇦's freedom thru Norman Kaplan’s art + Bristol’s #antiapartheid history
🗣️“Bristol played a pivotal role”Kaplan
📍 John Wesley’s New Room, til 19 Jun
🖼️ 1989 Festival @actsa-uk.bsky.social @aamarchives.bsky.social
#Activism #Bristol #Exhibition #art
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Whether you’re a far-flung fan, a stay-at-home soul, or a Greenbelter whose access needs mean the festival isn't doable in person – you’re still very much invited to Greenbelt. We’ll be livestreaming a weekend of goodness – all beamed straight to you, wherever you are. buff.ly/1OCBosU
June 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Whether you’re a far-flung fan, a stay-at-home soul, or a Greenbelter whose access needs mean the festival isn't doable in person – you’re still very much invited to Greenbelt. We’ll be livestreaming a weekend of goodness – all beamed straight to you, wherever you are. buff.ly/1OCBosU
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On this day 36 years ago, one man stopped a column of tanks.
June 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
On this day 36 years ago, one man stopped a column of tanks.
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Pride month is nearly here in the UK and I've noticed less coverage, tumbleweed from big brands and a general lack of talking about the fact that it's nearly Pride month.
So here's a documentary I made about fifty years of Pride in London, explaining why we need it.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
So here's a documentary I made about fifty years of Pride in London, explaining why we need it.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, Fifty Years of Pride
Damian Barr examines how Pride has helped bring about change for the LGBTQ+ community.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Pride month is nearly here in the UK and I've noticed less coverage, tumbleweed from big brands and a general lack of talking about the fact that it's nearly Pride month.
So here's a documentary I made about fifty years of Pride in London, explaining why we need it.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
So here's a documentary I made about fifty years of Pride in London, explaining why we need it.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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I've said this about Farage and his ilk for years; they do not want to govern. They just want the public platform that comes with it. Their dream position is 3rd place. Big enough to make a stink, but small enough that they don't have to explain how they'd actually implement any of their ideas.
June 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I've said this about Farage and his ilk for years; they do not want to govern. They just want the public platform that comes with it. Their dream position is 3rd place. Big enough to make a stink, but small enough that they don't have to explain how they'd actually implement any of their ideas.
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Today Musk leaves the White House with a trail of chaos in his wake
The day after his rocket exploded
Guess what?
Moving fast and breaking things does not work in public policy
The day after his rocket exploded
Guess what?
Moving fast and breaking things does not work in public policy
May 29, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Today Musk leaves the White House with a trail of chaos in his wake
The day after his rocket exploded
Guess what?
Moving fast and breaking things does not work in public policy
The day after his rocket exploded
Guess what?
Moving fast and breaking things does not work in public policy
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President joe biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, with metastasis to the bone.
Please keep the former president in your thoughts.
Please keep the former president in your thoughts.
Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer | CNN Politics
Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his personal office Sunday, and it has spread to his bones.
www.cnn.com
May 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
President joe biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, with metastasis to the bone.
Please keep the former president in your thoughts.
Please keep the former president in your thoughts.
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"Although religion may be the most enduring form of popular culture, no tradition has a free pass to the future. Every tradition must allow for its own succession." @martinwroe.bsky.social martinwroe.medium.com/passing-on-t...
‘Passing on the fire’
One generation thinks a tradition is fixed, but another comes along and thinks, well, maybe not. A Thought for the Day For BBC Radio 4…
martinwroe.medium.com
May 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"Although religion may be the most enduring form of popular culture, no tradition has a free pass to the future. Every tradition must allow for its own succession." @martinwroe.bsky.social martinwroe.medium.com/passing-on-t...
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At Greenbelt, we don’t like anything to go to waste. We’ve collected together the last few years of leftover wristbands, and our wonderful team of volunteers sewers have been busy turning them into riotously colourful fringing for this year' festival!
May 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
At Greenbelt, we don’t like anything to go to waste. We’ve collected together the last few years of leftover wristbands, and our wonderful team of volunteers sewers have been busy turning them into riotously colourful fringing for this year' festival!
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Quite possibly the biggest climate story of the year (especially when we look back on this in a few years' time)
For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand...
For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand...
NEW – Analysis: Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/6eAcjRU
Read here: buff.ly/6eAcjRU
May 15, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Quite possibly the biggest climate story of the year (especially when we look back on this in a few years' time)
For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand...
For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand...
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✍️ Ineligible, inept and unspeakable
Reform UK Ltd’s councillors, are already proving they are unfit or unwilling to serve
By David Goff
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Reform UK Ltd’s councillors, are already proving they are unfit or unwilling to serve
By David Goff
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Ineligible, inept and unspeakable
Reform UK Ltd’s councillors, are already proving they are unfit or unwilling to serve
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
✍️ Ineligible, inept and unspeakable
Reform UK Ltd’s councillors, are already proving they are unfit or unwilling to serve
By David Goff
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Reform UK Ltd’s councillors, are already proving they are unfit or unwilling to serve
By David Goff
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk