Rachel Relves
@rrelves.bsky.social
Research analyst, Wulfrunian and music lover
Lovely sunny day in Brum yesterday
September 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Lovely sunny day in Brum yesterday
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Starmer at that press conference, giving every impression of a nervous chipmunk sitting next to an alligator that's just swallowed a hand grenade.
September 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Starmer at that press conference, giving every impression of a nervous chipmunk sitting next to an alligator that's just swallowed a hand grenade.
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I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
September 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
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Broadcasting legend John Stapleton who’s living with #parkinsons has signed the #parkypetition100K and wants you to join him petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
July 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Broadcasting legend John Stapleton who’s living with #parkinsons has signed the #parkypetition100K and wants you to join him petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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Listen to @stephenfry.bsky.social - sign the #parkypetition100K to improve care for people with #parkinsons
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
July 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Listen to @stephenfry.bsky.social - sign the #parkypetition100K to improve care for people with #parkinsons
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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Mariann Johansen-Ellis, contemporary printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
June 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Mariann Johansen-Ellis, contemporary printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
10pm and it's still warm and not dark. The flowers look amazing in the twilight 🌸
June 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
10pm and it's still warm and not dark. The flowers look amazing in the twilight 🌸
Beautiful ❤️
Have a fabulous Thursday everyone. Taken from Glastonbury Tor yesterday.
June 13, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Beautiful ❤️
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Wildflower strips in orchards attract insects that eat pests, reducing crop damage and cutting pesticide use. The savings can be significant, especially in bad aphid years. 🌸
The flower fix: how nature could slash farm costs
Planting wildflowers between apple trees could save UK farmers up to £3,000 per hectare per year
eastangliabylines.co.uk
May 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Wildflower strips in orchards attract insects that eat pests, reducing crop damage and cutting pesticide use. The savings can be significant, especially in bad aphid years. 🌸
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The BSL during Finland was sensational #Eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The BSL during Finland was sensational #Eurovision
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This weekends Indie Brunch with @brianbilston.bsky.social and The Catenary Wires is now available on Mixcloud for replay/catch up
Brian is currently on a UK tour, dates and tickets details are here... brianbilston.com/events/
www.mixcloud.com/louderthanwa...
Brian is currently on a UK tour, dates and tickets details are here... brianbilston.com/events/
www.mixcloud.com/louderthanwa...
Iain Key’S Indie Brunch (With Brian Bilston & Catenary Wires) - Saturday 3rd May 2025
www.mixcloud.com
May 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
This weekends Indie Brunch with @brianbilston.bsky.social and The Catenary Wires is now available on Mixcloud for replay/catch up
Brian is currently on a UK tour, dates and tickets details are here... brianbilston.com/events/
www.mixcloud.com/louderthanwa...
Brian is currently on a UK tour, dates and tickets details are here... brianbilston.com/events/
www.mixcloud.com/louderthanwa...
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Some #NorthernSoul faves for the bank holiday #WeekendSingles. They’re all in this playlist
▶️🔊 open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZR...
▶️🔊 open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZR...
May 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Some #NorthernSoul faves for the bank holiday #WeekendSingles. They’re all in this playlist
▶️🔊 open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZR...
▶️🔊 open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZR...
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☀️Bank Holiday Offer☀️
Grab that print you’ve had your eye on, stock up on cards or treat your phone to a new case.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
Grab that print you’ve had your eye on, stock up on cards or treat your phone to a new case.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
May 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
☀️Bank Holiday Offer☀️
Grab that print you’ve had your eye on, stock up on cards or treat your phone to a new case.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
Grab that print you’ve had your eye on, stock up on cards or treat your phone to a new case.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
I can't believe that that this is a genuine post and the White House tweeted it. How crass and insensitive!
May 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I can't believe that that this is a genuine post and the White House tweeted it. How crass and insensitive!
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The Greens now have nearly 200 more councillors than Reform.
This is not something you'd be likely to guess from all the copiously salivating media coverage of Farage & his crew of billionaire-backed far-right chancers.
This is not something you'd be likely to guess from all the copiously salivating media coverage of Farage & his crew of billionaire-backed far-right chancers.
Another record year for the Green Party 👏
859 Councillors on 170 Councils in England & Wales
Now join us to keep Greens growing and to take the fight to Reform join.greenparty.org.uk
859 Councillors on 170 Councils in England & Wales
Now join us to keep Greens growing and to take the fight to Reform join.greenparty.org.uk
May 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The Greens now have nearly 200 more councillors than Reform.
This is not something you'd be likely to guess from all the copiously salivating media coverage of Farage & his crew of billionaire-backed far-right chancers.
This is not something you'd be likely to guess from all the copiously salivating media coverage of Farage & his crew of billionaire-backed far-right chancers.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Gloriously bonkers. Sometimes you just need a bit of light relief 😀
Gloriously bonkers. Sometimes you just need a bit of light relief 😀
The fly-tipped sofa: how an abandoned couch changed a small village – in pictures
Why did an unloved two-seater become both an art project and a tourist attraction? Photographer Alex Elton-Wall explains all
www.theguardian.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Gloriously bonkers. Sometimes you just need a bit of light relief 😀
Gloriously bonkers. Sometimes you just need a bit of light relief 😀
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PINNED POST (pls share to spread our pain)
✍️ Hey we're Alex & Sian and we've accidentally spent a decade drawing 20,000 footballers quite badly. If you want to see a certain player, just ask
🛒 SHOP: noscoredraws.com - where you can get prints & mugs & stuff. 100+ teams to choose from!
✍️ Hey we're Alex & Sian and we've accidentally spent a decade drawing 20,000 footballers quite badly. If you want to see a certain player, just ask
🛒 SHOP: noscoredraws.com - where you can get prints & mugs & stuff. 100+ teams to choose from!
November 16, 2024 at 10:49 PM
PINNED POST (pls share to spread our pain)
✍️ Hey we're Alex & Sian and we've accidentally spent a decade drawing 20,000 footballers quite badly. If you want to see a certain player, just ask
🛒 SHOP: noscoredraws.com - where you can get prints & mugs & stuff. 100+ teams to choose from!
✍️ Hey we're Alex & Sian and we've accidentally spent a decade drawing 20,000 footballers quite badly. If you want to see a certain player, just ask
🛒 SHOP: noscoredraws.com - where you can get prints & mugs & stuff. 100+ teams to choose from!
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Unthinkable just 10 years ago:
Almost 3/4 of the EU’s electricity in 2024 was from renewable energy sources and nuclear.
Gas and coal electricity generation is at record low levels.
Almost 3/4 of the EU’s electricity in 2024 was from renewable energy sources and nuclear.
Gas and coal electricity generation is at record low levels.
April 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Unthinkable just 10 years ago:
Almost 3/4 of the EU’s electricity in 2024 was from renewable energy sources and nuclear.
Gas and coal electricity generation is at record low levels.
Almost 3/4 of the EU’s electricity in 2024 was from renewable energy sources and nuclear.
Gas and coal electricity generation is at record low levels.
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🧵 Birmingham City have WON League One so what better way for us to ruin a Bank Holiday than by spending the day drawing them. Questionably.
This is Christoph Klarer. It'll be downhill from this point.
Shares appreciated! Tell a Blues fan if you know one. Test your friendships! x
This is Christoph Klarer. It'll be downhill from this point.
Shares appreciated! Tell a Blues fan if you know one. Test your friendships! x
April 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🧵 Birmingham City have WON League One so what better way for us to ruin a Bank Holiday than by spending the day drawing them. Questionably.
This is Christoph Klarer. It'll be downhill from this point.
Shares appreciated! Tell a Blues fan if you know one. Test your friendships! x
This is Christoph Klarer. It'll be downhill from this point.
Shares appreciated! Tell a Blues fan if you know one. Test your friendships! x
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Pete’s in full bank holiday mode
April 18, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Pete’s in full bank holiday mode
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European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has noted “a positive side effect” of the tariff uncertainty created by United States President Donald Trump: More world leaders want to do trade deals with the EU.
World wants more trade with Europe, von der Leyen says
Commission president says “Europe is “wide awake” to possibilities of “new world order.”
www.politico.eu
April 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has noted “a positive side effect” of the tariff uncertainty created by United States President Donald Trump: More world leaders want to do trade deals with the EU.
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It’s National Pet Day today apparently so here’s a poem about one of my cat’s poems.
It’s called ‘On ‘;..p’[[[[[[[[[[[[[;’;////////////////////////3,’
It’s called ‘On ‘;..p’[[[[[[[[[[[[[;’;////////////////////////3,’
April 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It’s National Pet Day today apparently so here’s a poem about one of my cat’s poems.
It’s called ‘On ‘;..p’[[[[[[[[[[[[[;’;////////////////////////3,’
It’s called ‘On ‘;..p’[[[[[[[[[[[[[;’;////////////////////////3,’
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“British politics is shackled to a corpse.
Undoing those chains would leave everyone better off. A closer relationship with Europe is the quickest and easiest way… to generate growth”
V good on our “zombie politics” and its deadening impact.
@duncanrobinson.bsky.social
economist.com/britain/2025...
Undoing those chains would leave everyone better off. A closer relationship with Europe is the quickest and easiest way… to generate growth”
V good on our “zombie politics” and its deadening impact.
@duncanrobinson.bsky.social
economist.com/britain/2025...
April 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“British politics is shackled to a corpse.
Undoing those chains would leave everyone better off. A closer relationship with Europe is the quickest and easiest way… to generate growth”
V good on our “zombie politics” and its deadening impact.
@duncanrobinson.bsky.social
economist.com/britain/2025...
Undoing those chains would leave everyone better off. A closer relationship with Europe is the quickest and easiest way… to generate growth”
V good on our “zombie politics” and its deadening impact.
@duncanrobinson.bsky.social
economist.com/britain/2025...
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If you want a copy of the album on vinyl or CD, or all the choices of where to stream it, you can find all the info here on our LIFE, DEATH AND DENNIS HOPPER linktree linktr.ee/DennisHopper
April 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If you want a copy of the album on vinyl or CD, or all the choices of where to stream it, you can find all the info here on our LIFE, DEATH AND DENNIS HOPPER linktree linktr.ee/DennisHopper