Great perspective.
You can do no better in following this advice than to start directing your Christmas donations to FRU. www.thefru.org.uk/donate.
Every penny makes a difference and is gratefully received.

As the train stops for a noticeably longish time at Edgware Road Station, people keep looking up from their phones, suddenly realising it’s their stop and running off the train. Perhaps the driver knows that will happen and is giving them time to notice.

Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.

(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).

A new paint organiser has just been delivered. It’s described as ‘functional, versatile and decorative’ and now I’m wondering if I can ever aspire to be anything greater than that?

I am often struck by how most people perceive the key functions of local government. Education and social care rarely get mentioned (63%+ of spending) but highways are always up there (less than 4% of spending)

BBC Verify on the farmers inheritance tax row.

"This brings the total untaxed amount for a farming couple to up to £3m."🚜

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Start the week the right way. Want to make online meetings more accessible and inclusive for those of us who are deaf or have hearing loss?

Here's something to help. Mute when not speaking and only one person speaking at a time are the biggies. More tips here 👇

rnid.org.uk/wp-content/u...

If you need a little lift this evening, I just heard that National Trust colleagues are installing hedgehog ramps inside cattle grids so if you’re small and prickly and you accidentally go in, you can accelerate out again.

Idea & image c/o the British Hedgehog Preservation Society.

If all you really want is Tweetdeck c. 2016 back with all your lists and columns and consequent false sense of control, then you want deck.blue

When you're due in the Colosseum at 10, but can't resist popping into a NT café on the way #GladiatorII