Ann Feltham
@annfeltham.bsky.social
Londoner now living near Downpatrick.
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"A majority of Ecuadorians have voted against a measure to allow foreign military bases back in the country"
No prize for guessing which foreign military the president had in mind.
No prize for guessing which foreign military the president had in mind.
November 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
"A majority of Ecuadorians have voted against a measure to allow foreign military bases back in the country"
No prize for guessing which foreign military the president had in mind.
No prize for guessing which foreign military the president had in mind.
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Tuesday 11th November 7.30 to 9pm Ulster Museum; also zoom (register@bnfc.org.uk if not a BNFC member) Helen James, Ulster Museum, speaks on "Freshwater Insects of Ireland" highlighting their life cycles, and the threats facing our freshwater ecosystems and their inhabitants
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Tuesday 11th November 7.30 to 9pm Ulster Museum; also zoom (register@bnfc.org.uk if not a BNFC member) Helen James, Ulster Museum, speaks on "Freshwater Insects of Ireland" highlighting their life cycles, and the threats facing our freshwater ecosystems and their inhabitants
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“In late October tall bracken fronds are turning from russet to golden yellow, and the colours blend with fungi, the pheasants and the spindle-tree berries.”
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
(What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
(What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)
November 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
“In late October tall bracken fronds are turning from russet to golden yellow, and the colours blend with fungi, the pheasants and the spindle-tree berries.”
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
(What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
(What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)
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“An Autumn gale is stripping off the leaves and sweeping them along in the slanting squall of rain”
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
(What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
(What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)
October 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
“An Autumn gale is stripping off the leaves and sweeping them along in the slanting squall of rain”
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
(What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
(What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)
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“Such is the degradation of political and moral thinking wrought by the immigration debate that the brazen overturning of democratic norms is regarded as ‘sensible’ and critics dismissed as ‘hysterical’.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Expelling legal migrants is a move straight from the Idi ...
Katie Lam’s plan for expulsions opens the door to curtailing the rights of us all
observer.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
“Such is the degradation of political and moral thinking wrought by the immigration debate that the brazen overturning of democratic norms is regarded as ‘sensible’ and critics dismissed as ‘hysterical’.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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The ticking bomb of European rearmament - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/ticking-bomb-european-rearmament
The ticking bomb of European rearmament
New battle lines will be drawn - not only between nations, but between the mass of citizens on the one hand and the political elites and arms manufacturers on the other
www.middleeasteye.net
October 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The ticking bomb of European rearmament - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/ticking-bomb-european-rearmament
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We've responded to a consultation launched by NI's Department for Communities to warn that the executive must avoid partnering with debt advice services with an evangelical agenda👇
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/10...
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/10...
Don’t work with evangelical debt advisors, NSS warns NI Executive
NSS raises concerns about possible "collaborative partnerships" with Christians Against Poverty, which aims to convert clients. Read More »
www.secularism.org.uk
October 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
We've responded to a consultation launched by NI's Department for Communities to warn that the executive must avoid partnering with debt advice services with an evangelical agenda👇
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/10...
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/10...
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Check out our winter 2025-26 programme. Do become a member - see bnfc.org.uk/membership-a...
October 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Check out our winter 2025-26 programme. Do become a member - see bnfc.org.uk/membership-a...
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Ian Murray says that allowing violent racist 'fans' who sing songs about raping Palestinian women & the slaughter of Palestinian kids to attend a football match in the UK is necessary to heal society & combat racism.
October 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Ian Murray says that allowing violent racist 'fans' who sing songs about raping Palestinian women & the slaughter of Palestinian kids to attend a football match in the UK is necessary to heal society & combat racism.
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The Irish lumper and the National Famine Museum in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Mary Montague.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: The potatoes are out of the ground, bringing untold stories with them | Mary Montague
County Roscommon, Ireland: As harvest comes to a close, I visit the National Famine Museum, an important place of myth-busting and memory
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The Irish lumper and the National Famine Museum in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Mary Montague.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
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@belfastnfc.bsky.social last Saturday’s fungus foray might have been cancelled but that didn’t stop one of our members exhibiting a collection of fungi from her garden at the annual Conversazioni.
October 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
@belfastnfc.bsky.social last Saturday’s fungus foray might have been cancelled but that didn’t stop one of our members exhibiting a collection of fungi from her garden at the annual Conversazioni.
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Another story about native bees illustrated with Honeybees. In Britain, these are livestock and can harm other bee species due to competition for nectar and pollen
October 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Another story about native bees illustrated with Honeybees. In Britain, these are livestock and can harm other bee species due to competition for nectar and pollen
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Some landowners do cut hedges appropriately, leaving at least one side uncut until Feb. This must be encouraged! @worcswt.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Some landowners do cut hedges appropriately, leaving at least one side uncut until Feb. This must be encouraged! @worcswt.bsky.social
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“Hidden here is the assumption that ordinary people are unable to grasp anything challenging... It is a wretchedly patronising claim imposed upon working class people by middle-class gatekeepers who define what is ‘relevant’.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...
It’s not opera that’s elitist but the idea that art is to...
The myth that culture has not been for the masses is debunked in a new book
observer.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
“Hidden here is the assumption that ordinary people are unable to grasp anything challenging... It is a wretchedly patronising claim imposed upon working class people by middle-class gatekeepers who define what is ‘relevant’.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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The government insisted that the proscription of Palestine Action wasn’t about limiting pro-Palestinian protest, yet here they are with a measure transparently aimed at limiting pro-Palestinian protest. This is a political mess they have created for themselves with their own policies.
Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office
Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office
Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday
Ministers are to give police new powers to target repeated protests, aimed particularly at cracking down on demonstrations connected to Gaza, the Home Office has said.
The announcement, made the morning after almost 500 people were arrested in London for expressing support for Palestine Action, a proscribed organisation, could allow police to order regular protests to take place at a different site. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The government insisted that the proscription of Palestine Action wasn’t about limiting pro-Palestinian protest, yet here they are with a measure transparently aimed at limiting pro-Palestinian protest. This is a political mess they have created for themselves with their own policies.
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On reports the Home Secretary plans to grant police more powers to prevent ‘repeated protests’, Greenpeace UK:
“Protest works because it is repetitive. If police had told the Suffragettes or civil rights activists ‘you’ve made your point,’ they would never have won the victories we all enjoy today"
“Protest works because it is repetitive. If police had told the Suffragettes or civil rights activists ‘you’ve made your point,’ they would never have won the victories we all enjoy today"
October 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
On reports the Home Secretary plans to grant police more powers to prevent ‘repeated protests’, Greenpeace UK:
“Protest works because it is repetitive. If police had told the Suffragettes or civil rights activists ‘you’ve made your point,’ they would never have won the victories we all enjoy today"
“Protest works because it is repetitive. If police had told the Suffragettes or civil rights activists ‘you’ve made your point,’ they would never have won the victories we all enjoy today"
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Being pro-Palestinian is not being anti-Jewish.
Just as being pro-Jewish is not being anti-Palestinian.
Irresponsible language and framing from the Home Secretary.
It is perfectly right that people both protest the Gaza genocide and mourn the Manchester attack.
Just as being pro-Jewish is not being anti-Palestinian.
Irresponsible language and framing from the Home Secretary.
It is perfectly right that people both protest the Gaza genocide and mourn the Manchester attack.
October 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Being pro-Palestinian is not being anti-Jewish.
Just as being pro-Jewish is not being anti-Palestinian.
Irresponsible language and framing from the Home Secretary.
It is perfectly right that people both protest the Gaza genocide and mourn the Manchester attack.
Just as being pro-Jewish is not being anti-Palestinian.
Irresponsible language and framing from the Home Secretary.
It is perfectly right that people both protest the Gaza genocide and mourn the Manchester attack.
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David Lammy uses his address at a vigil for the victims of the Manchester synagogue to call on people not to protest over the weekend
Lammy is part of a govt thats supporting and assisting the extermination of the Palestinian people & he doesn't want us protesting about that
Lammy is part of a govt thats supporting and assisting the extermination of the Palestinian people & he doesn't want us protesting about that
October 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
David Lammy uses his address at a vigil for the victims of the Manchester synagogue to call on people not to protest over the weekend
Lammy is part of a govt thats supporting and assisting the extermination of the Palestinian people & he doesn't want us protesting about that
Lammy is part of a govt thats supporting and assisting the extermination of the Palestinian people & he doesn't want us protesting about that
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Shocking to read that the government is considering the option of withdrawing from the Aarhus Convention, with grants basic rights to environmental information and justice and which has been ratified by almost all European and Central Asian countries.
September 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Shocking to read that the government is considering the option of withdrawing from the Aarhus Convention, with grants basic rights to environmental information and justice and which has been ratified by almost all European and Central Asian countries.
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Calling it a "Brit card" won't go down well here in the north of Ireland #spéirghorm
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer expected to announce plans for digital ID cards
Measure could be announced as soon as Friday as government looks for ways to tackle illegal immigration to the UK
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Calling it a "Brit card" won't go down well here in the north of Ireland #spéirghorm
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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“The swallows can be distinguished from the martins by their reddish-chestnut throats and foreheads, their beautiful steel-blue backs and wings, and their long, forked tails”
What to Look for in Autumn, 1960
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist : CF Tunnicliffe
What to Look for in Autumn, 1960
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist : CF Tunnicliffe
September 21, 2025 at 7:23 AM
“The swallows can be distinguished from the martins by their reddish-chestnut throats and foreheads, their beautiful steel-blue backs and wings, and their long, forked tails”
What to Look for in Autumn, 1960
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist : CF Tunnicliffe
What to Look for in Autumn, 1960
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist : CF Tunnicliffe
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“A demonstration of the toxic melding of the inchoateness of popular discontent, the inability of the left to speak to working-class grievances and the venomous malevolence of the far right that shapes so much of politics.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...
‘No one listens to us’: the working-class despair fuellin...
Under the racist chants at last week’s rally lies a deep sense of political betrayal
observer.co.uk
September 21, 2025 at 8:22 AM
“A demonstration of the toxic melding of the inchoateness of popular discontent, the inability of the left to speak to working-class grievances and the venomous malevolence of the far right that shapes so much of politics.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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Honest to god. I dread to think what the front pages of the tabloids are, given these are the supposedly serious papers.
The immigration ‘debate’ has become a ruinous madness.
(Trump also said he’d settled the war between Azerbaijan and Albania, so why are we listening to *anything* he says?)
The immigration ‘debate’ has become a ruinous madness.
(Trump also said he’d settled the war between Azerbaijan and Albania, so why are we listening to *anything* he says?)
September 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Honest to god. I dread to think what the front pages of the tabloids are, given these are the supposedly serious papers.
The immigration ‘debate’ has become a ruinous madness.
(Trump also said he’d settled the war between Azerbaijan and Albania, so why are we listening to *anything* he says?)
The immigration ‘debate’ has become a ruinous madness.
(Trump also said he’d settled the war between Azerbaijan and Albania, so why are we listening to *anything* he says?)