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Cycling, active transport, sustainability
Editor/writer/law publisher, corporate communications
Ex-molecular biologist
Ex-genetic virologist
Editor/writer/law publisher, corporate communications
Ex-molecular biologist
Ex-genetic virologist
Absolutely not - we need all the insects we can get.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Absolutely not - we need all the insects we can get.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
My secret wish - UKLabour would get over its doomed abusive unrequited crush on motorists, announce a 3-year plan to build bike lanes everywhere, get everyone over the age of 5 active & save the NHS...
July 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
My secret wish - UKLabour would get over its doomed abusive unrequited crush on motorists, announce a 3-year plan to build bike lanes everywhere, get everyone over the age of 5 active & save the NHS...
A shed load of fascinating information here:
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/whe...
Queen ants live longer than most dogs!
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/whe...
Queen ants live longer than most dogs!
Flying ant day: when winged ants take their nuptial flight | Natural History Museum
Get the facts on when and why ants grow wings and swarm.
www.nhm.ac.uk
June 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A shed load of fascinating information here:
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/whe...
Queen ants live longer than most dogs!
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/whe...
Queen ants live longer than most dogs!
With its constant platforming of right-wing populist political “party” Reform UK (a company founded & funded by right wing millionaires with only 5 MPs), & neglect of longer established & larger parties, the BBC is fast losing any claim to impartiality.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/is-the-...
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/is-the-...
Is the BBC now the official mouthpiece for Reform?
A study of the BBC’s Question Time has raised concerns about representation and political impartiality
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
June 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
With its constant platforming of right-wing populist political “party” Reform UK (a company founded & funded by right wing millionaires with only 5 MPs), & neglect of longer established & larger parties, the BBC is fast losing any claim to impartiality.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/is-the-...
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/is-the-...
Another landmark of sorts...
June 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Another landmark of sorts...
Turned out it was Mick Jones (I had Sandinista! on cassette tape, been to some early punk gigs in mid 1970s London, but knew little of The Clash). There was a buzz at the party about the guitarist from Kajagoogoo possibly showing up.
He didn't.
He didn't.
June 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Turned out it was Mick Jones (I had Sandinista! on cassette tape, been to some early punk gigs in mid 1970s London, but knew little of The Clash). There was a buzz at the party about the guitarist from Kajagoogoo possibly showing up.
He didn't.
He didn't.
New in London in 1985 at a party in the garden of the apartment below mine, I chatted to another guest who, when he heard my accent, said he'd played Belfast.
Me "Really? What band?"
Him "You heard of The Clash...?"
One of those wishing the Earth would open & swallow me moments.
Me "Really? What band?"
Him "You heard of The Clash...?"
One of those wishing the Earth would open & swallow me moments.
June 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
New in London in 1985 at a party in the garden of the apartment below mine, I chatted to another guest who, when he heard my accent, said he'd played Belfast.
Me "Really? What band?"
Him "You heard of The Clash...?"
One of those wishing the Earth would open & swallow me moments.
Me "Really? What band?"
Him "You heard of The Clash...?"
One of those wishing the Earth would open & swallow me moments.