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The common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) chilling in our woodland
Most survive winter dormant as a rosette of leaves in their first year, like this one
The name likely originates from the flower's shape resembling a glove & folklore about foxes wearing them to move silently
Most survive winter dormant as a rosette of leaves in their first year, like this one
The name likely originates from the flower's shape resembling a glove & folklore about foxes wearing them to move silently
February 3, 2026 at 8:34 AM
The common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) chilling in our woodland
Most survive winter dormant as a rosette of leaves in their first year, like this one
The name likely originates from the flower's shape resembling a glove & folklore about foxes wearing them to move silently
Most survive winter dormant as a rosette of leaves in their first year, like this one
The name likely originates from the flower's shape resembling a glove & folklore about foxes wearing them to move silently
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Just a few seats left for this at Keswick on 12th March. I'll be talking about British landscape painting, the Lakes and Wordsworth.
www.theatrebythelake.com/event/bendor...
www.theatrebythelake.com/event/bendor...
Bendor Grosvenor: The Arts Society Cumbria 50th Anniversary Lecture - Theatre by the Lake
www.theatrebythelake.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Just a few seats left for this at Keswick on 12th March. I'll be talking about British landscape painting, the Lakes and Wordsworth.
www.theatrebythelake.com/event/bendor...
www.theatrebythelake.com/event/bendor...
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They want to return Greenland to pre 982.
So why don't we return the USA to pre 1492.
Deport all those immigrants, like they seem to want.
So why don't we return the USA to pre 1492.
Deport all those immigrants, like they seem to want.
January 21, 2026 at 8:37 PM
They want to return Greenland to pre 982.
So why don't we return the USA to pre 1492.
Deport all those immigrants, like they seem to want.
So why don't we return the USA to pre 1492.
Deport all those immigrants, like they seem to want.
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Stanley Spencer painted about a dozen landscapes in and around Leonard Stanley in Gloucestershire during the early 1940s. The village, not far from Stroud, contains the remains of a Benedictine priory which lies at the foot of the Cotswold escarpment.
January 18, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Stanley Spencer painted about a dozen landscapes in and around Leonard Stanley in Gloucestershire during the early 1940s. The village, not far from Stroud, contains the remains of a Benedictine priory which lies at the foot of the Cotswold escarpment.
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María Machado's giving Donald Trump her Peace Prize.
The Nobel Prize committee needs to remove it from her now.
Not only is she an embarrassment to them, she is an embarrassment to the Nobel Prize too.
The Nobel Prize committee needs to remove it from her now.
Not only is she an embarrassment to them, she is an embarrassment to the Nobel Prize too.
January 16, 2026 at 9:32 AM
María Machado's giving Donald Trump her Peace Prize.
The Nobel Prize committee needs to remove it from her now.
Not only is she an embarrassment to them, she is an embarrassment to the Nobel Prize too.
The Nobel Prize committee needs to remove it from her now.
Not only is she an embarrassment to them, she is an embarrassment to the Nobel Prize too.
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An extra special episode of Waldy & Bendy’s Adventures in Art this week, as we take a deep dive on Holbein’s Ambassadors. Available now on all the usual platforms.
(Who needs Holbein when you’ve got ChatGPT?)
(Who needs Holbein when you’ve got ChatGPT?)
January 15, 2026 at 10:16 PM
An extra special episode of Waldy & Bendy’s Adventures in Art this week, as we take a deep dive on Holbein’s Ambassadors. Available now on all the usual platforms.
(Who needs Holbein when you’ve got ChatGPT?)
(Who needs Holbein when you’ve got ChatGPT?)
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Politicians: don't use AI to make your maps.
January 14, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Politicians: don't use AI to make your maps.
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Please read this. The UK political & media establishment is asleep at the wheel.
We have made ourselves wholly dependent on a Trump ally for our national security at the exact moment Trump is threatening to invade a NATO ally
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
We have made ourselves wholly dependent on a Trump ally for our national security at the exact moment Trump is threatening to invade a NATO ally
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
January 11, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Please read this. The UK political & media establishment is asleep at the wheel.
We have made ourselves wholly dependent on a Trump ally for our national security at the exact moment Trump is threatening to invade a NATO ally
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
We have made ourselves wholly dependent on a Trump ally for our national security at the exact moment Trump is threatening to invade a NATO ally
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:29 AM
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
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How quickly they adjust.
January 7, 2026 at 11:22 AM
How quickly they adjust.
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If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:07 AM
If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Reminder: ICE has a budget bigger than most militaries around the world.
It has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office.
Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.
It has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office.
Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.
January 7, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Reminder: ICE has a budget bigger than most militaries around the world.
It has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office.
Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.
It has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office.
Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.
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Just admiring this dazzling Purple-breasted Sunbird (Nectarinia purpureiventris) from the highland forests of Uganda and nearby countries (photo: Lawrence Neo)
January 8, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Just admiring this dazzling Purple-breasted Sunbird (Nectarinia purpureiventris) from the highland forests of Uganda and nearby countries (photo: Lawrence Neo)
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NEW: The ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, the Venezuela attack, the new White House Jan. 6 website—these each convey a powerful & unsettling message from Trump, Miller, and their crew: Violence is ours to use, at home and abroad, to get what we want. Beware.
Please read and share.
Please read and share.
The Trump doctrine: Violence is us
The message is clear—be afraid.
www.motherjones.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:43 PM
NEW: The ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, the Venezuela attack, the new White House Jan. 6 website—these each convey a powerful & unsettling message from Trump, Miller, and their crew: Violence is ours to use, at home and abroad, to get what we want. Beware.
Please read and share.
Please read and share.
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A very long and important THREAD -
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
January 4, 2026 at 9:40 AM
A very long and important THREAD -
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
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Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
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The bombing of Venezuela is an act of aggression: unprovoked, unjustified and unjustifiable.
January 3, 2026 at 9:25 AM
The bombing of Venezuela is an act of aggression: unprovoked, unjustified and unjustifiable.
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#HappNewYear I'm so glad that the new year no longer brings the fear of writing the wrong date on cheques.
January 1, 2026 at 9:31 AM
#HappNewYear I'm so glad that the new year no longer brings the fear of writing the wrong date on cheques.
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Industrialized AI slop towards model collapse.
December 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Industrialized AI slop towards model collapse.
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'Farm on a Hillside,' (1914) is a superb piece of pictorial design by John Nash. He typically used trees to articulate space and unify a painting in an overall pattern; the clarity of drawing and controlled use of colour add to this painting's appeal.
December 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
'Farm on a Hillside,' (1914) is a superb piece of pictorial design by John Nash. He typically used trees to articulate space and unify a painting in an overall pattern; the clarity of drawing and controlled use of colour add to this painting's appeal.
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PPE Medpro has been liquidated but because it has only £0.6m only £0.6m of the £148m debt will be repaid.
A Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA), placed against Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman (worth £500m+) would allow all the money to be recovered.
Why hasn't it happened?
A Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA), placed against Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman (worth £500m+) would allow all the money to be recovered.
Why hasn't it happened?
December 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
PPE Medpro has been liquidated but because it has only £0.6m only £0.6m of the £148m debt will be repaid.
A Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA), placed against Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman (worth £500m+) would allow all the money to be recovered.
Why hasn't it happened?
A Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA), placed against Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman (worth £500m+) would allow all the money to be recovered.
Why hasn't it happened?
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In 1970 the UK and Norway were roughly equal, almost no debt, and owned all their Public Services.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivalent of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivalent of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
December 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
In 1970 the UK and Norway were roughly equal, almost no debt, and owned all their Public Services.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivalent of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivalent of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.