@jennyvolkers.bsky.social
Head of Campaigns at Innovate UK Business Connect. Into food, wine and growing chillies. Latterly fascinated by politics but now a little scared to look. Views here are my own etc.
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Landed in Cornwall for Mum’s farewell. Blue skies and sun as she would have ordered. Tomorrow, however, 🌧️☔️means she’s having the last laugh
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Landed in Cornwall for Mum’s farewell. Blue skies and sun as she would have ordered. Tomorrow, however, 🌧️☔️means she’s having the last laugh
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A beautiful story about beautiful printmaking.
I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today.
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
November 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
A beautiful story about beautiful printmaking.
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Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Failing in my attempt to be a digital nomad. Circumstances mean having to base ourselves in Cornwall for a couple of weeks. Lack of connectivity here has scuppered all virtual meetings. Surely the UK should have reached peak super fast broadband coverage by now?
October 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Failing in my attempt to be a digital nomad. Circumstances mean having to base ourselves in Cornwall for a couple of weeks. Lack of connectivity here has scuppered all virtual meetings. Surely the UK should have reached peak super fast broadband coverage by now?
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Test cricket season segueing into The Hundred
August 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Test cricket season segueing into The Hundred
I’ve just agreed to judge cakes and preserves in the village show. I’m genuinely concerned that there’s going to be long-held village grudges following the results…
July 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I’ve just agreed to judge cakes and preserves in the village show. I’m genuinely concerned that there’s going to be long-held village grudges following the results…
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I’m no expert but I would’ve got a person to do it.
July 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I’m no expert but I would’ve got a person to do it.
He was ‘grounded for six months and asked to write a report to deeply reflect on the negative impact of his behaviour’. Essays as punishment….there’s a solution to prison overcrowding.
Chinese paraglider survives accidental 8,000-metre-high flight above the clouds
Chinese paraglider survives accidental 8,000-metre-high flight above the clouds
A strong updraft propelled Peng Yujiang thousands of metres high, in line with flight paths and nearly as high as Mount Everest
A Chinese paraglider who was accidentally propelled more than 8,000 metres high by an updraft has been banned from the activity for six months after a video of his ordeal went viral.
Peng Yujiang began from an elevation of about 3,000m in the Qilian mountain range in northern China, where he intended to test a new second-hand equipment purchase without making a proper flight, according to an investigative report by the Gansu Provincial Aviation Sports Association. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:16 AM
He was ‘grounded for six months and asked to write a report to deeply reflect on the negative impact of his behaviour’. Essays as punishment….there’s a solution to prison overcrowding.
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Pope Francis has died 1 day after being assessed as fit to return to work.
April 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Pope Francis has died 1 day after being assessed as fit to return to work.
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If you know, you know
April 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
If you know, you know
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Whilst I’m sure some women have had a lovely and respectful jaunt in not quite space, I’m also sure they will now be talking about the women astronauts and nasa #hiddenfigures whose shoulders they are standing on.
April 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Whilst I’m sure some women have had a lovely and respectful jaunt in not quite space, I’m also sure they will now be talking about the women astronauts and nasa #hiddenfigures whose shoulders they are standing on.
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Elbows up, Canada.
Hope you’ve got plenty beer London #NewcastleUnited
March 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Hope you’ve got plenty beer London #NewcastleUnited
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Gool Peran Lowen Onen Hag Oll!
a black and white flag with a cross on it is waving in the wind
Alt: a black and white flag with a cross on it is waving in the wind. Cornish. St Piran’s flag.
media.tenor.com
March 5, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Gool Peran Lowen Onen Hag Oll!
It might be I’m on the wrong channels and I’m just not exposed to it, but I’m wondering where the powerful US dissenting voices are? The Obamas, Clintons, Gates?
March 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
It might be I’m on the wrong channels and I’m just not exposed to it, but I’m wondering where the powerful US dissenting voices are? The Obamas, Clintons, Gates?
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Please help me! I’m on X because that’s where my paintings sell. I shift about 95% of my work there. If I could just get my followers up to the same level here, it would release me from the swamp. I live in the middle of nowhere so I rely on social media to share & show my work.
January 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Please help me! I’m on X because that’s where my paintings sell. I shift about 95% of my work there. If I could just get my followers up to the same level here, it would release me from the swamp. I live in the middle of nowhere so I rely on social media to share & show my work.
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Spot the dog Bryn yet????? He’s in one of the photos
January 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Spot the dog Bryn yet????? He’s in one of the photos
Nestle statement on fewer of the favourites claims nutritional value plays a part. Orange creams - one of your five a day. www.theguardian.com/food/2024/de...
‘Inequality street’: analysis reveals fewer favourites in Christmas chocolate selections
Guardian study confirms fan suspicions that show green triangle typically one of the rarest chocolates, with shrinkflation adding further insult to injury
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Nestle statement on fewer of the favourites claims nutritional value plays a part. Orange creams - one of your five a day. www.theguardian.com/food/2024/de...
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December 10, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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Lots to like in McFadden’s speech on public sector reform. Two things stood out for me. 1) the need for greater risk appetite. Innovation requires tolerance of failure and willingness to flex in response. Ultimately that is on ministers. They need to walk the walk
December 9, 2024 at 10:37 AM
Lots to like in McFadden’s speech on public sector reform. Two things stood out for me. 1) the need for greater risk appetite. Innovation requires tolerance of failure and willingness to flex in response. Ultimately that is on ministers. They need to walk the walk
I was introduced to #Whamageddon by my team at work. I’m now out thanks, bizarrely, to Radio 4.
December 8, 2024 at 9:28 AM
I was introduced to #Whamageddon by my team at work. I’m now out thanks, bizarrely, to Radio 4.
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Massive away win for the little fella.
December 2, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Massive away win for the little fella.
Thought US presidents pardoned a turkey at Thanksgiving, not their own sons.
December 2, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Thought US presidents pardoned a turkey at Thanksgiving, not their own sons.
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Big Ivey Spanner Birthday today. 5 years of fabulousness ❤️
December 2, 2024 at 6:20 AM
Big Ivey Spanner Birthday today. 5 years of fabulousness ❤️