Wow - nice to start the working week with the discovery of a previously unrecorded Roman marching camp in Ceredigion, only our 4th on Cardigan Bay 🤩
Potential campaign routes now start to fall into place..🤔
Spotted by a clever colleague in England who has eagle eyes👏
📷 (C) Angus McBride, Osprey
THIS. If you’re in central Glasgow tonight please close your windows; if you have to be out please wear the best mask you have available. If you can smell it, you’re at risk.
“By removing trial by jury, Keir Starmer & David Lammy are abolishing the ultimate guarantee of independence in our criminal justice system, & are placing extraordinary, unprecedented & untrammelled power into the hands of whichever politicians come after them”
thesecretbarrister.com/2026/03/07/k...
musician Gary Numan, born March 8, 1958, aged 68
actor Gary Oldman, born March 21, 1958, aged 67
Happy Gary Retrograde everyone!
The next two weeks are the only two weeks out of the year when Gary Numan is older than Gary Oldman
Heating oil prices are surging & rural families are being hit first.
I have joined colleagues in the Labour Rural Research Group to write to ministers calling for a four point action plan to protect off grid homes and businesses from unfair price spikes.
Rural Britain must not be left exposed.
Not part of his Time Travelling Cat series but I'm very fond of this painting my dad did of Bridget up a tree at dusk during the present day.
Okay, so I am definitely going to have to go freelance, at least for a while. So, if anyone has any advice on actually building up and finding freelance policy and comms works, including providing media and advocacy training, campaign planning and strategy please let me know.
Sadly it is official, my current employment contract finishes at the end of March. It has been a fantastic three years at Migrant Voice. If you, or someone you know, knows of job opportunities for an experienced policy, advocacy and comms person, across multiple sectors, please do let me know.
Measles is a highly infectious disease. It can make children seriously unwell, especially young infants and those with weakened immune systems.
The best way to protect your family is by ensuring you and your children are up to date with your MMRV jabs.
For people in the UK: less than a week left to contribute to the consultation about the BBC's future. We need to protect our BBC.
The consultation closes just before midnight on Tuesday 10 March 2026.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
[Why does our daft government label it 'Britain's Story'?!]
I found this offered useful background to the government's BBC consultation: britishbroadcastingchallenge.com/our-mission/
Brexit cut Britain off from its biggest market, and the damage is baked into the economy. Businesses face barriers that did not exist before, and investment has taken a hit. The UK should enter the Single Market and restore frictionless trade.
Europe is the largest single market in the world, and it was an act of self-sabotage to leave the EU. Joining the single market would facilitate easier trade between the UK and the EU, and would remove the red tape that many British businesses are struggling with now.
(...) clean indoor air through ventilation and filtration, high-quality masks, testing, vaccination, and staying home when sick.
When these protections are used together, they help reduce transmission and protect both individuals and communities.
#LongCOVID #CleanAir #Ventilation #MaskUp
White graphic with black and pink text. Top left: “whn.global”. Top right: “Long COVID Awareness Month”. Main text: “Every COVID infection adds risk, not protection.” The word “risk” is in bright pink; the rest is in black. Below in bright pink: “Each infection increases the risk of Long COVID.” Bottom text: “World Health Network - Science for a safer, healthier world.”
Every COVID infection adds risk, not protection. The more times someone is infected, the higher their risk of developing Long COVID.
Reducing infections is one of the most important ways to protect long-term health. The Five Pillars of Protection help lower risk by layering prevention strategies:
Photo of a table with old OS maps and finds (e.g. rocks, flint, pottery) in boxes with labels, and some books. On a display board behind is a timeline of Lady Aileen Fox's life and a poster entitled 'pioneering Exeter archaeologist' with a large black and white photo of her.
This display, created for the @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social International Women's Day event on Monday, was made by students Jo, Lilian & Georgie. It focuses on the achievements of Lady Aileen Fox, lecturer here 1947-71, who was instrumental in founding the teaching of archaeology @exeter.ac.uk.
The cover of What to Look For in Spring. Lambs scamper along the edge of a field and play ‘king of the castle’ on a tree stump. A skylark perches on a fence post. A blackthorn is in blossom.
An image of a male Greenfinch. It has an olive green body, some yellow on its wings and a sturdy, flesh coloured beak.
(1/) The twittering, wheezy song of Greenfinch can now be heard in many areas. It is sometimes combined with a display flight, where males fly around in circles whilst they deliver their song. @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social #Ornithology #CitizenScience
All that's left of the shrine of St Margaret of Scotland in the grounds of Dunfermline Abbey. The wooden shrine stood on this base of Frosterley marble. It was enclosed within a chapel, both destroyed at the Reformation.
The first tv series that shot up here, using mostly North East actors. It remains one of the few series to showcase my accent and history, without which I don’t think we’d have Auf wiedersehen Pet or the Catherine Cookson series ( where, like many, I had my first major role)
Not forgotten here - an excellent drama series, beautiful acting
Yesterday’s Word Count = 660
WHEN THE BOAT COMES IN (1976)
Continuing my voyage around mostly forgotten British TV series of the last century.
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They didn’t have the title sequence so here’s episode one.
Surely not forgotten?. Groundbreaking and compelling series, with the wonderful James Bolam as the central character.
The morning of the second of March. Five and twenty past eight. "I'm terribly sorry to call so early," said the Dragon of Kensington Church Street to Old Fox, "just wanted to wish you a happy St David's Day for yesterday! I quite forget, I'm ashamed to say. May I make a toast over the telephone? I'm drinking a very nice cup of tea as I speak." Old Fox made the necessary salutations and soothing phrases – "quite alright," "no bother at all!" "I believe the Bishop would enjoy an extra day!" – and together, one in a warm, book-lined study in a Dorset cottage, the other in a rather smart sitting room in a London flat, they toasted Saint David and his mother, Saint Non, and her mother and grandmother before her, and then they settled down to a very enjoyable catch-up, as the first warm sun of the year streamed in and the first daffodils nodded in park and field.
And another splendid March Book of Hours page. from the famous Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry created in the early 14th century. March events such as ploughing with oxen and pruning the vines with the Chateau de Lusignan in the background.
Lovely article about our Norfolk lost villages book in this month's KL Mag. Fab aerial photos, as ever, courtesy of @john-fielding.bsky.social 👇
This Labour Party is no-longer what we used to think Labour was about or for. It's more right wing than Heath's Tory government. No wonder people are so fed up with it.
Labour must stop channelling Reform and unite with progressives. That’s the lesson from Gorton and Denton | Sadiq Khan
The view out the back of the library. The sky is bright blue. The sun is still visible above the horizon.
We don't know what else to tell you but it's Monday night and it's 5pm so it's time for EPISODE EIGHT of 'How light is it in #Orkney at 5pm this week?'
Today has been one of the nicest, lightest, brightest days of the year so far, and right now in Orkney it's
THIS LIGHT 💡
Poster with a photo of a Red Rebel against a bright yellow background. The poster has the words: REBELLION! "It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion" Oscar Wilde, 1891 Exhibition 1 June to 31 August 2026 Newcastle City Library 33 New Bridge Street West Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8AX
The Rebellion! exhibition opens in June at Newcastle City Library and will be there for three months. It is an exploration of protest as an essential part of our cultural identity in the face of draconian anti-protest legislation.
🏆Congratulations @jk-viking.bsky.social, Associate Professor of #Viking #Archaeology, who has won the 2026 CA Award for Archaeologist of the Year! You can find out more about Jane in her staff spotlight interview 👇 www.arch.ox.ac.uk/staff-spotli...
