take a quick moment out of your day, take a breath and watch something blissful, joyous and free. #AlysaLiu
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take a quick moment out of your day, take a breath and watch something blissful, joyous and free. #AlysaLiu
“Reform’s candidate, an oddball far-right former academic turned GB News presenter, is facing allegations of sexual harassment, while their “interim” campaign manager.. has been exposed as a holocaust-denying anti-semite”
Please god, G&D, don’t inflict this on us.
open.substack.com/pub/adambien...
Corndon Hill, Powys, this afternoon
"Serving up history one spoonful at a time"
Here's one of ours from Experience Barnsley which was sold by Benjamin Gaunt & Sons Jewelers who were based on May Day Green from 1863 to 1929
Rain clouds over the Shropshire hills this afternoon
Steelworks, Ebbw Vale, south Wales, 1951, painting by Nan Youngman, 1906-95, English artist (Newport Museum and Art Gallery).
Keir Starmer, "Morgan McSweeney helped me change our party and helped me with a landslide election victory, which delivered for them the smallest Tory party in 100 years"
"And what's her great achievement? To make it even smaller" #PMQs
Reopening of disused rail line 'not backed up' with funds
#Shropshire
🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...
A dark day for accountability.
Ghislaine Maxwell refused to answer Congress’ questions about the men she helped traffic and abuse. And now her lawyers hint she’ll talk only if Donald Trump grants clemency.
Justice isn’t a transaction. Release the remaining Epstein files. No more secrets.
Image of a penguin created with wood and metal
From Cornish artist Kirsty Elson's creatures created with driftwood and other found materials #WomensArt
"Vases de Honfleur". Félix Vallotton. 1917.
Sounds like real progress Rachel, good luck! 😊
Left: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home
Right: Nigel Farage's Reform UK advertising a job which is working form home
Reform-led Worcestershire set to issue England’s largest council tax rise
A table is set for a meal. Six children are gathered around it and mother stands leading the saying of grace. Everybody lowers their heads in prayer heads except granny, sitting in the corner who looks up with a crafty expression.
Questions Ladybird never answered.
Was Granny being subversive?
Artist: AN Buchanan (1968)
+ £440m targeted uplift to ecovery Grant to help areas most impacted by Tory cuts - total now £2.6bn
+ Almost £140m extra funding for mayoralities, including £99m to support housing for vulnerable people
+ Council tax rises capped at 5% increase, except for 7 areas given special approval
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Labour has announced the final Local Government Financial Settlement, ahead of debate in the Commons on Wednesday.
And there are some great headlines!
+ 90% of SEND debts to be written off
+ £272m more to support people at risk of homelessness - bringing the total to £2.7bn
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Dark grey Shetland pony with wild sea behind
People can be surprised to see Shetland ponies out in wild weather but the breed was literally shaped by storms #Shetland
"Uluru". Albert Namatjira. Before 1959.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett says that Ghislaine Maxwell is a monster, and all Trump "cares about is protecting the
powerful and protecting pedophiles"
Secretary Howard Lutnick lied to the country about his ties to Epstein.
Now we learned that they were in business together.
He has no business being our Commerce Secretary.
He should resign.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
APART from the corruption stuff, the Russian stuff, the Trump stuff, the grifting stuff, the illegal stuff, the racist stuff, when oh when oh when are we going to get the cult to wake up? Ever?
Reform are seriously useless. A great piece from our friends @reformexposed.bsky.social ⬇️
Old shrew would like to make your acquaintance Image of old shrew and a baby badger in a bluebell wood
"They speak to those of you who have pockets of conkers, acorns, a feather, that leaf that reminded you of the time you walked in the woods, the sun dappling through the trees." Karin Celestine The Gift Gatherers KARINCELESTINE.SUBSTACK.COM
I wrote a Substack blog if you’d like to have a read.
Link in usual places. For those of you with pockets full of acorns and feathers.
Ppssst If you subscribe to my Substack you get them emailed to you for free. karincelestine.substack.com/p/the-gift-g...
Opening night was packed at Gray Area Gallery, I had a lovely time nattering, and a really great couple bought this painting, Adorn Her Silken Skin. On in Norwich til 15 Feb,West End Street.
Diego Velázquez, The Needlewoman, c. 1640/1650. (National Gallery of Arts, Washington)
Good luck ......
Could this be true?? Tusk is no conspiracy theorist, that's for certain.
That is an achievement..... Hattie is currently staring at me, she hasn't been out since last night, but apparently it's too wet and windy......
A Present From Weston Super Mare: watercolour (includes Snowdrops it seemed right as they are popping up in my garden now)
