Susannah Walker

It's only fun if it doesn't matter and - sadly and to our detriment - this stuff does still matter here.

Emma Little-Pengelly, deputy first minister

Rachel Duffy, Traitors winner.

Too lazy to send this in to Private Eye but: Deputy First Minister, or Traitors winner?

The Fall or Julian Cope. I’d go for the former

A laminated sign: BREAK DOWN CARTOONS AND BOXES BEFORE PUTTING THEM IN THE RECYCLE BIN.

“Ok so the basic premise of this one is that there’s a coyote and a roadrunner and the coyote’s efforts to catch the roadrunner become ever more elaborate and comical but – and this is the crucial bit – he never catches the roadrunner. Here are some of the common tropes used…”

Sylvia Townsend Warner Fundraising Appeal | Dorset Archives Trust Dorset Archives Trust isleading a fundraising appeal to bring the Archive of writer and LGBTQ+ pioneerSylvia Townsend Warner(1893-1978) into the public domain through the creation of a full catalogue....

Here's the link just to make it as easy as possible:
www.dorsetarchivestrust.org/project/sylv...

This needs to be done because Sylvia Townsend Warner deserves all the remembering we can manage

First week in the BBC graphics department and already thriving

And so much tactical voting out there

A 3x3 grid titled "Is it a library? Alignment chart". Horizontal axis categories: Contents purist: Must contain books Contents neutral: Must contain information Contents rebel: Can contain anything Vertical axis categories: Curation purist: Must be managed by a professional librarian Curation neutral: Must be curated by someone Curation rebel: Can be managed by nobody Examples represented on the grid: Curation purist, contents purist: New York Public Library is a library Curation purist, contents neutral: A newspaper archive is a library Curation purist, contents rebel: A school information commons is a library Curation neutral, contents purist: A home bookshelf is a library Curation neutral, contents neutral: A Spotify playlist is a library Curation neutral, contents rebel: A zoo is a library Curation rebel, contents purist: A street library is a library Curation rebel, contents neutral: A PC downloads folder is a library Curation rebel, contents rebel: A junk drawer is a library

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Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey:

"Tax exiles like Isabel Oakeshott and washed up old footballers who mock ordinary people who stay in the UK and pay our taxes... As we protect them, it's only right for tax exiles to start paying taxes to fund our armed forces, just like the rest of us".

Current UK electricity supply btw.

Maybe he is keeping the slippers to give to the horses next time

I'm now recruiting for a crucial post in my team - Curator: Parliamentary Art Collection. A rare chance to work with a wonderful collection in a unique setting.

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A painting of a bird beside the text "I believe I speak for all of us when I say fuck that guy"

And flexible job starting times, jobs which are close to school and accessible by public transport or active travel...

Also, to go back to this, a lot of care-related short journeys may go via the home...

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So generalised 'gender' statistics are not the most revealing metric.

I was also part of some engagement work with women last year which specifically asked about trip chaining, and it is very lifecycle dependent - i.e. the correlation with caring responsibilities is very high. Younger women with no dependents travel in a much more linear way.

Trip chaining: 2024

The DoT recently released some research on trip chaining, which is a massive step forward, but I think there probably needs to be a slightly wider definition than they have used. www.gov.uk/government/s...

Short answer, no. There is very little consideration even that bike stores need to be safe for women and girls to want to use them, but this is changing and there are some brilliant examples of safe and inclusive bike storage in Holland, so it's not difficult.

The really big change, though, is just getting people to think about it. Which is basically what my job is across the whole public realm...

Sigh. So much change needed.

A green advert on London Underground which says "When you've got back home and have to pop out to walk the dog and got back home and have to pop out to pick up the kids and got back home and realise you've ant nothing to pop in the oven for.." with a picture of groceries and advertising Uber Eats and Co-op

Interestingly, advertisers understand the issues of trip chaining better than some transport planners - it's the relentlessness of a number of small journeys in different directions.

I think the real long-term answer is grouping care-related infrastructure to reduce trip chaining - reducing times makes women much more likely to use active travel (and in Bogota gave them enough extra time to do things like go back to education).

Pedestrianisation is a feminist act, for precisely these reasons

Apart from more feminism, the cure lies in urban design and masterplanning. The more we group the infrastructure of care, the more time women have and so, potentially, more uptake of active travel.

I would tell you all about care blocks in Bogota, but have to get a train.

OK, a thought on this. It's not just about liking cars. Women - who do the majority of this kind of transport - are time poor, due mainly to additional caring responsibilities. They also trip chain a lot (same reasons) and so TIME is the biggest barrier to active travel. 1/2

OK, a thought on this. It's not just about liking cars. Women - who do the majority of this kind of transport - are time poor, due mainly to additional caring responsibilities. They also trip chain a lot (same reasons) and so TIME is the biggest barrier to active travel.

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Huge congrats to her human Hester Poole and best of luck in the skiing