And PLEASE can we get it right this time and use “staycation” to mean “holidaying at home”, not “holidaying in Britain”. We have a term for the latter, which is “holidaying in Britain”.

“Holibobs”, wherever they are taken, remains a capital offence.

Oh God, you definitely have done this enough! 😩😩 #TheArchers

#kidlit #kidlitUK #UKKidLit

The banning of books is often the preface to something a lot worse. #ManchesterSchoolLibrary #Books

At the heart of this is a professional librarian, who was providing a safe space for students exploring their identities, informing and supporting them and letting them know that they were seen and not alone. But it is she, not school management, who has been deemed a safeguarding risk 😡😢

School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on Censorship A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women

A concerning case of school library censorship in Greater Manchester:

Read more: www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...

SLG supported the librarian with expert guidance, and CILIP continues to speak out against censorship.

School libraries must remain safe, inclusive spaces @cilip.bsky.social

Didn’t her brother have an allotment while he was in Ambridge? #TheArchers

That’s 4 mentions so far! @TheArchers

#CinnamonBun klaxon! @TheArchers @thecidershedpod.bsky.social

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

Every other year Adam moans about being too busy for cricket 🤷‍♀️ #TheArchers

The National Year of Reading celebrates the ‘joy’ of books. But let’s not forget they can also be deeply troubling, too | Charlotte Higgins Encounters with great art can be absorbing, unsettling and even painful. How has this been tamed into ‘reading for pleasure’, asks Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

I don’t disagree with this, but “reading for intense emotional response” is an even tougher sell than RfP. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Gather the pitchforks, everyone, an outsider is asking questions! #TheArchers

I always loved the Surrey Ad’s reports of success for “Oxshott-based Andy Murray” 😂

Didn’t Kenton cash in his share? #TheArchers

Dry January ends at sunset on 31st. #fact #official

Oh you silly girl.
Does no one in Ambridge use contraception?
#TheArchers

Hello everyone, Jeff (@tonkerthomas) from Ambridge On The Couch here. We've finally caught up with everybody else and have set up an account over here. Please follow us so we can figure out who all the #TheArchers people are!

Great minds 😂

Didn’t have Brian and Eddie taking a walk up Lakey Hill on my bingo card. #TheArchers

😂 “Sorry, dahhling, must have overdone New Year” #TheArchers

It didn’t happen 🤷‍♀️ #TheArchers

Not what I’d call a rampage 🧐 #thearchers

Wasn’t John his middle name and Sharon used his first name (which I can’t remember)? Then he decided to use Johnny after getting to know the Bridge Farm lot. Or am imagining that? #thearchers

Doctor in the shop/church/pizza van #thearchers

Rebel nuns who busted out of Austrian care home win reprieve – if they stay off social media Trio given leave to stay in their abandoned convent near Salzburg until further notice, church officials say

Lovely to have this story as Sound of Music season approaches. These sisters would totally have sabotaged the Nazis’ cars. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

That brings back memories of childhood, including the hours of standing around in the cold waiting for something to happen! The tableaux are the most remarkable aspect, but it’s all incredible, especially as it isn’t a wealthy town.

Maybe this will be Alan’s next wheeze. #thearchers

Just had a look at the website and quite a few say “toilets in the village hall over the road “ …