Why “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” embodies a precept of good screenwriting, plus a sports-stadium anthem and more culture and entertainment recommendations from @sallyjenx.bsky.social in the Sunday Daily:
It's a crazy decision. But can we stop pretending this latest American administration is on our side? Thanks!
It despicable that the likes of Sky and TNT continue to use betting companies, during every break. I thought there were supposed to be more control over this now?
Aerial view of the Cerne Abbas giant - a landscape feature showing the white chalk outline of a naked man with a club raised in one hand. There is text over lay which reads 'It's a big one!'
Opportunities to transform nature don’t get much bigger than this!
We have the opportunity to conserve 340 acres (138 hectares) of biodiverse countryside surrounding the Cerne Abbas Giant, Dorset.
I think a lot of us knew exactly what they were already.
I finally came to the end of the Rose Field and I felt sad to be coming to the end of Lyra's story. I know there were mixed views from some people, but I did enjoy it. I have to say thanks to Philip Pullman for writing such a fantastic character and along with HDM, I will continue to love the story.
You lucky thing. Safe journey home.
And in case you missed this:
The Book Of Dust, Volume Three - The Rose Field, narrated by Michael Sheen, will be out 23rd Oct!
A colourful graphic titled 'Help wildlife beat the heat' with illustrations and tips on creating natural habitats. Tips include letting grass grow long to provide cool refuge for insects, planting shrubs for shade, setting up shallow water stations for hydration, and creating muddy puddles to help nesting birds, amphibians and reptiles. The scene depicted shows a garden for wildlife, with long grass, pools of water, trailing plants and a muddy puddle set against a fence. The sun is pictured in the top right in orange hues.
Hot? Our wildlife is feeling it too! 🥵
Here are four ways to help your garden visitors stay cool this summer. 👇
A digital oil study of a minor Erdtree from the fromsoft game Elden Ring. A small golden glowing sapling, devoid of leaves, growing from a patch of yellow flowers. The background of the painting is an atmospheric field scene fading into the blue of the night sky.
𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖗 𝕰𝖗𝖉𝖙𝖗𝖊𝖊 | Digital Oil Study
A headline from The Guardian reads: “Fund for nature-friendly farming to be slashed in UK spending review.” Below it, a line of bright green tractors ploughs wide, bare furrows into a large field. The image underscores the scale of UK farming and the warning that vital support for restoring nature is about to be cut.
The warning couldn’t be clearer. ⚠️
Slashing the nature-friendly farming budget would be catastrophic for the nature and climate crisis, and for our long-term food security.
What's more, it would leave the UK Government’s credibility on climate and nature in tatters.
The latest Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) report shows positive news for a range of birds including Firecrest & Marsh Harrier
The Report also reveals worrying declines in England for some woodland & garden species such as Chaffinch and Bullfinch
🔵Read the full report here www.bto.org/our-science/...
Moments in nature... the sky dance of the Marsh Harrier 🍃
📹 @mart-the-gooner.bsky.social
The 90% declines of Nightingale since the 1960s have been recorded by @btobirds.bsky.social #CBC and @bbs-birds.bsky.social volunteers. As well as woodland habitat and management changes in the UK, this tracking study also shows how non-breeding areas are just as important.
The UK’s national lead police officer on hunting crime believes the fox hunting ban is still frequently being violated. 🦊
#foxhunting #banfoxhunting #foxes #uknews #uklaw
Notable how the UK under Starmer sometimes, if you squint & mainline some hopium, can look briefly advantaged by being unhitched to the EU but then reality/Trump bites & you realise that Brexit, always an act of unutterable stupidity, has made an already awful situation immeasurably worse for us.
BREAKING: Emmanuel Macron: 'I want to believe US will stand by our side but we have to be ready for that not to be the case
We need to be able to recognise the Russian threat & better defend ourselves in order to deter such attacks
The future of Europe cannot be decided in Washington or Moscow'
The aftermath of the Russian attack on Odesa last night.
A post office, private homes, civilian, energy and port objects were damaged.
This is Russia's "readiness for peace."
When they say peace, they mean surrender.
Starmer, in reply to Farage in the Commons: "Can I just remind him that Russia is the aggressor. Zelensky is a war leader whose country has been invaded. And we should all be supporting him and not fawning over Putin."
Why do media organisations allow this man airtime to spread around misinformation, especially when there is so much being floated around by various people with ulterior motives. We need to limit people like him, he peddles in lies and fake news. Stop feeding the trolls.
“I thank the people and government of the United Kingdom for their tremendous support from the very beginning of this war”
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Goldfinch perched on a Teasel extracting the seeds.
We've had a fantastic day of talks so far at our Annual Conference, including unravelling the decline of Nightingales, insights from monitoring waterbirds and celebrating 30 years of @bto-gbw.bsky.social! #BTOConference2025
No, Trump has destroyed America in the eyes of the world.
No, that's pretty easy. Cancel it, he's just proved he cannot be trusted. The sooner we part from America the better.
A timely moment to remember that Donald Trump dodged the draft & JD Vance wondered a few short years ago whether he would turn out to be 'America's Hitler'...
I hope you are having a fantastic time, Rhi.
let me be completely clear: FUCK YOU & FUCK YOUR VOICE NOTE. i didn't spend two decades ignoring voicemails demanding to be texted instead just so millennials could come along and dump 5 minute voice notes of distracted gibberish with a single kernel of useful information.
