Winter Olympics !

Westminster Council: Back Your Buskers! In spring 2025, City of London Magistrates Court ruled that busking in Leicester Square was a “statutory nuisance” and compared it to “psychological torture techniques.” The ruling effectively banned ...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/we...

🎉 150 volunteer credits at junior parkrun! 💜 Almost missed this milestone… luckily the Run Director has a better memory than me 😅 Sundays just wouldn’t be the same without these brilliant kids- Here’s to the next 150!

Copy of the email confirming i have a place on the London Marathon- photo of a female runner with a yellow vest

5th time lucky! Finally got a London Marathon place after 4 rejections (got the technical jackets to prove it 😅) 1st marathon was Brighton 2019. Mostly shorter distances these days but nice to have something to aim for again. Important that bit of personal space when everything is a state of flux. 🏃‍♂️

Wasted love?: broadcasting and fandom at a crossroads after Eurovision 2025 Countertenor JJ’s narrow victory at Eurovision 2025 sees the contest returning to Austria for its 70th anniversary, quite possibly to Vienna – the city which installed same-gender signs on key pede…

New blog post: Wasted love?: broadcasting and fandom at a crossroads after #Eurovision 2025 bakercatherine.wordpress.com/2025/05/18/w...

Yes quite possibly I think there was a sense it would have been too soon for another Swedish win but my counter argument was that what happened with Ireland in the 90s. JJ is a deserving winner

I was the same when I first heard Wasted Love but during the week the staging / performance was distracting me

I almost had a Malmo PTSD wow

What a memory !

I was having the same issue - never managed to vote! It was like back to 2000s

Ali's page About my chosen charity Like many of us, I have looked on at the events of the past year (and long before) with a mixture of heartache and dismay. As a healthcare worker of the past 20 years, the targ

Hello Bluesky. How are well all? Dropping in to say I’ve finally got to London marathon weekend.I’m on a last big push to raise funds for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social -I’d be grateful for any and all donations via: 2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/ali-aslam
Thank you in advance for your support 🙏🏽

I am not a big football follower but I did think of you when I heard the score @aliaslam.bsky.social

Thank you :)

A sunset in south Bristol

Not a bad sunset to mark my birthday eve!

For the 5th year in a row Ralphy is so excited to watch Melodifestivalen @melodifestivalen.se #melfest

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus 5th parkrun of the year at the Milford Marina - lovely day for it!

A glorious morning for the fourth parkrun of the year at the Edgbaston Reservoir Parkrun - and hey it was the fastest one since last August

Four years on from the founding of the NHS Race and Health Observatory, @drhnaqvi.bsky.social looks back on the progress made and warns us not to be complacent in tackling #racism
www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Great opportunity to hear and share how to embed leadership accountability for Equality Diversity and Inclusion

The drama!

Parkrun number 133 - and randomly I ended up pacing for 33 mins - my third parkrun of the year and the 8th outing in Clevedon - enjoyable in spite of the rain

200 brightly clad parkrunners setting out from near a cafe. Striking tall evergreen specimen trees surround the path.

It's looking like an ALL TIME global attendance record for parkrun today, of well over 350,000 completing their 5k! 💥💥 #parkrun

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake was the perfect end to 3 day residence in London. The raw power and emotional intensity of this groundbreaking production got me completely engrossed. A masterclass in contemporary dance storytelling. #SwanLake #MatthewBourne #Dance"

My first parkrun of the year and my first time at Battersea park. Lovely park and great conditions for it

This sounds almost like cards against humanity realness

211!

New resource to help tackle suicide risk in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

1 in 10 Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller lives end in suicide - a shocking statistic.

This time of the year, when mental health can be fragile and risk of suicide high, we’ve launched short films presenting the lived experience of people from these communities.

Learn more: www.nhsrho.org/news/new-res...

My parkrun stats for this year: 21 runs and 34 volunteering credits

Balloon flying across a misty sky

Scores on the doors: I run 21 parkruns and volunteered 34 times - which is the most I have done in a year. There was even a balloon braving the mist to celebrate this milestone

A festive parkrun at Ashton court with another 714 people. nice to bump into friends and I love the Strava positivity. Have a great day everyone!

Me wearing a Santa hat

A dog looking at his Santa paws present bag underneath the Christmas tree

I think we are ready for Pugmas - have a great Christmas everyone